Creating Your Own Jazz Lines - 1

[@poopachu7162]

you legit have taught me more than my music teacher

[@doozdoozy1330]

sounds sad

[@Lagiacrusguy1]

man i’ve seen your mario kart kick video several times but that’s it, i didn’t realise u had such an incredible channel, it seems perfectly suited to my ability level too. keep up the good work man this is great stuff

[@Saxologic]

I’m glad man thanks!

[@bevin1164]

can u turn up da mic gain when u talk, it get kinda quiet

[@Saxologic]

bevin crap my bad lol yes I’ll do that next time

[@Zekestream]

This was great, but could u do a video using more simple chord progressions (ex. Autumn Leaves/ Blue Bossa/ even On the Sunny Side) and teach us how to go super saiyan blue on it like you. I’m a self taught alto player who is tryna get nasty.
P.s i’d watch a 30 min vid if you explain it for dummies like me.

[@Saxologic]

Hmm okay, I’ll get to that eventually!
And thanks man!

[@RockYourTeeth]

I appreciate hearing your process. Most people just say "here's a line I made, learn it".

[@BodhiFitness]

Thank you for explaining the simple stuff along with the more complicated stuff. It helps me so much to learn new things when the basics are still recognizable in what you’re teaching. It’s grounding.

[@lumo_]

Man thats fantastic. I always think improvising is too hard because I can't think that fast, but this clearly shows that the preparatory work is capital. Thanks a lot for the method and the approach. +i'd clearly watch a 30min video of this :D

[@Saxologic]

Lucas Moreau That’s great to hear! I think I am going to stick to 10 min doses - it will make the videos take less time to come and it will keep me from driving crazy. Like even this video look me forever to edit haha now my sleep schedule is backwards!! Thanks for your input man

[@GrumpyStormtrooper]

what's up brother

[@isaackelly8166]

I would love to see you make another one of these videos. It was really cool seeing the in depth thought process of creating an interesting jazz line!

[@Saxologic]

saucy spaghetti Okay good to know! I’m glad you liked it.

[@IanJonesOnSax]

I’m lovin’ this! Thanks so much. I love playin my horn, but I’m severely lacking in theory. This is so good for me! 🎁

[@quinnrehkemper1213]

wzrd1122 You should start watching Signals Music Studio, and later once you know the basics, Adam Neely. They expose you to a lot of theory terms, and then use them. I would start with Signals Music Studios, because he explains the terms more than Adam Neely does. Even though he doesn’t play Sax, he plays guitar, watching his stuff is still really helpful in starting to understand theory. Anyway, your comment caught my eye, and I realized I could actually help you!😁 So go check them out, and keep watching Saxologic!

[@hermanliene1546]

The guy in the olympics 2020 t-shirt probably had his dreams chrushed some months later

[@vannigio6234]

uah! so young n so good... 💥🎷💥 👍🐻👍

[@maxsegali5588]

Thanks for sharing your process!

[@tw1050]

amazing lesson on how to go about practicing improvisation. good job!!

[@armthealiens]

Cool video.
Miss Jones was a trap that older musicians set up when I started going to jam sessions.
Good to have a strong vocabulary for it.

[@michaelperkins1515]

Dude I love your stuff. Keep it up

[@llnirvanallsottile9896]

I really enjoy this series, I’ll trying to teach myself theory and this helps a lot thank you

[@renegrundza2191]

Love your videos

[@emusqueak]

Yes please I’d like to see the other lines. This is all stuff I always wanted explaining to me and now I feel I might be able to start taking my playing up a notch!

[@davidallsopp4030]

Fantastic content

[@marcusstoica]

Great video man! I began my study of bebop and am gaining a lot from tutorials like this. I'm not yet at the point where I can practice for long periods of time without getting lost because I'm still working on the foundation - approach tones and arpeggios. Thankfully my classical chops gave me good scales. You're an inspiration!
Edited because I wasn't paying attention to what Saxologic was actually saying

[@Saxologic]

Did I not refer to it as the ii? I’m not sure where I went wrong haha, I didn’t catch anything!
And oooh okay, I’ll do a jazz tutorial series maybe!

[@marcusstoica]

@@Saxologic Man I'm sorry. I just rewatched that part and you were saying that the 5th degree of Bb7 is F natural.. duh! That had nothing to do with the harmonic movement. This is what happens if you try to pay attention while really tired I guess!
If I may, could I ask a question? I'm really into jazz and classical myself, and the areas I've lived in haven't really been the best places to get gigs and play with people. I think I'm at the point where I'd really benefit playing with other people but the internet might be the best and only place to really do that. Do you think it would make sense to start making videos of me playing, whatever they were? I really want to start collaborating with people so I can get better, I just don't know how!

