The #1 Secret to make your BLUES SCALE sound more pro!

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Helpful video resources for this lesson:
🎬 How To Play Blues Sax
• How To Play Blues Sax ...
🎬 Pentatonics & Blues Scales Explained
• Pentatonic Scales Made...
🎬 Just The Two Of Us
• JUST THE TWO OF US - H...
In this video I share how you can take fantastic blues licks from the greats and apply them to your own playing, so that your blues scale scale solos sound more convincing and less directionless and "noodley". I use examples from Grover Washington, Dave Sanborn and Lenny Pickett.
Tracks referenced in this lesson:
"Just The Two Of Us" by Bill Withers and Grover Washington Jr.
"Over & Over" by David Sanborn (from the album As We Speak)
"Soul Vaccination" by Tower Of Power (from the album Tower Of Power)
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Chapters
0:00 intro
1:19 free PDF and masterclass
2:05 the problem
3:38 the solution
4:46 being "original"
6:02 lick #1 Grover
13:13 lick #2 Sanborn
18:49 lick #3 Lenny Pickett
22:59 putting it all together
24:58 summary
26:14 sign off
27:24 bloopers and end music
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@capre7 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, Jamie! Thank you for another great Sunday video. So helpful and so much fun working through your tutorials. Looking forward to playing through this one this afternoon. Tally Ho!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cindy 🙏

@stefanie.4571 2 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic tutorial! 😊🔥🎷 Thanks so much for it Jamie.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stefanie! 🙏

@pavelpatsenkov 2 жыл бұрын

Great licks. Fantastic lesson. Thanks Mr Anderson!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pavel 🙏

@bobpremecz5429 2 жыл бұрын

So the magpie heard that "there's one scale to rule them all". Wow! That magpie then gathered this "one scale" from all the other cool-sounding birds making sure to carefully imitate them, right down to the scoops, bends, and rhythms. That magpie took all those "precious" scale bits and soon everyone heard one wickedly cool magpie. Now that magpie "rules them all." Bloody fantastic!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Great comment Bob, love that!

@adamwhite5553 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this fantastic video Jamie, it's given me loads to work on. It's really helpful that you put them all in the same key as it highlights the similarities and differences between them, which makes it much easier to use fragments to improvise from. Thanks again!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@dcp8nts Жыл бұрын

Jamie, I love your energy, your playing, your sound..... You are quite inspiring. Thank you

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙏

@robstevens9590 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome licks! On the Sanborn lick, repeating it a second time and ending on F# instead of C# sounds very cool.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Classic call and response. Brilliant.

@andrewwright6893 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant lesson Jamie. Great playing too. Top quality and thanks for the sheet music.

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙏

@martinryan6793 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jamie, I just love watching your video's, they are so informative, and Fun.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@mdsaxplayer11 2 жыл бұрын

Jamie you are a great teacher!Sanborn, Pickett, Grover are inspiration to all saxophonist. Great job putting this lesson together. I will use this on my next Gig!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙏

@bobbywilliams728 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’ve come out of retirement and I have been stuck

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@bastienbuathier-muller2569 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Love the way your’re teaching!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙏

@piggies.254 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! So helpful. Thank you!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Zoe!

@vintry99 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Jamie for another great lesson, will be trying this out later today. Just need to get my scoops and bends sorted first 😀

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy the journey!

@kevanbarrett7411 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. Love it.😊

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@gerddoehler4980 2 жыл бұрын

Best advice of all time!! Thanks so much Jamie!!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gerd! 🙏

@1Rockstok Жыл бұрын

Thank you 1000x for these videos!

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@aristevons6389 Жыл бұрын

That was awesome!!!😃Thank you

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! 🙏

@thedollyshowtribute Жыл бұрын

Just stumbled across this! Brilliant Jamie. x

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻

@MrCECGUIMARAES 2 жыл бұрын

Adoro esse professor...aprendendo muito!!!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@markware5548 2 жыл бұрын

Great info thanks! Just started playing again after 25 years out! With your help and Tomplay I should be back in the game in no time! Will buy you a coffee Cheers

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 👍

@pablodelafuente3250 Жыл бұрын

Simply amazing... What a sound... Thx so much... From Argentina 🇦🇷

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

Anytime!

