5 Shredding Diminished Licks and Why They Work
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Chad LB is an international recording artist who has toured globally as a bandleader, and with superstars ranging from Chris Botti to Taylor Swift. He has been a featured soloist with premiere ensembles like the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, and was formerly a member of the multi GRAMMY winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. Despite his demanding tour schedule, Chad is on faculty as a visiting artist at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for their new Roots, Jazz and American Music degree program. - เพลง
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For sheet music of all 65 Phrases in all 12 keys: www.jazzlessonvideos.com/pdf-packages
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Best jazz educator on TH-cam. Absolutely zero bullshit, straight to the point without shortcuts.
Tom Parker haha thanks, Tom! Glad you’re digging the content.
@@ChadLefkowitzBrown Hey Chad! Thanks for all this great content! I was wondering if you could cover some triad pair exercises? Love to you and and the fam through this time!! :D
@@joeyjuniorjunior Hi Adam. Chad's great. You should check Jeff Antoniuk too. Very very clear explanation about everything. th-cam.com/video/NB86vAGfOhU/w-d-xo.html
Best.
He's confusing. You got a brown smudge on your nose bro.
Diminished scales opened my ears to jazz music. I took a jazz workshop in Harlem many years ago as a teenager where I learned these diminished scales for the first time from a cat named Charles Davis; a great tenor sax and jazz artist. I came with theory questions on how to explain these scales and was curious so I could understand them better. He got mad and told me “not to worry about that whole/half step garbage” and told me to just go home and memorize and play through all 3 of them “and when you come back next week, let me know if you have any questions”. My ears began to open to so many things I was hearing in jazz but couldn’t explain after learning those scales. The following week he asked, “so, any questions” and I of course had none - but my life and my ears were changed forever thanks to diminished scales and Mr. Charles Davis.
Thanks.I believe I' ve seen Mr.Davis ' name, possibly on records?!When my father first heard me 'Copping' a couple guys solos off records at 16, Diminish and Augmented scales where what he wrote out for me.C Bflat Gflat E - A G ....etc....Basic..Sounded so HIP to me!!
1 is sassy and evocative - 2 is mannered and refined
Thanks for the improvisation lessons l am growing every day in my solo confidence
Different ideas over conception would be killin.
The priest of jazz music 🎶🎶🎶🙏🎉
This is SSSSSSOOOOO LIT!! Thank you so much for this Mr LB.
Excellent content Chad
Great content. Thank you, Chad. Stay healthy
I really enjoy your videos! Keep goin Rainer
Stay safe, Chad! Always thank you, helpful lesson!
Very nice your class! Thank you!
awesome just when i was needing this ! Thank You for sharing and making a book !!
These lessons are pure gold! Thank you!
It's crazy to me how everything ties together. When I'm looking at the half whole diminished scale(7:32) the non diatonic notes are just the chord tones for a d diminished scale. It's really easy to comprehend once you broke it down like that. Great video, I'm learning so much from your content!
Hey, Chad -- I heard about you through a tenor player I know in Nairobi who saw you at a clinic. I've been playing jazz as a hobby since the 1990's, slowly plugging away at learning standards and getting the language in my ears and under my fingers. Your lessons are really helping me re-learn concepts I needed to understand better and develop fluency in everything I play. Thanks for putting this content online and make it available to buy!
Dude you are King! Thank you so much! For this educative videos!
Thats great chad thanks! Was hoping you could make a video on the process you go about when writing tunes and stuff
Hey Chad, thank you for sharing your vast knowledge with the world. You're awesome!!
Really great lessons thank you so much !! grretings from Ecuador
I’ve just recently been turned onto your playing and teaching Chad. There used to be a common, and ignorant saying, “those that can’t play, teach”. Thanks for putting that tired old phrase to rest! Especially great job simply, and effectively, explaining chromaticism.
Best jazz educator on TH-cam , !!!!
Awesome as always! ;-) Thank you Chad!!!
Federico Malaman glad you enjoyed it! Thanks, Federico!
