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It's amazing information

Thank you so much sir

Sir what about upper teeth position please 🙏

Respected sir it's really beautiful information 🙏 Thank you so much

Just started the video but I’m dying over the guitarist getting told to turn up his volume it’s true we never get told we’re too quite unless ur me and get stuck on comping volume because I forgot to turn it up for the solo section😭

I realize this post is several years old, but wondering if someone could let me know if the Kindle version of "The Science and Art of Saxophone Teaching" renders well, or is it better and more practical to get the physical book? That is, if there are many diagrams or scores in the book, can they be easily read on a kindle device or kindle reader? Thank you

Why did you stop making videos??

stifler on the bass?

I’ve seen 5th graders with better posture than the bari and 4th trombone players

'Kojonudo, Ray! Saludos desde Madrid.

Very interesting and usefull

Lol you even got distracted like i do with ideas.

Happy tears,, i finally found the help i need😊 god bless you

Oh my goodness thank you you are the first person I have seen that is like me . I have loved singing jazz before I even knew it was , when I was little before I remember hearing it. I'm 28 and learning guitar and am just now realizing I've been a musician all along. Thank you for your video

Just bought alto, but my goal is soprano. I love beautiful magic sound of this instrument, and I know that playing is a long path, but I want to go down all this way!

What a video! Not only the content but the beautiful interaction in the group. This also shows how much a competent teacher can add on top of the "main content that could be read" as so many of my students ask for now. This video really shows the meaning of face to face learning.

Very nice guy!

I am told I play the soprano well and in tune. Before all the good information in this excellent video: you need a good mouthpiece and make sure it's pushed in the neck to the right spot. My technique is practically to sing in my head what I am going to play .

Thanks about the embouchure tips, I was really struggling with the low notes, but these advices really change the game. So glad I found your videos!

Thanks for your tips, I’m trying to learn English horn, the embouchure tips are great.

Excellent!

First class! - Ray Smith was my teacher in Murray Kentucky. A wonderful human being.

I don't know why nobody seems to pay attention, but THIS teaching method is logical and key-free using degrees. I seem to hear people solo and have less "sense" than just these introduction and analytic approach to building patterns. Thanks!... J-D.

He should know better and provide the guitarist with a tabs arrangement. Most young guitarists don’t learn to read music well.

Hi I just cane across your video I wish there were books on this and some dvds on stuff Luke this and how come there isn't a school for repairs of instruments

I feel you green shirt person 😂Very helpful vid tho

How about finding a MP

Are there sopranos that are more likely to play in tune? Quality I understand

Great vid!!

Dr. Ray your roll and loop exercises are really helping me move over the break!

Of course the guitar player struggles reading music 😂 I’m not alone 😂

What a divine sound! By the way, what was that beautiful piece of organ(?) music?

wonderful tips thank you sir.i have a question what is the sax you are using in this video?

Dr. Smith, I don;t know if you are checking your channel often. But I have stumbled upon this channel and have watched several videos now. This is a goldmine! In a world where there is so much conflicting information and bad advice out there, you clearly and thoroughly speak the TRUTH! Thank you, and i will definitely order your books. I wish there were a way to make this the most prominent saxophone channel on youtube!

Бля,ну это американское днище. И тут они преуспели.

Ray, do you have any thoughts regarding gurgling around low G? Is driving me insane! Playing a well regulated Yamaha Custom 6 months in after 30 years of alto and tenor playing. Using Selmer Concept mouthpiece and blue box Vandoren reeds.

"Half steps make the world go 'round." -- Ray Smith # 20:46. (Classic!)

Thank you very much M. R.Smith. great inspiration.

Excellent demonstration! Really shows how different instruments can collide with each other.

In my experience, comping with the piano player is to lay back. See what he's doing. Find a pocket to fit into and follow it.

I've been playing clarinet in concert band and orchestra for years. Last week I bought a curved soprano sax on impulse and what I've taken from your video is that I really do need a few lessons. I even know an accomplished soprano sax player who teaches and tonight she agreed to take me on! So I came back here today to say thank you, Ray, for uploading this.🎷

Nice video Ray, very informative! I see you have a clunk of metal on your sax, presumably that helps with the 'crispness' of the notes? I've recently purchased an 'LA Sax' straight soprano, and where the F# key is situated, there are another two keys, which I've never encountered before, does your saxophone have these? Also, I've seen some saxophonists swear by 'bite patches' on their mouthpiece, but I see that you don't use them yourself, and I don't use them either, they seem so restricting to me... Another thing that I have noticed, is that I have to position the mouthpiece way down the crook to get it in tune, using a guitar tuner for reference.. Lovely sax playing on the tracks that you’ve featured on, by the way.

Pity too much talk a not enough music 🫤🫤🫤

Thank you I will try to apply this to my guitar playing

Ray, thank you so much for posting this unvaluable info for free. Thank you so much, really. Maybe it's a silly question, but Strasbourg St. Denis, for example, in the first bars it goes: | Bbm Cm | DbMaj7 % |. In Bbm-Cm, i must resolve going from the major 9th to the tonic and in Cm - Dbmaj7 from minor 3rd to 5th? or since it's a diatonic progression, it doesn't really cares about the guide, and more you can use any chord tone?. Thank you again!

These ideas sound like good things for older adults also.

There are other saxophones . And don't need to rush - to learn . Nice video .

Exactly right. I generally tune up and lip everything down (at least when playing jazz)

Extremely Informative. A must see tutorial...