Improvising over the 251 chord progression for saxophone

[@mjernigan1950]

Thanks!

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much 😎😎🎷🎷🤝🤝

[@josephvthanikal6605]

I am 62 age just could start my ambition to learn sax around 7 months. Doing really well. This video of yours is just nonstop and very learning.

[@lyndenblades]

Joseph thank you so much for your comment and your feedback, great to hear that you’re enjoying playing the sax and I’m very happy to know that my videos are helpful 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@calvinjones9930]

Hey Joseph. I'm 62 also and have been playing jazz for a while as did my dad😢. I need to practice more and more to get much better. Keep at it Joseph.

[@lyndenblades]

Joseph that’s is so cool and thank you for your feedback. Keep playing 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@bonsaiphil9924]

You have made this very easy to understand. As you were playing the notes, I could already hear in my head other notes to go with them. Thanks Lynden, I'll be having a go at this today.🙂

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much for your feedback and I’m so happy that you’re finding this helpful 🎷🎷😎😎🤝🤝

[@martyhill6609]

I've been watching several 2 5 1 training sessions. This one, is only only one I understood. Thanks so much..

[@lyndenblades]

Hi Marty, thank you, that’s really great feedback 🤝🤝

[@RolandSamuel-i7o]

This is the simplest explanation I've seen of 251 great job, sir.

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you Roland! Glad that you liked it and that’s why we named my website www.saxmadesimple.com 😎😎🤝🤝🎷🎷 there’s tons of free stuff there that you can download if my teaching style resonates with you 🎷🎷

[@beverleysaxophone]

As a beginner improviser with a horror of chord progressions, your opening comments filled me with encouragement. It inspired me to work through my resistance and musical version of writers cramp. You’re the best!

[@lyndenblades]

@@beverleysaxophone Beverley that is so kind of you to say and thank you very much 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@grahambambrook313]

Hi Lynden, as a 68 yo absolute beginner I appreciate your relaxed pace and attitude.

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much Graham 😎😎🎷🎷🤝🤝

[@EddieToia]

Wonderful thankyou brother.....Im 63 just picked Tenor up again after 20 years and loving it and enjoy your teachings. Thanks

[@lyndenblades]

Eddie your so welcome and congratulations 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@johnwilliams2900]

Very nicely done. It cannot be more fundamental than how you've just explained 2-5-1. Bravo!!!

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much John 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@garyjeneson1519]

Lynden, your content is pure gold!! I follow most of the KZbinrs teaching Sax but they don’t explain as clearly or simply as you do. I now understand 251’s and it seems so simple! So 🙏🏻

[@lyndenblades]

Gary, thank you so much! Your comment is pure gold to me because it means that perhaps I have something a bit different in the way I present this information. And as you say there’s a lot of KZbin tutors and if what I’m doing stands out a bit more then that is awesome. Thank you so much for your feedback and please let me know if there’s things that you’d like to see me make videos about. I’m so happy that you now understand 251’s and I’m over the moon to think that I have had a hand in that. Thanks again and all the best 🤝🤝🤝

[@vetter847]

I'm 50 years of age and just learning music and jazz theory for the first time. Your videos are some of the most helpful I've come across. Thank you.

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much for support and feedback 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@GritznGravy-nx8ei]

I am 45 and in the same boat (tenor saxophone)

[@lyndenblades]

@@GritznGravy-nx8ei 45? A spring chicken! 😆😆🤝🤝🎷🎷

[@anthonydupont3694]

@vetter847 keep up the good work I'm just getting back on horn at 50 also just learn to trust the process no rush at all stay encouraged

[@lyndenblades]

Love that 🎷🎷😎😎🤝🤝

[@officialsammygee]

Best teacher on KZbin, Thank you. hope you rip the seeds of your teaching👏👌

[@lyndenblades]

That is so kind of you to say and has such impact, thank you sir 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@suniahmad391]

I am 73yrs of age. I have been trying to play chord changes for years and I was about to give up until I saw your videos 2 days ago. Beautiful teaching , beautiful teacher. Thanks for helping me to structure the music.

