Category Archives: Alterations

16th notes, Advanced, Alterations, Chords, II-V-I, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Scales, Technique, Tier 5, Timing

I Couldn’t Play Double Time Lines Until I Did This

19 April, 2024 Søren Ballegaard

I Couldn’t Play Double Time Lines Until I Did This
Double Time is something you can learn.
Yes it demands faster fingers and better timing, but its definitely possible.
This is the 3 step guide that helped me to learn double time – and it works.

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50+ PAGES LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-Common time to double time licks and exercises
-Full form blues etudes changing between common time and double time
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef
+ all released lesson manual material are available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 How To Play Double Time Lines
00:50 Build Double Time Lines
02:55 Add Double Time Lines Into Your Music
03:53 Feel The Timing of 16th Notes
05:52 Do Not Play Everything Full – Make Space
06:12 Combine Double Time And Common TIme Lines
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My setup:
Tenor 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

16th notes, Advanced, Alterations, Beginner, Chords, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Scales, Standards, Technique, Tier 5, Timing

Michael Brecker – How To Practice Like a Legend!

12 April, 2024 Søren Ballegaard

4 legendary Michael Brecker Practice tips shared and worked out.
How did he become that good – Im diggin’ into how to thoroughly get better using the Michael Brecker Practice Approach

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50+ PAGES LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-Include the Michael Brecker Pattern Playing – scale pattern exercises and full blues etudes exploring patterns transposition and pattern side steps.
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef
+ all released lesson manual material are available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 4 Legendary Practice Tips
01:00 Timing – The Most Important Thing
03:24 Learn From The Greatest
04:59 Play All 12 Keys
06:17 Melodic Movement System
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Their Rhythm Chops Will Blow Your Mind
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My setup:
Tenor 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, Coltrane, Diatonic approach, II-V-I, Intermediate, Scales, Tier 5

How Coltrane’s Dominant Chord Magic Works

1 March, 2024 Søren Ballegaard

John Coltrane has phenomenal tritone dominant lines, but most don’t know about it.
I am revealing how Coltrane plays such subtle and melodic tritone dominant lines and give you the approach to practice and use it.

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50+ PAGES LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-4 note tritone lines, full bar tritone licks, full II-V-I licks with tritone dominant
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef
+ all released lesson manual material are available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 The Tritone Hack
00:20 Coltrane’s Melodic Genius
01:25 Coltrane’s Direct Approach?
02:00 Are Coltrane’s Jazz Lines 300 Years Old?
02:45 Add Tritone Dominant Lines Into Your Playing
04:58 Stepwise Tritone Dominant Lines
06:15 Break The Tritone Barrier
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My setup:
Tenor 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, Beginner, II-V-I, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Scales, Standards, Technique, Tier 5

What Makes Every Chris Potter Solo Genius?

8 February, 2024 Søren Ballegaard

The melody is one of the most important things in music.
Chris Potters can teach you his amazing ability to always play amazing melodic lines.

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50+ PAGES LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-Melodic and rhythmic scale exercises
-blues etudes + II-V-I licks holding the melodic and rhythmic scale concept
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef
+ all released lesson manual material are available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 Chris Potters Melodic Genius Will Teach You Jazz
02:02 Practice and Play The Most Beautiful Melodies
03:01 Rhythm Is Stronger Than Melody
03:55 Melodic Scale Practice
05:01 Make The Melody Count
06:57 Horizontal Melody connections
07:53 Chromatic Passing Phrases
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My setup:
Tenor 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, Bebop, Beginner, Blues, II-V-I, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Standards, Technique, Tier 5

Study Jazz Licks Like Michael Brecker Did

2 February, 2024 Søren Ballegaard

Michael Brecker knew how difficult it is to add new material into your working vocabulary.
This is how to add practiced licks and lines into your vocabulary, using the Michael Brecker philosophy.

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50+ PAGES LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-written out licks + rhythmic exercises
-Phrases containing the licks in both Blues Form Etudes and on different progressions
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef
+ all released lesson manual material are available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 How To Study Jazz licks Like Michael Brecker
00:38 What Is The Process To Learn Licks?
01:40 Make Licks Into Music
03:01 Connect The Chords
04:26 Learn From The intuitive Michael Brecker
05:34 You Must Practice To Play
06:03 Michael Brecker Creative Super Power
06:47 Advanced Licks Practice
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My setup:
Tenor 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, Blues, Coltrane, II-V-I, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Music theory, Pentatonic scales, Scales, Standards, Technique, Tier 5

Coltrane Pentatonic Scales – How To Practice And Apply

26 January, 2024 Søren Ballegaard

Coltrane pentatonic scales are intriguing. How Coltrane divided the scale into chord functions and played amazing solos with this approach
Learn the forms and develop your own lines in the modern Coltrane language

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50+ PAGES LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-Coltrane Pentatonic Scale exercises
-licks using pentatonic scales and common jazz lines combined
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef
+ all released lesson manual material are available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 The Coltrane Pentatonic Approach
00:32 How To Practice And Apply Coltrane Pentatonics
0056 Pentatonic Scale Build Up
02:25 Pentatonic Chord Substitutions
03:06 The Most Famous Pentatonic Line
03:31 Scale Workout and Application
05:17 The Coltrane Magic – Chords And Pentatonic Scales
05:51 The Impossible Substitutions
07:02 Practice And Apply
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Practicing Like Parker, Brecker and Coltrane Will Change Your Playing Forever
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Michael Brecker – Recorda Me
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Solo Manuals Check them here
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My setup:
Tenor 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, Bebop, Blues, Blues scales, II-V-I, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Music theory, Pentatonic scales, Scales, Standards, Technique, Tier 5

