Want monthly assignments and a practice plan? For more info on Text Lessons with Chad, and to sign up for the waitlist: www.jazzlessonvideos.com/text-lessons For practice materials: www.jazzlessonvideos.com/pdf-packages Mouthpiece: use $10 coupon code CHADXSYOS at www.syos.co/en/shop/products/signature-saxophone-mouthpiece/chad-lefkowitz-brown-tenor
"Trust the process!" Words of wisdom right there! It is all about putting the time and practicing what you suck at. This doesn't happen overnight or out of thin air!
I have found this to be very true.... My ideas and ability to play any melody someone calls out is exponentially increased over a short time..... I used to practice 8bhours a day..... a few years ago.... 🎷
Can you talk about doubling - do you still play a heavy amount of gigs with clarinet&flute?/Did you do more earlier in your career? Some saxophone players today don’t play doubles and have still been successful, but a lot of other players say it’s a necessity so I wanted to know what your take was on that.
Unfortunately not Chad LB but I figured I would get the ball rolling on the topic with an opinion based on what I've seen. To cut to the chase doubling is an absolute necessity unless you are both willing and able to live extremely (extremely!) frugally and don't ever plan on having kids. Your potential gigs/paid studio sessions are cut in more than half by not doubling on flute or clarinet. The money just isn't out there to support the number of talented musicians out in the world and this is especially true for saxophonists who have no place in an orchestra aside from as a guest. This opinion doesn't apply to Europe as things are different for musicians over there (much better imo).
Focused practicing without distraction is huge. I remember 20 years ago when we would lock ourselves in the practice room for hours on end. We didn't have notifications buzzing all the time. Just some material, your horn, a piano, and maybe a CD player to lift solos with. I think we were more productive "pre-iPhone" LOL! Trust in the process too... This! I wish as a young student I would have just "done it" instead of "overthink it" or try to see the rationale or "how it connected". I probably spent way too much time trying to understand why my teacher wanted me to work on those diatonic patterns or modes. My technique would be 100x better now if I had just gone through the motions and trusted...because applying it once you have the skills is WAAAY easier! Everyone comes to things in their own time but a good mentor will help accelerate the process if you trust them and let them. You gotta get out of your own way sometimes if you want to move forward! Goal setting too. This is huge. Breaking down larger goals into measurable steps and just keep plugging away. I love that this is finally being taught because it is a skill everyone needs to have! Well said Chad LB! All gems here....now I'm heading back to the shed!
Love you playing and your vids! Question: how do you incorporate transcription material into your actual playing? I do quite a bit of transcribing and I’m having an interesting time really incorporating the material onto my playing.
Just ensure you really enjoy the solo's your transcribing. Once you have learnt the solos well they will become part of your sound and eventually come out in your playing
Whazzup Chad... First I pray you and all those you love are safe & healthy. You are on point when you use the word patience. An analogy comes to mind for people striving to lose weight. They may be working out for months and not themselves feel they are progressing...but...one day a friend tells them "oh, I see you've lost weight". Part of the difficulty is we are too close to ourselves. As long as we are taking the proper steps and actions to achieve our goal, IN TIME, we will get there. Thank-you for sharing with us. ...peace & blessings... mr. G ;-)
Haaaa great video, like every your video. I have seen many of videos and like your approach. Jazz is simply thing like you said once, listen, practice, analyse. Thanks so much, thanks for your times, for your videos for everything! God bless you
Thanks Chad, your video speaks from the heart to the soul. Focus, patience and confidence: 3 great motives to put on the music stand and read every day before starting to practice. The phrase “let patience have here perfect work” was something said to me in childhood- so very true. Thanks for all your videos.
Superb Chad. Please keep up the great work carrying on the education for future generations. The Jazz world is in great hands with fellows like you. Congratulations. PS I have picked a few of your books. Regards Robin Habermehl Kitchener On Canada
So inspiring! Don't want to ask anything, just here to say: you are one of the best! Thank you! Unfortunately it's night time, so I can't practice now, but tomorrow I will crush my sax!!!