[@lyndenblades]

Oh wow Suniahmad, that’s wonderful to hear and thank you so much for saying this. That’s absolutely made my day, thank you 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@johnjenkins2315]

WOW Lynden, I turned 80 at the beginning of the year and I have heard of the scale progression but never really thought I’d ever get to understand it but I must say say that your explanation (though I must say I’ll have to look at this clip several times) is really thoughtful and helpful. Thanks from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much John, really happy to hear that this is helpful for you. And I married a kiwi girl 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@johnjenkins2315]

@@lyndenblades thanks for your reply Lynden, do appreciate it. Tell your wife that I live In a small settlement called Manakau in the Horowhenua, about half way between Wellington and Palmerston North, your wife may have heard of it. Cheers John J

[@lyndenblades]

She was from Palmerston North 😎😎

[@johnjenkins2315]

@@lyndenblades ahhh great, that’s about 40 minutes north of where I live. I picked up my older keyboard from a friend who I had lent it to, I believe that we wet weather on the way in the next few days so I hope I can use it to my advantage 😜🎷🤫😂

[@lyndenblades]

@@johnjenkins2315 🎷🎷😎😎🤝🤝

[@davidhyatt7550]

Really great. Thanks for these sweet and professional presentations.

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you David 🤝

[@TheJgssd]

Congratulations Mr. Linden . I’ve been through an imense quantities of Jazz books and millions of videos trying to explain simply how to face chords in sheet music and derive a melodic aproach . The results was always frustrating ones . You presented an sistemática aproach that really works and is easy to understand and apply . Many thanks for your support. I’m from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , and listen Jazz since 1955 , being a really fan of all good music

[@lyndenblades]

Wow, thank you so much, that’s very kind of you to say. I would love to come to Rio one day because I love Brazil and Brazilian music and culture. One day perhaps 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷 🇧🇷 🇬🇧

[@JesusIsKing96]

You are, hands down THE best sax teacher on KZbin!! And yes, this video, like all your videos, is very informative. Thanks.

[@lyndenblades]

Wow, thank you so much 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@dianashantirosewilks8725]

I soaked this info up second watching, so clear and I can grasp the way you present and explain from a one year player still learning scales and new to music theory, hi from rural NZ

[@lyndenblades]

Hi Diana, thank you so much, really happy to hear that you’re finding this useful and greetings from the UK 🇬🇧 🇳🇿 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇬🇧🎷🎷🎷🤝🤝🤝

[@MegaKouto]

I have been playing sax for 2 years, I have a teacher and play in a big band and a small orchestra, i watch A LOT of youtube vidéos. And I FINALLY understood what is a II V I, thanks to your video the visualisation with the piano did everything! And the practice method with the backing track is gonna keep me busy for days ! I really like your content and the way you explain things, I suscribed and will continue to follow. It's crazy how many videos on II V I I watched and this one is the one that made in tilt in my head.

[@lyndenblades]

That’s absolutely wonderful, thank you so much 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@johnjones4129]

Again ……a fantastic and helpful video ..and so well explained. Thanks Lynden.

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you John 🤝🤝🤝

[@robwarrens5348]

very clear. I missed this with other online teachers

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much Rob 🤝🤝🤝

[@marpanlilio4151]

Am 64 from Philippines, and I just learned to play saxophone by watching KZbin bloggers/saxophonists...but you are the ONE who greatly made things easy and understable the study of Sax..thank you for ur effort..KEEP IT UP!!!

[@lyndenblades]

Hi there, thank you for letting me know, I’m so happy that this video has helped you. Thanks again 🤝🤝🎷🎷

[@GetulioBessoni]

Excellent! Now I can to start some exploration on improvisation with more confidence. Hugs from Brazil!

[@lyndenblades]

Ah thank you so much and hugs back to you from the UK 🤝🤝

[@aperez10]

Valeu!

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much for your kind support 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@dennisd2531]

This is excellent, easy to follow, and not too much to have to take in..Thank you..

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you for your feedback Dennis 🤝🤝👍👍🎷🎷

[@avonriver2891]

Hello? I am a beginner who wants to learn jazz. I have improved a lot by taking the teacher's lectures. I will try to get better results. Thank you.

[@lyndenblades]

Excellent, thank you 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@RobBuitendijk]

I watched this video for the 3rd time, and now I really got the last part! Beautiful, and very useful!!

