The series you've been making, chatting with the known youtubers playing sax, is really great! I've been a subscriber long before that but gotta say, it really piked my interest :) It's a lot of work but rest assured we appreciate it a lot
These are some really great excersizes. I watched one of his masterclasses and he even provides more things to practice along with different approaches to things. I am about to have to give my school back it's tenor that I'm borrowing, so I will sadly have to take a break from sax until I can afford a new one :( but at least I can practice clarinet stuff.
It's only been a couple of weeks in "shut down and isolate" mode, but it was weird seeing the handshake and hug at the beginning when the door opened. How quickly things change. Thanks for this very informative lesson, both of you!
I've watched this video so many times! I go back to those scales you showed and pause the screen and grind going through it over and over. Thank you so much for putting this video together and helping inspire so many musicians! :)
I am so happy I just got my sax back from the shop and upgraded to a Selmer 80 C*. So happy. It need a full workup. Pricey but so worth it. Thank you for the inspiration to get back into sax!
Thank You for this GREATE video!!! THIS IS THE BEST RUclips CHANELI'm a saxohone player of Belgium, i make videos to (I started). I have been watching all your'e video's and i am so happy that i founf you!!!!!! Keep it up, you're the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello Jay, This lesson is very interesting, not only that I learned a great lesson, (hours of practice) but also a great saxophonist. I am 77 yeas old and this will keep occupied for a while at least during this crisis. Great video.
I've been looking for some jazz exercises and warmups just like this. There's so many books out there and I have no idea which one to get. I'm gonna go look at Chad's stuff.
The price is very reasonable; most is not complicated, but to maser the material the way Chad has is years of practice. I have benefited incredibly from his material and having the good fortune of taking a few lessons when he did teach privately.
Too bad you didn't snag an interview with Gato when he was alive. He was master of most beautiful tenor in history. Europa tels the story. I'm speaking about beauty, not technicality. Beauty is a simple thing! Which goes the furthest
I purchased Chad's 10 Jazz Musician Warmups far prior to this video, but this video really describes WHY one would practice this and and how they can apply what is being practiced. Awesome!
Chad's level of theory is far beyond my casual level as a player. I watch some of his videos, then just quit watching because I can't keep up. Jay, break downs like this are what make you such a great teacher! I can actually take something he did and now apply it to my practice.
Hey Jay that was great and you sounded great on your improv example! When you were blowing over the Major chord progression were you having to think over "each chord" and change gears so to speak for each chord or did you apply Chad's concept to the " I major scale" for all the chords in the progression?
Good question. At first, you can just apply the exercise to get used to hearing it in context over the backing track, but you want to get to the point where you know the different chord tones of the chords you are playing over even if they are all in the same key. this way you can aim for and land on the chord tones where the changes take place. This will give your lines direction and make them more melodic.
Are you familiar with Norwegian Jan Garbarek? He's my favorite!! Check out the "Solstice" recording by Seattle guitarist Ralph Towner. Also has my favorite drummer Norwegian Jon Christensen and my favorite bass German Eberhard Weber. How do you get that sound? When he plays soprano, it has the fullness of and is as fat as an alto!!!
Great video! I Appreciate you so much for putting in the time to make such quality videos, with good explanations, examples, charts and everything. And the fact that you give respect to other sax players and artists in general, is great.
Interesting to see Chad using a SYOS mouthpiece. I got one in their recent sale, for $99. It's as good as any $300 mouthpiece, and really cuts. I use it for faster jazz and blues tunes. UPDATE: I JUST BOUGHT Chad's warmup exercises book, with your discount code. A bargain! Thanks. :)
Thanks for this one, Jay. I've only been practising the chromatic approach exercise for an hour or so and already it's giving me some new improvisational possibilities. I'm using the D major exercise over the first 8 bars of Miss Jones (alto sax key) and it seems to me to fit perfectly. (And I've bought Chad's book.)
Great video, thanks Jay and Chad! Interestingly my teacher just recommended I start practicing my dim6th scales, which are the same as your 8 note Major Bebop scale with the additional flat 6. I can see how useful they are now! Barry Harris was a big fan of these too I believe.
Great video and exercise. Thanks Jay. Speaking of soul playing (GounterMcSnounter) Perhaps we will be lucky to meet Nick Homes at your channel - that is after the world restarts...
