Thanks

Your Misty video has been sooo helpful. Thank you so much !!

I like your simple approach. I just picked up sax 3 years ago and improv was high on my agenda but have been struggling with it and have really been going nowhere with it. I get the concept and have a fundamental understanding of chords and how to read them based on my piano background. I like how you don’t complicate it. Either play the chord structure or play the scale (or a minor addition to either). The lead-ins, turn-arounds and all that other stuff comes later. What I do struggle with currently is how to recognize chord patterns. For example, this piece is in the key of C. This is how I would read the chord sequence in the first 3 measures: Cmaj7 - root position followed by G-7, C7 then Fmaj7. My brain says G is the 5th of C followed by C then F so the chord pattern should be 1, 5,1,4 with the 5 being a minor. With that logic and with G being a minor, I’d then be tempted to play an actual G minor scale but of course it wouldn’t sound correct. I would eventually get frustrated and quit. However I appreciate how you stick to a piece that is dominated with 2-5-1s and help us to recognize these patterns: if you see a minor 7, followed by a dominant then followed by a major7 then it is likely a 2-5-1 and that the minor is the Dorian of the 1, so play accordingly. Maybe you already have videos of it, but if not, could you do videos of other popular chord changes, how to recognize them, pick out a piece that is dominated with them and follow the format you did in this video? I feel I have overcome a major hurdle thanks to this video. Thank you, Lynden! 😊

So, so helpful! I'm working on Misty (on tenor) right now, and this is just what I need. Thank you!!

Thank you. So easy to understand when you make it so simple to comprehend. More power to you sir. ❤❤❤

Very simple, very easy to follow....thanks!

Thank you , totally get what you are teaching as a method , brilliant .

Magnifique lyden. Bravo cette improvisation de Misty.

Love your teaching style, love your lovely sound, sounds awesome!

Gracias Maestro le deseo mucho éxito y por favor continúe haciendo esto con otros Standars.. Felicidades para usted y familia

Thanks.

The solo is beautiful and the strategy suggested to achieve it is excellent. But what to do when there are multiple tonal centers like in Satin doll?

Thanks for another great lesson. Your tone is so lovely I wonder if even it matters what the chord tones are!

Interesting analyse. I would not take exactly the same but cool way ❤

thank you Lynden. How about this lesson on the Tenor please.

not easy but good for learning managing chordprogressions

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Imagine you're using irealpro...isn't it?

Tenor version, Tenor version, Tenor version.