Dr.walley i love the way you teach you seem to simplify things ....thank-you for sharing...

Thank you dr Wally Wallace you are an awesome teacher! Out of all the good sax teachers online you are the best one!

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Ari, that is very kind :) I love so many of my KZread colleagues, lots of great teaching out there! Have a fantastic weekend.

I am a beginner jazz blues guitarist. Love your videos immensely even though I've never touched Saxophone in my life.

Nice to go back to some quite intense concentrated practice. Lots I'd forgotten, and plain didn't know! Thanks Dr W!!

the best thing to happen to me and my sax in a long time.this is awsome

I really like the idea of just adding the one chromatic note to the diatonic scale and working the shit out of it , that's good clear structured teaching and makes a lot more sense than much of what I've been hearing from others

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad it's helpful for you (certainly helped this classical trained nerd!). Have a great weekend and happy practicing!

@couchphotography8861

4 ай бұрын

Work the shit out of it!!!! That's the way!

❤️🇧🇷❤️ I play the bassoon. It is great to play with you. I only have to read as it were written in “Clave de Fá”.

Thanks Doc

I think Dr Wallace is streets ahead of his fellow online educators in terms of articulating jazz language. And yes, I'm practicing.

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

If you're not with the Saxophone Academy, you're Streets Behind.

Super man👌👍👏😊

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, happy practicing!

Thanks Wally - Excellent lesson, as always 👍🏼

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex, happy Friday! Next week's exercises are getting Bop-tastic!

as a blind player, this has been the best one and easiest to follow thanks doc

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

So glad it's helpful! Happy practicing!

Extremely good lesson. Thank you

Merci pour ces exercices, c'est toujours un grand plaisir d'apprendre, surtout concernant le Blues au Saxophone, j'adore.

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup mon ami. Joyeux vendredi!

Thank you for the lesson!

Simply great

Great lessons and advice. I am a new but already big fan.

You are great! thanks

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Awwww, thank you. Made my day :)

Fantastic Waly! Your style and content is the best I have found on YT. As you know teaching/learning is as unique as the people involved in the process. I am returning to music ater a 40 year hiatus and find your method fits! Keep it up.

@drwallysax

Жыл бұрын

That's incredibly kind, Tracy. Thanks my friend - and YOU keep up the practice!

It is just fun to try to play along with you...not easy, but giving it a shot! Thanks, Dr. Wally!

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! This makes me happy, keep at it Laura!

Wow! A rare combination of real, funny humor and deep, yet clear, way to digest knowledge. Superb, Dr. Wally!

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Well, you just made my Friday :) Thanks Denis!

Helpful to think in four bar phrases

Besides basic major, minor scales, the blues and pentatonics were the first things that I learned in my early years of playing. I could hear these sounds in my saxophone heros solos. In those days my playing was limited to these scales. The blues is a great springboard for learning improvisation. Once again you are so on top of this Dr Wally. I wish you could have been around 50 years ago bro. I probably would have had a better insight into improvisation.

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jacque! Hope you're having a great weekend!

Awesome as Usual - Thanx

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, have a most excellent weekend! (and go practice)

Grazie Maestro ❤️🎷

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Happy Friday, Nursax!!

Thanks Wally. So far I'm super impressed with your approach on this course. And I've been to them all: Jamie Anderson, Nigel McGill, Scott Paddock, Phil Marshall, Jay Metcalf...

@paddylandreville8501

2 жыл бұрын

Very good teacher except he pronounces his profession wrong, it's sax-AW-phonist and not the regular sax-a-phonist. Take that Dr W.

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

John, that is incredibly kind, thank you. I have tremendous respect for all the names listed as well (my tube-colleagues and friends :)

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

America popularized the saxophone, Paddy. OOOOOO it is!

@paddylandreville8501

2 жыл бұрын

@@drwallysax I agree. Have a nice day and go practice, NOW.

@jacquelamontharenberg

2 жыл бұрын

I agree John.... he is the man.

Thanks Wally! I tend to (rhythmically) over-anticipate chord changes, when playing over changes I am not very familiar with, so the 4 bar exercise is helpful.

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

So glad, happy practicing and have a great weekend Rob!

As a retirement project student, the clarity and small step progression is greatly appreciated. Thank you Doc.

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Most welcome, Derek! happy practicing!

@larrywarr3954

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. I feel you are helping me do the seemingly impossible. Much appreciated

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

@@larrywarr3954 This makes me incredibly happy, thanks my friend. Happy Friday....and go practice!

Dude I love the fact that you are putting out you tube content in suite & tie I have a sax I can't play so I have hit subscribe 😊

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

I dress up to make every lesson an "occasion." Didn't get into Julliard? NO worries, Dr. Wally's got you.

You forgot the most important part though you executed it perfectly. The smug end of solo look. Yes that was sax and you should be suitably impressed. Anything you heard that was uncomfortable was artistic interpretation above normal understanding. We now return to our regularly scheduled notes.

Cool stuff...Subscribed!

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, welcome to the Academy! Coffee is optional but practice required :)

당신의 수업시간이 너무좋아 I love u 💓

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Love right back at you!

Wonderful instruction as always! Curious to know where we could find that G Blues sheet at 4:10? Thanks!!

Awesome

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

:) Thanks Joseph, happy Friday!

Fantastic series that helped me kick-off my work on playing the blues on sax! Any chance y'all have pdfs for these licks you present here and in the other videos? Also great to know of another great sax teacher to turn to here in NC!

@couchphotography8861

4 ай бұрын

I think the whole idea is to use the ears!

this is really helpful Dr Wally but I'm having issue with the exercise.please can you upload the exercises

Very OK. Many thanks for this interesting video.

This is the best material and approach to this topic I've found. My teacher has a tendency to move through material quickly and I often find myself in the state you describe of barely being able to keep up with chord changes let alone soloing in an attentive and controlled way. On a separate note, are the PDFs for these blues lessons available anywhere? I'm happy to pay for this kind of material as a PDF package (similar to Chad LBs PDF packages).

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

This makes me incredibly happy! The .pdfs, backing tracks, and other stuff (along with mostly packets) are a perk for my private studio members. I'll be opening registration a in a few weeks this summer.

How can we find the music sheets you are showing (specially for the exercises)? Many thanks for this Blues series!!!

"OK new analogy"... hilarious!

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Happy Friday Liam, have a most wonderful weekend!

Is it possible to download the exercise chart for better viewing and printing? Thanks.

Is there a link to the PDF or do we need to write it out. Or did I miss something?

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

no .pdf - just example exercises on the screen. Ideally, use them as a guide to improvise your own exercises! Some perks (.pdf packets and Hi-Fi backing tracks I keep as perks for my private studio members).

Snuck in the "bebop ending" in exercise 8...

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

I sneak nothing - it's loud and proud! Happy Friday Don!

.... any PDF download

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Not with these lessons - it's all up on the screen

@gerardbarrett8369

2 жыл бұрын

Print screen

I just took a bite out of a mountain. Not recommended.

@drwallysax

2 жыл бұрын

Granite is bad for your teeth.