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How to improvise over chord changes - The 1357 method

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In this video we discuss the steps of how to play harmonically correct solos over chord changes. This method not only creates 'correct' sounding solos, but also helps you recognise the associated notes with each chord symbol. Obviously I've written the 1357 (which are also known as 'chord tones', or 'arpeggios') above each chord for now, but eventually you'll want to know the 1357 of a chord just by looking at the chord symbol. Knowing your major scales is essential for this!
This method is brilliant for new tunes and 'getting to know' the changes.
If you'd like to play along to this video, then please find the relevant PDF transpositions below:
B-flat: drive.google.c...
E-flat: drive.google.c...
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@HFox-qh7jj 2 месяца назад

I play guitar and that es a really helpful lesson for me also. Thank you.

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Brilliant! Thanks for comment 🙏

@berylallen7800 2 месяца назад

Thanks for really teaching and simplifying playing over the chord changes.

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

No problem! Thanks for the comment 👍

@robertgreen3702 2 месяца назад

What a great lesson!!!! And your tone is beautiful. Thank you so much👍👍👍

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Ah thanks - appreciate that. Thanks for commenting 🙌

@alangordon4793 2 месяца назад

Thank you for taking the time to video and post this. This lesson is also a helpful lesson for the guitar player moving from strumming chords folk/cowboy style to being a bit more creative with the the chord tones/arpeggio. Thanks again.

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Great to hear. Thanks for the comment 🙏

@unnitsu 2 месяца назад

this video came up randomly. i decided to listen. very nicely demonstrated. i am exploring other videos in your channel. will use this input to my guitar learning. i am only a self learning hobbyist. thanks for the video.

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Many thanks for your comment 🙏

@gerardocazaresnava665 2 месяца назад

I didnt know about this method but is definitely my favorite now. Thanks so much your channel is going to be one of the best saxophone channels in youtube all your videos are very useful

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

That’s very kind of you 🙏

@BigParadox 2 месяца назад

Very nice video, thanks! I play tenor, soprano, and baritone myself, sometimes thinking of getting an alto. And for all of you who didn't know it, this method was discovered in 1357, the year when jazz was invented.

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Haha 🙌 Thanks for the comment

@ronaldmcaulay4346 3 месяца назад

Excellent lesson, This really shows you how to play through the changes for any tune.

@Oxdazdndconfuzd8O 2 месяца назад

Thank you for dedicating your time to educating others. I'm learning guitar and listening to every facet to hopefully understand and learn this language that has remained elusive to me.

@ek2thehands 2 месяца назад

I really like the way you explained this method to play over the chord changes. For guitar this helped more than what some guitar videos explained. Thanks!

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Thanks for that, lovely to hear! 🙏

@ronhowe5933 2 месяца назад

Good stuff and reasonably simple for budding imrpovisors. ... I often use the chords to Hazel O'coonor's 'Will You' to get students on the road to picking off chord tones, as that song is arpeggiated in 1-3-5-3; gets them hitting the changes. But it can be done on any song chord progression. The other method I use is arpeggios over 1-IV-V Rock and roll 12 bar changes as that comes in handy so often in different keys.

@peterankin985 2 месяца назад

This is great i am learning this at the moment so ideal thanks for taking the time to post

@trevoracourt9178 2 месяца назад

Thank you. That is a great tutorial

@luigig6256 2 месяца назад

Bass fundamentals for groove. Clear presentation. Thanks for putting this together.

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Thanks for commenting 👍

@jasJlm 2 месяца назад

EXCELLENT!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!

@petervad 2 месяца назад

OMG. Thank you so much for explaining a wonderful way to enter jazz improvisation. This will provide me with hours of fun and frustration. By the way I am doing this on guitar; obviously brilliant for any instrument. Thanks again!

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Wonderful to hear! Thanks for commenting 👍

@Jamiemccredie 2 месяца назад

George! This is wonderful. 👍👍👍👍👍🎸

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Ha - cheers my man x

@patrickangusfoley 2 месяца назад

Really helpful. Thank you. I've been playing the 1 then the 3 then the 5, etc. - eventually full arpeggios, guide tones, voice leading, etc. - and saying the chord names out loud while I play to help cement the changes in my head (I play violin, so chords aren't second nature to me, yet) ... but that's not yet improvising - it's mechanical. I like the technique shared here better, because it's improvising right away (by feeling, playing, and varying the rhythm in a meaningful way). That seems more useful to me, more reinforcing (and less boring). Will be trying it tonight!

