How I Finally Got a Jazz Tone on Sax!

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6 ай бұрын

In this video I share with you how I got a jazz sound, which was definitely a big quest for me since I started off with a classical background. I hope someone can relate or finds that it is possible for them too! & Of course, the journey is not over - it never will be!
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Пікірлер: 256

@FMPcrash 6 ай бұрын

Leaving this for later me: Exercise 1: 5:33 Exercise 2a 7:37 Exercise 2b 9:10 Exercise 3 10:46

@jamallwells8786 5 ай бұрын

Come back it’s time to practice

@beckyjones2514 5 ай бұрын

Have you practiced yet?

@cheeseheadfiddle 4 ай бұрын

Helpful! Thanks.

@nunyabeezwacks1408 Ай бұрын

And for me, too. Thanks!

@oceanhernandez1132 2 ай бұрын

Nah cause holy shit that classical tone in the beginning was the best tone I’ve ever heard

@gerardocazaresnava665 6 ай бұрын

What a great solo from Kenny G 1:19 always showing his talent to this world

@IL-saxophonist 6 ай бұрын

yup. Such a disgrace he's a respected player. Does circular breathing on 1 note with a shitty sound haha

@Lasalas777 6 ай бұрын

Eso fue un bajo continuo

@EliTurp 5 ай бұрын

@rapinncapin123 5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@akifcarik3863 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@justnathan4011 6 ай бұрын

I honestly love the parts where he is just sitting in his room demonstrating the exercises. it makes it so relatable.

@bettersax 6 ай бұрын

Great video Nathan.

@Saxologic 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Jay!!

@chrisr4277 6 ай бұрын

so satisfying to see your tone + your flexibility of tone evolve from the early days of this channel when you were playing sick jazz lines but still sounding sorta classical. huge inspiration to me

@Valentinkmusic 6 ай бұрын

Amazing video! Made me want to practice these exercises!

@Saxologic 6 ай бұрын

The legend himself!

@ajharriss 6 ай бұрын

Wow u are a great player

@Teaiori 6 ай бұрын

im currently a middle school band saxophone player. i started in sixth grade and now its 8th. you are the soul reason why ive improved on sax. i cant say any less then thanks.

@EvanLucken 6 ай бұрын

I have literally been looking into this the past week and you release two videos (one from the Jazz Lessions channel) answering it. You are in my brain! Edited to say: thank you!

@HahnJames 6 ай бұрын

So much great knowledge was presented here coupled with your natural awesomeness. You blew my socks clean off! This is a remarkable feat because, my shoes stayed where they were.

@justnathan4011 6 ай бұрын

I love the way Nathan makes his tutorials extremely entertaining and helpful! Because they are not professionaly done, it makes you relate to the topic even more! keep up the classics!

@c.l.4895 6 ай бұрын

Gear. It's all gear. No matter how long you practice the French horn, you'll never sound like Coltrane.

@KleinkMusic 6 ай бұрын

The amount of confusion I had before I busted out laughing lmaoo

@Jonathanhsax 6 ай бұрын

Won't sound good until you have a mark vi, best horn ever made

@c.l.4895 6 ай бұрын

@@Jonathanhsax nah, a Yamaha YZF-R1M will literally crush any Selmer

@Jonathanhsax 6 ай бұрын

@@c.l.4895 it's a meme

@c.l.4895 6 ай бұрын

@@Jonathanhsax no it’s a motorcycle 😉

@elgugo2050 6 ай бұрын

Watching the progress... blossoming of musical abilities over the years has been wonderful

@justnathan4011 6 ай бұрын

I love the way that Nathans's videos are extremely entertaining while still extremely helpful!

@andrewmaloney6038 5 ай бұрын

Love that you talked about drones in this video. Shedding long tones with a drone is the BEST WAY to improve your intonation. In addition to tuning the diatonic tones in the tonic key of the drone, I also practice tuning every pitch on the horn relative to the drone, so I essentially learned aurally how to tune all twelve tones in all twelve tonal centers. This helped me immensely, and because I strengthened my ears so much through this process, when I switched over to a vintage horn that many claim to have intonation issues, I had little to no issue with pitch because I just knew exactly what each note was supposed to sound like.

@directcurrent5751 6 ай бұрын

You are multiple gifted. You PLAY both styles professionally. AND you are a top rate TEACHER. Either of these attributes is rare in one person. You are blessed with both and have the work ethic and habits to go as far as possible in either or both fields. A doctorate might be the indelible mark on your resume that ensures making the most of all your beautiful strengths.

