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SAM's SAXOPHONE Lessons

July 17, 2023

Please always keep these things in mind while you're practicing:

• keep your mouth shaped like you are whistling, NOT like a trout fish

• Use a big, open, opera shape inside your mouth for the low notes

• Use a small, closed, nasal shape inside your mouth for the high notes

• be sure to use your tongue to separate notes (this is called "articulation")

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Exercises:
 
Keep practicing these "Sneaky" exercises.
Remember to keep you teeth apart like you're at the open part of chewing:
We played all of p. 1 together, so practice beginning on p. 2:
DUETS: Try out these duets and we can play them together -
 This one has audio tracks that you can use to play along-
Ode to Joy (alto top)
00:00 / 02:02
Ode to Joy (alto bottom)
00:00 / 01:55
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