john

sure Peter…take some notes cause this is an important lesson…
Summertime (alto music) is in the key of E minor.
have a look at the key signature., you see one sharp (F#)
that tells us it’s either in G major or E minor. Every major key has a relative minor with the same key signature.
we need to figure out if that one sharp means that the song…[Read more]

Yes Joe, after you sign in you’ll see the “Premium Dashboard” orange box link which you need to click then you’ll get to a page the Says; “Welcome to the premium Member’s level”

Joe, no, we need to go up a whole step, not a half step when we transpose for Bb saxophones.
don’t worry about the chord extensions, just play the E minor pentatonic scale over it. I have some lessons here:

Power of the Major Pentatonic Scale

this; C/D does not mean 2 chords at the same time, it means to play a C major…[Read more]

wow, there’s some things there I wasn’t aware of…thx William! Should be getting that one up either later today or tomorrow…

glad you also are enjoying them….I discovered them several years ago and have been playing em ever since. I also played Vandorens for many year prior.
Hemp was one of my faves until they came out with the Onyx and then the Copper…they have several good ones to choose from these days.

if you registered for the monthly song downloads you will be billed monthly but it is automatic if you registered correctly…and far as I can tell you are ok. If you’re having anymore issues just let me know.

@ Mike, sorry bout the delay Mike…you’re all good to go now. I had to complete the registration from my end.

yes, I do a slide chromatically down from the F# to D. It makes it smooth out the melody, more like a vocal sound I think.

Sure Ronnie I’ll check out that link, but meanwhile you can check out the info video for Sax Academy right on the main page of HowToPlaySaxophone.org

William, the track is in A so you gotta play in B on tenor. Play the B major pentatonic over it.

right on Robert, coming along nicely.

welcome Steve, glad you found us…best of luck!

Ok guys, never mind….I have connected with Michael via email and he has deleted the videos of him miming to mine.
He has downloaded many of my backing tracks and posted his own versions over the years …he’s a good guy, just got a little mis-guided recently!

I just posted on his comments to be honest in what he’s doing other wise take it down.
I suggest everyone here do the same to let him know he’s not fooling anyone.
his youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7nc3XJRdKs&t=2s

ya that’s me playing. Michael has been downloading my backing tracks for years but he was doing his own playing over them….I guess he figurers it’s easier to lip-sync instead of actually learning the tune on his own.
welcome Ronnie!!

yes I’ll email you the link

william, the hey jude riff is right. what I think you’re not seeing is that the “2” is an octave higher.
play Bb D F C (the C is the one that’s a 5th higher than the F)

so in your example ; Bb D F G F GF is wrong. change the G F G F to C Bb C Bb

the 4th note of the Bb major pentatonic is NOT Eb. this scale does not contain the 4th degree.

sure Pete. you use the D minor pentatonic. But you should know how to figure this out on your own…it’s easy;
look at your sheet music; you see the key signature is one flat. That means it’s either in the key of F major or D minor. These are the only 2 keys that have one flat.
Next we need to figure out if it’s in F major or D minor. Most times…[Read more]