[@lyndenblades]

Rob thank you so much and I’m so happy that you’re finding it useful 😎😎🤝🤝🎷🎷

[@sac7575]

Thank you very much! This is exactly what I needed! Your talent to teach improvisation by walking with little steps is amazing!

[@lyndenblades]

That’s so kind of you to say and thank you for your feedback and support. I’m delighted that you find my videos helpful 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@ChrisPakech]

Lynden, you are the best!

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you Chris 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@robertdespault8573]

Brilliantly simple explanation of something I have been struggling with. Thanks for the help.

[@lyndenblades]

You're very welcome! 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@reallydiab9365]

This is so helpful! Thank you. So calmly explained and very useful to see it demonstrated on the sax, especially alto, which is what I play :)

[@lyndenblades]

You're very welcome! 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@danic.7790]

That's the best explanation I've ever heard! Thank you so much, new sub!

[@lyndenblades]

Danic, you’ve absolutely made my day! Thank you so much 🙏🙏🤝🎷🎷

[@WilliamWilliams-l7g]

Lynden, I think this is the best Saxophone lesson I have ever seen. Thank you, I just found you in the last week and think the lessons are fantastic.

[@lyndenblades]

Wow, thank you so much, that’s really kind of you to say 🎷🎷😎😎🤝🤝

[@stephenhannaway3739]

Another brilliant 🎷lesson 🎵

[@lyndenblades]

Glad you think so Stephen, thank you 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@AdamS-qq7dg]

as a highschool student this was the explanation ive been looking for this entire time i hate it when people just talk about 251s like i understand and then just don’t explain it. so this video really helped

[@lyndenblades]

Hi Adam, I’m so happy to hear this, thank you for your feedback and I’m delighted that this video has helped you 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@olayeledipoakinsulire7177]

Thank you so much your explanation of 251 made things simpler for me and interesting .

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you 🤩 for the opportunity to help 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@cathalbuckley5657]

Excellent description of 251 finally - thank you Lynden !

[@lyndenblades]

You're very welcome 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@garydutton9098]

Excellent lesson. Thanks 👍

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you Gary 🤝🤝🤝

[@jimburns2981]

Lynden, “this is absolutely gorgeous “. Seriously, you are the best ! You have made learning music and the teaching of the saxophone a delight. Your technique is superb, with notation in different colors, it makes it easy for us beginners to follow along and NOT get frustrated! Thank you.

[@lyndenblades]

Jim, that’s so kind of you to say, thank you and I’m delighted that you’ve found this useful, thanks again 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@PaulGrigg-l6o]

Wow how spooky just revisited this very exercise last night in my lesson. Lyndon you are such a great teacher. It’s uncanny how you complement my yea her in many ways. Keep it up

[@lyndenblades]

That’s so kind of you, thank you very much, and it’s feedback and support like yours that’s motivating me to keep working on these videos

[@johnrolling5031]

Your explanations are so clear! Thanks!

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you John, that’s great feedback 🤝🤝

[@Chris-zc8jg]

I don’t know what to say.. you are simply amazing! This is worth sooo much 😃 most content creators seem to have forgotten what it felt like before they became fluent in music and what is actually important in order to understand these things in the early stages. You hit the spot for me! Thanks ❤

[@lyndenblades]

Chris thank you so much, I really appreciate your feedback and your support. It’s very kind of you, thank you 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@DolphScreamingSax]

This is the second one of your videos I've watched and it's another excellent one. I'm glad I subscribed. Thanks.🙂

[@lyndenblades]

Awesome, thank you! 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@anthonydupont3694]

Thanks you are amazing can't wait to get back on my saxophone

[@lyndenblades]

That’s excellent Anthony thank you 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@anthonydupont3694]

@@lyndenblades do you do private lessons

[@lyndenblades]

@@anthonydupont3694 hiya, yes I do both in person and via Zoom just drop me an email [e-mail] and we can set something up 🎷🎷😎😎🤝🤝

[@kevhughes2607]

Lynden. Your approach is such a clever way of teaching. I returned to the sax 6 months ago after a 25 year break. Your teaching technique is so refreshing & enjoyable which makes a musician want to pick up the sax & practise. Hope to catch one of your gigs one day as my daughter lives in Bedford. Thanks a million. K

[@lyndenblades]

Kevin, that’s so nice of you to say, thank you and I really appreciate it. And thank you so much for your support too, it’s people like you that help to keep this channel going 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@CliftonLee-h7l]

awesome, you made it so very easy to understand.

