Besame Mucho

[Simon]

I love this song and had to try it immediately:)

[john]

way to go Simon!
there are some good things going on.
You are skipping some beats and either getting ahead or falling behind so…
Work more with the backing track, it is your metronome…tap your toe with the beat to help you stay 100% with the track.
(I always tap by foot, especially when I’m just learning the song)

There is a session on this in the “Theory” section in the Premium Members area. I think working this lesson will help you big time.

[Simon]

Thanks Johnny, i’ll spend some time with this song and record new video after 14 days to see if i made any progress. And next time i’ll use mic for recording. This time was done with i phone:).

[john]

yes that will help, also blow louder and stand up

[jake]

Nice one Simon! Love the sax too. Saw it up close in the replay of the masterclass!
Def a catchy tune. I don’t play many backing track songs cuz I play live with a guitar player but there’s something about this song making me want to learn it!!! Love the low notes in there!! Keep up the good work. I bet in 14 days there will be a HUGE improvement!!!!!

[Simon]

Johnny, at bar 31 when you play repetition you skip triple A and start on triple B? I always get lost there if i try to play with you:))

[john]

well Simon, I think I just made a mistake or wasn’t ready for that bar so I hesitated on the A’s then I played them as a pick-up to the B triplets. if I were you I’d just play it as written but if you want to copy what I did then bar 31 would have a 1/4 note rest followed with an 1/8 note rest then two A’s as 1/16th notes….makes sense?

[Anonymous]

I’ve got a music sheet, where there are two treble clefs. Its backing track has two alto sax’s playing, the 1st sax plays the top treble clef out of the left speaker and the 2nd alto sax plays the bottom treble clef out of the right speaker. The idea is you mute either the left speaker or the right speaker which gives you the option of playing along with the same alto sax player or playing along with the other alto sax player. Great exercise, as it’s easier to play in time to the same alto sax player, but harder to play along in time with the other alto sax player. Great for concentrating not getting distracted by another sax player playing a different melody at the same time as you are playing.

So you can play the top treble clef alongside the bottom treble clef alto sax player, and then reverse the roles, and play the bottom treble clef alongside the top treble clef alto sax player.

The weird thing is, when i play along with the other alto sax player, if i’m playing the bottom treble clef, i’m in time with the other alto sax player. However if i play the top treble clef in time with the other alto sax player, i often start one of the measures 2 beats too late …. it’s so easy to get tripped by the other alto sax player. It’s a case of juggling, you can’t block the other sax player out of your mind, as you need to hear them playing to know you are keeping in time, but if you’re not careful, you can get too drawn into listening to them playing and loose concentration on the music sheets as to where you should be playing.

So i can understand the confusion, if you play what you see on a sheet and the other player mistakes a timing key.

[john]

that is a great idea (exercise)
I’m positive it’ll help you a lot!

[Anonymous]

this is the two exercises, where i play as sax player1, then i play as sax player 2
pop1

pop2

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