All posts by Søren Ballegaard

Søren Ballegaard, Denmark 1975. Saxophone player (tenor- and soprano -saxophone), arranger, composer and teacher. Søren Ballegaard started at the age of 5 studying the piano, and till the age of 18 he played classical piano and gave various concerts. At the age of 19 Søren caught interest for the saxophone and the world of jazz. After three years intense study of the saxophone he got admitted to the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where he finished his bachelor degree, only to continue with his master’s degree, performing artist, which he finished in 2005 at the Rotterdam Conservatory. During his study he have been studying with many excelent teachers and have been involved in many projects and master classes with many very highly skilled muscians and performers, among others: John Roucco (sax), Benjamin Herman (sax), Kenny Werner (pia), Ben Van Den Dungen (sax), Rick Margitza (sax), Bennie Maupin (sax), Played on North Sea Jazz festival with Bobby Sanabrio Latin/Cuban big band, Kenny Werner big band and Peter Herbolzheimer big band. At the moment Søren Ballegaard is involved in many different styles of music: Træben is a jazz quartet which performs the music of the muscians in the band in Holland but also in the international scene. Træben came out with their first cd ”Nordic Project” in 2009 and their second cd ”Push” was released in january 2012. Jazz trio Jazzsupply which mostly performs at private parties and receptions have been playing on many different locations and many different people. To name a few; more times for Former Dutch Premier, Balkenende, Queen Beatrix of the netherlands by the opening of the new Europol building in The Hague, further they have played for Shell international on more occations, GelreDome, Arnhem, Vip program for Andre Rieu and the netherlands embassy in Tunis. Jazz trio Jazzsupply plays around 100 till 150 performances pr year. Søren Ballegaard´s involvement in jazz education shows in the project Jazz4kids, where he is co-writer of much of the music and also plays the saxophone. Søren Ballegaard als works as saxophone teacher at the VAK in Delft, the musicschool in Delft where he have 50 students. In the pop music scene Søren Ballegaard runs the SB Showband, which is a band of proffessional pop and funk musicians accompanying singing artists. SB Showband played before a 2500 people public in 2009 in congres center in The hague with the artists, JMT and again in 2011. Further they played for a 5000 people audience at the Leiden Pleinfestival also in 2011 with the artists, Roselle, Mike Pieterson and Glenn Bell. Søren Ballegaard is also a sideman in various pop- and jazz -music projects, works occasionally with local big bands and also writes and arranges music for many kinds of different projects.

Advanced, Beginner, II-V-I, Intermediate, Music theory, SOUND/INTONATION/EMBOUCHURE/ARTICULATION, Technique, Tier 5

OVERTONES – DO THIS AND GET THE BEST SOUND

17 November, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

OVERTONES – DO THIS AND GET THE BEST SOUND
Practice overtones and get a much richer sound and better tone control
Overtones make your sound richer. You want to have a rich sound with a lot of overtones displayed present.
With a lot of overtones present in your sound your sound gets more projection, it becomes more powerful and you get a better control of your sound.
Overtones also have a direct influence on your ability to play falsetto register on the saxophone.
All this leads to better control of the horn. Great sound also influences the ease of your technique on the saxophone.
All saxophone players should practice overtones and get the advantages of this.

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In this tutorial
Why is practicing overtons so damn important?
What are overtones?
How to – the best way to practice overtones?
Build overtone exercises
Apply overtones into your playing
Show, play and analyse two jazz licks using overtones.
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“The overtone manual – exercises and licks – Get better control”
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“Sound is everything – get a better sound – exercises and how to’s”
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My setup:
saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
Mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

Advanced, Alterations, Chords, II-V-I, Music theory, Scales, Tier 5

GET THE SOUND OF THE TRITONE SUBSTITUTION

17 November, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

GET THE SOUND OF THE TRITONE SUBSTITUTION
Getting new sounds into your vocabulary is sometimes difficult.
What should you play and how should you get on with it.
One of the sounds I use a lot in my own playing is the tritone substitute on a dominant chord.
Don’t let the words scare you – It is way easier than it seems.

