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November 28, 2011 by Steve 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 […]

Filed Under: NeffMusic News Tagged With: audio lessons, Becoming a Neffmusic Member!, Jazz Improvisation, Neffmusic, saxophone lessons, video lessons

Great Story Involving the Band Green Day

August 18, 2009 by Steve 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, lo and behold, the keyboard player picks up a saxophone and starts wailin’.  Of course, my wife turns to me and asks […]

Filed Under: NeffMusic News Tagged With: Green Day, Jason Freese, sax player

Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale

May 15, 2009 by Steve 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 […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, NeffMusic News Tagged With: blues, circle of fifths, dominant bebop scale, dominant chords, improvising, steve neff

Approach Note Books and Lessons

May 8, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

“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 […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Jazz Education, NeffMusic News Tagged With: approach note velocity, approach notes, Jazz Improvisation, jazz playing, online lessons

Getting the Most from Neffmusic Online Lesson

February 27, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Jazz Education, NeffMusic News Tagged With: Jazz Improvisation, online lessons, steve neff, video lessons

NeffMusic Lessons: Learning How To Learn!

July 14, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

I’m writing this article to all my Neffmusic members to help them get the most out their lessons at Neffmusic. In order to really get the most out of my lessons there are some skills that you need to develop. These lessons are a bit different than going to a teacher and taking one on […]

Filed Under: Jazz Education, NeffMusic News Tagged With: jazz instruction, NeffMusic lesson, online lessons, steve neff, video lessons

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