Great video! And featuring an accurate history lesson about Van Bluescalsen, no less! Thanks! The last part about all 12 notes being valid if well used really resonated with me.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Javier! I just sent you an email (hotmail account). Please let me know if you don't receive it. Hope you're well my friend.
@javierm_uk15883 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax got it. Classy, as everything you do.
@ItsAllGoodGames Жыл бұрын
Playing blues scale solos in jazz band concerts is what I miss about high school. It’s so fun to just have a nice background beat and solo to it completely freestyle with the blues scale.
@micpep Жыл бұрын
I'll have 4 weeks of sax in my body tomorrow. If I go a long way it will be in part because of you and the fun you bring to it! If I adandon, it will only be my fault...
@shipsahoy17933 жыл бұрын
True Words of wisdom Wally .. it always unnerves me how music theorists focus every little piece of theory into separate entities when you can’t really always look at it that way to get to the point of understanding and being able to play; you always have to be aware of the wider angle of view of what is actually happening in context.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Very, VERY well put my friend.
@clivecolledge4191 Жыл бұрын
Two of my favourite saxophone blues solos are by Johnny Hodges and Charlie Parker on the track ‘Funky Blues’ from the Norman Granz Jam Session. Perfect playing.
@drwallysax Жыл бұрын
Two excellent examples!
@danielbeckman64923 жыл бұрын
Champion lesson. Never heard a teacher explain it better. Go you good thing!!!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Daniel, that my my day. Thanks my friend, and happy practicing!
@overthetarget94013 жыл бұрын
When I saw the Lederhosen it was obvious this was gonna be good. I was not disappointed.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
My wife opened the package from Amazon, pulled out Lederhosen: "*sigh* Wally, I'm assuming this is for "work""
@overthetarget94013 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax Those awkward Lederhosen moments...always worth it though. ;-)
@BabaLoochi Жыл бұрын
25 years old here, been playing guitar and studying music for 10 years. Getting my first sax in a week. I strive to achieve your tone
@bvbasketball18173 жыл бұрын
Excellent instruction, drama, history, edge of your seat story telling, this video has it all! Thank you Dr.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks my friend! Hope you have a great weekend, and happy practicing! Saxophone, I mean practicing saxophone, not basketball...obviously.
@eduardopizarro19613 жыл бұрын
Wow! Dr Wally! Thanks for the clear and fun explanation of the blues scale! Man, you're keeping us busy these days! Still struggling to keep up, but that's the challenge! ... and so hilarious the new Henri's job... LOL... A HUGE THANK YOU!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Edwardo! It's my absolute pleaser my friend!
@jenserjenson4407 Жыл бұрын
as a fellow german learning the blues scale one alto sax doing qualitiy control at volkswagen, I can relate
@thomascoleman63403 жыл бұрын
Dr. Wally, I'm diggin in on your approach to navigating what I'm hearing, singing and playing. Not to mention my 56 mouthpiece in black (but now I'm name dropping)! I've been listening lately to Sonny Stitt (album Stitt plays Bird) the tune Hootie Blues! That song takes me way back to BBQ, potato salad and domino's! Then there is the after hours Stitt blowing "Down Home Blues" on the album New York Jazz (Sonny Stitt Quartet) or killing it on Blues for Lester!!! Stitt is the blues master for my ears for feeling, rhythm and blues/bop language! Now back to practice! Thanks Doc
@flatcarwillie Жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say I've watched a lot of your videos, and this is my favorite. I'm pretty sure it's because of the entertainment value. Good work!
@ShadowSpartan9x3 жыл бұрын
Love the humor!!!! I hope to be as knowledgeable and funny while teaching like you!!!!!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks ShadowSpartan9x! That name is a mouthful! Have a great week and happy practicing!