Jay, I love your channel and especially love these interviews with pro players and experts in the realted fields! I was a subscriber of Chad’s channel before I became yours 😁, so it’s fun to find out that you know each other! I’ve been playing the horn over 30 years, but I have missed some basic stuff, and probably like everybody else who’s been playing for a long time, I neglated to pay attention to many of the details that you’ve been covering in your videos, and very helpful! Keep up the great work!!
I can't express how greatfull I am for your time put into this channel! I only bought a saxophone 3 days ago 28/4, I have played guitar for a long time and have always been interested in the thought of a sax, I only wish I had got one along time ago, having the two instruments at hand and being in lockdown has allowed me to dabble in music all day long switching between the two. It has made playing so much more engaging for me! Finding you and your channel has amazed me so I had to thank you for passing on your knowledge! Which is fairly expensive and shout get me more than started 👍
I’ve just been getting back into sax again after a few years. Found your channel last week and I was just about to see if you had any improv videos when I found this one, great timing!
Hi! Congratulations on your channel! I have a doubt about this video with Chad. I have two of his books and I'm practicing slowly and always. When the chad played on Cmaj7 the pattern seemed to change in midway in the IV ( F# G A C# B A G# F#) Was it really so?
Hey! Thanks a bunch for the amazing content. The finish on your Yani, is it unlacquered? Or is is wear and tear? Or even a a chemical wash/treatment? Second lil' question: Ever got you hands on an SML saxophone? Supposed to be the unsung hero that got lost in the Selmer rise to the top in the 50's and 60's. Would love some feedback or even a review if ever you have experience with such a horn or if there's one you can get your hands on close by! Merci! Cheers from Montreal
I had an SMLGold Medal tenor that I bought years ago (early 80’s) for $250. It was a fantastic horn, every bit as good as the Mark 6 I previously owned. The ergonomics were not quite as good as the 6, but sound wise it roared. Sadly, I sold it due to taking a very long hiatus from playing. I am still kicking myself.
The Yanagisawa I'm playing in this video is a T880 which is about 35 years old or so. It's got standard lacquer that is a bit worn with the age, and the neck is not the original. It is a Yany bronze neck that had the lacquer removed.
This is advanced level stuff. So much music theory really makes this video and these exercises out of reach for those of us without all the music theory training…sadly.
In a nutshell if you're going down to the next one but you got an extra beat go half way and if your target is halfway go a whole way and then land up a half.... great life lesson... I wish someone would told me before...
So you say that there’s 12 keys but what are you doing about the minor ones ? I know that is just changing one note in the scale but it doesn’t matter at all practicing them too ?
When you practice an exercise like this that starts on each scale degree of major, you are also practicing all of the modes of major. So starting on the 2nd and 6th scale degrees you are practicing minor for example.
I appreciate this video, but can you do a video on rhythmic and motivic improvisation a la Sonny Rollins or maybe the type of improv John Coltrane did during the Impulse! area? To me , the music in this video just sounds like 8th notes being run over chord changes. I also feel like Chad's definition of what makes a good improviser is a bit reductive.
Interested in the bebop major scale, a teacher introduced me to the bebop dominant a little while ago (123456flat7maj78) wondering if there are other bebop scales, say minor?
Tim Pearce I’ve never heard of minor bebop scale either, but if I were to guess what it would be would just be adding the flat 3rd to the dominant scale. It still has all the chord tones of 1 b3 5 dom7 on strong beats if you start on the root. But I don’t know at all if this is a thing lmao
I love it, even though your conversations frequently went way over my head skill-wise, (I am not nearly close to bebop impro) I just love listening to great sax players discussing helpful techniques
John Regan Hi John. Something to help you not be lost. Listen to the interview again, as soon as you hear a term or word you don’t understand write it down . Then google it. Do this for the whole interview and I hope it clears it up.
cool, I just grabbed Chad's PDF of 10 Warmups. Now I'd like to build my own backing track in iReal for all keys, based on your track. Is it I^7, iii-7, IV^7,V7 ? (ex D^7, F#-7, G^7,A7)
It's all Greek to me, what you guys are talking about... and I'm Greek, literally... Regardless, as long as you stopped talking and started playing, it all made sense. Fragmented information for a strict by-ear-playing, music-theory "analphabet", amateur saxophone player like me, listening to what you show, is a treasure.
