Hi Michael, that sounds like a pretty impressive list for someone
who's only been playing for a year and a half.

I think we all get fed up and frustrated by our "apparent" lack of
progress. My teacher sometimes gets me to play something that I
perhaps hadn't played for a while but used to find tricky and it's
amazing how much I've improved without realising it. One idea is to
look for little sign-posts or milestones that let you know that you
really HAVE improved - like a tricky bit of fingering that you have
struggled with but is now second nature; sight-reading a tough part
fluently - stuff like that. I think you'll be surprised.

Why not record something and post it to the group and some of the more
experienced guys could give you some pointers? You'll find the members
of this "club" very helpful and supportive.
Good luck.
Dougie

On 22 Sep 2008, at 17:41, mchlparsons wrote:

> I've been learning sax now for 1 1/2 years, I seem to be at a point
> where I am not learning new things & a bit fed up, my teacher thinks
> I'm doing very well for my time on sax but I don't always feel I'm
> learning quick enough.
> I can play scales including blues, pentatonic & just learnt all chords
> including majour minor, I play to backing tracks that are medium
> fast &
> can learn to play most songs with quarter notes crochets dotted
> etc,not
> so good with alot of 16th notes though, timing a bit off.
> I play at a blues jamming session once a week & do some solo's to
> songs
> but I don't really know
> Just need a bit advice on how you others players feel about how I.m
> doing, also playalong to Band in a Box tunes reading the music as i
> go.
> Michael
>
>
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