Great tips thanks Jamie. Now all we need is Jamie’s book of top 100 great licks in both tenor and alto to increase our “vocabulary”. I’d pay good money for that! 😍
This is also applicable to drawing/painting practice. You get *some* amount of progress and skill increase if you do it aimlessly, but deliberate practice, with good fundamentals, studies from reference, and analyzing your work (for music, this is recording yourself) whenever you finished anything, yields the biggest gains.
Once again, love your stuff, going to upgrade my sax... was out of it for years... got back in on a cheap sax... went and played a selmer 411b... loved it... have been looking at an Yani AW010 as well.... quite a cost difference, but the problem is no one in our area has a Yani I can play... So, I am kind of frustrated here as even though the Selmer is not a pro horn it played really good and the cost point was nice.. I know everyone has an opinion but I highly respect yours... so any advice? Appreciate any input at all... grasping for straws out here in the saxophone desert.... Oklahoma.
Maybe the sax itself is less important than you might think compared to your own input. Find something comfortable and in good working order then practice smart! 🤩
@@GetYourSaxTogether Hey, I am following you, so trying to practice smart... .lol, there are always challenges, anywho, I am going to try that horn one more time.... I tried all of the ones in the store... it is interesting that one just spoke to me..... weird I know, it fit and was comfortable and Altisimo came out easily on that horn... As I am more of a logical person... computer analyst by trade, getting back into music I forgot that music seems to be much more emotional than the cold logical computer stuff... So, when people say they love their horn, I am starting to get it... vs. before getting back into it... I was like oh you mamby pamby guy ( Okie slang) for an over emotional man child. So, after that long explanation, do you feel the same way about your Mark VI... I mean is it just that it is comfortable or do you feel a connection to the inanimate object? There are some quantum physics principles here you might not be aware of.... the bottom line is that we can be connected to anything on a level that scientist do not yet understand completely but recognize the phenomenon. (Quantum entanglement) hey they had to give it a name of course.
Such good advice and should be doable by most amateur players. Forget trying to play like Brecker, Coltrane, Potter - just do something simple really well and move on from there.
This song is not by James Taylor but is a Motown original by Marvin Gaye. The sax solo is based on a piano roll solo on the original Marvin Gaye. Eb is not a good key for what should be a bright and cheerful song. Marvin Gaye is shouting out to the world that he is in love so and he articulates this through his voice. Take a listen to hear what I mean.
I make Marvin’s version in C and James Taylor’s in G. Not sure where you’re getting Eb from? Couldn’t hear much similarity between the piano fills in Marvin’s version and Sanborn’s solo? Still, fair play for making me listen and check out this! 🤣
Don't forget to check out the free masterclass folks! www.getyoursaxtogether.com/masterclass
Great tips thanks Jamie. Now all we need is Jamie’s book of top 100 great licks in both tenor and alto to increase our “vocabulary”. I’d pay good money for that! 😍
Hmmm. Not a bad idea.
+1 please do that Jamie 🙏🙏
I'm in!
🤣👍🎶🎶🎷
@@GetYourSaxTogether Actually that is an excellent idea!
Great advice! Designed for me!
Glad to hear it!
Thanks Jamie! As always, GREAT lesson!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you so much Mr. Anderson! I found this very helpful and definitely called out my mistake 😅. Keep shining 🫵!
Happy to help!
This is a great lesson thank you again
Glad it helped
Excellent video, thank you so much for the content pro saxophonist Jamie 😉
My pleasure!
Agree totally 😌🔥🔥🔥
great lesson great advice 👏
Thank you! 😃
Spot on! Thanks.
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Every single lesson a great insight and practical help! Thank you so much, Jamie.
You're very welcome!
A great lesson and advice,, as ever, thank you Jamie
My pleasure!
Awesome breakdown. Makes so much sense. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
You are our Musical Messiah leading us to the How to play the Sax Wonderland !!😊
Cheers!
Love it Jamie!
Oh hi @DavePollack! Cheers bro. 😎
Great Sunday lesson. Fantastic advice. Thanks a lot, Mr Anderson.
My pleasure!
Just improvised yesterday by mistake while exercising on pentatonics and ...it was fine 🙃
Okay, good!