Thank you for the lecture! I'm enjoying these quick videos that help enrich improvisational development. Here are two questions: -What is your favorite standard/tune to shred on? -Will you be releasing an album with all of your new productions from the "Chad LB Quartet"?
Doing my 1st Assignment Text Lesson. I try for 90min./day according to my lesson plan rotating my instrument daily. We'll see how I do in three weeks. Right On!
Let Me Echo a previous Comment from Ignacio. Thank You! I have a lot of Experience playing. Teachings Mean a lot to Me & Many of us, so Thank You & Keep it UP!
Hi Chad, l find it's been hard work for me, one hour of long sustain Note's and Chromatics scales and l was always on the edge in bands. Chad, l find now what you are showing me it's probably a better way of doing thing's, Best regards from Warren
Hey Chad, thank you so much for everything you do, it has been so helpful for me. I was wondering if you could comment a bit about your embouchure and why you choose to have the mouthpiece to the side rather than in the middle of the mouth? Cheers, Archie
My mindset: Don't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lick My body:*Plays the lick*
if you only need 15-30 minutes a day and only practiced 2 hours during your college years, this is why you are great and we never will be. not negative just reality.
Hey chad i have a question: im a piano player and have a bunch of transcription books. I have heard and have been experiencing for myself that reading solos and memorizing them doesnt help you as much as actually transcribing, but i was wondering if in your opinion they can be a helpful shortcut for learning vocabulary if it is combined with lots and lots of listening
Hey Chad, for the Q&A, I wanted to ask how you were able to find your own voice when you play the sax. I often find it difficult for me to find my own voice when it comes to music, but I've been experimenting with different styles and genres too see what best fit me. What do you think?
Hey Chad! Thanks for all the lovely videos! Really enjoying them and learning a lot from you :) I have a question - I'm a rock/metal guitarist who's gotten bored of how guitarists play - lots of notes which are mostly in a step-wise fashion, using multiple areas of the fretboard etc. Basically replacing quality (fewer, but carefully chosen and well-fleshed out notes and phrases) with quantity (lots and lots of notes) I've been listening to saxophone playing and phrasing lately and was wondering - could you give me your analysis on the concepts, phrasing and habits that saxophone players tend to have that differentiate them from say jazz fusion guitarists? At first I thought it was something about the limitations and mechanics of the instruments that made players tend to have different habits, then I read that the sax also has 4 octaves so now I'm terribly confused. Thanks Chad! :)
Hello! Just want to say that im a huge fan and love your playing! Could you maybe discuss your thoughts on being a successful jazz musician wothout a degree in music? I have tried music school before but it just wasnt for me (not the music part, but the academia if that makes sense). Is there still hope for being successful without the degree, or is the degree in music a requirement? Thanks so much, keep up the amazing music!
How do you approach going “out” over dominant chords, maybe tri-tone subs, harmonic minor, Lydian, etc. What are your favorites and how do you shed these?
Hi Chad, Q'n'A question. How about altering the 3rd and 7th? So I've been transcribing some Ben Wendel/Kneebody songs and this sound happens a lot- playing with the sound of both thirds or both sevenths. We haven't discussed this topic much in the music school. Any suggestions on some excercises/resources etc.? Hope you're doing fine in these hard times. Keep releasing content, the diminshed videos are awesome! Much love V
When you shred on low notes during a solo, is it the same 2 or 3 licks or do you have your own formula for composing on the spot and hitting chord tones?
I would like to know what do you think about the hardness of the reeds... why so many techers recommend to play with hardest reeds, and how it influence the sound. Thankyou very much! (Im from spain, sorry about my english)
What's your motivation for getting better and better? I love playing the sax to death but when the motivation isn't there I struggle to pick my horn up. How can you play it 24/7?