@TheZionrouter 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this, its so clear AND has a lot of room for me (an adult brand brand new sax player with previous musical experience) to experiment and find my own sound ❤ saving this to watch countless times

@onesyphorus 6 ай бұрын

1:01 YESSSSSS BALKAN REP 🙌🏾 i remember one day i was looking up an articulation technique and a serb commented a link to a video n i went down a rabbit hole of serbian music it was awesome im still blown away by their articulation n trills

@russelljazzbeck 6 ай бұрын

Jazz bro fro is 🔥

@Saxologic 6 ай бұрын

Jazz bro fro 😂

@markianorobichaux4102 6 ай бұрын

new saxologic video? immediate like. dawg ur the master. A literal icon. Inspirational.

@directcurrent5751 6 ай бұрын

Factual

@Gnomes_ 6 ай бұрын

The best exercise for my intonation was playing sop in my uni's concert band on a selmer series II, which is essentially an expensive kazoo (Also a great exercise is: play a note on piano - sing the note an octave higher - play the note (at the higher octave) - check against piano note. Repeat with different intervals)

@zombeats2160 23 күн бұрын

You’re an amazing player! Thanks for sharing your knowledge

@beckyn9338 6 ай бұрын

Gotta have it. ❤ These three things are tremendously helpful! See you in JLV.

@Michael-Sax8344 5 ай бұрын

You always make me smile with your videos, also helped my playing with the tons of advice! You're a great person, thank you for inspiring me to play sax!!

@Bobbybabybobbybubbie 6 ай бұрын

Wow, that was a great point and demonstration about intonation. I think I better check up on my own!

@gusmarrero 6 ай бұрын

Love your videos, always makes me laugh out loud. So many funny gems on this one. Thanks.

@pavelpatsenkov 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic lesson, Mr Graybeal! Thanks!

@ericperry1861 6 ай бұрын

Just me, or is Nathan slowly turning into Bruno Mars?

@50JJRodriguez 6 ай бұрын

This was really helpful man! Love your videos!

@zRendeRz 6 ай бұрын

I am getting back into playing saxophone, I enjoyed this explanation and the exercise recommendations

@derycktaylor3677 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Nathan. This is exactly what I needed.

@WyattLandry-xw1bv 5 ай бұрын

Hi saxologic, my name is Wyatt Landry, I’m a middle school alto saxophone player and I live in Louisiana. I just wanted to thank you for everything you do. You’ve inspired me to keep on practicing my saxophone ever since I got it. I started playing last September and I have gone to get many solos, duos, and trios in my band. Thanks you for everything you do and congrats for 200k subscribers. I will never forget how much you’ve inspired me and I even hope to meet you if I have a saxophone career.

@jordanvargas4244 2 ай бұрын

Bro keep it up you can seriously go places if you stay saxophone in a serious position

@vindknt 4 ай бұрын

This intonation exercise you showed is a true game changer, for any instrument (the violin in my case)

@uncaringnick7438 26 күн бұрын

You got some good energy my friend. Thank you. ❤

@Neydayofficial 6 ай бұрын

That tone is AWESOME 🔥

@leafophonist 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic lesson thank you. I am going to apply this to the leaf.

@robstevens9590 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Such a cool variety of examples (even including Romanian "muzica populara").

@kingwilliamjazzcollective301 6 ай бұрын

Another great exercise is to successfully play the chromatic scale down to low C starting on middle D. You leave the octave key engaged which means you really need to redirect your air. This works really well to create a sub tone.

@MrSaxophonix 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for these tips!

@jessgillam1 Ай бұрын

This is so helpful! Thank you very much 🌟

@alexsax8409 5 ай бұрын

Much respect and love from Romania ❤

@aborrebach 6 ай бұрын

0:25 gave me hardcore bunky green vibes. Fantastic playing as usual, Nathan!

@Krivplayzz 6 ай бұрын

Hi Saxologic. This is a great tutorial, thank you so much. Also, you're 1k away from 200k! Nice job

@isaacjkneubuhl 6 ай бұрын

Don't get discouraged if you don't hear quick results! No matter how much practice you put in, getting used to a change in tone or embouchure takes time. Consistent effort WILL pay off, and it's absolutely worth it.

@SupaSax1 5 ай бұрын

The tongueing concept was a throw back for me back to highschool band camp days at UBC where the director would hammer down on that technique can confirm its the GOAT technique.

@danielleb6125 6 ай бұрын

This is awesome!

@GermarDerron 6 ай бұрын

your best video- so good - so applicable

@kat8604 6 ай бұрын

This was really helpful. You're the reason I started saxophone😁

@jusjos1970 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Good to see you’re somehow still improving. Wild.

@bjrnalmlof6128 6 ай бұрын

such great insights!

@Jonathanhsax 6 ай бұрын

Bro that James Carter clip is fucking WILD

@mboia 5 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks!

@jodyespina8277 3 ай бұрын

Great job Nathan!

