Ok I bought I and I highly HIGHLY recommend it. Alex solos are all interesting conceptually, and yes very melodic!!! The tool itself is brilliant. Gonna spend some time on it all summer. Awesome recommendation.
@@Saxologic I'm so interested on buying it but, could you tell me which will be a better purchase? Your mouthpiece or a Selmer/Yamaha mouthpiece? I have so spend my money and I really need an advice
Enclosures, digital patterns, notes to resolve on, diminished chords used in voice leading, and so on. Lots of great stuff to shed here. Enough for the rest of the year for sure. Today was my first real day of enclosure practice 1 below, 1 above, 1/2 step below, then chord tone. Feels like a powerful tool to add to the tool belt! Thanks!
Love the *lighting* and how much your videos are improving. I remember I saw you on Alex Hahn’s instagram talking about how you were his student, went crazy when I saw that.
Thanks so much for this video. I’ve always loved jazz, but I was never one for theory. This type of analysis really helps me understand melodic progressions and licks from this genre. I love your content, keep it going! -a classical trumpetist
Over a year ago Alex Hann came and was a guest and played with a group i was in the EPYJ and man. When he started shredding it was one of the most insane things. I remember he started played his soprano and playing a shaker at the same time. It was wild and so damn impressive. Truly set the bar. He was not only a insane musician but also a great entertainer. Really got everyone into his solos
What I learned is that if I can just play up or down the chord tones, starting NOT on the root, and resolving when I get to the next chord, it will always sound right. Also learned how good the diminished arpeggios sound on the dominant chords.
Your content just keeps getting better, Nathan! Thank you these walkthrough videos, I love how you really break it down - it’s almost like I can play the piece before even getting to my horn.
i absolutely love these videos Nathan! My favourite videos are where you go through a tune and analyse it phrase by phrase whilst playing. Super interesting and super engaging. I aspire to be able to look at a piece and be able to pick it apart like you can, as well as play them of course.
Nice video, good analysis and what I especially enjoy is the sound you get from this mouthpiece. Really seems to work for you to get a nice jazzy tone. Congrats on all of the above
I believe I commented this on another of your videos, but did you go to ECU and play at a jazz camp at UNCP several years ago? If so I think we played together!
Honesty the couple of times I've got to hear and play with Alex were insane and it's great to see you collaberate and learn from such a monster in the jazz industry.
alex hahn's dad was my middle school band teacher, and in high school my jazz band got to be adjudicated by alex hahn at a jazz festival! he had some great tips for our saxes, and it was a super fun experience!
I actually worked with Alex Hahn. He came in to teach the LA All-City Jazz Ensemble. He taught us how to learn a piece by ear. Specifically "Soneymoon for Two".
Omg it’s crazy how Alex Hahn is Actually my ex middle school band directors son Mr.Hahn.Its currently my second year at Eldo where Alex actually graduated from.I remember how every year he would come and play with our jazz bands.Great video btw.
Any tips on a up coming saxophone player? Im half blind and love the sax dude i been playing for almost 2 years. I was wondering if i could take some lessons so i could work on my jazz playing.
That final lick you love so much works so nicely because a G#alt7 is implied, as that lovely concluding enclosure outlines the #9 b9 and b7 of the G# altered scale :)
Where I'm at is, 'Who cares if a note is a 5th or 7th?' Saxophones do not play chords. Saxophones play one note at a time. They can arpeggiate chords but one note at a time. I did learn the idea of enclosure in this video. So Thank You.
Saxologic I certainly wouldn’t say so. That was his first year and my last. Just the 8 o’clock. It is fun to see people you know grow. I barely made it through the program, myself.
@10:19 sounds like a quote from stan getz/ eddie sauter - 'Her' from focus. i think its in the second half. also heard in Vincent Gallo's film, Buffalo 66
Currently saving up for a sukkuzu with a Selma S90 and BG rose gold only the lord knows what model. This is a huge help because I've played tons of instruments, never a Sax. I'm a classical player this is pure genius
Small world, I just started following Alex cause he’s an Eastman Saxophone artist and we’ll I just got my Eastman 850 so... congrats on the mouthpiece. Will order as early as tomorrow....
Always loving your videos and this one is as great as ever! I have a question about how you’re swinging the 8th notes. I noticed when you’re breaking down and playing sections slowly you’re pretty much playing them straight but with off-beat articulation. There are some bits, however, where you seem to change from straight to more noticeable swing (e.g. bars 15-16 are pretty straight then you swing the 8ths in bar 17). Is this a conscious decision? Thanks!
