Baptiste Herbin taking the Bird Blues through All 12 Keys (Transcription)

[@seamorington2760]

It’s amazing how seamlessly he transitions. Nothing seems out of place. Brilliant.

[@raymondraymondchen]

bettersax just flabbergasted...

[@manuelvalencia9407]

I'm just in shock, watching and listening to this guy playing like no tomorrow. Wow! So amazing!

[@johnnyloungejazz5477]

You know just when you feel your making progress. This Guy is Amazing .

[@glennfranksax]

I don't know which is more impressive...the playing or the transcription.

[@konradgeorges211]

Cela décoiffe ! Ce solo mérite d'être gravé sur un disque !

[@geminisax6115]

Most incredible technique . Fantastic Baptise .

[@jazzcopyright]

good playing. also i didnt know bettersax was multilingual thats so cool

[@jameshammond3853]

And cunning lingual!

[@gerrycappuccio4186]

Amazing blues in 12 keys ! Bravo

[@TreyLamount]

That was quick!!! LOL

[@philippe-lebel]

Impeccable !

[@Nestor_Fernandez]

Another extension of that awesome interview. A masterclass and a great way to show how Baptiste worked so hard and Jay as well. His French is also great. Thanks for the transcription

[@ruslanachkinadze]

Bravo 👍🏻

[@dragolov]

Deep respect, Baptiste Herbin!

[@pedrocortejosa]

Thank you for sharing!!

[@junglemanjb]

Maestro!🎷🎶🎼🔥

[@alainmillepied3408]

Ca donne envie . Merci pour cette belle vidéo, simplicité et talent

[@estebanvirotgalera6881]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@matthieuclouqueur4841]

We need more Baptistes in this world.

[@robstevens9590]

I saw him live 4 days ago --- even more amazing than this clip! "Incroyable mais vrai!"

[@davidamours2815]

S'est impressionnant !!!! Comment s'est possible de jouer aussi vite sans faire d'erreurs et d'arriver à lire toutes les notes qui défilent en faisant attention aux altérations etc ... chapeau

[@quincyfreysinger6894]

Ce fou ne lis pas, il improvise

[@jameshammond3853]

Herbin. Good player 🎷👍

[@benhattrell898]

Wow! That made me smile😄

[@atelierjazzparis]

Amazing!!! Thank YOU! 🎶🎷

[@benoitmercier7592]

Thanks for sharing!! ✌️

[@Jeo-fq1zw]

That is the sound i want.

[@EmmetFettig]

Been chasing it for 2 years. 2% there 😅

[@rickg6293]

Thanks

[@lucavolonte7455]

Bravissimo.

[@ivansaniasin896]

Masterpiece

[@jazzchamaeleon]

great!!! Thanks for the effort of transcribing

[@alessandroscala1580]

killer Batiste top 🎷🔥

[@EricPalmerBlog]

Wow x10 😊

[@fredbob7521]

Enorme!!!

[@pierreroussel3705]

Ahurissant de virtuosité. J'ai eu mal à la tête pour notre ami 😂

[@izaquegomesdeandrade9906]

😮 fantástico

[@woodsonpayne8378]

Kenny G's Hair just caught on fire, and his head exploded.

[@markhubenthal]

Thank you sir for transcribing this! Such a valuable piece of study

[@刘子扬-j5s]

god what a beast！

[@saxmanvince4319]

OMG, This guy is fantastic. His name should be public knowledge. ( He probably is not married and does't have kids.)

[@denominator208]

The most phenomenal technique, like his fingers are glued to the pearls with minimal movements.

[@juanmansillauribe4272]

El es el Charlie Parker del Siglo 21 🫂

[@isaacmalik3714]

didnt know bettersax spoke french!

[@regisguiho9426]

Et dire que c'est juste pour son échauffement...It's just his warm-up 😂

[@lineagoticafight]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@BobbyLee9676]

Mon Dieu!

[@JeanDidierEvina]

Amazing... pdf please

[@Auromaton]

It's at the bottom of the description.

[@JeanDidierEvina]

Je n'arrive pas à avoir l'exemplaire du pdf . My english is bad sorry

[@Auromaton]

Here: drive.google.com/file/d/1SKhfwQheRahLEmXZ2ceLEHUwFHsvMxWE/view

[@Ajaykohli1971]

Hey great job! Possible to get a copy of it?

