CANNONBALL ADDERLEY BLUES LICK TUTORIAL

[@chetheflin7447]

Cannonball, my all time favorite alto player, thanks!

[@ScottPaddock]

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[@paddylandreville8501]

Sure, I'll try that, should work just fine with me. Thanks for posting.

[@robertnorris8096]

Nice lick Scott. The numbers really helped me because I'm playing soprano. I like how you broke it into segments and played it over and over.

[@ScottPaddock]

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[@peterkelly8357]

Thanks for using the numbers Scott, they make it so much easier to transpose.

[@stevepethel6843]

Scott these lessons are so great ...Thanks again. From a guitar player not a sax player but I love saxophone since I was kid. You have lots of great info and demos and the more I review your lessons the more I learn. thanks again You Rock

[@eriklusty]

Thanks for this video Scott, well played and well taught. Your teaching style of breaking it down in to bite size pieces is very confidence inspiring and clear.

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks!

[@michaeldavis9954]

Great lesson for a great lick I use Cannonball a lot for my own simple, transposing exercises... even if I never quite sound the way I hope! Your break down really helped me start to work with the grace notes and scoops.

[@ScottPaddock]

Cannonball has some challenging phrasing! He is always fun to check out.

[@lydian175]

Thank you for sharing Scott🎶🎶🎶🎷✌🏽😎

[@armthealiens]

A comment from the amazing Leo Wright - fantastic!

[@rk702]

First time viewer, you earned a thumbs up and subscription. I am looking forward to checking out your old videos and your new content going forward. Good luck with the channel.

[@willyschmitt4636]

You are a fantastic teacher! I wish I had half of your knowledge. But at 78, I still have time to learn.....Thank you.

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks Willy!

[@3107197000]

Thank you Scott! Greatly appreciated 👍

[@davidwilliams7552]

One of my favourite players too

[@ScottPaddock]

Love me some Cannonball!!

[@michaelgreenberg3764]

Scott this was great could you do more of these the lakes are fantastic and also the exclamation it helps a huge amount

[@ScottPaddock]

Hey Michael! Thanks, and yes, I will definitely do more of these. I'll try to do a couple a month.

[@Saxmanjoe]

That's sooo cool! Thanks Scott! I'll definitely get to work on learning this!

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks! Have fun with it!

[@jimneely2052]

EXCELLENT... thanks for showing the notation and examples.

[@ScottPaddock]

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[@timobesamusca9332]

Great video, thx Scott! Gotta love Cannonball!

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks!!! Agreed.

[@Kride-1954]

very very good, nice job scott Ksaxman

[@patrickrousset2612]

Great lick Scott.Thanks

[@ScottPaddock]

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[@stevepethel6843]

Scot thanks for showing Grace notes and inflections with the phrase for comparison...

[@ScottPaddock]

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[@leowright8016]

Nice Scott 🎶🎷 one of my favorite licks of Cannonball Adderley 🎶🎶🎷😎

[@ScottPaddock]

Mine too! I love his style and music.

[@michaelmcdermott7349]

Dang I need this you know some music theory. Nice lesson. Cannonball in Seattle sent me on a mission, learn to play ? Been in the closet for years.

[@raseshgandhi6702]

Woooowww amazing information

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks!

[@joeblankenship377]

I gotta start learning some Cannonball solos. I got a book of transcriptions but his stuff seems slightly more daunting than Charlie Parker because he does so much push and pull with rhythm.

[@ScottPaddock]

His rhythms are WAY WAY tougher than Charlie Parker, that's how he gets that more soulful sound.

[@baileylandis2241]

You can also just use the F# alternate fingering for an easier time doing the grace notes in the key of D7.

[@ScottPaddock]

Hey Bailey! Did you try it? It feels super awkward to me to use the fork F# in this lick. I use my alternate fingerings effortlessly in most settings, but for me, it just didn't work. Coming from the D to the grace note F right into the F# produced an unwanted E most of the time (because the F is sooooo short), and then going into the G feels strange too. But, if it works for you - use it!!

[@luciangrozi9195]

ROMÂNIA LOVE maestro perfect... SUCCES MAESTRE. 👍👍💗💗💗

[@taraksunar2099]

It's awesome Scott by the way which mouthpiece is good for play to saxophone plz give me answer Scott

[@ScottPaddock]

I play a Barkley Brazil Kustom Pop 7, but mouthpieces all come down to what works for you. The best thing you can do is try a bunch of them and see what sounds best, and is easiest to play on for you.

[@danivc9878]

sorry to ask, but how do you do to add that shine pitch to this alto sax, I have been looking for this sound for so long and traying my best I got here! World! this is so amazing!

[@ScottPaddock]

I'm not sure what you are talking about with a "shine pitch" - Are you just talking about my sound in general, or something specific I am doing?

[@danivc9878]

@@ScottPaddock yes I think I am, shiny pitch is that modification you have performed to the audio recorder I you did any. I mean any audio modifications let's say reverb or delay as an example

[@ScottPaddock]

@@danivc9878 I record everything flat with no modifications at all, and just add about 30% small room digital reverb to give it a live feel.

[@cesardenis9014]

hello from uruguay !!! Which is or cud be the best tone for tenor sax ?

[@angellatonny6379]

P.mauriat 67RX influence alto sax.

[@markkeizer8669]

Cool video and nice sound on the alto, but you should end the video by using the lick over a blues backing track so we can hear it in a real situation. That way the lick comes alive and we really hear its potential and get excited about it.

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks!! You can hear Cannonball play it in Freddie Freeloader :-) lol. But I get what you are saying, I'll try that in future videos.

[@jessegarate]

Could use alt f# no?

[@reichlinsmall9765]

Of course you can!

[@ScottPaddock]

Not in this case, because you are coming from the D and the F grace note is so short you don't have time to get to the F# key.

[@reichlinsmall9765]

@@ScottPaddock I can do it. I take your point, if muscle memory won't support it, but I like MM challenges (I use my third finger to hit that F#) 😊

[@ScottPaddock]

I just tried it again, and I hit the E almost every time I do it, and it just doesn't feel good. Also, I wanted to give an example of how the embellishments didn't work in every key. If it sounds good for you, then go for! :-)

[@reichlinsmall9765]

@@ScottPaddock I'm obsessed with instrument mechanics; and *that* particular move was high on my list of technique issues, so I was intimately familiar with it. I am in no way a professional, but I did enjoy tackling that move for another situation, so I thought I'd chime in. I didn't intend to hijack your thread invasively. 😊

[@madmadrigal66]

To advance for me 😬

[@doinitdaly2367]

I don't understand what the numbers mean.

[@ScottPaddock]

They are the numbered note that they are in the scale. For example if you are playing a C scale, C would be 1, D would be 2, E would be 3, etc.

[@doinitdaly2367]

@@ScottPaddock thank you for replying!!!

[@bairestv3772]

The life is slow