I remember my teacher in high school showed me this same exercise, and then I heard Chris Potter speak about it in a master class not too long after. And I think when they speak about Brecker practicing out of a phonebook or from license plates and stuff it was essentially this concept. He would take a phone number, play whatever pattern it represented diatonically and put it through this system.

@SaxophoneSteveKortyka

9 ай бұрын

Wow you must’ve had one heck of a highschool teacher! Such a great experience/story. I had a similar experience when I met Kenny Garrett in college. He talked a bit with us but most of what he did was play. I feel like I learned this via osmosis through him. This exercise changed my life!

@itisonlythemusic2394

9 ай бұрын

@@SaxophoneSteveKortyka yeah my saxophone teacher in high school was Steve Coleman actually, JK, haha, but no he was a pretty hip teacher and it was also a good performing arts school that I went to. I never went pro although I probably could have. I still enjoy watching you and the other hep cats on YT. You and Matt Marantz are my favorite “millennial” saxophone players. I went to uni with Matt and he talked about Chris Cheek a lot, and I can hear a lot of Seamus in your playing. Keep up the great work!

@SaxophoneSteveKortyka

9 ай бұрын

@@itisonlythemusic2394 haha yeah I hear that. Matt is great, definitely one of my favorites as well! Well, thanks for checking this out I really appreciate it :)

@percyvolnar8010

Ай бұрын

@@itisonlythemusic2394 Bro, Im so blown away by Steve Coleman and his M-Base pathways. That dude might actually be the Allan Holdsworth of the Saxophone. He just hits different and you NEVER know where hes going to hit you from. :)

Just found you, thank you so much!

@SaxophoneSteveKortyka

Ай бұрын

My pleasure, CAT - feel free to reach out about any questions you might have :)

Really cool, gonna do this

@SaxophoneSteveKortyka

10 ай бұрын

One of my favorite exercises to play!

awesome. thanks.

@SaxophoneSteveKortyka

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 🙏🏼

Thank you

@SaxophoneSteveKortyka

2 ай бұрын

🙏

Wow, the very first exercise in half steps is a verbatim excerpt of the 'treasure chest theme' from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. So much jazz influence in those scores. Thanks for this great video!

@SaxophoneSteveKortyka

Жыл бұрын

Whoa cool! I just listened to it - sounds very very similar!! VGM is amazing 🙌

Hi, I play guitar. Are these methods written for C instruments?

@SaxophoneSteveKortyka

Ай бұрын

Hi - yes they are 👍🏼 the class has demonstrations of each written out in the key of concert Bb

How do I contact you?

@SaxophoneSteveKortyka

13 күн бұрын

You can send me an email at stevekortyka@gmail.com

1:35 You should practice with metronome

@SaxophoneSteveKortyka

5 ай бұрын

Why?