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Awesome - thanks for the comment

@CVGuitar 2 месяца назад

Great video George -- straight to the point with some sweet sounding lines!

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Ah thanks for the comment

@GLDNSCTN 2 месяца назад

Rad! Thanks so much Man! Im a lifetime musician but just now learning theory- this is super helpful!!!

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Great to hear. Thanks for the comment 🙏

@Blackhatsax55 2 месяца назад

Wonderful relaxed understandable lesson. Thank you.

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Thank YOU! 🙏

@keithgg26 2 месяца назад

Hi George just looking on youtube found you! Keith Goddard, bass teacher/player. E college. Thought Id just say hello, was a long time ago !!

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Yes Keith! Hope all is well mate 👍

@pablomorenodearcosmora3003 3 месяца назад

Thanks

@donnaisa6100 2 месяца назад

Great!! Absolutely.

@franciscoaragao5398 2 месяца назад

Muito bom, obrigado.

@pimeye 2 месяца назад

I think the theory behind what you are teaching ie.e chord tones is admirable, but I wonder if a beginner alto sax player would want to play along with you but automatically start reading the notes on the screen? Then they realise that they are not playing in the same key as you and get confused and disheartened. If you are on alto wouldn't it be better to have the notes on the screen in the key for alto sax so they could play along with you? At the moment you are asking a beginner to transpose the notes off the cuff without any assistance from you.

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Hey! thanks for the feedback. It's more a demonstration than a practical exercise to do simultaneously to the video... HOWEVER, I agree that if someone really wanted to play along to the video then they'd likely need a transposed PDF to work from, so I've added these to the description! :) Thanks again. G

@dennisferrell3662 2 месяца назад

Excellent video! Very helpful. You mention another video of yours dealing with “guide tones”. I looked at your channel page and didn’t see one with that in the title. Is it perhaps named differently?

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

I’ll be posting this in a day or two 👍👍 keep an eye out. Many thanks for the comment.

@mikemueller8976 2 месяца назад

I'm liking this approach to learning improvisation. I would like to get the PDF in Eb, but Google Drive refuses access. I've messaged for the access, but no response so far. Can you help?

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Ok, I think I've sorted it!...? Apologies. Thanks for the comment.

@greenvelvet 2 месяца назад

I thought the guide tones to a Melody are the 3rd and the 7th

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Yes, you’re not wrong - check out my guide tones video 👍 thanks for the comment 🙏

@greenvelvet 2 месяца назад

@@SchoolOfSax Awesome I actually really want to watch that. Cheers

@PeterSokol-bl5vz 2 месяца назад

Do not learn how to read music….start young….have hero’s….compose your own music…play at least 4 hours a day…be relentless….listen to everything…the T.V is your friend…it plays every style of music imaginable……does not discriminate…..great teacher…this guy is sad…do you really want to sound like him…chase your own sound.

@SchoolOfSax 2 месяца назад

Can’t argue with most of that lol 👍

@PeterSokol-bl5vz 2 месяца назад

@@SchoolOfSax good man…have a safe day my friend.

@Jamiemccredie 2 месяца назад

Hmm I might gently add an opinion here if I may. For those that may not know, George is one of the top sax players working in the professional player scene in the Uk. Having known his playing for years as both a very successful saxophonist touring the world with A list artists, and as a highly effective educator, I think perhaps it might be folly to disregard his experience, FREE advice, and irrefutable expertise. As a guitar player- I wish I’d had this advice 20 years ago, and as a professional musician myself, I can also attest to the accuracy of his knowledge and suggestions - AS THE FIRST POINT of understanding the mechanisms of music improvisation - which are universal across all instruments - to find your sound. As much as it is often popular to suggest otherwise; music is a language that follows hundreds of years of gradual development. Disregarding the importance learning the rules is THE tried and tested method to ensure one doesn’t appear on records, doesn’t tour the world, doesn’t experience the highs of playing alongside others of a world class nature, and doesn’t get gigs. I wouldn’t normally bite on internet comments - but your accusations were rude and graceless. The internet continues to baffle me. Much of your other advice however, before the snarkiness crept in, is spot on though. *But I’ll add; if you can’t read music, you’ll never be able to play someone else’s. You will miss out on the joy of it revealing itself to you alongside other wonderful players doing the same in an ensemble. Be relentless…. In looking for ways to fill the cup.