Hey BetterSax, I’m having trouble right now, I’m trying to decide between a Dukoff and Yanagisawa mouthpiece for my tenor. I have a yanagisawa right now but currently do not have a Dukoff. I also cannot find any videos really comparing the the two. I would really appreciate it if you could make a video on this in the future, as this would really help me out.🎷🔥
Thanks Jay and Chad! I got a few of these books a couple of weeks ago and they certainly turn up the fun/challenge factor in working on scales and technique!! They have especially helped in getting to know how to best utilise alternate fingerings - particularly F sharp and B flat... and when done slow, also helps with improving tuning and intonation.... Got a long way to go though, and not applied yet into improv, but it's all good learning ... Exercises 4 and 6 are killer!
Coming from the classical discipline,I can play these scale exercises with little effort but I still cant use them In chord changes,I either not think about using them or I am confused as to how to lead into them while keeping time and where to lead them into.
Hey Jay, can you do a tutorial on how to use the Sure MV88+ Mic that you had on your sax player Christmas list? I got one and I'm kind of struggling with how to use it/best practices for recording. Thank you for the great content, as always.
Hey Jay! Thanks for continuing to post these videos! I'm a sax teacher who is now teaching solely from home using video conferencing, and your videos + video from other bloggers is adds a bright spark to my day and helps me to be a better player and teacher. Stay safe and healthy Mate! (From Australia)
Wow jay! I never really saw this one coming... Great job guys! I have always had the challenge of finding time to practice consistently.... So i guess i can say thank goodness for this apocalyptic break. Big shout out to Chad! Im going to practically eat these exercises 😎
Oh let me get some popcorn. I am about to watch this start to finishhhhhhhhhh
Mario kart lick!!!!
Hi saxologic I’m subscribed to you :)
Thanks, Jay!! So great to hang with you :)
thank you bro! Glad we got to do this before the shutdown.
Better Sax absolutely!
Chad LB Bro imma big fan are u ever gonna come to Memphis?
Kenny R nah
Is that a Boston Sax Shop custom strap?
I discovered Chad 10 days ago and working his exercises every day for a 2-3 hours is really improving my playing much faster than before
The series you've been making, chatting with the known youtubers playing sax, is really great!
I've been a subscriber long before that but gotta say, it really piked my interest :) It's a lot of work but rest assured we appreciate it a lot
Thanks, glad you're enjoying the videos.
muahahaha, you mean *chadding* with the known youtubers??
I just learned about scales, so this is a little above my head. But great information.
These are some really great excersizes. I watched one of his masterclasses and he even provides more things to practice along with different approaches to things. I am about to have to give my school back it's tenor that I'm borrowing, so I will sadly have to take a break from sax until I can afford a new one :( but at least I can practice clarinet stuff.
It's only been a couple of weeks in "shut down and isolate" mode, but it was weird seeing the handshake and hug at the beginning when the door opened. How quickly things change. Thanks for this very informative lesson, both of you!
I've watched this video so many times! I go back to those scales you showed and pause the screen and grind going through it over and over. Thank you so much for putting this video together and helping inspire so many musicians! :)
Glad it was helpful!
I am so happy I just got my sax back from the shop and upgraded to a Selmer 80 C*. So happy. It need a full workup. Pricey but so worth it. Thank you for the inspiration to get back into sax!
Thank You for this GREATE video!!! THIS IS THE BEST RUclips CHANELI'm a saxohone player of Belgium, i make videos to (I started). I have been watching all your'e video's and i am so happy that i founf you!!!!!!
Keep it up, you're the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello Jay,
This lesson is very interesting, not only that I learned a great lesson, (hours of practice) but also a great saxophonist. I am 77 yeas old and this will keep occupied for a while at least during this crisis. Great video.
thanks. This one exercise is a good amount of work if you take it around all the keys..
Two awesome players with great resources to pull from, thanks guys!
I've been looking for some jazz exercises and warmups just like this. There's so many books out there and I have no idea which one to get. I'm gonna go look at Chad's stuff.
I bought his stuff, and honestly, there are some good exercises, however, you can basically just find it all for free on his channel
The price is very reasonable; most is not complicated, but to maser the material the way Chad has is years of practice. I have benefited incredibly from his material and having the good fortune of taking a few lessons when he did teach privately.
my man CHAD LB! I've been listening to his music and vids for awhile now. such a great guy. the sax is indeed a deadly weapon.
ikr chad is so good with his playing
Too bad you didn't snag an interview with Gato when he was alive. He was master of most beautiful tenor in history. Europa tels the story. I'm speaking about beauty, not technicality. Beauty is a simple thing! Which goes the furthest
I purchased Chad's 10 Jazz Musician Warmups far prior to this video, but this video really describes WHY one would practice this and and how they can apply what is being practiced. Awesome!
glad this helped.
