Blues Improvisation Lesson for Saxophone
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Jay Metcalf gives a lesson on blues improvisation to build a strong sense of rhythm.
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Awesome explanation, almost cried when I achieved a three note solo
The one note solo : achieved. Yes, I felt the rythm. Gonna try the "two notes solo" now ;-)
Good luck Stephanie !
Yes! This video contains the wisest advice a sax player can get. Thanks Jay.
Honestly Jay you are an amazing teacher! I love the way you focus on simplicity and rhythm it’s really helped and now I’m a confident newbie! I’d like to think I’ll progress with my sax playing better as a result .. solid foundations! Also loving your other courses.. house is a mess husband is sick, kids are bored but I’m having a ball🤣🤣 x
Awesome lesson
Thanks! I had not noticed the ‘thanks’ button but it is so perfect for me. I can watch the video. I can take the lesson and not feel guilty about getting something valuable (to me) for nothing. Also, since I’m paying for it, I’m not as glib in my assessment of the lesson but will take it to my horn and work it out.
Exactly what I was looking for this morning: inspiration and something to work on. Space….the final frontier….
Sonny Stitt!!... Best example ever... My second favourite sax player after Eric Marienthal... Greetings from Chile!
Finally I found the best teacher alive
Thanks for your insight. I always tell people the saxophone is a RHYTHM instrument.
Hi J i would like to say thank you, i have trouble reading sheet music and finding rhythm watching this video on blues improvisation
has helped greatly i will be trying it. again thank i will get back to you if i improve again thanks Daz
I like the Jay lessons because he is very clear while he is explaining and he has a simple and understandable way of talking for a not English speaking too. Jay doesn't forget that he is speaking to an international public and it's very important to be calm and clear in every single quote. By me (I'm a high school teacher) he is a very good teacher!
Something in your explanations is so methodic and appealing, that it makes me want to practice and play more. This is even though the content itself is known to me, for I've been told this kind of stuff by some good teachers over the years.
Still thank you for being so clear and encouraging.
Great lesson, couldn‘t be clearer and more motivating! Thanks a lot!
Glad to hear that!
This was great. I'm a beginner when it comes to improv. This helped a lot!!
I tried this and you're right. My sound got better almost immediately. I can still use a lot of work, but This is an instantaneous leap. It's as thought the notes I play have a purpose instead of a place. Thank you for this lesson.
Brennon, great to hear this from you. thanks.
This lesson reminds me why I have signed up for your online lessons. You cut through the smog and focus on what matters most...and you constantly remind us of the key facts to focus on!
Got some big takeaways from this. Improvisation is something im trying to work on. Thanks
Hi Jay the way you explaining this concepts make it so easy to understand.
A Genius teacher. Thank you to refresh my love for sax!!
A Gifted Teacher.
This video is one of your most important... less is more. Smiles. Thanks Jay.
dear sir, you are a wise man! rhythm comes from the heart.
Revisited. Another gem Jay.
Hey guys start on a long 4th and throw in a few flat 3rds. Get in the groove and play with soul. Job done LoL.
The best advice I've ever learned..as Jim Neely comments "less is more"....Thanks Jay.
Though french, I really enjoyed this lesson. Thanks for simple, clear, efficient tips in a "worldwide understandable" english. The "one note solo" seems to be a brilliant idea to feel rythm and space for the beginner I am.
Guilty 🙋🏽♂️
Thanks for the tips my good sir
I’ve learned the biggest sin in music isn’t missing rhythm or getting wrong notes. It’s losing the feel. If you lose the feel, no amount of rhythm or notes will fix it.
You pretty much blew my mind with "one note solo". I had an idea of what you were saying when you said "notiness" is a problem, but that demonstration really made me "get it". You are an amazing teacher, i have to say, and i am glad to see your TH-cam channel has grown this much.
Great lesson
Definitely this is a great chanel and you are a very good teacher. i am very excited and will be wait for new information, thanks Jay
Thank you Jay! Your videos are always a great to watch
Thx for your videos I get something from each video of yours. Thanks for all of your hard work
Glad you like them!
Man, I listened to this and had flashbacks to every bad thing I did in my college school jazz band. You nailed every point here and your articulation about space is well stated. Loved the one note solo example!
I'm digging the straight forward, honest explanations. This lesson, in particular, harks to something I've experienced as a piano player, guitar player and vocalist. Too many notes can ruin good music. From personal experience, what we play should support the music, not drown it, confuse it or distract from it. This lesson contains probably the best advice I've ever seen for playing good, enjoyable music. Nice one Jay!
Thanks !
Jay you are the best thank you so much God bless 🙏 ❤
Cuts through to the essentials. I have joined your course as a result
Hi what a great job man. i play sax baritone but the only thing is i know zero of blues I'll start to follow your videos and see how i get on. Thank for every thing i love music 😁.
Love this video. I’ve been jumping all over TH-cam to try to find things to help me with improv but I got more out of this than I did from every other video I watched.
