Listening to This Counts as Practice
A (mostly) saxophone pedagogy podcast hosted by Erik Steighner.Podcasts
#123 Testing Legere's New French Cut Alto and Tenor Sax Reeds
Published: Dec. 6, 2023, 3 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 1 second
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#122 What's Next
Published: Aug. 22, 2023, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 45 seconds
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#121 Another School Year in the Books
Published: May 25, 2023, 11:30 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 9 seconds
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#120 Selmer Tenor Mouthpiece Shootout - S90-170, S90-180, Concept
Published: Jan. 30, 2023, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 45 seconds
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#119 Testing the D'Addario Venn G2 Synthetic Reed
Published: Jan. 16, 2023, 8 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 13 seconds
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#118 The Mostest Tips for the Newest of Years
Published: Jan. 14, 2023, 12:30 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds
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#117 Gigging and Plugging
Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 10 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 9 seconds
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#115 Backun Vocalise TM2 Mouthpiece Trial
Published: June 19, 2022, 10:30 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 5 seconds
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#113 Fourth Anniversary Hullabaloo
Published: May 15, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 9 seconds
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#112 Whither Must I Podcast
Published: April 1, 2022, 11 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 21 seconds
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#111 Recital Plug (Feb. 20)
Published: Feb. 19, 2022, 5:30 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 33 seconds
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#110 Heavenly Tedious
Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 12:30 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 25 seconds
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#109 Innumerable Tips for a Productive New Year
Published: Jan. 8, 2022, 12:30 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds
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#108 Practicing Emotion in Music
Published: Dec. 21, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds
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#107 YouTube Round-Up No. 1
Published: Nov. 19, 2021, 11 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 54 seconds
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#106 Selmer Supremina
Published: Oct. 12, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds
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#105 Bach and Tetris
Published: Oct. 5, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 5 seconds
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#104 Vacation Mode, Scale Practice, New Books
Published: Aug. 3, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 53 seconds
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#103 Returning to In-Person Lessons
Published: July 6, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 45 seconds
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#102 Saxophone Mysteries Book 3 Chapter 9
Published: June 22, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 53 seconds
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#101 Forty and Sporty
Published: June 15, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 57 seconds
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#100 Reflecting on 100 Episodes
Published: June 8, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 1 second
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#98 Third Year Anniversary Jamboree
Published: May 15, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
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#97 Saxophone Family Members Ranked
Published: May 11, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 13 seconds
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#96 Steighner - Volatility Index (2021) for solo alto saxophone
Published: April 27, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 21 seconds
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#95 Post-Recital Musings
Published: April 20, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 33 seconds
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#94 Youtz - From Stillness (2021) for solo saxophone
Published: April 13, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds
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#93 Rehearsal Analysis - Bozza Improvisation and Caprice
Published: March 30, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 41 seconds
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#92 Spring Forward and Hire a Professional
Published: March 16, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 25 seconds
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#91 Recital Preparation Strategies
Published: March 2, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds
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#90 Snow Day Randomness
Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds
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#89 Erik's New Favorite Method Book
Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 13 seconds
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#88 Testing the D'Addario VENN Synthetic Reed
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 13 seconds
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#87 Even More Tips for a Productive New Year
Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 1 second
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#86 Selmer Soprano Mouthpiece Shootout - S80, S90, Concept
Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 49 seconds
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#85 Selmer Alto Mouthpiece Shootout - S90, Concept, Claude Delangle
Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 17 seconds
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#84 As a Lily among Brambles by Anderson - Commentary Track
Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 21 seconds
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#83 Arrangement - Sonata in A Minor by C.P.E. Bach
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 57 seconds
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#82 Archived Performance - Tecca - "the Light is filled with birds" for solo alto saxophone
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 49 seconds
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#81 Temptation Bundling, Skipping Warm-Ups, and a Bonus Game
Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 45 seconds
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#80 Bach Basics and Trill Trouble
Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 29 seconds
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#79 Saxophone Etude and Method Books, Part 2
Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 21 seconds
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#78 Saxophone Etude and Method Books, Part 1
Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 41 seconds
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#77 Erik's (Non-Music) Summer Book Club
Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 1 second
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#76 Reevaluating Mouthpiece Target Pitches
Published: Aug. 4, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 5 seconds
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#75 Digital Music Resources
Published: July 21, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 1 second
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#74 Go Gentle Into That Good Altissimo
Published: July 7, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds
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#73 Practicing with Air Attacks
Published: June 23, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 33 seconds
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#71 Arrangement - Absalon, fili mi
Published: May 26, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds
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#70 Two Year Anniversary Shindig
Published: May 15, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 33 seconds
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#69 The Secret to Learning Difficult Music...REVISITED
Published: April 28, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 17 seconds
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#68 Arrangement - Weber - Agathes Cavatina
Published: April 14, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 53 seconds
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#67 A Word of Economic Caution to Music Performance Majors
Published: March 31, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 49 seconds
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#66 Arrangement - Mozart - Abendempfindung
Published: March 17, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 1 second
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#65 NASA Conference Recap and Last-Minute Cancellations
Published: March 10, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 33 seconds
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#64 NASA Biennial Conference Preview and Other Miscellany
Published: March 3, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 45 seconds
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#63 Demersseman Fantaisie Masterclass
Published: Feb. 18, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 5 seconds
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#62 Arrangements - Renaissance Choral Works by Bennet and Gibbons
Published: Feb. 4, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 13 seconds
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#61 Tuning Talk and Dynamic Duos
Published: Jan. 21, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 18 seconds
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#60 More Tips for a Productive New Year
Published: Jan. 7, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 13 seconds
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#59 Arrangement - Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf by J.S. Bach
Published: Dec. 24, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 12 seconds
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#58 Revisiting the 2018 iPad Pro
Published: Dec. 17, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 17 seconds
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#57 Basic Saxophone Care and Maintenance
Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 53 seconds
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#56 In Praise of Less Music and No Guide
Published: Nov. 26, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 53 seconds
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#55 Decruck Sonata Masterclass
Published: Nov. 12, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 21 seconds
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#54 The Border Between Silence and Sound
Published: Oct. 29, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 41 seconds
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#53 How Much Should You Practice?
Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds
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#52 Muczynski Sonata Masterclass
Published: Oct. 1, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 17 seconds
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#51 Maintaining Past Repertoire
Published: Sept. 17, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 37 seconds
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#50 Equipment Trial - D'Addario Select Jazz Alto Saxophone Mouthpieces
Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 37 seconds
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#49 Equipment Trial - D'Addario Reserve Alto Saxophone Mouthpieces
Published: Sept. 3, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 53 seconds
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#48 Bozza Aria Masterclass
Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 53 seconds
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#47 Equipment Trial - Selmer Gold Plated and Solid Silver Necks and a 33mm lefreQue
Published: Aug. 6, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 33 seconds
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#46 Developing Scale Benchmarks
Published: July 23, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 21 seconds
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#45 "Before Two" and Prelude from Bach Cello Suite No. 2
Published: July 9, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds
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#44 Glazunov Concerto Masterclass
Published: June 25, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 33 seconds
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#43 The One-Note Practice Session
Published: June 11, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds
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#42 Equipment Trial - D'Addario Select Jazz Tenor Saxophone Mouthpieces
Published: June 4, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 17 seconds
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#41 Circular Breathing
Published: May 28, 2019, 9 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds
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#40 One-Year Anniversary Hoedown
Published: May 14, 2019, 9 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 45 seconds
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#39 Erik's Top Tens & Going All Marie Kondo on the Music Pile, Part II
Published: May 7, 2019, 9 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 5 seconds
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#38 Revisiting Legere Signature Reeds
Published: April 23, 2019, 9 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 29 seconds
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#37 Obsessing Over Tone and Setup
Published: April 9, 2019, 9 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 45 seconds
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#36 Going All Marie Kondo on the Music Pile, Part I
Published: March 26, 2019, 9 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 45 seconds
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#35 New Books by Harle and Watkins
Published: March 12, 2019, 9 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 53 seconds
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#34 NFL Kickers and Orchestral Saxophonists
Published: Feb. 26, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 29 seconds
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#33 Slap, Double, and Triple Tonguing
Published: Feb. 12, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 9 seconds
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#32 Advice for a Younger Self
Published: Jan. 29, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 1 second
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#31 Rediscovering Your Roots
Published: Jan. 15, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 37 seconds
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#30 Tips for a Productive New Year
Published: Jan. 1, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds
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#29 When Sounding "Bad" Is Good
Published: Dec. 18, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 5 seconds
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#28 Test Driving the 2018 iPad Pro
Published: Dec. 4, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 57 seconds
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#27 Embouchure Concepts
Published: Nov. 20, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 5 seconds
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#26 Note Grouping Is Awesome
Published: Nov. 6, 2018, 10 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 49 seconds
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#25 Recommended Books
Published: Oct. 23, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 33 seconds
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#24 Calypso by Greg Youtz - Commentary Track
Published: Oct. 9, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 17 seconds
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#23 Are You Practicing Slow Enough?
Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 5 seconds
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#22 Rondo a la Banjo - Commentary Track
Published: Sept. 11, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 17 seconds
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#21 Returning to Practice After Time Off
Published: Aug. 28, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 13 seconds
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#19 Altissimo Tips
Published: July 31, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 53 seconds
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#17 Rambling About Reeds
Published: July 3, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 25 seconds
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#16 More Practice Techniques for Difficult Spots
Published: June 19, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 9 seconds
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#15 The Secret to Learning Difficult Music
Published: June 5, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 53 seconds
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#14 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 14: Scales
Published: June 1, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 29 seconds
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#13 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 13: More Overtones
Published: May 31, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds
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#12 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 12: More Voicing Exercises
Published: May 30, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 42 seconds
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#11 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 11: More Pitch Bends
Published: May 29, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 41 seconds
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#10 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 10: Front F Bends
Published: May 28, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 5 minutes 53 seconds
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#09 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 9: Mouthpiece Exercises
Published: May 25, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 53 seconds
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#08 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 8: Overtones
Published: May 24, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 53 seconds
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#07 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 7: Low Register Voicing
Published: May 23, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 41 seconds
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#06 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 6: Vibrato
Published: May 22, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 37 seconds
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#05 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 5: Chromatic Skips
Published: May 21, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 4 minutes 57 seconds
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#04 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 4: Articulation Pressure
Published: May 18, 2018, 9 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 13 seconds
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#03 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 3: Full Range Long Tones
Published: May 17, 2018, 4 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds
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#02 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 2: Long Tones on the Neck and Mouthpiece
Published: May 16, 2018, 6:02 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 37 seconds
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#01 Saxophone Warm-Up Routine Part 1: Introduction and Sheet Music
Published: May 15, 2018, 4 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 41 seconds
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