I bought the PDF's 10 Warm Up Ex for Jazz and 65 shredding Phrases for all 12 keys to have something different to practice during the quarantine time. Thanks for the super discounts during this difficult times. God bless you, health and peace.
Beatiful work..Great.
Adriano Brunelli thanks, Adriano!
2nd lick is the best Great video
Explaining why these work really helped me understand how to internalize music. Your Pro Tip is exactly what I needed to hear and It Inspired me to be patient with new material. it’s so easy to become anxious and overwhelmed by how much there is to learn. Thank you for making these
thank, that touched what I needed to know.
Thanks again Chad for explaining dissonant material so simply, melodically and beautifully
David Eastlee thank you, David! So glad you’re enjoying the content.
How could someone NOT like this?!
Mi admiración para ud su forma de tocar es muy limpia y fresca
I find many of these great also for expanding my existing Diminished repertoir.Some are much more modern in the direction Trane took and cats like Brecker followed and Thrived in.Your lower to upper, or ascending technique is flawless.When you become 50 or 60 and have spent time on so many cats approaches, if you're a lifelong Saxophone fanatic as I am, new or fresh concepts energize you to woodshed.Great works!
I think you’re playing and content is excellent and really keeps me focused on learning
john tr Long so glad you’re finding it to be helpful! Thanks man!
Thank you! Great material! It also would be nice if you make a video about making pauses in solo, more differrent and difficult pharases rhytmically, articulation in fast playing.
Great guy
Great Stuff!!! I Play guitar, but I will try to figure them out on the neck. Thanks.
Chad your big band video was amazing!!! Thank you for inspiring me to practice style with phrasing during this quarantine, Love your stuff!!!
bmonkey8 thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Hi Chad! Really great lessons all of it. I would like you to explain more on melodic cells. How to think about them in relation to harmony and how to get more "free" when you improvise with them. I would love to hear you give example over some tunes.
I'm home feeling under the weather today. These licks perked me up! Can't wait to try over Caravan and Blue Bossa . Your material is consistently outstanding.
ReverendRicktaScale thanks so much really glad you’re enjoying the content!
Hi Chad, I have really enjoyed hearing your playing and educational content on you tube. Loved your ballad tenor tone on My One and Only Love, and the amazingly put together big band arrangement of You’d Be So Easy to Love! I have been employing the use of the symmetrical diminished scales for some years but your first melodic pattern was a lovely new one to me. I was surprised that you referred to these octotonic scale patterns as diatonic. Minor quibble, I know, but I believe the diatonic scales are the 7 note major and minor scales and their modes ( including the Altered Scale).
I like the first intro lick better!
yeah same!
Hey Chad, Great materila, very clear.l I bought a bunch! Would you please, please, please, do a lesson on Triad Pairs !!
I want to emphasize that your approach over diminished scales with the cells the chromticsi+ enclosures really add something new to my playing I was never been so deep into them thanks to you...!all those variations that is the best lesson I could find about this subject Great!!!
Yes of course ,the riff is correct ,,,,Because In any key, on a Dominant 7 b9 you can play a diminished scale and phrase it as you please , in half steps and whole steps(easy to remember) with accents here and there and some short chrometics ...
This is awesome Chad - really appreciate all of the great lessons! Could you do a video on pentatonic shifting? I'm curious about your thought process on building those lines and the pentatonic patterns you use.
Wesley Chin thanks, Wesley! Yes I’ll make sure to make a video on that soon!
I've been working on your 10 scale exercises since lockdown (though only managed the first 3 so far as I like to be thorough) and my ability is fast tracking., now I'm gonna learn this amazing sounding lick, thank you so much
jerry levy thanks, Jerry! Happy shedding!!
Thanks!!!!!
So si helpful
Thanks so much for sharing, would you please do something on pair triads? 🙂 🎺 👍🏼.... Thanks
Dude....you SHRED !
more than shred Chads amazing!
Excellent video " Friend thanks a lot! Can you made a video how to improvise over all the thing you are by example , or any other ? Please!
Hi Chad, always great stuff on your channel! A question beside this topic: how many licks(approximately) does a jazz musician have to know by heart to improvise fluently? Thanx in advance, stay healthy.
the first intro of course 😊
Great video. To me, the nugget of wisdom is at 6:40. Super important.
