Hi Jamie, I downloaded the scales progress sheets and they looked fine on my computer screen. But when I printed the pdf, the text was spaced out and missing letters, and the sheet music was missing all the heads on the notes. The tails and ledger lines showed up, but the ink ovals at the end of all the tails were missing. Is there a trick to getting it to print accurately! Thanks so much for all you do!
Awesome series Jamie. What a brilliant resource. I was lucky as a young boy learning clarinet, I had a great teacher that demonstrated the importance of scales. I hated music theory in the same way that I hated maths. But this teacher taught me to love scales. At 60, I am a little lazy now. But before I play any song, Especially before improvising, I play the scale at least 5 times, slow to fast, BUT as I was taught as a boy…I play the Arpeggios at the same time. I was told to learn the Arpeggios at the same time that I learned the scale. So for major…1, 3, 5 Octave. Major Arpeggios sound beautiful. I think that people call them triads now? But often triads don’t resolve at the octave. Anyway, Arpeggio notes are the corner stones of the music in any key/scale and the most used notes in a given key. And if you improvise, they are the key to success. Not trying to complicate things Jamie, but I think beginners learning to play 1,3,5, octave with the major scale, playing immediately after the scale , will develop an ear for how to use the scale musically. What do you think? Also if you were only going to learn one scale in all keys, the major would suffice. Every major has a relative minor….and All scales and modes are derived from the major. As a guitarist, I can’t believe how many guitarists are "stuck" in the pentatonic. Why use 5 when you can use 8? Back in the day a scale had 8 notes not 7. The Octave is a different note . It’s on a different place on the staff. It has a different tonality (and sound wave). Jeez, I must be getting old. But please , beginners, learn your arpeggio’s at the same time. Learning them later makes no sense and they will change your life….
@@GetYourSaxTogether I would love to see your Arpeggio method. Really. Do I give them too much importance? I haven’t seen them discussed on any sax sites. I remember having a book with Arpeggio exercises and hated them at the time (I was 10) . My teacher was great, he told me that Charlie Parker had said it was leaning arpeggios that really made him stand out from other kids. (Or something like that) . My teacher got his wife to play piano chords while I did my arpeggio exercises and suddenly they we fun. Funny how when you get old you remember this stuff, but you can’t remember where you put your wallet…Anyway, please can you do a video on your Arpeggio method . I promise to practice them every day……
Massive thank you! A couple of months ago I decided that being able to write down and muddle through playing them does not count as knowing the scales so I started more diligent practice. This fantastic resource came along at just the right time and is a great boost.
Thank you for the terrific resource. I noticed an improvement in my playing in only a few days of practicing the scales. Speed bumps are really noticeable at fast speed!
Thanks for you reply re. separating the left and right channels. I am watching on an iPad so I'll have to go the headphone route. Thank you for a simple, practical answer to my question.
Wow absolutely fantastic Jamie. Thank you so much. These are really good warm up exercises. And thanks for all the detail in the videos . Looking forward to all the others now. Thank you for all your hard work. ;)
I have no words to thank you for this beautiful Lesson 🥺🤲🙏 Thank you Sir 🤗 Your really into helping those who wants to Master the Saxophone . Really Appreciate your time patience and hard work you put into these lessons to help others reach certain Lvl 🙏🤗
When you talk about right hand side for metronome and left hand side for the sax in terms of making one or the other louder. How do you use this function?
Go to your sound settings and you will find a slider allowing you to adjust relative volume from right or left. On a mobile device you will need headphones.
On your tv promo you were demonstrating the major scales on alto. Do you have them on you playing tenor? That’s what I meant by how to change from alto to tenor on your video. Sorry for the confusion. Great presentation and a super player and clinician. Thanks!!!
Hi Jamie, thank you very much for your great work. Is it possible to get the sound tracks as MP3s so that you can practice independently of RUclips (also as a paid download and with suitable background music)? For example, I always have the TTM course on my iPad with me and start every exercise session with your breathing training! With the accompanying music and your voice, it's just more fun!