[@tommyhannum2798]

Love it! To be able to lay out this insight on constructing interesting lines, is priceless. Thank you, hope you will be sharing more of your thoughts and avenues!

[@l.j.2917]

Yes! I would definitely love to see more of this type content! Thank you so much!

[@jacobaguado8928]

Really enjoyed this man! Thank you!

[@usmc1875]

this was great... i learnt the mario kart lick you uploaded, and i still havent forgotten it:)

[@suvansundaresh5436]

Amazing

[@keitajanota4023]

It's cool ! I also do this process 👍

[@christophercalabrese9257]

Thats a great MAsterclass!

[@ITZTHEBEATLES4221]

Why tf would anyone dislike this? This Is pure gold info

[@akwtoolshed]

This is great. More of this.

[@RobinJWheeler]

Fantastic video. You explain it in a very relatable way. I'm going to try stealing your though processes!

[@vinnyvalens1581]

yes, we would like to see more

[@tonywatson8959]

I’d definitely watch even a 45 minute video of this! I had always approached improvising in a very literal sense that i compose it on the spot and because of that i feel that my licks aren’t really that interesting. This is almost the exact opposite to my approach but it seems to work well for you, i’m gonna give it a shot in my next practice sesh

[@Saxologic]

Tony Watson Wow, good to know! And thanks, as long as you keep in mind that it all takes a good amount of time for it to truly soak into your subconscious before you play it freely into your improvised solos! It’s just a great way to have an objective in a practice session and kill a ton of birds with one stone. You work on your theory, ear training, intervals, fluency of knowing the numbers, recognizing patterns, and you practice the line which works on your technique as well.

[@georgekatsakis9448]

Great stuff, keep it up. Thank you

[@maf9314]

Love your tone!

[@abrahamuribe1112]

Love it. I never studied jazz this way and your terms to describe music lines ( e.g. enclosures) sound similar to what Chad LB teaches them. Is there such formal classes of jazz theory if you will.

[@changoelchango]

Man I'm kinda new to your channel but I loved this vid. It helped me understand why things are done when writing or playing a solo.
Im right now studying music and this is very _very_ helpful so keep it coming man

[@tyjle]

I dig this analysis! I would definitely watch more.

[@t.i.p.1325]

more of these videos pls they are very helpful

[@samuelgolden5312]

Great, lets have more.!!!!

[@burakyavuz3412]

nice lesson. thank you!

[@lexera]

solo analysis is great pls make more

[@jay-sg8tv]

Hey great video man I live in Miami I have a brother that's an amazing saxophone player his name is Felipe lamoglia he was on tour with Arturo Sandoval your video gives a very good explanation not everybody does what you're doing so keep up the good work👍

[@astarothgr]

Absolute great content, I love the harmonic ideas (enclosures, chromatic passages, anticipatory bars etc.)!
Any tips regarding rhythm and/or note grouping?

[@neillmoscoso6698]

How long did it take to get to a point where you could improvise without planning ahead and transcribing lines? Does it just eventually get under your fingers where it feels natural to play something because your ears are so tuned to a certain chord or chord progression? Also loved the video, I always that outlining a certain chord would sound childish but I can see that changing the rhythm like into triplets or articulation really changes the vibe of the line 😁

[@Saxologic]

Neill Moscoso It really takes a while man haha. Imagine learning French or some other language you don’t know. There are no shortcuts, right? You really have to learn the little things and then practice integrating it all together to make a bigger picture. Creating your jazz lines like I did in the video would be the equivalent of writing a speech and then speaking it. You won’t go around your daily life reciting your speech word for word but your brain absorbed it subconsciously and you’ll find some bits creep up into your actual speaking when interacting with others, which is the equivalent to improvising. I find as you gain more fluency in jazz, lines pop up in your head before you play them as you solo. If you’ve been practicing a lot, constantly writing down what you hear in your head before it gets away and working on playing it, then you’ll be able to instantly execute it on the spot when it pops up in your head in the spur of the moment. But the most beautiful part to me is that all of this stuff really is connected. Sometimes, you might hear something in your head that you’ve never played before but it comes out in your playing in the spur of the moment anyway. The further you get into this level of fluency, the less you’ll have to write so much, as the ideas in your head will be almost concrete. I wouldn’t consider myself this far on the fluency spectrum; I’ve got a lot of work to go!
But seriously, allow yourself a lot of time. There will be moments where everything just finally “clicks” and your skill seemingly spikes up tremendously out of no where. But most of the time, progress will feel gradual. It’s all a long-term process. So it’s important to constantly feed your ears with music you love and aspire to sound like!

