learning to Improvise over chords on the saxophone |

[@isaactewhetu922]

Brother your Gods gift to us saxophone lovers🎷 I’ve watched a tonne of KZbin videos, but watching your videos totally blows my mind, you definitely know your stuff, thanks bro 😎

[@liamf1463]

After a year of picking up a Sax for the first time and watching countless KZbin videos this is the most informative one I have seen yet. My understanding of playing over chords has just gone from zero to a point where I understand the basics and where to start and hopefully progress to full solos. Thank you and keep your excellent videos coming!

[@HelloSaxophone]

wow great to hear that Liam :) and I will :)!

[@karloelkebekio]

A fabulous video! I've been playing the alto sax for a VERY, VERY long time and never understood what it means to "play over the chords." Thanks to your clever teaching skills, this is no longer a mystery. Today I'm going to find songs I like and start arpeggio-ing over the chords.

[@allanhmelnitski978]

Probably the uniquest and clearest music teacher. Straight to the real point. Special thanks for using the word "magic" in the right place.

[@davidallen2057]

You are the first person who has ever taken the time to really explain this clearly and concisely! Can’t wait to go and put it into practice!

[@grantsampson7331]

Hi there... My name is Grant and I'm 38years of age from South Africa... I started learning to play saxophone for a year now and still didn't understand until you put it the way you did in this video.... All I've got to show for the year is that I can play all the scales..... I'm really looking forward to taking your course and understanding more about it....well done on the video it was really well explained

[@kedibonemoagi2274]

This is the most fundamental and essential lesson, yet always missed by teachers the world over, especially to non-professional musicians like myself. It took me a long time to understand this, yet even watching this it just seems to me that no one ever cared to introduce this. Keep this up, and I hope you find a platform to spread it all over the planet. I was under the impression songs are written in a certain scale, so it must be only the notes in that scale are used in that song, wrong. the chords change, therefore the scales used for soloing too.

[@danielorum1918]

I thought so too..

[@smaqdiggle7288]

The analogy of the hunter being the melody and the harmony being the forest made sense to me. I have been playing for years and no one has ever put that concept into terms that I understood. And your suggestions of playing arpeggios over the chords first and then playing the scales over the chords makes the whole thing less daunting and much easier to break down into smaller bites. Its like you just said, "slow down and chew your food. It tastes so much better if you eat it properly as opposed to shoving it down your throat just trying to eat it fast." Thank you for this video. Now to the shed I go.

[@stephenfromcalgary3834]

Marvellous teaching!! I have practiced playing over 500 solo songs on alto sax in a year, now I am aiming at learning how to improvise. Very clear explanation to starters in consolidating things that we have already acquired and on top of that building up concepts and ways to go in having hands-on practice into it. Thanks.

[@HelloSaxophone]

Thank you

[@daniellegras4778]

This really puts scales, chords, harmony & progression in an understandable context. I love the comparison of the ambiance in the forest (the harmony) to the little events happening there (the melody)

[@savinlytrides4783]

I have been trying to understand this concept for a long time and you have helped me grasp the theory in under 30 mins!! Can't thank you enough.

[@tinahughes2227]

Your a good teacher I now get it

[@HelloSaxophone]

awesome Tina :)

[@LadyOaksNZ]

After 10 months on sax I'm FINALLY SLOWLY getting better understanding of this... Thanks.

[@vladimirlopez7840]

This is absolutely the most important lesson for sax I have seen. Thank you so much

[@aljerones99]

Florian .... You have done an excellent job explaining what a chord progression is and distinguishing between a melody and harmony! I think it is a foregone conclusion that many of us have not been presented with such an easily understandable and relatable explanation by our respective teachers at the start (just like you - and me included). So, the lack of this kind of teaching/explanation can make any kind of growth seem more difficult than is necessary when trying to learn how to improvise. Improvisation, as we know, is "spontaneous composition" and the fact is, after learning many basics in music theory and practice, the biggest challenge is to understand what we need to do to "put it all together" before we try to actually do it. Thanks for this tutorial. It is fantastic! :-)

[@HelloSaxophone]

Thank you :). Yes I personally also really had a hard time when first getting into this. It's very easy to lose the Forrest through the trees ;)

[@judimcavoy722]

Thankyou so much...........now I get it!

[@marekkedziora6811]

Mister you are a great teacher 😉

[@erengaisithole8891]

Well done

[@donnahumphrey5955]

Thank you so much. This was excellent .

[@HelloSaxophone]

thank you

[@alberlog]

Thank you for all this you're doing! Incredibly clear explained for begginers. I bought a saxo myself and your videos are helping me so much, not only with the saxo but in music knowledge wise. Bravo!

