Download the PDF of “Chord Tone Etude #2“ For this Exercise of the Week, Bryan Davis presents a new Chord Tone Etude based on the harmonic progression of a well-known bebop standard – “Confirmation.” The note choices are limited to the basic chord tones (root, 3rd, 5th, 7th only) indicated by the chord symbols, which…

Download the PDF of “Quick Facility Warmup“ This “Quick Facility Warm Up” is the sort of thing I play everyday to get my chops moving and air moving after my basic warmup. It combines different fundamentals to let you quickly feel which areas need more attention in your daily maintenance, as well as letting you…

Download the PDF of “Melodic Tonguing Routine #1“ This “Melodic Tonguing” Routine is part of a longer routine, working on tonguing along the subdivision chain. This excerpt contains the first 3 subdivisions of the beat – quarter notes, eighth notes and eighth note triplets. The full routine will be part of a forthcoming Airflow Music…

Download the PDF of “Range Smoothing #1“ This “Range Smoothing” Routine is designed to help you build and solidify your range, while maintaining a connected approach to all registers of the instrument. To begin with, aim to sustain each fermata for 10 seconds. This is an expanding series. However, while you should practice all the…