Hey Jonnie! I'll be doing some more chord pairs videos in the near future.

Thanks!

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I dont mean to be off topic but does anyone know a method to get back into an instagram account?? I was stupid lost my password. I love any assistance you can give me!

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@Steven Callen thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.

@Steven Callen it worked and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy! Thank you so much you saved my ass :D

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Yeah, it's crazy how different can sound when you just tweak one thing. Accenting the right note could definitely be the fix!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it was helpful!!!

Hey! Check out this video I did on embouchure it should help answer any questions you've got. If you're playing to the point that your mouth hurts... stop playing you're doing more damage than good. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9yYkph1xtGvj5c.html

exactly. And you can do pairs with any chords that don't share the same note.

@@ScottPaddock Excellent thanks!

Hey Jason, thanks! The flats and sharps are determined by the root scale. The example in the video I did was based in the G scale. So I did the triad pairs for the 1 chord and the 2 chord in the G scale. The 1 chord is G (GBD) and the 2 chord is A (ACE). It is C natural because you build the chord according to the root of the scale. The fancy word for that is diatonic. Does that clear things up?

Yes it does, thanks much and for your patients as well. :)

So this is a triad pair on the 1 chord and the 2 chord. So you could play it over any major 7th chord in the key of the 1. So if you had a Cmaj7 chord you could play the triad pair based in C major which would be CEG/DFA

Hey Joe! The pairs change with each chord in the progression. So for G major you would play G major and A minor (or any chord pairing in the key of G major). When the chord symbol switches to C major the pairing is now based in C. So it would be C maj & D min. The pairs are based on the key signature of each individual chord symbol. So in more simple terms, it doesn't matter that Cmaj7 is the 4 in the key of G. When it changes to Cmaj 7 your chord pairs have to switch to all natural. IF it went to C-7 then your chord pairs would have to switch to Bb & Eb since that is the key signature of C-7. Does that make sense?

Thanks Scott! I'll experiment with this!

@@ScottPaddock So if improvising over, say 12 bars, and each bar had a different chord, then 12 separate triad pairs would need to be played?

Currently I'm using a 2.25 Legere American Cut. I've also played Signature cuts in the past. With synthetic reeds there is no doctoring. Just put them on and play. It takes about a week for them to break in.

There really aren't a ton of rules when it comes to triad pairs, you can pair up any triad that has different notes in the triad that are in the same diatonic scale. You can also change the rhythms and the order of the notes in the triad.

@@ScottPaddock ohh okay and thanks for your reply 😁

It's more difficult to add a backing track to these recordings than you'd think :-)

@@ScottPaddock Scott, I definitely understand. What I am trying to communicate is that your lessons are very good and a backing track allows the student a better understanding on how to apply what you just taught. Just a suggestion, your lessons are great!

Ok, one last try :-) In this exercise we are using the G triad which only has these three notes in it GBD. So you can only use those notes. No other notes are in the G triad. Even though an F# is in the G major scale, it is not in a G triad. Get out your saxophone and play these notes in order just like this: G B D (root position of a G triad). B D G (1st inversion of a G triad. Meaning still playing the notes in a G triad which are G B D but starting on the 3rd which is B). D G B (2nd inversion of a G triad. Meaning still playing the notes in a G triad which are G B D but staring on the 5th which is D). If you play those notes in order like that on your saxophone, I think you'll hear it.

Hey Thomas. This exercise is based on the G scale, but is not a G scale. It is two sets of chords being played back and forth. Neither chord has an F# in it. The first chord is G major (GBD) the second chord is A minor (ACE). Those are the only notes used in the exercise. They are both triads meaning 1 3 5. Not 7th chords. And not scales.

A little further explanation without notes, that might help you see it a little more clearly. For this exercise you go back and forth between 2 triads. In my example the 1st triad was G major (GBD). The second triad was A minor (ACE). The order of what you would play is below.... 1st TRIAD: 135 2nd TRIAD: 135 THEN MOVE UP THE TRIAD TO START 1st TRIAD: 351 2nd TRIAD: 351 THEN MOVE UP THE TRIAD TO START 1st TRIAD: 513 2nd TRIAD: 513 Then repeat in the next octave up. Notice that the only notes that you are using are 135 in each chord. Hope that helps clear it up.

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