[@lyndenblades]

@@CliftonLee-h7l Thank you so much Clifton, that’s really great to hear 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@andyd3955]

Thanks Lynden, keep up the great work

[@lyndenblades]

Thanks Andy, will do! 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@jefflocke-lavell1686]

Again a really great informative video, well done and thanks

[@lyndenblades]

@@jefflocke-lavell1686 you’re so welcome and thank you 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@gerrydeleonable]

This great Lynden! I'm self-taught like you and just getting into jazz. I bought the SessionBand app and have managed to reproduce the backing you used here, which I will use for practice. Thank you.

[@lyndenblades]

Thanks for this Gerry and I’m delighted that you’re finding my videos useful 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@vroegime]

I'm not even a saxplayer (bassplayer here), but learned a lot. Thanks!

[@lyndenblades]

Glad I could help!🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@jamiemcgoldrick3350]

really enjoyed your clear explanation of 251. greetings from Jerusalem

[@lyndenblades]

Wow! Thank you so much Jamie, I’m delighted that this was useful for you and greetings from the UK 🇬🇧 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@janpechacek1183]

Thanks for your explanation, very understandable 👍

[@lyndenblades]

Glad it was helpful! 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@hugovandermeer1566]

Cheers for this Lynden..a minefield for the novice saxophone player!👍 Former jazz/blues drummer!🤓

[@lyndenblades]

Hi Hugo, thank you and I’m so happy to hear that this is useful for you 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@derycktaylor3677]

This is a great, practical explanation of 2-5-1s. Thanks.

[@lyndenblades]

Hi Deryck, thank you very much for your support and encouragement 🤝🤝🤝😎😎

[@P.Saxophonist]

Hi Lynden, this is my 5th time, and counting listening to this again. Thanks for showing how the piano can be used to visualise scales - which works 100% for me, though I had teachers that discouraged that. Though I had lessons explaining some of these things, how you had put everything together is very helpful and allows easier understanding of the concepts. Please keep doing what you are doing - very helpful for an adult learner who is a beginner at improvisation. I love the video where you demonstrated how all the patterns can be used together for improvisation. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! For now, I am pouring through some of the contents to wrap my head around the videos! 😁

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much and I’m absolutely delighted that you’re finding my tutorials helpful, thank you 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@harryHarry-sd9qg]

Best explanation with so much passion. Very inspiring 👏 Thank you so much 🙏🥰

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much, that’s very kind of you to say and I’m really happy to know that this is helpful for you 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@fredrickmendelsohn606]

Great explanation!

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you Fredrick 🤝🤝🎷🎷

[@bropeace2061]

Sir. I'm from South Africa. I'm very much impressed easy to follow lessons so far .Thank you very much.

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you for your feedback and I’m very happy that my videos help you 🤝🤝

[@andyd3955]

Hi Lynden I have been really struggling to understand this concept many thanks for being so clear in setting out how it works Cheers Andy

[@lyndenblades]

Hi Andy, you’re so welcome and thank you for your feedback and for your support, it’s really appreciated. I’m absolutely delighted that this brings some clarity for you. Thanks again 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@DeborahAdams-dq6yx]

Thank you !thank you ! thank you !

[@lyndenblades]

Deborah you are so welcome and thank you for the coffee ☕️ 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@gasthilbert3136]

Sounds gorgeous and so simply explained makes it even better. No the BEST. Now the real challenge for beginners is gonna be to hear the chord changes on the panio, the bass or any accompanying instrument. Any recommendations to practice in hearing these changes? Thank you Lynden 🎷👍

[@lyndenblades]

You’re welcome and thank you for your encouraging feedback 🤝🤝 With the app that makes the backing track, you can isolate just the bass and just the piano if you like, that might be a useful way to train yourself to hear them better 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@solomann940]

Great explanation 🙏🏼🙏🏼🤗

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you 🤩

[@Deise.dcssss]

You are amazing! Just the best! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷 🎷😍

[@lyndenblades]

That’s so kind of you to say and you’re welcome 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷 One day I would LOVE to visit Brazil 🇧🇷 😎❤️😎

[@Deise.dcssss]

@@lyndenbladesyou’ll be more than welcome in Brazil! Come to enjoy our Samba, Bossa Nova and Chorrinho music! 🎶 🎷😍

[@lyndenblades]

I would absolutely love to 😎😎🎷🎷

[@donnahumphrey5955]

I love your videos. Thank you.