Jake Martin thanks, Jake! Glad you enjoyed it.
Great content as always Chad. I was wondering though on your PDF packages you have most in concert key. Any chance, especially the latest package with backing tracks, that you could transcribe them into a package for B flat and a package for E flat. You might pick up a few more sales from those just getting into saxophone that don't have the transcription thing down pat. Keep up the good work and stay safe. Best Regards !!
First lick with that little altissimo scream on the top. Bought two of your PDFs last week. Hope you're doing well!
Gang of GreenHorns thanks man!! Happy shedding!
@@ChadLefkowitzBrown Hey, thanks for the response! Been practicing more because of all this stuff. Stay safe! Worried so much about all the horn players' lungs--in addition to everything else.
Over Dm7b5, also sounds interesting: on the b5 Abaugmented scale or when going out like substituting a Dm7b5 by a D7alt: on the Root or the 3rd Daugmented or F# aug.This I got basically form Allen Holdsworth
I love your videos, you help so many people. Even piano and guitar players I suspect. One question tho, why are there natural signs in front of the E's in example 1 ? It somehow implies that
Eflat is the more prominent chord tone. Great lick though.
Hey Chad, love what you doing! Thanks for so much great content! Could you cover some blues licks? I have some diatonic and bebop ii V I licks but my teacher always says that I need more blues language...
Witches Brew absolutely! Great idea. Will make sure to do that.
Great info, man! Share is the love ; )
Great. You do a lot of stuff on harmony and lines. I wondered if you would do some stuff on rhythm e.g. how to swing quavers differently or playing in odd meters. (you may have already done this, if so, move along).
Mr Music absolutely! I’ll definitely work on getting a video out that’s focused on rhythm in improvising. A lot of great techniques you can use to practice rhythmic phrasing.
@@ChadLefkowitzBrown I would also love to see that!
@@ChadLefkowitzBrown yes really waiting for this!
Yeah, like placing the accents in different notes of a phrase, five notes in one beat, things like that!
Always a pleasure - how does one finger & blend in those almost shreeking super high like squeeling notes?
hey Chad! wondering if you could talk about (or make a video) on how to apply these licks and get it into your playing. Like you said, internalize it. Is it just as simple as playing the lick wherever it fits over the chords? Or is there more of a process you have to it to help it become apart of your vocabulary? thanks!
Could you do a video on making improvisation over the first bars of Giant Steps musical? By the first bars I'm refering to the bars before the 251s.
It took me a few listens to lick #3 to hear the chromaticism but then I did and I was like “I get it!!!”.
I’ve also got strong déjà vu about the “using the chromatic note to go between strong notes.”
HEY CHAD GREAT VIDEO THANKS FOR THE INFORMATIONS ON THE DIMINISHED LICKS, JUST ONE QUESTION ARE U STILL USING THE HAND HAMMERED COPPER NECK FROM KB SAXES ON YOUR SAX AND WHATS YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE ALL THE BEST MAN ,MIKE
Hey Chad I started a jazz “big band” in the Central Florida area as i wanted to expand my trio. Any tips on what big band standards I should start out with and tips on how to have an efficient practice session.
Would love to see a video about playing fast. Is there one?
These are great. I went ahead and purchased the PDF. What I'd find helpful, however, is advice on HOW to practice these. Is it a good idea to start with C and work through the keys, or is it better to take a phrase I like and run it through all keys? It seems like the latter would work best, but the PDF isn't set up for that easily. (I wonder if it wouldn't be better to use a format like the Oliver Nelson "Patterns for Improv" book. But maybe I'm not understanding the correct way to practice these.)
Amazing work chad! I was just wondering if you had any suggestions for mouthpieces on a tenor sax. This would be for a jazz class. Thanks!
His mouthpiece is a SYOS signature. You can choose different colors and tip openings on their site. If you want something different, yan make a custom mouthpiece on SYOS website.
