Vibrato Masterclass - How To Sound Like A Pro

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

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[@teresitaleask4231]

Mornin Jamie, as always you give some valuable lessons!! So glad I stumbled on your tutorials on youtube. The TTM (Total Tone Mastery) that I enrolled myself is a tool instrumental to transformation and development of a good saxophonist!! I am still dreaming to be one.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

You’ll get there Tess!

[@chrisdyson5513]

Excellent lesson Jamie. Thank you!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

You're welcome

[@pugwash1873]

Excellent tutorial as always Jamie - very interesting and I'll definitely be practicing that now. Thanks so much for your generosity!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Anytime!

[@MrBoybergs]

Another perfectly presented lesson. As an aside, one of my favourite vibrato effects is the iconic breathy Ben Webster sound on the low notes. It's hard to describe in words (and I'm certain you'd do a far better job than me) but the effect is produced by very gently pulsing the airstream; almost like your closing your throat a tiny bit by repeating an ever so subtle/inaudible 'k' throat feel as you softly blow through the horn. For reference, Webster used this technique on the very last note of every ballad he played and imo its sublime.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Yeh that Webster “woofle” is like velvet. 😎

[@ellwoodblooz]

Great lesson Jamie, thanks.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

You’re welcome 😊

[@adrianphillips3192]

Great tips Jamie, thanks very much again 🤩

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Anytime.

[@CharlieOnSax]

Excellent as usual Jamie, thanks for this. Vibrato is certainly something I have been overlooking. Great job, loving the new format👍

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thanks buddy 🙏🏻

[@jamescampoccio1152]

Thank you. Your transition between styles was authentic and seamless.

[@martindavies8412]

Thank you once again Jamie fantastic input as always

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Anytime 👍🏻

[@paulthackeray2721]

Excellent advice, as always, Jamie. Thanks lots.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Anytime.

[@eduardopizarro1961]

Thanks Jamie! Clear, simple and achievable, as always... and I noticed Kenny Dorham album on your wall, behind you... Trompeta Toccata... man what a discovery it was for me.... Joe Henderson plays with so much soul and intention, you know what I mean. And Tommy Flanagan... one of my favorite piano players! Thanks for that subliminal recommendation 😁

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Anytime! 😂

[@patemblen3644]

Thanks mate

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

You’re welcome 😊

[@LarryKatz53]

I'm sorry I missed you live. You are a brilliant communicator and an awesome saxophonist (pronounced your way, of course!). This is one of your best lessons yet. So crystal clear to follow, and to hear the beautiful impact on sound and style. Wow, I have work to do .... ~Larry (never the lamb)

[@LarryKatz53]

Oh, maybe you weren't on air live ..... :-)

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Great comment!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

This vibrato lesson wasn’t live.

[@robstevens9590]

It was helpful to show the difference in vibrato styles, which help define different genres, especially the sample of how Sonny Rollins & Charlie Parker used it at the end of certain notes. Recently I noticed that Coltrane hardly ever used vibrato.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Paying attention to the vibrato used by the greats is key.

[@lonnybierman2548]

Brilliant. Thanks for the lesson!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

You’re welcome 😉

[@timclayton8214]

Great explanation - thank you.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Anytime. 👍🏻

[@saxdessoul1195]

Brilliant video Jamie, I like your method of instruction 👍

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thanks man! 😎

[@saxgeoffrey]

Help me. I played saxophone for 20 years in the University Republic of Korea. You may not believe it. While practicing something else with embouchure, The vibrato that worked well suddenly stopped working. It became like this all of a sudden. It's easy when it's low or quiet, If you try to play vibrato with high pitch and loud voice, and the pitch drops like crazy. i haven't been able to find the cause for two months.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Sorry to hear that but it’s impossible for me to diagnose over a KZbin comment. I do private lessons though… www.getyoursaxtogether.com/teaching

[@lindacorcoran2346]

Thanks for the great lesson, Jamie. I've just discovered your channel and am gradually working my way through all of your videos. Thanks so much for your wonderful teaching!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Anytime Linda. Welcome to the channel!!

[@caroh67]

Thanks Jamie for that Great Video. Very Helpful. Great Example of Technic and different Styles. I like the Vibrato Kirk Whalum is using. Love your Sound and Teaching. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Germany

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Rsmile672]

Great video

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@markmontaquila2699]

Thank you!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

😂

[@unclemick-synths]

An important video 👍. My first sax tutor wouldn't let me get away with naff vibrato.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Good job too!

