Posted in Blog, tagged dave plummer, entertainment, IoW, isle of wight, Keep Music Live, music, music teacher, saxophone, Saxophone teacher, saxophonist, wedding, wedding music, wedding saxophonist on December 31, 2022| Leave a Comment »
What are you looking to achieve in 2023?
Are you planning your wedding or thinking of starting a new hobby? Maybe you are organising a birthday party for someone or you want to take your playing to the next level?
Well I can help you with all of the above, so why not get in touch for a chat.
Have a great New Year, and may 2023 be all that you want it to be for you and your family.
Posted in Lessons, tagged dave plummer, entertainment, IoW, isle of wight, Keep Music Live, lessons, music teacher, saxophone, Saxophone teacher, saxophonist, Tutor, wedding, wedding music, wedding saxophonist on December 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Some of you will know that I am Saxophone teacher as well as a player, and this post is made with that hat on rather than the entertainers one.
I teach both Face to Face and Via Zoom/Facebook messenger, I also do a lot of work with a facebook group called https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnsax, A very friendly and helpful group of players that help each other with support and advice. Pop over and have a look.
On my YouTube Channel. I have some videos that are related to learning, including help with High and Low note finger patterns and dexterity exercises. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZcJA_xDQi_rhYLjrHVSbw
Have a look and let me know if there are any other topics that you think might be useful to students. A subscribe and share would be very helpful too.
If I can help you or someone you know that wishes to learn, then please get in touch either by leaving a comment here or via dave.saxteach@yahoo.co.uk for a chat.
Have a great Christmas everyone and aHappy New Year.
Remember- a Saxophone is for Life, not just Christmas!
Dave
Posted in Blog, tagged Clarinet teacher, dave plummer, entertainment, IoW, isle of wight, Keep Music Live, music, Music lessons, saxophone, Saxophone teacher, saxophonist, wedding, wedding music, wedding saxophonist on October 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday started as a fairly quiet sort of day, with just a couple of lessons to do and some admin tasks to complete.
But the afternoon suddenly went mad. It started with a phone call from someone who would like to start saophone lessons, So I booked them in. 10 minutes later a second phone call from another person wanting to start playing. Then a student who had been away on family business rang, and restarted his lessons, and finally a gent rang as he wanted to take up the clarinet so I booked him in too.
It was a bit like waiting for a bus, nothing for a while then four turn up at once. Wow.
A very exciting afternoon all round. I am looking forward to meeting all of these musicians next week. and getting them started on their musical journey.
IF anyone else is interested in taking up either the saxophone or clarinet, or would like some help making progress if they are an exisitng player, please get in touch.
Many thanks
Dave
Posted in Lessons, tagged dave plummer, David Pope, Dexterity, Exercises, IoW, isle of wight, Learning, music, saxophone, Saxophone teacher, saxophonist, Ukulele on March 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Here is an exercise to help with developing dexterity and key signatures.
I came across this article a good few years ago in a magazine call ‘Saxophone Journal’
It was written by David Pope (Google David Pope Saxophonist and you will find him). David gave me permission to share his exercise as long as he was given credit for writing it.
He had suffered with Tendonitis very badly, and along with his teacher, he wrote these exercises to prevent it happening again.
Each bar is a separate exercise, and should be played a minimum of 10 times each.
You can do all the left hands followed by the Right ones, or L1 then R1 etc, the choice is yours.
The tempo is 60 bpm or less, never more because as you add more notes per bar, that will increase the speed that you play at.
Breathing: Vary where within the bar you breath, otherwise you will always separate the same to notes, and we need to practice the slur between all notes.
Articulation: Slurred to start with, then you can tongue, Staccato, Slur 2 tongue 2. The limit is your imagination.
Key: Start in the key of C, then change to different keys but always start on the C and G.
The idea is to make the transition from one note to the next as smooth as possible. As each bar is quite easy to memorise, I practice it against a wall so that I can hear any key movement problems. Then I break it down until I can make it smooth again.
That should be enough to be going on with, if you have any problems or ideas of how to make this exercise more useful, please comment below.
Feel free to share with your colleagues, and let them know where you found it please.
Posted in Lessons, tagged birthday, christmas, clarinet, Clarinet teacher, dave plummer, Gift Voucher, IoW, isle of wight, Learning, lessons, Present, saxophone, Saxophone teacher, Shanklin, Ukulele on February 15, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Occasionally I get asked about lessons as a present for someone’s Birthday or Christmas, so we have been providing gift vouchers for those requests over the last 10 years.
I just wanted to share with you, the new updated voucher that we have produced. Pretty smart, even though I say so myself.
Vouchers can be bought for a certain amount of lessons and the card tells the recipient how many that is, not the amount of money that you have spent.
Different designs can be printed.
Lessons can be 30 or 60 minutes long. The Student then contacts me to arrange a suitable time for those lessons.
Lessons can be Face to Face or via Skype or Facetime, whichever suits the student.
The cards have space for you to personalise them, and are posted to you for giving.
If you have someone who has expressed an interest in learning, then this is a great way to surprise them.
My number is 07736 471 861 or dave.saxteach@yahoo.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from you
Dave
Dave Plummer Saxophonist 