Ok so 3 more posts today that I’ve dug up - I’m an information JUNKIE on this stuff lately. Give em a browse and let me know what ya reckon. They’re just from a few different sites I’ve been surfing lately that are generally good for information like this…
Mike Terry | The Good Sax Guide
… of Charlie Parker, and when he enrolled at Detroit's Cass Tech High School, (more…)
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I hope you’ve been enjoying my posts lately. I thought I might do something different today and rustle up a few bits of info from around the WWW. These are some of the news items and blog posts that have been popular over the last few weeks. Leave me your thoughts.
Themonk´s: Stan WEST - My Blues 1995
He was not able to finger his guitar or saxophone. After a few (more…)
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Back with more news for you today. It’s amazing how much good information there is on this stuff out there if you know where to look. Three in particular that I found really valuable were…
Saxophone Lessons in Singapore – What Does It Consist Of?
Knowing how to effectively use one’s diaphragm is one of the basics to play saxophone really well. • (more…)
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Review Of The Santana Cd Shaman
Santana, the richly talented Rock group have released their latest album titled Shaman and Wow! It’s good.
This CD literally grabs your attention right from the beginning with Adouma and doesn’t let go until the very last note of the very last song Novus, which by the way is another great track.
One of the nicer things (more…)
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The Lyrical Accompaniment Of The Lute
In general, a lute is a stringed instrument that loosely resembles a guitar, but has a round body, a deep and round back, a fretted or unfretted neck and is a member of the family of European lutes. The instrument is played by plucking the strings, which vibrate and create the sound.
The strings are placed over a bridge (more…)
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Learn Guitar Tab - Does It Help You Teach Yourself Guitar?
TAB, which is short for tablature, is a good way for many people to learn to play the guitar. When learning to play the flute, piano, saxophone, violin, and other types of music, a person uses written music. However, the guitar is different in that chord diagrams are used instead. Now, some people (more…)
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How about these right… I think you’ll find the following nuggets of wisdom particularly insightful. Leave your comments below. Check out the second one in particular…
Smooth Jazz Blog » Blog Archive » Chris Godber – One Breath at a Time
Chris has asthma, was told he wouldn't be able to play the saxophone because of it. “I could barely run (more…)
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The Country Music Sounds Of The Mandolin
The mandolin is a stringed instrument that looks a lot like a teardrop-shaped guitar. Like the guitar, it is strummed or plucked with a pick in order to play the instrument, and the strings are placed over a bridge to let them vibrate freely. A member of the lute family, the mandolin was developed from the mandore (more…)
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What makes a saxophone sound like that?
That is a question that I get asked a lot.
Basically the saxophone is an instrument that was invented. Other woodwind instruments had evolved
over time. The Flute comes to mind when I think about an “old instrument”. Clarinet is yet another ancester in the history of musical instruments. The list also include drums, bells, (more…)
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