[@Auromaton]

Sure! I've added a link to the description.

[@Ajaykohli1971]

​@Auromaton thank you so much....appreciate it

[@austonpower666]

Bravo~ Is he used the Selmer Brand 54?

[@diba3165]

Quite a way for me to go ...

[@efrainadorno157]

Que cañas usas y el número

[@pablomunozgodoy1278]

Fucking machine!! 🤯

[@Sanni_Himself]

@bettersax please can you get me the name of his saxophone, the mouthpiece and reed he used here?

[@NicolasX-xg3fn]

Hi, he plays a Vandoren V16 S+ mouthpiece with Vando Red reed. The sax is the Selmer Supreme " Vintage finish "

[@dojgeo]

How did you know and write the chords in single melody??!

[@Auromaton]

He's playing over the bird blues, going around the circle of forths. That he explained himself in the interview. He also makes it pretty clear with the way he lays out the changes, using arpeggios and common 2-5-1 material.

[@dojgeo]

@@Auromaton​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​​⁠​⁠​⁠ Then, if there is no any background knowledge, is it possible to find what chords are played by listening arpeggios? For example, 0:19 In m.18, Cmaj7, there are E F# G A Bb C C# D# but it was Cmaj7. What logic is applied? What should I search and learn to find chords in monophony ?

[@Auromaton]

Well, in that case he doesn't really play the Cmaj7. He's using the C half-tone-whole-tone scale (C Db D# E F# G A Bb), which is commonly used over a C7 dominant, so he might be thinking C7 instead of Cmaj7. It's not a 100% clear all the time, but the bird blues changes are well-known in jazz, and he's playing over them, as he said himself, and it's quite clear in certain places (like in the 7th and 8th bars of each chorus, where he often plays the descending 2-5s). So the chords aren't inferred purely from what he's playing, but from the context of jazz, where the blues and variations of its chord changes are shared knowledge.

[@JuanAponte-d3y]

Tttt There there is no song the original sound By

[@zvonimirtosic6171]

Which bird is this supposed to be?

[@Auromaton]

Charlie Parker

[@thomascohen9924]

Notice how strange his embouchure is! He plays out of one side of his mouth!

[@klaus8456]

If you're voicing is strong enough you can experiment with embouchure a lot.

[@didiervetillard7856]

More surface contact with the reed and make easier gosht notes ?

[@gungademon1185]

My embouchure is to one side too. Only happened because I started half tonguing. I noticed that when I started subconsciously ghosting notes in my playing that I started playing to the side with my embouchure.

[@Auromaton]

Huh, ok I gotta try that

[@gungademon1185]

@@Auromaton it’s not something you try. It just happens over time

[@rinahall]

where are the all 12 keys ?

[@Auromaton]

Every 12 (or so) bars he modulates up a forth, so he goes from D to G to C etc, all the way around the circle of forths/fifths, ending up in A. I've literally written the key framed and in bold each time it changes.

[@DeathlyTired]

Interseting embouchure.

[@Auromaton]

Yeah... Seems to work pretty good tho

[@bxsoup]

Probably plays like that because of the part of his tongue he uses to tongue notes . Kenny G plays like that as well ( Don’t kill me for the Kenny G observation )

[@Auromaton]

@@bxsoup Oh, that makes sense. Also for half-tonguing probably

[@thierryroullier8401]

@@bxsoup Well at least Kenny G makes money playing the instrument and he is great at it. Baptiste is incredible and Monsieur's BetterSax's french is very good indeed!

[@darkcanyonprospecting1148]

Vous parles français……. 🏴‍☠️🎷👍

[@dylanloew]

1:48 Baptiste skipped 2 beats; what a terrible player 🙄🙄

[@Auromaton]

He actually added two, even worse

[@LouisWildi]

bar two is minor ii v everytime.

[@Auromaton]

Yeah you're right

[@es9466]

0:15

[@dougjsax]

{approximate}😂

[@Auromaton]

When you know it's not quite right but you can't be bothered 😅 But yeah right there it looks a little pathetic I'll admit

[@Jaujau933]

🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️ it's all the same, the Altissimo was the best.