Chad's level of theory is far beyond my casual level as a player. I watch some of his videos, then just quit watching because I can't keep up. Jay, break downs like this are what make you such a great teacher! I can actually take something he did and now apply it to my practice.
I purchased Chad's 10 Jazz Musician Warmups far prior to this video, but this video really describes WHY one would practice this and and how they can apply what is being practiced. Awesome!
I've watched this video so many times! I go back to those scales you showed and pause the screen and grind going through it over and over. Thank you so much for putting this video together and helping inspire so many musicians! :)
Hello Jay, This lesson is very interesting, not only that I learned a great lesson, (hours of practice) but also a great saxophonist. I am 77 yeas old and this will keep occupied for a while at least during this crisis. Great video.
As a beginner in learning the alto sax I am having alot of fun and discovering a new talent that I posses. And a good way to escape the calamities of the day. Thank you for allowing me and other people with the same desires to enjoy learning and you sharing the great talents that you posses. Sax Away!
It's only been a couple of weeks in "shut down and isolate" mode, but it was weird seeing the handshake and hug at the beginning when the door opened. How quickly things change. Thanks for this very informative lesson, both of you!
It's all Greek to me, what you guys are talking about... and I'm Greek, literally... Regardless, as long as you stopped talking and started playing, it all made sense. Fragmented information for a strict by-ear-playing, music-theory "analphabet", amateur saxophone player like me, listening to what you show, is a treasure.
There are lots of videos from lots of people, some better than others. Jay's are consistently excellent and helpful. He involves very good people (like Chad in this video) and he is always worth checking out. Thanks and keep it going!
I am so happy I just got my sax back from the shop and upgraded to a Selmer 80 C*. So happy. It need a full workup. Pricey but so worth it. Thank you for the inspiration to get back into sax!
I can't express how greatfull I am for your time put into this channel! I only bought a saxophone 3 days ago 28/4, I have played guitar for a long time and have always been interested in the thought of a sax, I only wish I had got one along time ago, having the two instruments at hand and being in lockdown has allowed me to dabble in music all day long switching between the two. It has made playing so much more engaging for me! Finding you and your channel has amazed me so I had to thank you for passing on your knowledge! Which is fairly expensive and shout get me more than started 👍
These are some really great excersizes. I watched one of his masterclasses and he even provides more things to practice along with different approaches to things. I am about to have to give my school back it's tenor that I'm borrowing, so I will sadly have to take a break from sax until I can afford a new one :( but at least I can practice clarinet stuff.
The series you've been making, chatting with the known youtubers playing sax, is really great! I've been a subscriber long before that but gotta say, it really piked my interest :) It's a lot of work but rest assured we appreciate it a lot
Hey Jay! Thanks for continuing to post these videos! I'm a sax teacher who is now teaching solely from home using video conferencing, and your videos + video from other bloggers is adds a bright spark to my day and helps me to be a better player and teacher. Stay safe and healthy Mate! (From Australia)
@@bettersax This will keep me busy through quarantine! Thanks again Jay. Maybe do a show on how we all can play together via zoom or other web conferencing technology as that seems to be our predicament for the next few months. Stay safe!
This is literally exactly what I needed!!!!!!! This is a saxophone players dream! Love both saxophone players they're great! best video for me by far!!!!!!!!!!
Interesting and in typical BetterSax fashion, top notch quality and so well done...that said, I must admit that videos like this honestly dissuade me from wanting to play the horn. I picked up the sax very late in life and feel that I’m doing pretty well until I watch a video that reminds me how little I know about the instrument and music as a whole. I’m doing my damndest to simply hear the chord change while trying to catch my breath and stay ahead of the beat and this guy leads me to believe that if I’m not thinking about the Chromatic 5th note on a Bebop scale and the 4th note following the 1st note that someone in the audience is going to be able to tell that I don’t know what the hell Im doing? It’s like one of those terrible dreams where you go in to take a test only to realize that you missed all of the classes and are the only one that has no idea what’s going on..Do you need incredible mental capacity to be doing such deep thinking while also trying to play? Do you have to play and study for 10 hours per day to be even decent with this thing? I have a passion for the horn like nothing I’ve ever done but sincerely feel like saying the hell with it after listening to something like this.
Chad has great material. I purchased some stuff including the 10 warm-up exercises and it's great (includes these exercises and more). Well worth the money. Jay does help to understand the concepts.
Great video, thanks Jay and Chad! Interestingly my teacher just recommended I start practicing my dim6th scales, which are the same as your 8 note Major Bebop scale with the additional flat 6. I can see how useful they are now! Barry Harris was a big fan of these too I believe.