Not a conscious decision. I think it can sound corny very fast if you over-think swing. Swing is a form of swagger. Swing is an energy. It was the epitome of what it meant to be a cool and stylish musician (in America) during the Swing Era. Everyone that swings does it differently. It’s part of your identity. That’s what think I about, rather than “I must tie the first 2 notes of a triplet here!” etc
Oh man I love the sax was my favorite thing to play I had a great teacher in middle school but I had such a terrible high school teacher I dropped band class and I’m heartbroken that I lost my passion for something so smooth. Ps. Still a sucker for jazz
dude i recognized the braxton lick too but im having a hard time placing it. edit: I FOUND IT after like 30 minutes lol. Its actually on "Like You Used To" at 1:42 and the pianist hits it then Braxton echos it YOOO thats because its actually from the Central Park West b-section wait actually now i think it might be braxton again. 10 minutes later its killing me bro idk
I got your syos saxologic mouthpiece for my birthday!! It helps me with lower notes likes Low Bb and high notes like altissimo g, and the first thing i did was play the mk lick
Alex Hahn plays Organic Real Jazz with " saxologica"l smoothness a la Charlie-parkeresque clarity, warmth and accuracy. Alex Han, on the other hand, can be jazzily Funky - with Marcus Miller, bass guitar and leader. Love them both - for different feel-reasons, By next June, you should have acquired your Doctorate in Performance and musicology, Mr. Saxo! What's your actual name? I adore your tutorials; thanks. Lohvissimo!
@@Saxologic Thanks, Dr. Sax. Be it known unto all who have ears to hear, eyes to see and/or emotions to feel, that, despite your modesty and honesty, with the powers invested in me as a musical connoisseur, I do hereby confer upon Nathan Graybeal the degree of Doctorate summa magna cum laude for Performance, Rudiments and Theory of Music in both European Classical and American Classical - "Organic Real Jazz" - Music. (lgh) I adore your every tutorial and presentation thereof! Thanks, Doc. Lohvissimo!
I know all my majors and minors but i struggle off the top of my head to work out the note numbers in the scale. So 2 5 1 of C major takes me a while to figure out, is there any tips to remembering note intervals or a good method? D G C, but i have to mimic counting up the scale, Like, how do i train my brain to instantly know and pair G is the 5th of C major, or Bb is the 4th of F major etc. It's hard from memory because all notes are different numbers depending on the scale. Eeeeek
Do you do private lessons? I watched this whole thing and everything you said was so very confusing but also intriguing, I'd like to understand chord structure
Ok I bought I and I highly HIGHLY recommend it. Alex solos are all interesting conceptually, and yes very melodic!!! The tool itself is brilliant. Gonna spend some time on it all summer. Awesome recommendation.
Woo! Success!
@@Saxologic I'm so interested on buying it but, could you tell me which will be a better purchase?
Your mouthpiece or a Selmer/Yamaha mouthpiece? I have so spend my money and I really need an advice
Andreu Romero Elias Yamaha mouthpieces are pretty bad. If you want a classical mouthpiece I would go the Selmer or Vandoren route
@@Saxologic okay, thank's man, I really appreciate that dude!
@Keanan thank u!
It's honestly insane on how well thought out and structured his solos feel and then you realize that he's just making it up as he goes
no
@@ifusubtomepewdiepiewillgiv1569 yes
Didnt expect to see you here
Actually
Yeah it makes sense
its called music lol
Hes reading sheet music
“I am already a pretty Yellow man” -Saxologic 2020
Yo, Alex's hair is just straight up wildin'
@@shendshillova6872 uh what
Jimmy Neutron reincarnated
@@racehoglund7251 beat me to it >;D
chad hair
Alex lookin like he just lost his mother and twin brother to cyborg dinosaurs
You’re pretty good at the saxophone
Thanks :)
Everytime I see this I relive pain
Saxologic Cheese 🥵😳
Saxologic living in Spain but the S is silent
He should start a TH-cam channel
Thank you @saxologic for taking the time to make a video about my book. You are the homie!!
