Can I Play Alto Saxophone After 13 Years?

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    @ChadLefkowitzBrown  ปีที่แล้ว +9

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  • @albertizonluzuriaga3797
    @albertizonluzuriaga3797 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Definitely yes

  • @vepiru5734
    @vepiru5734 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Incredible that you retain your tenor sound on alto !!

    • @lionellyles4716
      @lionellyles4716 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Most dominant Sax cats retain their vibe on lesser dominant saxes. I.e. if you main tenor then you tend to keep those tendencies on alto and vice versa. It’s interesting that isn’t quite the same thing if you play soprano or bari.

    • @maisonMaple
      @maisonMaple ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That’s not a wholly good thing…

  • @aidanstorm1649
    @aidanstorm1649 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It seems like you settled into the alto sound more towards the end, you can definitely hear how he gets more comfortable playing the alto

  • @tacos2837
    @tacos2837 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    this is so fun! crazy to see how the techniques don’t transfer over with the same tonal outcomes…also i feel like your alto tone changed gradually from the first clip to the last lol, you sound incredible as always!

  • @GUmbolyaa5112
    @GUmbolyaa5112 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I had a very similar experience, I initially started out on alto (like many) but then switched to tenor shortly after. A few months ago I tried playing my brother's alto and I could barely even play a low B, I found the entire saxophone a little resistant but after a bit of playing a figure it out.

  • @Ajaykohli1971
    @Ajaykohli1971 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your alto lines on Body and Soul are so sweet and melodic...amazing!

  • @maexmaestermann471
    @maexmaestermann471 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Chad, you sound amazing on just anything!

  • @pede1959
    @pede1959 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great to hear from you! As for the comparison for me you sound much better, more rounded, more soulful on tenor. In Body and Soul and in Cherokee Alto was very close. Not so in the other ones. I felt that on Alto for the most part it sounded ‘technical’ while on tenor it sounded soulful. Anyways - i hope that the touring eventually will bring you to the Northeast US - would love to hear you live. And just as a note - I am very grateful for the online work you are doing and the content you have created - to me that was and is a lot of inspiration.

  • @ianbot
    @ianbot ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:27 lol look at the left knee action
    incredible

  • @DL1GKC
    @DL1GKC ปีที่แล้ว

    It is great to see that practicing on one saxophone type (tenor) keeps and improves your skills on the other reed instruments as well. Especially helpful if one has to switch between instruments. Cheers from Chris

  • @Cubsfan122112
    @Cubsfan122112 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    if i ever needed another horn i'd love to get the nexus alto. sounds so smooth.

  • @OliverWolfe
    @OliverWolfe ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Phenomenal. Maybe a cheeky transcription is in order :)

  • @memubri5072
    @memubri5072 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Remembering that Sonny Stitt did that more than a half century ago ! See the "New-York Jazz" session on Verve records ...

  • @saxmanrex
    @saxmanrex ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man, you sound fabulous on both horns!!!!

  • @imuawarriors
    @imuawarriors ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you definitely seem more comfortable with the tenor. I'm a clarinet/bari sax/flute guy myself...

  • @TheOwenValentine
    @TheOwenValentine ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesomeness ❤❤❤ I love to hear Soprano added in for a comparison too 🖖🏽💪🏽💪🏽

  • @Zelimited
    @Zelimited ปีที่แล้ว +2

    His name is literally Chad. Like hes a chad

    • @xxczerxx
      @xxczerxx ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He actually looks like the GigaChad meme

  • @danielryanmusic
    @danielryanmusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chad I love this Body and Soul on Alto sounds great!

  • @dalebutler8898
    @dalebutler8898 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi. You really playing the Havana International Jazz Festival this week ...Jan 2023

  • @ianbot
    @ianbot ปีที่แล้ว +3

    7:26 i love this minor blues alto part
    i was squinting so hard

  • @patheddles4004
    @patheddles4004 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn man, whole video sounds gorgeous.

  • @ssgtjohnjohnson4921
    @ssgtjohnjohnson4921 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice my Mannnnnnnnnn! That alto is smokin! Wish I could play like that!