Thanks Jay and Chad! I got a few of these books a couple of weeks ago and they certainly turn up the fun/challenge factor in working on scales and technique!! They have especially helped in getting to know how to best utilise alternate fingerings - particularly F sharp and B flat... and when done slow, also helps with improving tuning and intonation.... Got a long way to go though, and not applied yet into improv, but it's all good learning ... Exercises 4 and 6 are killer!
Thanks for this one, Jay. I've only been practising the chromatic approach exercise for an hour or so and already it's giving me some new improvisational possibilities. I'm using the D major exercise over the first 8 bars of Miss Jones (alto sax key) and it seems to me to fit perfectly. (And I've bought Chad's book.)
Great video! I Appreciate you so much for putting in the time to make such quality videos, with good explanations, examples, charts and everything. And the fact that you give respect to other sax players and artists in general, is great.
This presentation is one for me to save....two great saxophonists hanging out. Chad LB has always reminded me of the intelligence and artistry of Michael Brecker,, and the technical expertise of Coltrane and Bird. And Jay, in addition to your excellence as a melodic saxophonist, you have many times taught less advanced sax players like myself the joy of making music with the instrument that I wish I had learned to play when I was a much younger man.
Thank You for this GREATE video!!! THIS IS THE BEST UA-cam CHANELI'm a saxohone player of Belgium, i make videos to (I started). I have been watching all your'e video's and i am so happy that i founf you!!!!!! Keep it up, you're the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thankyou for a Great video and great interview. Two great sax players and educators. Awesome job. Invaluable to the many learning. Keep up the great work!
I've been looking for some jazz exercises and warmups just like this. There's so many books out there and I have no idea which one to get. I'm gonna go look at Chad's stuff.
The price is very reasonable; most is not complicated, but to maser the material the way Chad has is years of practice. I have benefited incredibly from his material and having the good fortune of taking a few lessons when he did teach privately.
Jay, I love your channel and especially love these interviews with pro players and experts in the realted fields! I was a subscriber of Chad’s channel before I became yours 😁, so it’s fun to find out that you know each other! I’ve been playing the horn over 30 years, but I have missed some basic stuff, and probably like everybody else who’s been playing for a long time, I neglated to pay attention to many of the details that you’ve been covering in your videos, and very helpful! Keep up the great work!!
Wow jay! I never really saw this one coming... Great job guys! I have always had the challenge of finding time to practice consistently.... So i guess i can say thank goodness for this apocalyptic break. Big shout out to Chad! Im going to practically eat these exercises 😎
I love it, even though your conversations frequently went way over my head skill-wise, (I am not nearly close to bebop impro) I just love listening to great sax players discussing helpful techniques
John Regan Hi John. Something to help you not be lost. Listen to the interview again, as soon as you hear a term or word you don’t understand write it down . Then google it. Do this for the whole interview and I hope it clears it up.
I'd love to hear Jay and Chad play a duet together in physical distance from one another. I loved the Chad LB Big Band recording last week. So cool! Thanks for the hard work.
I’ve just been getting back into sax again after a few years. Found your channel last week and I was just about to see if you had any improv videos when I found this one, great timing!
Interesting to see Chad using a SYOS mouthpiece. I got one in their recent sale, for $99. It's as good as any $300 mouthpiece, and really cuts. I use it for faster jazz and blues tunes. UPDATE: I JUST BOUGHT Chad's warmup exercises book, with your discount code. A bargain! Thanks. :)
In a nutshell if you're going down to the next one but you got an extra beat go half way and if your target is halfway go a whole way and then land up a half.... great life lesson... I wish someone would told me before...
i just moved into my own first place and i am thinking about picking up Sax, since its an instrument that has always enchanted me in someway. So i started reading up on it like the diff. kinds of Saxophones ect, and ofcourse i started watching beginner guides and tipps and tricks when starting as a newbi. When i saw them at first i was kinda scared abit with so many buttons and it just looked complicated to me the whole thing ^^ but after watching some of your Vids on Improvised playing i also saw how simple and easy it can be to creat something that sounds already good maybe i am getting to motivated here haha but now i just cant resist the urge to get my hands on a Saxophone and just try it for myself and see what happens :) (sorry if my gramma ect is nonsense or just bad ^^ Greetings from germany)
Great video and exercise. Thanks Jay. Speaking of soul playing (GounterMcSnounter) Perhaps we will be lucky to meet Nick Homes at your channel - that is after the world restarts...
Oh let me get some popcorn. I am about to watch this start to finishhhhhhhhhh
Mario kart lick!!!!
