My daily routine is as follows—beginner level.
Assemble Saxophone and check all keys working properly while Reed is soaking. Fit MP and Reed, ensuring Reed is correctly positioned (finniky buggers these Reeds are)–check for intonation and tuning.
1—start practising scales and arpeggios using different start notes and long tones–I usually spend about an hour on this.
2—Octave work—-I practise hitting Octaves–as I noticed there can be a “rough” transition between one to another, I like smooth and fluid not jerky and jumpy!
3–Practise improvising using chord progressions on backing tracks.
4–play songs I already know–but try them in different keys, it’s amazing how the same song can sound so different.
5–Just “Noodle” around on the Saxophone–When messing around you find some gems, combinations of notes you would never try normally sometimes reveal themselves.
Things I need to work on.
EVERYTHING!
Enjoy your playing
Carl.
