Been playing for a while now and these exercises have proven to be very helpful in teaching the brain to connect the shapes and create a mental map when improvising. Kudos!
I like this lesson. I will add this to my daily practice (haven't been consistent for years..) I have trouble getting out of the box of notes and play fluid. I think it's important to practice each position separately and then connecting them. Thanks for the awesome lesson and inspiration!
Great video but I disagree on the following point: playing in a pentatonic box shape is limiting because it s contained within 4 frets (not 3), and it's only a TINY area of the neck. In your TINY area of the neck, the pentatonic box spans 2 octaves + a minor 3rd. The neck from open low E to the 12th fret of the high E covers 3 octaves, so you have 3 times the fretboard real estate but less than 1.5x the number of notes. A lot of saxophones have a 2.5 octaves range, which is less than a 3rd interval more than your pentatonic box (your TINY area). Bottomline: your lesson is great, but sometimes thinking mostly in terms of fretboard real estate is misleading and not representative of the number of notes you can play. A lot of music can be created only with the piano white keys, a lot of music can be created only with in your open position (bluegrass!), and yes a LOT of music can be created in your (not so tiny) pentatonic box area of the neck; many legendary players spent their entire career in these boxes. Less is more.
Been playing for a while now and these exercises have proven to be very helpful in teaching the brain to connect the shapes and create a mental map when improvising. Kudos!
Glad they are helpful! Thanks for watching!
Outstanding, thanks!!!
Thanks for checking it out!! 🙏
I like this lesson. I will add this to my daily practice (haven't been consistent for years..) I have trouble getting out of the box of notes and play fluid. I think it's important to practice each position separately and then connecting them. Thanks for the awesome lesson and inspiration!
Man, that is awesome! Daily routine is really the key! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Means a ton! Happy jammin!!
Awesome lesson!!!
Thank you!! 🙏 happy jammin!!!
Great video but I disagree on the following point: playing in a pentatonic box shape is limiting because it s contained within 4 frets (not 3), and it's only a TINY area of the neck.
In your TINY area of the neck, the pentatonic box spans 2 octaves + a minor 3rd. The neck from open low E to the 12th fret of the high E covers 3 octaves, so you have 3 times the fretboard real estate but less than 1.5x the number of notes. A lot of saxophones have a 2.5 octaves range, which is less than a 3rd interval more than your pentatonic box (your TINY area).
Bottomline: your lesson is great, but sometimes thinking mostly in terms of fretboard real estate is misleading and not representative of the number of notes you can play.
A lot of music can be created only with the piano white keys, a lot of music can be created only with in your open position (bluegrass!), and yes a LOT of music can be created in your (not so tiny) pentatonic box area of the neck; many legendary players spent their entire career in these boxes. Less is more.
Lmao