Very cool. Looking forward to working with these. So these are on dominants only? Can they work outside of bebop and blues like on Latin or other styles?
Is it just me, or are enclosures daunting? I'm an old piano player who's been reasonably serious about tenor sax for years, too, but enclosures get me befuddled. Of course, I get what they are, but it's just so much to remember and compute when I'm trying to play at any kind of tempo up from very slow, almost fumbling practice speed. Oh, well...there's no way around it: "Repetition is the mother of mastery." I've gotta say Randy's starting with just the half-step over & under makes them a little less intimidating as I try again to get my foot back in the door. I just subscribed. :-)
Awesome man! Perhaps the best civilian friendly jazz tutorials lol So many videos out there where I go "that's cool..." but end up not digesting much into my playing.
Hey Randy just wanted to start by saying your videos are awesome and I really appreciate them! I wrote all these out so I could take a look at all the half and whole steps, would they always be played that way? For instance if I played the 3 like the 5 should be played would that sound ok? I’m just trying to wrap my head around it without confusing myself. Thank you!
Thanks! I'm glad you like the videos! The thing to keep in mind is that you can enclose any chord tone. Enclosures often work well when anticipating a chord change. One trick I like to do is begin an enclosure of a tone on an upcoming chord with a tone from the chord that's currently being played. For example, on G7-C Major I might begin the enclosure with an F (the 7th of the G7 chord) and target the E (3rd of C) at the change. This strengthens the sound and reinforces the function of the enclosure. So the better you understand your harmony, including guide tone function, the easier it gets to create logical enclosures. BTW, be sure to check out my video called Guiding the ii-V-I's from the same Sax Licks, Tips and Tricks as this one. Good luck!
Thanks Robert- I don't have it written out, but it would probably be more beneficial to figure it out than to read it anyway. That way you could use the logic of the exercise to learn it in different keys. I mention my Soloing on Tunes lesson on Scrapple From the Apple in the video- it does have all of the exercises written out to a reasonable extent and elaborates on the enclosure concept.
This is the best explanation. You nailed the sound in the examples. This concept was haunting my mind. Now it’s crystal clear. Thank you
I'm glad to hear that. Thanks so much for the great feedback. I hope your practice goes well!
Thank you. Quick & straight to the point. Able to apply immediately. 👍🏼
Thank you so much!
studying jazz theory at uni and my god did you make these simple! cheers for the video
Thank you, Mae! I’m glad the video is helpful. Be sure to subscribe!
@@RandyHunter of course!! :)
Nice ! Love this and explained in a way I understand , thank you 🙏
That Bird lick sounds a lot like Coltrane to me :)
Very cool. Looking forward to working with these. So these are on dominants only? Can they work outside of bebop and blues like on Latin or other styles?
Is it just me, or are enclosures daunting? I'm an old piano player who's been reasonably serious about tenor sax for years, too, but enclosures get me befuddled. Of course, I get what they are, but it's just so much to remember and compute when I'm trying to play at any kind of tempo up from very slow, almost fumbling practice speed. Oh, well...there's no way around it: "Repetition is the mother of mastery." I've gotta say Randy's starting with just the half-step over & under makes them a little less intimidating as I try again to get my foot back in the door. I just subscribed. :-)
Glad to have you as a subscriber. Like you said- repetition is the name of the game. Good luck with your practice!
You're not the only one brother. I have been avoiding these things like the plague for years.
Superb💋💋💋
Thank you!
Awesome man! Perhaps the best civilian friendly jazz tutorials lol So many videos out there where I go "that's cool..." but end up not digesting much into my playing.
Thanks Chung Junwoo! I do my best to make the videos aseasy to follow as possible. I'm glad they are working for you!
Hey Randy just wanted to start by saying your videos are awesome and I really appreciate them! I wrote all these out so I could take a look at all the half and whole steps, would they always be played that way? For instance if I played the 3 like the 5 should be played would that sound ok? I’m just trying to wrap my head around it without confusing myself. Thank you!
Thanks! I'm glad you like the videos! The thing to keep in mind is that you can enclose any chord tone. Enclosures often work well when anticipating a chord change. One trick I like to do is begin an enclosure of a tone on an upcoming chord with a tone from the chord that's currently being played. For example, on G7-C Major I might begin the enclosure with an F (the 7th of the G7 chord) and target the E (3rd of C) at the change. This strengthens the sound and reinforces the function of the enclosure. So the better you understand your harmony, including guide tone function, the easier it gets to create logical enclosures. BTW, be sure to check out my video called Guiding the ii-V-I's from the same Sax Licks, Tips and Tricks as this one. Good luck!
Randy Hunter thank you!!
Good lesson Randy. Would you have the music for that little exercise you played at the end or do I have to write it myself?
Thanks Robert- I don't have it written out, but it would probably be more beneficial to figure it out than to read it anyway. That way you could use the logic of the exercise to learn it in different keys. I mention my Soloing on Tunes lesson on Scrapple From the Apple in the video- it does have all of the exercises written out to a reasonable extent and elaborates on the enclosure concept.
Randy Hunter I went ahead and wrote it out. I figured I was just being lazy.😜Thanks!
So now you should learn it in all 12 keys! No lazy task there!!!
Nice 10MFAN, I play on one myself! I play on a MERLOT.
It's a great piece!