NENE'S SAXOPHONE LESSONS
June 3, 2025
**Our recital is this Sunday, June 8 at 3:30pm in the lower level recital hall**
Your piece for the recital-
There Will Never Be Another You solo by Lee Konitz - this is in the TUNES section below
ASSIGNMENTS
- TUNES section:
St. Thomas and Take the "A" Train - LISTEN a lot to these tracks and memorize the heads. Then practice weaving your way through the changes with arpeggios.
- EXERCISES section: Jazz Styles vol. 2 in 9 keys
Exercises-
Check out these docs at this link: Basic Jazz Harmony at the Piano - We'll do these in class together.
Jazz duet books:
Some other classical materials that we may use:
TUNES-
There Will Never Be Another You -
This is the actual head and lyrics so you can see the foundation of Mr. Konitz's highly personalized presentation:
Take the "A" Train -
(Below is St. Thomas and Take the "A" Train material for tenor)
Take the "A" Train -
-Flute and Clarinet Materials-
Flute:
-small aperture hole = tiny "p" under pressure (blow with the inside, wet part of lips)
-must keep lips parallel with embouchure hole (mirror)
- points of contact: shelf = base of left pointer stabilizes flute against lip
-practice octaves