Yes! .. Practice, Practice, Practice, Practice, Practice .. 1000 times. Then, PRACTICE some more. The best advice! 👍🎷

This subject cannot explained more clear and understandable than this. Youre a great teacher Scott. Thank you.

@ScottPaddock

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

Priceless…thank you!!

Thanks for 'writing' these unwritten rules. You've made them clear through your articulation!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew!

Blimey Scott, so many Sax tutorials out there you would think it's all been done and said before but nope, your videos always produce new things and broken down in a way that improvers such as myself can really relate to. Thanks so much for all your efforts, they're very much appreciated.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! I try to keep it simple. The topics go on for days! One of my hardest things in doing these videos is finding topics I can completely explain in under 15 minutes.

@wyndhleodumegwu253

4 жыл бұрын

Scott, Charlie Parker would have appreciated this analysis of the Parkeresque excerps as much as we all do. Now, I understand a little better how to approach rhythms in order to obtain the bebop feel. Thanks, Sir Scott!

This is exactly what i've been looking for, thank you so much Scott! I'm 18 and have been working my way through tunes in the Charlie Parker Omnibook for the last few weeks trying to get in shape for my freshman year of college jazz band auditions on alto. I knew something wasn't slicking in my lines. This video was super helpful and I can't wait to implement it into my practice routine!!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Yeah, I use the Omnibook with all of my students and we dive deep into every phrase. It's such an amazing study guide.

Man the energy you bring is tremendous

Brilliant! Superb teaching

Thanks Scott!

Cheers Scott. More great tips man!

This is one of the most important videos I have seen in your channel so far (I haven't seen all but this one has been very helpful). Thank you very much. I would love to see more videos like this one, about the nuances of articulation in jazz.

Superb education! I wish I had known your channel 40 years ago. It would have saved me a lot of time figuring these rules out intuitively on my own over the years. Thanks much Scott! I love your channel.

Your tips make me improve by leaps and bound..

Thank you for explaining and more importantly demonstrating such a vital part of the jazz language. One of the best jazz KZread tutes ever, for any instrument!

Thanks Scott!!! Amazing video as always!!! Keep It Up!!👍👍👍

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Great video!

Awesome lessons 👍🏽

great scott

Great advice Scott-will think hard about what you said --cracking video-great teaching - thanks , john - UK

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

Good video thanks! I love your mic set up the sound comes through nice and clear

Well done sir

Music is the only magic especially in the hands of a player. Keep these coming they certainly are of a great assistance to me.

Your the best, Scott, thanks for the many tips to make me a better sax player.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it's working for your David.

Thank you so much. I have learned so many importent things in your lessons .

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍

LOVE IT!!! It's about paying attention to details and a looooot of practice until these concepts come naturally!!

@ScottPaddock

4 жыл бұрын

😁😁😁

Thanks again Scott! Your lessons are right on the mark. I am an intermediate player, and I have learned so much from your videos. Please keep it going!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron! Glad that it is helping!!!

This is a game changer for me. Thank. You.

@ScottPaddock

3 жыл бұрын

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Super, cheers

Recently started with the Sax. Love your videos. Keep them coming. Thank you very much.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Fantastic videos, wonderfully simple and precise explanations of loads of important stuff. Thanks a bunch.

@ScottPaddock

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

"Don't give up life on your saxophone!" Let good lines live!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

haha!!

Hi Scott, these rules are really helpful, great job!!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

very very instructive and helpful, thanks Scott !

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Thank you for sharing 🎶🎶🎶🎷✌🏽😎

Awesome video Scott. Thanks a MILLION.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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lots of creative tips that are hard to put into words but you did it very well! thanks for the great videos & keep it up!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

Thanks for sharing that! And congrats...you are a natural teacher..the topic is really clearly presented . To be immediately incorporated into playing!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

Thank You Very Much!!! This is GOLD!!!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it's working for you!

Thanks Scott. Really clear, really helpful.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Excellent Scott ! I wish I had found this sooner . It leads to a more physical and rhythmic style of playing . Nice !

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly! It brings the notes to life!

Thanks, Scott!!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Great description. Thank you.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Love your sound! 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️👍👍

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

This is awesome

Very Educational! GREAT JOB!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

JUST GREAT! Thank You again Scott!

@ScottPaddock

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks great post really Great Scott.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video thanks Scott👍

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great, thank you very much.