His tone and sound is crazy smooth. What is his mouthpiece set-up?
in that video he was playing his Chad LB SYOS mouthpiece.
Never heard of this guy Chad. What a player!!! Nice improvs on this lesson. Thanks for introducing him ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.
O wait, this is Jay’s channel hahaa subscribed to
both so I was confused haha
Chad's level of theory is far beyond my casual level as a player. I watch some of his videos, then just quit watching because I can't keep up. Jay, break downs like this are what make you such a great teacher! I can actually take something he did and now apply it to my practice.
Hey Jay that was great and you sounded great on your improv example! When you were blowing over the Major chord progression were you having to think over "each chord" and change gears so to speak for each chord or did you apply Chad's concept to the " I major scale" for all the chords in the progression?
Good question. At first, you can just apply the exercise to get used to hearing it in context over the backing track, but you want to get to the point where you know the different chord tones of the chords you are playing over even if they are all in the same key. this way you can aim for and land on the chord tones where the changes take place. This will give your lines direction and make them more melodic.
Great lessons!
Chad is one of my favourite players. Both of you are amazing!
Please do more improv lessons.
will do thanks.
Are you familiar with Norwegian Jan Garbarek? He's my favorite!! Check out the "Solstice" recording by Seattle guitarist Ralph Towner. Also has my favorite drummer Norwegian Jon Christensen and my favorite bass German Eberhard Weber. How do you get that sound? When he plays soprano, it has the fullness of and is as fat as an alto!!!
I'm playing an L.A. sax curved soprano and my tenor has fallen apart. Any recommendations???
Great video!
I Appreciate you so much for putting in the time to make such quality videos, with good explanations, examples, charts and everything.
And the fact that you give respect to other sax players and artists in general, is great.
Thanks for watching!
Interesting to see Chad using a SYOS mouthpiece. I got one in their recent sale, for $99. It's as good as any $300 mouthpiece, and really cuts. I use it for faster jazz and blues tunes. UPDATE: I JUST BOUGHT Chad's warmup exercises book, with your discount code. A bargain! Thanks. :)
great!
Thank you so much for this video! I love chads work and I recently bought two of his books
great to hear.
He sounds nothing like what he looks like
why does he have the mouthpiece off to the side of his mouth
Thanks for this one, Jay. I've only been practising the chromatic approach exercise for an hour or so and already it's giving me some new improvisational possibilities. I'm using the D major exercise over the first 8 bars of Miss Jones (alto sax key) and it seems to me to fit perfectly. (And I've bought Chad's book.)
Great to hear! Tunes like that which stay in the same key for a while are great for practicing this concept.
Awesome video! Chad is a great Sax player inspiring us every day!
Hello Jay. Your 'Sign Me Up, Jay!' action on the /shed page doesn't work (in three different browsers). Can you help?
I just tested and it’s working for me. Perhaps you have a pop up blocker or something?
@@bettersax Ah. It was Proton VPN - I had to turn it off. Thanks!
Great video, thanks Jay and Chad! Interestingly my teacher just recommended I start practicing my dim6th scales, which are the same as your 8 note Major Bebop scale with the additional flat 6. I can see how useful they are now! Barry Harris was a big fan of these too I believe.
Do a video with Sirvalorsax! but also social distance.
I love that guy
@@isaiahd9947 He's the best. Dude should get a gig teaching at a college after the apocalypse. He's got a way with explaining stuff.
perhaps we will one day.
@@bettersax That's awesome. Stay safe!
My two most favorite RUclipsrs! Thanks for all the great material.
Great video and exercise. Thanks Jay.
Speaking of soul playing (GounterMcSnounter) Perhaps we will be lucky to meet Nick Homes at your channel - that is after the world restarts...
Why does this video sound like the pitch is raised a little bit?
haha I messed up and recorded the part with Chad at 25 fps and the part in my studio at 24 fps. Very keen observation though...
@@bettersax Ah, that explains it lol. I knew your voice sounded a little higher than usual. Thanks for the reply :) love your channel
Thank you, this is really useful for me
Jay, I love your channel and especially love these interviews with pro players and experts in the realted fields! I was a subscriber of Chad’s channel before I became yours 😁, so it’s fun to find out that you know each other!
I’ve been playing the horn over 30 years, but I have missed some basic stuff, and probably like everybody else who’s been playing for a long time, I neglated to pay attention to many of the details that you’ve been covering in your videos, and very helpful! Keep up the great work!!
