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  • Dr. Wally teaches how to practice arpeggios on saxophone, be sure to download the free .pdf scales and arpeggios from the Saxophone fundamentals book: www.thesaxopho...
    #saxophone #jazz
    0:00 Pirates and Pleasantries
    1:49 The Pattern
    2:40 Slow and Slurred
    3:30 Lil' Chunks
    4:40 Pitfalls
    8:08 Jazz Practice - the Circle of 4ths
    9:22 Tyler Vs. the Metronome
    10:37 Roots
    11:48 4ths Pattern

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  • @pimeye
    @pimeye 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Q: What do trumpet players and pirates have in common? A: They're both murder on the high Cs

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Level 12 Dad joke....well done sir!!

    • @RobertoManzoli
      @RobertoManzoli 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      nooooooooo :O

  • @darinjin4855
    @darinjin4855 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Hi,Dr.Wally, I am from China. I start to learn sax and practice your fundamental book over 1 year. I make a big progress. thank you very much!!!

    • @samuelmureithi2042
      @samuelmureithi2042 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hallo I can I download his pdf books

  • @bobpremecz5429
    @bobpremecz5429 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Way back in the 1970's my sax teacher showed me a clever little diddy that goes like this: 1-3-5-b7-6-5-4, the 4th being start of another 1-3-5-b7-6-5-4, whose 4th begins the start of another... well, hopefully you get the idea and that I explained that clearly. In other words, iIt just loops and loops and if you know circular breathing can become the start of some kind of perpetual circle of 4ths. Anyway, great lesson, Dr. Wally. Speaking of Jerry Coker, his Appendix A on pages 81-82 of his book "Improvising Jazz" contains many pearls of wisdom.

  • @Lutemann
    @Lutemann 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I remember well the day I mastered a critical number of 7th chord arpeggios. It totally change my ability to solo on all my 1920s jazz tunes (and others as well). I could create a convincing solo just on the arpeggios and a very few passing tones. Also, every note I played worked and I didn't even have to know what key I was in.

  • @tkeune
    @tkeune 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Concerning flying fingers I have found that the slightly more tangible focus on keeping my palms as stationary as possible has helped a lot. Your fingers can only fly so far if your palms are motionless. I know there are times when your palm must move but the 90 percent of the time when this isn't the case will get you a long way.

  • @adrianschutte
    @adrianschutte 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you Doc Sax Vader, showing us the darker secrets of the sax

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Most welcome Padawan

  • @newbiostat
    @newbiostat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dr Wally the Wise guy Wallace...I don't know why I just found you today, but your info so far has been great and slightly comedic. I'm classically trained and haven't had lessons for quite a while. I've been trying to learn to improvise...I can, but playing up and down a major scale is quite boring. There is so much "do this, not that" from so many people, its overwhelming. You have given great advice, much appreciated. I will start incorporating your stuff into my practice time. Many thanks

  • @goofungusmuck
    @goofungusmuck 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a fellow pirate I have to say since I am just starting my arpeggiated journey I love how you "Arrr"-ticulate this lesson. I too have "Arrr"-ived at utilizing the 9ths. By the way, those scales you're playing 'are' hauntingly beautiful.
    Pun most intended.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Happy practicing my pun-loving friend. Have a great weekend!

  • @jamiemcgoldrick3350
    @jamiemcgoldrick3350 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Another really helpful video. Circle of 4th practice was great

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks my friend :) Have a great weekend!

  • @DavideMarzola431
    @DavideMarzola431 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much Dr. Wally for this very useful practice.

  • @nobodyofconsequence9930
    @nobodyofconsequence9930 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your content. And the graphics help sooooo much. Ex. When you mentioned " flying fingers " you had an arrow point to the fingers which immediately directed my attention from your hair to the FINGERS ! Pedagogal genius.
    Butt seriously as always , great stuff. Thanks

  • @leak1130
    @leak1130 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a great exercise.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, happy practicing and have a great weekend!

  • @EricPalmerBlog
    @EricPalmerBlog 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still getting over hearing Phil Woods, 'Stolen Moments' for the first time. Feel like a stunned mullet. But yes, I like this and this will certainly make arpeggios especially fun. Great stuff.
    Have a great weekend Doc.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Happy practicing!

  • @explosivegaming5221
    @explosivegaming5221 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the free workbook it is great!

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're so welcome!

  • @andyquinn1125
    @andyquinn1125 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks Doc. Sweet sounds. Geez, and today I learned the front E fingering ! Zounds!

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks Andy, start working on the front E - great gateway to the altissimo as well!

  • @HagamosLoImposible
    @HagamosLoImposible 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great re-inspiration to practice consciouslly the lovely arpeggios

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      wonderful, happy practicing!

