Even though as an older musician l already know how to transcribe, l really enjoyed watching this and agreeing with the sage advice being given to other players. Great teaching!
Thank you once again Scott. Outstanding video. It doesn't matter if you are not a singer, you're an outstanding musician and instructor. Keep up the good work. I'll continue to watch your videos. I have told many of my saxophone friends to watch your videos. 👍🏼
THAT ADVICE AT THE END TO PICK UP THE STYLE OF PLAYING IS REALLY IMPORTANT....all beginners and intermediates should learn that the certain style and sound give the notes we hear the soul we love
I watched this vdo 1 year ago, I was not enough mature to do it as I was a beginner tenor sax player. I watched it again today as I started to transcribe some jazz standards and I really appreciated. I m right now transcribing Happy people from Kenny Garreett, i love it. Thanks for all Scott and be well.
Thx for this step for step lesson Scott! I have taught myself a lot listening then playing along, always memorized it because my barrier is notation. Your video gave me a number of useful tips to put it to paper as well.
Lately, I've been hearing from a lot of professional, acclaimed musicians that one of the best things you can do to develop your ear and overall musical improvisation agility is to transcribe. This made me come back to this tutorial. Thanks Scott. I guess I found me something to tack onto my continued development, Scott. I will try to do a bit of this once a week. Happy new year, Scott! :-)
Great video, thanks so much for sharing this approach. I've been procrastinating doing this for years and watching this video makes me feel confident that I can do this with persistent effort.
I don't normally write music down when I'm learning a song but will start to do it cause that way it is more concreted in my playing. Thanks again Scott.
Hi Scott. Love your videos. Your voice is fine. To speed this exercise up I would just use a tuner.. No guessing on the note. So I sing the notes into the tuner and then I go to the next one.
Thanks Michael! That's kind of defeating the purpose of using your ear to figure out the note :-) but that is a good idea on a note that you might be stuck on.
Yea! :-) Thanking you most kindly, Scott, surely this is the game-changer that will now manifestly, and freely, begin to open the floodgates - forasmuch to upload my ears to the Uni-verse. You beauty!
AnyTune Pro+ and Tonal Energy. There is more on those two apps below: I’ve already commented on this video once and am back to it again because it’s a great one. I’ve been struggling with transcribing but have had a desire to do so due to there just not being sheet music available for much of the stuff I’m transcribing. Thanks Scott. I suggest that a great add on video to this would be figuring out what time signature something is in, because outside of standard 4/4 I have no idea. And I imagine many people out there with a very - very - basic knowledge of music theory are the same way. As a result, for me, I haven’t tried to write what I’m doing out in musical notation. I just make note of each of the phrases / notes on some paper as I figure them out to Lee from forgetting them as you described. Also, somebody commented wanting to know about programs to loop and slow down music. I use an app called *AnyTune Pro+ which is great for that as well as many other things. I also use the *Tonal Energy* app to help me figure out notes. Basically play the music through speakers and watch what notes pop up. It certainly isn’t perfect but it will get you close regarding a starting note and the intervals for passages you just can’t seem to figure out on your own.
Scott, love your down to earth style. Great video for how to transcribe regardless of instrument. Love when teachers empower us students how to practice, transcribe...etc.. Helpful tip regarding youtue videos, you can feed a youtube link to an app like MusePic to loop through portions of a video. Only caveat is you can't slow the tempo.
Great video. The looper suggestion is key. I get frustrated when I try to transcribe because I don’t use a looper and I have to try to rewind to get back to the phrase that I want.
Scott, can you elaborate on what you mean by swallow the note. I think I can hear what you’re doing, but have no idea really how to do it? Love your videos and step by step style (in order of importance) of teaching various topics. It makes it very easy to understand and build on. Thanks for the great content.
Hey Keith, yeah.. I just mean to pull the volume of the note back a little bit by slowing down the air or cutting off the air. That helps create more power in the note that comes after it.
I downloaded a free app from I tunes years ago called, "Gassistant." It does everything you need however you'll have to hunt and peck to find out how to use all the features.
Thanks again Scott!! I don't need to sing with my voice to find a pitch. I use my horn for that. However, I was clueless about writing down the rhythm. Thanks for the clues. BTW, your voice does not suck. My teacher at Jazzwire, Jeff Antoniuk is a great sax player, as are you. He too thinks his voice sucks. I betcha you'd both make good singers. I use Audacity to loop with.