Thanks scott!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Awesome video of how to pronounce in our saxophones. Thanks a lot, Scott.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for doing this. Saves a ton of time and is the best at this I've seen. I'd only add that this works hand in hand with understanding things like HEMIOLA, and various other elements of musicianship. Hemiola is like in the sax line at beginning of "In The Mood", the accents call out the obvious musical effect. "Dop a quarter" is a great expression. I'm going to start using that. Beboppers were heavily trained in swing style in general. It's no coincidence that Parker and Gillespie, etc. had worked in swing bands, and they had this fantastic comfort in laying these style effects into all their phrases.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Very good and nice please more about articulation on phrasing

Вот выписал коротенько, что я вынес для себя из этой беседы. В видео идет речь о неписанных правилах джазовой артикуляции и "золотых" нотах, которые придают музыкальной фразе законченный вид. 1. 02:17 Делать "ДАП" на четвертях, которые играются на сильную долю (ноту снимаем без филировки) - в 80-85% случаев, т.е. бывают исключения из правила. 2. 04:33 Удлиненная и укороченная нота в конце фраз, которые заканчиваются двумя восьмыми (be-bop) - 99%. 3. 05:18 Акцент на четвертях, которые играются на слабую долю. 4. 06:22 В триолях играть с языка только первую ноту. 5. 07:07 Атака с языка и акцент на длинных нотах, которых играются после быстрого пассажа (шестнадцатых или триолей). 6. 09:12 Акцентировать ноты, которые играются с большими прыжками по диапазону (при смене направления движения фразы снизу-вверх и обратно). Иногда это нота сразу перед или после смены направления (по смыслу фразы). 7. 11:54 В продолжение предыдущего правила акцентировать верхние ноты, на которых направление снизу-вверх меняется на противоположное ("рикошетные" ноты).

Good one Scott!

@ScottPaddock

4 жыл бұрын

THANKS!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Tocar muito. Será que vou chegar na metade desse talento? Meu Deus!

Hey man, great content that has helped me alot when I get stuck on certain topics very informative and easy to understand. I know Im not the only one but I tend to sometimes get stuck on what to practice, wondering if you could go over some tips on creating a personal practice routine or an idea to make it more efficient? Thanks in advance man

very clear!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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This actually good to know. Guess I've kind of done it unconciously already. But it's always good to get some conciousness up in this b.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Great lesson!

@alamooji3716

4 жыл бұрын

You speak so clear! Thank you for everything bro!!!

@ScottPaddock

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I'm a pianist by far and large. That said, I've had my alto sax collecting dust for years. This video made me subscribe, will be sharing it and will clean the alto sax for resurrection. INCREDIBLE, outstanding job on this tutorial. Crazy good.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Orlando!!

Thank you for those notes of highlights...

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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I’m using this advice to play jazz on clarinet. I’m mostly a classical clarinetist but have been taking lessons in jazz. I’ve always had trouble to make it sound appropriately jazzy, but it’s starting to make a lot more sense now!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this stuff works on any instrument. Check out a few of my other aritculation vidoes on and the ones on ad libbing. That will help a lot.

Good stuff. Thanks.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Don!

This is great, and I'm a trombonist!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this stuff works for any instrument! Although, we all have a slightly different set of articulations that work on each instrument, the basic rules apply

4:49 I Weak at the Paddock Sick face!! Thanks love your videos and I'm considering buying the piece.

@ScottPaddock

4 жыл бұрын

😁

this is very good teacher

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thank yOU!

Great Video!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

hi Scott great video goof luck with your tour - regards Paul

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul!

I have asked articulation questions for years and have never gotten a good answer. I can hear great players doing the articulations; but, haven't been able to figure out what they are doing. Thank you, thank you, thank you for explaining this. I know what I'll be working on! Really, really appreciate it.

@ScottPaddock

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it goes by so fast when you listen to it, but if you can break it down into a few easy rules to follow it makes it way easier.

Excellent vid

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Seth!

Ey man, thank you. That was really lifechanging. 12:44 Actually sounds very nice. That remind's me a bit of Cory weeds and Charlie watts.