[@neillmoscoso6698]

Saxologic thanks man, I’ve been getting more into classical saxophone for the past two years and finally learned vibrato because it helped me speak the notes better and express if that makes any sense. I’ve been trying to play some Paul Desmond transcription but he’s very lyrical so I might try and look at Bird ofc for some lines 👍

[@nathanhott1228]

Great video

[@rubenross3550]

This is great!

[@ridon1255]

Thanks brother🎷😎😎😎😎

[@shawhinlayeghi3384]

Youre so underrated dawg keep it up

[@bthrun90]

Dude! Just found your channel. Awesome content. Really like this video, it's helpful to understand what to think about when writing out solos. One note: the mismatched volume on some of your vids (between talking and playing, it talking and other clips) causes me to have to keep changing volume up and down to hear at a good level. Glad I found your channel! Just subscribed

[@Saxologic]

Thanks man! I fixed it in other videos after a subscriber mailed me a voice mic!

[@sambsialia]

How old? This is great. My daughter plays some alto, and your channel may really inspire her. Thanks.

[@GRANT-W-NEALE]

Feedback ? Pretty interesting actually !

[@batakyesoksimbolon1931]

👍Thank you bosS🎷😎😎😎😎☕☕

[@qe1025]

This video was amazing and i’d watch it dosent matter how long it is!:D
Also would u mind transcripting a piece for me ? (Meta knights reveng kirby)

[@Saxologic]

Atomic Samurai Sure I will! And thanks!

[@ruben.9834]

Saxologic hey, I know I’m 8 months late but would it be possible for you to send the transcription to me?
Thanks :)

[@bluegoose555]

Dang !

[@stack80]

I love the vid, but it is way to advanced for me!! Only been playing for 4 months. Can you make a good impro vid for us not so good lol

[@cesardenis9014]

hello ! iam from uruguay sudamerica
I play tenor cud you traslete alto to tenor too in your videos .
thick you very much keeppp doing videos
saludos
i do not right inglish

[@lefuzz251]

Have you met Sean Jones tho?

[@Saxologic]

Yes!!!

[@trel8491]

Hey I was wondering, how did you get such a good tone?

[@classicgameplay10]

Doing this kind of stuff can prepare you to play in a band or something ?

[@andrespinzon8030]

hey good movie but your mic needs to be louder i keep on having to raise and then lower the volume

[@lassefederfu130]

good video. Put some compression on it though. I head to adjust the volume constantly

[@jfvs1988]

those tags lol

[@cx777o]

I know this questions comes pretty late, but do you memorize entire lines written out like this or do you break them down into smaller vocab chunks and play around with?
What I found for myself is, that I have an easier time memorizing and manipulating smaller chunks of information better than bigger lines

[@josepharan484]

that phrase in the 4th measure with the Ebmaj7 chord sounds an awful lot like that one charlie parker bebop lick raised a half step, i wonder if that was intentional ... :P

[@Saxologic]

Language ;)

[@Hallow1]

I put my volume up to hear him speak and then random really loud sax plays a'loud

[@jeanm419]

how do you choose the note you want to land on ?

[@Coderedpirate]

What mouthpiece and reeds do you use?

[@awllypollyas8292]

Bro have you gotten a mic yet?

[@solomonkunleomogbemi8610]

I really love your explanation. How can I get your email?

[@Saxologic]

[e-mail]

[@joaogladston4083]

Põe legendas BR ;-;

[@yoelhooper-antunez1016]

I puff my cheeks in jazz too. My teacher gets mad at me for it

[@russellwestbrook7048]

First comment 😎

[@Saxologic]

Russell Westbrook incredible lightning speed, wow!

[@jerrodshack7610]

Why did you put five advertisements in this

[@Saxologic]

LMAO did I really? I don’t even remember doing that I’m sorry man

[@aidanmay3944]

wow he deserves the revenue from that tho

[@AnisaOlivieri]

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[@nimamomeni1900]

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[@LennynSampedro]

Bro im bouta watch the fuck outta your channel

[@Saxologic]

Aye lmao

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