I’ve also just found Dr Wally’s channel and what a breath of fresh air (pardon the pun) he is! Thoroughly enjoying the content, free downloads and comprehensive yet humorous style of delivery. Well done Wally😋
Dr Wally. I find that stopping the video so I can practice the lick makes it easier to learn (I know I could get the pdf but) just following along with the video is great. However, when I pause a TH-cam video, there is a red bar right through the staff at the bottom of the screen. How easy is it to put the music staff at the top? It will remain visible when I hit pause...
Hello sir, Good morning. I am 54+ and Asian, try to learn saxophone but can’t continue practice. Where I will start for beginner course please? Do you have beginner level courses step by step up please.. Thanks 🙏
I mean, if I told you the number, you're response would NOT be: "oh, that makes sense." It's about 3X the number you'd considerable reasonable. Maybe 4X.
I glued wings on my d major scale. Now I have a pissed off d major scale. But seriously, thanks so much for making this video! I love how you keep it simple for us hobby musicians.
I just stumbled across Dr.Wally content. His content is the easiest to understand and more enjoyable compared to many other talented jazz teachers on this platform.Thanks Dr.Wally.
Hi I am not really at beginner but then. I have been a lazy man who has never really cares about scales and such. But I I feel I should do that. You mention that you have playalong exercises for tenorsaxophone. Where do I find them?
I just started taking alto saxo lessons four months ago. My "maestro" is stressing me out with these Damm scales. This is stressful for all of you teaching out there. Be easy on us poor students 😢
I have one areas I struggle with.. Efficient fingering. Also, when I hear you demonstrate your scales I hear the duh dah articulated.. When I slur my scales I do not..
I'm learning saprano is there any tips I can be doing most the time I'm doing long tones and practising wit drones for intonation is this a good approach I love your approach to the lessons thank you 👍
i really like the importance you've given full range scales, and I've solved a lot of issues I've had with my horn so far as range goes. My biggest issue now is going from low c# to low b. I often feel as though my hand is kind of blocked from going down and back up. Any tips?
Thanks!!! This is making the Bop language much easier to understand. This is an excellent way to learn without being thrown immediately into the deep end! Still not my cup o Joe, but you're helping me develop an informed appreciation of the style. Thanks again Doc!!!
I'm glad it's helpful, Spencer! I think with a firm diatonic understanding, and bit of bebop flavor, you'll have plenty of tools to craft YOUR musical voice.
By the way Dr. Wally.. I’m restarting my sax playing education based on your leaning technique.. Why? Because you’ve filled in the gaps where most of my lessons haven’t. My first instructor had me play scales but never told me what I should sound like.. or emphasized what I should be listening to.. Breathing, air control , sounding choppy…. Just at a point where I need a fresh start..
Thanks for this video dr Wally and the good advices. Can I ask you where is the video in which you explain why it is better to specifically practice the HARMONIC minor scale?
Thanks for this Doctor Wally! I'm practicing with clarinet but it really helps with "sticky spots" in some of the the fingering, particularly on the break...
Super easy to understand sir...omg...this is real teacher who are really understand how struggle tje beginer to learn..thank you ..god bless kind people💚💚💚💚💚✅🙂
Thanks for the video Dr. Wally! This video starts with regular full range scales but by the end we're playing pretty melodic stuff and even starting to improvise. At one point should we switch from straight eighths to swung eighths? For example, on exercise 5 (7:49) I couldn't tell if you were swinging your eighths or just playing straight but with jazz articulation.
That's a long discussion, but in modern jazz most of the "swing" is created in the accent of the offbeat. The triplet, rhythmic swing is often overdone and can sound outdated (though, not at slower tempos).
Please. What is the easiest way or best way to remember how to play chords in each key. How do we learn those patterns. I am a guitar player and in the guitar you can use the same pattern for every note on a string but it gets more difficult with a piano for example because they are not the same on every key, and now the saxophone which even more difficult remembering every pattern. Can you please shade some light on that? Thank you
As an adult learner, I have played for 8 years now, and Dr. Wallace's advice, concepts, and insights are golden, and keeping it simple is the best. Practicing any variation of a major scale with offbeat accents that make your ear and fingers go where they don't want to go is progress. Thoughtful repetition in time is the gateway to advancing skills. I doubt I would have taken this advice in the beginning, but it's good to come to this realization at some place in the journey.
