Learning an IMPOSSIBLE Saxophone Solo on GUITAR

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0:00 - Introduction
1:45 - Learning the solo
6:11 - Slowing things down
8:37 - THAT Lick
12:36 - The final result
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[@MusicisWin]

Timestamps for this beast: 0:00 - Introduction 1:45 - Learning the solo 6:11 - Slowing things down 8:37 - THAT Lick 12:36 - The final result

[@masterboy1088]

That’s really cool 😎👍 Awesome

[@71chadknight]

Wow!!!! I think you would need at least 7 figures on your hand to hit all of those runs!! You did a phenomenal job figuring it out though. The only other person that I can think of that could possibly play this would be no other than Steve Vai.

[@travisgularte4792]

Outstanding vid Tyler!!! Loved it. Highly recommend 😁🤘🏻😎

[@Ma660t5andw1ch]

Next up: Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”?

[@sebastianreyes8025]

now do dolphin shoals and giant steps

[@motorinmaineiac5081]

This will sound a little off but...My son is learning to play guitar and he gets frustrated when he makes mistakes or forgets a chord, I showed him this video of you learning a new piece based on something you're not used to playing...it brightened his spirit, so thanks Tyler for this video.

[@nine9whitepony526]

That is cool man. That would be very encouraging foresure.

[@RC32Smiths01]

Sax is such a sick instrument to play. I wish to learn it someday

[@theirishpotato6588]

Same

[@slo_carry]

You should, it's fantastic!!

[@kidthorazine]

You should, once you get the embouchure down it's actually pretty straightforward.

[@lacucaracha3694]

But you won't

[@srfhdx5584]

It’s a great instrument, i love it

[@AnonymousSam]

This is super cool, transcribing solos from other instruments is a great exercise. I remember Andrew Bird once said "People ask me who my favorite jazz violinist is, I just say Lester Young."

[@DannyMck]

The closed captions for the final playthrough are like "Music" "Music" "Music" 13:48 "Foreign Music "Music That spicy lick is so out there that it's foreign to Western music according to Google's AI

[@awookieandagerman]

As a saxophone player who picked up the guitar later, you’re difficulty with this sax solo reminds me of my difficulty with guitar solos. You’re right, almost, it’s *guitar* that’s totally backwards! Lol

[@sagetx]

Yes! Coming from clarinet, (similar fingerings) guitar is UPSIDE DOWN! 🙃

[@tinienne_rock2214]

I'm doing the Dolphin Shoals sax solo from Mario Kart for my guitar course in college. It really is an amazing experience to learn something from another instrument!

[@ryanhass8716]

as a guitarist, I really admire how sax players play. It's so easy to make a guitar solo sound like a practice routine, running up and down scales and arpeggios with no gap or concern for anything but trying to show off at the sake of the music. Sax players seem to have such great ears for melody, and since they have to breathe, they can't just throw out as many notes as they can for an entire section, so there seems to be such a deliberate choice with the notes they play. So kudos to you sax players out there, keep up the good work.

[@hands_of_fate_exe7924]

I actually started on sax and moved to guitar, I love how you point out the subtle and not so subtle differences, this actually helped me a lot because I do kinda play my guitar like a sax

[@jamesromanoski7292]

It's astonishing how the feel of jazz on sax is so different from how jazz is usually expressed on a guitar. This was a real delight for the ear Tyler.

[@BizarrePudding]

This is a killer exercise Tyler, so glad you did this - and AMAZINGLY WELL!!...I was just listening to the Dizzy Gillespie/Sonny Stitt/Sonny Rollins tune "After Hours" last week thinking how cool some of the sax solos would sound on guitar...love your channel man, you've got some serious skills!!!

[@timothyweesner6286]

Great video! Learning any other instruments lines, sax, trumpet, violin, etc, on the guitar opens a lot of doors creatively to you. Great job and advice Tyler!

[@ignacioernesto]

Tylern your style is unique, your sense of humor and your play style is saucy, i like it, thanks for sharing your passion

[@joejams136]

In my humble opinion this might be one of your most instructive and groundbreaking videos, really helpful for advanced people looking to break into something new

[@cosasDEguitarra]

one of your best videos this year!!!! it was so nice!!!

[@migas89821]

This is literally difficult...but music theory and ear training helped you do it...you recognized the intervals and correct finger positions, wow blew my mind off

[@joolz666]

It helps that Tyler can play guitar rather well in the first place. I'd have probably given up after the first notes.