I can't express how greatfull I am for your time put into this channel! I only bought a saxophone 3 days ago 28/4, I have played guitar for a long time and have always been interested in the thought of a sax, I only wish I had got one along time ago, having the two instruments at hand and being in lockdown has allowed me to dabble in music all day long switching between the two. It has made playing so much more engaging for me! Finding you and your channel has amazed me so I had to thank you for passing on your knowledge! Which is fairly expensive and shout get me more than started 👍
id love my mom for naming me chad
What mouthpiece and read is Chad playing!
Good job folks 👏 Thanks so much 🙏 Warm cheers 😊 God bless 🙏🎸🎶😊
So colorful! Hey, i just ordered the neck strap you were wearing, Jay. Thanks again for another great vid. I hope all is well in your world.
youve helped me so much through my alto sax journey also really want that reed geek but i cant get it due to corona what should i do
wait, till you can get one and then order it. there are much more important things people are going without these days..
It smells like good old non-confined days.
yeah in the time before...
I’ve been trying to do improv notes
I can't find the pdfs for this. I can figure it out but I followed the link
Please sir, i need link for the soundtrack you used in this video for the bebop scale exercise... Thank you sir..
THIS is what I've been missing, thank you so much!
I’ve just been getting back into sax again after a few years. Found your channel last week and I was just about to see if you had any improv videos when I found this one, great timing!
good to hear. thanks
Love this channel! Love chad’s channel. Thank you🙏🎉
yeah chad and jay have very good channels
Bebop scales produce a hip sound. And the dominant scales too.
Hi!
Congratulations on your channel! I have a doubt about this video with Chad. I have two of his books and I'm practicing slowly and always. When the chad played on Cmaj7 the pattern seemed to change in midway in the IV ( F# G A C# B A G# F#) Was it really so?
Two of the very best on youtube!
Amazing!
Hey! Thanks a bunch for the amazing content. The finish on your Yani, is it unlacquered? Or is is wear and tear? Or even a a chemical wash/treatment?
Second lil' question: Ever got you hands on an SML saxophone? Supposed to be the unsung hero that got lost in the Selmer rise to the top in the 50's and 60's. Would love some feedback or even a review if ever you have experience with such a horn or if there's one you can get your hands on close by!
Merci! Cheers from Montreal
I had an SMLGold Medal tenor that I bought years ago (early 80’s) for $250. It was a fantastic horn, every bit as good as the Mark 6 I previously owned. The ergonomics were not quite as good as the 6, but sound wise it roared. Sadly, I sold it due to taking a very long hiatus from playing. I am still kicking myself.
The Yanagisawa I'm playing in this video is a T880 which is about 35 years old or so. It's got standard lacquer that is a bit worn with the age, and the neck is not the original. It is a Yany bronze neck that had the lacquer removed.
@@allblooz That says a lot, thanks!
@@bettersax Right! So normal wear and tear allthrough or did you get the lacquer removed manually from the neck?
This is advanced level stuff. So much music theory really makes this video and these exercises out of reach for those of us without all the music theory training…sadly.
Just bought Chad's book. Whoa! Very cool - I'll be busy for awhile!
Jay, thank you so much for this lesson. You are amazing bro.
In a nutshell if you're going down to the next one but you got an extra beat go half way and if your target is halfway go a whole way and then land up a half.... great life lesson... I wish someone would told me before...
I don’t want to sound like the real thing I want to be one with the real thing- Tamel lee
You know before it starts Chad is going to tell everyone how much he has been touring. 😱🤮
So you say that there’s 12 keys but what are you doing about the minor ones ? I know that is just changing one note in the scale but it doesn’t matter at all practicing them too ?
When you practice an exercise like this that starts on each scale degree of major, you are also practicing all of the modes of major. So starting on the 2nd and 6th scale degrees you are practicing minor for example.
Thanks guys!! Great advice!!!👍
Great videos anything on Dorien Am exercises if I spelled that right
Something likes 50% technique, 50% art 😊😊
Something I tend to do is use lots of chromatic approaches but mostly the g# key
Jazz musicians don't play scales from top to bottom.Waste of time
You Make the best saxophone videos
ikr its so good
Thank you I don’t have a sax but I love to see this tutorial videos thank you so much
i know right jay is very helpful with his videos
Once again I would like to thank the incredible Mr. Botti for introducing this amazing talent.
Thanks!
Thank you!!!