@@ScottPaddock That's far out!! I love Jazzwire. I get clear direction and a community of players who support each other. Say hi to Jeff for me. I'm not surprised that you know each other.
Any chance you might do a tutorial on how to do that very rapid down or up gliss that you do - Bb down to F maybe - it sounds so good when it is done properly.
There's a very good chance! So good.... that I already did it :-). Check out this video on I did on Falls it explains everything: ua-cam.com/video/DOUSL5ZOlX0/v-deo.html
What about figuring out the key the piece is in? Or the chord progression? I have watched a few on-line teachers, and I like your style of presentation
With Jazz tunes that move through many key centers it is a challenge. But if you can figure out where the ii - V changes are, then the I is the key. (e.g. dm to G is in the key of C). Also, for a song in one key, the diatonic (in the scale) chords are I ii iii IV V vi vii (I major, ii minor, iii minor, IV major, V major, vi minor, vii minor). If you find two minor chords one step apart or two major chords one step apart then you can figure out the key (e.g. F and G mean you're in C). But, you know, jazz harmony gets crazy complex very quickly. (Not an expert here, but hope this helps.) Cheers
Excellent. I searched UA-cam on “Transcribing”. One video was 75% on recommending transcribing but almost no instruction. Another video included nothing about the writing part of the process. [ Of course, I have no right to complain. Those videos were free. ] Your video, however, was RELEVANT and USEFUL. And your approach was pleasant. By the way: I was removing wallpaper and had this one piece that absolutely wouldn’t come off. So I pointed your singing at the wall and it peeled right off. Just kidding. Your singing was fine. :)
If we know on what scale the tune is, you'll try less "wrong notes" to figure the wright one!! Therefore, knowing the harmonic grade of song is basic to transcribe!
Oh I almost forgot to mention in case some of my colleagues may be looking for a good looping app I got this one for free on android and it works pretty well. It's call: "Music Speed Changer" Hope this is helpful for you all!!
Ive got some better idea for me, if i want to transcibe some solos, use a looper and tuner for sax on the same timer (low speed and note each sound step by step)
Wow. Awesome. How would I get a song that I want to transcribe on a app I choose, or does the app already come with some melodies to transcribe??? I don't know! Sorry for the crazy question
They usually play MP3s. So you can buy the mp3, or download it from UA-cam as an MP3. Google how to download a youtube video 2018 and you'll get a step by step guide on how to do it.
Hi Scott , really enjoyed this lesson .Can you define what is swallowing the note ? In UK we use the term a ghost note is this the same? Also I have done quite a bit transrcribing more so on piano that sax and I always start by slowing it down first however I notice you suggest only do that at the latter stages. Is my way a bad way to do it if it works or do you think it holds me back?
Swallowing the note means pull it back a little bit. Not all the way to the level of a ghost note, but a pull back of a note to make the next one sound more important. I tell my students to try to do it at speed if possible. Obviously, slowing it down makes it easier, but the whole idea of transcribing isn't meant to be made easy it's to build your ear :-)
Thanks so much for this awesome tutorial Scott. I just have a question. Once you figure out the melody, the metric and the style, how can you use such material as a resource to improve your harmony knowledge, licks and all that stuff to go from copying someone else's improvisation to develop your own and personal style. Thanks a lot! Greetings from México
Hey Fernando, Thanks! Some people use transcribing to get new licks. I promote it with my students to develop ear training and style development. The more you dig into it, the more it will automatically show up in your playing. When you work on and study somethings so intently to transcribe it, it automatically becomes a part of your playing.
What about how to play a standard American song on Alto and tenor sax at the same time, in harmony you know ?? To play the song with a friend in a party Can you ??
Hi Scott, have watched all of your videos which I think are very helpful, my next challenge is transcribing. Do you need to go through the whole song note for note working out every single one because of the chord changes meaning there is no actual consistent key signature which means that the next note could be any chromatic note. If you were transcribing a vocal melody would you try and work out a key signature to narrow down the choice of notes to try and if so how would you try and find the key signature. Many Thanks
Hey Andy - definitely find the key. That makes life way easier and it narrows down the note choice. Finding the key signature of a song would be a whole different video, which is part of why I didn't include it in this one. Normally, once you find a couple notes that fit you can figure out the key signature through the power of elimination or finding a really strong tonic. Look for a future video on this subject.
