Melissa was born in Chile in 1988, starting on the Alto Sax aged just six! She moved onto the Tenor Sax in her teens after hearing the sound of Sonny Rollins, (her first tenor was her grandfather’s Selmer Mark VI.)
Destined to be one of the most important jazz saxophonists of the 21st Century, start listening to Melissa today!
This Tonal Energy Tuner is a great little app for helping you identify which notes on your sax are in tune and which are out. It’s not the perfect method, (you really want to train your ears to do this) – but it’s a great starting point.
The Augmented triad is simply 1 3 #5 of a Major Scale and on his blues solo Sonny exploits the Augmented triad to great effect.
I use a variant exercise of this called ‘the pivot’ – but this is a great way of warming up.
But what is a Lydian Dominant and how do you practice it?
Watch this video to find out how I work out on my Lydian Dominant Scales and what they have in common with a Melodic Minor and Altered Scale.
In this episode of #DansVlog I talk about making marginal gains in your scale practice.