I did buy the album of Donaldson and it is an inspiration for any saxophonist. And with your teaching, Wally, I finally took my two sax and restart playing.
Thank you DR. Wally you have helped me to have a better understanding of some key elements of music and playing saxophone your ways of teaching are a great help to me. My wife can hear the improvement .
Very valuable experience...with all the keys to memorize, minor thirds, transposing to guitar keys, on and on.... after weeks of studying and trying I've learned to not even think of playing with others...just enjoy solo improv created of ones own sounds.
Thank you for this lesson! Super nice licks for the call & response! I have basically chosen this tune as my introduction to playing jazz blues. I notice that in "Blues Walk" Lou Donaldson often ends phrases on the 6th (B natural on alto), but during phrases the Bb is more predominant.
Thanks a lot Dear Dr Wally...Fantastic lesson. playing after you is a good system and really pleasant...I'm sure i 'll progress with you. Musically.Gilles Fr.
It helped much as being Guitar blues / rock primary but into sax sounds with Grant Green influence with Lou and others this helped navigate the alto . The tendency was to play the motif in the lower octave and reaching into higher octave to accentuate a phrase with notes that did not sing . It lacked alto high register and now with familiar sounds of Lou the playing makes sense and upper octave pinching up can at last make use of alto sound . Thanks it is a eureka moment here . Sadly but that’s blues … happy and sad stories .
Super lesson thankyou so much, and Happy thanksgiving. Had fun after repeating the phrases, went back to the beginning and made up some of my own in answer to yours...til the mouth got the collywobbles! good G sharp workout!
Doc really enjoyed this masterclass, Lou Donaldson is a supreme sax player nobody sounds like him. People have always told me to learn the blues however if not used like the greats it’s an extremely hard sound to master properly, so I never really use it. I really enjoyed the call and response on this one more please. P.s. are you enrolling anytime soon.
That was the first time I have played along and was amazed I could actually do it!! And I thought I sounded great, even if the neighbours didn't :) Been having lessons for a year and loving it! Never to old to learn. Is there a full music sheet available for this lesson please? Thanks for the workshop 🎷
Hey Peter, so glad to hear this! There's no .pdf for this lesson, but I do offer full workbooks for each module in my private studio. All the notes you need for this lesson are on the screen ;)
I love Lou Donaldson and thank you for the highlight on the role of b5 and getting away from endlessly searching up and down the scale for something to say. I came in through the bebop door and think you should do a future video on mixing bebop phrases with blue scale phrases a la Dizzy and other masters. Can you say where in NC he went to school? This state has produced so many giants - Coltrane, Nina Simone, and Diz actually from Cheraw, SC but went to his first music school in Laurinburg.
thanks Leycroft, it's a late 5-digit Selmer mark vi from 1960 with my 56 Select Mouthpiece. Stock Ligature (for now) with a 3 soft (filed) D'Addario Jazz Select reed.
Hey Dr Wallace, I've noticed there isn't the option to download the audio recordings of the monthly études from your fundamentals course. Did you remove them?
Great Dr Wally, I would like to enroll in your academy. In the meantime, could I know which mouthpiece and reeds do you use? Thanks and congratulations again for your valuable lessons. Greetings from Italy!
Hello my Italian friend! My mouthpiece is the 56 Select from Windy City Woodwinds, paired with a D'Addario 3-soft filed reed. Happy practicing, and greetings from North Carolina!
So good Thank you! Do you know that you speak really fast? 🤪 I'm French...so I'm sensible to that. Ballade and tone...are you thinking of Ben webster? Or this is too corny for you guys... By the way Merci Merci Merci 🙏 🙏🙏
@@drwallysax Oh...good for you! I mean...you sound great on everything you play. In a world of MKVIs it is just nice to see the "other guys" getting some love too. Maybe that's what is behind my own sax choices...Yanagisawa, Ishimorim, YTS-82Zii. I really love the Ishimori the best! Are you still on the WCW 56?
I wish I had a saxophone teacher like Dr Wally 20 years ago. I could have been a STAR by now!!!
So do I
I did buy the album of Donaldson and it is an inspiration for any saxophonist. And with your teaching, Wally, I finally took my two sax and restart playing.
Hey, this makes me happy! Keep up the practice Sylvain!