During this quarantine, my saxophone got some leaks im not able to fix till I go to the repair man. I found it more difficult to play and somehow I convince myself that is good, cos its forcing my throat to change the shape a bit for the low notes... Im hoping when its repair I can see the improvements.. do you think I am right? or I should just practise a bit less or don't take so serious the bad sounds that comes up?
WOW! 15-30 minutes seems small.. I really need to learn that..... Because I spend time with instrument a lot.... My question, if you practice one little thing for 15-30 minutes, how many days this little thing becomes perfected?
How do you practice implementing approach notes and enclosures and licks? I bought your transcription book and 15 app. notes and enclosures but I don't know how to practice it.
Sergej Stokuca I’ll try to do a video on this soon but it’s less about implementing the exercises specifically and more about what memorizing those exercises will do for your musicianship and technical abilities.
If you practice and memorize the exercises enough they will start to improve your playing dramatically. For instance, if you memorize every single exercise in all 12 keys, you will have improved so much from the process, you probably won’t be wondering how to implement the exercises anymore! The magic will have taken effect ;)
@@ChadLefkowitzBrown thanks! I have one more question. How do I go about learning the bebop language and improvise freely over changes? Transcription and your ckurses are a big part no doubt, but how do I work on transcriptions and get the most out of them?
@@ChadLefkowitzBrown Hi chad! This apllies for example to the 20 approach & enclosure etudes? The work would be memorize one while knowing the chord changes that outlines?
Hi Chad! I've ordered your 4 tune learning excercises pdf, it's really amazing, but my question is at excersise 3 when you use chromatic enclosure and approach notes, is it important to know where do i start these two note approach/enclosures i mean start them from scale tones or non scale tones, or the only thing that is important where do i want to land on with them? Thanks, Daniel
Daniel Zelenak will try to do a video on this soon but yes the important thing is where you land, and then when approaching it chromatically it’s will automatically sound melodic :)
Want monthly assignments and a practice plan? For more info on Text Lessons with Chad, and to sign up for the waitlist: www.jazzlessonvideos.com/text-lessons
For practice materials: www.jazzlessonvideos.com/pdf-packages
Mouthpiece: use $10 coupon code CHADXSYOS at www.syos.co/en/shop/products/signature-saxophone-mouthpiece/chad-lefkowitz-brown-tenor
Dude!!!!! You are such a good force in the music world. Thank you dearly.
TheAaronRodgersTao thank you, Aaron! That means a lot!!
Suuuper cool man. We musicians really appreciate when good advices are coming from a serious and awesome musician. Thank you for generosity.
Ignacio Cacace My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
"Trust the process!" Words of wisdom right there! It is all about putting the time and practicing what you suck at. This doesn't happen overnight or out of thin air!
I totally agree. It matters way less WHAT we practice. What makes the difference in our playing is HOW we practice.
I have found this to be very true.... My ideas and ability to play any melody someone calls out is exponentially increased over a short time..... I used to practice 8bhours a day..... a few years ago.... 🎷
Can you talk about doubling - do you still play a heavy amount of gigs with clarinet&flute?/Did you do more earlier in your career? Some saxophone players today don’t play doubles and have still been successful, but a lot of other players say it’s a necessity so I wanted to know what your take was on that.
Unfortunately not Chad LB but I figured I would get the ball rolling on the topic with an opinion based on what I've seen. To cut to the chase doubling is an absolute necessity unless you are both willing and able to live extremely (extremely!) frugally and don't ever plan on having kids. Your potential gigs/paid studio sessions are cut in more than half by not doubling on flute or clarinet. The money just isn't out there to support the number of talented musicians out in the world and this is especially true for saxophonists who have no place in an orchestra aside from as a guest. This opinion doesn't apply to Europe as things are different for musicians over there (much better imo).
