How to Turn LICKS Into SOLOS

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Jay Metcalf gives a lesson on how to easily turn licks into solos on the saxophone.
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00:00 Intro
01:15 BetterSax Studio
02:29 Easy ii V I Lick Fast
02:41 Easy ii V I lick slow
02:57 Lesson
05:43 Summary

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@aljerones99 3 жыл бұрын

This is actually one of the best videos I've seen that introduces the concept of a lick and explains how it relates to vocabulary. And demonstrates its application. The context is very well presented. Well done, Jay!

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alex

@clintjones9848 Жыл бұрын

Yes, well done. For some reason, motific development is a very underrepresented topic in jazz education when it's like one of the most important parts - how you actually go from the raw material to making lines.

@kevindeibert3369 3 жыл бұрын

Good look Jay ! I learned it right away and taught it to one my students at his lesson ...by ear. I did add a little tail on the 1 chord (vi- v-bvii-viii-vi)

@CarlyWaarly 3 жыл бұрын

this is terrific along with Piano academy, learning sax and piano like no one's business. Fabulous to have such talented sax player sharing their love for saxophone and those that want to learn and progress.

@Nestor_Fernandez 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jay! This is awesome!. Designing a melodic lick that allows you to practice the dorian scale, enclosures, dominant bebop scales and Coltrane patterns in all 12 keys while having a lot of fun! You are a great musician and teacher!!

@franciscojosesax Жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias por tus vídeos son una auténtica maravilla desde todos los puntos de vista, didáctico, pedagógico y audiovisual. ¡Enhorabuena Better Sax!!

@joaquinmendoza2306 3 жыл бұрын

I'll be sure to apply everything I just learned in this video. You have really changed my playing and life. Thank you for making this great content. I appreciate everything about it, from the money, time, editing, ect. Keep up the amazing work!!!

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, great to hear.

@peterdrake5156 Жыл бұрын

This may be your best teaching video. The voice played over the lick used on repeat was an excellent idea. The phrase was embedded in my little brain within a few repetitions. I was sceptical about the claim that learning the phrase in 12 keys would take my playing to the next level; I was wrong. Since tackling this I have found that I have really 'loosened up' in respect of phrasing over a ii V I. I can pop them out without any real difficulty now, having struggled for some time to learn some note by note. This method allows the player to innovate rather than simply to imitate - surely the whole point of jazz improvisation. Many thanks, Mr M!

@yoavattali2817 3 жыл бұрын

Great content as always. Thanks for the lesson man!

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@SModex777 3 жыл бұрын

Yess Jay. Exactly the kind of content I'm looking for. More of this please 🙏

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear this from you Dexter.

@soulsax58 3 жыл бұрын

Jay, Sound darn nice on you Better Sax alto. Looking forward to if/when you offer a tenor model. Great share, information and description of learning licks.

@punypufferman180 3 жыл бұрын

I'm mainly been trained in classical saxophone but I know that probably won't find much work opportunities with that so learning how to solo is really important for saxophone players nowadays. Thanks for this lesson!

@tellitlikeitis-rg4ny 3 жыл бұрын

Always a great teacher jay

@JayCee-hw4zc 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic! Love it. Just what I need right now. I'm going straight to my music room to practise that now.

@MRIBEIROSAX 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful Class! Thank You!

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@aliceedwards3646 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! Been stuck in a rut with the ii-V-I progression! Great video!!

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@imunfathomable 3 жыл бұрын

im just over here still making sqeaks and honks but for some reason watching a video about improvising solos. :D

@lonnybierman2548 3 жыл бұрын

Your not alone. I found pretty awesome success just using pentatonics. You know, success for a nube anyway. Sounds like music to me anyway lol

@brianclausen2344 3 жыл бұрын

Don't give up! Those squeaks and honks are notes somewhere on that sax. Just have to find where they fit in the scale! Jay's technique and collaboration with other studio teachers is a tremendous benefit for beginners! Keep Shedding, it will get better!

@tonyflamingo8963 3 жыл бұрын

Hey bro you gotta start somewhere. (I say that like I’ve been playing for more than 3 years.)

@imunfathomable 3 жыл бұрын

@@lonnybierman2548 ::googles what pentatonic means::

@lonnybierman2548 3 жыл бұрын

@@imunfathomable it’s just a major scale with the 4th and 7th note taken out. So a 5 note scale instead of 7. Watch a couple of Jays free pentatonic videos. He explanations it really good. Gives you a good start. I started with G because it’s the easiest. No sharps or flats.

@ericbrounstein1376 3 жыл бұрын

Jay, you are awesome, as usual, thanks for continuing to post...

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@jellyjojo8971 3 жыл бұрын

Know what I'll be doing over summer with my tenor

@lucassstache8069 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@Alfsax75 9 ай бұрын

Me encanto. Lo toque a tu misma velocidad. Bacan

@heardat2007 22 күн бұрын

Awesome

@pierreashba 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jay, Great lesson. So many useful musical tools in one lick. Please make one video per month like that 🎶🎶🎷😎. I want to play like you one day 😊

@tommyesposito606 3 жыл бұрын

love this

@stratusphunk 3 жыл бұрын

It’s an easy, simple lick, but it sounds good, too. I’ve seen many complicated ones that don’t sound melodic.

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

Simple can sound great too.

@bernardussamuel8445 3 жыл бұрын

This is what I am really need. Thanks sir!

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@heardat2007 22 күн бұрын

Backing track is great

@elliotmedley811 3 жыл бұрын

Nice tips, thank you 🎷

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@monroec.hatcherjr.8233 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Man

@tc5425 3 жыл бұрын

I was anxiously waiting to hear your review on the saxmonica It's on KZfaq.