@pingusosaba66423 жыл бұрын
Time to use this scale exclusively in every context while only running up and down the scale
@shipsahoy17933 жыл бұрын
Lol, that’s for heavy metal guitarists to work on 🤣
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Have you learned NOTHING from the Apocryphal tale of Heinrich Van Bluescalsen?????
@peteboynton45363 жыл бұрын
Dr Wally! Great lesson. I got all these down and tried them all in a few other keys. The concept of sweet and sour really hit the mark for me. My favorite blues solo would have to be Miles on Bag's Groove. BTW, I saw Van Bluescalsen open for B.B. King once, and by the third song, people were throwing bottles at the stage.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Poor Heinrich....he never had a chance....
@Schmidt-Sax3 жыл бұрын
I use these lessons for my students. All students like these lessons very much. Thank you for your great work. Mr. Wally, thank you very much 🎷👍🏻
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
That makes me incredibly happy and proud, thank you Oleg.
@apistosig41733 жыл бұрын
have always loved the Champion Jack Dupree - Live from Montreux 1971
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
I'm not familiar with that, but I'lll check it out this weekend!
@eddiemosssax3 жыл бұрын
I’ve recently discovered your channel. Great stuff Dr Wally. Zappa was right, there is a place for humour in music 👍🏼
@drwallysax2 жыл бұрын
Man, thanks Eddie. I really appreciate that. Hope you're having a great end of summer!
@garywhitaker98542 жыл бұрын
Don Wilkerson's solo on Hallelujah I love Her So is a very short, but tasty blues appetizer
@apistosig41733 жыл бұрын
QC, Emissions and Fuel Consumption - a stroke a genius!!!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Luckily, Heinrich has an excellent attorney.....he's hit a rough spot recently...
@overthetarget94013 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax He was calculating all the wrong numbers. I see a pattern.
@itisnottaken44443 жыл бұрын
Tenor madness especially Sonny Rollins solo is PERFECT to learn blues vocabulary that's melodic and simple.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Agreed William! My mentor used to tell me, if you can't think of something melodic to play, play the &%$^ing melody. That stuck with me.
@aliss55553 жыл бұрын
Such a great channel, feels illegal to be seeing this for free hahhaha, keep it up man!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Wait, someone posted my paid course on KZbin!! I'm calling the cops!!! (thank my friend, much appreciated - plenty more good stuff to come) :)
@jornadmusic3 жыл бұрын
keep doing those call and response exercises! it gives me something to challenge myself and i really enjoy them
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Will do! (I'm also building a GIANT course with toooons of them)
@shipsahoy17933 жыл бұрын
Dr. Wally IS the Master of Disguise !! 👍. 😉. 👏. 👨🏻
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Whaaaa? I was just myself? I'll ask Heinrich if he knows what you're on about...
@saasaa72072 жыл бұрын
Excellent teaching
@Odian73 жыл бұрын
Now I have a new bed time story for my future kids, thanks! I hope Heinrich is still fine (heard about some problems at Volkswagen, maybe just rumors). My favorite blues song is Blue Lester by the great Lester young.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Lester is the start to so many great things. So many of my heroes can be traced back to his approach!
@robertoclaudio3 жыл бұрын
Great lesson! Thank you so much, Dr. Wallace!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Roberto! Have a great weekend my friend (and happy practicing)!
@chriselston70463 жыл бұрын
Great work again, Doc! This is making a lot of sense.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!!!! That makes me very happy, Chris!
@mrbari83963 жыл бұрын
Dr. Wally Wallace back at it again!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
When the fake mustaches arrive via UPS, you gotta get to work, right?
@mrbari83963 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax I have no idea how to respond to that but yeah
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
@@mrbari8396 Ha! Neither does my wife :)
@Nestor_Fernandez3 жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson! I enjoyed it a lot. Keep them coming!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nestor....muuuuch more to come!
@warpo0073 жыл бұрын
Good to see you in your every-day attire for a change Dr Wally @ 2:37
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Genovian Casual Wear. My new line will be coming out this fall. Earth Tones and brass accents. Mostly wool.
