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In this week's lesson you'll learn the difference between major and minor blues scales, and how you can use them both when you improvise on saxophone (or any other instrument).
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00:00 Introduction to Understanding Major vs Minor Blues Scales
00:50 Free Saxophone Success Masterclass
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01:38 Same Notes Different Scale
10:12 Drone Backing Track - A Major Blues to F# Minor Blues
11:27 A Major Blues - Shuffle Groove Example
13:30 F# Minor Blues - Shuffle Groove Example
15:17 Major & Minor Blues Scale - Same Root
21:55 A Major Blues Backing track-Transition Between A Minor and A Major Blues Scales
25:21 Tip: The Secret Sauce
31:06 Before You Go
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31:52 Thank you for The Coffees!
32:03 Practice Hard, Practice Smart, and Enjoy Your Music
32:10 End Music and Bloopers
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[@robstevens9590]

The minor blues scale came naturally to me (growing up on the South Side of Chicago), but I only discovered the major blues scale by listening to solos from the swing era. I realized it was just adding that b3 to the major pentatonic scale.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

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[@kenmatz5605]

Spot on Jamie! Brilliant video with key learnings, as usual. Thank you!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@garymeroff3297]

Hi Jaime I always look forward to your videos. Thanks again for sharing your gold and knowledge. I am trying to build endurance on my tenor playing. I watched your masterclass and it helped to work on my lips, relaxation and it's muscles. I am trying to play as relaxed as possible. I am adding time to my practice sessions and I have a gig in about 5 days. I have been working the heads and the changes to play better solos. In addition I have been working on the overtones exercise you gave us and it is helping a lot ! My tone is more centered and my intonation has improved as well. Thanks so much for that !

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

This is wonderful to hear. Enjoy your playing!

[@gsd2112]

Great stuff Jamie! Really helpful.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jazzman_10]

Great stuff! 🙏

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thank you 🙌

[@montesfam5]

Great work as always Jamie. Im still using all your info and methods and watch your videos every Sunday. 🎷🎷

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@MrKishijoten]

That was an amazing insight into making your improvisation more interesting, thank-you so much

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@freddyluckily6286]

Great lesson. Makes total sense. Clear and useful.

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Glad it was helpful!

[@ChuckHahm]

this is a really good explanation of a topic that i have wondered about for a long time. thanks!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

You're very welcome!

[@benoittissier58]

Great lesson !

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Glad you liked it! 🙏🏻

[@senfilatechnologies2938]

Fantastic Explanation! By far the clearest, logical explanation on the blues scale I have ever seen! I cant tell you how many others have tried and do such a POOR job leaving one more confused than enlightened! Keep up the great work!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Wow, thanks!

[@renewelter5799]

i love it!

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[@emscots2780]

Great lesson

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Glad you found it helpful

[@charlesvandonselaar907]

Thanks Jamie, regards!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thank you too!

[@couchphotography8861]

Groovy glasses to go with the groovy grooves, LOL, nice one thanks Jamie!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

You bet!

[@giuseppebagarolo7890]

Great

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thanks

[@mchidley1]

Wow,thanks for this video! A big light bulb went off. I knew because I primarily play alto, I can just play my minor blues scale as I would down a minor third from the major key . But then alternate that with the parallel minor blues scale corresponding to the major key. Back and forth or bigger sections as a call and response to each other. Brilliant! I get what you’re thinking by doing this with favorite “juicy “ phrases, but I’m finding it’s easy to construct my own line in one and reply in the other. I had seen you do a bit in weaving back and forth between the natural 3rd and the minor 3rd judiciously, but it just never sank in to this extent. I was boxing myself in with too strict an interpretation. Thank you!😂

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Any time Mark!

[@mitrogaming7154]

Every sunday i wake up excited knowing that youre posting a new video

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Love that! Thanks for supporting the channel.

[@highlow8875]

Hello, great worked up and illustrated. Today you used a different setup - what would these be? Thanks very much.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

I was using my student Yamaha, while my mark six was in for repair. Thanks for watching!

[@davepierremusic3974]

Really learn alot from you Jamie. Thank you soo soo much. What software do you use to make and screen share your videos?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

I use ECamm Live. Thanks for watching!

[@ChipTheMusicMan]

Nice Jamie - you're really taking us to school, huh?! Also, thanks for reppin' the student Yammy! I've got a YAS23 myself - gets the job done 😁

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Sounds great!

[@christopheradams7158]

Great video Jamie could we equate this to playing over chords?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Hey Christopher, I’m not exactly sure what this question means to be honest?

[@mateuszkomorowski8521]

Best regards from Poland 😊

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Hello there!

[@davidprince1590]

I just learned that I've always played the blues using the minor blues scale. I've thrown in elements of the major blues scale just to provide some variation without realizing it was a different scale.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Great stuff! 👍

[@Leese42]

This is SO interesting. But wait. Really dim question coming up: (I am not an improviser, but keen to learn how to do it!) At the point in the video where you're improvising using both the A major and minor scales, when the chord on the backing track changes from the tonic to the subdominant and the dominant, you're still using the A scales to solo with over the top of them? Not changing to the notes of the D and E scales respectively? And that works? So in a blues pattern, the notes of the home key will work over the IV and V chords too? I may have worded this badly, but it's Sunday morning 😂

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Yea, you’re right it’s lord of the rings. One scale to rule them all!

[@bobblues1158]

Hi Jamie-What setup are you playing in the beginning of this video? It really locks into that shuffle, Bill Dogget Hammond organ Honky Tonk bag!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

I was just using my student Yamaha saxophone while my mark six was in for repair. Thanks for watching!

[@yoannsolo6274]

Just One comment « Amazing « 👍🎷🎶 Congratulations for your incredible and fantastic sound, a great pleasure to listen to you 🤗

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Many thanks!!

[@soniavalenti519]

Hey Jamie do you happen to have a pdf of all the major and relative scales in full range ??

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Yes Sonia, Start here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kISyiYakadlqgNE

[@soniavalenti519]

@@GetYourSaxTogether awesome thankyou ! Printed and practicing 😉

[@thomasschneider1785]

Jamie how do you tell what key your in?. How do you know that the backing track is in? Iam not talking about the key signature Even when the backing tracking is changing cords you still play in the major or minor blue scales?????

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

The key is the strongest note if you sing it.

[@Megamember678]

I like the minor scale better

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[@lyntedrockley7295]

What!!!!!! No Dark glasses????!! but apart from that, great video!

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[@ubustudio]

It sounds like you are playing over a I-IV-V standard blues progression. I’m wondering how the theory here works with your major/minor blues scales that you play over this progression? In the real world a guitarist will tell you, if they tell you anything, what key the song is in and the standard progression is assumed. So what you seem to be implying is that the chord changes are not as relevant as the shift from the major to minor? I’m confused now. I feel like you gave us a great short cut to slice through the I-IV-V progression, but I’m not sure. Thanks a heap, great tutorial.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

I hope I’ve understood you correctly here, but what I’ve taught you in this lesson works over a major blues tonality, whereas if you’re in a minor key you can only use the minor blues scale.

[@stack80]

You actually used the wrong saxophone this week! Alto gang! 😂

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