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Saxophone Evolution
Приєднався 24 лис 2013
Adult Beginner
Tenor Saxophone Weekly Progress Videos
Current Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II
Evolving into a Saxophone player one day at a time since 2023!
Tenor Saxophone Weekly Progress Videos
Current Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II
Evolving into a Saxophone player one day at a time since 2023!
Week 58 Tenor Sax - Ogden Avenue (Week 2)
SAXOPHONE EVOLUTION
Adult Beginner
Weekly Progress Videos
Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II
Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C
Evolving into a saxophone player since 2023!
Song: Ogden Avenue by Greg Fishman
Adult Beginner
Weekly Progress Videos
Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II
Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C
Evolving into a saxophone player since 2023!
Song: Ogden Avenue by Greg Fishman
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Week 57 Tenor Sax - Ogden Avenue
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SAXOPHONE EVOLUTION Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Evolving into a saxophone player since 2023! Song: Ogden Avenue by Greg Fishman
Week 56 Tenor Sax - Milwaukee Avenue (Week 2)
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SAXOPHONE EVOLUTION Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Evolving into a saxophone player since 2023! Song: Milwaukee Avenue by Greg Fishman
Week 55 Tenor Sax - Folksong
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SAXOPHONE EVOLUTION Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Evolving into a saxophone player since 2023! Song: Folksong
Week 54 Tenor Sax - Happy Birthday
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SAXOPHONE EVOLUTION Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Evolving into a saxophone player since 2023!
Week 53 Tenor Sax - American Patrol
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SAXOPHONE EVOLUTION Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Evolving into a saxophone player since 2023!
Week 52 Tenor Sax - Milwaukee Avenue
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SAXOPHONE EVOLUTION Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Evolving into a saxophone player since 2023! Song: Milwaukee Avenue by Greg Fishman
Week 51 Tenor Sax - Catch Me If You Can
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Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Evolving into a saxophone player since 2023! Song by: Christopher Gordon
Week 50 Tenor Sax - March Slav
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Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Evolving into a saxophone player since 2023!
1 Year Tenor Sax - Autumn Leaves, Summertime, Let's Fall In Love
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Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Songs: 1)Autumn Leaves Composed by Joseph Kosma Arranged by Yasuhiro Fujii 2)Summertime Composed by George Gershwin Arranged by Yasuhiro Fujii 3) Let's Fall In Love Let's Fall in Love by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
Week 48 Tenor Sax - O Canada (With Metronome)
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Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C
Week 47 Tenor Sax - Autumn Leaves (Harder Version) Week 3
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Week 3 Autumn Leaves Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Composed by Joseph Kosma Arranged by Yasuhiro Fujii
Week 46 Tenor Sax - Autumn Leaves (Harder Version) Week 2
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Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Composed by Joseph Kosma Arranged by Yasuhiro Fujii
Week 45 Tenor Sax - Autumn Leaves (Harder Version) Week 1
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Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C Composed by Joseph Kosma Arranged by Yasuhiro Fujii
Week 44 Tenor Sax - Blue Skies (Short Version)
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Adult Beginner Weekly Progress Videos Horn: Yamaha YTS-34II Mouthpiece: Yamaha 5C You will have to forgive me for quite the half-assed video this week. Regardless it's Page 1 of the song Blue Skies.
Week 43 Tenor Sax - Let's Fall in Love (Key of D Major, 120 bpm)
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Week 43 Tenor Sax - Let's Fall in Love (Key of D Major, 120 bpm)
Week 42 Tenor Sax - Autumn Leaves (Key of C, 126 BPM)
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Week 42 Tenor Sax - Autumn Leaves (Key of C, 126 BPM)
Week 41 Tenor Sax - Let's Fall In Love
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Week 41 Tenor Sax - Let's Fall In Love
Week 40 Tenor Sax - Hatikvah, Injury Update
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Week 40 Tenor Sax - Hatikvah, Injury Update
Week 39 - Broken Arm Update (It's Healing)
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Week 39 - Broken Arm Update (It's Healing)
Week 38 - I broke my left arm (radial head).
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Week 38 - I broke my left arm (radial head).