  • @dougjsax
    @dougjsax 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the great chord theory, Dr. Wally and Tyler! Y’all have a great weekend.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, you too!

  • @thurston-leemay1554
    @thurston-leemay1554 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, Dr.Wally, thank you for the saxophone fundamentals pdf now I have proper material to practice.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wonderful, happy practicing!

  • @kami2302
    @kami2302 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    большое спасибо

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Добро пожаловать

  • @robstevens9590
    @robstevens9590 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks Wally! It still takes me a while to get chord inversions in my mind and into my fingers. I had a nice visit in NC. I play tested a Selmer Paris alto at a music shop in Charlotte, and a local sax teacher overheard me in the practice room and jumped in to jam with me. Nice horn and great fun. Also, I was scheduled to do some flute fills on an album my daughter (Cheryl Stevens - vocalist) is recording, but my flute suddenly stopped playing anything below G. A local resident graciously loaned me her awesome Sankyo flute (the nicest flute I've ever played!) for the session (& a gig in Miami) -- Southern hospitality!

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Southern hospitality is real! (and my wife hates it, she's an introvert)

  • @Th3K1ngK00p4
    @Th3K1ngK00p4 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Immediate like for the intro pun. Thanks for the vid!

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Most welcome my punloving friend :)

  • @bar8393gm
    @bar8393gm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great vid! Yes, I still finger flail and flub. These exercises help me isolate those probs.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Flail and Flub is my middle name. Hope they help! How's London life Bruce?

    • @bar8393gm
      @bar8393gm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Doing well, thanks! Got a bi-weekly lesson with an associate of Prof. Bobbi T. So he’s keeping me on track. I’m playing in two big bands, and staying busy. And for some crazy masochistic reason, I just started flute lessons. Glad to see you are still putting out great content!

  • @JeffSmith-eq7rr
    @JeffSmith-eq7rr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Doc Wally, your exercises have helped me a lot with the high E and F notes!

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wonderful! Really happy to hear this! Keep practicing!

  • @larrylenard4284
    @larrylenard4284 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been playing a circle of fifths pattern (1-2-3-5, etc) for years on clarinet, flute, and sax. I'm looking forward to something interesting.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think once you're comfortable with the basic patterns, time is better spent transcribing and learning vocabulary!

  • @felixemilioloramartinez3718
    @felixemilioloramartinez3718 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good explanation

  • @jeremyschuhmann9671
    @jeremyschuhmann9671 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great sound/video! Who’s the composer? So is the group name really the Sononuats or was that a dyslexic misspelling of Sononauts? (I also saw someone who modified it to Sononuarts…probably a bad sign for future name recognition when people are already getting it wrong and changing it to something that makes more sense to them 😊…)

  • @screech57
    @screech57 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8:07 Bud Shank album with Maynard! 🙂

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's the album that made me a west coast cool school convert. Never looked back.

  • @unclemick-synths
    @unclemick-synths 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    7:33 I never even knew that was a thing! You're teaching me stuff ay-gain!

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yay, new skills!

  • @a.j.nicoll477
    @a.j.nicoll477 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    An exercise I heard of to help with flying fingers is to stick a small drop of honey on the pearls so your finger has to stick to the key. Wipe the honey off after each session.

    • @itisnottaken4444
      @itisnottaken4444 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sticky substances on pearls? I wouldn’t suggest that especially as it can easily get on the pads underneath and also would cause more of a mess than it would help.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'd recommend super glue

  • @kuztardd
    @kuztardd 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautifully noted and greatly explained. My lesson for the day .. and life. Thank you it's perfect (even with the added cute spelling of 'Cirlce' at 12:00 ;-)

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, have a great weekend!

  • @K07P
    @K07P 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are the best teacher but you look like kevin g still a fan of your work just wanted to say it😹

  • @DirkJ.
    @DirkJ. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You would be a Lamy 2000 enjoyer.... Feel like that checks out. Thanks so much for your wonderful and entertaining info as always.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I mean, I'm not going to write with a Pilot. We're saxophonists, not farmers.

    • @DirkJ.
      @DirkJ. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@drwallysax Oh that hurts my 823 feelings! How could you! Love the new vid on reeds, great work.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      hahah!@@DirkJ. I'm about to buy a cosmopolitan (so I don't stress about leaving it at coffee shops)

    • @cjcarlsson2460
      @cjcarlsson2460 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oops. Made my comment. superfluous.

  • @vannigio6234
    @vannigio6234 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    uah! bel suono! 💥🎷💥

  • @howardmspencer
    @howardmspencer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Dr Wally, thanks for the lesson. So much to practice, so little time ....
    All of the exercises in your Fundamentals booklet look good. Do you recommend taking one exercise at a time through all 12 keys or doing all the exercises in one key before moving onto the next key?

