Jazz Articulation - 4 ways to practice + played and transcribed jazz solo w/articulation

[@ronniedandridge6878]

Again Soren..WOW! WOW! WOW! So that's the secret! UREKA !" After all these years. . . "

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

I am so glad I could help. That is indeed a nut to crack. I am still working on this. Articulation, phrasing and rhythm makes 90% of the music. And we talk so little about it. Thank You so much for commenting

[@tunakuyucu1056]

Fantastic lesson. Your excitement is contagious!

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Thank you so Much Tuna - Your comments are wonderful. Means so much!

[@riccitone]

Already use many of these techniques in my studio, but you've laid this out so well, so systematically. Going to implement this process! Great example solo using varied articulation over Solar btw

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Thank you John. Thank you so much. I am glad I can inspire. The solar piece was fun to make. Really working on articulation and being super aware of what you are doing.

[@michaeldean9338]

Soren... Your lessons are full of useful info and tips, yet relatively easy to digest. As always, thank you, brother :)

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Thank you so much for your positive comment. This inspires me to go on and keep going. Thank You!

[@michaeldean9338]

@@sorenballegaardmusic Be well, my friend.

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

@@michaeldean9338 you too :)

[@jillytiffen6305]

Some useful tips here Soren! 👏👏Lots to practice!🤪May I ask which harness are you wearing? It looks very comfortable! Thank you

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Thank you so much! lots to practice indeed! my neck strap is something like this one: BG S70SH Yoke Saxophone Strap But I have a really old model, the straps - the wire - is not the same entirely to this model, the neck support though is. All questions are welcome :) Good luck and have a great practice All the best Søren

[@МитяПростоМитя]

Рахмет! Все понятно и доходчиво 👍

[@davidsmusic]

Thank you so much! What a great video and explanation

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Thank you for you positive comment. These are how I do my 16th note build up. I am really happy you like it. :)

[@daoud4983]

What is your thinking on anchor tonguing vs. using the tip of your tongue? Which technique are you using here? Thanks!!!

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

The anchor tonguing is good for this half tonguing sound where you do not really need a full attack. I sometimes uses it in ballad playing. At the moment I am practicing 16th and double time - here I am only using much more direct articulation

[@nickpilgrim1966]

Nice solo to wrap up

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Thank you very much Nick! Always nice to hear :)

[@KHJANG-vr5tc]

Thank you for your good lectures always. How can l get your book?

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Hi Jang, thank you :) I have a small FREE PDF SCALE MANUAL you get by signing up for my newsletter: bit.ly/subscribetomynewslettersorenballegaardsaxophonelessons And if you want all the more than 5000+ pages of material I have released you are welcome to join on Patreon: bit.ly/subscribetomynewslettersorenballegaardsaxophonelessons Let me know if you have any questions :) Have a great Practice

[@FinleyWheatback]

The link above or "8 ways" is the same as "sound".

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Thank you so much for pointing this out :) The right link is this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHmXc3hmbdx9j5Y Also fixed in the description. Any questions - please ask!

[@bensen3325]

Thank you sir. ❤👍🎷

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Hi Ben, great to hear from you. Let me know if you have questions :)

[@floaty10]

Great work. Have you had experience of what i've heard called "anchor tonguing", not using the tip of the tongue but hitting the reed with the back of the tongue?

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Thank you Floaty10. I myself had lots of trouble getting my articulation right. I struggled with this for a long time without knowing what the problem was. So I have practiced articulation a lot - also where the most efficient articulation is. I myself have worked with tonguing from the tip of the tongue and hitting the reed one to two cm from my the tip of the tongue. I have also worked with double tonguing, but do not master it fully. I think I use both types of normal tonguing, anchor and "normal" when I play. Do you have any specific question about this technique?