Week 37 Tenor Sax - C Blues Major Scale/Improvising
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Week 37 Tenor Sax - C Blues Major Scale/Improvising
9 Months Tenor Sax - Pink Panther, Autumn Leaves, Blue Monk
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9 Months Tenor Sax - Pink Panther, Autumn Leaves, Blue Monk
Week 34 Tenor Sax - Autumn Leaves (Week 2)
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Week 34 Tenor Sax - Autumn Leaves (Week 2)
Week 33 Tenor Sax - Autumn Leaves (Key of G)
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Week 33 Tenor Sax - Autumn Leaves (Key of G)
Week 32 Tenor Sax - Fly Me to The Moon (Revisited)
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Week 32 Tenor Sax - Fly Me to The Moon (Revisited)
Week 30 Tenor Sax - But not for me (Revisited)
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Week 30 Tenor Sax - But not for me (Revisited)
Im learning alto sax. Holding the sax was indeed a thing. Having a strap that does not slide is important
Hi! May I know what saxophone this is? By the way great improvement from last week
@@itsbuddy6802 Hi, the saxophone I am playing is a Yamaha YTS-34II Allegro.
Sounds like you're making a lot of progress. However can't help but notice: Your shoulders are elevated and clearly very tense, your neck is also at an unnatural angle. These are leading to a pinched tone and jerky fingering transitions. Try to do some long tone exercises in a mirror. Focus on keeping your muscles relaxed and maintaining the same posture you have when the sax isn't in your hands. This will improve everything you're doing and allow you to play longer with less fatigue and strain.
@@PeterDeMarco This is incredibly helpful, thank you! I'll work on keeping my shoulders down and neck more relaxed.
Haha this is a great video! My first ever sax is due to be delivered this week and I reckon I'll be just like this! 😅 Can't wait to watch all of your videos dude to see how far you've come. (I've got no background in music other than the drums a good 25 years ago!)
@@stewillo86 I'm excited for you! Saxophone is a terrific instrument and I prefer it over piano, guitar, and violin which I tried to learn before but never stuck with. Saxophone is the first one to stick for me. I've enjoyed the journey, remember friend, it's a marathon, not a sprint. Also recording had been a cool aspect of my experience, I'd recommend it for you. Make some videos of you playing so you can look back and see the progress. Cheers!
Hii! Nice progress! I have been watching since week 6❤
That's cool to hear, thank you!
yo idk if you know but the sound is a bit delayed
@@dumbfish604 Ty, I'm not sure what happened.
Terrible
❤❤❤ ua-cam.com/video/B1pAxEF9W1g/v-deo.htmlsi=2bAkxcAnyMYT0uON 🎉
Good but why are you slurring every note? You should be tonguing
Valid point. I am probley over slurring, I wish I could show a picture of the sheet music because most measures call for at least two slurs.
September 29, 2024
@@saxophoneevolution I've checked your other videos and im not trying to be judgemental but I'm not sure you know how to tongue properly. I think you should watch a few videos on that or hire a private tutor for a bit so you can get the fundementals down.
Thank you for the warning, I almost tried the free trial. :|
How do you cancel the Musescore Pro+ Year long abo?
@@janchristopherheling7113 I had to reach out to them to have it cancelled. They may try and jerk you around with refunding your money though.
Thanks! I wrote Apple Pay, PayPal and an E-mail too. Hopefully it helps
Wish i saw this 5 days ago
39? They charged me 79
So sorry friend. Here's to hoping you can undo the mess and get your money back or at least get the price discounted significantly .
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Good for you man! Amazing progress. Keep up the good work!
You’ve got a good sound developing. Many, like I did, struggle with that for at least 2-3 years. I started on alto 3 years ago in March then transferred to tenor in November. Just started being happy with my sound about 6 months ago so you’re further ahead than me. If you are self-taught and looking to develop dynamics, articulation, phrasing, etc I’d look into Jamie Andersons course from get your sax together. I think the course is called Phrase like a pro. It’s helped me tremendously. Keep it up, you’re doing well.
Thanks for the encouragement. It's amazing how much my embouchure strength, breath, and sound suffer if I'm not consistently practicing. I've watched quite a few videos made by Jamie Anderson and really like them. He is an incredible sax player. I haven't seen the material you recommended though, I will look into it thanks!
I'm a one year tenor sax player, and I can say that you are doing very well 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you. 1 year is excellent for both of us, and I wish you well on your way to year 2.
@@saxophoneevolution I practice everyday on scales Majors-Minors
Awesome Embarking on piano at an older student 43 with little kids It's a challenge Well done
I've got 2 kids also, some days I cannot practice as much or at all as I would like. But it's a marathon, not a sprint ya know? One of the advantages of adult beginners is we have 'mostly' realistic expectations. Keep at it👍
You very good👏👏👏
Thank you for your kind words.
I was willing to pay for it. Twice. But when trying to download any sheet music, it just gives a pop-up/splash screen and there is no way to get any scores. I did this twice, about 6 years apart. Would be sweet if it worked.