@martinchilvers38703 жыл бұрын
Love your teaching - and your amazing tone - sooooooo good!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
That's incredibly kind Thank you my friend!
@daniellmiller3 жыл бұрын
Wait!… a Phd with personality and humor? This must be a parallel Universe.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Ha! I got so bored in academics, bunch of humorless dorks. Now I get to wear fake mustaches and have fun ;)
@PostMasterNick3 жыл бұрын
My favorite: Medium rare, with a chimichuri sauce
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Ohhhhh, I'mma try that this weekend!
@francistaylor50973 жыл бұрын
Oh yes! Best steaks I've had were in DC back in 2014.
@fenderstratguy2 жыл бұрын
That sounds utterly stinking ….love it
@drwallysax2 жыл бұрын
thank? I think? I take a shower every other Tuesday?
@jazzhook33103 жыл бұрын
I’m getting off the fence and answering the question properly. Blues up and Down from Boss Tenors one of my favourites albums. There’s a lot of honking on there but Sonny’s solo is blue and “bebopy” and a great contrast to Mr. Ammons’.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
@jazzhook33103 жыл бұрын
Amazing lesson as usual! My first comment, and I’m not following the instructions because I am going to say almost any blues by Sonny Stitt. He seems like both an encyclopedia of blues licks as well as oozing real blues feel. Thanks for all the hard work love you channel!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks my friend! I love Stitt as well! Have you heard his "I got Rhythm" form the Verve sessions? It's my grail bop recording!
@jazzhook33103 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure I have, but not in a while, going to go check it out right now!
@jazzhook33103 жыл бұрын
Yeah that’s the crazy stuff, he almost makes it sound easy! Thanks for that, when you said “I got rhythm” I was thinking tenor at first, forgot how amazing that track is. He has so many recordings. It actually took me a while, for some reason, as a listener to warm up to his alto playing, I loved his tenor, but now I love both.
@esalehtismaki3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, in blues there is no such thing as wrong note. The whole chromatic scale in order can work, but is a bit of a bold move that should not be done often. The old trick is: if you accidentally play a note that sounds bad, keep your cool and repeat it two more times. I like these jam sessions. I just started sax (after 44 years of guitar) and not quite at this level yet, but I get the easier ones.
@caseystern66163 жыл бұрын
Big announcement?!? I can’t wait!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
I've been hard at work!
@robstevens95903 жыл бұрын
Eine schoene Geschichte von Heinrich! Nice licks for call & response! I like the steak analogy. Favorite blues solos (off the top of my head): Charlie Rouse on Blue Monk, Johnny Hodges on Funky Blues, "Stolen Moments" Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy and Oliver Nelson. --- I was very happy to see your comments on Jamie Anderson's "Get Your Sax Together". I get a lot of good input from you and Jamie (as well as a few others, but you 2 are my main source of sax progress -- Thanks.)
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Stolen Moments! What a great track on such a great album! Hope you're having a great week, Rob!
@robstevens95903 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax The whole album, "Blues and the Abstract Truth" is fantastic.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
@@robstevens9590 It's one of my favorites! All of the players are great, but none are my favorites - but TOGETHER, such a great sound.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Jamie is my KZbin buddy! We had a nice Zoom chat a few weeks back. He's a great musician and teacher - and just a great human. He's great guy.
@yun_saxophone-studio3 жыл бұрын
wow ~thankk you so much !!!! a great video!! a great teacher!!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thank so very much :) What are you recording next?!
@yun_saxophone-studio3 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax haha ^^ i think ~~ next would record sing a song ^^ *** i really like ur all contents ~!!! your so amazing !
@joshuaedwards63963 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Most welcome, Joshua! Happy practicing my friend!