[@migas89821]

@@joolz666 of course it does and I did not forget about that. He has the speed, technique, passion, feel, he is an amazing guitarrist, but you did not understand what I meant. It was through ear training and theoretical knowledge that he got the song, of course his playing helped

[@joolz666]

@@migas89821 I understood what you meant and agree with you 100%. 🙂 I thought it was a really interesting video watching him struggle with what his fingers wanted to do vs what the saxophonist was playing; not easy.

[@migas89821]

@@joolz666 I also agree. But every time we learn a song don't we all struggle with the same. Look at me, stopped playing 20 years, retook last year, I am trying to learn the solo of stairway to heaven, I can play it beautifully at 80% speed, my fingers have not yet reached the speed with which I used to play. I am also trying to learn Europa, and I am also struggling I can play 50% of the song at normal pace, but the other 50% I can only play at 50% because I am also struggling with the finger positioning because it goes out of the pentatonic box on Cm. Tyler has everything, time, experience, knowledge speed, and he manages to combine all of it.

[@joolz666]

@@migas89821 Good luck with relearning and getting your speed up. 👍 I have been trying to play my own (not very difficult and not very good) solos and simply cannot move my fingers very fast at all. How Tyler managed some of the trills (racks?) on that saxophone piece I'll never know (well, technique, knowledge, years of hard work and practice). He did a phenomenonal job, and it was somewhat comforting and reassuring to watch a professional musician struggle/make mistakes trying learn something, but getting there in the end.

[@danlewis7707]

Incredible. Simlpy incredible. Whatever indulgence is in you to want man; enjoy. You have earned it.

[@donaldinnewmexico]

Hi, Ty. This is the most interesting video of yours I have seen yet. Very cool. I enjoyed your learning experience. Very tough. It is such a cool thing to develop new chops and create new ideas like that. At the end of the video, when you put it all together, it sounded fantastic. Thanks.

[@clench13]

Very cool exercise you put yourself through there. It sounded pretty sweet at the end too. Well done.

[@larryaustin6977]

Absolutely your best video that I have personally watched. Tremendous stretching of our usual thinking about how to play.

[@Arondo93]

This sounds insane keep shredding Tyler

[@realbigsquid]

Do more of this, this is awesome.

[@PerDevil]

I love these learning videos. More please!

[@birdrules66]

I used to listen to Charlie Hunter a ton when I was playing sax for my undergrad. I've since moved on to guitar. I'm going to have to revisit this album. Great video!

[@toddnilsen7609]

Awesome! I’ve learned more about guitar trying to emulate other instruments (keys/horns/vocals/etc) than almost anything else, Thanks for the video Tyler!

[@Andrescm3]

Great job dude! Love jazz people talk shit about jazz, but so much knowledge in those lines approach notes note choices

[@FibroFantastic]

I've always wanted to learn the vocal line to 'great gig in the sky' on my guitar Thanks for the inspiration dude

[@rilynburke5751]

Great vid like always, good job

[@TheSteve1037]

This would be a sweet series to see more of, maybe some piano or trumpet solos too. I've been doing this in my own playing with some tunes and it's really fun.

[@LouDeMarco]

That was amazing. I did some of this in school and it is challenging to say the least. You’ve inspired me to get back at it.

[@kristoferroe1532]

I was a band geek in highschool I absolutely love brass and woodwind (reed) instruments. Streetlight manifesto is my favorite band for sax and trumpet . It dosnt even matter what song it is, there is almost always some bad ass trumpet or sax solo

[@stephenonguitars]

I did this on the Incubus song "Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Song)", so far I got it right by slowing the solo down and figuring out note for note. It was fun, and I somehow discovered something that I can apply to my playing.

[@ShikharArora]

Incredible job, I did not know sax parts were so weird but good... I've only seen Josh meader doing stuff like this before so Its cool to see someone with no experience trying to learn this

[@starrynights321]

Need to pick my PRS SE Custom 24 Floyd back up. Yes I'm enrolled in the Course! Thanks to you I went with PRS after listening to that video about beginner guitars. She sure is pretty to look at it!

[@drsmith4582]

This is my kind of video. Sharing this journey with us is so much better than doing some lame gear demo or a ranting on being demonetized. I’ve transcribed many solos “one note at a time” and out of all the genres of music that I’ve learned, a Jazz horn solo is by far the most difficult.

[@free187s]

The sax solo I wanna learn is Jared Yee’s on Adam Neely’s rendition of “Run Away With Me”, especially the opening run he does.