Cole is just asking this because he sheds doubles so hard and got a piccolo for his birthday
sunstarv12 lmao😂
Man I really needed this right now. Thanks Chad!
What do you think is a good daily routine focused on expanding jazz vocabulary?
Focused practicing without distraction is huge. I remember 20 years ago when we would lock ourselves in the practice room for hours on end. We didn't have notifications buzzing all the time. Just some material, your horn, a piano, and maybe a CD player to lift solos with. I think we were more productive "pre-iPhone" LOL!
Trust in the process too... This! I wish as a young student I would have just "done it" instead of "overthink it" or try to see the rationale or "how it connected". I probably spent way too much time trying to understand why my teacher wanted me to work on those diatonic patterns or modes. My technique would be 100x better now if I had just gone through the motions and trusted...because applying it once you have the skills is WAAAY easier! Everyone comes to things in their own time but a good mentor will help accelerate the process if you trust them and let them. You gotta get out of your own way sometimes if you want to move forward!
Goal setting too. This is huge. Breaking down larger goals into measurable steps and just keep plugging away. I love that this is finally being taught because it is a skill everyone needs to have!
Well said Chad LB! All gems here....now I'm heading back to the shed!
This resonates with me. Thank you.
Can you cover the full process to learning and internalizing tunes?
This is gold!
thank you so much
you have seriously been on a roll with this YT content
Chad thank you so much for what you're doing, you inspire me!
So thankful for these vids, Chad. You’re a good man.
I like your vids. UNSUBSCRIBED
Love you playing and your vids! Question: how do you incorporate transcription material into your actual playing? I do quite a bit of transcribing and I’m having an interesting time really incorporating the material onto my playing.
Just ensure you really enjoy the solo's your transcribing. Once you have learnt the solos well they will become part of your sound and eventually come out in your playing
Whazzup Chad...
First I pray you and all those you love are safe & healthy. You are on point when you use the word patience. An analogy comes to mind for people striving to lose weight. They may be working out for months and not themselves feel they are progressing...but...one day a friend tells them "oh, I see you've lost weight". Part of the difficulty is we are too close to ourselves. As long as we are taking the proper steps and actions to achieve our goal, IN TIME, we will get there. Thank-you for sharing with us.
...peace & blessings...
mr. G ;-)
True 👌
Haaaa great video, like every your video. I have seen many of videos and like your approach. Jazz is simply thing like you said once, listen, practice, analyse. Thanks so much, thanks for your times, for your videos for everything! God bless you
I appreciate you Chad, thank you for your wonderful energy you project on all your videos. Thank you for your advise and skill improvements.
Thanks Chad, your video speaks from the heart to the soul. Focus, patience and confidence: 3 great motives to put on the music stand and read every day before starting to practice. The phrase “let patience have here perfect work” was something said to me in childhood- so very true.
Thanks for all your videos.
Superb Chad. Please keep up the great work carrying on the education for future generations. The Jazz world is in great hands with fellows like you.
Congratulations. PS I have picked a few of your books.
Regards Robin Habermehl Kitchener On Canada
Thank you so much! I’ve been having confidence and focus issues and this helped me, so thank you!!!
Thank you, Chad. These practice videos are super helpful!
Trick #4
Have an amazing apartment with incredible artwork on the walls and a great view from your terrace 😎♥️😎
Great video
So inspiring! Don't want to ask anything, just here to say: you are one of the best! Thank you! Unfortunately it's night time, so I can't practice now, but tomorrow I will crush my sax!!!
What did your students practice on to get to such a level of improvising on standards that you recommended them for professional gigs?
Love your vids!
Thank you for the lecture! I'm enjoying these quick videos that help enrich improvisational development.
Here are two questions:
-What is your favorite standard/tune to shred on?
-Will you be releasing an album with all of your new productions from the "Chad LB Quartet"?
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..
Very helpful and timely! Thank you!
Doing my 1st Assignment Text Lesson. I try for 90min./day according to my lesson plan rotating my instrument daily. We'll see how I do in three weeks. Right On!