[@ronalddesparois4753]

This is great thanks you your explanation they are so simple and so easy to understand I was looking for a video like this for quite a while very good job

[@runandwrite]

I like the idea of playing triads to the chords for a start. I tried it over the chords to a song I've been wanting to learn to play well and did better than I would have expected. I don't have any trouble playing the first, third and fifth of major or minor chords. I guess that's a start.

[@chacegottschalk2415]

My audition for jazz band has an improvisation section over various chords, i was pretty lost looking at it but this clears everything up! thanks

[@bbgunbergumalowcalibersaxp2486]

Thanks! I've been just learning more about improv on my alto using chords. This video was very helpful!

[@max16julycancer92]

Great Video !!! Writing my Electronic Music Keyboard and Techniques Tomorrow , Really needed this extra lesson📌🔥

[@trickkymoodstar1288]

Thanks allot men now I really understand what I need to practice on more. You made my day

[@kimpiipmik]

Awesome! Very very useful!

[@CaptPug]

Great master class 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️

[@HelloSaxophone]

Thank you 😁

[@noordinm]

Great stuff. I now understand it all. Its clear now . Thanks

[@siporter7367]

Thanks that was great, one of the best explanations I've seen on youtube, thanks

[@HelloSaxophone]

Thank you

[@michaelgreenberg3764]

Wonderful explanation

[@sudhakarkaruppaiah7696]

Brilliant !!!

[@wesleyroyster6537]

THANK YOU

[@0x21co]

i actually got it! thanks!

[@HelloSaxophone]

Great 😁💪👍

[@thomasromeo5114]

Fantastic

[@smagpaadigselv]

Thanks!

[@gikasmarkantonatos2168]

Excellent - Ek het dit geniet en baie geleer (Afrikaans - a cousin of your language)

[@HelloSaxophone]

Goed bezig ;)!

[@PalKrammer]

Brilliant! Absolutely the best explanation of harmony and chords and explanation of “playing over the chords”. You are a very good teacher. One question: at 12:44 you are playing D minor 7th and the notes are very quick - it seems there is a cycle or arpeggio with five (six?) notes being played. I know that a D minor 7th chord is D F A C (1, b3, 5, b7) so maybe you came back to the root note?

[@leencand]

BRILLIANT ! THANKYOU :0)

[@blueeyedsoulman]

You can sing a harmony by yourself by using a vocal harmonizer, but you have to tell the machine what you want. So it takes some work unless you input the info in real time from a guitar or piano etc. It sounds a bit too perfect though.

[@sandradavidson6084]

Wow I learned a lot....😀...

[@Opayemim]

Awesome lesson :>

[@StratKat1998]

*Tries to apply this to Giant Steps*

[@leonardoll30]

Nice video! Thank you!

[@bhraemma3196]

Very nice video

[@HelloSaxophone]

Thanks 😄

[@jillytiffen6305]

Am totally new to improvising & only been playing generally (with sheet music) around 6 months both on alto & tenor. I found this video to be very enlightening! Now I’m going to dig out all my favourite songbooks/ chords (that I can’t always find sax music to) & a few of my own basic songs & start doing this right away! I do have a question for you if I may? I have hundreds of backing tracks ( from when I used to sing) so if the backing track says it’s in F which key sheet music should I look for on each sax as a starting point? Many thanks. Jilly

[@akinbolawrence4668]

I have never been forced to comment on youtube before..but this

[@SAXloungeEF]

What about the melody??? Who plays the melody?

[@redcryptonite]

I know I'm late to the party..... but this was extremely helpful

[@anthonyrosales2479]

DONT YOU HAVE TO TRANSPOSE TRAID CORDS FROM KEYBOARD TO ALTO SAX CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS? THANKS!!

[@akinbolawrence4668]

Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@Saxophonelady]

Thankyou so much. I have a little question please. If I am in a jazz ensemble. And say I have chords to solo over on my alto sax, are those chords on the sheet in front of me already transposed for my horn? Thankyou!!

[@calmdestroyerh7816]

Saxophonelady yes

[@kolawoleisaac4966]

Great job... Couldn't get the minor chord properly.

[@blueeyedsoulman]

Now Giant Steps! lol.

[@HelloSaxophone]

haha for sure ;)

[@johnsondigitalmedia]

It took you 25 minutes to explain 'play in the scale that the chord uses'? You also need to work on your singing pitch.

[@jimmypricer9502]

What Saxophone videos have you produced lately?

[@ScottHolmes]

An Ah Ha video, I think.