I found that jazz teachers tend to make improvising this mythical state that can only be achieved through very poorly explained examples and then just transcribe everything then you visit some troll in a Himalayan cave that nobody tells you how to locate and this troll and only this troll will give you a key. That key of course is the only way to find great examples and of course this is located in the heart of some amazon jungle. Then once you have reached that point you know the point at which your feet no longer touch the ground when you walked then and only then have you reached your infancy in jazz improv. Thank you Dr Wallace ( The best dressed sax teacher on TH-cam) for breaking down these things in small bits that really help to drive the points home.
If you mean the fundamentals course, I hope so. The Academy is thriving, but as I quit my academic job, I had to turn my focus towards the private studio. I've had to triage my time a bit out of necessity.
@@drwallysax I miss the fundamentals course, too, but I understand lack-of-time issues. At least you've given us all plenty to practice here on TH-cam.
Dr. Wally! I got the lead alto, lead tenor and bari positions in the district jazz band after auditions yesterday! I picked lead alto. Do you think that was a good idea? And also, do you do virtual lessons?
Congratulations, Matthew! That's fantastic! Lead alto is incredibly fun, you made a good choice. I don't do virtual lessons, unfortunately. I'm sure there's some good teachers in your area?
Lovely stuff, what a great tone. Love the break down if the theory too. It’s how I use to think I about scales, as just major minor and ‘other’ colors or passing tones. Eventually I came to think of all music as simply tension and release, as long as you knew where the resolution was and could hear the tension points, you were free to move outside the key wherever you wanted to go.
Thank you, Dr. Wally! I have watched and listened to so many ideas on how to practice and how to improvise. They all had some parts that made sense, but were still frustrating to figure out the rest of the parts. Now I have found your site, with you some melodic -- and straight forward -- ways to make music while at the same time learn riffs and techniques and how jazz feels. Yay!
@@drwallysax oh really?? iReal Pro? Never knew I could do that! Been having the app for ages now lol! Maybe you could do a video on creating backing tracks on the app? That would be very helpful! Meanwhile, I’ll mess around with it. Thanks again! :)
Hi Dr Wally. In case you didn't know, some (most) of your replies are hidden, also the same on the whole tone video and diminished. This is such a great resource and so well done. Thanks
Thanks Dr Wallace, great tips. I've isolated my problems on the scale practices, focusing on them, fixing the problem zones, then completing the scale practices 👍🏾
I will (eventually). Quit my academic job and had to refocus on the paid portion of the Academy (private studio) to keep the lights on. As things settle down, I'll be reworking that to make it even better! Happy Wednesday!
Sometimes knowing some music theory can really hold you back musically. "I don't understand why this sounds good, it doesn't fit in any key, i must be doing something wrong" etc
@@drwallysax neither it is a rule set that must (some might even say should) be adhered to. Musical styles create frameworks and if you deviate from that framework enough you are playing different style. Re: playing just wrong notes, or jazz
"...you haven't made a new animal, you've just made a pissed off cat!" - Seems more unchanged and redundant that first imagined. Aren't cats already pissed off animals?
Wait…scales are useful??
It's like EVERYONE says: Scales are more useful than a bag of turds without a handle. Everyone says that, it's a saying, Jamie.
@@drwallysax god i love you lmao
I’ve also just found Dr Wally’s channel and what a breath of fresh air (pardon the pun) he is! Thoroughly enjoying the content, free downloads and comprehensive yet humorous style of delivery. Well done Wally😋
Ah, thanks so much!
Thanks doc! Costs a lot of time , but with your humor in between its no problem at all .
Absolutely brilliant lesson cheers
You are the best you simplify things , and make easier for us . Thank you 🎷
Your one of the best teachers
I really appreciate that, thanks friend :)
You are so awesome, please don’t ever stop making videos… you make things so clear and to the point. Love it !
Thank you my friend, happy practicing!
Thank you! Very cool! BTW, have you heard your voice at 1/2 speed??? I forgot to change it to regular speed at the end…LOL!
Dr Wally! That's my best free form bit... @ 2:53
After have practised this video last 80 hours
Dr Wally. I find that stopping the video so I can practice the lick makes it easier to learn (I know I could get the pdf but) just following along with the video is great. However, when I pause a TH-cam video, there is a red bar right through the staff at the bottom of the screen. How easy is it to put the music staff at the top? It will remain visible when I hit pause...