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In this tutorial
Why do you need a tritone substitution in your playing?
What is a tritone substitution?
How to practice the tritone substitution scales and chords
Build tritone substitution jazz lines
Apply jazz lines using tritone substitutions to your playing
Show, play and analyse two jazz licks using tritone substitution
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“Bebop – how to get the sound”
https://youtu.be/5-EenXkudLE

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My setup:
saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
Mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

Advanced, II-V-I, Intermediate, Minor, Pentatonic scales, Tier 5

APPLY THE PENTATONIC SOUND IN YOUR PLAYING

17 November, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

APPLY THE PENTATONIC SOUND IN YOUR PLAYING
Pentatonic scales and hip pentatonic scales are not only for Michael Brecker, John Coltrane and Bob Berg.
You can quite easily get a really great pentatonic sound with just a few tools in your backpack.

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In this tutorial
Why are pentatonic scales linked to “a modern” sound?
What is a pentatonic scale?
Build pentatonic lines and licks
How do you practice pentatonic scales the best?
Apply pentatonic scales into your own playing
Show, play and analyse two pentatonic licks on II-V-I’s
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“Pentatonics manual vol. 1”
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“How to play minor on dominant chords – 3 great minor sounds”
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My setup:
saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
Mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

Advanced, Bebop, II-V-I, Intermediate, Scales, Tier 5

HOW TO USE BEBOP CHROMATIC SURROUNDING NOTES

17 November, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

HOW TO USE BEBOP CHROMATIC SURROUNDING NOTES
Getting into improvisation and approaching jazz improvisation is completely linked to playing bebop.
There is no way around it.
It sounds really great
As saxophone players we must have some knowledge of how the bebop language is put together and how we can apply this into our own playing.
Bebop is where all modern jazz improvisation started.

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In this tutorial

Why is Bebop so important to modern jazz improvisation?
What are chromatic surrounding notes?
Build licks and lines using chromatic surrounding notes
How do you practice chromatic surrounding notes the best?
Apply chromatic surrounding notes into your own playing
Show, play and analyse two licks using chromatic surrounding notes

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“The bebop scale – how to practice and use”
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My setup:
saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
Mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Saxophones and mouthpieces, SOUND/INTONATION/EMBOUCHURE/ARTICULATION, Tier 5

Saxophone Reeds – How to Choose the Right Reed

29 October, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

Saxophone Reeds – How to Choose the Right Reed
Playing a reed that does not fit you makes your sound dull and soft.
Choosing a reed between the thousands of brands out there is so difficult.
I will go through some of the most common questions about saxophone reeds and reveal the result of my first reed unboxing and testing.

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In this tutorial

00:00 Saxophone Reeds – How to Choose the Right Reed
00:21 Real story from the life as Chris Potter
00:56 What is a good reed?
01:13 The reed test
03:26 My Setup
04:16 Is this reed good for you?
05:22 Golden Reed Starter Tips
07:05 Unboxing Amazing Rigotti reeds – I am so exicited
10:45 Do you like my videos – support me on Patreon
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Master Jazz Articulation in 3 Simple Steps
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Get the Best Saxophone Sound
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/34299912
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Better sax – Jay Metcalf about Rigotti reeds

https://youtu.be/xxwYCzPT4Ck

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My setup:
saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
Mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Scales, SOUND/INTONATION/EMBOUCHURE/ARTICULATION, Technique, Tier 5

Jazz articulation – 4 ways to practise great articulation

25 October, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

Jazz articulation – practise this – sound like a pro
4 ways to practise great articulation – examples and how to’s!

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Articulation is one of the most important parts of jazz playing and generally saxophone playing.
When you get your articulation right you get a much more defined and clear jazz language!
With articulation the biggest aspects of jazz playing comes together – timing and phrasing!
Listen to all the great heroes of jazz saxophone
that be from now or from the past, they all have great and clear articulation – which also means impeccable timing and phrasing.

I will get into 4 types of articulation and show you ways to practise this!
Get all the benefits of great articulation – better timing, better phrasing and clear defined jazz improvisation.

Towards the end of the clip I give a played and written example on how to articulate on a common jazz standard.

00:00 Articulation – The most important thing when playing saxophone!
00:37 In this video
00:57 Søren is soloing on the famous original “Solar” – lot’s of articulation.
01:25 The timing of saxophone playing is executed in two places
03:48 How to articulate
04:42 Example 1 – no articulation
06:49 Example 2 – staccato
09:16 Example 3 – potato
11:21 Example 4 – Jazz articulation
13:13 An articulation example on a jazz standard
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My setup:
saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
Mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

Beginner, Blues, Chord note solos, Chords, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Saxophones and mouthpieces, Tier 5

Solo Preparation in 6.35 simple steps

14 October, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

Solo Preparation in 6.35 simple steps
This video is about how to prepare for a solo you play in a band, with a play along, and or in some way performing in front of an audience.
Maybe your first solo or a solo when you are beginning to play solos.
What do you need to prepare and what you absolutely do not need to prepare.
Taking you through all steps on the way there!

