How to Play 'The Chicken': 3 Versions: Beginners, Intermediates and Advanced #41

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Learn to play'The Chicken' on sax. This lesson features 3 versions for beginners, intermediates and advanced players. The beginner version is the melody at 80 bpm and is the tune only. The Intermediate version also has 1 chorus of improvised solo at 90bpm and the advanced version is at 100bpm with 1 chorus of solo.
🔥 🎸 🔥 Special thanks once again to the axe swinging funkster of all the chords Jamie Horowitz for his magnificent guitar work.
Useful workouts:
Blues Scale Workout: • Fun Blues Scale Workou...
Major Scale Patterns Workout: • Fun 5 min Major Scale ...
Minor Pentatonic Patterns Workout: • Fun 5 min Pentatonic S...
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:21 About 'The Chicken'
1:24 Beginner Version of 'The Chicken'
2:07 Useful Info
3:06 Intermediate Version of 'The Chicken'
5:02 Advanced Version of 'The Chicken'
6:15 Outro
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[@OnlineSaxAcademy]

Bonus points if can spot when my daughter bumps into the camera stand when I was recording!

[@quicosf87]

03:11 :)))

[@michaelpautz9325]

SO AWESOME!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing your funkiness with us.

[@OnlineSaxAcademy]

My pleasure! Thanks Michael.

[@ShubaMurthy]

So helpful. Thankyou!

[@Gilliard_tophouse]

thanks for your work, I have studied several of your videos, and it has helped me to evolve and think better about the constructions of my sax phrases, soon I'll buy you a coffee rss... I would really like to see your performances with a band or orchestras jazz, post something for us...

[@OnlineSaxAcademy]

Sure! You can check my album of compositions with my quintet on Spotify just search ‘Paul Riley Quintet’ album is called ‘Into View’

[@TheDanipanthom]

Muchas gracias!!

[@OnlineSaxAcademy]

De nada!

[@LadyOaksNZ]

Mate you're AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing... 💯💯❤ from New Zealand 🇳🇿. Could you do Run To You - Whitney?

[@jonathanekhagbai9674]

Thank you so much for this.....I've been trying to start playing jazz pieces....this is really helpful sir🔥🔥✊

[@OnlineSaxAcademy]

Thanks Jonathan! Any questions feel free to message me.

[@jonathanekhagbai9674]

Ok sir

[@jazzman_10]

I was very surprised when I realized that my favorite part from the Jaco version was played by Bob Mintzer instead of Michael Brecker. Since then I have been listening to Bob a lot and the more I listen to him the more I like his playing.

[@OnlineSaxAcademy]

Yeah he’s great!

[@Osnosis]

And a top jazz educator. His Jazz & Funk Etudes are encyclopedic.

[@jazzman_10]

​@@Osnosis Absolutely, I have two of them that look like they are going to fall apart any day from extreme use and abuse 😂😂

[@shannonleemusic]

Thank you, Paul. I'm a bit confused by the alto transcript. You say this is in the key of G but there is no key signature. All of the F's are marked sharp as if they are accidentals (which they are not in the key of G). Is it not standard to at least show the correct key signature at the beginning of the piece?

[@OnlineSaxAcademy]

Hi Shannon, yes you’re correct that that in the key of G you should have F# in the key signature. In retrospect maybe I should have. My thinking at the time was that as this is a blues tune with a lot of flat 7ths, (which lowers the F# to F natural) that it would be easier to not have a key signature and just write in the F#s where needed. This is particularly true for the intermediate and advanced versions where you have the longer solos.