Can I Play Alto Saxophone After 13 Years?

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
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  • @ChadLefkowitzBrown
    @ChadLefkowitzBrown  Год назад +9

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  • @albertizonluzuriaga3797
    @albertizonluzuriaga3797 Год назад +67

    Definitely yes

  • @vepiru5734
    @vepiru5734 Год назад +78

    Incredible that you retain your tenor sound on alto !!

    • @lionellyles4716
      @lionellyles4716 Год назад +6

      Most dominant Sax cats retain their vibe on lesser dominant saxes. I.e. if you main tenor then you tend to keep those tendencies on alto and vice versa. It’s interesting that isn’t quite the same thing if you play soprano or bari.

    • @maisonMaple
      @maisonMaple Год назад +4

      That’s not a wholly good thing…

  • @aidanstorm1649
    @aidanstorm1649 Год назад +18

    It seems like you settled into the alto sound more towards the end, you can definitely hear how he gets more comfortable playing the alto

  • @tacos2837
    @tacos2837 Год назад +18

    this is so fun! crazy to see how the techniques don’t transfer over with the same tonal outcomes…also i feel like your alto tone changed gradually from the first clip to the last lol, you sound incredible as always!

  • @GUmbolyaa5112
    @GUmbolyaa5112 Год назад +7

    I had a very similar experience, I initially started out on alto (like many) but then switched to tenor shortly after. A few months ago I tried playing my brother's alto and I could barely even play a low B, I found the entire saxophone a little resistant but after a bit of playing a figure it out.

  • @Ajaykohli1971
    @Ajaykohli1971 Год назад

    Your alto lines on Body and Soul are so sweet and melodic...amazing!

  • @maexmaestermann471
    @maexmaestermann471 Год назад +3

    Chad, you sound amazing on just anything!

  • @ianbot
    @ianbot Год назад +1

    5:27 lol look at the left knee action
    incredible

  • @DL1GKC
    @DL1GKC Год назад

    It is great to see that practicing on one saxophone type (tenor) keeps and improves your skills on the other reed instruments as well. Especially helpful if one has to switch between instruments. Cheers from Chris

  • @pede1959
    @pede1959 Год назад +1

    Great to hear from you! As for the comparison for me you sound much better, more rounded, more soulful on tenor. In Body and Soul and in Cherokee Alto was very close. Not so in the other ones. I felt that on Alto for the most part it sounded ‘technical’ while on tenor it sounded soulful. Anyways - i hope that the touring eventually will bring you to the Northeast US - would love to hear you live. And just as a note - I am very grateful for the online work you are doing and the content you have created - to me that was and is a lot of inspiration.

  • @memubri5072
    @memubri5072 Год назад +1

    Remembering that Sonny Stitt did that more than a half century ago ! See the "New-York Jazz" session on Verve records ...

  • @Cubsfan122112
    @Cubsfan122112 Год назад +2

    if i ever needed another horn i'd love to get the nexus alto. sounds so smooth.

  • @imuawarriors
    @imuawarriors Год назад +1

    you definitely seem more comfortable with the tenor. I'm a clarinet/bari sax/flute guy myself...

  • @Zelimited
    @Zelimited Год назад +2

    His name is literally Chad. Like hes a chad

    • @xxczerxx
      @xxczerxx Год назад +1

      He actually looks like the GigaChad meme

  • @saxmanrex
    @saxmanrex Год назад +2

    Man, you sound fabulous on both horns!!!!

  • @dalebutler8898
    @dalebutler8898 Год назад

    Hi. You really playing the Havana International Jazz Festival this week ...Jan 2023

  • @danielryanmusic
    @danielryanmusic Год назад +1

    Chad I love this Body and Soul on Alto sounds great!

  • @ianbot
    @ianbot Год назад +3

    7:26 i love this minor blues alto part
    i was squinting so hard

  • @TheOwenValentine
    @TheOwenValentine Год назад

    Awesomeness ❤❤❤ I love to hear Soprano added in for a comparison too 🖖🏽💪🏽💪🏽

  • @OliverWolfe
    @OliverWolfe Год назад +2

    Phenomenal. Maybe a cheeky transcription is in order :)

  • @freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942
    @freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942 Год назад +2

    Wow, I just started to play the alto more often after playing tenor the whole time lol.

