Great jazz tune by Herbie Hancock. Heard it being played at the Antigua jam at NAMM this year. It’s one you just might want to know.

Note:

The ‘solutions’ to the music (the notes for this lesson) are listed below the video. They’re not listed all at once though. They’re listed one at a time. You can scroll down to see one and then if you want to check the next one, you’ll need to scroll down farther. In this way, it’s a slight bit of a hassle to check the next note and I would encourage you to not look unless necessary.

Use the fingering chart if you need to.

Try it out! And let me know how it goes and what you think of the format.

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Thanks

First Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Second Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Third Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Bb

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

F

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Fourth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Bb

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

F

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Fifth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Sixth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Seventh Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Eb

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

Bb

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Eighth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Ninth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Tenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Bb

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

F

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Eleventh Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

G

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

D

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Twelfth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Bb

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

F

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Thirteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Fourteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Eb

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

Bb

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Fifteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

F

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

C

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To sign up for the (challenging) saxophone ear training class, go to this page

https://saxstation.com/big-ear

Koji Kondo wrote some cool music, same person who wrote the Zelda theme song wrote the Mario theme song. There were some other good melodies in the games too. I have played the different Mario games from the original NES on.

Note:

The ‘solutions’ to the music (the notes for this lesson) are listed below the video. They’re not listed all at once though. They’re listed one at a time. You can scroll down to see one and then if you want to check the next one, you’ll need to scroll down farther. In this way, it’s a slight bit of a hassle to check the next note and I would encourage you to not look unless completely necessary.

Use the fingering chart if you need to.

Try it out! And let me know how it goes and what you think of the format.

Share it on Facebook and Google + if you like it!

Thanks

First Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

F#

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

C#

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Second Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

F#

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

C#

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Third Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

F#

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

C#

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Fourth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

D

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

A

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Fifth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

F#

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

C#

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Sixth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

A

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

E

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Seventh Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

D

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

A

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Eighth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

A

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

E

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Ninth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

F#

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

C#

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Tenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

B

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

F#

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Eleventh Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C#

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G#

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Twelfth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Thirteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

B

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

F#

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Fourteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

A

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

E

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Fifteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

F#

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

C#

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Sixteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

A

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

E

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Seventeenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

B

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

F#

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Eighteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

G

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

D

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Ninteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

A

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

E

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Twentieth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

F#

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

C#

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Twenty First Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

D

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

A

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Twenty Second Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

E

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

B

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Twenty Third Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C#

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G#

Check out Saxophone Tribe for more lessons like this!

To sign up for the (challenging) saxophone ear training class, go to this page

https://saxstation.com/big-ear

The Zelda Overworld Theme by Kōji Kondō. The people of Sax Station have spoken and wanted to learn this one. Cool melody, try it out.

You can find the melody on youtube if you want to learn the rest by ear or you can buy the sheet music. I learned it from an 8 bit version like on the original NES cartridge. Musicians have changed the melody a little in their versions also.

Note:

The ‘solutions’ to the music (the notes for this lesson) are listed below the video. They’re not listed all at once though. They’re listed one at a time. You can scroll down to see one and then if you want to check the next one, you’ll need to scroll down farther. In this way, it’s a slight bit of a hassle to check the next note and I would encourage you to not look unless completely necessary.

Use the fingering chart if you need to.

Try it out! And let me know how it goes and what you think of the format.

Share it on Facebook and Google + if you like it!

Thanks

First Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Second Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

G

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

D

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Third Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Fourth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Fifth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

D

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

A

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Sixth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

E

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

B

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Seventh Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

F

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

C

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Eighth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

G

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

D

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Ninth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

G

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

D

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Tenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

G

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

D

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Eleventh Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Ab

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

Eb

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Twelfth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Bb

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

F

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Thirteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

C

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

G

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Fourteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Bb

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

F

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Fifteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Ab

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

Eb

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Sixteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Bb

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

F

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Seventeenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

Ab

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

Eb

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Eighteenth Note

Tenor Saxophone & Soprano Saxophone:

G

Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone:

D

Check out Saxophone Tribe for more lessons like this!

To sign up for the (challenging) saxophone ear training class, go to this page

https://saxstation.com/big-ear

If you know who Fela Kuti is, cool. If not, he was very influential with his music and active in African politics and is a pretty fascinating person. He started the ‘afrobeat’ style. ‘Water Get No Enemy’ is a song of his I like and that has been popular.

Starting with the opening horn riff. It’s three notes, that part should be pretty easy to get. Might do a couple more lessons with some of the later parts.

For the long notes, play them the full length and the last part of this first riff has the note held longer than the other parts.

Leave a comment below if you want to learn more music from Fela Kuti!

Metal hooks are attacking saxophones….

Everyday.

A small groove starts to get ground into the metal ring on your saxophone. Not much today or tomorrow. But the groove grows in size and eventually can compromise the strength of the hook, even to the point of breaking. Saxophones have fallen off of hooks in this way, hasn’t happened to me personally, but I know it has happened before.

Sometimes a neckstrap or harness comes with a metal hook, other times it started off being coated with rubber and the rubber eventually wears away. That was the case for me, the rubber wore away after a number of years.

Continue reading below the video if you would like.

Backup!
You do want good hand position and contact with the keys not only to play better but to protect your horn in case there is an issue with the neckstrap/ring. Gravity can inflict some serious damage on a saxophone!

Is a snap better?
Some would say a snap attachment on the neckstrap or harness is more secure. There is no space for the saxophone to come off of the snap. However, the snap can come undone. You undo the snap to take the saxophone off and sometimes you can inadvertently open the snap if the mechanism presses against something. And once the snap is undone, it becomes much less secure.

Therefore, the snap attachment feels more secure, but it can be less secure since you’re less aware of the possibility that the snap can come undone.

With a hook, you know there is an opening.

Metal vs plastic
Metal is going to be stronger than plastic. Although plastics are definitely getting stronger. Plastic tends to be used with closing mechanisms or snaps. The plastic will be easier on the metal ring, less grinding and wearing away of the metal if any.

Rubber coating?
The rubber coating will make a metal hook stick better to the ring and also protect from the wearing away due to friction. The rubber itself can wear away though.

At that point?
I recommend putting rubber tubing around a metal hook. Quarter inch, can be bought at a hardware store. I have done this on a harness and a neckstrap. Be aware that the rubber may eventually break down, but you can easily put on a new piece. Length of the piece should be about three inches.

Check out the video to see what the potential problem can be and how to put on the rubber tubing.

Let me know if you have questions.