Thanks for that Scott, I usually give up after about 15 minutes because I just can’t seem to work it out but today I actually stuck at it for hours trying to transcribe Into The Sunset by Gato Barbieri. I think I have got the first half down and the rest of the track is similar . I believe it is in F for the Tenor and C for Alto, someone please correct me if wrong. It then means my ears are screwed. Looking forward to the how to find the Key Signature video. Keep up the great work you give me the momentum to keep going when all else fails.
Personally, I prefer to transcribe the entire solo by ear and THEN write it down. I find it cuts down on total time doing the transcription because you're already intimately familiar with it when you begin your dictation
I've done both. I feel like it's faster (not necessarily better) if I write it out as I go, because then I no longer have to remember what was being played. Obviously the ultimate goal is to be able to play it by memory, and writing it down is just a secondary process that can also be helpful
Hey Patrick - I use Reason, but that is a super fancy recording program. Check out the comments, a few people haven given recommendations on looper apps.
Hey Robert! Swallow means to pull it back. Don't play it as strong so the following note gets more emphasis. Think of the note as being like the word "the" or "a" .... a word that you wouldn't emphasis in a sentence.
Ian, slow it down then use the fist thump and the one-ee-and-a-two-ee-... to break down the rhythm. With practice you get to spot the common ones then it's just the highly syncopated riffs that will need counting out. If you have a drum machine or step-sequencer you can put in the hits and adjust till it matches.
Even though as an older musician l already know how to transcribe, l really enjoyed watching this and agreeing with the sage advice being given to other players. Great teaching!
Thanks!!
Thank you once again Scott. Outstanding video. It doesn't matter if you are not a singer, you're an outstanding musician and instructor. Keep up the good work. I'll continue to watch your videos. I have told many of my saxophone friends to watch your videos. 👍🏼
Thanks Michael! I really appreciate your support :-)
THAT ADVICE AT THE END TO PICK UP THE STYLE OF PLAYING IS REALLY IMPORTANT....all beginners and intermediates should learn that the certain style and sound give the notes we hear the soul we love
Thank you so much Scott, you have been a blessing. I’m learning so much!
Awesome!
Thanks for the wonderful step by step lesson
I watched this vdo 1 year ago, I was not enough mature to do it as I was a beginner tenor sax player.
I watched it again today as I started to transcribe some jazz standards and I really appreciated. I m right now transcribing Happy people from Kenny Garreett, i love it. Thanks for all Scott and be well.
That's some great progress. I love that tune!!!!!
Thx for this step for step lesson Scott! I have taught myself a lot listening then playing along, always memorized it because my barrier is notation. Your video gave me a number of useful tips to put it to paper as well.
Awesome! Yeah, doing it by ear and memorizing it is also a great strategy. It all depends on your end goal.
Lately, I've been hearing from a lot of professional, acclaimed musicians that one of the best things you can do to develop your ear and overall musical improvisation agility is to transcribe. This made me come back to this tutorial. Thanks Scott.
I guess I found me something to tack onto my continued development, Scott. I will try to do a bit of this once a week.
Happy new year, Scott! :-)
That is a very true statement!
Excellent teaching ! Thank you for PURE GOLD !
Great video, thanks so much for sharing this approach. I've been procrastinating doing this for years and watching this video makes me feel confident that I can do this with persistent effort.
Yeah, it's tough, but totally doable! Especially if you pick an appropriate song to start with and chip away at it in small steps.
I don't normally write music down when I'm learning a song but will start to do it cause that way it is more concreted in my playing. Thanks again Scott.
Dude , You are the best. You are the saxophone communicator...keep on teaching
Thanks!
Scott, you deserve way more views!
I'm trying to get them!
Fantastic video! I'm a classical player and I'm trying to do some transcribing myself!
Another amazing tutorial Scott. Thank you for taking the time to share this with us. Btw your singing wasn't that bad. Also, what a cool desk 👏👏👏
Thanks Terry!! This was a tough one to figure out how to do in a video. Thanks! I built the desk out of an old door.
amazing stuff! What a great skill
Brilliant ....shows people how much work goes into this process...thankyou.
Very helpful, Scott. The Coltrane and Adderley solos would definitely require slowing down - speaking for myself of course! 😊
Yeah, those aren't good starting points though. Start with something bit easier.
Thanks, Scott. I am using these techniques for songs that I like, but never expected to be able to learn them. Now I can!
Great!
Excelente. Muchas gracias. Saludos desde Buenos Aires.
