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Talkin' about practicing saxophone, improvising with fourths, and a tip for identifying the best scale to fit a chord (aka chord scales).

00:00 Sometimes we make practicing more difficult than it needs to be.
00:14 The way I often “use” practice books
00:53 Trick to figuring out chord scales
01:52 Instead of always thinking you need to put a thing through “all 12 keys,” try this
02:27 the idea I’m shedding in this example
04:41 Breaking down the phrase
05:12 Something that really helps you play with 4ths over chords
06:02 Why repetition is your friend
06:16 How do you know when to move on from practicing an idea, or tempo?

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