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I have had a number of people who have wanted to become members of my site but who don’t want to sign up through paypal. I have decided to set up this page for them so that they can purchase a 3,6 or 12 month membership just by using a credit card. Once I receive Read More…
In this lesson I introduce you to the art of falls and glisses. Falls and glisses are used quite often by professional sax players. In this lesson I talk about how play them so that you can sound your best. I talk about things that I do when playing them that help Read More…
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Ok, so for awhile now my wife has been telling me I need to step up my video production……… I am all focused on the sax and teaching content but need to get focused on the flashy important stuff. She says I need to focus on getting a quality intro for the lessons. Something Read More…
The most commonly asked question I get emailed to me is “What mouthpiece should I get?”. The second most common question would be ”I looked at all your jazz improvisation lessons and really want to start but I have no idea where to start or what jazz lessons to get. What do you suggest?”
To answer Read More…
I just wanted to let you know that the NeffMusic blog is now optimized for iphones and other smart phones. I’ve only checked it with my iphone, but I have to say it looks great on the iphone. I’m not talking about the www.neffmusic.com site but just the www.neffmusic.com/blog/ part of the site. If Read More…
About a month or so ago I took my wife to a “Green Day” concert in Boston. She’s a big Green Day fan and it was around our anniversary…….. While we were there, low and behold the keyboard player picks up a sax and starts wailin’ on sax. Of course my wife turns to me Read More…
Mastering The Dominant Bebop Scale
The Dominant Bebop Scale is a scale that can be used over a dominant chord. It has both the major 7th and the flat 7th in the scale so in the key of G the scale would be GABCDEFF#G. The reason that the dominant bebop scale sounds so great is that Read More…
“Approach Note Velocity” by Steve Neff
Approach Note Velocity is a book that I created for myself so that I could master all the different approach notes in every key. I have divided the book up into sections by key and have written out the exercises so that you can practice them and read them if Read More…
To get most out of my NeffMusic Online Lessons I would suggest a few simple ideas.
1. Focus on one topic like Blues scales, Approach Notes, Pentatonics……..etc.
In my mind it’s always better to focus on one topic at a time and master it. Working on bits and pieces of 10 different lessons and not mastering Read More…
This is the title of a new pdf book that I have written. Basically, it is a step by step introductory approach to learning all your major 7th, minor 7th and dominant 7th chords. I take you through the basics of playing just the roots and then add the 3rds, 5ths, 7ths, 9ths………. The goal Read More…
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