Gracias!
Brilliant, Scott. Thanks for sharing your expertise. Love your teaching style!
Thanks David!
Thanks a lot Scott. Really helpful lesson :D. Greetings from Mexico
Glad you found it helpful! I love Mexico. I'm spending the winter there again this year.
Thanks for the vid. Great post. Super helpful. Love that song...album. Again..Thank You.
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Hi Scott. Love your videos. Your voice is fine. To speed this exercise up I would just use a tuner.. No guessing on the note. So I sing the notes into the tuner and then I go to the next one.
Thanks Michael! That's kind of defeating the purpose of using your ear to figure out the note :-) but that is a good idea on a note that you might be stuck on.
Perfect pitch?
Carlos Gomez No, you don’t need perfect pitch just a pitch close enough to figure out the next note...
Yea! :-) Thanking you most kindly, Scott, surely this is the game-changer that will now manifestly, and freely, begin to open the floodgates - forasmuch to upload my ears to the Uni-verse. You beauty!
I'm very happy to open up the flood gates for you !
Transcribe is an excellent program for this task
Thanks. Good lesson. Easily explained.
Thanks!
Great Lesson! You have broken down the process into manageable pieces that seems doable to even my old and addled mind!
Great to hear!
Your really so helpful Scott, hats off to you man 👍
I appreciate this
Very lovely information
Thanks a lot
This is very good video. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic. Thanks heaps. Keep up the great instructions and examples.
Thanks Chris!
Great lesson, thank you!
I had a mini disco that did that but you are 100% correct
Love it! Thank you for posting this vid! ♥️
AnyTune Pro+ and Tonal Energy. There is more on those two apps below:
I’ve already commented on this video once and am back to it again because it’s a great one. I’ve been struggling with transcribing but have had a desire to do so due to there just not being sheet music available for much of the stuff I’m transcribing. Thanks Scott.
I suggest that a great add on video to this would be figuring out what time signature something is in, because outside of standard 4/4 I have no idea. And I imagine many people out there with a very - very - basic knowledge of music theory are the same way.
As a result, for me, I haven’t tried to write what I’m doing out in musical notation. I just make note of each of the phrases / notes on some paper as I figure them out to Lee from forgetting them as you described.
Also, somebody commented wanting to know about programs to loop and slow down music. I use an app called *AnyTune Pro+ which is great for that as well as many other things.
I also use the *Tonal Energy* app to help me figure out notes. Basically play the music through speakers and watch what notes pop up.
It certainly isn’t perfect but it will get you close regarding a starting note and the intervals for passages you just can’t seem to figure out on your own.
thanks for this. this is pretty much how I do it.
Good job .very lucid
Scott, love your down to earth style. Great video for how to transcribe regardless of instrument. Love when teachers empower us students how to practice, transcribe...etc..
Helpful tip regarding youtue videos, you can feed a youtube link to an app like MusePic to loop through portions of a video. Only caveat is you can't slow the tempo.
Thanks!
Thank you for the articulation tips, very helpful. Dm,tenor sax
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Fantastic stuff Scott - a great lesson!
Thanks Peter!
Great video. The looper suggestion is key. I get frustrated when I try to transcribe because I don’t use a looper and I have to try to rewind to get back to the phrase that I want.
Great video! Very informational.
Thanks!!
Thanks for this !!
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Great instructional vids as always!!!
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Scott, can you elaborate on what you mean by swallow the note. I think I can hear what you’re doing, but have no idea really how to do it?
Love your videos and step by step style (in order of importance) of teaching various topics. It makes it very easy to understand and build on. Thanks for the great content.
Hey Keith, yeah.. I just mean to pull the volume of the note back a little bit by slowing down the air or cutting off the air. That helps create more power in the note that comes after it.
I downloaded a free app from I tunes years ago called, "Gassistant." It does everything you need however you'll have to hunt and peck to find out how to use all the features.
Thanks again Scott!! I don't need to sing with my voice to find a pitch. I use my horn for that. However, I was clueless about writing down the rhythm. Thanks for the clues. BTW, your voice does not suck. My teacher at Jazzwire, Jeff Antoniuk is a great sax player, as are you. He too thinks his voice sucks. I betcha you'd both make good singers. I use Audacity to loop with.
Hey David! I'm friends with Jeff, he lives about 30 minutes away from. How do you like Jazz Wire?
