Amazing Phrasing

Amazing Phrasing is a practical and pleasing manual for any Alto saxophone player interested in learning how to improvise and improve their creative phrasing.

The ideas are divided into three intuitive sections:

Harmony which explores

• scales and barpeggios
• chord substitutions
• harmonic embellishments and other phrasing ideas

Rhythm covers

• legato tonguing
• swing feel
• rhythmic displacement
• how to manipulate and mix-up time and syncopation

Melody

• using contour lines
• making musical patterns
• developing motifs and building a solo

The companion CD contains demos for listening as well as manyplay-along examples so you can practice improvising over various musical styles and progressions.