Enclosures, digital patterns, notes to resolve on, diminished chords used in voice leading, and so on. Lots of great stuff to shed here. Enough for the rest of the year for sure. Today was my first real day of enclosure practice 1 below, 1 above, 1/2 step below, then chord tone. Feels like a powerful tool to add to the tool belt! Thanks!
Love the *lighting* and how much your videos are improving. I remember I saw you on Alex Hahn’s instagram talking about how you were his student, went crazy when I saw that.
Thanks so much for this video. I’ve always loved jazz, but I was never one for theory. This type of analysis really helps me understand melodic progressions and licks from this genre. I love your content, keep it going!
-a classical trumpetist
I appreciate it!!!
Over a year ago Alex Hann came and was a guest and played with a group i was in the EPYJ and man. When he started shredding it was one of the most insane things. I remember he started played his soprano and playing a shaker at the same time. It was wild and so damn impressive. Truly set the bar. He was not only a insane musician but also a great entertainer. Really got everyone into his solos
My man! Great stuff as always! The shirt and the mask make an awesome combo! :D
What I learned is that if I can just play up or down the chord tones, starting NOT on the root, and resolving when I get to the next chord, it will always sound right. Also learned how good the diminished arpeggios sound on the dominant chords.
the vid is separated between like nathan teaching us, and nathan geeking out ab how amazing alex is LMAO great vid bro
I experienced him first hand in a all city rehearsal. Mans killin
You have a uplifting tone, you always make feel like practicing, thanks
:’))
Imagine watching his videos and actually knowing what he’s talking about 🤧😅
Mood. I just watch jazz things to hear the fun tunes, I don't know any of the math.
Your content just keeps getting better, Nathan! Thank you these walkthrough videos, I love how you really break it down - it’s almost like I can play the piece before even getting to my horn.
i absolutely love these videos Nathan! My favourite videos are where you go through a tune and analyse it phrase by phrase whilst playing. Super interesting and super engaging. I aspire to be able to look at a piece and be able to pick it apart like you can, as well as play them of course.
I bought my son your mouth piece for his birthday and boy was he excited! He watches you all the time and loves your playing.
The ability to transpose like that is fantastic. All instrumental study programs need tools like that! Especially for improvising musicians.
Nice video, good analysis and what I especially enjoy is the sound you get from this mouthpiece. Really seems to work for you to get a nice jazzy tone. Congrats on all of the above
You’re very kind. Thanks!
all this sax talk is makin me horn-y
stop PLAYing ;)
Omg lol
Sorry, but I can't like this comment.
Edit: If you were wondering why, at the time I actually replied, it was at 69 likes
Me too and Im a guitar player
Sounds like u have been on the 2saxy Channel for too long 😁
I believe I commented this on another of your videos, but did you go to ECU and play at a jazz camp at UNCP several years ago? If so I think we played together!
Yes!!
Saxologic glad to see you keeping at it man!
Honesty the couple of times I've got to hear and play with Alex were insane and it's great to see you collaberate and learn from such a monster in the jazz industry.
He is a god
Dude this is awesome stuff - great transcription, great playing, and your hype is contagious
You are contagious! I need you!
@@Saxologic that sounds like a lot and I'm here for it
Love Alex he come to our school up in Alaska every year and get to see him perform every year and it is amazing
that guys looks like a grown up version of jimmy neutron
That was my showwwww
that voice of yours really gave me the true meaning of life.
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if this was an ad you did a great job I'm going to have to check out this website and play along with you
I never thought I'd feel a melody that much without bass and drums.
I know Alex Hahn because he plays in a band called Kyle Athayde Dance Party, and I've been to multiple of their concerts. Super talented guy.
jazz snob plays classicl video? 😳
alex hahn's dad was my middle school band teacher, and in high school my jazz band got to be adjudicated by alex hahn at a jazz festival! he had some great tips for our saxes, and it was a super fun experience!
Awesome!! Instantly sold. BTW your channel is fantastic! You make everything seem so stress free.
I actually worked with Alex Hahn. He came in to teach the LA All-City Jazz Ensemble. He taught us how to learn a piece by ear. Specifically "Soneymoon for Two".
Wow, this is such a trip- I went to UNT with Alex and now people are transcribing and reacting to his playing on TH-cam...such a cool feeling!
He is the real deal!
Omg it’s crazy how Alex Hahn is Actually my ex middle school band directors son Mr.Hahn.Its currently my second year at Eldo where Alex actually graduated from.I remember how every year he would come and play with our jazz bands.Great video btw.
