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Tag Archives: advice

big band
Why you need more than just big band

From time to time we meet young musicians who are about to finish high school [...]

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Just Have Fun?
October 17, 2016

Sometimes well-meaning teachers will tell you that “the most important thing is that you just [...]

How can I get more solos in jazz band?
May 28, 2016

By Saul Richardson, University of Sydney. May 2016. Learning jazz and playing jazz at school [...]

Horace Silver: Education of a young jazz musician
March 18, 2016

By Saul Richardson, 2016. Horace Silver was one of the jazz Greats. As a young [...]

Faking It: Real Books and how to use them
March 30, 2015

By Saul Richardson. You are not meant to play most Fake Book/Real Book tunes exactly [...]

Teaching Modes: a useful method
August 21, 2013

  By Saul Richardson. In this article I will compare two different ways of presenting [...]

Improvising with scales: a useful way for beginners
June 19, 2013

by Saul Richardson. The traditional way of teaching and talking about scales is to play [...]

Tunes for beginning improvisers
June 12, 2013

By Saul Richardson, Principal & co-founder at Jazz Workshop Australia.   Here is a selection of [...]

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Two useful tuning/listening warm-ups for band
May 14, 2013

Here are a couple of band tuning and listening warm ups we’ve found to be [...]

Don’t be a jerk!
December 6, 2012

Some Advice for High School and University/College Musicians. You have worked long and hard, over [...]

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