  • @couchphotography8861
    @couchphotography8861 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was a nice workout! To keep up with the cute Tyler on my alto, I had to transpose on the fly (I think?) anyway, had to slow everything down on the cogwheel in order to do it. Now I have earned dinner and re-learned the circ of 4ths..Thankyou good Doc! PS: You're cute too!

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      D'awwwww, I'll tell tyler you called him ugly and me cute.

    • @couchphotography8861
      @couchphotography8861 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@drwallysax Now that's naughty!!!Bad Dr Wally!

  • @GerryLSmith
    @GerryLSmith 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's very interesting that you play blue box Dr Wally. I'm going to try a soft one sometime. My "sound concept" is very similar to yours, I'm a Desmond fan, and since I stumbled on Roberto's reeds I've been playing and liking them a lot. I think they're quite woody but have a thin tip which aids that almost classical sound. I recommend trying them out if you haven't already. They're made by Rigotti and they sound darker than Rigotti's own brand. I play 2.5 hard on a Maestra 6, so I'll have to go quite soft on blue box I guess, the old ones I have lying around feel like planks. On this video I do like your sound best with blue box.
    On Tenor my fav player is Scott Hamilton. I use ZZ's (2.5 on a PhilTone Sapphire, a slant type piece) or sometimes Rigotti Wild which I find brighter but fairly similar.
    Thanks for the video.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hamilton is a beast! happy practicing!

    • @GerryLSmith
      @GerryLSmith 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He's awesome, I saw him in London recently.

  • @WilliamCarterII
    @WilliamCarterII 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Dont leave."
    I was about to lmao

  • @RidingEasttoWest
    @RidingEasttoWest 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just to be clear the diagram you are showing is the circle of 5ths going clockwise and circle of 4ths going counter-clockwise so the harmonic motion of the arpeggio exercises you are doing is moving counter-clockwise to align with most standard ii-V-I progressions??

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You got it - but ii/V doesn't necessarily progress any which way. It's a function within a key area.

  • @grishagek3290
    @grishagek3290 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Play Flight of the Bumblebee and show off your skills !

  • @hflynnjr
    @hflynnjr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Slow and slurred...does drinking while practing help with that? Nice video Wally. Also, I see Tyler is looking sharp in the Saxophone Academy uniform. When is the Sonoauts album coming out? I'm waiting for a vinyl copy.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      drinking can help the listener. Thanks Hank, hope you're well my friend! Sononauts single coming out next month: Lost In Space!

  • @cjcarlsson2460
    @cjcarlsson2460 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is that a Lamy 2000 at 5:43?

  • @cheknfaks
    @cheknfaks 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Dr. Wally, You're awesome and very inciteful but have a serious very important question...
    If I keep practicing my arpeggios, will my hair improve as good as yours? Arrrgh!

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It will indeed my friend, it will indeed ;)

  • @floozifer7
    @floozifer7 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was a great exercise for me, playing it in the key of F on tenor along with you, and trying to sound good in the Altissimo range 😁

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rock on!

  • @saraschutz9940
    @saraschutz9940 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What is a top E key? Is that the same as the buzz Key? Do all altos have them?

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Front F - key, yes all saxophones (other than the earliest made) should have them.

  • @donl9571
    @donl9571 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Once your students master the circle of fourths they're ready to play "Hey Joe".

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Huh, if they played guitar maybe? I was thinking more rhythm changes ;)

    • @donl9571
      @donl9571 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't be a jazz snob! But doesn't the circle of fifths add a flat with each key change (like the B section of rhythm changes) while the circle of fourths adds a sharp (like Hey Joe)? Or is this the subject of your future lesson?@@drwallysax

  • @abasionoikangenyin5383
    @abasionoikangenyin5383 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What about the PDF sir

  • @ZeeroGamingTV
    @ZeeroGamingTV 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what is red and screems like hell?
    My neighbour cause me gotta practice my arpeggios aswell

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well done....WELL DONE SIR.

  • @joeblankenship377
    @joeblankenship377 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is there a Guinness world record for fastest Bb major arpeggios on saxophone? Because I think I got a forkin' shot.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sadly on the Eb arpeggio. We'll start a petition for a more inclusive key structure to the category nominations.

  • @Osnosis
    @Osnosis 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like it when a sax player spends money on lessons rather than on a haircut!

  • @stephenbashforth8257
    @stephenbashforth8257 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The jokes don't get better do they!

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can't get better than perfect.

  • @reedhead1
    @reedhead1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One more pun like that, and I'm leaving! Arrrgh.

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You'll miss out on all the aaarrrrtistic tips if you leave.

  • @LaurieSavage
    @LaurieSavage 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Cirlce" of 4ths? Hahahaha

    • @drwallysax
      @drwallysax  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      wait, that wasn't supposed to be funny? 😂