Great advice, really like this one, thanks Jamie.
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant advice Jamie
🙏🏻
Absolutely Brilliant !!😊
🙏🏻
This is also applicable to drawing/painting practice.
You get *some* amount of progress and skill increase if you do it aimlessly, but deliberate practice, with good fundamentals, studies from reference, and analyzing your work (for music, this is recording yourself) whenever you finished anything, yields the biggest gains.
Cool!
Thanks so much Jamie, great lessons as always.
Ta! 🙏🏻
Love this. Gosh I spend so much time noodling in hope of greatness!
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Great lesson! Less is always more.
So true!
Hey, could you share the blues shuffle backing track you used from around 5:04?
I think it’s from my Improvisation Mastery course.
Once again, love your stuff, going to upgrade my sax... was out of it for years... got back in on a cheap sax... went and played a selmer 411b... loved it... have been looking at an Yani AW010 as well.... quite a cost difference, but the problem is no one in our area has a Yani I can play... So, I am kind of frustrated here as even though the Selmer is not a pro horn it played really good and the cost point was nice.. I know everyone has an opinion but I highly respect yours... so any advice? Appreciate any input at all... grasping for straws out here in the saxophone desert.... Oklahoma.
Maybe the sax itself is less important than you might think compared to your own input. Find something comfortable and in good working order then practice smart! 🤩
@@GetYourSaxTogether Hey, I am following you, so trying to practice smart... .lol, there are always challenges, anywho, I am going to try that horn one more time.... I tried all of the ones in the store... it is interesting that one just spoke to me..... weird I know, it fit and was comfortable and Altisimo came out easily on that horn... As I am more of a logical person... computer analyst by trade, getting back into music I forgot that music seems to be much more emotional than the cold logical computer stuff... So, when people say they love their horn, I am starting to get it... vs. before getting back into it... I was like oh you mamby pamby guy ( Okie slang) for an over emotional man child. So, after that long explanation, do you feel the same way about your Mark VI... I mean is it just that it is comfortable or do you feel a connection to the inanimate object? There are some quantum physics principles here you might not be aware of.... the bottom line is that we can be connected to anything on a level that scientist do not yet understand completely but recognize the phenomenon. (Quantum entanglement) hey they had to give it a name of course.
@@egdavis0820 interesting comment! I love my mk VI more than anything else. That’s all there is to it, quantum physics or not! 😎
Very good lesson. Would you say this applies to longer solos as well, say if it is 16 or even 32 bars? Developing one lick/idea for that many bars?
Better than random noodling!
Thanks, a bit sadder and wiser😅
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Such good advice and should be doable by most amateur players. Forget trying to play like Brecker, Coltrane, Potter - just do something simple really well and move on from there.
Boom 💥
Wow, thanks Jamie - a light bulb just went on!!
Fantastic!
Tremendo profesor Jimmy. Un genio. Te enviaré unos cuántos cafés cuando mi hijo me explique cómo hacerlo. Gracias hermano. Te quiero!!!!
Thanks so much 🙏🏻
Good lesson! Thanks for keeping the noodling short! Ha.
Any time!
K.O.D.😶🌫
Huh?
@@GetYourSaxTogether Give ya a hint...D is for Death.
Genius! Cheers bud, I enjoyed my Sunday service 🙏
Glad to help
Eric Dolphy or Coltrane 🤔🎶🎵🎷
They earned it! 🤣
😊
Mo better riffs
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This song is not by James Taylor but is a Motown original by Marvin Gaye. The sax solo is based on a piano roll solo on the original Marvin Gaye. Eb is not a good key for what should be a bright and cheerful song. Marvin Gaye is shouting out to the world that he is in love so and he articulates this through his voice. Take a listen to hear what I mean.
I make Marvin’s version in C and James Taylor’s in G. Not sure where you’re getting Eb from? Couldn’t hear much similarity between the piano fills in Marvin’s version and Sanborn’s solo? Still, fair play for making me listen and check out this! 🤣
@@GetYourSaxTogether still a great Sanborn solo though
So funny that you are still able to play so bad🤣🤣🤣!!!
Ha! 🤣
Great lesson! Thank you very much
You are welcome!