Hi saxologic I’m subscribed to you :)
I literally came from one of your videos to this
Thanks, Jay!! So great to hang with you :)
thank you bro! Glad we got to do this before the shutdown.
Better Sax absolutely!
Chad LB Bro imma big fan are u ever gonna come to Memphis?
Kenny R nah
Is that a Boston Sax Shop custom strap?
I discovered Chad 10 days ago and working his exercises every day for a 2-3 hours is really improving my playing much faster than before
Chad's level of theory is far beyond my casual level as a player. I watch some of his videos, then just quit watching because I can't keep up. Jay, break downs like this are what make you such a great teacher! I can actually take something he did and now apply it to my practice.
I purchased Chad's 10 Jazz Musician Warmups far prior to this video, but this video really describes WHY one would practice this and and how they can apply what is being practiced. Awesome!
glad this helped.
I've watched this video so many times! I go back to those scales you showed and pause the screen and grind going through it over and over. Thank you so much for putting this video together and helping inspire so many musicians! :)
Glad it was helpful!
Hello Jay,
This lesson is very interesting, not only that I learned a great lesson, (hours of practice) but also a great saxophonist. I am 77 yeas old and this will keep occupied for a while at least during this crisis. Great video.
thanks. This one exercise is a good amount of work if you take it around all the keys..
As a beginner in learning the alto sax I am having alot of fun and discovering a new talent that I posses. And a good way to escape the calamities of the day. Thank you for allowing me and other people with the same desires to enjoy learning and you sharing the great talents that you posses. Sax Away!
Two awesome players with great resources to pull from, thanks guys!
It's only been a couple of weeks in "shut down and isolate" mode, but it was weird seeing the handshake and hug at the beginning when the door opened. How quickly things change. Thanks for this very informative lesson, both of you!
Never heard of this guy Chad. What a player!!! Nice improvs on this lesson. Thanks for introducing him ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.
My two most favorite UA-camrs! Thanks for all the great material.
His sound is from another world 🖤🖤🖤
It's all Greek to me, what you guys are talking about... and I'm Greek, literally...
Regardless, as long as you stopped talking and started playing, it all made sense.
Fragmented information for a strict by-ear-playing, music-theory "analphabet", amateur saxophone player like me, listening to what you show, is a treasure.
my man CHAD LB! I've been listening to his music and vids for awhile now. such a great guy. the sax is indeed a deadly weapon.
ikr chad is so good with his playing
There are lots of videos from lots of people, some better than others. Jay's are consistently excellent and helpful. He involves very good people (like Chad in this video) and he is always worth checking out. Thanks and keep it going!
I am so happy I just got my sax back from the shop and upgraded to a Selmer 80 C*. So happy. It need a full workup. Pricey but so worth it. Thank you for the inspiration to get back into sax!
I can't express how greatfull I am for your time put into this channel! I only bought a saxophone 3 days ago 28/4, I have played guitar for a long time and have always been interested in the thought of a sax, I only wish I had got one along time ago, having the two instruments at hand and being in lockdown has allowed me to dabble in music all day long switching between the two. It has made playing so much more engaging for me! Finding you and your channel has amazed me so I had to thank you for passing on your knowledge! Which is fairly expensive and shout get me more than started 👍
this has so quickly become the GO TO sax channel
Yeah, these are possibly the most potent exercises for ingraining jazz vocabulary into your playing. Love it!!
Chad and you .... great association !!!! Thanks !
These are some really great excersizes. I watched one of his masterclasses and he even provides more things to practice along with different approaches to things. I am about to have to give my school back it's tenor that I'm borrowing, so I will sadly have to take a break from sax until I can afford a new one :( but at least I can practice clarinet stuff.
The series you've been making, chatting with the known youtubers playing sax, is really great!
I've been a subscriber long before that but gotta say, it really piked my interest :) It's a lot of work but rest assured we appreciate it a lot
Thanks, glad you're enjoying the videos.
muahahaha, you mean *chadding* with the known youtubers??
Hey Jay! Thanks for continuing to post these videos! I'm a sax teacher who is now teaching solely from home using video conferencing, and your videos + video from other bloggers is adds a bright spark to my day and helps me to be a better player and teacher. Stay safe and healthy Mate! (From Australia)
Two great saxophonist and generous pedagogist!! Thx a lot!
Thanks for breaking it down. Makes it much more clear writing out the exercise.
You're welcome!
@@bettersax This will keep me busy through quarantine! Thanks again Jay. Maybe do a show on how we all can play together via zoom or other web conferencing technology as that seems to be our predicament for the next few months. Stay safe!
This is literally exactly what I needed!!!!!!! This is a saxophone players dream! Love both saxophone players they're great! best video for me by far!!!!!!!!!!
ikr its so good to see how chad solos and everything
Great lessons!
