Lessons I am now offering online lessons (in person lessons are available as well if you live in the greater Tokyo area)! Here are some of the concepts I teach:
Basic techniques
(Saxophone, Clarinet, Oboe):
Sound production
Fingering
Reading notes and rhythms
Articulation
Scales
Etudes
Concert band styles, concepts
Preparing for your audition (college, honor band etc)
Jazz/Pop (improvisation): For ALL instruments with the exception of drums.
Beginning concepts:
Rhythm
Pitches
Improvisation
Jazz/improvisation for the classical musician
Blues
Harmony, typical diatonic progressions
Intermediate concepts:
Bop scales and where to use them
Latin rhythms (Afro Cuban, Brazilian)
Funk/fusion/smooth jazz styles
Modes and how to use them
Advanced concepts:
Modal Pentatonics
Hexatonics
Playing out of the changes
How to deal with advanced harmony (Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson tunes)
Odd time signatures
Trane changes
Arranging:
Ranges of each instrument and how to use them.
Small jazz ensembles
Horn sections
Chamber ensembles
Small jazz ensembles
Big Band
Orchestra
Chord voicings in an ensemble
Arranging in Latin and funk styles
Pricing:
30 minute lesson
Online: $20
In Person: $25
60 minute lesson
Online: $40
In Person: $45