Watch this before playing ANY song on sax!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Instantly sound better with this free phrasing pdf cheat sheet➡️www.getyoursaxtogether.com/phrasing

[@brendakhoo2581]

as a teacher myself, I am thrilled to share these lessons with my band students; you teach in a clear, logical style

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Awesome!

[@bobpremecz5429]

1973, 1967, and 2021 - It doesn't matter how old or how new, properly phrased articulation makes the music and never goes out of style. Great lesson and great examples. So happy you included the recently released Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin tune to illustrate the powerful vocal phrasing that is possible with the sax that few other instruments can imitate.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Wise words Bob, thanks. 🙏🏻

[@proudmusiciansofnabua1103]

The Best advise of the year...

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@SteneArtStudios]

I am no longer a beginner sax-uh-phonist, I am a sax-off-nist!! Thanks for the awesome videos!! They are helping so much, look forward to every Sunday (Saturday night here in CA). Happy New Year!!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Yeh, I love the differences in our supposedly identical language. The way I see it, we were first so you should follow US!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@YanickCoderreSaxophone]

Very well explained! 👍🎷

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thanks man! 🙏🏻

[@phantomtop]

Thanks great video on "fraseggio" and staccato

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Cool, thanks. 🙏🏻

[@JKtheSlacker]

Great video Jamie! The only thing I might have liked to see was an example of each of the sample songs played "straight" without the proper phrasing, as a contrast to the proper phrasing. I definitely got the point though, and will be focusing on phrasing in my practicing going forward.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Cool man 😎

[@francistaylor5097]

Thanks, Jamie. Such a useful video. Longs and shorts really do make the difference between sounding mechanical or in the groove. Thanks for everything you do to inspire sax players; I can now confidently improvise solos, something impossible two years ago. I'm very glad I searched how to play Cagney and Lacey!!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

What an awesome comment. Thanks Francis. You’ve made my day. 😊❤️

[@johnkremastos5713]

Excellent lesson Jamie

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thanks man 🙏🏻

[@trefordavies3670]

Great help Jamie . Hope new year is kind to us all

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Here here 👌🏻

[@paddylandreville8501]

Awesome lesson bro, thanks for sharing and educating.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Anytime ☺️

[@meilingbao2481]

great ! just solved my questions ! thank you !!!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Great!

[@vintry99]

Thanks Jamie for another really helpful video. All these great tips each week are definitely improving my playing. Looking forward to another year of Sunday emails. Happy New Year.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Awesome!

[@neilnorton1635]

Great video Jamie, very helpful. Thank you. 🙏🏼

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

You’re very welcome ☺️

[@krish1204bag]

Thanks Sir

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Anytime. 😊

[@emmaswanwick4908]

Hi Jamie, I have a real neat sax heavy 89s so g for you... Song on the radio by Al Stewart. From the time passages album. There are a few sax breaks on the album and on Russians and Americans album too. But song on the radio has a great solo too

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Cool, thanks Emma.

[@AnnaAnya76]

Great video.Just started 3 wks ago.Love your lessons!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Awesome Anna!

[@robstevens9590]

Thanks Jamie! Good tips. Listening to this early Sunday morning makes me feel like the centipede, who all of a sudden tries to figure out which foot comes first, second, ...

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

True!

[@jrgenfriis5891]

1000 Thanks for the lesson, I am a big step closer ...looking forward to a lesson of rhythmed

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@sharynhughes1061]

Wow!! ThankU!!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Enjoy!

[@montesfam5]

Hey Jamie, Awesome advice. I was actually trying to learn a bit of Grover Washington’s Mr. Magic. I realized there are a handful of long and short notes. The phrasing is truly important as you explained. Brilliant lesson as always Jamie.🎷🤓 See you soon 😎

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Cheers Carlos!