[@josefmoveyourself7234]

My topic of the moment 😉👌🏻

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Perfect!

[@josefmoveyourself7234]

@@GetYourSaxTogether 😉

[@pedrobuccino4884]

Gracias por lo que haces, lastima que no este traducido. Un abrazo

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

😊

[@carljamesasia7954]

Thanks sir

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Welcome!

[@solomann940]

great lesson

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Thanks!

[@jakeybrown101]

Thanks for the great lesson Jamie. When I listen to Ben Webster playing ballads he used a lot of vibrato but how does he get that "fuffy" "breathy" sound?? it is very expressive

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

That’s subtone. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJzckHhtn7tkgbM

[@frithsoken]

Thanks Jamie, really interesting to consider the different music genres and types of vibrato. I’m a year in to playing and still trying to get my head around the mechanics. Is it all about lip pressure and is it equal around the whole ring of your embouchure? Is the jaw or tongue moving at all?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Only the jaw unit moves up and down. It’s not a tongue thing. The whole movement is very subtle in practice but it’s good to overemphasise it while you learn.

[@frithsoken]

@@GetYourSaxTogether Thanks Jamie, that’s really helpful to know.

[@eduardopizarro1961]

Hey Jamie... pls your help regarding vibrato... on Dexter Gordon's Blue Bossa, on 3:00 he uses a kind of vibrato that can't be made just with larynx. Am I right or is it that I need to practice my technique more? Thanks in advance!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

That’s called the “great shake”. Finger a bis Bb, but put down your RH fingers as well, then do a massive shake on it to create that effect.

[@eduardopizarro1961]

@@GetYourSaxTogether Thanks Jamie! much appreciated!

[@REX-007]

The bleating goat sounds more like a throat vibrato which is a harmonica technique.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Interesting.

[@davidsmookler9730]

I'm only 2 minutes into the video, so no exercise of patience here, before sticking my hand up for a question...but you say vibrato is changes in pitch, what about changes in volume? Oh, a visit to the interweb informs me I'm thinking of tremolo. Topic for another video?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Just changes in pitch, not volume.

[@saxfish]

< Hi Jammie: Only Jaw vibrato ?...no diaphgram vibrato whatsoever? Thanks! >

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

No diaphragm vib, no. We’re not playing flute! 😂

[@SuperDonChu]

Does the tempo have anything to do in vibrating triplets vs 16th notes or it’s a player preference ?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Style supersedes tempo. Usually vibrato is unrelated to tempo.

[@SuperDonChu]

Thanks Jamie!! Keep up the great tutorials and tips !

[@tomtresco2952]

Funny thing is when I sing I have a natural Vibrato, when I`m Saxing I do sound like a Bleating Goat, lol

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

yeh, not the same thing!

[@donavann21]

I've noticed with my playing that I have started using my larynx more with my vibrato instead of lowering my jaw. Is this a bad habit when playing vibrato?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Not necessarily - the two do seem connected in my experience, but I find it’s best to teach it from the jaw.

[@donavann21]

Thank you so much Jamie, I will definitely keep this in mind!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

👍🏻

[@RajaAcharjee2001]

What is the name of the machine you are using for beating

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Do you mean the metronome? I’ve got an old Korg, but you can get good ones on phone apps now.

[@RajaAcharjee2001]

@@GetYourSaxTogether Thanks sir.I am following you from last 1 month and you are cool man!..Love from India..I don't want to be great Saxophone player..I want to be Jamie ❤️

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

@@RajaAcharjee2001 That’s very sweet. Be yourself though!

[@DolphScreamingSax]

Shit, I thought I was doing well, but it turns out it was the bleating goat. What happened to the Doy-yoh-yoh-yoh-yoh for vibrato?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

“wow wow” is the new “doy yoy” 😂

[@marcdeckard7064]

Why do so many of these instructors have saxophones that look like they've been stored under a bathroom sink?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

The laqueur wears off on old saxes after a while.

[@1fcuking]

Is it only me, when I drop a bum note. I get so mad.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Hey, it’s only music man. Getting mad won’t get you there quicker. Slow things down a bit. Doing things well is better than doing them fast.

[@1fcuking]

@@GetYourSaxTogether I no it’s a Tuff old thing to get right, your lucky you’ve cracked it. At a high level . Good on you man 🏅🎷

[@da33ie]

It sounds like a wasp flying uphill n downhill

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

What does?