Really great vid, exactly what I needed! Many times articulation and rhythm is hard to conceive even for intermediate level players. I've often thought one could play all the wrong notes with great articulation and rhythm and it would sound good, simply because I've played all the right notes in the past without articulation and rhythm and it sounds, well dead!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

Big, big tips...what a difference a dop makes. I will spend some quality time with vid... ty.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

DOP!! 😁

If there was ever a Nobel prize on music education, Scott Paddock gets the first one

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

I have so much to learn and this is very helpful learning to play Jazz with better understanding of the rules. It would be helpful and easier to follow you if you subtitled your lesson. Thanks.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

I will look into subtitles, but often times I have musical examples at the bottom of the screen that would be covered by them.

This also help me in playing piano Contents will be easier to follow if you put a list at corner

Someone posted a link to this video at the Jazz Guitar Forum (jazzguitar.be/forum) That's where I saw it. Good stuff! I play an archtop guitar and articulation is a real challenge. Thanks for the tips!

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks.

That was interesting Scott! Jazz does rely on those subtle accentuations. I would just add that as you said some lines also sound good without emphasizing the gold notes. Different players play differently in terms of how they swing , or the intensity of that swing. Some play even eights it sounds jazzy too. Just saying that bebop is long past (even if always an important reference) and there are style options. I find that sometimes it can be overdone (the jazz articulation). Anyway thanks for this I found it a very useful analysis about what jazz is about.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, and the differences is where you find your style. Jazz or music in general is not a one size fits all. But this is a good starting place if your lines to sound like jazz.

Thank you very much Scott, now I understand better a lot of mistakes that I do when i play. Have you ever think to write a book or make a pdf online with all these rules with videos when you make dimostration like this? I would sure buy so Many others people i think. In Italy where i live nobody teach these gold rules. You have a Great soud and feell i like a lot.

@ScottPaddock

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Leandro! Yes, I'm actually launching an online sax school in the very near future which will be similar to my youtube, but more in depth, in order, with PDFs and play along videos. I'm super excited about it. Keep an eye out for the launch or send me a message from my website to get on my mailing list. www.scottpaddock.com

Hey Scott Paddock...why is it that the old horns sound so much "better" than the new horns ? Like that alto you're blowin sounds insane!!

@ScottPaddock

3 жыл бұрын

That alto is 8 years old 😁😁😁 I like the newer ones better personally.

Good video man! How about maybe making a video of how to, of your opinion, know how you are in the right pitch? How do you I, as a beginner know? Is it just to buy a tuner app thing or can you pratice from play-alongs? Cheers, nice playin

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, a tuner will definitely give you a lot of information when it comes to what pitch you are playing, if you're in tune etc.

Hi Scott, U are amazing! what are best practices for people like me who cant totally read music but picked up the sax and have learnt things by ear. how can i easily learn especially chords and chordal pitches by ear. how best can i get them stuck to my brains. I have learnt a lot from your chop chop videos but how can i stick all that without ability to read. how best can i develop technique especially in phrasing and articulation. looking forward yo your answer. Lastly, What is that ultimate path to get better fast? ( From Major scales to what next and what next )

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

When figuring things out short hand write it out. Instead of notes and rhythms, do note names. So it would look like this: E D C / EEE G F C Not being able to read music shouldn't effect your ability to learn and read chord symbols. Check out my videos on chords. As far as getting the sound in your head, just tons and tons of repetition.

I'd be interested in learning how you play that falling skirl in your intro. Maybe more generally what's going on in the articulation of the phrase.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

I do a whole video on falls. Check it out.

3 thumbs down??? We'll never know why...and we'll never care. Great video. They're ever better.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Josh!

Some phrasing in chord changes..what works and sounds good..how to sew them together..thanks for all your vids..

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that is on the list for sure!!

You say only tongue the first note of a triplet, what are your thoughts on tonguing a string of triplets like 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, etc to get a kind of quarter note triplet-esque feel

Hey Scott, wondering if you can talk about the improvisation chops of some players (in the context of their style). Top on my head right now it's Fela Kuti. I can hear a bit of Coltrane in his intentions, but at the same time a different and refreshing approaches to play the horn. Nice video as usual! Thanks for sharing :)

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Talking about other pro players style and sound can get a little dicey on social media. I've seen it end up in flames many times. So I try to avoid that. But I can do some videos on how to create different feels and some players that have that feel.