[@lyndenblades]

Donna that is so kind of you and thank you for the coffees, it helps so much and I really appreciate it thank you 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@rockin88s]

Well done. Very helpful video (from a keyboard player). 🎹

[@lyndenblades]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@artinweddings]

I like your style Lynden, Thank you.

[@laughjunkiemusic]

Lovely.And I felt it was much easier to follow along with your illustrations

[@lyndenblades]

Excellent, thank you 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@KrisVComm]

Keep it up! The channel is super helpful

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you Kris 🤝🤝

[@artmayer6117]

Great video Lynden. I love the way you break things down and I love your enthusiasm. Maybe next time provide the notes for both alto and tenor saxophones. Lovely playing!

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much Art, really appreciate your feedback 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@orkmonster]

Hi it’s David again. I just watched this video again and I might watch it again as I work with the app. I’ll be playing my tenor on these 2 5 1’s I bought the app and I’ve read all the sections on how to use it, however I find the chord wheel to be confusing, How do I write d minor 7 chord. When I use the chord wheel wherever it stops it plays that chord but I don’t wish it to do that unless I hit the little button. All I want to do is right in the chord nut hearing every other chord as I’m trying to put in a simple d minor 7. I’m rambling opps, Sorry. By the why Lynden I’m 78 😂😵‍💫👀but that’s a very poor excuse. Thank You again. Mr Sax

[@lyndenblades]

Hi David. It’s tricky because I can’t see what you’re doing, but make sure you have touched the chord box and you’ll see a small white cross or x in the top left corner, then move the wheel and that should solve the problem. If not, let me know and I’ll try to help again 🤝🤝🤝

[@Spiky-q2l]

Oh yes, this video is, as all the others, very helpful, I get the feeling, there is light at the end of a dark, dark tunnel, eventually

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you Spikey, so glad that it was helpful 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@mhp2766]

Thanks Lynden

[@lyndenblades]

Wow, thank you so much that’s really kind 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@dexterleeledford2347]

Love it, thank you.

[@lyndenblades]

You are so welcome Dexter, thank you 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@eisenlee]

Await your updates

[@lyndenblades]

I’m going to be recording more videos really soon. I’ve been working on content for my new website

[@chrisdyson5513]

Very good lesson and explanation. Second half still a bit of a brain breaker but thoroughly inspirational. Thank you. P.S. Great dancing!!

[@lyndenblades]

Glad it was helpful! 🎷🎷🤝🤝😎😎

[@bdouwes050]

Bedankt

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@wilsoncadet6651]

Thanks!

[@lyndenblades]

Wilson thank you so very much 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@rlp5]

This is beautiful work my friend!!!

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@fernandoesparaguera1820]

Best explanation thnx

[@lyndenblades]

@@fernandoesparaguera1820 thank you so much 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@kaibau1839]

Great Lession again, very easy to follow and well structured! You are such a gifted teacher! One question: what´s the reason for not using the root or the fifth as guide tone?

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much for your encouraging feedback! You absolutely could use the root or the 5th as a guide tone!

[@bitcoinenergy1]

excellent

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@bitcoinenergy1]

@@lyndenblades I need to watch your work a few times to get it to sink in. It is excellent teaching but I am not the brightest spark where 251 is concerned. Is it the same as the rule of 4ths going backwards ? I am not a great musician. I have just brought a tennor sax but it sounds awful. I will be taking it into curley woodwind music to give it an overhaul service ASAP. In the meantime I am enjoying taking some notes with your tutorials. Thanks for your great work. Tony from Liverpool

[@lyndenblades]

@ thank you Tony 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@eisenlee]

Lovely video, something that I have been trying to understand how to play over chords. Your video is absolutely awesome letting me understand in an instant. And you also show how to practice progressively. Do you have pdf on lessons like this? I would want to buy

