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! :)
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
Thank You for this GREATE video!!! THIS IS THE BEST RU-vid 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 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!
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!
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.
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!!!
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 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!
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...
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.
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.
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?
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)
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
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.