  • @freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942
    @freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow, I just started to play the alto more often after playing tenor the whole time lol.

  • @altariabeats
    @altariabeats ปีที่แล้ว

    That alto tone is giving me some of the Rare Lee Konitz...very nice!!

  • @sportsguy23
    @sportsguy23 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My man coming on here sounding just like Cannonball Adderley

  • @scrappysbootlegs3676
    @scrappysbootlegs3676 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes.

  • @CarSimping
    @CarSimping ปีที่แล้ว

    Sometimes i wake up and i just want to be chad lb. life seems like my dream

  • @Gravity461
    @Gravity461 ปีที่แล้ว

    I may not play any saxophone, but this is really cool.

  • @solomonheinkel3305
    @solomonheinkel3305 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You think there will be a Nexus Bari? Also LOVE the Alto sound

    • @ChadLefkowitzBrown
      @ChadLefkowitzBrown  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you, Solomon! We hope to release a Nexus Bari soon :)

    • @MLHunt
      @MLHunt ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ChadLefkowitzBrown how about a soprano?

    • @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou
      @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou ปีที่แล้ว

      When are you releasing the Nexus triangle? After the Nexus wood block? Not before the Nexus dripping faucet!

  • @LukeDoorMan
    @LukeDoorMan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Trying to play alto again after playing bari for a few months was weird also

  • @simonsimon5124
    @simonsimon5124 ปีที่แล้ว

    TWNBAY was a little warm up for the alto feel...

  • @XavierJordanMusic
    @XavierJordanMusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds great man

    • @ChadLefkowitzBrown
      @ChadLefkowitzBrown  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Xavier!

    • @randimator9881
      @randimator9881 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Julialady6 but am what watch bruh teacher🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

  • @MLHunt
    @MLHunt ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've never seen an exercise exactly like this where the same player improvises over the same chords with two differently keyed instruments of the same type. Seems like your approach is slightly different on alto and tenor though I'm not technical enough to explain how or perhaps why. Really interesting though, thanks!

    • @mil3ston3s
      @mil3ston3s ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s all relative… in other words the fingerings are shifted by a fourth, which means certain affordances are going to be lost or gained, given that he stays in the same key. For the player, its like the whole song has been transposed… even though we hear the same key.

    • @MLHunt
      @MLHunt ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mil3ston3s I understand all that, i played sax and a little trumpet as a kid into high school. I was thinking more about the character of Chad's soloing on the two instruments and how there seemed to my ear to be slight differences in his approaches, and why that might be. Is it that alto takes somewhat less wind so the breathing aspects are different? Or the fact that the keys on alto are slightly closer and have shorter throws? Or was it something about the particular keys of the grooves he was playing in that made him necessarily center his solos higher or lower in the range on a given instrument? Or how those particular keys transpose differently on the two instruments because they're pitched a minor fourth (i think) apart?
      There was definitely a difference in the character of his soloing on the two instruments and i was just trying to puzzle out what might account for it.

  • @jakeperalta4670
    @jakeperalta4670 ปีที่แล้ว

    UPLOAD MORE PLEASE!!!!

  • @rongibbs390
    @rongibbs390 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have homes in two countries. In one I play tenor, in the other I play alto. It takes a few days to adjust between them, to find the right sound. Also, I play differently because of both the different sound (alto is more waily, tenor is more mellow) and the greater dexterity of the alto. It’s like changing personality.

  • @barryoverstreet4876
    @barryoverstreet4876 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude! Two things.... One, you read my mind, was wondering where you'd gotten to...... Two, was that a Jamey Abersold backing t ack I heard? Been a long time..... Oh, and....... Three, you were owning that alto; apart from the fact you actually DO own that alto. 🌟

    • @Osnosis
      @Osnosis 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      iRealPro

  • @Cubsfan122112
    @Cubsfan122112 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what ligature were you using for the alto? do you not have one for the alto the same you have for the tenor? do you find playing the alto again challenging to keep a tighter embouchure compared to the tenor after all those years?

