You made my day my beautiful brother. From one brother to another I appreciate the clarification & your time. Keep playing from the heart.

@Sirvalorsax

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

The legacy of smooth jazz SirValorSax -> Kenny G -> Dave Pollack

@BrunoNeureiter

4 жыл бұрын

Sir Valor? I'd never read the R so it thought it was Sirvalo. It's similar to narvalo which in italian means narwhal.

@fabianvanderknaap2102

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@iamnegan8878

4 жыл бұрын

Hail Dave Pollack 😂

@fabianvanderknaap2102

4 жыл бұрын

@@iamnegan8878 All hail the chosen one!

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

You have a rare gift for explaining things and putting them into perspective. Not only do you teach us new things, but you also have the ability to make us aware of things we kinda already knew without realizing we knew them, and making that knowledge easier to grasp conceptually. Thank you for this excellent lesson!

@archiecarino_sax

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I've heard many comments on Kenny G that he is not playing jazz, but at least he is well known in the jazz community.

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

Although Kenny G didn't create smooth jazz, he pretty much us the label on the package. His product exploded on the market and it received the label that was most capable of selling his product, JAZZ.

Can you make one of these on funk? Would make my life a lot funkier. You are getting a lot better at the educational content btw

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

I'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion.

I kept waiting in anticipation for that last song. It was very nice. Thanks so much for not overdoing special effects. Your natural sound is awesome! I enjoy your content. Keep it up!

@Sirvalorsax

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Your soprano saxophone sound is among the very best "natural" Organic Jazz "sound-voices" I have heard and adored. It has me thinking of Grover Washington, Jr's and *Ronnie Laws' , as well as #Jimmy Heath's - not to mention Oliver Nelson's "Patterns" especially as you move to 2nd octave (about the end) *RL's: "Stay Still And Let Me Love You", "Karen With Love", "Friends And Strangers" #JH's: "Sophisticated Lady" *. *. *. *. * "Silly" Question: It varies from player to player, I guess - - - but, what's the art, science, or simply "trick" in selecting a Reed so as to enable a performer to obtain a fairly "good" sound especially on soprano saxophone? You have herein used strength #2, If I'm correct, and have been able to move to 2rd octave without slurring - so as to make the notes smoothly. Any tips, even though you might have explained this phenomenon already? Thanks, beforehand! Lohvissimo!

Great video. Thanks so much for posting it. Have a blessed day!

Nice, really nice. Thanks!

Great video. Thanks for sharing with us!

Very nice sound

Keep It Up sounding really good!

Thank you for making it plain ! Really enjoy your content !

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

MAN. When you said pianissimo to FORTE! I thought that hand was gonna come thru the screen! Said with such CONVICTION! lol

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

Another great video, and a wonderful Soprano sound. Thank you

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

Maceo Parker is also an incredible part of the Smooth born. Thanks for sharing us exiting information about that amazing music

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Great lesson! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

A Yamaha 4c. I swear to god, you can make anything sound awesome.

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

Great lesson as always, Sir! I hope you're doin' well and stayin' safe

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

I am! Thanks

Keep these gospel stuff coming, learning from St.Lucia in the Caribbean.

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

I've had many stops in St. Lucia during my cruise ship days!!

Thanks again!!!

I've been struggling to understand how to play the blues scale and you made it super clear on how to do it! Thank you so much!

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Appreciate your work!

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Thank you so much for your knowledge 😊

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

I'm appreciating that you mentioned Gato Barbieri. When is your book coming out?

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

I just gave a "prototype" version of my book to a friend of mine to proof read. He knows a person that works as a major music book publishing company. I have my fingers crossed.

That's some great ear candy your'e playing...also beautiful to hear quality piano audio in your accompaniment...keep it coming.....love it!!

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

You're an excellent teacher👍

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

This man needs to narrate a documentary

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to do that, Morgan Freeman watch out!!! 😆

@jraohana537

4 жыл бұрын

Agree. So right on with describing the style. Thanks Sirvalosax!

Sir i sold my saxophone for my school purpose. But now i missed it after i watched your video. 🙏🏻 Keep on posting video sir. I want to ask how you did your 'airy' voicing sir. 🙏🏻

Good videos and easy to understand even for people who inglish is not the mathertang. Thank you for that

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Nice straight forward and Detailed information. You Sir are a gem. Theory can Be so intimidating and a Turnoff. You make it so Relaxed and digestible. Thanks.

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Great

Your channel is a great resource! Tenor player here, but you made me very inspired to one day get a soprano to practice on.

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

excelente explicacion y tips...

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Gracias

love your vids man

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Love you man 👍🏾

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

:)

Beautiful

@Sirvalorsax

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Thank you very much for the valuable information on the BeBop scale. You have a nice full sound on your Soprano. When I picked the Soprano back in the 1970’s Ronnie Laws ( Friends & Strangers) so I guess I am pre Kenny G. Yamaha 4c mouthpiece has provided consistent intonation over the years. Thanks again 😉

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! It is my main sop mouthpiece

Bom demais!!!

wow, you really know your stuff! I'd take lessons from you any day!

@Sirvalorsax

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe one day!