[@lyndenblades]

Hi there, thank you so much for your comments and I’m delighted to know that I was able to help you. I am working toward making PDF’s and deeper dive videos into this subject so please watch this space. Thank you again, your support and kind words have more impact than you can imagine 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@tomson310]

Hy Lynden, I only discovered your stuff a few days ago and as someone said - it's pure gold. And I'm not even a sax player. But that's where I'd like to ask for a favor. I play a concert C instrument and it would be great if you could add notes to say what key concert C players should be in to play along with you. For one guy, not worth the hassle, but I find it hard to believe that I'm on my own and there are no other non-sax players who find your stuff super helpful

[@lyndenblades]

Wow Tom thank you so much for your feedback. What instrument do you play? I will definitely consider adding concert pitch information in the future but the whole post production and editing side of things is extremely new to me and incredibly time consuming as it is. I’m working on building a website for tutorials, it will take me a year to do probably and on that I’ll definitely have concert pitch information 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@tomson310]

@@lyndenblades I'm looking forward to that. I play a chromatic harmonica. I had a harmonica teacher who is a brilliant and accomplished jazz musician. The problem was he played and studied music his whole life and I had a feeling he didn't really realize how overwhelming it all could be for someone who picked up a new instrument and was just learning to read music in his late 50s and had a pretty demanding day job. I think you said somewhere you're self-taught and it shows. Not in a sense that your playing is lacking anything but you understand how to make music accessible and fun because you've been there. There's great of instructional stuff online nowadays but I even if it says otherwise most of it is really addressed to fellow professional musicians (or those who have the time to become one)

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much, it’s really helpful and thoughtful feedback 😎😎🤝🤝🎷🎷

[@BrianBurgess-jg6bs]

Very well explained Lynden.Excellent content one again- thank you so much for posting this great content cheers

[@lyndenblades]

Brian thank you for your feedback 🤝🤝🤝

[@zoaltamam]

What I think of this video? Well, I can say I've watched dozens of 251 lessons, and I know music theory forward and backward, and I completely understand the logic of 251 and what we should do. Now, knowing all of that, the actual "process" of getting there has always been a challenge to me! I've watched countless videos that followed a process very similar to yours, basically start with roots, then chord tones, maybe scales, and guide tones and all of that. But something was always missing on those videos! I commented yesterday on another video of yours, and I mentioned that you have a thing for teaching. That's what is missing elsewhere! Thank you so much again.. Ashraf

[@lyndenblades]

Ashraf, thank you so much, I really appreciate your support and feedback, it’s very helpful and kind of you. Is there content that you’d like to see? I’d be very interested to learn about your opinion on that and thanks again 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@zoaltamam]

@@lyndenblades Man, there’s so much I’d like to see 😂 but for now I’d really love to see a video on improv strategies on Misty! Well, not really Misty in particular, but any song with a rather complex-looking chord progression. In A Sentimental Mood also looks just as complex. These kind of songs intimidate us, beginner-to-intermediate improvisors, and I think your teaching style will help a lot navigate those changes Thanks

[@lyndenblades]

@@zoaltamam thank you for those suggestions, that’s really helpful. Did you see my video on improvising over Autumn Leaves? There’s a tenor and an alto version, take a look here: How to Improvise over the Autumn Leaves on Tenor Sax kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYe9dYutZZWCick

[@zoaltamam]

@@lyndenblades Not only have I seen the Autumn Leaves video, but my practice session last night was all about it 😂 I watched it three days ago and I loved the explanation of the A minor harmonic scale, especially when you start it from E! So I was working on that last night and the song is becoming a lot clearer to improvise over. So, the more awesome videos like that the more I get to work on improving my improv skills. Thank you again

[@lyndenblades]

@@zoaltamam you’re so welcome and thank you for your feedback 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@jackieadams-bonitto3620]

Another fantastic tutorial video. Much appreciated 🎉😊

[@lyndenblades]

Jackie thank you so much 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@gaetanl9344]

Merci! From Quebec, Canada

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much and warmest regards from the UK 🇬🇧 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@hecateswolf6007]

Excellent lesson so many thanks.

[@lyndenblades]

Glad you liked it! Thank you 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@raedegourville9594]

Love your tutorials, do you give private sessions and help to grow playing one on one, thanks.

