Thanks for posting this, really great stuff.

Lots of great knowledge here. Thank you, Master Blake, awesome!

Wow! amazing!

what a sound!

great sound

Formidable !

Gold 🙌🏾

Amazing post!!! Do you have any more material of this lesson? It would be awesome

@SeanImboden

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

Yall peep his time when he stops to explain half time ... that's the pocket ... that's my big takeaway the feeling of the head should be apart of you

Does anyone know what mouthpiece is he using?

@anderslind6833

4 жыл бұрын

Otto Link ebonite?

@sergeidemura5986

4 жыл бұрын

Ted Klum Tonamax 8, as far as I know

How can i learn runs like those?

@paulwagner4028

2 жыл бұрын

just transcribe them bro

He uses so much air omg

He can play the sax good. Ask him how does he play the chromatic scale super fast?

@benvizemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Practice it veeeery slow (as well as all other scales!) and with a metronome. 40 bpm is perfect for this. Keep this as a daily warmup exercise. No need to play it 'as fast as you can'. The speed will come once you practice it enough at very slow tempos!

None of this covers note selections, which beyond the normal scales and rules, seems to confound me when improvising at high speed. I cannot switch between scale patterns in my head that fast ( giant steps I'm looking at you), so I end up just letting my hand go and sounds come out. I even out the accidentals and there you go, improve. I do not think I am doing it right, in fact,, I know I am not. I just don't know the right questions to ask I guess.

@tylerkozsey4851

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Jones email me tylerkozsey@gmail.com

@GrumpyStormtrooper

3 жыл бұрын

Im a beginner too but I figured it's all about vocabulary, I stopped learning "jazz scales" and only use them for warming up or exercise. I started listening a lot and with concentration, and learning to sing solos and learning them on my instrument. If you practice enough and only by playing what you hear and slowly increase the speed (across a few months let's say) it's gonna work. Again, I'm a beginner this is just my experience. Speed comes way later, at this stage we should concentrate on playing what we hear in our heads cleanly, with good time feel.

@rjones197

3 жыл бұрын

@@GrumpyStormtrooper It's a year later, things have changed. I can intentionally choose notes based on ear training and motor memory. Giant steps doesn't bother me, not much does in fact. Still working on high energy stuff, but that too is coming. I practice three hours a day, I hope that is enough.

@GrumpyStormtrooper

3 жыл бұрын

@@rjones197 I'm so happy to hear that. I'm practicing too hopefully I'll improve this summer. If I stumble upon this comment in a year I'll let you know hahahaha

@rjones197

3 жыл бұрын

@@GrumpyStormtrooper I'll keep it in memory! The universe is a crazy place! Practice, practice, practice is the key. Wake up with it in your hands, go to sleep thinking of patterns and intervals. Keep it near your keyboard and pick it up and play something hourly. This leads to improvement in every case I have seen, even for me!

Woodstone Ishimori sax?

@FreeSpirit32

4 жыл бұрын

sashapushman no it’s a selmer balanced action

@antoniobruheim1493

4 жыл бұрын

Super balance action 51.xxx serial

His foot beatin the time all the time... that’s the point

Wonderful player, but all the air hissing his as loud as the notes. A lot of energy wasted. The "hissing" is a very distracting to me.

Why to much breath :/