@@ScottPaddock That's far out!! I love Jazzwire. I get clear direction and a community of players who support each other. Say hi to Jeff for me. I'm not surprised that you know each other.
Awesome.
Subscribed.
thanks from Argentina
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This video is something I want to get to!
Awesome!
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beam me up scottie 👍🏼
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Compared to me, you are a great singer:) thanks for sharing.
Haha!! Thanks.
Great Video!
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Any chance you might do a tutorial on how to do that very rapid down or up gliss that you do - Bb down to F maybe - it sounds so good when it is done properly.
There's a very good chance! So good.... that I already did it :-). Check out this video on I did on Falls it explains everything: ua-cam.com/video/DOUSL5ZOlX0/v-deo.html
What about figuring out the key the piece is in? Or the chord progression? I have watched a few on-line teachers, and I like your style of presentation
Thanks! I should definitely do one on that. I'll have to figure out how to record it without the copyright issues
With Jazz tunes that move through many key centers it is a challenge. But if you can figure out where the ii - V changes are, then the I is the key. (e.g. dm to G is in the key of C). Also, for a song in one key, the diatonic (in the scale) chords are I ii iii IV V vi vii (I major, ii minor, iii minor, IV major, V major, vi minor, vii minor). If you find two minor chords one step apart or two major chords one step apart then you can figure out the key (e.g. F and G mean you're in C). But, you know, jazz harmony gets crazy complex very quickly. (Not an expert here, but hope this helps.) Cheers
@@SRHMusic012 that's a handy tip, thanks for taking the time to type it out.
What is the app you are using ? Thanks Scott All the best from France !
Excellent. I searched UA-cam on “Transcribing”. One video was 75% on recommending transcribing but almost no instruction. Another video included nothing about the writing part of the process.
[ Of course, I have no right to complain. Those videos were free. ]
Your video, however, was RELEVANT and USEFUL. And your approach was pleasant.
By the way: I was removing wallpaper and had this one piece that absolutely wouldn’t come off. So I pointed your singing at the wall and it peeled right off. Just kidding. Your singing was fine. :)
HAHAHAHA!!!! Glad I could help with the wallpaper. 😁😁
Ok thanks so much
If we know on what scale the tune is, you'll try less "wrong notes" to figure the wright one!! Therefore, knowing the harmonic grade of song is basic to transcribe!
Thank you
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Anytune Pro is a brilliant app for ipad.
Transcribe ( sevensthrings.com) is an excelent and not expensive software to use when transcribing music
Oh I almost forgot to mention in case some of my colleagues may be looking for a good looping app I got this one for free on android and it works pretty well. It's call: "Music Speed Changer" Hope this is helpful for you all!!
Thanks
Limited reading and writing musical knowledge unfortunately. I can transcribe in my head right? Or is it imperative to be competent theoretically?
Ive got some better idea for me, if i want to transcibe some solos, use a looper and tuner for sax on the same timer (low speed and note each sound step by step)
I love your instrument. Do giveaway boss to fans
Absolutely love this lesson! Would have been cool to know the chord or chords that he was playing over right from the beginning. Thank you so much!
Yeah, the chords are very important too, but there's only so much you can get to in a youtube video. Glad you liked it!
Great lesson. There is a famous open source software called Audacity for those that like free stuff like me.
I use to use that!!! How is it to use now?
Scott. It is pretty easy and straight forward software. Lots of tutorials in UA-cam. Also it gets updated regularly.
Is Audacity available for iPhone?
Wow. Awesome. How would I get a song that I want to transcribe on a app I choose, or does the app already come with some melodies to transcribe??? I don't know! Sorry for the crazy question
They usually play MP3s. So you can buy the mp3, or download it from UA-cam as an MP3. Google how to download a youtube video 2018 and you'll get a step by step guide on how to do it.
Hi Scott , really enjoyed this lesson .Can you define what is swallowing the note ? In UK we use the term a ghost note is this the same? Also I have done quite a bit transrcribing more so on piano that sax and I always start by slowing it down first however I notice you suggest only do that at the latter stages. Is my way a bad way to do it if it works or do you think it holds me back?