Thank you DR. Wally you have helped me to have a better understanding of some key elements of music and playing saxophone your ways of teaching are a great help to me. My wife can hear the improvement .
Nice Dr. W!
Thanks Reuven, happy practicing my friend :)
This is my favorite video of yours so far.
Lou Donaldson was such a great jazz and blues player.
great vocabulary to have fun with a bluesy sound. Love it
Thanks, Thomas! Happy practicing!
Love these call and response..fantastic tool for all ages!!
Very enjoyable lesson! Thank you Dr. Wally and a happy turkey day to you and yours. I'll be practicing before going into a turkey coma!
Thanks Laura, hope you have a most wonderful Thanksgiving as well!
Thank you so much for all the great stuff you are posting !
These are some of the best blues licks I've come across. I love them. Thanks, doc
Wonderful, happy practicing Russell! (and thanks)!
Very valuable experience...with all the keys to memorize, minor thirds, transposing to guitar keys, on and on.... after weeks of studying and trying I've learned to not even think of playing with others...just enjoy solo improv created of ones own sounds.
Really enjoyed playing along, love sounding the blue note loud!
Great leesson and a so nice to hear a Shout out for Lou Donaldson. Amazing he is still playing.
I do love some Lou Donaldson ;)
Appreciate you Wally!!!
so cool.. love the old TV screen format ( sooo cool) .. on the trading 4s.. ( plus the licks are killer.. as per usual)
Awwww, thanks Goose. Lot of love went into the new video format. So glad you like it!
Great lesson, thanks Dr Wallace !
Absolutely best part of the lesson is 12:34 😁hahaha thank you so much! New suscriber!
Thank you for this lesson! Super nice licks for the call & response! I have basically chosen this tune as my introduction to playing jazz blues. I notice that in "Blues Walk" Lou Donaldson often ends phrases on the 6th (B natural on alto), but during phrases the Bb is more predominant.
Great observation, it's an interesting resolution to that dorian sound!
Thanks a lot Dear Dr Wally...Fantastic lesson. playing after you is a good system and really pleasant...I'm sure i 'll progress with you. Musically.Gilles Fr.
Thanks my friend, happy practicing!
It helped much as being Guitar blues / rock primary but into sax sounds with Grant Green influence with Lou and others this helped navigate the alto .
The tendency was to play the motif in the lower octave and reaching into higher octave to accentuate a phrase with notes that did not sing .
It lacked alto high register and now with familiar sounds of Lou the playing makes sense and upper octave pinching up can at last make use of alto sound .
Thanks it is a eureka moment here .
Sadly but that’s blues … happy and sad stories .
“I won’t beg” 😂 talk yo shit Doc!
If I didn't talk shit, I'd be rendered mute.
Great lesson. Love the play along section at the end.
Thanks Alan, happy practicing!
Super lesson thankyou so much, and Happy thanksgiving. Had fun after repeating the phrases, went back to the beginning and made up some of my own in answer to yours...til the mouth got the collywobbles! good G sharp workout!
Hey! This makes me happy, keep it up my friend!
really appreciate your videos.. you're a great teacher..
Most kind, thanks my friend!
This is a great video and great examples!
Thanks my friend :)
Sherman irby really puts blues walk to life
He's amazing :)
Many many thanks for this video. Really a very good lesson.
Is there a PDF?
Love it 🎉
Very inspiring. Learned to know a nice line as well as about a great master of the instrument. Thank you! ✌
Most welcome, happy practicing Kalender!
Doc really enjoyed this masterclass, Lou Donaldson is a supreme sax player nobody sounds like him. People have always told me to learn the blues however if not used like the greats it’s an extremely hard sound to master properly, so I never really use it. I really enjoyed the call and response on this one more please. P.s. are you enrolling anytime soon.
Another great lesson !
Thanks you Benoit! Happy practicing my friend!
Gracias por el contenido ! Lou Donalson y Hank Mobley son una fuente inmensa de licks !
Nice sound 🎷❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
That was the first time I have played along and was amazed I could actually do it!! And I thought I sounded great, even if the neighbours didn't :) Been having lessons for a year and loving it! Never to old to learn. Is there a full music sheet available for this lesson please? Thanks for the workshop 🎷
Hey Peter, so glad to hear this! There's no .pdf for this lesson, but I do offer full workbooks for each module in my private studio. All the notes you need for this lesson are on the screen ;)
Obrigado pelo conteúdo é fantástico. Vou colocar em prática.
lovely 🌷🌷
Very nice sir 👌🎷
The lick at 11:27. I'm using bis Bb key in first triplet and side Bb in second bar. Am I doing right? Thanks in advance. Excellent lesson as always.
