36K views · 1.1K reactions | Should I use this riff for something? A beast, innit? I found this in the riff archives just now. You can hear my tone cut through with proficiency - and that’s thanks to my pickups. Get you some MKH @fishmanmusic pickups now! You can also hear my pick hand attack cut into the mic. Haha. I pick hard. #fishmanpartner https://www.facebook.com/fishmanmusic?mibextid=LQQJ4d | Matthew kiichichaos Heafy | Facebook

Saxophonist Greg Fishman shows you his “fork in the road” system for practicing two common patterns; 1-2-3-5 and 8-5-3-1. I called this the “fork in the road”pattern because you have to make a fast decision while your soloing, whether you want to go up in register or down in register, and these common patterns are often used to navigate to different locations (up or down) on the horn. The 1235 is the more common of the two, but the 8531 is also important, because you need an easy way to get back