The Smooth Jazz Lick (it’s not just for Smooth Jazz)

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Jay Metcalf breaks down the smooth jazz lick on saxophone.
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@Asakseesall 3 года назад

Shoulda opened this with Dave’s smooth version of ur intro lol

@MakAttackMusic 3 года назад

HAHA!!! YES!!!

@imantss 3 года назад

missed opportunity smh

@doodcorner5757 3 года назад

HAHAHA i literally just watched that video

@bettersax 3 года назад

I honestly thought about that.

@gaigemurillo8673 3 года назад

@@bettersax when practicing technique, do you ever play etudes or classical literature to better your fingering?

@maryannesopelak1635 3 года назад

Smooth Jazz is sometimes labeled Contemporary Jazz, fusion...just love it! Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Eric Marienthal, Jeff Kashiwa, Mindi Abair, Vincent Ingala David Sanborn etc..sax players. Thanks Jay for this lick!!

@BHound1981 3 года назад

I got the lick, but was really hoping for the LICC.

@CrisTc86 3 года назад

My Better Sax alto just came in and it's AMAZING. Can't wait for a bari version, I can wait for a tenor to come out for now. Practicing this on my new alto. Can't say how much I love it!!!

@bettersax 3 года назад

Wow that arrived fast! So happy you like the horn! Congrats 🎉

@bxsoup 3 года назад

How was it shipped ? Who was the carrier ? UPS , FedEx or USPS ? Did you get an email saying it was coming ?Thanks

@CrisTc86 3 года назад

@@bxsoup Did not receive any notice. It was like Christmas all over again.

@georgeluna5845 3 года назад

I’d be very interested on honest appraisal.

@CrisTc86 3 года назад

@@georgeluna5845 If you want an in depth review, wait until any of the sax youtubers put out a review. I have been playing for about a 2 and a half years on a jean baptiste. For me I got slightly better control of the sound for upper register, not super crazy about the finish but i can tolerate it, the case is lacking as my old case is larger and I can hold my sheet music when I go to lessons, has a nice warm tone, indent in the pearls could be a bit wider, kinda miss the palm key F# still can't get used to alt fingering. Didn't bother with the reeds and mouthpiece it came with as I like my Selmer S80 C* with 3.0 vandoren reds.

@kennyboiuwu8897 2 года назад

I don’t have a Better Sax but I do play alto sax and I love it even tho I’ve been playing for 2 years ur just soo god at it and I love jazz music it SLAYYYS

@fortunaa_ 3 года назад

Okay, so I actually slowed the video down and started marking tally in my transcription notebook. You used the Smooth Jazz Lick approximately 32 times within your solo. My God.

@thiagopestana2003 Год назад

Please film your hands, when you can..i do not read at ALL ..i have played for more than 30 years..... Love your vídeos man!!!! If you can, film your hands .... Best regards from Brazil!!!! It may sound foolishy , but after so many years i can read the hands....is It only me.,.....? I've learned a Lot with you...tks

@espr7564 3 года назад

You don't listen to a lot of smooth jazz?? Well it sure sounds like you do when you play 😉

@kokos7010 3 года назад

Respect for the Lick.

@samurai_sax 3 года назад

I see you are embracing the teachings of the Chosen One...

@SModex777 3 года назад

Hey Jay i counted 6 smooth jazz licks in the song

@johnstephenson8087 3 года назад

Nice solo. You kept it interesting. Too interesting - I lost count of the "lick" and just enjoyed your playing.

@bettersax 3 года назад

thanks

@MakAttackMusic 3 года назад

Ugh....puttin' some SOUL in da BOWL!!! Fantastic playin' brotha man! Listened to that a few times.

@bettersax 3 года назад

Thanks!

@Lutemann 3 года назад

I think the face you make when you say "smooth jazz" says it all.

@davidromanchik6993 3 года назад

why is Daniel Negreanu teaching me to play saxophone

@bob_dubois 2 года назад

I liked your solo so much that I'm going to (try to) transcribe it! Nice!

@gerardrubiano714 Год назад

Absolutely Awesome great great job !!! Thanks Sir.

@tonyr.4778 3 года назад

Why wouldn't this just be considered as chromatic grace notes? BTW, beautiful solo.

@bettersax 3 года назад

You can think of them as that too. Whatever works for you.

@laurenhoward2888 3 года назад

Very nicely constructed solo. Great use of space combined with really nice long phrases. Wow.

@bettersax 3 года назад

Thank you kindly!

@Thedondurrett 3 года назад

Might as well be speaking chinese when you start with all that theory

@deefreedom1118 Год назад

I am signed up on your site and I log in ..... How do I find this PDF?????

@bettersax Год назад

It's in the Shed course under Licks and Patterns - Smooth Jazz lick

@ericmyrs 3 года назад

Love the Mercy quotes in the backing track.

@HarmoChopin Год назад

I ike your sound when you speak. Which mike do you use?