Let Me Echo a previous Comment from Ignacio. Thank You! I have a lot of Experience playing. Teachings Mean a lot to Me & Many of us, so Thank You & Keep it UP!
I’m going to try and implement what you said in this video for my own practice routine because I think it’ll help me improve a lot, thanks Chad.
Chad I really needed to hear this today.
Thanks man
Great advice for beginners and pro’s!
Loved the “Jazz Cat”cameo dude! & As always, Thank You 🙏 🙏🙏
Amazing words. Thank you 👍
Hi Chad, l find it's been hard work for me, one hour of long sustain Note's and Chromatics scales and l was always on the edge in bands. Chad, l find now what you are showing me it's probably a better way of doing thing's, Best regards from Warren
Rome wasn't built in a day but they were laying bricks every day
Very encouraging! By the way; Your video of "The Nearness of You" inspired me to make that my next project
my favorite part in all of these videos is the graphics haha.
Not me; I never get distrac--oh, look, a squirrel! :)
Excelent point of view.
Great Video! Thanks a lot for the advice man
3:12 I really need to practice those steps lol.
amazing. Thanks man!
Hey Chad, thank you so much for everything you do, it has been so helpful for me. I was wondering if you could comment a bit about your embouchure and why you choose to have the mouthpiece to the side rather than in the middle of the mouth? Cheers, Archie
My mindset: Don't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lickDon't play the lick
My body:*Plays the lick*
Do you have/play any other instruments? Also I love your videos and I find them super helpful. Thank you!
if you only need 15-30 minutes a day and only practiced 2 hours during your college years, this is why you are great and we never will be. not negative just reality.
Who’s we? Speak for yourself
Hey chad i have a question: im a piano player and have a bunch of transcription books. I have heard and have been experiencing for myself that reading solos and memorizing them doesnt help you as much as actually transcribing, but i was wondering if in your opinion they can be a helpful shortcut for learning vocabulary if it is combined with lots and lots of listening
Hey Chad, for the Q&A, I wanted to ask how you were able to find your own voice when you play the sax. I often find it difficult for me to find my own voice when it comes to music, but I've been experimenting with different styles and genres too see what best fit me. What do you think?
Could you make a video about sax embouchure ????
Hey Chad!
Thanks for all the lovely videos! Really enjoying them and learning a lot from you :)
I have a question - I'm a rock/metal guitarist who's gotten bored of how guitarists play - lots of notes which are mostly in a step-wise fashion, using multiple areas of the fretboard etc. Basically replacing quality (fewer, but carefully chosen and well-fleshed out notes and phrases) with quantity (lots and lots of notes)
I've been listening to saxophone playing and phrasing lately and was wondering - could you give me your analysis on the concepts, phrasing and habits that saxophone players tend to have that differentiate them from say jazz fusion guitarists? At first I thought it was something about the limitations and mechanics of the instruments that made players tend to have different habits, then I read that the sax also has 4 octaves so now I'm terribly confused.
Thanks Chad! :)
Hello! Just want to say that im a huge fan and love your playing! Could you maybe discuss your thoughts on being a successful jazz musician wothout a degree in music? I have tried music school before but it just wasnt for me (not the music part, but the academia if that makes sense). Is there still hope for being successful without the degree, or is the degree in music a requirement? Thanks so much, keep up the amazing music!
How to count measures or know where you are when improvising? How do I play eighth notes while improvising? Like, what notes do u play
How do you approach going “out” over dominant chords, maybe tri-tone subs, harmonic minor, Lydian, etc. What are your favorites and how do you shed these?
Especially how do you shed Tritone subs
Hi Chad, Q'n'A question. How about altering the 3rd and 7th? So I've been transcribing some Ben Wendel/Kneebody songs and this sound happens a lot- playing with the sound of both thirds or both sevenths. We haven't discussed this topic much in the music school.