  • @sportsguy23
    @sportsguy23 Год назад +5

    My man coming on here sounding just like Cannonball Adderley

  • @simonsimon5124
    @simonsimon5124 Год назад

    TWNBAY was a little warm up for the alto feel...

  • @scrappysbootlegs3676
    @scrappysbootlegs3676 Год назад

    Yes.

  • @patheddles4004
    @patheddles4004 Год назад

    Damn man, whole video sounds gorgeous.

  • @LukeDoorMan
    @LukeDoorMan Год назад +1

    Trying to play alto again after playing bari for a few months was weird also

  • @ssgtjohnjohnson4921
    @ssgtjohnjohnson4921 Год назад

    Nice my Mannnnnnnnnn! That alto is smokin! Wish I could play like that!

  • @altariabeats
    @altariabeats Год назад

    That alto tone is giving me some of the Rare Lee Konitz...very nice!!

  • @CarSimping
    @CarSimping Год назад

    Sometimes i wake up and i just want to be chad lb. life seems like my dream

  • @jakeperalta4670
    @jakeperalta4670 Год назад

    UPLOAD MORE PLEASE!!!!

  • @XavierJordanMusic
    @XavierJordanMusic Год назад +1

    Sounds great man

  • @Gravity461
    @Gravity461 Год назад

    I may not play any saxophone, but this is really cool.

  • @solomonheinkel3305
    @solomonheinkel3305 Год назад +3

    You think there will be a Nexus Bari? Also LOVE the Alto sound

    • @ChadLefkowitzBrown
      @ChadLefkowitzBrown  Год назад +5

      Thank you, Solomon! We hope to release a Nexus Bari soon :)

    • @MLHunt
      @MLHunt Год назад

      @@ChadLefkowitzBrown how about a soprano?

    • @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou
      @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou Год назад

      When are you releasing the Nexus triangle? After the Nexus wood block? Not before the Nexus dripping faucet!

  • @emekefe
    @emekefe Год назад

    En iyi videon

  • @MrSweet59
    @MrSweet59 Год назад

    Chad you are marvelose play 👏👏👏🤗

  • @davidolahmusic
    @davidolahmusic Год назад

    Cool. Love it 👍😎

  • @Cubsfan122112
    @Cubsfan122112 Год назад +1

    what ligature were you using for the alto? do you not have one for the alto the same you have for the tenor? do you find playing the alto again challenging to keep a tighter embouchure compared to the tenor after all those years?

  • @christophemagis9768
    @christophemagis9768 Год назад +2

    Alto seems so like a toy in your hands 😄

  • @jazzlessonvideos
    @jazzlessonvideos Год назад +1

    🔥

  • @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou
    @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou Год назад +1

    Why pick between playing one or the other, play them both at the same time, them, a bassoon, and a full pack of cigarettes like a true one man orchestra because your Chad friggin LB #chad 3:16

  • @AdventureAndySnM
    @AdventureAndySnM Год назад

    You can hear the Eric Marienthal in the last one lol

  • @nexussaxophones
    @nexussaxophones Год назад +2

    🎷🚀

  • @georgefromgreece4119
    @georgefromgreece4119 Год назад

    Up to the end you had already adapted to the alto well.

  • @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou
    @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou Год назад

    In addition to yourself, who are your RUclips pro musician friends you recommend checking out the channels of?

  • @MLHunt
    @MLHunt Год назад +1

    I've never seen an exercise exactly like this where the same player improvises over the same chords with two differently keyed instruments of the same type. Seems like your approach is slightly different on alto and tenor though I'm not technical enough to explain how or perhaps why. Really interesting though, thanks!

    • @mil3ston3s
      @mil3ston3s Год назад

      It’s all relative… in other words the fingerings are shifted by a fourth, which means certain affordances are going to be lost or gained, given that he stays in the same key. For the player, its like the whole song has been transposed… even though we hear the same key.

