Thank you so much Jaime. If I can read it off the page I can play it. The trick is making music on the sax without having notes in front of me. You are helping so much.
Yes, I'm that guy that hates jazz..... However, your uber masterly video is very softly pushing me in the direction that I should perhaps reconsider doing all that jazz mullarky you talk about. Very convincing.
Just discovered a lesson you you done a year ago (How to play bluezy sax in any genre). I'm in to House and EDM. You've opened a door to a whole new wave of information. (another on it'z way to) Thankz man
Thanks for unlocking the mystery of improvising. Looking forward to trying the licks on my own (at a much slower pace, of course). You sound awesome, Jamie. Thanks again for sharing your sax wisdom.
You’re most welcome Cathy. Love hearing that the mists are clearing. If one video on RU-vid does this, imagine how you’ll be transformed by my whole course!
Hi Jamie, So GREAT!!!! I was expecting this video for a long time and you did it, congratulations. Just one remark: you selected 5 licks from great sax players, why did you not select one of yours because you are also a great sax player....Thanks for sharing. Good luck guy and the 2140 guys who watched the video should buy a coffee to you (except the 3 guys who didn't like;))
Hey I was the one the little angel sent to your inbox ! Thank you so much for this. You are too awesome and will be looking forward to the improv course !
Great stuff as always Jamie - amazing how you can play the same line in any number of styles. Have a coffee or 3. Looking forward to the course very much.
After 13 years of playing the saxes [off & on], I would love to play like you Jamie!!! Excellent lesson. Could you please show me how you memorize music please. Still reading from the sheets.
@@AlunWeavingBaluci the more you understand about music theory and harmony, the more you can recognise big “chunks” in the music. Then your song is all just big chunks and it’s way easier to remember than individual notes or chords. Make sense?
Thank you for another amazing free lesson. There were at least two lessons in one here: first the magpie approach and secondly the concept and demonstration of how to play the same notes in different styles. This was all a revelation for me. I will need to take some time to "re-replay" and study your pdf. Thanks again - have you considered taking a week or two off for us to try to catch up?
Great video. Just don’t understand why the Improvising Mastery course was only available for two weeks. I would like to buy it but it’s not available. Strange.
Just what I needed to try and learn blues Maestro; great lesson and all so logically set out. But as a beginner I can't do altissimo yet; so have tried the licks in lower register. It works, yay! Probably cos I'm wearing my Fab GYST T-Shirt. And, 2 magpies sat on the outside wall for a long time. Good omens. Coffee on its way. Thanks again. One question: many on here say leave altissimo until you're really fluent on the lower register. Would you agree?
First of all, yes, down the octave totally fine. Second, watch my altissimo video and if you get anywhere, fine, if not, don’t worry, save it for another day.
Hey Jamie! Very nice video. I just couldn’t help not to comment on an observation I just made here hehehe 🤣 When you mentioned the Sonny Stitt lick you said you’re loved it for years, so I got excited to hear it. As soon as you played it I immediately recalled the solo you played on your video about soloing on blues some time ago. There’s an amazing adaptation of that kick on bar 12 of the solo Please tell me I’m right 😂 Have a wonderful day man
@@GetYourSaxTogether man, I loved that solo and practiced it in many keys. It really informs some great uses of the blues over the chords. Thank you so much
I’m loving the videos. Love how you show how the blues licks can be in all genres, that has definitely been a musical question for me!! How do you find the licks? If I were to look at a song, can I pick any musical phrase to use in my improv or specifically look at solo sections only? (Cannot wait for your improv mastery and to buy total tone mastery, saving my pennies!!)
I just listened to some stuff I loved and waited til I heard a bluesy lick. Then I worked it out. Simples. Well, maybe not THAT simples for you, but that’s the process. 😊
have you thought about Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder? I'm working on the song now, it's a favorite of mine... it's got some fun phrases.. maybe you can do a tutorial for that one?! :-)
Hi Jamie I don’t have a good reliable playing technique for altissimo notes yet. Will these licks work effectively down the octave. And will altissimo competence be needed for your new improv.course?
I know this will be a dumb question, but anyway. If you transcribe a lick that’s in whatever scale (D maj), how do you transpose it into a different scale (G maj). Is there an easy way to understand that process?
@@stack80 Yes: you think of the lick as numerical/functional notes of the key. E.g. 1-3-5-7 in D is D-F#-A-C whereas G is G-B-D-F. You have to know the notes of the key/chord, commonly referred to as chord-scale.
@@stack80 not a dumb question at all. The easiest way is to convert the notes in D maj to numbers, then use the same numbers but using the G scale. Or, just move every note up 5 semitones.