Thanks for this video. I added two other scales to your suggestion major & minor pentatonic along with harmonic minor. Over the years I've the altered pentatonic which when I think about I've been playing your suggested scales. Thanks to aerophone thing I've been doing lots of practice without disturbing my wife. Smooth jazz is ok but I'm oldschool traditionalist. Love your vids keepum coming. BTW my main mpc on both my TENOR and alto is the metalite m5 you suggested.

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Cool. Thanks for watching

Love thissss thankyouuuu |!

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

:)

I would fully buy your album with all your KZread intros 🤣🤣🤣

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

😁

Great video - I would just add that if you are playing a melody that has lyrics, it greatly enhances your phrasing if you 'play the lyrics'. Ben Webster did this, and if you listen to Stan Getz playing the The Look Of Love he is clearly enunciating Hal David's lyrics when playing the melody straight.

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Stan Getz is one of my favorite ballad players

Thanks sir. 🤘🤘🤘

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Always welcome

Nice content brother, you are a really good teacher. Already knew you were a great player😊 miss those hangs on deck 6 with you! Take care, and hope to see you again soon and hopefully have a little play!

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated

Whoops!! I forgot to add something.. ("FLICK"!) Thank you!

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

Cool

Still great stuff 🎉

@Sirvalorsax

2 ай бұрын

😀

This is a good topic. And it involves the æsthetics of music. The Harvard Dictionary of Music is very interesting on this topic. I have the 1969 edition, second edition, revised and enlarged. Page 14-"Æsthetics of Music.

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

I'll look into that, thanks for the suggestion

You’re the morgan freeman of the saxophone

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

Nice, I've been trying to ease into soloing with slower, more melodic lines, but had been focusing on the minor pentatonic scale and a bit of the double harmonic scale. Since getting my alto bone, however, I've started practicing navigating the major scales via various patterns and adapting the bebop scale to that may be what I was missing. Oh, and I was super close to finding an affordable Yamaha student alto sax today, only for them not to ship to the US... found an old "American baritone" style euphonium locally in the meantime, though. I now own at least one of each of the low brass instruments I play, which officially opens the door to expanding to the saxophone family, lol

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

NICE! Good Luck. In this age of easy access to information it should male things easier

Smooth jazz is like jazz but without any jazz 😁😁😁

@Sirvalorsax

2 жыл бұрын

😆

You are the best online sax tutor for me and I really appreciate all of the videos you put out. I like the analogy of a pre and post Kenny G era! A question: putting aside Grover who for me was soulful smooth jazz and David Sanborn who for me was funky smooth jazz, where would you put Najee and Gerald Albright? For me, especially Albright, he was the only one who could sound smooth yet he playing straight jazz at the same time. I’m still trying to work out what he does...

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

I think those guys had it together before Kenny G just exploded with popularity so Kenny's sound became the thing to put a label on. Like the brand name, Kleenex is what a lot of people call all tissue paper because it was very popular.

Nice one man. I’m really Not a smooth jazz fan tbh, but I love your presentation style so I watch everything! Little micro “typo” at 7:54? You said G but I’m sure you meant G# for that E maj bebop scale. 🤛🏻

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Oh crap😁. I used to not care for smooth jazz so much but with its popularity came different approaches to playing it. I like Gerald Albright, Dave Sanborn and Nelson Rangell's flute playing. One of my favorite flute solos ever is on Brasiliana by Nelson Rangell. If you have a chance, check it out.

@GetYourSaxTogether

4 жыл бұрын

Sirvalorsax - I’ll check it man. 👍🏻

@GetYourSaxTogether

4 жыл бұрын

Sirvalorsax - yeh, that flute playing on Brasilia is insane. Of course I love my Sanborn and man, Gerald Albright is a consummate saxophonist. I covered his classic Forget Me Nots solo which is one of my favs of all time. kzread.info/dash/bejne/m4SJt8FrmLTFiJc.html

@jraohana537

4 жыл бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogetherI didn't realize it was Gerald until a friend told me. That's always been one of my favorite R&B sax improvs...quite melodic. Definitely before he got more into his triplet hip-hop rhythm.

I know you are such a busy person...but can you please advise me on my playing. I'm teaching myself playing saxophone by watching your videos. I'll really appreciate your advice. Thanks..🎷❣️

Beautiful playing, great lesson. Thankyou. Does Morgan Freeman do voice overs for your videos. :-)

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Not yet...LOL

j'entends un peu le grand Sidney dans ta sonorité . Je me trompe ?

Real nice man.. Glad I ran across your channel and subscribed. Wondering if I should trade up my alto to a soprano, and only play Bb horns.. My main baby is the tenor.👍😎

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Keep that alto!!!

You should play the channel one suit tenor solo

Good Sir, very thoughtful.... thanks. Love the understated low notes. You think maybe sometimes sax players (with less command, control and sense of overall musicallity than yourself) opt for higher and faster notes, in general...Probably to impress each other? Blasphemy!