@kolawoleisaac4966 2 жыл бұрын

You're doing a great job Jamie...!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@renewelter5799 2 жыл бұрын

I saw you on New year’s eve with Joan Armatrading in the german TV. Good job as always. Thx for all.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Cool! That was a fun gig. 👍🏻

@Osnosis 2 жыл бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether Been seeing Joan for about 45 years, and she still sounds great. What a legend.

@davidsmusic 2 жыл бұрын

So cool and so dope!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks David!

@vincita51 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video. Thanks Jamie

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@BassNSax628 2 жыл бұрын

Another brilliant video Jamie. Every time I think of giving up sax, I watch one of your videos and it makes me want to play. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Thanks.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

@solomann940 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great lesson

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@billganon3357 2 жыл бұрын

Jamie, really clean, direct and inspirational lesson. Sunday thanks.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@dwilsonsax 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson, really informative.

@adrianphillips3192 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Jamie, great licks 👍

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Butch 🙏

@basketer429 2 жыл бұрын

You're the best Jamie♥️

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@bobmarsh6378 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Jamie, ta muchly x

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob 🙏

@tomcollicott3680 2 жыл бұрын

OK - that's me fired up for another week! Great stuff Jamie!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@alexjardim9431 Жыл бұрын

Magnifique 🎉🎉🎉🎉merci beaucoup infiniment ! 🎷🎶👍

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

Merci! 🙏

@paintingwithatwistfriendsw392 2 жыл бұрын

You are a fantastic instructor.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

All the examples and EVERY blues scale are in this free PDF cheatsheet!▶️www.getyoursaxtogether.com/betterblues

@aljerones99 2 жыл бұрын

Well done Jamie!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex 🙏

@heinrichschmitz2197 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Jamie. Heiner from Bonn, Germany

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@IsteadAl 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson Jamie. A good resource for "Magpies" is blues harmonica. Ive used some blues licks from Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson solos.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Great!

@JoeSAL_ 11 ай бұрын

It had been a long time since I had enjoyed a music class as fantastic as this. Thank you very much indeed, Jamie. Huge Hug. Hacía tiempo que no disfrutaba de una clase de musica tan fantástica como está. Muchas gracias Jamie, un abrazo 👍

@GetYourSaxTogether 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@peterolsson3662 2 жыл бұрын

Very inspiring lesson. Funny How you Sound almost like David Sanborn while playing on a tenor with an Otto Link. Peter from Hamburg

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

😎

@erenyuksel8491 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing job as usual Jamie:) Greetings from Turkey.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eren! 👍

@couchphotography8861 2 жыл бұрын

So fun and exciting! Consider myself a very lucky bird to have seen Lenny P with TOP at BBKing's club in NY a few years back! LOL at the end bloopers as usual, one looked just like what I did when trying the LP lick, ha ha!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

😉

@DJsilversax 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson, probably the best yet. :) It would be great if you could do one on how to do those consecutive falls that you’ve written in your Caravan arrangement. Is it done with the larynx only?

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Check this out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pddgi62fntfbj2g.html

@josefmoveyourself7234 2 жыл бұрын

Oh Yeahhhhh 😎🎷🔥

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

🙏

@jamesgitau3729 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks aloot Jamie :-)

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks James!

@kiz8409 2 жыл бұрын

Fanatische video again, thanks so much for this. I would like to know what looping software you are using, looks really great.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

I use Anytune. Thanks for watching!

@stevecave2371 2 жыл бұрын

Great video again. What was missing for me was a deeper explanation of how to bend and scoop the notes and what these 'special' characters look like on the staff.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Yeh, that’s not really the remit of this video but try this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pddgi62fntfbj2g.html

@stevecave2371 2 жыл бұрын

Great, thanks.