@samuelruiz603 3 года назад

I can't stand the desire of the better sax being available in Canada (Quebec) to buy it!!!

@andrewcranmer9653 3 года назад

To build on this it would be really great if you could do some tutorials on longer passages, say 8 bars, picked from a performance by a modern player or one of the greats. My piano-playing kid has learnt a lot from Adam Maness doing similar sessions on piano (some of which I pinch for sax)

@georgea6542 2 года назад

Loved your improvisation. I want to do that too, but it seems so far to get that good. Your sound and choice of licks were so great and seemed effortless. Ok, you just motivated me to start playing again…I hope to find a better path to learning what you just demonstrated rather than getting pulled into other music that’s not interesting

@HarmoChopin Год назад

What a solo! I could listen to you for hours...

@quinnmalone4856 2 года назад

yessir licks

@varsandi22 3 года назад

How are we supposed to keep count of how many jazz licks you played!? It was just too awesome to worry about that!!!

@bettersax 3 года назад

Ha thanks.

@Ojwhitebeats 3 года назад

I counted maybe, 25... do you do private lessons? I love how you break info down. (I play by ear). Just recently signed up for some of your pdf material!

@mattschroeder7374 3 года назад

Shoot. I dunno. Maybe a hundred, or maybe three. I’m just hoping for a hat! Lol

@jasonroach2901 2 года назад

Great stuff! Gonna use this in some church stuff I have coming up. Will fit well.

@socomsaxplayer7455 3 года назад

I counted about 36 but like half of them were like half licks so I wasn’t very sure.

@diegorodcz6510 3 года назад

Beautiful!!!! From Brazil 🇧🇷

@louisalex2984 3 года назад

can you try a xaphoon in a futur video ?? i'm realy interrested in this instrument like. Thank you

@jacobmahlaule3414 3 года назад

Hy Jay I've been watching your videos for more than a year, its the first time I hear you speaking tonic sol fa. I wish you would teach more on tonic sol fa and reading music. I know you prefer mostly ear training

@ukulelechriswilson 7 дней назад

Talk too much. Play please.

@geokaks1 2 года назад

🔥🔥🔥

@chrisparker5372 3 года назад

Three Blind Mice never sounded so good!

@danieljbsax 3 года назад

I counted 25 of the licks

@bluessax5089 3 года назад

🤯🤯🤯. Man, I’ve been playing for quite a while, but never thought about playing F maj stuff over D min stuff!!! 😱🤔😱 I began playing sax after seeing Mobetta Blues back in 1990!! 🤯🤯 I messed me up on this one Jay!!! Keep serving up deliciousness 👨🏽‍🍳

@bettersax 3 года назад

Thank you brother.

@HonestSaxSound-unEdited- 3 года назад

Great stuff, and great sound!! Many thanks for your licks Jay! Exclent video as usual!

@haillordgonk1576 3 года назад

Hey Jay, any tips for intonation and tone on high notes and stopping them from squeaking on tenor sax? I bent the octave mechanism on the neck and it partly fixed the squeaking but not fully. I play a vandoren v16 hard rubber mouthpiece with strength 3 reeds if that matters.

@bettersax 3 года назад

Always relax the embouchure for high notes as we have a tendency to bite as we go higher.

@mohammadakl2722 3 года назад

I counted 42. Is that right?

@rick-fi5wx 3 года назад

is this the new licc!? well i counted somewhere around 35 smooth jazz licks in there honestly i kind of lost track, but thats what my finger said. nice solo by the way a lot of that lick but niiiceee

@bettersax 3 года назад

Rick send me an email to claim your prize. You had the closest guess.

@ivanmyskowski49 3 года назад

Who doesn't like smooth jazz!?!?

@Sensitiveskeptic 3 года назад

Mouthpiece sounds too bright for smooth jazz

@lawrencedynneson5809 3 года назад

Ngl I counted 28 licks in the solo. I hope I got it right

@kmay3935 3 года назад

Great video Jay, but I have to be honest my favorite part of the whole video was the look on your face between the example over major. Like you couldn't decide if it was a "too hip", or "too cool"! keep up the great work!

@bettersax 3 года назад

Haha thanks

@cachica1123 3 года назад

I counted 24 licks

@georgesnge6096 7 месяцев назад

Great solo , love it 👍🏿

@michaelaguilar5480 3 года назад

Yes

@patemblen3644 3 года назад

That was sweet. Man you can play.

@sammalekzadeh8167 3 года назад

I counted 26 licks

@raseshgandhi6702 3 года назад

Very lovely information

@raphaelsimard8053 3 года назад

heyyy, veryyy good, nice!

@joseraulvelazquez6941 10 месяцев назад

its not miredo...it is famire

@salvatoregiuglianosaxofhon9041 3 года назад

Eccellente grazie 🤗🤗🎷

@dougboyer210 2 года назад

Wish I could see your hands

@torvarrisevans3961 3 года назад

Can do this on tenorsax plz

@stevetakkinkwan8910 11 месяцев назад

I like Blues and Jazz.