You can’t learn Jazz without this – The Charlie Parkers Bebop Lesson

19 January, 2024 Søren Ballegaard

Charlie Parker is one of the fathers of jazz, as we know it.
I truly believe that if we study the material he played we get the most perfect start to jazz.
Let’s dig into Charlie Parker’s solo on Cool Blues

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50+ PAGES LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-lots of blues solo etude composed in the jazz language of Charlie Parker
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef
+ all released lesson manual material are available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 Why Charlie Parker Solos Are Epic
00:36 The Root Of The Chord Is Not Important
01:18 Charlie Parker Is The Blues
02:13 Lean Into The Upper Structures
02:57 Chromatic Parker
04:07 The Charlie Parker Major Chords
04:34 The Essence Of Bebop – The Pivot
04:59 The Major Blues Scale
06:05 Backdoor Dominant Alterations
06:33 Chromatic Chords
07:13 Most Important – Articulation And Phrasing
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Michael Brecker – Recorda Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29-qAVU8nIs

Lesson Manuals – Check This Link
https://sorenballegaard.dk/saxophonetopics/

Solo Manuals Check them here
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Rigotti reeds webshop
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My setup:
Tenor 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

16th notes, Advanced, Alterations, Chord note solos, Chords, Coltrane, II-V-I, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Minor, Pentatonic scales, Scales, Standards, Technique, Tier 5, Timing

Unlocking Michael Brecker’s Legendary Solo Techniques

1 December, 2023 Søren Ballegaard

Michael Brecker is an incredible inspiration to me. How he moves around small musical themes, how he flows through rhythmic patterns and how with impeccable speed and precision executes his music.
We should all learn from him.

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-Full Michael Brecker Recordame Solo
-Michael Brecker inspired exercises and licks
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef
+ all released lesson manual material are available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 The King Of Modern Jazz
00:54 No Root Upper Structures
02:18 Focus On Melodic Playing
02:40 Chromatic Pattern Displacement
03:12 Always Focus On Rhythm
04:21 Bends and Maj7 in Minor
04:54 Michael Brecker’s Chromatic Power
06:01 Normal Jazz
06:05 It’s Rock N’ Roll
06:58 Double Time And Coltrane
07:43 The Most Far Out Line
08:19 Do you like my videos – support me on Patreon
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Michael Brecker – Recorda Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29-qAVU8nIs

Lesson Manuals – Check This Link
https://sorenballegaard.dk/saxophonetopics/

Solo Manuals Check them here
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Rigotti reeds webshop
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My setup:
Tenor 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, Bebop, Chords, II-V-I, Intermediate, Scales, Technique, Tier 5, Triads

The Ultimate Approach For Bebop Chromatic Notes

3 November, 2023 Søren Ballegaard

The Chromatic Approach Note is such a small detail in jazz but it really has a great impact and can define your jazz lines.
This is how training and using Chromatic Approach Notes can change and make your lines sound so much more jazz-like.

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-Chromatic Approach Note scale, triad + arpeggio exercises
-II-V-I Chromatic Approach Note Jazz Phrases
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef
+ all released lesson manual material are available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 Michael Brecker And Barry Harris Chromatic Approach Notes
00:58 Train And Apply Chromatic Approach Notes
02:14 Compose Jazz Lines w/ Chromatic Approach
03:00 Chromatic Approach To Arpeggios
04:26 Upper Structure Arpeggios
04:45 Descending Arpeggios
05:50 Triads w/ Chromatic Approach Notes
06:51 Chord Substitutions
07:43 Chromatic Approach To Scales
09:12 Do you like my videos – support me on Patreon
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Lesson Manuals – Check This Link
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Solo Manuals Check them here
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Rigotti reeds webshop
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Subscribe for more free saxophone videos and lessons: https://www.youtube.com/c/SørenBallegaard

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My setup:
Tenor 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, Intermediate, Minor, Music theory, Scales, Technique, Tier 5

This Outside Playing Approach Sounds Absolutely Amazing

13 October, 2023 Søren Ballegaard

Digging into alterations can really spice up your playing.
Melodic minor is a great source of really nice and beautiful alterations.
Within this scale are so many hidden gems. Open this pandora’s box of altered wonders.

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-Melodic minor scale exercises – learn the scale to apply it
-Lots of altered licks using the best sounding altered sounds
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef – all extra Lesson Manual Material Is Available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 The Best Sound For Outside Playing
00:22 The melodic minor scale and How To apply it to dominants
01:33 Plug And Play Scale Phrases
02:06 Start anywhere in the scale
02:22 Chords Of The Altered scale
03:41 The Melodic Minor Scale Is Both Beautiful and Ugly
03:55 Do you like my videos – support me on Patreon
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Deep Dive Into Michael Brecker’s Outside Playing
https://youtu.be/DQM1pX_WxGQ
https://www.patreon.com/posts/87169584
https://sorenballegaard.dk/product/deep-dive-into-michael-breckers-outside-playing/

Lesson Manuals – Check This Link
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Solo Manuals Check them here
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Rigotti reeds webshop
http://www.reedsonline.fr/boutique_reedsonline/en/accueil-gb/

Subscribe for more free saxophone videos and lessons: https://www.youtube.com/c/SørenBallegaard

Lesson tutorials and live online lessons – check my shop:
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My setup:
Tenor 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

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