[@floaty10]

SorenBallegaardMusic thank you for your reply. I have some difficulties with fast swing articulation/double tonguing. I was wondering if anchor tonguing was a viable option to using the tip or or do you think it could end up becoming a bad technique. I ask as I’ve only just come across this anchor tonguing? Not much on KZbin mentions it. Many thanks 🙏

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

@@floaty10 What I did when I learned this was just starting very slowly and getting the articulation into a routine, picking up the tempo. Check the video how to speed up your technical exercises which are in the comments above. What is also very important to mention is that at a certain tempo you do not play swing anymore but straight. So you fingers do not play swing feel. Only the articulation on the second eight note of two stays. And even that is at high speed not always applicaple. I remember using hours and hours practising articulation, picking up the speed with 1bpm pr day for month. Just perfecting it. I do not use double tonguing on any jazz articulation. Only single articulation. Double tonging I only use for some effects. Let me know if its usefull. Cheers

[@alilotfi7974]

we always say jazz articulation is when you accent on the up Beat rather than down Beat but i was just working on the Articulation of A Section of Anthropology , there you see every accent is on down the beat, any explanation ?

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Hi Al, Great question. About the articulation. I think you refer to the articulation of a scale - for example the ones I mention in the video. The common jazz articulation is is indeed an articulation on the off off-beat 8th note. But you can always and should articulate what you think fits in the music. Often an articulation is placed on something you want to emphasize in the music. Lots of big band music has articulations all over. You can also refer to this as phrasing - where you emphasize a part or a great note using articulation. Let me know if you got the answer you were looking for? All the best - Søren

[@alilotfi7974]

@@sorenballegaardmusic Thanks for the detailed explanation Søren, i totally got the point ;)

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

@@alilotfi7974 You are welcome - always ask - it is much easier :) Good luck

[@maltycultural7793]

Would be good if you could be a bit clearer about how you achieve the tongue action for the 'potato'. Exactly where and how is the tongue involved? Any specific exercises to practice this? Cheers

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

The potato articulation is like other forms of articulation - you start with your tongue on the reed and blow. So you start with no sound till you pull your tongue away - this happens in a split second. You tie two notes and then add the tongue after you have played the two notes. Exercises to practice this is go slow - very slow. When you play your chords or scales you can apply this articulation. Please let me know if this helps you :) All the best

[@AnotherMomentWithDave]

Hi Can you tell me the name of your sax strap?

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Hi David, Its a BG leather neck strap. Its pretty old, like 10+ years. The closest I could find was this link. www.bgfranckbichon.com/en/cordons/1097-yoke-cuir-s73jmsh.html. good luck with it. :)

[@AlexMiyatake]

There are errors in the Potato articulation notation

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Hi Tatsuro. I am pretty sure there is. it is a video made a long time ago, so the notation was not as good as it is now. Hopefully it is still usefull to you! All the best

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

❓How do you practice articulation? ✅www.patreon.com/posts/34672896

[@haroldlloyd8621]

I’m totally confused! I use to watch your videos and Get your Sax and Sax academy and Better sax and Chad’s channel and everyone has a different not only approach but different opinions on Jazz articulation.

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

I understand you - my way is the best way :) no no no - sorry - you need to find qhat fits you and your playing. I have been searching for a long time to get to my conclusion so moving around between things is great. Really try what work for you! let me know if you have questions

[@haroldlloyd8621]

@@sorenballegaardmusic i’ll stick with you for awhile because I can follow you although you play too fast the exercises. But I can slow you down with YT. I think that jazz articulation process takes a little while specially the finger and tongue sync .Until not becoming a second nature difficult to continue any other stuff. Thanks for answering my question! I got same with a guitar in the last 50 years.

[@skelligringphotographyandw7012]

The sound is not in sync with your mouth.

[@sorenballegaardmusic]

Hi Skellig Ring - You are completely right. Due to beginners gear and lacking knowledge at the time of the recording I was unable to get the sync in place on a lot of the older videos. I hope you can use the information in the video anyway. All the best to you and good luck with your music endeavors.

[@harrisonsax]

Portato Portato, also mezzo-staccato, French notes portées, in music denotes a smooth, pulsing articulation and is often notated by adding dots under slur markings. Portato is also known as articulated legato. Source: Wikipedia.