Thanks Josh. that's great to hear.
100% true. Rhythm-time-feel are huge. Then tone. Then note choices.
JAAAAAAAY! This rocked my world! Downloaded the mp3 and improvised with the chords in the PDF. I had such a great practice session right now. Thank you thank you thank you. Been playing Sax for 2 months now...and this has boosted my confidence so much learning how to go along with the rhythm. This is the fun stuff I was looking for. Definitely gonna get the course in due time. Wasn't too crazy bout Blues...but then again...I haven't PLAYED it. So awesome. Keep goin strong man!!!
Leroy, Thank You. The blues language is used in all styles of popular music. Even if you're not into playing 'the blues" per se, this will help you play pretty much everything else...
Ditto!!
Lonnnnnngggg tones!
This was a very insightful lesson. Thank you Jay!
Thank you for this! I might be a year and a half late, but this is so helpful. I wanna start getting better at improvising. I'm worrying too much about the notes and not the rhythm. I'll certainly download the pdf and mp3 and work on improving it in my spare time. :D
Now how did I miss these lessons. Downloading the track. Unpacking my sax. One note Blues coming up. Thank you sir. Three hips and three hoorays.
Hi Jay. I started Playing Sax when I was around 18, and now I am 82, boy time did fly. I just want to say that, I still have a Fine memory for songs from way back in the early 1900 through the 40's and early 50's. I Still Play every day for a few Hours, and I am Still doing Gig like the Mt. Washington Hotel Main Dining Room in New Hampshire. I do find myself Playing a lot of times for People that are in their 30's and up. So you are never too old to Play the Saxophone. I have a Yanagisawa 880 Stencil made for "Martin" Ser. #00104XXX, that i have had since it was new. I love looking at your Videos on U Tube, and think you are doing a great job Teaching in this way. I will keep watching.
Hey, I’ve been playing guitar for many years, I’m also a drummer and a signer, but a beginner saxophonist, you wanted me to comment to give you feedback on the lesson here it is! It actually helped me so much, i knew the importance of rhythm before but it just clarified it all for me on sax, simplifying by choosing only select few notes forces you to be creative with them, especially in a rhythmic way, obviously I am still beginner, but that doesn’t mean I can’t sound good haha, and I enjoyed myself while doing it too so thank you.
I don’t usually comment, but this time it was worthy of it
Good ideas and good teaching. Thanks!
Inspirational teaching. I am trying to teach my son to play an improvised chorus over some standards - I just refer him to this video on the days he won't listen (that would be most days)
Keep 'em coming Jay!
This is why I signed up for your course. Pentatonic scales for blues guitar is how I learned that instrument. Now I can apply the same to sax. Thanks Jay.
Mike, great to hear, thanks.
The one note idea is spot on. I keep trying to play a lot of notes (all too fast) and get nothing out of it. This I love!!
Congs!! Best material on the web!
Will buy your new blues product when it’s available. Your training package is genius!!! 🚀
It's available now !
Our music academy has a jazz band. This is a lesson I've been trying to get through to them. We've been talking a lot about rhythm. We are going to watch this video in jazz band. Thanks.
There is a saying: Learning music is like learning a new language. So true. However, unlike when we learned our native language, we often get stuck learning only how to read music. We barely learn how to write it (composition or arranging.) Most of the time, at least in school, we never learn how to speak it. That's where improvising comes in. :) I hope that analogy makes sense. It blows students' minds out of the water when I tell them that.
I play guitar and found this channel on recommended. You give great ideas to practice and the way you rationalize things is motivating man
George, Cool! TH-cam is recommending my videos to guitar players! Glad you find the info helpful...
love the idea of one note solo. In this youtube list of jump blues sax solos we get a really clear example of this in action "hand clappn"- Red Prysock. Several times the solo rides on one note with a little touch to another note only to jump back to ride that note again. All the movement is happening in the rhythm of the playing. It is not just an exercise but a real performance skill. Really great lesson here!
David, Exactly.
Thats it the BEST lesson for me......
i am guitarist...
not greatest advice, learn from this man. Sounds like he cares, got my respect,
You make that look easy. 😊
Great.lesson. Needed this lesson to improve on confidence. Thanks
you are so right, everything you teach... thank you
Thanks, much appreciated!
Feel this is my biggest weakness. I've been playing for four years now and the notes are always stressed however rhythm is always assumed. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for your comment. If you focus heavily on rhythm for a while you should notice a significant improvement after a few months
Absolutely helpful.
Thanks Mr. Jay
The one note solo is very enlightening.
Fantastic Classic Blue lines, good for soloists, Great video, Jay!
Thanks Wang William!
this is great less is way more with space love it
Beautiful lesson !!!!!!! Thanks.
Thank you for your amazing teacher! I played piano when I was young and only learnedsaxphone for 9 months back to almost 15 years ago. It took me two times to sort out the notes. But after checking the pdf scales and watched your video at the second time .I can finally hear the notes and play it.