@davidgerber9317 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson! I think the Grover Washington lick sounds a lot like "Wade in the Water".

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks David 🙏

@ApertureLad 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson Jamie! I’ll be having a go at this today. One question - do you remember the licks, write them down, or even record them???

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Well, I remembered those ones! But sure, wrote them down or whatever if that helps.

@thvd64 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jamie, great video again, I was always wondering how people do this you nailed it again. What software are you using to play the music? Thanks a lot.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Theo. Music software is Anytune.

@tonylopez836 2 жыл бұрын

Just get to the bloody lesson!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Tony - check out the chapter markers whilst using KZfaq, then you can skip through all the stuff you don’t wanna see. I can tell you’re a get straight down to it guy, so apologies for any waffle you’re frustrated with! Just skip it! The pit falls of free content I guess…but don’t forget that’s what it is - awesome FREE lessons every week that you would normally pay a lot of money for. 😉

@danluckin 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson, inspiring! Can you tell me how you work out what key a lick is in before transcribing?

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan. You may find this helpful: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oKddgNB0t5askWg.html

@jeffreymarkpaull6273 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson Jamie! Where can I find that awesome backing track to practice to?

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

The Eb blues backing track mp3 is # 33 in Improvisation Mastery.

@peterdrake5156 Жыл бұрын

Hi Jamie. Every sax teacher I have ever had, bar none, says the best way to improve as a jazzer is to listen to and transcribe other sax players work. Here's an idea - why don't you do a video with loads of examples of blues scale phrases for us novices to pick out... Love your lessons, Pete

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

On the one hand that’s actually a good idea, but on the other, you’re not really getting the full benefit of the process if I do it for you?! 😬

@cheknfaks 2 жыл бұрын

That was awesome Jamie! This is great techniques that I need..I can not seem to get that higher F# tho.. How is it done?

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

The altissimo video is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/obuCrduQy8CaeKM.html

@massimilianocoletta9156 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video is very good for me, for my studies... I love your sound... What is the name of the mouthpiece you use in this video? Thanks for the reply. Hello and good music Ps sorry for my translate I'm Italian 😜😎🎷

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

My setup: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kMp7armVxsrPm3k.html

@jessehughes5393 2 жыл бұрын

Jamie example one was killing aha! reminded me of coltrane, Coltrane vs Kenny G... ☹️

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

😉

@paintingwithatwistfriendsw392 2 жыл бұрын

Jamie. Can you review Kirk Whalum solo on Westchester Lady - Fourplay/ Rick B/ Boney James.... there are some interesting notes and I can't figure them one. Kirk solo starts at around 4:30. Such a wicked solo!

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

We will add these songs to our viewers' wish list.

@paintingwithatwistfriendsw392 2 жыл бұрын

Watch "Phil Collins Big Band - Pick up the pieces" on KZfaq kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJ-VhM6Fr8DQfp8.html I am not sure if you have listened to this crazy sax solo by James Carter at the 18th minutes. The man was engulfed by the sax. I wonder how the other professional sax player felt after Carter's performance.

@khalidsharif 2 жыл бұрын

Useful video 👍👍, is that mouthpiece beechler bellite custom?

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Nope. Vintage Otto link. 😎

@khalidsharif 2 жыл бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@frankneugebauer6159 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jaime, I wanted to ask about your mp set-up? Can you tell me more about it?? Thanks, Frank N.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kMp7armVxsrPm3k.html

@Sue20022010 Жыл бұрын

Aces

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@DolphScreamingSax 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, one of your best lessons. I noticed you went through some personal growth w.r.t. your presentation skills. Addressing the viewer directly so we don't realise you're talking to a camera. I had to chuckle out-loud a couple of times as well. Well done.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dolph! 🙏

@DolphScreamingSax Жыл бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether Just re-visited this lesson and you did it again !! I laughed out loud. Must be the sign of a truly engaging and funny episode. B.t.w. you DID sound very cool. 🙂