Would like some pentatonic stuff and your approach on using them
Shaunsax Thomas will definitely work on a video for that thanks!!
estan muy buenos los tutoriales podrias ponerle sutitulos automaticos saludos desde argentina
Whats up Mr B The Great CT (Clark Terry) had his Ooodle Doodle vocalization on Trumpet for supporting articulation Whats your take for Sax
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Maestro le agradecería una clase en español gracias
This is my last finding absorbed from your rhythm change over C#dim: b51b25 on the I the bIII the #IV and the VI: GbCDb G> AEbE Bb >CF#GDb> EbABbE for my self when this happens I always relate it back to C7b013 because the three other dominant are findable there: Eb7 F#7A7 this way you have to practice them only in four keys instead of 12....if you really understand it...I am talking of course to people that are students...or interested in Jazz...
Chad do you have any advice on how to internalize the the content we practice?
Hey Chad, I’d love for you to cover effective practice a little more. I’ve always practiced using the three T’s: technique, transcription, and tunes. How do you make sure you have an effective practice session?
That’s a great question! I’ll definitely make sure to do a video on effective practicing soon. So much of what I think makes practicing effective is having the discipline to practice something you’re not good at (yet) :) That’s why pros always practice slow - because we’re constantly working on something we haven’t mastered yet. What’s hard is when you’re struggling with content that you’re practicing and you start to think “am I doing this wrong?” Usually you’re doing it right, you just have to go slow, focus, and have the discipline to give it a few days or a few weeks. Then you don’t want to get stuck on one concept/subject because you feel like you haven’t “perfected” it yet. It’s better to keep cycling through material so you’re always keeping your mind engaged, and just make sure to keep revolving through all the content. Video on this soon :)
Chad LB Excellent summary and useful tips on how to practice effectively. Very much looking forward to your video on this.
Improvising over diminished chords is something with which I struggle at the moment, so I'm sure this video will be really helpful! I find that I'm stuck with the notes of the diminished chord itself, which is greatly limiting when you're in an otherwise excellent chord sequence and you get stuck on a few chords that last several measures.
James Hall Jazz Vibraphonist hey James, I know what you mean for sure! A lot of time diminished 7th chords move up a half step into a minor chord (like the 5th phrase in this video) and there are a bunch of phrases in the PDF that can help with that :)
@@ChadLefkowitzBrown Thanks! I'll definitely download the PDF!
Chad could you make some licks on the 13b9 chord half hole of course: with Minor major TriasC7 EbCAG or Eb C G E Db or better said with #9 Triads or b10..
What mouthpiece are you using? Really nice tone, and just edgy enough, without sacrificing body.
If I'm new to the diminished scale should I get the 15 exercise PDF or get the 65 shredding PDF so that I can practice these phrases in the context of Progressions that I assume are in the 65 shredding PDF
I just gotten started looking at these lesson videos and have no idea what you are talking about ven though I've been playing saxophone for a while. Where do I start if I don't know vocab like diminished chord? Its all so confusing!
Hello Chad could you make one on just lessons that you learned the hard way about being a musician, lessons that you wish someone would have told you.
Great lesson as always!
Can you make one for tone?
Your tone is one of the most expressive.
Sergej Stokuca thank you, Sergej! Yeah I’ll make sure to do that soon :)
@@ChadLefkowitzBrown thank you that would be great!
I suggest you do a video lesson on the study of classic ballads like body and soul,I should care ,my one and only love etc..
Hi Chad, What is the difference between Phrases and Etudes?
whole tone scale and when do you apply it....
I have buy the pdf but the backing track are very difficult to download I can't
Pardon my ignorance, but would you please differentiate between BeBop and Shredding
Thanks
How about some blues scale licks?
How are you Chad, I am an immigrant in South Africa and cannot access a bank account online. I want to buy some pdf. Please tell me if there is another way I can deposit the money. Thanks🙏
For me the first one is most brutal
2nd one! But it’s close
1st lick
augmented and whole tone lix?
2nd lick
Eb07 on G7 ?
I made a mistake I meant this one to maybe be overlooked the outlining of 4's and b4's in triads: Bb7b9 or Bdim: EDC# Bb >BdEF >