Donna Schwartz Music
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How To Improvise Using Melodic Shapes
One of the tools I use when teaching saxophone and trumpet is a very popular resource for trumpet players. In this resource, there's a particular exercise that is a beautiful melody, and also a great lick. Recently, when I was teaching this exercise to a student, we decided to explore using melodic shapes from the lick and developing them by improvising over a Blues form. Doing that helped us … [Read More...]
Gig Bag Essentials for Saxophone Players
What's in my gig bag? That was a question asked by one of my super-fans recently. I've been on … [Read More...]