@donl32483 жыл бұрын
My favorite blues solo; was listening to a public radio station in the car one Saturday afternoon. A recording by Louis Armstrong was played. Sadly I didn't get the title of the recording and have yet to find it. Louis blew an entire 12 bars on ONE note. His rhythmic ideas carried the solo. I had a "OH, YEAH!" fist pump reaction after listening to it. p.s. Do the wife and kids get involved in helping you get into costume and character for these videos? I sure hope so!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Louis for sure!!!! As for the family: my wife opens the amazon package and rolls her eyes. "Wally....your ""WORK" stuff came in..." My daughter was beyond excited to meet Ollie in person. :)
@donl32483 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax 🤣 Good for your daughter!! The other part, I understand all too well.
@peterdrake51562 жыл бұрын
Good work Dr. You are as mad as a frog but a great teacher!
@drwallysax2 жыл бұрын
Wait, how mad is a frog?
@peterdrake51562 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax Just a saying we have here in the north of England - it means you are nuts in a really funny agreeable way. Great teacher too!
@raseshgandhi67023 жыл бұрын
Fabulous sir
@SheltoniaNation2 жыл бұрын
I am really living that cautionary tale! I’m in the faculty’s teacher band this year and get to vamp on Mary J. Bilge’s ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’. I can finally feel the G blues scale getting stale after a few months of practice. But the places I’ve thrown in the A and E feel off. Performance tomorrow and Saturday…then the following Friday. Thoughts?
@gabrielfernandes91953 жыл бұрын
Você é uma figura, cara! Obrigado pelas dicas. Abraço.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Obrigado meu amigo. Boa prática!
@alanlowenthal23843 жыл бұрын
Thanks Wally. Very helpful. You provide the big picture better than most. And has anyone ever told you, you look s lot like Heinrich Van Bluescalsen? Uncanny, isn't it?
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alan! Wait, do all people wearing glasses just look alike to you? Ridiculous...
@milks88593 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 20k
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I can't believe 20,000 people can stand my goofy humor!
@nesterdabresaxophonist613 жыл бұрын
Wow superb
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nester, hope you're having a great week my friend!
@felixemilioloramartinez37183 жыл бұрын
That’s a good explanation
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Felix, happy practicing!
@martincommunications53813 жыл бұрын
Great video Dr. Wallace. Seeing as how Heinrich Van Bluescalsen is taken, I'll have to think of a different name for my first born.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
I mean...Wally Van Communications is probably available?
@martincommunications53813 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax 😆👍
@olebirgerpedersen3 жыл бұрын
The best use of the bluesscale I ever expierienst is by Cannonball Adderley.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
The way he mixes the "blue" notes over major key areas (and MODAL tunes as well) is just perfection. Everything he plays has a tint of blues and it's just amazing. There's a lifetime of study in his solos to be had for sure!
@mrsax683 жыл бұрын
Grazie di ❤
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Most welcome :)
@alexensing15413 жыл бұрын
Tradition states that one must move thine eyes and eyebrows vigorously for proper blues playing, as demonstrated by our friend Heinrich
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
If I ever get botox, it will render me mute.
@francistaylor50973 жыл бұрын
These call and response sections are so helpful, thanks. Do you have some tips on when and how to use the bis key?
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Francis! Bis is a loong conversation. And I break the rules I set, constantly. I'll make a video!
@francistaylor50973 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax As a clarinetist that little fork key is utterly useless, so I'm a side-Bb guy!
@francistaylor50973 жыл бұрын
I had a bis revelation earlier today when practising your call and response Beebop exercises. Phrase 5 lent itself well to bis use; found that little pivot from Bb to B helped some cool articulation.
@samersaxman3 жыл бұрын
Love it 👍
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Samersaxman! Have a great weekend my friend!
@eflat36663 жыл бұрын
Fantastico grazie!
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Thank you my friend. Have a wonderful weekend!
