LORNE’S MUSIC PAGE

LESSON OVERVIEW

Google doc > click here

WARM-UP > 3 options + add the chromatic scale to the exercise you pick > PICK ONE (15-20 mins)

  1. MODES  & Scales >> One octave scales based on each tone of the scale.
  2. Universal Method — “playing soft“
      • #50 & 52 – and then choose to do more if you have time
      • #44, #45, 46 & 48 (or rotate as you wish).
      • Each exercise at 72-bpm. >> Try to spend about 15 mins on this each time your practice to build tone.
  3. Klose exercise — Review or pick a new one!
      • Jan 29 – Page 11, #9. Watch out for the accidentals!

Essential Elements 

  • Feb 18, 2026
      • #68 – Toredor – Practice & polish
      • #69 – Tango (La Cumparsita) > clap & count / 68 bpm
      • #70 – The Yellow Rose of Texas

Playing “the Blues”

  • G, Bb, C, C#, D, F, G
  • Learning a “custom” blues solo! Loose sheet
  • BACKING TRACK 1 – SLOW > YouTube
  • BACKING TRACK 2 – MED/SWING > YouTube
  • BACKING TRACK 3A – SHUFFLE > YouTube
  • BACKING TRACK 3 – BAR BAND/SHUFFLE > YouTube

Beatles – review, your choice

      • Blackbird, page 12 > YouTube
      • Do You Want to Know A Secret   > YouTube
      • Eight Days a Week, page 20  > YouTube
      • Girl, page 26 > YouTube
      • Hey Jude,  page 36  YouTube
      • We Can Work It Out , page 84 
      • Michelle, page 61
      • Please, Please Me, page 69
      • Yesterday, page 91
      • All My Lovin’, page 5
      • Penny Lane, page 68
      • BecausE, page 10
      • Lady Madonna, page 54
      • Let it Be, page 55
      • YESTERDAY, page #91 > Piano only (set to 85)
      • Because, page _____
      • All My Lovin, page ____

Practical Studies & Pares Scales Book

  • Review previous assignments

STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE > JAZZ METHOD

MOVIE & THEATRE SONGS

STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE > JAZZ METHOD

SAXOPHONE MUSIC TOOLS

  • CHROMATIC SCALE > PDF
  • 12 MAJOR SCALES > PDF
  • Circle of Fifths | PDF
  • Two Octave Scales | PDF
  • MODES & CHORD > PDF
  • LONG TONES: G major, C Major & F Major > Cresend for 8, de-cresend for 8 or more — until you run out of sound @60bpm
  • TIPS:
    • EMBOUCHURE TIPS:  Pull your bottom lip back for better tone. Less “pinching” of the reed.
    • TONGUING TIP(S) –– “Tip of the tongue to the tip of the reed (or the blade of the reed)”

 

 

 

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