Thank you for sharing your bad experience with Musescore. This is a very common scam and lots of companies are doing it. They lure unsuspected victims with all kinds of promises to get them signed up with their credit/debit cards and then start to charge them immediately even though the ad claims with a trial period. If you read the find prints, you will see the credit/debit card gets charged immediately once the account gets signed up. Musescore use to give free download and now they start to charge. I don't fall for such a free scamming offer unless they change their scamming offer, i.e. We will give you an absolute 7-days free trial account with unlimited downloads sans any credit/debit card and your account will automatically be cancelled at the end of the trial period unless you update your account with payment before the trial period ends! I bet you they don't dare to make such an offer. If all you want is to get the sheets in PDF or MIDI file format, you can find some Musescore download plugins for your web browser to download the sheets and they are free sans any needs for credit/debit cards. I would prefer to download both and then import the MIDI file into Musescore for making some necessary changes/corrections. I just hope this helps.
Awesome dude! Keep on working it and never stop.
Thank you friend!
I put my horn down a few years back but played in the US Army band, also hold a couple of music degrees. Keep up the great work man, progress is a beautiful thing. Check out The Art of Playing Saxophone by Larry Teal, has some great tips that will help with your lower jaw tension and get a more consistent pressure around the mouthpiece. That will make the horn respond more consistently, but will also open the conversation about the S tuning curve.
Well done from a alto saxophonist and having a very good mouthpiece makes a difference in your playing. Keep the practice up sounding good mate
@@GlenBoyle-w7v Thank you. I definitely plan to upgrade my mpc and possibly neck.
yes unfortunately i fell for this, and i lost about $90, they wouldn't refund.
Hey man, great playing. Squeaking on the high G is quite common, even i do it sometimes after 6 years of playing 😅. That G is when the octave mechanism switches from the neck to the side which causes it to be a bit awkward. I find that singing or tightening your embochure helps prevent sqeaking. Good luck on your journey!
Thanks for explaining why the high G can be troublesome. I'll keep practicing it and hopefully the squeak frequency decreases over time.
great video dude, we are on the same journey i just switched to tenor for roughly 1 month, and still focus on practicing on the low notes on tenor good luck
The low notes on tenor are tricky. I was practicing them last night and it's a balancing act of breath force and embouchure. However they are very satisfying when played correctly, which for me is probley about 50% of the time.
Hi, Evan. Say, man...Nice work! For only 10 months you sound pretty good! lol... And only a few 'squawks'! Thanks so much for the video and I'm looking forward to observing your progress. Peace (btw, glad your arm is healing well.)
Yep the squeaks and swauks happen sometimes. I'd have to spend an hour or more to try and get a perfect song out but I don't think that really depicts where I'm at as a beginner. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Keep going you're doing great
Thank you friend.
Hi! I just signed in on Musescore . First I know that I don’t have a credit card charged on my Google account . But I am still not sure if I did the 7 days trial. When I signed in , it said if you press continue you will be charged with (this amount ). Does it mean that they will somehow take money from me or not ? Pls I need help ASAP!!!
Awesome to see :) Take it slow it's worth it
Being an adult beginner is a tough spot to put ourselves, so hats off to you and continue having fun with it. My fear, starting sax at 68 was people expecting way more than I could produce. That kept me in the shed for too long, but then again it has worked out for my perfectionist personality. After eight years, I got past it. This is a bit of theory I learned at the BetterSax blues course you might benefit from knowing. To construct any blues scale, memorize this. Root no 2nd, flat 3rd, 4th, the blue note aka sharp 4th/flat5th, 5th and flat 7. Memorizing it this way makes it easy to construct the other blues scales without having to use reference materials. Jay at BetterSax also has a course on understanding transposing instruments, which takes the mystery out of playing a tenor sax and the others. None of the 4 common saxes are pitched in concert pitch like keyboards and guitars.
I admire your persistence and commitment, having started at 68. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me about the blues scale.
Oh man, sorry for you :( wishing you a speedy recovery! Focusing on theory and rhythm is a great idea. Ear training too maybe?
Thx bud. It's a bummer but like you mentioned, I can still use this time constructively.
Yay for improvising! Hope to see more of that :)
It is fun! I can see it become really fun once I know the individual notes in the scale better.
@@saxophoneevolution Try to remember the parts you liked the most, you had some good melodic ideas that you could make variations from. Too much focus on the scale notes can distract from melody (learned that on guitar, took a while to lose the bad habits)
Thank you. I was about to get the 7 days trial.