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Way too often

7 minutes and 52 seconds into this video you said "G" instead of "G#" for the major bebop scale. Peace be with you my friend this only goes to show that we are truly listening to what you have to say and value your input. Sincerely RJC

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Oops, I should fix that in the description sextion🤤

You missed lots of reverb/delay, as the smooth jazz sound! :-)

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

I meant from a players input, not effects. You bring up a really good point. Maybe I'll do a separate video on mixing and EQ'ing. Thanks for the suggestion

@spontaneousgroovincombusti2902

3 жыл бұрын

Tons of 'verb! And an odd EQ trend started by Boney James, and followed by Ingala, Ghent, and many more. Unique, but not a natural tenor sound.

Have you ever played the Jody jazz jet tenor mouthpiece? I think it’s amazing it’s a bright fat sound

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

I played the Superjet but not the regular jet. The Superjet was a bit extreme for my taste

🎷

I really enjoy your content, are you on any social media platforms?

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Im still an Instagram nube.

I like those pre-Kenny G players such as David Sanborn, Stan Getz, Grover Washington Jr, Ronnie Laws, Gato Barbieri, Sadao Watanabe, John Klemmer, Tom Scott, etc. I am over 50 and would love to play saxophone. Is it too late to learn?

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Its never too late especially in this age of information access.

Hi, what about pentatonic scales? Are not used in smooth jazz? I love the genre. Greetings from Argentina, the Gato Barbieri country😊.

@Sirvalorsax

Жыл бұрын

Pentatonic scales are excellent but they can lack color tones that can make the music more harmonically interesting

👍if you can do some grafic notes

What is the name of the song at the beginning of the video?

great video sir! what is the tune you played at the end? really curious!

@Sirvalorsax

2 жыл бұрын

Its one of those free audio track things floating around the internet. I don't know the name of it

what was the music at 7:31

1:50 what song is that? I wanna play It on my tenor :)

Hey Sirvalorsax. I wanted to know a good jazz mouthpiece to upgrade to, I use alto and this is my first upgrade. Thanks.

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

The industry standard for alto is still Meyer in my opinion. Vandoren makes a really solid piece in the V16 hard rubber line also

Sorry for not knowing What was name of the song you played at the end ??

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

It's some random free jazz piano thing. I just put a sax to it.

I always thought a bebop scale was adding the major and the minor seventh? Is that something else...? or does it matter much if you do the perfect fifth and minor sixth version?

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

The most common place to add a note for the Major bebop scale is between the 5th and 6th. For a Dominant 7th and a minor scale you can run across the added note between the b7th and the root. For a minor scale you may also see the added note between the b3rd and the P4th

@AdrianHernandez-dw9vb

4 жыл бұрын

Sirvalorsax Thank you! Everything what you said are things I’ve seen but never really understood where to put the added note. Especially with minor chords. I thought the minor seventh and major seventh worked for both major and dominant chords. Then for minor chords I did the same but added a flat 3 - so basically Dorian scale with an added major seventh. It’s just confusing since I was never taught this stuff and just kinda watched KZread. Maybe bebop scales could be a topic you cover in your videos? It’d be a good topic!

How many pieces of cake we need to buy to get more soprano focused content? 😅 I like your teaching style & would prefer to learn more from you instead of bouncing all over KZread.

@Sirvalorsax

2 жыл бұрын

Got it. LOL

The old timers called it 'Schmaltz!' ;-)

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

LOL!!

How do you spell the brand of your saxophone?

@ertugrulkaraduman5008

4 жыл бұрын

It's an Allora, quite good budget horns.

@AdrianHernandez-dw9vb

4 жыл бұрын

My friend in college had the allora professional tenor and he made that thing sound like a $6000 horn. Beast

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

Allora Professional Matte finish straight soprano sax. I want a curved professional from them and their Chicago alto is number 1 on my list for an alto sax.

Kenny G is the King of Grace notes!

Hi I’m a soprano player 2 yrs into this Do you respond back to your listeners cause I have a few things to ask

@Sirvalorsax

4 жыл бұрын

I try to respond as much as I can but I don't have full access to internet

@darrylbonner7896

4 жыл бұрын

Also if don’t mine would love to send you a video of me playing to your email

Tem como escrever essa partitura que você tocou e postar em vídeo aqui no youtube.

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

Vou dar uma olhada no futuro.

My ears are 50ys K.G (before that Kenny guy). West Coast Cool, early Miles Davis, the MJQ..? you can't get smoother than that. Stanley Turrentine was accused of being too commercial. The INDUSTRY sucks. Sorry about that rave but I had to take it out on someone. (you are a long way from Australia & my wife's in the next room...so I can courageously give an opinion) Listen to the old guys & be the BOSS of your INSTRUMENT !!!!...hang on.."Yes Dear?"...sorry mate, I've to go...not feline whipped...just smart...

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

I love Turrentine! There is a cool video of him playing with Brecker, Evans and Watts. Nice contrast of styles

Great video. Thanks so much for posting it. Have a blessed day!

@Sirvalorsax

3 жыл бұрын

😀

Sir i sold my saxophone for my school purpose. But now i missed it after i watched your video. 🙏🏻 Keep on posting video sir. I want to ask how you did your 'airy' voicing sir. 🙏🏻