@eddiecrockettjr3789 3 ай бұрын

1:24 literally so iconic

@jeffkidwill7719 6 ай бұрын

Great video you make the best videos

@maritsanders7972 4 ай бұрын

I needed this

@georgetucci9443 5 ай бұрын

You are absolutely hilarious. Love your videos.

@wonderfalls2 6 ай бұрын

Love this channel man and I don't even play sax...yet

@unclemick-synths 6 ай бұрын

Great exercises 👍

@EliTurp 5 ай бұрын

Congrats on 200k!!! 🎉

@jean-gabrielcanapa1225 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for those great exercices 👍 I feel like it is what I missed really since I switched from classical to jazz music with a wider mouthpiece. I moved from a lovely controlled sound to a ok klezmer - sometimes not really in-tune one And even if it sounds well, it is frustrating. (Same story with the flute... 😅)

@KleinkMusic 5 ай бұрын

Mouthpiece remington is the move! It's actually something brass players are trained to do just because of how the mechanics of the instrument are. Never thought to try that on a sax mouthpiece!

@hyliansaviour9420 6 ай бұрын

Me and Clarinet. Not big on classical clarinet but love jazz clarinet

@justnathan4011 6 ай бұрын

this is one of my favourite saxologic videos and maybe even saxophone videos I have ever seen!

@wyndhl8309 6 ай бұрын

Man, I adore you: you are unselfish, unlike many other saxophonists, talented, creative, and, yes, humorous. That Classical lad with alto in ✋️ 👦 VK

@robert19 6 ай бұрын

exactly what i was looking for. thanks man! love your content; it strikes the perfect balance of educational and entertaining (loved the skit where zack punched you in the diaphragm lmao)

@TheOGRokma 6 ай бұрын

ALMOST AT 200K YEAH BABYYYYY

@gravelis_6798 3 ай бұрын

thank you forever

@chattyplays Ай бұрын

I love the way u talk

@randimator9881 6 ай бұрын

Congrats 200k bro

@glummy909 5 ай бұрын

bro not to d1ckride or anything, but I haven't tuned into your channel for a while and you are sounding really good! as an aspiring saxophonist it's a pleasure to listen to you play

@NotoriouslyNature 4 ай бұрын

😂😂

@jq_music 6 ай бұрын

Thank Nathan

@personperson2432 6 ай бұрын

I was exactly like player 2, I feel called out😂😂

@CalBennettMusic 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic!!!

@JesusIsKing96 4 ай бұрын

You remind me of Bruno Mars but with wicked humour. Loved your video. Great talent.Thanks from the UK

@onesyphorus 6 ай бұрын

excited for 200k! 👀

@notesax 2 ай бұрын

1:26 Was moving in indescribable ways

@saxysen 6 ай бұрын

Bro you killing the Bruno look! 👍

@abrogard142 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant, funny, pleasant, informative, valuable, great. :)

@jakestatefarm2470 5 ай бұрын

The flipnote legend

@rich4444hrsm 5 ай бұрын

2:26 hahahahahahah dude this video is SOOOOOO good!

@catcher_in_the_rye 4 ай бұрын

I'm not a saxophonist but that was fascinating and you're extremely funny and catchy

@mistrsax 6 ай бұрын

Funny and informative. Yeah. 👍🎵

@PashaT95 6 ай бұрын

смотрю тебя очень давно. Очень рад твоим видео!)

@adrianzarick7457 6 ай бұрын

Try the special edition YAMAHA YAS-VDHM alto. Amazing horn!

@hotarubi_ 6 ай бұрын

That 5 seconds kenny g clip killed me instantly.

@bigal2731 6 ай бұрын

3:48 SICK edit

@rexraydn2686 6 ай бұрын

Hiiiii, you sound great 👍🏾 😊

@Rabincontinent 6 ай бұрын

You are right, everyone is entitled to their opinion on a fav tone. Except for people who ask for the Lee Thompson tone on every song, they are wrong.

@michaelgoodman3845 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful intro 😊

@nitzeart 5 ай бұрын

I just realized what's in the intro of Atrevete - Calle 13 😅 Cool

@GIGIM01 5 ай бұрын

The goat 🤍

@txsphere 6 ай бұрын

Woop 200k!

@Saxologic 6 ай бұрын

YES SIR

@user-gc1eg7io5j 6 ай бұрын

I like the Afro, looks good 👍

@ZooHair 6 ай бұрын

Have a good day

@wadesmith6711 6 ай бұрын

I like your saxophone videos

@austinburrington6434 6 ай бұрын

That haircut is giving me serious disco vibes. Great skits.

@LucasHerreraAscencio-bq8wq 6 ай бұрын

hey saxologic I have been playing for a few months with some gonzales (soprano) local 627 reeds, which have been working very well for me. I would love for you to try them, they are very good.