[@markaustin3959]

smashed it brother, nice work

[@WubwubDJ]

I could feel your excitement lol Been right there with ya before. I love doing stuff like this when trying to play a song solo. Feels like I have to be a multi instrumentalist on a guitar. Drums, bass, piano

[@_crewgz]

That was awesome. thank you for giving me more inspiration.

[@shaqedfarhi]

Gave me the courage to go and learn the trumpet solo in Shofukan (Snarky Puppy)! I've made it quite far in the solo and I have close to none music theory knowledge/proper ear training. I just listened a lot to the solo and paid attention to the notes. It just means anyone could do it!

[@MusicTherapyLaz]

YES... YES.. YES... you are on to something here my friend! I'm sure you learned this in music school... as it are in a class of Music appreciation back in 1981. I think we all know that the great Alan Holdsworth originally wanted to be a saxophone player but went to the guitar because that was "the thing" at the time... and you can totally hear a lot of his influence from sax players in his guitar playing. Not to mention Eddie Van Halen growing up with his dad playing all that "Oom -pa-pa" clarinet style stuff ... you know that had a lot of influence on his swing! Complex music like this is so much more interesting and fun than the mindless Pop (poop)... so that has its place as well I guess... but music line this is so much more challenging and in many ways, enjoyable... especially for musicians! Hope to hear of this in! your music! 😎👍🎸🤘

[@keithbriscoe99]

Sending love for the semi-hollow CE24 - I have one and love it! Now back to learning something super hard....

[@rollinjukebox]

As a longtime saxophonist and fairly new guitar player, I found this video to be extremely informative and entertaining!

[@zurckoni]

dude, youre totally blowing away. well done.

[@sharp_guitars2417]

Amazing job!

[@REDW1NG94]

I've always wanted to convert the sax solo from Pink Floyd's "Money" into a guitar solo, just to see what it would sound like. Haven't gotten around to it yet tho

[@kevinmorris7722]

Great time. That's fun to watch. I've tried with little success. I believe a favorite song to try not just something I don't know would keep me in the game till the end.

[@rkchang77]

I was fortunate enough to see Charlie Hunter live a couple times in the mid to late 1990s, one of those times with Dave Ellis. Both arei indeed magical players

[@YeahReid]

this is one of the coolest videos i’ve ever seen

[@suadiggitti]

The first time I did anything like this was for that tune "what I like about you" (The harmonica part). It was short but fun. Thanks for sharing.

[@willardmeese6222]

Even talented people have to learn and practice their trade daily , thanks for expressing the need for learning !

[@waynejohnson3214]

I heard a recording of a sax player that played every guitar solo from Tony Rice's Plays and Sings Bluegrass LP. It was awesome.

[@TheGuitarman1968]

Foreigner's '4' album had some great saxophone solos for a rock composition. I have been converting Junior Walker's sax solo on "Urgent" to guitar for many years now. 🎷 🎸

[@matthewh6119]

Love Charlie Hunter! Great video

[@marcoscestaroborges6436]

Please, more videos like this.

[@wilsonsguitarlounge8244]

I had this exact feeling when I had to play The Chicken in an ensemble last year, I was told to double the melody and even though that melody isn't super complicated all the fingerings were really bizzare compared to what I was used to. I never really knew why until now though, horn melodies are just built different. Cool!

[@FloridaManRacer]

this is something I've actually been doing for a couple months with the band "The Midnight." it's not as jazz based, but I'm finding that playing the sax part on my guitar is REALLY helping my feel for the notes a lot because I tend to try to mimic what the player's breath does to the notes. the way the breath plays the note dictates the feel on the sax so as I try to mimic that I find my feel improving by default. If anyone is curious to the specific song. it's called Jason.

[@willardmeese6222]

Great attempt , sounds great !!!

[@trebmaster]

I have found out many years ago from Shawn Lane videos that you can get saxophone to translate REALLY well on guitar, but then it just becomes incredibly difficult to the extreme. RIP Shawn Lane! Most talented guitarist ever. Has Tyler Larkin ever done a video about Shawn Lane??? It's about time to put that on the agenda!

[@Dadbruh]

This is cool. My main instrument is sax and I’ve been learning guitar. I have the opposite experience where I am trying not to think like a sax player when approaching guitar. I’ve kind of settled somewhere in the middle

[@dane6k6]

Cool video interesting to see how to hammer out a part.

[@meytecc8601]

Holee $h1t. This is total killer. Very inspiring. Thank you!

[@themandolinmaniac]

Great job!