@ubizmo 3 года назад

It's interesting that these two ornaments have been used, diatonically, forever in Celtic Trad music. Hitting the lower neighboring note before the target note is called a "tap" or a "strike" in, for example, tin whistle playing. Hitting the note above is called a "cut". Since I play the tin whistle too, I naturally use this ornament on sax, and I think the tap/strike generally sounds way better than a scoop.

@orzanoap 3 года назад

I see you sometimes using a rovner lig. I’ve played a basic rovner dark lig forever. Do you use/recommend the versa or the Van Gogh?

@joaquinmendoza2306 3 года назад

Love this as always!!! Question: What are your top 3 favorite mouthpieces? Thank you for the great content your posting. Have a great day!

@bettersax 3 года назад

Tough question I have so many great pieces now. I am really enjoying switching all the time strangely. I’m trying to get more comfortable on pieces that were outside my comfort zone before and that is opening up new worlds of possibilities.

@joaquinmendoza2306 3 года назад

@@bettersax Ok. Great to know! Thank you!

@adeayotunde 3 года назад

Hi, I'm ade from Nigeria.. you've been so helpful, but I'd like to ask why you seldom use solfa during lessons. I'd be glad if you could use it more often

@timcunningham136 2 года назад

What camera are you using to shoot the video? Looks really nice.

@bettersax 2 года назад

That’s my old canon 80D

@VGANick 3 года назад

I just have a question about adjusting my octave key the actual thumb key seems to move a lot after noticing how little another sax octave key moved. Is there an easy way to fix this?

@robbertzzzzz 3 года назад

Depends on the octave mechanism. My first sax had the same problem, but there was too much play in the mechanism to really do anything about it without specialised tools and good insurance. You could look if there are adjustable parts; one thing would be the vertical rod the pivots, it sometimes has ends that can be bent using a flathead screwdriver to reduce the amount of play.

@bettersax 3 года назад

Best take it to a technician to adjust.

@joseph-patrickkwabenantimj8067 3 года назад

Please I'm a beginner. Can you help me with. I can only play D because it's an alto sax Thank you.

@patg3424 3 года назад

Do you like high baffle mouthpieces Jay. I’m so used to Meyers and my Phil Tone that I’m not sure about going to a metal high baffle mp. Phil tone has a new metal mp in collaboration with Theo Wanne that Im wanting to try out.

@wuergha 3 года назад

Hi Jay, what mouthpiece are you using? Thanks.

@bettersax 3 года назад

Jody Jazz jet 7

@wuergha 3 года назад

Thanks

@andrepacifico5364 8 месяцев назад

Muito bom….

@randyburch9356 3 года назад

Jay, what mp/ligature comes with the sax? Sounds Great! 😎🎷

@manesax06 3 года назад

excelent. Thank u

@chrisf4216 3 года назад

I counted some 8 uses of the actual lick. But there was like 20 semi-licks that started with the same embellishment. Killer playing anyways man, keep it up!

@fuzzythoughts666 3 года назад

No matter how many licks.. smooth jazz will never get you to the center of a tootsie pop...

@joeblankenship377 3 года назад

That's kinda like a guitar lick, but a guitar player would just bend the strings.

@Isdale 3 года назад

You should check out Roger Manins's smooth jazz tutorials

@jeffreymarkpaull6273 3 года назад

I love you Jay, but the worst opening line to a lesson on smooth jazz has to be "I don't listen to a lot of smooth jazz."

@edwardadeshina3410 3 года назад

If you were to continue down to the root of the scale, what would your embellishment note be? Still flat 3rd?

@jonathanmouck7331 3 года назад

I counted 6 of the licks I believe Jay. Sounding great!

@josiahk33 3 года назад

I heard the lick played with the chord tones in there six times. But the same form was there like 25+ times just with different notes

@jeffreymarkpaull6273 3 года назад

I would definitely be interested in purchasing the transcription of your solo!

@ericsalkin4825 3 года назад

the "lick" defintely adds flavor-sounded great!

@tommymulcahy2717 3 года назад

I got 27

@stevetakkinkwan8910 11 месяцев назад

👍👍👍

@torvarrisevans3961 3 года назад

Nice

@susannakarstens6337 Год назад

Fantastic lessons Bravo

@bettersax Год назад

Glad you like them!

@owentemplin3372 3 года назад

I spy smooth jazz @DavePollack

@bordersw1239 3 года назад

Only a true pro can pull off those facial expressions at the correct time 😉 excellent!

@jimmyb1133 3 года назад

I can understand where those grace notes can be a little over done and redundant even though it sounds good ....

@willhotsax 2 года назад

Superb! Awesome! Stunning! Absolutely love your solo. Talk about smooth!! I’ve literally repeated this and listened about 20 times. I love it! Thanks so much Jay. Great work as always

@bettersax 2 года назад

Thank you Will!