Merci beaucoup les Amis !!!!
Ps: what is the sax's Chad?
I appreciate this video, but can you do a video on rhythmic and motivic improvisation a la Sonny Rollins or maybe the type of improv John Coltrane did during the Impulse! area? To me , the music in this video just sounds like 8th notes being run over chord changes. I also feel like Chad's definition of what makes a good improviser is a bit reductive.
Interested in the bebop major scale, a teacher introduced me to the bebop dominant a little while ago (123456flat7maj78) wondering if there are other bebop scales, say minor?
Tim Pearce I’ve never heard of minor bebop scale either, but if I were to guess what it would be would just be adding the flat 3rd to the dominant scale. It still has all the chord tones of 1 b3 5 dom7 on strong beats if you start on the root. But I don’t know at all if this is a thing lmao
1K of this one👍
Love these theory videos
So much to learn ...well time to dig in!
So when I'm playing my bebop scale 2:20 , is it okay to swing it like I kinda hear in Chad's playing ?
Yeah, these are possibly the most potent exercises for ingraining jazz vocabulary into your playing. Love it!!
I love it, even though your conversations frequently went way over my head skill-wise, (I am not nearly close to bebop impro) I just love listening to great sax players discussing helpful techniques
John Regan Hi John. Something to help you not be lost. Listen to the interview again, as soon as you hear a term or word you don’t understand write it down . Then google it. Do this for the whole interview and I hope it clears it up.
Thanks John.
If Jay brings in Leo P imma freak out.
who knows... one day perhaps
@@bettersax ahahhahahah Leo P
does anyone know what neck strap he's using here? it looks so clean
cool, I just grabbed Chad's PDF of 10 Warmups.
Now I'd like to build my own backing track in iReal for all keys, based on your track. Is it I^7, iii-7, IV^7,V7 ? (ex D^7, F#-7, G^7,A7)
Very nice , I have bought two of Chad`s books including the 10 jazz exercises-which one would you chose next?
depends on what you are looking to improve. The tune learning exercise book is good too.
The ii-V7 book is excellent. The tune learning book is more complicated.
Two amazing people right here! Great video thank you man!
Thanks!
It's all Greek to me, what you guys are talking about... and I'm Greek, literally...
Regardless, as long as you stopped talking and started playing, it all made sense.
Fragmented information for a strict by-ear-playing, music-theory "analphabet", amateur saxophone player like me, listening to what you show, is a treasure.
Great video, and inteview. Thanks Ksaxman.com
i liked and subed but i think this vid can be longer cuz ure doing it great
What are the "twelve keys" that you have mentioned in this video?
Hey BetterSax, I’m having trouble right now, I’m trying to decide between a Dukoff and Yanagisawa mouthpiece for my tenor. I have a yanagisawa right now but currently do not have a Dukoff. I also cannot find any videos really comparing the the two. I would really appreciate it if you could make a video on this in the future, as this would really help me out.🎷🔥
Super helpful video! Really nice content. Thank you
yeah so helpful
Please do one of these with leo p
ikr leo p is so good!
Thanks Jay and Chad! I got a few of these books a couple of weeks ago and they certainly turn up the fun/challenge factor in working on scales and technique!! They have especially helped in getting to know how to best utilise alternate fingerings - particularly F sharp and B flat... and when done slow, also helps with improving tuning and intonation.... Got a long way to go though, and not applied yet into improv, but it's all good learning ... Exercises 4 and 6 are killer!
Coming from the classical discipline,I can play these scale exercises with little effort but I still cant use them In chord changes,I either not think about using them or I am confused as to how to lead into them while keeping time and where to lead them into.
Gosh there was alot of yacking but YES you have explained very well ..... Yeah I know you're good and I didn't really mind the yacking
Hey Jay, can you do a tutorial on how to use the Sure MV88+ Mic that you had on your sax player Christmas list? I got one and I'm kind of struggling with how to use it/best practices for recording.
Thank you for the great content, as always.
can you make a video on how to play more boring pls?
Hey Jay! Thanks for continuing to post these videos! I'm a sax teacher who is now teaching solely from home using video conferencing, and your videos + video from other bloggers is adds a bright spark to my day and helps me to be a better player and teacher. Stay safe and healthy Mate! (From Australia)
Wow jay! I never really saw this one coming... Great job guys! I have always had the challenge of finding time to practice consistently.... So i guess i can say thank goodness for this apocalyptic break. Big shout out to Chad! Im going to practically eat these exercises 😎