4 Effective Exercises for Mastering Jazz Articulation

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[@damienhillssax]

Great video! I've always used traditional articulation symbols and mimicking the jazz sound of others - approaching it like an accent in a language I guess. I really like this idea as it more accurately describes the sounds you hear and the shapes your embouchure takes. Like all new approaches I look forward to starting slowly and using my hearing to inform. Thank you! 😊

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Thanks for watching Damien! Here's another video that Chad LB did on articulation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6G9qGN6q5WFebc

[@DJsilversax]

So the ooh's are not tongued? Is that correct?

[@nickluceanuable]

I undestand this, from this book, but, i do not undestend articulation on double time..(sixteenths)

[@franlobatoruiz4289]

Gran sonido

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[@edthesaxplayer8450]

I cannot find the down load for this

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[@dd51199]

How do they sound on the sax?

[@karlrovey]

Well, considering it's a sax in the video, it would sound like the video.

[@dd51199]

How do we create the doo, den and dah with the tangue and reed

[@Osnosis]

Try starting your sound on one note with the doo and softening/ending the NEXT note with the den (which is really just “dNN”. So, Doo-dNN. The mouth cavity will naturally make the difference for the Doo and the Dah; it’s relatively minor physically.

[@peterfriedmann3458]

For the den the tongue is on the reed lightly(some folks use the side of the reed) and the reed continues to vibrate. The result is a muted sound then removing the tongue produces the doo which is the full sound

[@Osnosis]

@@peterfriedmann3458 yes, exactly

[@gungademon1185]

@@peterfriedmann3458 its called doodnt tonguing

[@salcrocker894]

Sorry to rain on the parade, but this approach to teaching articulation seems too academic to me. I think the best way to learn articulation is to listen to your favorite players and transcribe and play along with them. Stick with it and make it a part of your style. Every player has a different way of articulating. I would say, make it a natural process and let it become your language as is the case with everything else you play. Every style of music will dictate a particular type of articulation, from pop, to latin, salsa, swing at slow tempos, medium and fast tempos, bossas, blues, soul music. The greats of yesterday weren’t thinking like this, they were all listening and developing their own styles through language of having conversations with live musicians, records and their own personality and style.

[@bilbowaggins3036]

Take what works for you from this video and disregard what doesn't.