Lynden you have no doubt heard it a hundred times before but I have to say it again. I have been on several sites before but have never stayed with them. Certainly never became a member thank you and just more more more brilliant 👏 🎉
Hello Lynden, i‘m from germany and Sax beginner. Thank You for all you Videos. I Like all the Videos. my Sound and Improvisation Its real better the last weeks. Thank you so much. Thomas
You are the best saxophone teacher on UA-cam, what you explain is simple and understandable. super effective and applicable for students. bravo and continue like that. I am French and love your videos. I take advantage of this post to get your opinion: should we better learn the complete scales or the pentatonics first? Thank you!!!
Christian, that’s incredible nice of you to say, thank you so much 🤝🤝 It’s important to learn bit the major scales and the pentatonics but I’d suggest the major scales come first. Thank you again 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷
Lynden I noticed that you play the above licks and patterns at a medium tempo. Is there any reason they cant be played slow thus drawing out the notes for a more fat bluesy sound? particularly accenting the blue notes (b5,b7). I'm thinking this would give it more punch and soul. What do you think?
@@lyndenblades Thank you sir. I have been working on trying to slow my blues licks and patterns down some so I can hear the soul come out. Down and dirty style you might say.
Just found your channel realy good love your playing. Picked up my tenor after a lot of years trying to play it well😂can you tell me where to get some good blues backing tracks to play with. Thks keep up the good work🤗
Hi Brian, thank you so much for your feedback and I’m so pleased that you’re finding these videos useful. Here’s a blues backing track for you, made with an iPad app called Session Band Jazz 251 backing track in C for tenor sax ua-cam.com/video/okI4Gm-k9hI/v-deo.html There’s also loads of free blues backing tracks on UA-cam, just type in “Blues backing track in C” or whichever key you like into UA-cam and there’ll be lots to choose from. If you get stuck, just ask me and I’ll help 🤝🤝🤝🤝🎷🎷🎷
Hello Lynden. As usual, another awesome video from you! I have a very important question that I hope you can answer for me. If I am learning a song by ear, what is the best tried and true method for me to determine the correct key of the song? Additionally, once the key has determined, how does one determine what scale to use for improvisation (Pentatonic [Maj or MIn], Blues Scale, Dorian, etc)?
Thank you so much for your encouraging feedback and for your questions. Working out what key you’re in can be done in a number of ways. I listen and aim to identify the root, and there’s exercises you can do to develop this skill that require a deeper explanation that I can give you here. Another way is to see if you can identify how many sharps or flats the tune has. Once identified then the reality is that you have a lot of options. For example if you’re in C major, you could use the scale tones, the chord tones, a major pentatonic, you could think about using chromatic connections between notes, you could think about using the relative minor and even a blues scale will add some cool tension, if you know which one to use. I hope this helps and your question inspires me to make tutorials around these topics so thank you 🤝🤝🎷🎷
@@lyndenblades Thank you for the prompt feedback, Lynden. The idea that I think will work best for me is to count the sharps/flats in the song and then apply the Circle of 5ths to figure out the correct key. Additionally, I'm going to assume that I build the major pentatonic scale off the major scale and the minor pentatonic scale and blues scale off of the key's relative minor scale. Is that correct? Thanks in advance!
@@d.williams7887 you’re welcome and thanks again for your feedback. I made a video about the structure of pentatonic scales, perhaps you could take a look at it and tell me if you think it explains them clearly please? Pentatonic scales explained. Simply, easily yet effectively, hopefully. ua-cam.com/video/gg8Y5MOpSQo/v-deo.html
Small point, but if I may: I'm a blues man and by far the most common keys called are G, E and A concert. C's not that common. On a related theme, quite a few of us have huge difficulty remembering note sequences. It's not super helpful to blythly suggest (as you do elsewhere) that 'clients' should learn licks and patterns in all 12 keys. For some It's a huge and also unnecessary mountain to climb. In the blues. you really only need G, E, A, and maybe B, C and D a little. No more.
Lynden you have no doubt heard it a hundred times before but I have to say it again. I have been on several sites before but have never stayed with them. Certainly never became a member thank you and just more more more brilliant 👏 🎉
@@raymondhammett6558 Raymond thank you so much, that’s so encouraging and very kind of you to say 😎😎🎷🎷🤝🤝
Thanks for the video, I can’t wait to give it a try 🙏🙏👍👍🎷🎷🎷
Awesome thank you, let me know how you get on 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎
Thank you Lynden- This will really help with improvising over a minor Pentatonic and Blues scale- 😎🎷
Thank you Craig 🤝🤝
Your videos are the best on the web Thank you from Italy Ciao
@@ianx5407 wow, thank you SO much Ian, that means a great deal to me 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎
Love your direct simple treatment about musical ideas…. And excelent attitude…you enjoy… then we do also!
Thank you so much, that is fantastic feedback and really helpful, thank you 🙏 🤝🤝🎷🎷
thanks lynden great vid
Glad you enjoyed it Michael, thank you 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎
These videos are really doable, thank you
Thank you so much, that’s terrific feedback 🎷🎷🤝🤝😎😎
Hello Lynden, i‘m from germany and Sax beginner. Thank You for all you Videos. I Like all the Videos. my Sound and Improvisation Its real better the last weeks. Thank you so much. Thomas
Hello Thomas and thank you for your message. I’m so happy to know that this has helped you 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎
You are the best saxophone teacher on UA-cam, what you explain is simple and understandable. super effective and applicable for students. bravo and continue like that. I am French and love your videos. I take advantage of this post to get your opinion: should we better learn the complete scales or the pentatonics first? Thank you!!!