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much, I’m really happy that you like them. Yes, I teach privately from home full time when I’m not gigging. I can offer Zoom lessons too. Where are you based?

[@samuellayne9191]

Rock,n,Roll is out of style Lynden: have been for years 😂. Thanks for the very useful information.

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you Samuelle 🎷🎷😎😎🤝🤝

[@jillytiffen6305]

Thanks again for another interesting lesson Lynden! Got the first part ok..😁👍Then tried to get that slow Latin feel 251 in C on Session Band and I couldn’t enter it in & got stuck at the 1st hurdle! 🤪🤪Think you said you were going to create the backing for us to practice…is it on KZbin somewhere? Thanks again.😁🎷

[@lyndenblades]

Hi Jilly, thanks for this and I’m really happy to know that this was useful for you. You can find the backing track for alto here: Backing track for alto saxophone; a 251 in C major kzbin.info/www/bejne/goO5Z6ubjbOYnJY

[@sac7575]

Danke!

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you so much, your support is greatly appreciated 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@cjXoneSax]

great!

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you 🎷🎷🤝🤝😎😎

[@Creativefilms_Music]

The reason ii-V-I works and is so common is it is actually a substitute for IV-V-I which is THE most common/classic cadence (for centuries). The Two chord is treated as a substitute for the Four chord because they share common tones. You will find that ii (minor) often is a substitute for IV(major). In fact Mozart favorite sequence of chords was (vi) to ii to I…. It goes way back.

[@lyndenblades]

Excellent 👍

[@Creativefilms_Music]

I meant “vi to ii to V to I”. re Mozarts signature chord progression.

[@lyndenblades]

@@Creativefilms_Music 👍👍

[@LarryDevidpeltz]

Hi Lynden, I just discovered you on You Tube. I've struggled to understand the ll-V-I Chord progression, and How to play it. Your demo on the alto sax is great. I'm a come back trumpet player and could never play by ear. So I'm hoping I can learn an approach to improvising based on your lesson. I know Alto Sax is in key of E flat. So how should I transpose your basic lesson Since the trumpet is a B flat instrument? I really like your relaxed approach, and your enthusiasm for this chord Progression. Also, you identify the scales and chords as in some modes, Like the Ii chord I think is Dorian minor? How does that come about? Thank you for replying to my questions! Larry Peltz, American in Thailand And, what is the App you use to play along with the chord progression?

[@lyndenblades]

Hi Larry, thanks for this. I love Thailand 🇹🇭 🇬🇧🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎 You’d need a transposition sheet and there’s a free one on my website which will be launched very soon

[@Fredshujaa]

Nice

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you Fred 🤝

[@limpatrilho]

Hy Lynden, thenk you for the great lesson. May I ask how did you find the G7 and the D-7 in the Jazz 2 package? It only has 10 chord variations and these don't seem to be there.

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you and you’re so welcome. I made a comprehensive tutorial here that will show you exactly 🤝🤝😎 😎🎷🎷 SessionBand Tutorial -Deep dive! kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6vUpIKjgZyjhJY

[@wilsoncadet6651]

Thanks again Lynden. I’m not good at computer!

[@lyndenblades]

Thank you Wilson 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎

[@leonardaaronlevine]

Adding to my comment, so Sessions sounds same regardless of C , eb etc. But the chords transpose. So if I built the 251 in C as you did, can I still play the notes in this video corresponding to C scale or do I need to transpose to the chords that sessions transposed to on eb?

[@lyndenblades]

Leaonard, watch this and all your questions will be answered 🤝🤝🎷🎷😎😎 SessionBand Tutorial -Deep dive! kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6vUpIKjgZyjhJY

[@leonardaaronlevine]

Dumb question. I was able to make the 2 5 1 as your video instructed in sessions. When we practice, should sessions be in C or Eb for alto. Thanks so much. Len

[@lyndenblades]

@@leonardaaronlevine no problem, have it in Eb for alto 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷

[@leonardaaronlevine]

@@lyndenblades So I play the C major II V VII notes, sessions shows the alto chords, but sounds the same whether I change to alto. If thats the case all good. Thanks

[@lyndenblades]

It is 🤝🤝😎😎🎷🎷