Great video and explanations. Jamie I always struggle with a smooth B to C transition, can you suggest an exercise to impove this or should I use side C?
I consider high F# to be the first altissimo note, and that is not the purpose of this exercise. The purpose of the exercise is to smooth out every scale across the regular range of the horn. Once you’ve got all that nailed, then move on to transitioning into the altissimo! Some people don’t have a high F# key and it will seem like a barrier to entry (I know you don’t need a high F# key of course). Nothing to stop you getting a metronome and doing the scales as high as you like!!
Actually, I have quarter note clicks with extra eighth notes between them and I’m playing eighth notes at 105 bpm. When people slow down the video half or quarter I don’t want too much time between clicks and that’s what would happen if I just had a quarter note click.
Thanks Jaime for providing the list of scale(s). I've started with the C & F Major scales but don't quite know how to hit the upper range of notes beyond E. Ugh!!! 😖😖😬
Great resource Jamie! Thanks! I already do this but having a formal way to train it will avoid me being lazy and not using the metronome. I'm curious though.I started today and noticed when doing the scales for Alto instead of going full range, you avoided the high F#. Any reason for that?
@@geoffparker6332 it all depends how you’re listening to RUclips and what device you’re using. Basically - find the balance/pan knob. If you can’t do that then you can’t separate it and you’ll have to put it in headphones but have one ear off!!
@@marieforster1442 Some scales do not include F in the scale. They go from E to F#, thus the score stops at high E rather than include F which is not a scale note in that particular scale.
"Alto/Baritone" 😅😅 Bari needs much more air than alto, no way to hold as long as alto without taking a breath, which then doesn't sync with the video anymore... Can you make a part for bari as well or at least a version that's doable in one breath?
@@GetYourSaxTogether Missing out a note trips me up tbh and I can't get a breath full enough to finish. Not making it the same note to miss out would trip me up even more. I didn't mean redo the video but one video for bari, as it is I'm better off playing alone to a metronome 😅
Kickstart YOUR scale-nailing mission with this awesome Scales PDF and progress chart▶️www.getyoursaxtogether.com/scales
Hi Jamie, I downloaded the scales progress sheets and they looked fine on my computer screen. But when I printed the pdf, the text was spaced out and missing letters, and the sheet music was missing all the heads on the notes. The tails and ledger lines showed up, but the ink ovals at the end of all the tails were missing. Is there a trick to getting it to print accurately! Thanks so much for all you do!
@@SkierSue oh. That IS weird. Not sure how to help you there I’m afraid. I’m a sax player!! 🤣
Great teacher, great channel and great teaching methods. I use your study materials also for clarinet. Thanks a lot Jamie !
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Awesome series Jamie. What a brilliant resource. I was lucky as a young boy learning clarinet, I had a great teacher that demonstrated the importance of scales. I hated music theory in the same way that I hated maths. But this teacher taught me to love scales. At 60, I am a little lazy now. But before I play any song, Especially before improvising, I play the scale at least 5 times, slow to fast, BUT as I was taught as a boy…I play the Arpeggios at the same time. I was told to learn the Arpeggios at the same time that I learned the scale. So for major…1, 3, 5 Octave. Major Arpeggios sound beautiful. I think that people call them triads now? But often triads don’t resolve at the octave. Anyway, Arpeggio notes are the corner stones of the music in any key/scale and the most used notes in a given key. And if you improvise, they are the key to success. Not trying to complicate things Jamie, but I think beginners learning to play 1,3,5, octave with the major scale, playing immediately after the scale , will develop an ear for how to use the scale musically. What do you think? Also if you were only going to learn one scale in all keys, the major would suffice.
Every major has a relative minor….and All scales and modes are derived from the major. As a guitarist, I can’t believe how many guitarists are "stuck" in the pentatonic. Why use 5 when you can use 8? Back in the day a scale had 8 notes not 7. The Octave is a different note . It’s on a different place on the staff. It has a different tonality (and sound wave). Jeez, I must be getting old. But please , beginners, learn your arpeggio’s at the same time. Learning them later makes no sense and they will change your life….