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

@@DolphScreamingSax 😉

@sam-jams6689 2 жыл бұрын

Love the energy! Thanks for the helpful video - what sort of sax are you playing there? That finish is pretty much exactly what I'm after

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Selmer mark six. 👍🏻

@jazzman_10 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard that the secret to make great bluesy lines is to use the minor blues scale while going up while using the major when going down (or was it dominant?, I'm not sure...). Any thoughts on that? I also acknowledge the importance on the "feel" of the groove which, by the way, you are a f******** master! I would also liste to Scott Hamilton, he has a lot of easy tunes with bluesy lines and sticks basically to the notes of the chords... Sweet... 😉👍

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure about the up down thing, although it certainly works to play each scale in chunks.

@Osnosis 2 жыл бұрын

Sort of: the main thing is the contrast between the flat 3 and the major 3, the flat 5 and the regular 5, and major 6 and the flat 7. So your line needs to be "aware" of whether you are resolving those flattened notes against the comparatively bright sounding major notes. You can work that it both directions.

@jazzman_10 2 жыл бұрын

@@Osnosis Thanks!

@bradywiseman539 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jamie, I'm confused about the backing track. It is not Improvisation Mastery 33, Blues in Concert Eb. It is in E minor, and it is not a blues. We can clearly hear your voice saying 'second eight', indicating it is an eight bar form. Where can we find this track?

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Track 20 2.2.4

@russellguyver7746 2 жыл бұрын

Is that a cane or plastic ( legere) reed you are using? Really enjoyed the video by the way.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

It’s Legere - but truth be told I’m not too happy with the sound compared to cane on tenor.

@pirsquared3251 2 жыл бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether I thought the tone was fantastic. Hard to imagine a cane reed sounding better. Your ears are very good to hear such subtle differences. Just wondering, can you hear the same subtle differences on your recordings that you can hear when actually playing? The sound transfers a bit different when playing versus from speakers.

@Osnosis 2 жыл бұрын

@@pirsquared3251 Just so you know, there's a LOT of difference between the Classic, Studio, Signature, and American Cut in the Legere line.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

@@pirsquared3251 some of it is how it feels of course. A couple of videos ago I did a Legere comparison video.

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

@@Osnosis yeh, I agree.

@bobbyholloway2072 Жыл бұрын

If I join , can I get that backing track ?

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

The backing track is part of my Improvisation Mastery class, which is not open at the moment, but will open again soon. Many of the tracks are also available in the Inner Circle Membership. The link to join is www.getyoursaxtogether.com/innercircle

@bobbyholloway2072 Жыл бұрын

where can I get that backing track, please .

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

I think it’s from my Improvisation Mastery course?

@bobbyholloway2072 Жыл бұрын

@@GetYourSaxTogether Can I buy it ?

@vfa154 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, Good Evening, could someone recommend a saxophone brand for beginners, or a reliable store. I'm from Brazil, but I'm going to buy in the United States. Thanks

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

Jean Paul are good.

@vfa154 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Sorry for the new question, but you advise to buy a new Jean Paul. Or used from a famous brand? Thanks, and again sorry for the new question.@@GetYourSaxTogether

@GetYourSaxTogether 2 жыл бұрын

@@vfa154 for that money I’d buy new.

@christophermartin2842 Жыл бұрын

I am a pianist but will be looking to play an additianl instrument ....so if I where to get a sax what is the most commonly used? Tennor or baratone? Part B question is Anyone know where cuz imma disabled veteran on a fixed income, so has any one know a good url to get my first saxiphone? nothing extravagent but gets the job done reguardless of paying for brand name so popularity of the maker is les priority than playaction and sound!

@GetYourSaxTogether Жыл бұрын

I would not recommend baritone to start. Tenor or alto your best bets. I do recommend new so that any problems that arise are from you not the horn. Theses sites may be helpful: jazzfuel.com/best-tenor-saxophone/ OR jazzfuel.com/best-alto-saxophone/ Good luck ... and thanks for your service!