@sebgra3387 Жыл бұрын

The "Giant Steps" pattern aka Oh when the Saints" patttern (almost but for to remember it works, lol 🙂) Seriously one of the best explained lessons to understand and apply the theory behind Improvisators. Thank you!

@brianclausen2344 3 жыл бұрын

When I was in colege and the lab band doing jazz improv studies, we had an exercise where every measure or chord change would be played with the root of the new chord. Just to wrap your mind around the scale for you to build your solo on. After going over that a few times, we could change it up and deviate from the root note being played on the downbeat! As always, great content, Jay! I am glad I found your channel and so many others have also. This is such a great way to connect and pass on your knowledge to saxophonists who normally couldn't find a jazz improc instructor!

@akinbolawrence4668 Жыл бұрын

Nice one

@artgrusensky121 2 жыл бұрын

Jay you sound GREAT

@kwootamuckbear9294 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍🏽🎵🎶🎷

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

@titicharrier6976 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jay thank you lick it's great could you share you iReal pro document to train on it please ??

@BrianJoeSandy 2 жыл бұрын

This is a good one. I'm slowly getting it into my ears with accent on first of each 4 note phrase. Is there a better way to phrase it?

@zagrajnagitarze6245 3 жыл бұрын

What program do you use to montage your films? They look great!!

@simonbencik2270 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video as always Jay! Hey, I was lately on your Website with your Backing Tracks. Man that website looks so damn good! Where/How did you build it? Have you used any platforms?

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

I made it all myself.

@TheVatonaught 3 жыл бұрын

I try to use this to practice guitar.

@KrisVComm 3 жыл бұрын

Really useful video! Looks like a Theo Wanne ligature?

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

That's the Jody Jazz Power Ring ligature

@DJsilversax 3 жыл бұрын

Where's the backing track from? Is it available from Better Trax?

@SC-lc7cs 2 ай бұрын

Hei, i did it 🎉

@samgill3797 3 жыл бұрын

How does Jay get such a nice accent on the off-beat notes? Is it mostly tonguing or breath control?

@HarmoChopin Жыл бұрын

Good! But how to continue the solo? With a totally different lick? A lick that's almost the same? I think my solos are sometimes incoherent, when I improvise in jazz.

@elliotwoo6127 3 жыл бұрын

have never clicked so fast

@geekayessoh 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jay. I have a quick question, may I send you a sound sample via social media of my playing? I’m relatively new and have been playing for maybe 6 months or more. I would like your opinion on my rhythm and sound. Hope to hear back from you.👍👍👍

@tommyesposito606 3 жыл бұрын

jay where can i get the pdf for 11 v 1 lick great video you sooo good tommy

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

Tommy, click the link in the description. This one and many more are in the BetterSax Shed.

@thepotatoman. 2 жыл бұрын

hey do you play tenor too?

@chriselston7046 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jay! Having mastered a new lick in 12 keys do you keep revisiting it, like keeping a tune in your repertoire? And how long is it typically before that lick or variants of it start coming out in your playing?

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

I find it good to cycle through a bunch of ii-V licks and add new ones to your list often. There will be a lot of overlap between them and once you have a good amount of these under your fingers, the fragments will start to come out naturally. Keep a notebook.

@donm6578 3 жыл бұрын

What Bundy model is your branded sax based on? I enjoyed playing my uncle's Bundy II alto in school for about 9 years. Had to give it back to him :/

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

It's not actually modeled off of any Bundy saxophone.

@donm6578 3 жыл бұрын

@@bettersax oh okay I saw Bundy stamped on it so I thought it was a Selmer/Bundy sax. Idk what models they have nowadays, I'm sure they're past Bundy II if they're still around

@ninofleischman3696 3 жыл бұрын

Jay is jean paul ts-400 still the best budget tenor? Would you recommend it?

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't played every single budget tenor out there, but the Jean Paul is a safe bet.

@ninofleischman3696 3 жыл бұрын

@@bettersax thanks :-)

@saxydude1533 3 жыл бұрын

So improv-ing is like putting together a fluent sentence and you sound better the more words you can use(if used correctly)

@spenceredmond965 3 жыл бұрын

Or have more words to choose from, but not really attempting to use them all every time.

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

There's more to it than having a big vocabulary, but that is definitely a large part of success. It's very important how you say those words.... Proper pronunciation and timing are key.

@blueeyedsoulman 3 жыл бұрын

Backing track available?

@janrahtkens 3 жыл бұрын

Bam almost first!

@tobijacobs5016 3 жыл бұрын

Hi my name is Oluwatobi Abolade I'm learning sax can u please teach me how to play jazz

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

That's what we are doing in this video.

@aaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 3 жыл бұрын

I can only read ABC notes:(

@jacquesappaldo3967 3 жыл бұрын

bonjour Jay et merci. Mon probléme: II V I sur blue bossa, Em7b9-A7b9-Dm7,je dois utiliser quelle ligne? Celle du D majeur et ne pas mettre les #?, peut-être que le II-V-I est différent en mineur??? merci d'avance pour ta réponse. Jac

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

Oui ii V en mineur est different.

@Thedondurrett Жыл бұрын

How many notes are in this “lick” and what are those notes?!? I’m completely lost when the talk goes to “theory”!!!

@mc_steezy897 3 жыл бұрын

Alright let’s transpose....😎

@lonnybierman2548 3 жыл бұрын

I can never find these pdf’s in the shed. Search function did the trick! Never mind lol.

@bettersax 3 жыл бұрын

I made it easier to navigate since there are so many now.

@lonnybierman2548 3 жыл бұрын

@@bettersax yes Sir! You got a bunch! It’s awesome. I never get bored between your courses and your cool lick stuff. I got this one down by memory in about 20 min 🤣 can only play it at like 70 bpm clean. I’ll keep at it. It does sound cool.