Funk Saxophone Licks; Candy Dulfer
When it comes to Funk saxophone licks, one of the best ways to fast-track your improvisation is to learn licks from others. And when it comes to Funk music, it's vital to listen deeply, because the articulation and rhythms are very intricate. That's why the best way...
The 2 5 1 Progression; From the basics to developing your own patterns
This article will be your go-to Resource for understanding the 2 5 1 Chord Progression. Whether you play Gospel, Rock, Blues, Jazz or Pop, understanding this progression will open up your ears to many other progressions in all styles of music. We'll start with the...
Breathing Exercises & Resources for Musicians
Breath support is vital for all brass and woodwind musicians. In the following 2 video lessons, I share a few breathing exercises, and some resources to help build or maintain your breath support for playing saxophone, trumpet or any wind instrument. Even if you do...
How to find target notes to improve your solos
If you want to improve your solos, finding and connecting the target notes will make them flow more smoothly. What are target notes? These are notes that provide smooth, stepwise connections between the chords. Sometimes, connecting target notes can be referred to as...
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...About Donna
Musician, educator, speaker and Everything Saxophone Podcast host, Donna Schwartz, has helped thousands of people of all ages, all over the world, boost their music performance and improvisation skills through private and small group coaching, and online courses for over 30 years.
She has created dozens of online courses, including Boost Your Blues Improvisation, Jazz Improvisation Explained, Supercharge Your Jazz Improvisation, Get a Killer Saxophone Tone and many others.
Donna has performed in the NY and Los Angeles metro areas with finalists from the NBC show, The Voice, members from Billy Joel, Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult, Barbara Morrison and many other artists.
Her tracks have been featured on a number of indie artists’ CD’s, and in Criss Angel’s Believe show at The Luxor in Las Vegas. Read More…
