Blues Scale trick as played by David Sanborn | Great Sax Solos Episode 3
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Published 2020-12-29
Jay Metcalf shares a Blues Scale trick to sound more like David Sanborn on the solo from How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You by James Taylor.
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All Comments (21)
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RIP David Sanborn Thanks for all your great solos !!
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“First you learn the instrument, then you learn the music, then you forget all that shit and just play.” ~ Charlie Parker
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Yeh, thanks for emphasising the fact that knowing the “right” scales, and even knowing the right notes that someone played for a certain solo, only gets you to the first base of sounding good. Tone, feel, intonation, groove, inflection and articulation are the things most people neglect in my experience. Nice little video Jay! 👍🏻
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Yeah Man ..Always loved David Sanborn...hard not to be influenced by him.
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Good one!! As a guitar player for a couple decades and doing sax for only a couple years, this makes sense. On guitar, there is a “one box” for pentatonic soloing that most guys use and it’s generally in the “minor blues” mode. To make it “major/country” taste all one needs to do is take the One Box backwards on the neck 4 frets and start from there. You just described the same thing by starting on the 6th. So thanks for that I never really took the time to learn the actual theory.
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Happy New Year to all the Sax enthusiasts out there. Thanks Jay✌🏽🎵🎶🎷
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Excited to watch! Clicked right away. Merry Christmas!
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Nice to see some truly applicable saxophone tips on this channel from a genuine pro!
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Best Saxophoon teacher I have ever heard about, wow!
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Thanks for a great musical lesson...God bless you for this gift to all of us ...
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Thanks for singing the lines that really helped me even though I am a guitarist... I always wanted to play a sax this is one of my fav sax pop solos . Could not figure Sanbourns solo until you explained demonstrated isolated playing and singing Thank you... Jay. God continued Blessings on you. And all your musical talents and Life.
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Excellent thanks! One of my favourite pop solos: Ernie Watts on Christopher Cross/Arthur's Theme.
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Excellent lesson, Jay! David Sanborn is THE pop sax sound that everyone mirrors! I also like his short solo on David Bowie's Young Americans. Thank you!
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Can’t wait to get my better Sax I purchased already✌🏽🎵🎶🎷
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Great video Jay, the sax sounds great! Tríela enjoyed how you took the solo and broke it down for us. 👍
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Thanks so much for this. It's so fun to play and it sounds so good. I've already played it like 500 hundred times😂. I love it. Thank you.
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love these videos
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I think this is the first I’ve heard you on alto. Sounds fantastic Jay!
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I congratulate you, you have the best pedagogy so that all saxophonists understand you, I want to thank you for so many videos and a lot of help that you give us to all saxophonists, I am promoting your saxophone brand among my students and throughout Latin America because I hear that Sounds very good, I wish you a very nice end of the year and that next year we can continue making good music ... hug from Venezuela
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Hi, thanks for the great videos! I'd love a video on how guys like Sanborn 'split 'notes in the 'normal' register. It's not a growl,... and I can split certain altissimo notes, but they'll do it in the normal upper register.And quick advice in this possibly? Otherwise a video (maybe you have one already?) thanks
