Disclaimer: If you bought a vintage mouthpiece in the last few years off of Ebay then this article might not be good news for you. If you would rather not know……then do not continue to read…… A friend of mine reached out to me a few weeks ago and was excited to share the good Read More…
Up Close and Personal Interview with Steve Neff on Everything Saxophone Podcast
July 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
If any of you are interested in my background and views on a variety of subjects related to music, the saxophone and life, I was interviewed by Donna Schwartz for the “Everything Saxophone Podcast” a couple of weeks ago. Donna asked some great questions and we were able to discuss some personal subjects having to Read More…
NEW Book-Devastating Dominant Lines for Jazz & Funk Soloing
July 12, 2018 by 2 Comments
Great news! I just finished a new book this week that I am very excited about. The new book is called “Devastating Dominant Lines for Jazz & Funk Soloing” and is similar in concept to my best selling “Devastating Minor Lines” book. Video Demonstration of a few of the Devastating Lines Here is a description: An Read More…
Steve Neff Reveals His Darkest Saxophone Secrets (SHOCKING!)
December 27, 2017 by 2 Comments
If you’re not sick of the sound of my voice from all my lessons you have watched, then you might be interested in this. Nick Mainella over at 10minutejazzlesson.com posted an interview that he did with me over the summer. If you are curious about the origins of neffmusic.com or my personal path with the Read More…
NEW Book-Mastering Altered Pentatonics
September 9, 2017 by 4 Comments
I just released a new book I have been working on for a number of years now. It covers the basic pentatonic scale in all 12 keys with 29 great pentatonic patterns to practice. It also includes 11 altered pentatonics in these patterns that you can use for a more modern “outside” sound to your Read More…
Neffmusic 10 Year Anniversary-One of My First Lessons!!
January 4, 2017 by 3 Comments
Ok, so I have to post this……….It’s the official 10 year anniversary of www.neffmusic.com. I started the site in the Fall of 2006 but it really got up and running in 2007. So 2017 is the official 10 year anniversary. Woohoo!!!! (Yes, I’m very proud………..) I was going through my computer tonight deleting random Read More…
New Release-Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale-Book 2
November 19, 2016 by 3 Comments
I just finished a brand new Neffmusic book that I am very excited about. I’ve been working on this off and on over the last seven years and more intensely over the last eight months. In the years following my release of “Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale”, I decided that a “Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale-Book 2” Read More…
Saxophone Lessons in Waitsfield Vermont
September 6, 2016 by 2 Comments
Jazz Saxophone Lessons in Waitsfield Vermont! I’ve just finished setting up my teaching studio in Waitsfield, Vermont. If you live near the Waitsfield Vermont area, are in the Harwood Union High School or the Washington West Supervisory Union and are interested in saxophone lessons I am now accepting new students. Waitsfield is a town in central Vermont and is about a half Read More…
Saxophone Lessons in Montpelier Vermont!
March 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Jazz Saxophone Lessons near Montpelier Vermont! I’ve just finished setting up my teaching studio in Waitsfield, Vermont. If you live near the Montpelier Vermont area and are interested in saxophone lessons I am now accepting students. Montpelier is a city in central Vermont and is about a half hour from Waitsfield Vermont. I teach saxophone and specialize in jazz Read More…
Great Lesson Package Deals on Mastering the Blues Scale Vol. 1 Lessons
November 7, 2015 by 2 Comments
I created two more great lesson package deals that compliment my book Mastering the Blues Scale-Vol. 1 One is a 3 lesson deal for alto sax in a smooth jazz style and the other is a 5 lesson deal for tenor sax in the same smooth jazz style. Here are the details and links to check them out: Read More…
New Lesson Series: Playing Outside-Approach Note Matrix
November 19, 2014 by 2 Comments
I started a new lesson series this last week based off of my books “Approach Note Velocity Vol. 1 & 2“. This is a cool series and might even lead to another book on the subject! Last week I started working on using some of the approaches in my book to approach the upper structures Read More…
Devastating Minor Lines for Jazz and Funk Soloing
February 25, 2014 by 19 Comments
I just finished a brand new Neffmusic book that I am very excited about. The description is below: An inside approach to outside playing using pentatonics, chromaticism, 3-tonic systems and intervallic patterns to produce modern lines in the style of Michael Brecker and Bob Berg. Devastating Minor Lines contains 100 16th note lines written out Read More…
Best Neffmusic Lesson Commercial?
January 15, 2014 by 5 Comments
I just found this post from a number of years ago. All the links were broken and the videos didn’t play. I thought I’d fix the videos and post this again as I think these are funny. My wife made these as a joke for the site. They are a bit “Hollywood” and over the Read More…
The Mystery Behind Steve’s Minivan………….
December 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
Many of you throughout the years, have been surprised and shocked that a cool guy like myself would be driving a 2006 Minivan. I know, I know, you expected me to pull up to the gig with a Lexus, Mercedes or Lamborghini. This video basically sums up why I bought the minivan and why I Read More…
The New Ultimate II-V-I Primer (PDF Book)
September 17, 2013 by 4 Comments
The “New and Improved” Ultimate II-V-I Primer is finally done. The purpose of this book is to give beginner to intermediate jazz improvisers a complete and thorough method to learn many of the note possibilities in a II-V-I progression in a systematic and organized way. I have written this book so that it starts with Read More…
Playing Neffmusic Lesson Videos on Iphones and Ipads
February 14, 2013 by 3 Comments
I’m getting more and more emails every week on how to play my Neffmusic lesson videos on Iphones and Ipads. As these devices become more and more popular the need for mobile video formats increases. Playing my videos on these devices is especially popular for those who are traveling out of town a lot for Read More…
New Recording by Neffmusic Member Christian Nickel
November 7, 2012 by 2 Comments
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a member of my site with a recording attached to it. The recording was so good that I wanted to share it with all of you. The students name is Christian Nickel and here is the email he sent: “Hi Steve Attached one of my Read More…
Become a Neffmusic Member and Save!
November 28, 2011 by 2 Comments
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…
Great Story!
August 18, 2009 by 1 Comment
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
May 15, 2009 by 2 Comments
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 Read More…
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