IME Q&A notes 18-11-2024

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Reed geek: https://www.reedgeek.com/why-reedgeek/. Take an old reed to experiment on.

Practicing:

Tone: with each scale do 1% more relaxed

Posture, relaxing and relaxed breaths

1-finger breathing exercises

Moving longtones (?)

with drones: try also 2nd, 4th, – don’t do it on low range (why?)

  • overtone exercise

Tech: scales try on 3/4, 5/4 next day keep it slow And hear subdivisions (not put them on metronome)

HSAP – Hear Sing Air Play

Skip the signing for Eastman #1. And more relaxed!

With transcribing: I don’t take a pause to hear it in my head before signing

Listen to the entire melody and ask questions!

Then go one phrase at a time, NOT ONE NOTE!


Markators (staccato and a mark) – endings in bebop


E-U exercise: start with E, hold 3 sec, go to U in 10 sec, hold 3 in U, go back to E in 10 sec. (for trumpet players ???)


Hit the CMS stage 1,2,3 – the connection step! // When you have a big band charts with chords you don’t know, hit the CMS stage 2 & 3, the connection step.


The best way to build endurance: shorter power practice sessions (and often).


Course page with Donna’s notes and replay

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