Fair comment. I’ve actually got a whole other method for the arpeggios but that comes after they learn the scale notes.
@@GetYourSaxTogether I would love to see your Arpeggio method. Really. Do I give them too much importance? I haven’t seen them discussed on any sax sites. I remember having a book with Arpeggio exercises and hated them at the time (I was 10) . My teacher was great, he told me that Charlie Parker had said it was leaning arpeggios that really made him stand out from other kids. (Or something like that) . My teacher got his wife to play piano chords while I did my arpeggio exercises and suddenly they we fun. Funny how when you get old you remember this stuff, but you can’t remember where you put your wallet…Anyway, please can you do a video on your Arpeggio method . I promise to practice them every day……
@@johnycat7373 ruclips.net/video/eGLRhbnVrP8/видео.html
Massive thank you! A couple of months ago I decided that being able to write down and muddle through playing them does not count as knowing the scales so I started more diligent practice. This fantastic resource came along at just the right time and is a great boost.
Great!
Love the lessons Jamie! I've learned so much about the saxophone because of this awesome channel! Thank you!!!
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Thank you for the terrific resource. I noticed an improvement in my playing in only a few days of practicing the scales. Speed bumps are really noticeable at fast speed!
Excellent!
Jamie..that is honestly most amazing course... YOU ROCK!
Thanks 🙏
First attempt at slowing the video today and it worked great for my practice as well as bringing out your Scot’s accent Jamie!
GLad its helpful! 😎
Thanks for you reply re. separating the left and right channels. I am watching on an iPad so I'll have to go the headphone route.
Thank you for a simple, practical answer to my question.
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again, nice job! locve the visual and technical blending of elements. A great exercise!
Thanks Stacey!
Hey Jamie, thanks so much for this video
Thanks John!
Wow absolutely fantastic Jamie. Thank you so much. These are really good warm up exercises. And thanks for all the detail in the videos . Looking forward to all the others now. Thank you for all your hard work. ;)
Thanks Royston! 👍
I don't read music, so where can I get the finger positions for each of the scales
There are many fingering charts on the web.
awesome lesson ! please help how to turn left channel and right channel speed . thank you so much !
Noted!
Most excellent! Thank you!
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please help why all notes sound too high after octove key press even collaborate tone. thank you
Sorry my friend - no way I can help you with that amount of information!
Thank you Jamie for this great "Practice Series" I am for on tend to be undisciplined in practicing my scales. The metronome is the key 🔑 👍🏿💯👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
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I have no words to thank you for this beautiful Lesson 🥺🤲🙏 Thank you Sir 🤗 Your really into helping those who wants to Master the Saxophone .
Really Appreciate your time patience and hard work you put into these lessons to help others reach certain Lvl 🙏🤗
Thanks! 🙏🙏
I so needed this . Thanks Jamie 🙌🎷🎷😎
Rock on!
When you talk about right hand side for metronome and left hand side for the sax in terms of making one or the other louder. How do you use this function?
Go to your sound settings and you will find a slider allowing you to adjust relative volume from right or left. On a mobile device you will need headphones.
How do you change from alto to tenor?
Not sure what the nature of your question is. Can you give me more?
On your tv promo you were demonstrating the major scales on alto. Do you have them on you playing tenor? That’s what I meant by how to change from alto to tenor on your video. Sorry for the confusion. Great presentation and a super player and clinician. Thanks!!!
@@nickpalise2448 I literally play them all on tenor as well??? 🤔
Hi Jamie,
thank you very much for your great work.
Is it possible to get the sound tracks as MP3s so that you can practice independently of RUclips (also as a paid download and with suitable background music)? For example, I always have the TTM course on my iPad with me and start every exercise session with your breathing training! With the accompanying music and your voice, it's just more fun!