Chad is one of my favourite players. Both of you are amazing!
Please do more improv lessons.
will do thanks.
Great to see and hear Chad and Jay play these exercises as something resembling normal human speed. Great resources !
I just learned about scales, so this is a little above my head. But great information.
Interesting and in typical BetterSax fashion, top notch quality and so well done...that said, I must admit that videos like this honestly dissuade me from wanting to play the horn. I picked up the sax very late in life and feel that I’m doing pretty well until I watch a video that reminds me how little I know about the instrument and music as a whole. I’m doing my damndest to simply hear the chord change while trying to catch my breath and stay ahead of the beat and this guy leads me to believe that if I’m not thinking about the Chromatic 5th note on a Bebop scale and the 4th note following the 1st note that someone in the audience is going to be able to tell that I don’t know what the hell Im doing? It’s like one of those terrible dreams where you go in to take a test only to realize that you missed all of the classes and are the only one that has no idea what’s going on..Do you need incredible mental capacity to be doing such deep thinking while also trying to play? Do you have to play and study for 10 hours per day to be even decent with this thing? I have a passion for the horn like nothing I’ve ever done but sincerely feel like saying the hell with it after listening to something like this.
Chad has great material. I purchased some stuff including the 10 warm-up exercises and it's great (includes these exercises and more). Well worth the money.
Jay does help to understand the concepts.
Thank you so much for this video! I love chads work and I recently bought two of his books
great to hear.
Great video, thanks Jay and Chad! Interestingly my teacher just recommended I start practicing my dim6th scales, which are the same as your 8 note Major Bebop scale with the additional flat 6. I can see how useful they are now! Barry Harris was a big fan of these too I believe.
Thanks Jay and Chad! I got a few of these books a couple of weeks ago and they certainly turn up the fun/challenge factor in working on scales and technique!! They have especially helped in getting to know how to best utilise alternate fingerings - particularly F sharp and B flat... and when done slow, also helps with improving tuning and intonation.... Got a long way to go though, and not applied yet into improv, but it's all good learning ... Exercises 4 and 6 are killer!
Thanks for this one, Jay. I've only been practising the chromatic approach exercise for an hour or so and already it's giving me some new improvisational possibilities. I'm using the D major exercise over the first 8 bars of Miss Jones (alto sax key) and it seems to me to fit perfectly. (And I've bought Chad's book.)
Great to hear! Tunes like that which stay in the same key for a while are great for practicing this concept.
Great video!
I Appreciate you so much for putting in the time to make such quality videos, with good explanations, examples, charts and everything.
And the fact that you give respect to other sax players and artists in general, is great.
Thanks for watching!
This presentation is one for me to save....two great saxophonists hanging out. Chad LB has always reminded me of the intelligence and artistry of Michael Brecker,, and the technical expertise of Coltrane and Bird. And Jay, in addition to your excellence as a melodic saxophonist, you have many times taught less advanced sax players like myself the joy of making music with the instrument that I wish I had learned to play when I was a much younger man.
Thank you Marv.
I've been a fan of both channels for a while, and it's great to see both you and Mr. LB come together like this!
Thank you, this is really useful for me
So cool to see you 2 together!
Two of the very best on youtube!
Thank you I don’t have a sax but I love to see this tutorial videos thank you so much
i know right jay is very helpful with his videos
I grabbed Chad's exercise book. A good start
Chad is my fravouite saxophone player !!
So much to learn ...well time to dig in!
THIS is what I've been missing, thank you so much!
Thank You for this GREATE video!!! THIS IS THE BEST UA-cam CHANELI'm a saxohone player of Belgium, i make videos to (I started). I have been watching all your'e video's and i am so happy that i founf you!!!!!!
Keep it up, you're the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You Make the best saxophone videos
ikr its so good
Awesome video! Chad is a great Sax player inspiring us every day!
Really clear explanation on a practical technique .
Glad it was helpful!
Thankyou for a Great video and great interview. Two great sax players and educators. Awesome job. Invaluable to the many learning. Keep up the great work!
Just bought Chad's book. Whoa! Very cool - I'll be busy for awhile!
Jay, thank you so much for this lesson. You are amazing bro.
Loved it!!! These interviews are gold.
Love this channel! Love chad’s channel. Thank you🙏🎉
yeah chad and jay have very good channels
I've been looking for some jazz exercises and warmups just like this. There's so many books out there and I have no idea which one to get. I'm gonna go look at Chad's stuff.
