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Old 05-23-2008, 04:08 PM   #22 (permalink)
saxophile123
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Originally Posted by musiclover3210 View Post
I really dont practice all that much. But if I have to, I always eat one hour before playing my sax. Then I do a chromatic scale as fast as I can all the way up and down three times or more. Then I eventually get to the song that I'm working on. The sad thing is, even though I ate before hand I'm starved once I finished.
i hope you rinse your mouth out before you play. if you don't you will probably have to get a lot of your pads replaced very soon. i play sax too btw, whats your set up? and you should really practice your scales with a metronome.

i usually start with long tones/overtones, then scales, then excercises like playing riffs in all 12 keys or playing out of my jerry coker book. then i move on to playing different tunes out of aebersold books. and then maybe work on a transcription or two. all in all i try and get 3 hours a day.
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