Any suggestions on some excercises/resources etc.?
Hope you're doing fine in these hard times. Keep releasing content, the diminshed videos are awesome!
Much love
V
I didn't know Jerry Bergonzi was Chad's dad!! @0:52
When you shred on low notes during a solo, is it the same 2 or 3 licks or do you have your own formula for composing on the spot and hitting chord tones?
I would like to know what do you think about the hardness of the reeds... why so many techers recommend to play with hardest reeds, and how it influence the sound. Thankyou very much! (Im from spain, sorry about my english)
My question is memorizing heads vs solos vs chords? What is better or all three are is what’s needed?
How many hours a day did you practice when you went to college?
Thank you!
💪🔥🔥
hi Chad,
do you have enclosure exercices for minor scales?
Thanks for your inspiration!
vihu, from France
What's your motivation for getting better and better? I love playing the sax to death but when the motivation isn't there I struggle to pick my horn up. How can you play it 24/7?
Thanks for the video. Do your ears ever hurt if you play the sax too much? Especially when I do it every day, my ears get stressed out.
How to build a career as a musician/saxophone player ?
During this quarantine, my saxophone got some leaks im not able to fix till I go to the repair man. I found it more difficult to play and somehow I convince myself that is good, cos its forcing my throat to change the shape a bit for the low notes... Im hoping when its repair I can see the improvements.. do you think I am right? or I should just practise a bit less or don't take so serious the bad sounds that comes up?
WOW! 15-30 minutes seems small.. I really need to learn that..... Because I spend time with instrument a lot.... My question, if you practice one little thing for 15-30 minutes, how many days this little thing becomes perfected?
What brand of sax you play?
How do I start applying Altissimo into my Jazz solos?
*chad says turn off wifi*
*me watching this video because I got sidetracked in my practicing*
how do you work on phrasing?
What Solos should I transcribe?
charlie parker solos, sonny rollins, dexter gordon, coltrane, brecker
How do you practice implementing approach notes and enclosures and licks? I bought your transcription book and 15 app. notes and enclosures but I don't know how to practice it.
Sergej Stokuca I’ll try to do a video on this soon but it’s less about implementing the exercises specifically and more about what memorizing those exercises will do for your musicianship and technical abilities.
If you practice and memorize the exercises enough they will start to improve your playing dramatically. For instance, if you memorize every single exercise in all 12 keys, you will have improved so much from the process, you probably won’t be wondering how to implement the exercises anymore! The magic will have taken effect ;)
@@ChadLefkowitzBrown thanks!
I have one more question.
How do I go about learning the bebop language and improvise freely over changes? Transcription and your ckurses are a big part no doubt, but how do I work on transcriptions and get the most out of them?
@@ChadLefkowitzBrown
Hi chad!
This apllies for example to the 20 approach & enclosure etudes? The work would be memorize one while knowing the chord changes that outlines?
How would you learn a style (eg. I want to learn bebop and Sonny Stitt style)?
@@natewray9766 thank you. I think Saxology has a video on developing pure pitch. How much did you practice that?
Hi Chad!
I've ordered your 4 tune learning excercises pdf, it's really amazing, but my question is at excersise 3 when you use chromatic enclosure and approach notes, is it important to know where do i start these two note approach/enclosures i mean start them from scale tones or non scale tones, or the only thing that is important where do i want to land on with them?
Thanks,
Daniel
with enclosures its generally more important where you want to land.
Daniel Zelenak will try to do a video on this soon but yes the important thing is where you land, and then when approaching it chromatically it’s will automatically sound melodic :)
oct. 19/21
When should I use the side Bflat key and the Bflat buzz key?
Midnight Slater I always use the bis key unless I’m coming from or going to a “B.”
Is it okay to practice 40 hours a day? ;)
You only practice 30 mintues a day!? Bro you have to be lying... jk
probably hours on his early days