10 Left-Handed Improvisational Etudes for Saxophone -- Jeff Coffin

<strong><em>10 LEFT-HANDED IMPROVISATIONAL ETUDES FOR SAXOPHONE - </em>by Jeff Coffin</strong><p><br></p><p><strong>How (and why?!?) did this all come about? </strong>A few years back, during a practice session, I decided to challenge myself by playing ONLY with my left hand. I made a couple of videos and kind of left it at that (no pun intended), but it was always in the back of my mind to go further with it. I had witnessed pianists like Phineas Newborn Jr., and others (as well as numerous classical pianists) play solos with only their left hands and I thought, <em>if they can do it, so can I</em>! I discovered it wasn't quite as easy as it sounded. Cause it sounds kinda easy, right </p><p><br></p><p><strong>All of these etudes are improvisations over jazz standards. </strong>I played through them a number of times using iReal Pro as the backing track, and once I was ok with what I had played, I transcribed each solo. I changed a few little things here and there to make the etudes a little more clear, or to clean up some of the notes I didn't necessarily mean to play. I absolutely blame my right hand for not helping out more!! </p><p><br></p><p><strong>All my books are meant to benefit not only my current students but also the many students I have worked with over the years. </strong>I find there are certain fundamental aspects of the saxophone that usually need to be addressed and I have tried to address those various fundamentals in my books. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Pl