Christian, that’s incredible nice of you to say, thank you so much 🤝🤝
It’s important to learn bit the major scales and the pentatonics but I’d suggest the major scales come first. Thank you again 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷
Great teacher. Thanks for all your quality content.
Cyril thank you 🤩 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎
Thank you. Really helpful and great with the notations
Thank you Trevor 🤝🤝🤝
Excellent ideas..cheers
Thank you very much John for your feedback and makes me really happy to know that I’m on the right track to help 🤝🤝🎷🎷
Cool!!! Thanks. A greeting from Portugal
Thank you and a greeting from the Uk 🇬🇧
Great lesson, thanks a lot for that
Thank you for your feedback 🤝🤝🎷🎷
Nice! Thank you
Thank you Phil 🤝🤝
Your videos are great.Could you point me similar backing track from this lesson??Thank you.
Thank you Kamil! Sure, search for “12 bar blues in C” on UA-cam or get the app Session Band soul jazz funk vol 3, use 70’s funk demo 5 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎
Lynden I noticed that you play the above licks and patterns at a medium tempo. Is there any reason they cant be played slow thus drawing out the notes for a more fat bluesy sound? particularly accenting the blue notes (b5,b7). I'm thinking this would give it more punch and soul. What do you think?
Hi Travis, absolutely no reason at all! 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎
@@lyndenblades Thank you sir. I have been working on trying to slow my blues licks and patterns down some so I can hear the soul come out. Down and dirty style you might say.
@@travisalltop9134 excellent 👍
Yes!!!!! Tenor saxes matter! #tenorsaxlove
They certainly do 🎷🤝🎷🎵🎷🤝🎷🎵
More of this🙏🕺🏾☀️🎷❤️
Thanks for your feedback Jimmy 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎
Just found your channel realy good love your playing. Picked up my tenor after a lot of years trying to play it well😂can you tell me where to get some good blues backing tracks to play with. Thks keep up the good work🤗
Hi Brian, thank you so much for your feedback and I’m so pleased that you’re finding these videos useful.
Here’s a blues backing track for you, made with an iPad app called Session Band Jazz 251 backing track in C for tenor sax
ua-cam.com/video/okI4Gm-k9hI/v-deo.html
There’s also loads of free blues backing tracks on UA-cam, just type in “Blues backing track in C” or whichever key you like into UA-cam and there’ll be lots to choose from. If you get stuck, just ask me and I’ll help 🤝🤝🤝🤝🎷🎷🎷
Thks for that iv just seen your video for the jazz apps I’ll have a look at them👍
@@briangreen842 you’re welcome 🤝🎷🤝🎷
You are the bomb!
😂😂 I keep telling my wife this but she’s not convinced 🙏🙏🙏
Hi, Lynden really like what you're doing.Is there any chance I could have a lesson of you
Hi Paul, of course. Drop me an email at lynden@saxandhoney.com
Hello Lynden. As usual, another awesome video from you! I have a very important question that I hope you can answer for me. If I am learning a song by ear, what is the best tried and true method for me to determine the correct key of the song? Additionally, once the key has determined, how does one determine what scale to use for improvisation (Pentatonic [Maj or MIn], Blues Scale, Dorian, etc)?
Thank you so much for your encouraging feedback and for your questions.
Working out what key you’re in can be done in a number of ways. I listen and aim to identify the root, and there’s exercises you can do to develop this skill that require a deeper explanation that I can give you here. Another way is to see if you can identify how many sharps or flats the tune has.
Once identified then the reality is that you have a lot of options. For example if you’re in C major, you could use the scale tones, the chord tones, a major pentatonic, you could think about using chromatic connections between notes, you could think about using the relative minor and even a blues scale will add some cool tension, if you know which one to use.
I hope this helps and your question inspires me to make tutorials around these topics so thank you 🤝🤝🎷🎷
@@lyndenblades Thank you for the prompt feedback, Lynden. The idea that I think will work best for me is to count the sharps/flats in the song and then apply the Circle of 5ths to figure out the correct key. Additionally, I'm going to assume that I build the major pentatonic scale off the major scale and the minor pentatonic scale and blues scale off of the key's relative minor scale. Is that correct? Thanks in advance!
@@d.williams7887 you’re welcome and thanks again for your feedback. I made a video about the structure of pentatonic scales, perhaps you could take a look at it and tell me if you think it explains them clearly please?
Pentatonic scales explained. Simply, easily yet effectively, hopefully.
ua-cam.com/video/gg8Y5MOpSQo/v-deo.html
Good
🤝🤝🎷🎷🙏🙏
@@lyndenblades Grazie a te per questi video belli...
@@AresMusiclandOfficial thank you so much 🤝🤝
Which Session band app exactly are you referring to? Thanks
Hi there Collin, it’s this: apps.apple.com/gb/app/sessionband-soul-jazz-funk-3/id1561849298
👌👌👌
Thank you 🤩
Small point, but if I may: I'm a blues man and by far the most common keys called are G, E and A concert. C's not that common. On a related theme, quite a few of us have huge difficulty remembering note sequences. It's not super helpful to blythly suggest (as you do elsewhere) that 'clients' should learn licks and patterns in all 12 keys. For some It's a huge and also unnecessary mountain to climb. In the blues. you really only need G, E, A, and maybe B, C and D a little. No more.
Thanks for your feedback 👍