Hello sir, Good morning. I am 54+ and Asian, try to learn saxophone but can’t continue practice. Where I will start for beginner course please? Do you have beginner level courses step by step up please.. Thanks 🙏
Nice Sir!
Happy practicing Robin!
How many alto saxes do you own???
I mean, if I told you the number, you're response would NOT be: "oh, that makes sense." It's about 3X the number you'd considerable reasonable. Maybe 4X.
Sir, how to read that? I dont know to read partitur.
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I glued wings on my d major scale. Now I have a pissed off d major scale.
But seriously, thanks so much for making this video! I love how you keep it simple for us hobby musicians.
We're all hobby musicians, Oliver! Lifelong fun, regardless of how you "make a living."
I’m an aged beginner and these videos are by far my favourites. Dr Wally, you are the most useful teacher I have found. Thank you, sir.
11:46 Doc giving me the thumbs out as he just watched me miss 8 notes in a row
I was applauding the creative effort. Next time aim for 7.
"They are inside the scales!"
I just stumbled across Dr.Wally content. His content is the easiest to understand and more enjoyable compared to many other talented jazz teachers on this platform.Thanks Dr.Wally.
Hi I am not really at beginner but then. I have been a lazy man who has never really cares about scales and such. But I I feel I should do that. You mention that you have playalong exercises for tenorsaxophone. Where do I find them?
I just started taking alto saxo lessons four months ago. My "maestro" is stressing me out with these Damm scales. This is stressful for all of you teaching out there. Be easy on us poor students 😢
I have one areas I struggle with.. Efficient fingering. Also, when I hear you demonstrate your scales I hear the duh dah articulated.. When I slur my scales I do not..
Excellent, informative, practical video (as always).
It connects the dots.
Thanks again.
Most welcome. Have a wonderful weekend!
You've just added a lot lot of fun back into my sax playing!
Great content and motivation.
Thanks
This Guy can Play. What a beautiful tone.
I'm learning saprano is there any tips I can be doing most the time I'm doing long tones and practising wit drones for intonation is this a good approach I love your approach to the lessons thank you 👍
Can you link me to the video that justifies practicing the harmonic minor???
Thank you for making this content for free
Can you make a review of rampone cazzani alto,please ?
i really like the importance you've given full range scales, and I've solved a lot of issues I've had with my horn so far as range goes. My biggest issue now is going from low c# to low b. I often feel as though my hand is kind of blocked from going down and back up. Any tips?
Dr. Wally, please tell me your setup in this video.
Dr Wally great instruction and information, all this can be applied to the Soprano as well correct ?
absolutely, just play along with the tenor demos!
Dr. Wally in The Zone!!!!! (as long as it's a Jazz Cat!)
Gotta be a Jazz cat!
Great lesson again Dr Wally
Awww, thanks!
Absolutely love these lessons. I learn something and have a laugh at the same time. Where can we get the mentioned play a longs please?
Afraid I don't have the play alongs - but used band in a box to create them.
Thanks!!! This is making the Bop language much easier to understand. This is an excellent way to learn without being thrown immediately into the deep end! Still not my cup o Joe, but you're helping me develop an informed appreciation of the style. Thanks again Doc!!!
I'm glad it's helpful, Spencer! I think with a firm diatonic understanding, and bit of bebop flavor, you'll have plenty of tools to craft YOUR musical voice.
악보 고맙슴니다
열심히 불어보겠음니다
늘건강하세요
물론 이죠! 건강하시고 즐거운 연습하세요!
By the way Dr. Wally.. I’m restarting my sax playing education based on your leaning technique.. Why? Because you’ve filled in the gaps where most of my lessons haven’t. My first instructor had me play scales but never told me what I should sound like.. or emphasized what I should be listening to.. Breathing, air control , sounding choppy…. Just at a point where I need a fresh start..
Thanks for this video dr Wally and the good advices. Can I ask you where is the video in which you explain why it is better to specifically practice the HARMONIC minor scale?
This is simple, focused and comprehensive. Fantastic summary. Precisely what I am looking for! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Good way
thanks doc!
7:51
6:56
Thanks for this Doctor Wally! I'm practicing with clarinet but it really helps with "sticky spots" in some of the the fingering, particularly on the break...
Yay, glad it's helpful!