Really appreciate! You play very well. what mouthpiece are you using?
I love Lou Donaldson and thank you for the highlight on the role of b5 and getting away from endlessly searching up and down the scale for something to say. I came in through the bebop door and think you should do a future video on mixing bebop phrases with blue scale phrases a la Dizzy and other masters. Can you say where in NC he went to school? This state has produced so many giants - Coltrane, Nina Simone, and Diz actually from Cheraw, SC but went to his first music school in Laurinburg.
He studied at NC A&T!
I love your sound on that Mark 6. What is the serial number range?
Awesome. 🙌🏻🎉
super good sound!!
what mouthpiece and reed you use?
Brilliant lesson thanks. Is there sheet music available for this one. Cheers
No .pdf for this - all on the screen! Happy practicing!
@@drwallysax well thats just cruel haha. ok thanks no worries.
@@andrewwright6893 Makes you think faster LOL
Would you ever consider doing something like this for funk/fusion language?
I'll never say never, but honestly, my passion is for mid-century jazz and classical music.
Great sound Dr. Wally what is your regular set up now please .
thanks Leycroft, it's a late 5-digit Selmer mark vi from 1960 with my 56 Select Mouthpiece. Stock Ligature (for now) with a 3 soft (filed) D'Addario Jazz Select reed.
@@drwallysax thank you sir .
hi thank you for the lesson, what mouthpiece are you using in this video?
Hey Dr Wallace, I've noticed there isn't the option to download the audio recordings of the monthly études from your fundamentals course. Did you remove them?
Afraid the original fundamentals course is no longer supported. We'll be offering tons of other free content this coming year.
@@drwallysax ok glad you answered, can't wait on that new material!
where is the pf, for this great lesson O O just copy, so home work to do this so cool .
Great Dr Wally, I would like to enroll in your academy. In the meantime, could I know which mouthpiece and reeds do you use? Thanks and congratulations again for your valuable lessons. Greetings from Italy!
Hello my Italian friend! My mouthpiece is the 56 Select from Windy City Woodwinds, paired with a D'Addario 3-soft filed reed. Happy practicing, and greetings from North Carolina!
@@drwallysax Thank you so much Dr. Wally for your kind reply. Have a nice day and good Music
is there a pdf/printout for this workshop. It's kicking
Sim, toquei muito bem. 😂😂😂😂
Gee thanks… If I knew how to read music, I wouldn’t need to watch your video genius.
Cool!
Where is the link to the written music ?
The real magic is when e.g. David Sanborn mixes minor and major pentatonics to create that contrast
Robben Ford too
The REAL magic is the friends we make along the way :)
But also sanborn ;)
So good
Thank you!
Do you know that you speak really fast?
🤪
I'm French...so I'm sensible to that.
Ballade and tone...are you thinking of Ben webster? Or this is too corny for you guys...
By the way
Merci Merci Merci 🙏 🙏🙏
I adore Ben Webster! He's amazing. I do speak very quickly, it's how I'm built. Unless I'm speaking French, then it's slow and incoherent!
uah! 🐻👍💥🎷💥👍
jazz music drop the fifth
If you drop it, it might break!
Hate it when Johnny bites the dog
So does the dog ;)
I don't know why but, I feel slightly sad seeing you with a Selmer. So few hold-outs left.
My Yamaha is getting overhauled ;)
I have a 1961 Selmer!
@@drwallysax Oh...good for you! I mean...you sound great on everything you play. In a world of MKVIs it is just nice to see the "other guys" getting some love too. Maybe that's what is behind my own sax choices...Yanagisawa, Ishimorim, YTS-82Zii. I really love the Ishimori the best!
Are you still on the WCW 56?
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Много болтаеш а дела нет .больше нот пиши .
I would prefers to hear you in German language
Spielem Sie Trinklieder.
Doctor, huh? Lol, probably one of those PhD kind... not the real kind.
take a couple aspirin and have a nap
Sit down now, the adults are talking