[@livekaos]

Last year I transcribed the Chet baker vocal solo from “ it could happen to you “ very good experience

[@steveklick]

It would be super cool to know guitar like you do cuz you could learn piano parts and such. I've tabbed out a lot fills for a lot of different things myself but its too much work for me because although I'm a really good guitar player, I dont know guitar theory good enough nor all the sounds of the fret board.

[@Kdog-hw6ri]

Great stuff.

[@theghd2020]

This was awesome! Also reminds me of Brian Setzer transcribing both sax solos from In the Mood (lookup “Gettin In the Mood (For Christmas). Not as complex as this one, but it was a cool moment.

[@spencerharding5919]

I’m knew to guitar and I just been using my ears and not playing campfire chords. Even though I want to know it all. I’m trying to get lost in the love and passion I have for this new hobby of mine. Loved hearing this as a drummer for 18 and on going years, that pocket was tight man. Love the vids Tyler. I also want to try and play the hey Arnold theme song 🎶

[@recksmusic1487]

Sick. 🤘 I love it.

[@timweber7165]

Awesome video, I played saxophone when I was younger. I'm going to start guitar lessons as soon as my broken finger heals.

[@mathewreed818]

Would love to see Charlie Hunter on guitar Villains. He deserves to be up there with the legends. Great video!

[@muckinfunday]

Having played sax and guitar, I still can't do that..Awesome!

[@thesoundboardstudio]

So fucking great !!!! Best video I've seen today, this is great content!

[@JacobH93]

Tyler you nor anyone else should have to justify slowing something down to learn it. It’s a great recourse if it’s something you can do!

[@nikkbertschman2200]

Great video as usual. Noticed you have a Victory Copper and Sheriff series back there. Very nice. My dream amp is a Duchess of Sheriff series head and cab. How do you like them?

[@dankelly7712]

Jazz guitarists will often say, when you are starting out, or when you are up to it, learn horn parts. I was into jazz years ago and my jazz guitar teachers always encouraged this.

[@deransadventures]

If I can do it, you can do it! All you need is a degree in music from one of the best schools in the world and thousands and thousands of hours of practice!

[@mik3ymomo]

Tyler, after watching this video. I’m wondering if you can possibly do a video on the guitar arraignments people like Gabriella Quevedo do where the vocals are also brought out via the guitar much like what you were doing here with the Sax.

[@alexschwartz8319]

You should learn David Childs Czardas or Brian Bowman carnival of Venice solo. Both amazing euphonium solos.

[@andrewreisinger2008]

Having been a Charlie fan for years. That was awesome.

[@kungstu22]

Greeeeaaaat video. I got so much out of this.

[@jackdonkin5903]

I came to watch tyler learn a sax solo ended up counting all of his guitars😂

[@clust11]

So cool!!!

[@iamsandman7]

That was sick!!

[@gregorycordina8642]

As a sax player of 15 years trying to learn guitar, I am experiencing your pain in reverse. I can't seem to phrase things like a guitar player; all of my solos end up sounding like sax solos. Needless to say, you rocked this.

[@younkinjames8571]

My Brother in law is one of the best sax players out there and definitely the best I've ever heard. He has a Grammy. First " other than guitar or vocals" player that gave me goosebumps...

[@acemilesdomain]

Very cool idea 👍

[@tszegvary]

This is awesome practice to get out of the rut!

[@shmittyfloors4870]

I did this to the sax solo in “I guess I’ll always love you” by The Isley Brothers. Not difficult at all but super fun and sounds super dirty haha 🤙🏼

[@cuannell2143]

I wish I was as good as you! You are awesome! 🙌💯👌🏼

[@maxmarchetti6562]

The tone in this video is great too

[@adityashivspai]

I just really wish you would one day play Bella by Carlos santana. It's one of my favourite songs. I just really really would be unimaginably happy if you played even 10 seconds of it 😭❤

[@DDE_ADDICT]

very cool man

[@ryanhough5901]

dont you have that telegraph pedal with the octave down button, you could use that. but great video, you and Mayer are the reason i picked up guitar

[@reidclag]

Reminds me of Marbin, they have sax and guitar playing complex melodies simultaneously in a lot of their tunes. I also wonder if a 7 string would've made that diminished part easier?

[@williamfreeze3924]

THAT WAS AWESOME

[@josephweekes1660]

i relate so hard to getting a bit under ur fingers, then hearing the next line and saying “what the hell have i gotten myself in to”

[@maxc.2239]

Charlie Hunter actually helped John Mayer write “In Repair”

[@Ranger-zn4nc]

As a sax player for 5 years and a guy trying to learn guitar, I love this.

[@lordoftheelements2112]

This is really amazing!!!!