I bought his stuff, and honestly, there are some good exercises, however, you can basically just find it all for free on his channel
The price is very reasonable; most is not complicated, but to maser the material the way Chad has is years of practice. I have benefited incredibly from his material and having the good fortune of taking a few lessons when he did teach privately.
Jay, I love your channel and especially love these interviews with pro players and experts in the realted fields! I was a subscriber of Chad’s channel before I became yours 😁, so it’s fun to find out that you know each other!
I’ve been playing the horn over 30 years, but I have missed some basic stuff, and probably like everybody else who’s been playing for a long time, I neglated to pay attention to many of the details that you’ve been covering in your videos, and very helpful! Keep up the great work!!
Two amazing people right here! Great video thank you man!
Thanks!
Wow jay! I never really saw this one coming... Great job guys! I have always had the challenge of finding time to practice consistently.... So i guess i can say thank goodness for this apocalyptic break. Big shout out to Chad! Im going to practically eat these exercises 😎
I love it, even though your conversations frequently went way over my head skill-wise, (I am not nearly close to bebop impro) I just love listening to great sax players discussing helpful techniques
John Regan Hi John. Something to help you not be lost. Listen to the interview again, as soon as you hear a term or word you don’t understand write it down . Then google it. Do this for the whole interview and I hope it clears it up.
Thanks John.
I'd love to hear Jay and Chad play a duet together in physical distance from one another. I loved the Chad LB Big Band recording last week. So cool! Thanks for the hard work.
This is like exactly what I've been looking for!
I’ve just been getting back into sax again after a few years. Found your channel last week and I was just about to see if you had any improv videos when I found this one, great timing!
good to hear. thanks
Something likes 50% technique, 50% art 😊😊
So colorful! Hey, i just ordered the neck strap you were wearing, Jay. Thanks again for another great vid. I hope all is well in your world.
Thanks guys!! Great advice!!!👍
Чед..приятный человек и музыкант...прекрасное владение инструментом и гармонией, приятно видеть и слышать!
Interesting to see Chad using a SYOS mouthpiece. I got one in their recent sale, for $99. It's as good as any $300 mouthpiece, and really cuts. I use it for faster jazz and blues tunes. UPDATE: I JUST BOUGHT Chad's warmup exercises book, with your discount code. A bargain! Thanks. :)
great!
Good job folks 👏 Thanks so much 🙏 Warm cheers 😊 God bless 🙏🎸🎶😊
Great video. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Super helpful video! Really nice content. Thank you
yeah so helpful
In a nutshell if you're going down to the next one but you got an extra beat go half way and if your target is halfway go a whole way and then land up a half.... great life lesson... I wish someone would told me before...
Great video! This really makes me want to practice
Love these theory videos
Thanks!
Thank you!!!
Once again I would like to thank the incredible Mr. Botti for introducing this amazing talent.
Jay. Love your channel! Keep going forward with this kind of interview content. Awesome video! 👏👏👏
Pazzesco, quando lo guardi vedo della luce nei tuoi occhi!!! TOP
You are a veeeeery good teacher, Jay. Chad is great too. I’m trying to get some of your books from your webpage. Great job!
Great, great, and double great.
O wait, this is Jay’s channel hahaa subscribed to
both so I was confused haha
Really well made video and interview, keep up the good work Jay!
agree
I didnt expect to see Jay!
tricked you...
i just moved into my own first place and i am thinking about picking up Sax, since its an instrument that has always enchanted me in someway. So i started reading up on it like the diff. kinds of Saxophones ect, and ofcourse i started watching beginner guides and tipps and tricks when starting as a newbi.
When i saw them at first i was kinda scared abit with so many buttons and it just looked complicated to me the whole thing ^^ but after watching some of your Vids on Improvised playing i also saw how simple and easy it can be to creat something that sounds already good maybe i am getting to motivated here haha but now i just cant resist the urge to get my hands on a Saxophone and just try it for myself and see what happens :) (sorry if my gramma ect is nonsense or just bad ^^ Greetings from germany)
Amazing!
so much inspiring!!❤
Great video and exercise. Thanks Jay.
Speaking of soul playing (GounterMcSnounter) Perhaps we will be lucky to meet Nick Homes at your channel - that is after the world restarts...
Great content. Thanks!
so good jay
Thank you !
Very helpful
great vid
thank you
Bebop scales produce a hip sound. And the dominant scales too.
I’ve been trying to do improv notes
Gosh there was alot of yacking but YES you have explained very well ..... Yeah I know you're good and I didn't really mind the yacking
really cool video! really like it!
Huge thumbs up
His tone and sound is crazy smooth. What is his mouthpiece set-up?
in that video he was playing his Chad LB SYOS mouthpiece.
id love my mom for naming me chad
great info