Kickass awesome video. This doesn’t just apply to saxophone.
Helped alot my jazz band teacher says I have to learn tenor and pplay a solo and you helped
Very helpfull stuff in all of your videos, as a player, who hasn't got a teacher due to abroad work circumstances and play totally on enthysiasm I find your videos really enspiring. Good job, you help me to express my soul. Will sign up to your blues course as soon as I'll have more spare time.
Hendel, Thanks! That's great to hear.
Good idea to save your pennies and get a lesson from the best teacher you can find. Will sort out any bad habits (we all get them) you have acquired.
You're amazing Jay. Thank you for doing this lesson!! makes so much sense! You're a Godsend. Found you right when I needed to!
Danielle thanks so much for your comment. That means a lot to me.
I seriously got the best compliment tonight at Jazz Band rehearsal. You see I am the alternate and I just started playing again six months ago after not for twenty years!! My instructor told me tonight, "all your practicing is really paying off. I can tell a difference! great job!" Thank you Jay. 😊
You sounded so cool.
Next paycheck, I’ll be buying your course on Blues!!! 🚀
Thanks Rocket!
I just took a class on introduction to lmprov, and it was good, but wha t you said and showed in about five minutes explains what I think he was trying to get across. He had me playing another instrument during the course ( college class), the violin, and i would have preferred to have played th sax; maybe he thought I wasn't ready with the sax yet.q I am going to put space an rhythm into this. I keep watching you and am learning quite a bit. I will try to keep up. I am a much much older beginner. Dan Berendt.
Exceptionally good
As always, great job Jay! This video was super helpful and I'm excited to practice tonight using your advice. Cheers!
Thanks a lot, I'm glad...
Have to agree, see too many baritone players ramming out lots of notes with a meaningless tune, .....pointless! Same with other instrument players, to me, less is more! You are saying everything I believe in....in the groove.
As a baritone sax player. Your probably right… I’m not good at improvisation
Oh man...just came across this and the pentatonic lick video. Been looking for a bit of inspiration as I'm working on an album and these video will help in possible melody creating. You are AWESOME!
oh wow, what an eye and ear opener!
Thanks Andy!
Great Teacher...C Blues Scale...wow....
Good advice. You've got a great Sound. Thanks.
Thanks Deryck!
I’m playing a gig on a bari sax at my local library with my jazz band and my teacher told me I was going to solo and you have help me
Thanks for your very good explanation.
Good concepts in a clear and slow English that helps to understand easy to all the not-english speakers.
Saludos de Argentina!
P. D. You and your "Yani" sounds amazing!
Thanks Cristian!
That’s true the rhythm and it’s time space is important in music
that one note solo sounded great!
Saludos Beeter exelente
Nothing will good without sweat an tears, learn reading sheets, learn 3 to 5 blues solos traditional, boogie woogie etc , memorise, analyze, once you understand the grammar...than absolutely necessary transpose in all keys !! Cause it is just 12 Bar Blues hihihaha, If one day students feel something like it start to make fun than may got it, music is our passion.
Thank you for The video, it's excellent and helpfull , greetings from Argentina!!
Really helpful! Thank you!
Learnt alot from that. Thanks jazz man
Great to access your classes-I already bought the pentatonic patterns course...enjoying minute by minute. Greetings from Monterrey Mexico.
This is just what I needed! I’m ok with the notes to play when improvising , but I struggle with rhythm. I’ve been recently listening for certain licks I like and writing those down and practicing them in the Blues scales keys I know.
Thank you!
Love it!
Gold.
Thank You Jay. such value in your videos. You are a godsend
hello jai I'm Frank Di Varese Italy I apologize if I don't understand English perfectly I find your tutorials very interesting you have a crazy pronunciation and stay on the time from God what I would like to learn to do too unfortunately I don't have much time due to work forgive me thanks still
This is a great video, explaining a simple but ultimately core concept to great music...rhythm...Extremely fast playing by SOME fast players, has been a pet peeve of mine...they are all over the place but there is no ''soul'' in their playing, no ''feel'' for what they are doing. They focus on speed to the exclusion of other more important ''musical'' elements. they know millions of scales, modes note combinations that ''work'' in some way and go together but you'd end up feeling dead inside instead of inspired. Good example of inspiring music, BB King,..3 notes in the right place in the song and relative to each other could literally bring tears to your eyes. It is all in the rhythm, something i didn't consciously think about until this video. Either the person ''has it'' and 'can ''connect'' with the soul of the song rhythmically, or they dont.
Spot on Jay , I understand totally, Although I`m just a beginner
like a Boss.. thank you 😎😎😎
ah sorry ! I finally got it , thx :)
Amazingly useful and so well done, you're a great teacher, thank you VERY much Jay !
Nice blues!
That was an awesome video Jay, really great info, thank you! All the best to you my friend!🎷🎷
Thank you