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In this tutorial
00:00 Solo Preparation in 6.35 simple steps
00:46 What actually happens in real life
02:19 What do and do you not need to prepare
03:28 Thank you Chad
04:04 Remember these things to the gig
04:48 How do you prepare the music?
09:23 Examples on a simple tune – Cantaloupe Island
12:54 Do not do this!!!!
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The best way how to visualize and silent practice saxophone
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8 chord pattern you need to know
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4 Scale exercises you must know these
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CHAD LB WARMING UP EXERCISES

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Cantaloupe Island – Chris Potter
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Advanced, Intermediate, Scales, Technique, Tier 5

3 scale patterns you must know

11 October, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

Scale patterns – 3 scale patterns you must learn
Training your scale patterns is great exercise, but are you training the right scale patterns?
Are you actually using the patterns you are training in your playing?
You do not want to use hours of practice time on something which you can not directly apply to your playing and improvising.
You want to practice the patterns which you actually do use and which sounds the best when playing and using these in your improvisation.

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In this video
I will show you 3 great scale patterns you must know
We will apply these to the major scale
I will show you how to practice these in you daily routine
You will learn how to use the patterns on different chords
At the end of the video I walk through two licks using the scale patterns for you to see how to use these in your playing and improvising.

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00:00 Scale patterns – 3 scale patterns you must learn
00:32 Søren is playing “Like someone in love”
00:53 In this video
01:28 Why do you want to practice patterns?
02:32 The third pattern in the scale
04:43 Apply the third pattern on functial chords
05:30 The 1-3-2-1 pattern
06:34 1-2-3-5 + 5-3-2-1 pattern
07:45 We want to know how to apply the pattern, else the practice is worthless
08:14 Two pattern based II-V-I licks played, analyzed and explained
09:21 2nd pattern based II-V-I lick
10:12 60 scale patterns on functional harmony + 20 II-V-I licks using scale patterns
10:56 Do you like the video – check out my Patreon page – link below

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Advanced, Intermediate, Scales, Technique, Tier 5

Amazing Jazz Lines – Play This Scale Exercise

8 October, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

Amazing Jazz Lines – Play This Scale Exercise
There is one most efficient scale exercise to improve your technique and improve your music!
And it is no secret – it is playing thrills through any scale.
This exercise will move your technique the most and the fastest.
I will go through different forms of how to play this exercise and show you how to apply this into your playing.

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In this tutorial
00:00 Amazing Jazz Lines – Play This Scale Exercise
00:15 The scale exercises
00:58 Thrills in the scale
01:54 Flexibility – Focus on difficult parts
03:27 Thrills with chromatic approach note and encircling
04:45 Coltrane and Rollins play this
05:30 Adding this to your own playing
07:47 The method: from technique to music
09:07 Do you like my videos – support me on Patreon
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https://sorenballegaard.dk/product/5-tips-to-speed-up-your-playing/

Carles Margarit – amazing transcriptions
https://www.youtube.com/c/CarlesMargarit/videos

Tenor madness – Coltrane Rollins transcription
https://youtu.be/GOLjEmKlWJw

https://youtu.be/vXI7SQOjKv4
https://www.patreon.com/posts/38124767
https://sorenballegaard.dk/product/this-is-how-to-play-music-while-practicing-your-scales/

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Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate, Scales, Technique, Tier 5

This is how to play music while practicing your scales

5 October, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

SCALE EXERCISES – DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME
This is how to play music while practicing your scales
We love music, we love to play music, we love to practice music.
So we are really into music, how to play it, how to listen to it, how to perform it.
How much of your time do you spend on practicing music?
You should spend all your time, practicing and playing, working on music and musicality.
This is why our focus always has to be on practicing and playing musically.

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In this video
Why do you need to practice music?
What do you have to include when practicing music
How do you practice your scales musically?
Dynamics, articulation and phrasing
And rhythm
Breaking down a scale exercise – adding music!
Show, play and analyse 2 jazz lines applying musical scale exercises

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“Articulation – 4 ways to practice + played and transcribed jazz solo w/articulation”
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