Yeah, you have to be extremely careful because they hook people in that way then immediately charge their card for a year subscription.
Keep up the good work! Also: low notes are really difficult, I struggle getting them right too
It's good to hear from you man. Yeah they are!
Great progress!! Keep at it. Have you listened to Aubra Graves? His son recorded him and put it on his UA-cam channel called "jazzsaxtenor". He has the vintage American tenor sound that i would to be able to play. Check him out: ua-cam.com/video/UBL38cHof90/v-deo.htmlsi=w5XrQni7xcJ1g2hQ
This video was interesting from my perspective, cheapest way to start, you need to find a player or teacher that is willing to help you find a good used horn that works good. You can buy a used horn that looks good and doesn’t play and can be beyond repair. A used saxophone should play full range chromatic, low b flat to high f or f sharp. Keep in mind if you quit you can sell your used sax and get most of your money back. Take care of it. I play a tenor I have had for 52 years, played an alto for about 25 of those years. A saxophone will need maintenance, pads are like tires on a car, both my saxophones have some original pads and some that have been changed up to 3 times, corks and bumpers need replacing, the whole sax needs to be taken apart cleaned oiled and put back together. Your first sax should take you a few years in even if it isn’t the best brand.
Thank you for sharing this with us!
Incredible progress for only 34 weeks, keep playing
Thanks bud, I appreciate the encouragement.
Hi ❤ nice video
Thank you!
Fun fact about this song: the original saxophone recording was made 1 semitone lower then sped up!
Cool!
My name is Evan and I also just bought a YTS-23. Look at us go 😂
Haha what's up Evan. The YTS-23 is a great choice, probley the most recommended student tenor saxophone ever.
Saxophone is expensive that's for sure, but it's not much worse than electric guitar, needing an amp etc... If you can resist the gear acquisition syndrome it's not too bad in the long run.
Thanks for mentioning that.
Congrats on the 6 months!
Thanks man, I'm looking forward to your video.
Thanks for the warning bud.
You got it.
Great work! Inspiring as always :)
Just today tried the 7 day free trial but for now at least no money got out of my bank account. I am scared as shit because I'm 17 and don't have a job. I cancelled my subscription but I don't know what I will do if they make me pay. I just wanted to print heart and soul piano sheet. Did you manage to cancel the membership yet?
It''s so inspiring to see someone a few month further ahead, nice work on that song :) I couldn't be bothered dealing with the kind of issues you're talking about with reeds, I went with a Legere synthetic reed from day 1.
Interesting... reeds can be kind of a pain. I need to look more into synthetic ones.
Cyprus is actually part of the EU but heu, there's shitty business practices here too x) Maybe try contacting your credit card company? I liked the music notation software but was annoyed at their new business model, yet another good thing ruined by a subscription model (and dark UX patterns to top it off)
Thank you for educating me on that. When I type 'Cyprus' into Google maps it says Country in the Middle East. On a map it looks that way too. But I believe you. Thx for your input.
@@saxophoneevolutionIt's the kind of situation where it can actually be both. It's geographically in the Middle East but administratively it's part of the EU. I said this because I would expect company bound by EU law to not be allowed to do this. Anyway, I hope more people will see your video, I'm sure countless musicians looking for sheet music are having similar issues :/
I've been playing tenor saxophone for 5 months and got scammed by this company. I'm sharing my experience to this community in hope that it A) hurts the predatory company and B) saves the saxophone community from loosing money. Beware of Musecore.com - They are an online sheet music subscription service. They have scammed numerous people including myself by offering a "free" 7 day trial by promise. They charged myself and numerous others for a year subscription instantly and would not refund my money or change me to a 7 day account which is what I agreed to. They are based out of Cyprus in the Middle East and in my humble opinion, a predatory company. If you want more details, watch my 5 min video where I explain what happened to me and other musicians.
Let's ignore for a minute your racist comment that the Middle East "doesn't help their credit" but focus on your ignorance in thinking that "an island called Cyprus" is in the Middle East. Anyway is this company Musecore trying to pass off as the legit company Musescore? If so I suggest you get on to your credit card company and report the scam, and maybe let Musescore know that another company is using almost the same Trademark.
When I type in Cyprus into Google maps it literally says Country in the Middle East. You and I have different views on the Middle East, that's fine. It's not a different company btw. It's Musecore, and I hope others don't fall victim to their predatory ways like I was.
Great sound! Keep it up!❤
Thanks friend for the encouragement.