Monday, August 28, 2006

To tap or not to tap

If you ever wondered about whether or not it was correct to tap your foot while playing, read the following thread from sax on the web. Very interesting reading with good arguments both ways.

http://www.saxontheweb.net/vbulletin/archive/index.php/t-21952.html

Friday, August 11, 2006

Rhythm Exercises

If you want to expand your rhythmic vocabulary check out the following link:

http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle/index.html

The site has many good exercises, and includes tips on how to apply them to different instruments.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Solo transcriptions

Need a solo transcription? Here are a few links to places that I have used...when I'm not transcribing myself that is!

http://www.charlesmcneal.com/WebPatterns.htm (very good site with lots of charts.)

http://www.lucaspickford.com/ (includes many transcriptions for piano, bass and guitar.)

http://www.saxsolos.com/

http://www.transcriptions-pool.de/index.php (looks interesting, a free database for solo transcriptions of all types. Includes a forum for requests. There are currently 74 transcriptions for sax.)