@vriverad

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! that's a better approach :)

1. Love your pacing 2. Love your repetition of goal phrasing X3 3. I actually skip your non-goal phrasing 'cause I've heard enough of that emanating from my own horn. ;)

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

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Great info. This analysis works well for transcriptions but if you're improvising you have to follow these same articulation rules almost in reverse or plan ahead. Question: would like more analysis of the goal notes and approach notes from the point of view of improvising out of your head.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Good question!! So the way it usually works is the more you practice playing this type or articulation the more it just becomes a part of your style. So by practicing it in transcriptions and written parts is the best way to get it to show up in your improv.

@DarrenPetersenLullabot

4 жыл бұрын

Enclosures and approach notes really work well to place chord tones on strong beats. One way to view them is as ornamentation of simpler voice-leading patterns, like 7ths resolving to 3rds from chord to chord. I've written up a sheet that shows that basic voice-leading pattern, and then elaborates it with 2 and 3 note enclosures of various kinds, diatonic and chromatic. It's meant to be played over the A section of Autumn Leaves. You can check it out at drive.google.com/open?id=1vJGLJR17ZDAqEjV_wrHEJ6coQZOudBOT Also, nice work Scott! Would love to hear you talk more about ghost notes along with the articulation rules you've laid out... thanks for the great video!

Hi Scott. Could you do a video of yourself playing Amazing Grace (plain) and then again "Jazzed up" explaining what and why you are doing when you do it? Help us to understand what you are thinking ... even though it is your own style and taste.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Alex, I'll put that on the list! It might take a while though, I'm on tour and don't have access to my saxophones and a video camera until I come back home on break for a bit.

@aljerones99

5 жыл бұрын

Not a problem, Scott. I can wait. Thanks! 😊

Rule of thumb number one Parker always sounds better on Alto. So if you play Tenor as I do you have to firstly NAIL it as per articulations, but also buy the Eb omni book to really see what was going on... Hang on, tenor is awesome fun, cos you get to do other stuff that's way cool...

@ScottPaddock

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I have all of my students by the Eb book. It makes perfect saxophone sense.

awesome . I'm a new player less than a year . And I just did a solo I like in a song I recorded and It seems I doppted.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

😁😁😁

@francisdegennaro2423

5 жыл бұрын

@@ScottPaddock Thanks man I hope your tour is going great

I’ve been making an effort to articulate more and it shows in my playing, plus it’s kinda liberating for my fingers. It helps get me off the chord tones so much. I’m beginning to feel more like it’s not what you play, but it’s how you play it! Great rules Scott ! Do you only have a SYOS mouthpiece for you soprano?

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if you listen to someone like Maceo, he's not using complex harmonica stuff at all, he's just grooving super hard. It really does come down to you you do it. That's why Ray Charles could grunt and it sound amazing. Yeah, the Syos is the only soprano mp I use.

@robertnorris8096

5 жыл бұрын

Scott Paddock thanks Scott!

Hi Scott, great vids as usual. Hey... perhaps I heard that u also brought the surrounging notes down a little when bringing any other out? Many thanks in advance! Cheers.

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's a bit more advanced, and I didn't go into it much in this video, but that gives me a great idea for another video.

@andizagmusic8608

5 жыл бұрын

@@ScottPaddock it's absolutely understandable! Is just that I'm new to jazz and digging every detail I can. I'll keep it up & waiting for more of your wasome vids. Thanks man. Cheers!

Thanks, Scott, for bringing up these important notes on jazz feel. As andizagmusic mentioned, does ghosting some of the setup notes or notes in”the valley” help to accentuate the gold (goal?) notes?

@ScottPaddock

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, my last video was actually on that topic. It's called The Setup Note. Check it out

Great video Scott. Why dont you show us how to improvise on reggae? There is often a horn in a song that is playing melody (sometimes in the background) that completes the music. How to build that?

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Pierre! Thanks for the input. I'll put that on the list, but I'm not sure how big of an audience there is for it.

Great video Scott. Just wondering how many of these rules carry over to other styles of modern music like Funk/Soul etc.? Obviously in Funk you don't swing your 8th notes. Can you elaborate?

@ScottPaddock

4 жыл бұрын

Each style has it's own set of rules, but there are some that overlap. I did a video on funk style. Check it out.

I have a selmer reference 54 alto sax. Which mouth piece would give the best sound? I am using the selmer Spirit mouth piece at the moment but it ain’t giving that lovely sound I’m hearing in here

@ScottPaddock

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, mouthpieces all depend on you individually, but a Selmer mp isn't going to give you that sound for sure. I use a Barkley Brazil Kustom Pop 7 blue. It's really edgy with a big sound.