@LeoNovel3 жыл бұрын
Hello, Dr. Wally! Do you know the British band “The Tiger Lillies”? They have a song called Heinrich!! 🤓
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
I like the Tiger Lillies, I'll check out that track! How's practice going, Leo?
@airbornetrooper24523 жыл бұрын
Trying to figure out your favorite blues solo is like trying to figure out Which is your favorite kid LOL
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
So, super easy! ;)
@madyeti32243 жыл бұрын
Mom always liked me best!!!
@ollinaumann3 жыл бұрын
...locked away in his shedenhausen hahaha
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Would you believe that came to my on the fly. I improvise bedtime stories for my kids. The Tale of Heinrich was actually easier.
@KrisVComm3 жыл бұрын
Hey! Which mouthpiece is this and where is the WCW?
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
It IS the 56! It's just the black version. I'm such a VIP they sent me both versions :)
@KrisVComm3 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax but of course!!
@pollokilleeer10673 жыл бұрын
Yessssssssssssssssssss sirrrrrrrrreeeeeeereeerrede newwwww vid 🌅🌅
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Pollo!!!!!!! happy weekend my friend!
@joshuaparsons90863 жыл бұрын
Maceo parker baby
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
That is an alto sound!!!
@SaxophoneFactory3 жыл бұрын
Van Bluescalsen's history sounds like my time in college
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Ha!
@rubemricardoazevedolima43143 жыл бұрын
My favorito solo is Take Five. Please develop a comment about it, Dr. Wally. Thanks.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
We should talk about that for sure!
@davebirkett62193 жыл бұрын
Parker's Mood
@hyrumbaird39503 жыл бұрын
Jazz
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Indeed Rummy Boi. Indeed.
@vincent_c_tran3 жыл бұрын
Is it weird that when Dr.Wally said Volkswagen I got a Volkswagen ad?
@drwallysax2 жыл бұрын
Shhhhhhh, they're listening to us right now, Vincent. This chat box is not safe....
@madyeti32243 жыл бұрын
Now I am scared...and unable to sleep...that story was scary...
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Some say, if you listen closely at night, you can still hear Heinrich playing the scale.....
@madyeti32243 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax fing great...now I need alcohol..and practice.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
@@madyeti3224 😂
@wcakgilleran3 жыл бұрын
Billie's Bounce.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
So. Good. So good!
@MrGeolm3 жыл бұрын
Paul Desmond solo on blue rondo a la turk
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
That sound. It's just divine. I need to go listen to that album again....
@overthetarget94013 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax It is rumored that the Vandoren AL-4 is a replica of the old McGregory mouthpiece that Paul Desmond played for most of his career. Whether true or not, it's an excellent mpc and definitely can help to get you in the right ball park if you wanna go for that sound.
@yairflax30533 жыл бұрын
It's harder then it sounds to play blues.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. For me, it's like playing Bach. I keep revisiting it at different times of my life, and continually learn and grow with them. Both are lifelong studies.
@bluegoose5553 жыл бұрын
Take the Pebble from my hand Grasshopper
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Kung Fu reference for the win!!!! And now, we should both feel old :)
@bluegoose5553 жыл бұрын
@@drwallysax Jazz keeps you young (just look at Benny Carter) he never put Ketchup on Top Sirloin
@ryangatling29733 жыл бұрын
I hear a lot of Indiana Bebop in this...
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
You mean David baker "How to Play Bebop"?
@danielcohen96373 жыл бұрын
Everything in moderation even moderation.
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
Don't try to moderate my moderation, DANIEL!
@oliverkollas45263 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for Heinrich
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
No worries, Oliver! He wrote me last week, he's out on bail and has an excellent attorney!
@davidbraner1563 жыл бұрын
I just called Volkswagen's HR department. They are denying any existence of a Heinrich Van Bluescalsen. You sure he didn't go to Mercedes?
@drwallysax3 жыл бұрын
I heard he was hired by an American auto company. Tesla, I think? In charge of battery integrity. Shouldn't be a problem.