I’ll give it some thought Kay. Full disclosure though - there’s also an agenda to get a tonne of daily views! Just saying. 😜
Great video and explanations. Jamie I always struggle with a smooth B to C transition, can you suggest an exercise to impove this or should I use side C?
To eliminate that bobble just slowly change from B to C a million times. It’s not rocket science- just hard work! Don’t use side C.
@@GetYourSaxTogether Thanks Jamie
Great. Is there a reason why high F# is not included?
I consider high F# to be the first altissimo note, and that is not the purpose of this exercise. The purpose of the exercise is to smooth out every scale across the regular range of the horn. Once you’ve got all that nailed, then move on to transitioning into the altissimo! Some people don’t have a high F# key and it will seem like a barrier to entry (I know you don’t need a high F# key of course). Nothing to stop you getting a metronome and doing the scales as high as you like!!
Great lesson! One question to the metronome setting: why are you using eight note clicks but playing quarter notes? Any special reason for that?
Actually, I have quarter note clicks with extra eighth notes between them and I’m playing eighth notes at 105 bpm.
When people slow down the video half or quarter I don’t want too much time between clicks and that’s what would happen if I just had a quarter note click.
Thanks Jaime for providing the list of scale(s). I've started with the C & F Major scales but don't quite know how to hit the upper range of notes beyond E. Ugh!!! 😖😖😬
You may find this helpful: ruclips.net/video/kURzx_fZ6Ho/видео.html
Great resource Jamie! Thanks! I already do this but having a formal way to train it will avoid me being lazy and not using the metronome. I'm curious though.I started today and noticed when doing the scales for Alto instead of going full range, you avoided the high F#. Any reason for that?
Not all saxophones have an F# key. That note is in the altissimo range. If you have an F# key and the scales contains an F#, play it.
I don't see anything saying left or right channel. I'm using a tablet
For iPad: Go to Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual then Balance: Drag the Left Right Stereo Balance slider
I love it
Thanks Martin!
Sorry, but how do I select which audio I want to hear, sax or metronome?
I can not figure it out , please let me know if you find out
@@meilingbao2481 Ok, will do
In your device's sound settings you can slide the volume of right and left tracks up and down separately.
@@GetYourSaxTogether How do I access the sound settings?
@@geoffparker6332 it all depends how you’re listening to RUclips and what device you’re using. Basically - find the balance/pan knob. If you can’t do that then you can’t separate it and you’ll have to put it in headphones but have one ear off!!
Why do you only go up to top E in some of the scales instead of F#?
Only more recent horns have an F# key. Then you have to go into altisimo mode.
@@pirsquared3251 Hmm understand that but why do some scales only go to top E instead of top F then?
@@marieforster1442 Some scales do not include F in the scale. They go from E to F#, thus the score stops at high E rather than include F which is not a scale note in that particular scale.
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@@pirsquared3251 Ah ok got it thanks! Be great if Jamie could do another version for all us saxes with a top F# 😁👍
"Alto/Baritone" 😅😅 Bari needs much more air than alto, no way to hold as long as alto without taking a breath, which then doesn't sync with the video anymore... Can you make a part for bari as well or at least a version that's doable in one breath?
Em, soz, can’t redo the video.🤣 Just miss out a note to breathe, but don’t always make it the same note you miss out.
@@GetYourSaxTogether Missing out a note trips me up tbh and I can't get a breath full enough to finish. Not making it the same note to miss out would trip me up even more. I didn't mean redo the video but one video for bari, as it is I'm better off playing alone to a metronome 😅
@@flrn84791 that’s ok. Just use the metronome.
High D, Eb and F are killing me on soprano 😫🥴😮💨
You're not alone!
Sorry, but how do you select between the sax and metronome tracks on the video?
Adjust the volume on your right and left audio channel. Sax is in one and clicks are in the other.
Playing the A scale I think, "Oh, Jamie's flat." As if! ....and then the sad realization: Nope, I'm all sharp all the time.
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