Hey Matt, I had a couple of lessons a while back, always come back to your lessons as I love the meditative quality! Such generosity and clear thinking, many thanks for sharing!
@Charles- I recommend generating all these "spread" triads from memory - just use whatever crutch you need at first to "think" your way through the triads - eventually you'll use them by ear, especially if you practice singing them (as in ear training). Transcribing is always great - I think less is more - learn to sing one entire solo very well in tune - always from memory not paper. Yes, less licks and more work on synthesis and structure - triads, tunes, voicings, melodies etc....
love these videos thank you so much its great to have a reference for exercises i really want a tenor now :) but ill stick to my alto for now until i'm good enough to deserve a really nice tenor :) peace Brian
man, I like this. I sometimes forget to work on things like that...or I'll find it in the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic patterns, but one of my biggest struggles is unlocking my hands to hop from one to to any other note. But I guess it's breaking the habits....
@TheWesterly64 Great man, I'm glad you like that one. I agree, there's a wealth of material in spread triads... the Bach Cello suites are a consummate example.
I think this is a good place to start. It's not the most entertaining exercise - in fact its pretty boring. But the fundamentals are essential and foundations for everything else. These spread triads help me to think in bigger intervals instead of the easier closer neighbors. Thanks.
@MattOttoJazz Thank you for your response to my comment.Well I don't know that mouthpiece but what I know your sound is great! well keep going on your great voyage of music!
@jazmaan Thanks for the comment. I agree - To be honest, I usually just pick a few triads and work on them within the context of a tune/song - voice-leading the inversions through a specific progression. The limits of RUclips as a teaching/sharing method make some of these "lessons" seem a bit dogmatic and formulaic. I hope that ones creative mind will intervene along the way...
@maraja21 Thanks for the comment...do I detect a bit of sarcasm? :) I'm not a master, however, I do believe that working on scales and arpeggios is valuable. Do a search on youtube, there are plenty of great lessons covering scales and arpeggios, the lessons I've offered here are just things I enjoy working on at this point in my development. Best, Matt.
Hi Matt, I've been working on these spread triads and they are (slowly) starting to sink in so I can play a couple without reading the music, and have started on your diatonic 4th melody! I just wanted to ask: is this a method leading students toward a "more free" jazz vocabulary? rather than learning licks or a bag of tricks so to speak!? Do you also place value on learning peoples solos? Sincerely, Charles
Great question. Yes, learning structure deeply leads to actually being able to improvise without needing to rely primarily on "licks" which (although it has a place in the learning process) is not actually improvising in my opinion.
No reason really, that was just what I was working on at the time I started to make videos for my website. Most of my content, maybe all of it comes from the things I practice...
i play tenor (sax at all) for 25 days now, can do G,D,B scales on middle octave and all saints marching in from G and B, so is these lessons for me or them are to complicated for absolute beginner?
Hello, I have just under 2 years playing the saxophone. I know some scales (major and minor), some arpeggios and not much else. Where do you think you should follow? Advice? thanks
Hello Comickitkit, maybe just start by playing all your major and minor triads in root, 1st and 2nd inversion, close position. If you can, try to get a private teacher.
Mike, thanks for pointing out the volume issue with the 96 melody video - I fixed it and re-uploaded it - much appreciated - I had exported it at -12 DB ;(
Thank you very much professor for helping musicians, not everyone has the financial means to study saxophone. Greetings from Chile
My pleasure - hope it helps! :)
Hey Matt, I had a couple of lessons a while back, always come back to your lessons as I love the meditative quality! Such generosity and clear thinking, many thanks for sharing!
Your videos are awesome, they have helped me become a much better tenor player. Thank you!!
Marie
Glad to have found this source of inspiration
Thank you!
@Charles- I recommend generating all these "spread" triads from memory - just use whatever crutch you need at first to "think" your way through the triads - eventually you'll use them by ear, especially if you practice singing them (as in ear training). Transcribing is always great - I think less is more - learn to sing one entire solo very well in tune - always from memory not paper. Yes, less licks and more work on synthesis and structure - triads, tunes, voicings, melodies etc....