I play piano and guitar and have never played sax but still love watching these videos.
I’ve met Alex Hahn. He was a student of my teacher, who was also a student of Bob Mintzer
Shout out to his dad Jim Hahn. One of the greatest band directors of all time and also host of Rose parade.
Any tips on a up coming saxophone player? Im half blind and love the sax dude i been playing for almost 2 years. I was wondering if i could take some lessons so i could work on my jazz playing.
Love it! Also, congrats on 60k subs!!!
That final lick you love so much works so nicely because a G#alt7 is implied, as that lovely concluding enclosure outlines the #9 b9 and b7 of the G# altered scale :)
Alec Watts wow!
You got in the recommended page! Woah, I'm so glad I clicked on your video, that's so cool!
Alex is one of my favorite players rn, great video man!
Man, that's very helpful for me. Thank you for sharing this amazing book you play sooo good.
Where I'm at is, 'Who cares if a note is a 5th or 7th?' Saxophones do not play chords. Saxophones play one note at a time. They can arpeggiate chords but one note at a time. I did learn the idea of enclosure in this video. So Thank You.
"if you practice your thirds thats not really that hard" lol.
I'm sold, I'm going to try your mouthpiece. Love the video!
You're great !! Really missed a youtuber that shared my passion
Great book, it's so melodic!!! Perfect for use with my students!!!
Great to hear Alex again. He’s come a long way since we were in lab band together! (He was good then, too!)
“We were in lab band together” holy crap! You must be a master too
Saxologic I certainly wouldn’t say so. That was his first year and my last. Just the 8 o’clock. It is fun to see people you know grow. I barely made it through the program, myself.
satchm05 So interesting to think about your perspective man! Are you still pursuing music as well as your career?
Bars 1 Through 9 is a part played by bill evans. Its sugar plum live in Switzerland in 1975. :) alex listens!
I'm pianist and guitar player, your videos are great, easy to understand. Subscribed :).
You are an exact copy of the way I react to certain chords and melodies at 10:14 LOL. Nice to know someone feels the same way I do with music lol.
Superior logic was used in making this video 💯🎷
You are the man. Your book analysis is coming soon too Mr. Steve!
@@Saxologic ❤️🙏🏻
4:30 It's almost the end of MK lick
I had the opportunity to perform with Alex Hahn twice. Absolute monster
Lucky!
@10:19 sounds like a quote from stan getz/ eddie sauter - 'Her' from focus. i think its in the second half. also heard in Vincent Gallo's film, Buffalo 66
Coming at us with some music theory lol. Love your tone!
I’m starting sax next week and was wondering if you could do some beginner lessons.
Great video. No brainer purchase 👌🏾
This gives me motivation but also destroys my confidence at the same time
Welcome to jazz! Lol
love the birth of the cool motif
I love this. Music education sampling solos and interpretations nice vid. Thx
I'm not a sax player and I don't play jazz, but I need this. These are some tasty licks
You are absolutely amazing. Each video you sound better.
So sweet :’(
Aprendo mucho con tus vídeos y no se mucho inglés pero con tus mimicas entiendo 😁
Currently saving up for a sukkuzu with a Selma S90 and BG rose gold only the lord knows what model. This is a huge help because I've played tons of instruments, never a Sax. I'm a classical player this is pure genius
when i subbed, i didnt even play sax yet. now i do and i dont regret it
man, i wish i knew about that book when i was in high school. that would of helped my playing so much. it seems like such a great tool.
Small world, I just started following Alex cause he’s an Eastman Saxophone artist and we’ll I just got my Eastman 850 so... congrats on the mouthpiece. Will order as early as tomorrow....
i like your tone & articulations
I met that guy at jazz fest Sitka Alaska this year
I diiiig the positively progressing shirt :)
I am a classical clarinet player who also plays the saxophone. How do I start learning some jazz?
Excellent explanation my friend !
Always loving your videos and this one is as great as ever! I have a question about how you’re swinging the 8th notes. I noticed when you’re breaking down and playing sections slowly you’re pretty much playing them straight but with off-beat articulation. There are some bits, however, where you seem to change from straight to more noticeable swing (e.g. bars 15-16 are pretty straight then you swing the 8ths in bar 17). Is this a conscious decision? Thanks!