    • @MLHunt
      @MLHunt Год назад

      @@mil3ston3s I understand all that, i played sax and a little trumpet as a kid into high school. I was thinking more about the character of Chad's soloing on the two instruments and how there seemed to my ear to be slight differences in his approaches, and why that might be. Is it that alto takes somewhat less wind so the breathing aspects are different? Or the fact that the keys on alto are slightly closer and have shorter throws? Or was it something about the particular keys of the grooves he was playing in that made him necessarily center his solos higher or lower in the range on a given instrument? Or how those particular keys transpose differently on the two instruments because they're pitched a minor fourth (i think) apart?
      There was definitely a difference in the character of his soloing on the two instruments and i was just trying to puzzle out what might account for it.

  • @barryoverstreet4876
    @barryoverstreet4876 Год назад

    Dude! Two things.... One, you read my mind, was wondering where you'd gotten to...... Two, was that a Jamey Abersold backing t ack I heard? Been a long time..... Oh, and....... Three, you were owning that alto; apart from the fact you actually DO own that alto. 🌟

    • @Osnosis
      @Osnosis 11 месяцев назад

      iRealPro

  • @lyntedrockley7295
    @lyntedrockley7295 Год назад

    Great thanks. I notice the Nexus saxes don't have the link bar on the left hand pinky table. More like an SBA than a VI. Apologies if you've explained that before, if not, care to?

  • @drkeithnewton
    @drkeithnewton Год назад

    No fair! You took a break in-between edits!

  • @youdontknowwhoiamimdawson8094
    @youdontknowwhoiamimdawson8094 Год назад

    W video

  • @owenanderson8509
    @owenanderson8509 Год назад

    2:45

  • @EzyPezyLemonChezy
    @EzyPezyLemonChezy Год назад

    I wanna see him play bari

  • @rongibbs390
    @rongibbs390 Год назад

    I have homes in two countries. In one I play tenor, in the other I play alto. It takes a few days to adjust between them, to find the right sound. Also, I play differently because of both the different sound (alto is more waily, tenor is more mellow) and the greater dexterity of the alto. It’s like changing personality.

  • @soulsaxmurrill
    @soulsaxmurrill Год назад

    Hi, why did you stop playing alto, to play tenor most often?

  • @damienallouch
    @damienallouch Год назад

    Fabulus ❤

  • @BamesJarton
    @BamesJarton Год назад

    baritone?

  • @undeadja33a
    @undeadja33a Год назад

    hey chad, i was wondering what tip opening and reed size you used for your tenor? i’m currently on the nexus 3’s on my jody hr dark 7* and i’m hopefully getting a edge soon. i wanted to know what works best for you.

  • @raffosax
    @raffosax Год назад +2

    And now we want you on baryton ❤

  • @bensen3325
    @bensen3325 Год назад

    There was a question like can I ride a bike after 13 years.

  • @davidlaid6766
    @davidlaid6766 Год назад

    the alto looks so small in chads hands I thought it was a curved soprano for a second 😂

  • @JorisPosthumus
    @JorisPosthumus Год назад

    yeah, an tenor player on alto;)

  • @hyperbolaworldwide611
    @hyperbolaworldwide611 Год назад

    Chad sounds a bit like phil on body and soul

  • @demonslayed8895
    @demonslayed8895 Год назад +1

    So if I order this sax, or better, come pick one up from you, can I get 10 free in person lessons from you? Or more if you want to be even more generous 😬

  • @HylianAlph
    @HylianAlph Год назад

    He’s better than me at alto too, rip

  • @Jeremy-tg9yt
    @Jeremy-tg9yt Год назад

    Ur names chad u can do anything lol

  • @grantdcc916
    @grantdcc916 Год назад

    It is safe to say….yes you can play alto after 13 years

  • @kwootamuckbear9294
    @kwootamuckbear9294 Год назад

    👍🏾🎶🎵🎷

  • @negritokimba1614
    @negritokimba1614 Год назад

    you can play all sax whitout problems....

  • @shirleyfrancis4515
    @shirleyfrancis4515 Год назад

    It should be "can I play tenor after 13 years" .

  • @jq_music
    @jq_music Год назад

    Nice Jesus of Saxophone