Super easy to understand sir...omg...this is real teacher who are really understand how struggle tje beginer to learn..thank you ..god bless kind people💚💚💚💚💚✅🙂
Thanks for the video Dr. Wally! This video starts with regular full range scales but by the end we're playing pretty melodic stuff and even starting to improvise. At one point should we switch from straight eighths to swung eighths? For example, on exercise 5 (7:49) I couldn't tell if you were swinging your eighths or just playing straight but with jazz articulation.
That's a long discussion, but in modern jazz most of the "swing" is created in the accent of the offbeat. The triplet, rhythmic swing is often overdone and can sound outdated (though, not at slower tempos).
Please. What is the easiest way or best way to remember how to play chords in each key. How do we learn those patterns. I am a guitar player and in the guitar you can use the same pattern for every note on a string but it gets more difficult with a piano for example because they are not the same on every key, and now the saxophone which even more difficult remembering every pattern.
Can you please shade some light on that?
Thank you
I love your QR codes 😉
It's a Rorschach test
How to play jazz. First of all become a classical saxophonist. Then learn major and minor scales. Then alter them a little and swing. Jazz!!
Thanks, Wally. Another great Sax Academy video. I see the proper dress code has returned. Sounding good and looking sharp!
Thanks Hank! Hope you're having great weekend (and practicing Autumn Song, of course :)
As an adult learner, I have played for 8 years now, and Dr. Wallace's advice, concepts, and insights are golden, and keeping it simple is the best. Practicing any variation of a major scale with offbeat accents that make your ear and fingers go where they don't want to go is progress. Thoughtful repetition in time is the gateway to advancing skills. I doubt I would have taken this advice in the beginning, but it's good to come to this realization at some place in the journey.
Great to see you back again, Dr Wally.
Thanks Francis, great to be back teaching this fantastic group! Hope you're doing well my friend!
I found that jazz teachers tend to make improvising this mythical state that can only be achieved through very poorly explained examples and then just transcribe everything then you visit some troll in a Himalayan cave that nobody tells you how to locate and this troll and only this troll will give you a key. That key of course is the only way to find great examples and of course this is located in the heart of some amazon jungle. Then once you have reached that point you know the point at which your feet no longer touch the ground when you walked then and only then have you reached your infancy in jazz improv. Thank you Dr Wallace ( The best dressed sax teacher on TH-cam) for breaking down these things in small bits that really help to drive the points home.
Thanks for another great exercise Dr.Wally. Can we expect the return of the podcast anytime soon, or are you both way too busy for it right now?
Not 100% sure on the podcast. It may be changing a bit, but not sure yet? That's not really an answer, sorry!
Any chance of updating the sadly neglected Sax Academy? :(
If you mean the fundamentals course, I hope so. The Academy is thriving, but as I quit my academic job, I had to turn my focus towards the private studio. I've had to triage my time a bit out of necessity.
@@drwallysax I miss the fundamentals course, too, but I understand lack-of-time issues. At least you've given us all plenty to practice here on TH-cam.
Dr. Wally! I got the lead alto, lead tenor and bari positions in the district jazz band after auditions yesterday! I picked lead alto. Do you think that was a good idea? And also, do you do virtual lessons?
Congratulations, Matthew! That's fantastic!
Lead alto is incredibly fun, you made a good choice. I don't do virtual lessons, unfortunately. I'm sure there's some good teachers in your area?
@@drwallysax there are some very good teachers. But I can't get with them in person so I wanted to do some live improvisation but no worries!
Ha ha! 'Pissed offf cat"
I mean...most cat's seem to be by default?
I like you on tenor!
D'awwww, thanks! It's so big and curvy and fun!
I always get genuinely excited to practice when Dr. Wally puts out a video! Its like a Pavlovian response hehe
This makes me VERY happy, Bill. I absolutely LOVE practicing, I want my students to love it too!
Lovely stuff, what a great tone. Love the break down if the theory too. It’s how I use to think I about scales, as just major minor and ‘other’ colors or passing tones. Eventually I came to think of all music as simply tension and release, as long as you knew where the resolution was and could hear the tension points, you were free to move outside the key wherever you wanted to go.
Can you do scales on bari? that's what I have and I would some good advice on where to start, warmup and all the good stuff you can throw at us.
Thank you sir. I love to practise your lessons/teachings. Be blessed!.
Thanks very much, Glenn. Have a great rest of the week my friend :)
At min @: Dou you tongue the g AND the a?