Not a conscious decision. I think it can sound corny very fast if you over-think swing. Swing is a form of swagger. Swing is an energy. It was the epitome of what it meant to be a cool and stylish musician (in America) during the Swing Era. Everyone that swings does it differently. It’s part of your identity. That’s what think I about, rather than “I must tie the first 2 notes of a triplet here!” etc
@@Saxologic Cool, thanks for the thoughtful response! Very wisely put.
I heard you are doing lessons with my friends, Mathew, I am really happy for him.
Oh man I love the sax was my favorite thing to play I had a great teacher in middle school but I had such a terrible high school teacher I dropped band class and I’m heartbroken that I lost my passion for something so smooth. Ps. Still a sucker for jazz
Sweet, I actually recently saw Alex playing at Yoshi's in Oakland with John Daversa. He's special AF!
It does sound very nice. I've got a Pink Mornington Lockett one XD. Love the mask too. And awesome analysis of that lovely solo.
dude i recognized the braxton lick too but im having a hard time placing it.
edit: I FOUND IT after like 30 minutes lol. Its actually on "Like You Used To" at 1:42 and the pianist hits it then Braxton echos it
YOOO thats because its actually from the Central Park West b-section
wait actually now i think it might be braxton again.
10 minutes later its killing me bro idk
I got your syos saxologic mouthpiece for my birthday!! It helps me with lower notes likes Low Bb and high notes like altissimo g, and the first thing i did was play the mk lick
Let’s gooooo
Bro you are doing dope stuff with this channel!!!! I may calling for lessons! 😂
Brenton! You are a good man
Saxologic Likewise bro! 🤟🏾
Interested in buying your mouth piece. Can you tell me what size opening you use?
Having a very strong urge to buy that mouthpiece.
Give in the urge... surrender.. succumb...
Saxsologic is just secretly a cult
i aint spending 190 USD on a mouth piece, no metter how much i like this channel
Great solo, but it is missing something... MarioKart Lick!!! But u playing it at the beginning was EPIC
Alex Hahn plays Organic Real Jazz with " saxologica"l smoothness a la Charlie-parkeresque clarity, warmth and accuracy.
Alex Han, on the other hand, can be jazzily Funky - with Marcus Miller, bass guitar and leader.
Love them both - for different feel-reasons,
By next June, you should have acquired your Doctorate in Performance and musicology, Mr. Saxo!
What's your actual name?
I adore your tutorials; thanks.
Lohvissimo!
I am working on a masters not my doctorate! Haha. And my name is Nathan Graybeal. Appreciate the nice comment you are a good man!
@@Saxologic Thanks, Dr. Sax.
Be it known unto all who have ears to hear, eyes to see and/or emotions to feel, that, despite your modesty and honesty, with the powers invested in me as a musical connoisseur, I do hereby confer upon Nathan Graybeal the degree of Doctorate summa magna cum laude for Performance, Rudiments and Theory of Music in both European Classical and American Classical - "Organic Real Jazz" - Music. (lgh)
I adore your every tutorial and presentation thereof!
Thanks, Doc.
Lohvissimo!
He was my teacher at Lafayette jazz summer camp he is an amazing saxophonist
I know all my majors and minors but i struggle off the top of my head to work out the note numbers in the scale. So 2 5 1 of C major takes me a while to figure out, is there any tips to remembering note intervals or a good method? D G C, but i have to mimic counting up the scale, Like, how do i train my brain to instantly know and pair G is the 5th of C major, or Bb is the 4th of F major etc. It's hard from memory because all notes are different numbers depending on the scale. Eeeeek
alex is the bandleader at my school lol
Saxologic - can we get a video on Paul Desmond?
2 Things
1. Alex is great! And so is this video!
2. Hope lessons with Gary are going well!
They are going great! He is the real deal
@@Saxologic He is! If you get the chance tell him I said whats up! He is one of the reasons why I started playing!
Ok I got you man!!!
@@Saxologic Amazing, love your content! keep it up!
Man plays sax for 16 minutes and thousands gather to veiw it.
Let’s gooooo thank you for posting a new video
Saxologic: Alex Hahn was in the UNT One O' Clock Band.
Me: Yup, this guy's for real lmao
Love the Video, is there a Tenor Sax option?
@saxologic
I know I’m late to this but does this only have alto solos, or are there others such as tenor or soprano
Do you do private lessons? I watched this whole thing and everything you said was so very confusing but also intriguing, I'd like to understand chord structure