[@couchphotography8861]

love the bloopers! Adele song was a bit tricky but good to play - used to sing when I'm 64 a lot ....then I was 64....aaargh!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

😆

[@paulhayes1888]

Great advice Jamie, I’ve got a bad habit of tonguing every note, which my old sax teacher drummed into me . 👍

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Oops! Mind you, most people don’t tongue enough!

[@ronlang7236]

Is the 'turn' symbol located between two notes in Easy on Me played like a trill?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

No, you quickly play the note, the note above, then the note again. I guess you could argue it’s trill that only lasts for one rep.

[@mahfooz04428]

Which saxophone u r using sir ....please tell me

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJWuaImalsmeoac

[@playeveryday01]

if its a quarter note and I make the note short did I just change it to a 1/8 or 1/16th note ignoring the original note value ?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Effectively, yes. But an 1/8th note followed by an 1/8th note rest of course.

[@playeveryday01]

@@GetYourSaxTogether Ah ok that makes sense. Wrapping my head around notating rhythm is a lot. lol

[@pavelpatsenkov]

Cool!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@rodrigobertoa5916]

i've been playing sax for 10 years.... i still can't get a decent ( don't even know how to call it ) downward bend ??... that little fall on the end of bars and 5 of the Adele song. Do you have any video talking about that particular effect ?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Yup. kzbin.info/www/bejne/paKTiX2kbtaqlZY

[@soulfireblue5721]

Jamie, what mpc are you on? Link? Love the sound! Thanks!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Vintage Otto Link Florida model

[@tumwinerwekanika8375]

Please help me with the side keys

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

You may find this video helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYrSonp4oct-d68

[@LarryKatz53]

Thanks as always Jamie and Happy New Year! You didn't mention the tilde in the score for "Easy On Me'. Is that your convention for the tonal color you added, or is it a standard convention? I don't recall ever seeing it before. Cheers from the Garden State of New Jersey!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Sorry Larry was that a typo? Couldn’t get the meaning of your question?

[@LarryKatz53]

In the score for "Easy On Me" the tildes (~) are in the 2nd measure between the C and B and in the third measure between the B and A. Thx!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

@@LarryKatz53 omg, do you mean turns? 😆

[@LarryKatz53]

@@GetYourSaxTogether I guess so. I don't know to what 'turns' refer. I hear what you did, but I don't know exactly what you did there. Sounds nice, of course!

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

@@LarryKatz53 ah, the mist is clearing, I thought you’d mistyped “turn” cos I didn’t know the word “tildes” referred to that symbol. Sorry. Anyway, when you see a turn you play the note, the note above then the note again. There are complex rules governing these ornaments in classical music (and lots more symbols) but for commercial music it’s more simple: just wobble up and down once!

[@classified9668]

Maybe some more long tones, Jamie?

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Here are some of my other videos for you to watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJzckHhtn7tkgbM; kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2nOZ6dprKh8e6M; kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqSVfI2bq5qdoc0

[@JulietGreen]

I used to describe those diaphragm surges as 'huffing'.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Yeh that’s about right. Can’t believe I did what I criticise others for saying, which is diaphragm surges! Of course, your diaphragm is only used for breathing in and you huff with your tummy muscles!

[@honoredutrey]

This video seems to be aimed at self taught beginners who know very little about music.How you phrase depends on the song ,and the style of music you are playing.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Yup. Of course the song and the style of music dictate how you phrase. You still use these basic rules though. And you’d be amazed how many so called advanced players who supposedly know a lot about music aren’t aware of these basics and don’t phrase properly. Therefore this video isn’t just aimed at the demographic you assume it is.

[@1Rockstok]

Please stop laughing at yourself.

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

🤣

[@BassNSax628]

This is an interesting one Jamie. Looking at the difference between staccato and legato. This is really looking closely at how we play individual notes. This is one of the differences between a good player and an average one. “Never miss a Sunday” should be your knew catchphrase! 🤣

[@GetYourSaxTogether]

Thanks Mark!