Swallowing the note means pull it back a little bit. Not all the way to the level of a ghost note, but a pull back of a note to make the next one sound more important. I tell my students to try to do it at speed if possible. Obviously, slowing it down makes it easier, but the whole idea of transcribing isn't meant to be made easy it's to build your ear :-)
Thanks so much for this awesome tutorial Scott. I just have a question. Once you figure out the melody, the metric and the style, how can you use such material as a resource to improve your harmony knowledge, licks and all that stuff to go from copying someone else's improvisation to develop your own and personal style. Thanks a lot! Greetings from México
Hey Fernando, Thanks! Some people use transcribing to get new licks. I promote it with my students to develop ear training and style development. The more you dig into it, the more it will automatically show up in your playing. When you work on and study somethings so intently to transcribe it, it automatically becomes a part of your playing.
@@ScottPaddock than you so much Scott!! 😁
Great tutorial to help with my retirement plans of taking up the sax again ( after 45 years)
What about how to play a standard American song on Alto and tenor sax at the same time, in harmony you know ??
To play the song with a friend in a party
Can you ??
That would change depending on the song, but you are better off searching for "how to play harmony" and don't be saxophone specific.
Hi Scott, have watched all of your videos which I think are very helpful, my next challenge is transcribing. Do you need to go through the whole song note for note working out every single one because of the chord changes meaning there is no actual consistent key signature which means that the next note could be any chromatic note.
If you were transcribing a vocal melody would you try and work out a key signature to narrow down the choice of notes to try and if so how would you try and find the key signature. Many Thanks
Hey Andy - definitely find the key. That makes life way easier and it narrows down the note choice. Finding the key signature of a song would be a whole different video, which is part of why I didn't include it in this one. Normally, once you find a couple notes that fit you can figure out the key signature through the power of elimination or finding a really strong tonic. Look for a future video on this subject.
Thanks for that Scott, I usually give up after about 15 minutes because I just can’t seem to work it out but today I actually stuck at it for hours trying to transcribe Into The Sunset by Gato Barbieri. I think I have got the first half down and the rest of the track is similar . I believe it is in F for the Tenor and C for Alto, someone please correct me if wrong. It then means my ears are screwed. Looking forward to the how to find the Key Signature video. Keep up the great work you give me the momentum to keep going when all else fails.
Personally, I prefer to transcribe the entire solo by ear and THEN write it down. I find it cuts down on total time doing the transcription because you're already intimately familiar with it when you begin your dictation
I've done both. I feel like it's faster (not necessarily better) if I write it out as I go, because then I no longer have to remember what was being played. Obviously the ultimate goal is to be able to play it by memory, and writing it down is just a secondary process that can also be helpful
Can you please say again which app you use? Thanks.
Check the comments, there are lots of suggestions. I use Reason, which is a recording program.
Thanks garage band also let you loop and slow the tempo, the pitch seems remain the same ;)
I don’t play jazz but isn’t finding the key important? Or is it not in jazz
Yeah it's in jazz. Thats definitely important so you can understand the intervals and find the relationship between everything. Makes it easier
Which program do you use to select just few notes and repeat them? Thanks.
Hey Patrick - I use Reason, but that is a super fancy recording program. Check out the comments, a few people haven given recommendations on looper apps.
What does “swallow”the note mean? Accent?
Hey Robert! Swallow means to pull it back. Don't play it as strong so the following note gets more emphasis. Think of the note as being like the word "the" or "a" .... a word that you wouldn't emphasis in a sentence.
Scott Paddock gotcha, thanks!!
Does transcription count as plagiarism?
Its hardWORK
very very very! But the results are worth it.
Can anyone point me to a solo that’s fairly modal but maybe not too difficult?
A great solo to start with is Miles Davis Freddie Freeloader.
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I wish I could do the same thing with a JJ Johnson ballad. But i don´t have until 2030
i have perfect pitch so half of it becomes easier for me i think
That will definitely make things way easier. 😁😁😁😁
but i cant transpose quickly so i have to write in concert pitch
If you have a minute ,take a peak at my book ,primacy. Unfortunately I’m not able to get to. Post office to send copy
I can find the notes but getting the timing written down on paper 🥴
Write out the rhythm without thinking of the notes. Find where the beats land and then fill in the subdivisions.
Ian, slow it down then use the fist thump and the one-ee-and-a-two-ee-... to break down the rhythm. With practice you get to spot the common ones then it's just the highly syncopated riffs that will need counting out. If you have a drum machine or step-sequencer you can put in the hits and adjust till it matches.
You dont have to sing well..your saxophone voice is perfect !!!
just use Audacity
Audacity is great
@@ScottPaddock yep
Weird.......!
Great lesson! THANK YOU!