September 2021 - Live Masterclass
Working through "New Blues" from the book "Cool Jazz Studies, Volume 1"
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- Clive Heaton
Contents
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Start1 - Introduction (0:29)
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Start2 - The Tune (2:24)
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Start3 - Watch Out For This (1:17)
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Start4 - An Aural Point To Make (0:53)
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Start5 - 1st Thing To Spot (1:04)
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Start6 - Important Features Of The Swing Feel (0:52)
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Start7 - The 2nd Thing To Spot (1:04)
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Start8 - How To Work Out Relative Minors (0:20)
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Start9 - What About The Last Note?! (0:46)
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Start10 - The End Of The Tune (0:53)
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Start11 - And This Is Why There's An "Odd" Note At The End (1:38)
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Start12 - One Other Observation About The b7th (0:25)
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Start13 - The 1st Phrase (0:30)
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Start14 - A Useful Performance Tip (0:47)
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Start15 - Watch Out For This (1:09)
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Start16 - Here's A Tip To Help With Your Flow (0:49)
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Start17 - Let's Practice The 1st 2 Bars (0:33)
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Start18 - A Good Technique To Use (0:29)
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Start19 - Get The Feel (0:30)
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Start20 - You May Struggle With This (1:18)
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Start21 - A Similar Phrase & Another Solution (1:21)
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Start22 - Another Tricky Phrase (0:53)
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Start23 - A Similar Phrase in The Eb Part (0:40)
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Start24 - A Phrase With Lots To Offer! (1:16)
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Start25 - An Intricacy Of The Swing Feel (1:06)
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Start26 - A Slight Variation In Bar 26 (0:24)
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Start27 - Bar 23 In The Eb Part (1:24)
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Start28 - More On Bar 23 In The Eb Part (0:40)
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Start29 - Bar 23 In The Bb Part (0:46)
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Start30 - More On Bar 23 In The Bb Part (0:54)
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Start31 - Bars 25-26 (0:42)
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Start32 - Bars 25-26: The "Bb Question" In The Eb Part (1:26)
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Start33 - Bar 25 In The Bb Part (0:48)
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Start34 - Another Common Pitfall With Bars 25-26 (0:54)
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Start35 - How To Build Up Bars 25-26 (0:54)
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Start36 - Bars 40-41 (0:39)
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Start37 - More On Bars 40-41 (0:27)
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Start38 - A Comment On Methodology (0:33)
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Start39 - A General Tip For Reading Music (2:36)
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Start40 - The Time Machine & Any Questions? (0:24)
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Start41 - A Question About Accidentals (2:22)
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Hi! I’m Matthew Smith, the owner of SAXOPHONE Studies, where sax players come to learn how to create incredible sounds.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with the sound the saxophone makes. From the first time I heard Coleman Hawkins 'growl', I just knew I had to enter this amazing world of sound.
I picked up a saxophone for the first time in 1992, started performing professionally in 1994, and have been teaching since 2000.
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