These are great lessons! Thans for posting them, you can learn a lot listening and doing these! All the best to you Matt!
My pleasure Zulf!
love these videos thank you so much its great to have a reference for exercises i really want a tenor now :) but ill stick to my alto for now until i'm good enough to deserve a really nice tenor :)
peace
Brian
man, I like this. I sometimes forget to work on things like that...or I'll find it in the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic patterns, but one of my biggest struggles is unlocking my hands to hop from one to to any other note. But I guess it's breaking the habits....
@TheWesterly64 Great man, I'm glad you like that one. I agree, there's a wealth of material in spread triads... the Bach Cello suites are a consummate example.
I think this is a good place to start. It's not the most entertaining exercise - in fact its pretty boring. But the fundamentals are essential and foundations for everything else. These spread triads help me to think in bigger intervals instead of the easier closer neighbors. Thanks.
"Fundamentals are essential" - I couldn't agree more!
@MattOttoJazz Thank you for your response to my comment.Well I don't know that mouthpiece but what I know your sound is great! well keep going on your great voyage of music!
My pleasure!
Thanks Charles - I appreciate that!
Bravissimo !!!
Thank you!
@jazmaan Thanks for the comment. I agree - To be honest, I usually just pick a few triads and work on them within the context of a tune/song - voice-leading the inversions through a specific progression. The limits of RUclips as a teaching/sharing method make some of these "lessons" seem a bit dogmatic and formulaic. I hope that ones creative mind will intervene along the way...
@mariesalas1 Thanks Marie - glad to help.
@jcroshi I'm playing on a Ted Klum Acoustimer Resin and a rico royal 3 1/2.
@maraja21 Thanks for the comment...do I detect a bit of sarcasm? :) I'm not a master, however, I do believe that working on scales and arpeggios is valuable. Do a search on youtube, there are plenty of great lessons covering scales and arpeggios, the lessons I've offered here are just things I enjoy working on at this point in my development. Best, Matt.
Hi Matt, I've been working on these spread triads and they are (slowly) starting to sink in so I can play a couple without reading the music, and have started on your diatonic 4th melody! I just wanted to ask: is this a method leading students toward a "more free" jazz vocabulary? rather than learning licks or a bag of tricks so to speak!? Do you also place value on learning peoples solos? Sincerely, Charles
Great question. Yes, learning structure deeply leads to actually being able to improvise without needing to rely primarily on "licks" which (although it has a place in the learning process) is not actually improvising in my opinion.
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@kloijhi Do your best, take your time and enjoy the process.. You can play just the first 3 notes at first....
Why are you starting the first lesson with the triad 1th,, 5th, 8th instead of the typical 1th, 3th 5th triads? There's some reason?
No reason really, that was just what I was working on at the time I started to make videos for my website. Most of my content, maybe all of it comes from the things I practice...
starting to miss the Sax gonna try this
That's great! I hope it goes well.
woow not easy but challenging!!
@Gino- a detailed explanation of this lesson can be found on the blog at mattotto.o r g.
Thanks for the comment - perhaps just focus on triads at first...
i play tenor (sax at all) for 25 days now, can do G,D,B scales on middle octave and all saints marching in from G and B, so is these lessons for me or them are to complicated for absolute beginner?
Yes, these are probably to hard at first, perhaps find a local teacher to help you through the basics, that will help a ton.
Hello, I have just under 2 years playing the saxophone. I know some scales (major and minor), some arpeggios and not much else. Where do you think you should follow? Advice? thanks
I would work on singing as much as possible and get a private instructor in your area.
what kind of reeds and mouthpiece do you use?
Sorry for the late reply - Now I'm using a 2 1/2 blue box vandoren and a Bob Sheppard Retro Revival 8* mouthpiece.
Hello Comickitkit, maybe just start by playing all your major and minor triads in root, 1st and 2nd inversion, close position. If you can, try to get a private teacher.
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Mike, thanks for pointing out the volume issue with the 96 melody video - I fixed it and re-uploaded it - much appreciated - I had exported it at -12 DB ;(