Saxophone Lesson-Speed and Accuracy

A new release from COOLSCHOOL VIDEO featuring an hour and 40 minute lesson taught by saxophone master, JOEY BERKLEY. 2 disc set with 17 pages of PDF printouts for all lessons. Get it at www.coolschoolvideo.com or www.joeyberkley.com

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Music

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• saxophone technique
• sax lesson
• jazz sax

[TheIzzysteve]

What's his setup?

[carlosthecat]

@TheIzzysteve Guardala laser trim Brecker model and La Voz med reed.

[carlosthecat]

Joey plays a late model Selmer MK VI

200XXX serial number

[EmphaticItalic]

The palm key fingering he's using for the A# is generally the most stable option intonation-wise.

[Carsonsaxplayer]

Thanks man! Great playing!

[Keytap15]

thanks. I've been listening to the CD. (found it on itunes). It's a great album that I really enjoyed. You have the sound that I've been trying to get on tenor.

[JoeyMouthpiecemusic]

@Keytap15

The song is entitled "(Is There) No Escape? It is a original song of mine that can be heard on the CD "More 'n Four" (The Joey Berkley Quartet). It 's a lot of fun to play live-the band really stretches out on it.

Thanks for asking,

Joey Berkley

[Keytap15]

could you possibly tell me the name of the song at the end of the video?

[pablosaxo]

Yes, you are right...it is correct, I use the position of this video with cromatism between A, Bb, and B, or fast phrases, Good bye!

[JoeyMouthpiecemusic]

"Wrong" ? Not if it works for you.

I assume you are referring to the bis Bb.

The "better" fingering is usually determined by the notes preceding/following plus tempo. In this case the context was playing 1-5 on a F# Major scale-fast. Side Bb (A#) is "better"- the next note is B natural going up and B to A# coming down. In my opinion, the side Bb (A#) fingering facilitates this best. However in this situation, if bis works for you-great! In the end it's the musical performance that matters most.