(I mean in the second bar :-) )
Like that theory of tones are in the scales and play full range. Good talk. Thank you
Thank you, Dr. Wally! I have watched and listened to so many ideas on how to practice and how to improvise. They all had some parts that made sense, but were still frustrating to figure out the rest of the parts. Now I have found your site, with you some melodic -- and straight forward -- ways to make music while at the same time learn riffs and techniques and how jazz feels. Yay!
This might've been the best sax lesson on youtube. Thank you, Doc!
This is awesome. I have been learning saxophone for 2 years. But i feel like i'm stuck. This practice really helpful for my fingering
Thanks. Just starting out learning. This has opened up some doors for me. Have fun while learning...even when learning scales! Thanks
Hi Doc, thanks for another really helpful video! Where can we get the backing track that you use to play these exercises with?
Hey Ben, I don't have the backing tracks available for download, but you can make your own in iReal pro if you'd like!
@@drwallysax oh really?? iReal Pro? Never knew I could do that! Been having the app for ages now lol!
Maybe you could do a video on creating backing tracks on the app? That would be very helpful! Meanwhile, I’ll mess around with it. Thanks again! :)
Nice looking cover on the fundamentals pdf!
Ond faço o download do material por gentileza?
Back for another episode of the classier sax adam neely
Brilliantly taught as always - thanks!
Thanks Martin! Happy Wednesday and happy practicing my friend!
Thank you so much for your valuable information, drills and tips. This is just great!!
Thanks, this is very helpful!
I love it .
At min 10:32: Dou you tongue the g AND the a?
Nobody else could make scales fun! "Han, Charlie Parker is your father." Just be careful -- you could sprain a finger saying the word "arpeggios."
I stretch before every over-annunciated video, no worries Chris!
What mouthpiece on tenor and alto?
Most importantly is to wear a nice suit when playing jazz
If you can't play good, try to look good. That's my motto.
Heres a screen shot showing your preplies are blank, the bottom one will show the same when the arrow is clicked.
Ah now the replies are showing up.
Hi Dr Wally. In case you didn't know, some (most) of your replies are hidden, also the same on the whole tone video and diminished.
This is such a great resource and so well done. Thanks
Ok you've fixed it now thanks. I like reading your replies.
Namaste guru..... Great to see you again.....
Thanks Dr Wallace, great tips. I've isolated my problems on the scale practices, focusing on them, fixing the problem zones, then completing the scale practices 👍🏾
Excellent! Keep me posted John, happy practicing!
I AM pouring a cup of coffee!!
Great lesson in learning jazz, will you be updating the Saxophone Fundamentals course
I will (eventually). Quit my academic job and had to refocus on the paid portion of the Academy (private studio) to keep the lights on. As things settle down, I'll be reworking that to make it even better! Happy Wednesday!
2:52 - 2:57 🤣 that was funny.. i almost got choked..
You know you've been there (me too). ;)
Super ! Merci ! :)
You're the best.
Thanks Wally! Interesting idea of simplifying scales. I like your room. Are the black & white "art objects" on the walls also for sound-proofing?
Thanks Rob, they're diffusion panels. Kind of retro design. Dampen the sound a little, make the room a bit less reverberant.
@@drwallysax Ahhh, I thought they were QR codes of some deep philosophical message. I'd been trying to get my iPhone to read them.
You are a world class player and instructor. Very positive and creative,have my respects and admiration
I really appreciate that Peter, thanks my friend 😀
great video...thank you so much!
Most welcome, Fernando. Happy practicing my friend!
Nice trick! When you play your alto becomes a shinny tenor!
Fourth year of magic music school - horn transfiguration.
Excellent
Sometimes knowing some music theory can really hold you back musically. "I don't understand why this sounds good, it doesn't fit in any key, i must be doing something wrong" etc
Very much a agree. Theory tries (with varying degrees of effectiveness) to explain the art. It's not the art. Theory happens AFTER the art.
@@drwallysax neither it is a rule set that must (some might even say should) be adhered to. Musical styles create frameworks and if you deviate from that framework enough you are playing different style. Re: playing just wrong notes, or jazz
Muchas gracias Maestro ... Muy buen material
de nada, mi amigo!
"...you haven't made a new animal, you've just made a pissed off cat!" - Seems more unchanged and redundant that first imagined. Aren't cats already pissed off animals?
Good point. I should restate: "MORE pissed off cat"
@@drwallysax EXACTLY
By the way, “A More Pissed Off Cat” sounds like an excellent song title for The Sononauts.
No, in my opinion they are simply profoundly curious about when you intend to feed them, next.