Incredible job by both Mr. Herbin and you! I have a couple questions if you don't mind - I'm a beginner alto player and I'm trying to improve my transcription skills. How do you hear chords so well like at 0:39 with the C-36+c1(whatever that even means lol), how do you hear all the inner notes and their tonality? And second, do you have any tips for how you figure out exactly what chord he's playing over for each measure? How do you hear/know that he's playing over like a Bb7sus, or an F#2, etc,? Thank you so much! Have a great day and a merry christmas :)
The C-36+c1 is not a chord but actually a fingering, since Herbin is playing a multiphonic there: Try fingering lower C on your alto, then take away your left and right ring fingers (i.e. the 3rd and 6th finger), and press the c1 key, aka side D. If you try around adjusting your embouchure, you'll get it to sound like Herbin at 0:39. But for hearing the changes, I'd first listen to the bass, write down the root notes, and after that the chord quality. Use a piano for reference, then it's just trial and error to find the right chords. In jazz, the solo changes are almost always the same as, or at least similar to, the changes for the head at the start. There, the changes are often easier to make out than in the solo, where the comping is more free. Other than that, it just helps to transcribe a lot, building a repertoire of chords and voicings. It will take a lot of time at first to find the chords, so take that time and try to be as accurate as possible! After a while, you'll be able to recognize certain chords and progressions much more easily. (The only reason that people can hear chords fast is they've heard them before, many times.) I'd highly recommend transcribing some jazz standards, just the head melody and changes - this is also a better way to learn new tunes than using the real book. You can start easy and work your way up. Hope that helps, a late merry christmas to you too :)
@@Auromaton Makes perfect sense! Thank you so much for going into such detail. I will practice all of what you've said. Thanks again and happy holidays!
Fingering for 2:03 is 12, 123, Eb, low Bb, octave. Sorry for unofficial names
That first one, I was not expecting it to go from reggae to going absolute ham Brecker-style.... what a sax player!
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Incredible job by both Mr. Herbin and you! I have a couple questions if you don't mind - I'm a beginner alto player and I'm trying to improve my transcription skills. How do you hear chords so well like at 0:39 with the C-36+c1(whatever that even means lol), how do you hear all the inner notes and their tonality? And second, do you have any tips for how you figure out exactly what chord he's playing over for each measure? How do you hear/know that he's playing over like a Bb7sus, or an F#2, etc,? Thank you so much! Have a great day and a merry christmas :)
The C-36+c1 is not a chord but actually a fingering, since Herbin is playing a multiphonic there: Try fingering lower C on your alto, then take away your left and right ring fingers (i.e. the 3rd and 6th finger), and press the c1 key, aka side D. If you try around adjusting your embouchure, you'll get it to sound like Herbin at 0:39.
But for hearing the changes, I'd first listen to the bass, write down the root notes, and after that the chord quality. Use a piano for reference, then it's just trial and error to find the right chords. In jazz, the solo changes are almost always the same as, or at least similar to, the changes for the head at the start. There, the changes are often easier to make out than in the solo, where the comping is more free. Other than that, it just helps to transcribe a lot, building a repertoire of chords and voicings. It will take a lot of time at first to find the chords, so take that time and try to be as accurate as possible! After a while, you'll be able to recognize certain chords and progressions much more easily. (The only reason that people can hear chords fast is they've heard them before, many times.) I'd highly recommend transcribing some jazz standards, just the head melody and changes - this is also a better way to learn new tunes than using the real book. You can start easy and work your way up.
Hope that helps, a late merry christmas to you too :)
@@Auromaton Makes perfect sense! Thank you so much for going into such detail. I will practice all of what you've said. Thanks again and happy holidays!
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