Great lesson Doc! BTW...I don't know if it was the improv licks or the 6M but it sounded like you were slightly channeling some Paul Desmond there (I realize Paul didn't play a 6M)! I loved it!
Ok. I can totally hear those half step up notes. When you were playing the exercises, I could hear some of the notes choices that I heard in those classic modal albums from late 50s and 60s. Light bulbs going off! Also, I like how you worked in the Conn to the video monologue. A+.
We’re using pent over modal, all the notes in the Eb-p give us the alt tones over G7. ( I like F# over G7) So should we use this equally when we’re playing ii V? Instead of thinking altered scale melodic minor over dom7? ( send my regards to F# over G7). Thanks C
Dr. Wally, I never got to take your class when I was at UNCG but now that I’m picking up saxophone you have been a lifesaver. I’ve also picked up a think or two to use in my trombone playing. Thanks for these videos!
Hey Dr Wally can you post a pdf link for those lines for Tenor please? I can definitely add those to my playing - especially on "Maiden Voyage" Thanks!🎷
Hello, can you recommend a microphone for recording and performing. I have an AKG c519m, but I don't like it. Is Shure beta98h/c possible? The DPA 4099 is impressive, but it sounds expensive. Maybe this is a good topic for a video?) Thanks.
Hey Francis, missed you guys! I'm doing very well, thanks man. Kids are finally back in school so I can get back to weekly lessons! How are you? Good summer?
Nice exercises to expand the vocabulary and learn more about tension and resolution! I spotted the Conn right away, because of the unique neck. That's the (borrowed) sax I started on 50+ years ago, before buying a Selmer.
Once again, amazing content. I wish there was some way to inject this knowledge straight into my veins, hahaha.. ... until such a method is devised, guess I'd better go practice! Cheers!
Thanks Dr. Wally great to have you back with some excellent content. So glad to hear that the Sax Fundamentals course hasn't been abandoned. I was beginning to wonder. :)
nice one! I learned this many many years (decades) ago on my guitar, some style. But on my guitar i found this lots and lots easier with just sliding up 1 fret, than now on my sax :D Great vid and nice inspiration for some practicing!
This is very interesting. I learned to improv 25 years ago and recently came back into the family. I wish i had learned these methods instead of my very on depth , switch scales based on the key changes" methods that have you jumping back and forth so much.
The result may be very similar, but I find this way of thinking much easier (and more fun). When I'm improvising, I honestly don't think in terms of chords - but the context they create. I was lucky to have some great mentors that worked with my lil' brain!
@@drwallysax my teacher was great and then college had so much, but changing entire scales every 2-4 beats used to confuse the heck out of me. . Fast forward 25 years and other techniques are finally sinking in. Thanks for the video and response
It’s definitely unfortunate that people learn that way sometimes. When I was a beginner, looking at rhythm changes charts FLOORED me. I thought every standard seemed impossible to learn because i actually thought I had to think about memorizing and switching scales every bar. Then one day everything clicked when I realized I just had to HEAR the music, and rhythm changes as well as half or more of the jazz standards became immediately accessible to me. I firmly believe the best way to learn jazz is just practicing scales, arpeggios, and basic patterns in all keys, and transcribing your favorite artists. Sing the solos, practice improvising at slow tempos. Incorporate meter exercise work. Only those things for years can take you to any possibility you could imagine. I think people overcomplicate the process by looking for shortcuts and tricks, when the real secret is just working an extremely basic agenda diligently daily for years
I really like this approach. I hear it in some of the jazz I listen to and try to emulate, and I always wonder when I recognize this technique in the music, “why do I like that so much, and why does it work” lol .. Now the Dr. has given me a prescription with which to practice it on my own👍. ✌️👨🏻
"Why does it work" is SUCH a great question to ask, very insightful! Interestingly, after finishing my Doctorate and passing post-tonal and every theory course imaginable, I find the answer to be: "it works because it sounds good!" I know that sounds flippant, but HONESTLY, there's a million ways to approach explaining the sounds. Melodies are tension and release, and there's only 12 notes. This is a way I find connects with my lil' brain and my students. I hope it helps !
@@drwallysax < You are just a step away ...you already have your own show and play the main character ! ¿ Would you take your Sax along in dimensional travel? Which one? >
Dr. Wally, just to let you know, I tried the WCW 56 Mk II for my alto, and sadly I had to return it after trying to like it for several days trying different reeds, etc. I haven’t been able to top my old cannonball cam #5 (2mm) . The 56 was very similar in design, but the chamber was bigger on the 56. I got the 0.075 opening purposely knowing the chamber size a priori, but that didn’t help. It was always too dark, and it didn’t articulate as well for me up high, Although it did need reeds that were a half strength or so harder. I actually have a better appreciation now for my Cannonball mpc. I think it’s pretty close to what I’ve always wanted for alto anyway …you just always have that feeling there may be something you’re mossing.. I guess the only thing missing is more practice, like 25 hours a day worth on one sax setup ! 🤣
@@drwallysax oh I tried so hard to like it, but it wasn’t happening. I hope it wasn’t the hand refinishing that was a problem. The mpc always sealed well and the table and rails were smooth and even. I was thinking maybe a combination of the larger chamber and maybe a slightly different facing curve. No harm done; it was worth the $16 hit for to try it at home. WCW has to cover ship and clean for a non-sale. I believe it was very fair.
You mean the amazing Micro-Tuner? It's a feature CG Conn had on their artist model saxophones! Octave key is underneath, and the bell keys are on the other side of the bell! It's a strange bird, and I love it!
@@drwallysax thanks Doc, we students like to know what the Doctor is playing 😎 boy that low register sounds like a tenor play on Doc play on it sounds great
It is, well New to me! It's a 1942 Conn 6M, built right before CG Conn had to stop saxophone production and switch to making altimeters for the war effort!
Outstanding lesson! I see now the "building blocks" those cool jazz sounds are made with! I have a lot of practising yet to do but I'm working on it. Gratitude great Obiwan Saxnobie! May the sonicverse be with you! 🖖🖖🖖🖖