  • @MrSweet59
    @MrSweet59 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chad you are marvelose play 👏👏👏🤗

  • @emekefe
    @emekefe ปีที่แล้ว

    En iyi videon

  • @georgefromgreece4119
    @georgefromgreece4119 ปีที่แล้ว

    Up to the end you had already adapted to the alto well.

  • @davidolahmusic
    @davidolahmusic ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool. Love it 👍😎

  • @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou
    @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou ปีที่แล้ว

    In addition to yourself, who are your TH-cam pro musician friends you recommend checking out the channels of?

  • @jazzlessonvideos
    @jazzlessonvideos ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🔥

  • @drkeithnewton
    @drkeithnewton ปีที่แล้ว

    No fair! You took a break in-between edits!

  • @lyntedrockley7295
    @lyntedrockley7295 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great thanks. I notice the Nexus saxes don't have the link bar on the left hand pinky table. More like an SBA than a VI. Apologies if you've explained that before, if not, care to?

  • @nexussaxophones
    @nexussaxophones ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🎷🚀

  • @christophemagis9768
    @christophemagis9768 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Alto seems so like a toy in your hands 😄

  • @soulsaxmurrill
    @soulsaxmurrill ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, why did you stop playing alto, to play tenor most often?

  • @youdontknowwhoiamimdawson8094
    @youdontknowwhoiamimdawson8094 ปีที่แล้ว

    W video

  • @undeadja33a
    @undeadja33a ปีที่แล้ว

    hey chad, i was wondering what tip opening and reed size you used for your tenor? i’m currently on the nexus 3’s on my jody hr dark 7* and i’m hopefully getting a edge soon. i wanted to know what works best for you.

  • @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou
    @IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why pick between playing one or the other, play them both at the same time, them, a bassoon, and a full pack of cigarettes like a true one man orchestra because your Chad friggin LB #chad 3:16

  • @AdventureAndySnM
    @AdventureAndySnM ปีที่แล้ว

    You can hear the Eric Marienthal in the last one lol

  • @damienallouch
    @damienallouch ปีที่แล้ว

    Fabulus ❤

  • @raffosax
    @raffosax ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And now we want you on baryton ❤

  • @BamesJarton
    @BamesJarton ปีที่แล้ว

    baritone?

  • @EzyPezyLemonChezy
    @EzyPezyLemonChezy ปีที่แล้ว

    I wanna see him play bari

  • @JorisPosthumus
    @JorisPosthumus ปีที่แล้ว

    yeah, an tenor player on alto;)

  • @demonslayed8895
    @demonslayed8895 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So if I order this sax, or better, come pick one up from you, can I get 10 free in person lessons from you? Or more if you want to be even more generous 😬

  • @owenanderson8509
    @owenanderson8509 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:45

  • @bensen3325
    @bensen3325 ปีที่แล้ว

    There was a question like can I ride a bike after 13 years.

  • @davidlaid6766
    @davidlaid6766 ปีที่แล้ว

    the alto looks so small in chads hands I thought it was a curved soprano for a second 😂

  • @hyperbolaworldwide611
    @hyperbolaworldwide611 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chad sounds a bit like phil on body and soul

  • @HylianAlph
    @HylianAlph ปีที่แล้ว

    He’s better than me at alto too, rip

  • @kwootamuckbear9294
    @kwootamuckbear9294 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍🏾🎶🎵🎷

  • @Jeremy-tg9yt
    @Jeremy-tg9yt ปีที่แล้ว

    Ur names chad u can do anything lol

  • @grantdcc916
    @grantdcc916 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is safe to say….yes you can play alto after 13 years

  • @negritokimba1614
    @negritokimba1614 ปีที่แล้ว

    you can play all sax whitout problems....

  • @shirleyfrancis4515
    @shirleyfrancis4515 ปีที่แล้ว

    It should be "can I play tenor after 13 years" .

  • @jq_music
    @jq_music ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Jesus of Saxophone