Category Archives: II-V-I

Advanced, Alterations, Chords, II-V-I, Intermediate, Minor, Tier 5

Great Jazz sound – minor over dominant

17 November, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

3 great minor sounds to play on dominant chords
Adding vocabulary to your playing is very important.
The more ways you are able to get around in the changes of a tune, the more flexible you are in your playing, the more options you have the easier it is to make the best choice in your music.
You want to be able to move freely around, you want to react to what the piano player throws at you when playing, you want to move outside the key and surprise your fellow musicians and the audience with a sudden hip move.
Getting more options in how to play and improvise on dominant chords is a massive addon to your flexibility.

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In this video
Look into the II-V music theory
Explore how we can add a II to the V
Interchange the V with the IIm7
Add three different II’s to the V
Build jazz lines using the II interchanged
Show, play and analyse three II-V-I lines using interchanging II functions.

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“64 alternate minor chord building blocks + 24 II-V-I lines using alternate minor”
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“Analyze and recognize the II-V-I – know your theory and apply it + two basic II-V-I licks”
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My setup:
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II-V-I, Intermediate, Scales, Technique, Tier 5

How to play music while practicing your scales

17 November, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

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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Mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

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

How to connect yout technique to your playing

17 November, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

SCALE FUNCTIONS – PRACTICE LIKE THIS IS MORE EFFECTIVE
How to connect your technique to your playing
Getting inspired by my technique, yes it is fun to be able to execute. I need more technique, yes of course, but not for the sake of the technique.
Do it for the sake of music!
I believe the goal with technique exercise is to practice great applicable material which is fitting directly into melodies and solos which you will be playing.
And not to practice material we will not use on a daily basis.

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In this video
Why is it important to connect your technique to functions?
What does it mean to connect your scale functions to your playing?
How do you practice your scale functions?
Build functional technique exercises
Apply functional technique exercises to your playing
Show, play and analyse three jazz lines applying functional scale exercises
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“23 functional major scale exercises + 46 example licks on how to apply”
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“Scale exercises – This is how to play music while practicing your scales”
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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, 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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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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“74 one bar tritone substitute dominant lines + 20 II-V-I lines using tritone substitution”
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“Bebop – how to get the sound”
https://youtu.be/5-EenXkudLE

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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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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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Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

Advanced, Bebop, Chords, Coltrane, II-V-I, Intermediate, Scales, Standards, Tier 5

3 Coltrane Bebop Licks Explained

1 October, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

COLTRANE THE BEST BEBOP
3 Coltrane Bebop Licks Explained
John Coltrane was a young musician caught in the magic of Bebop as played by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in the late 40s.

Coltrane came from a crazy jazz environment where jazz was
invented.
He was literally living jazz and inventing jazz in his time.

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In this tutorial
00:00 COLTRANE – THE BEST BEBOP
02:18 First bebop lick
06:11 bebop lick turned around
08:29 Sørens Jazz Rule
07:42 2nd bebop lick
10:32 Bebop in three keys
10:51 Third bebop lick
13:19 8 bars of Coltrane Rhythm Changes analysed
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COLTRANE PATTERNS – AMAZING, FLEXIBLE AND MELODIC FOUR NOTE SHAPES
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The most important melodic Coltrane structures – explained and how to use
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/42240009
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Coltrane basic patterns practice module
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Advanced, Chords, II-V-I, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Standards, Tier 5

JAZZ CHORDS – THIS IS HOW TO LEARN AND REMEMBER

6 September, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

Learn and remember jazz chords by following these 8 steps
When you are starting with playing jazz and improvising you are confronted with tons of material you “need” to know.
In this video I will walk you through one of the most essential topics you need to go through for learning jazz – the chords.

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In this tutorial
Why is it important to learn the chords and the progressions by heart?
Begin with the root
Learn the chord notes
Play a guide tone line
Develop the rhythm
What is approach notes
More rhythm
Show, play and analyse a blues solo using chord notes
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Beginner, Chord note solos, Chords, II-V-I, Intermediate, Learning methods/inspiration, Music theory, Scales, Standards, Tier 5

These 5 Tips Will Save You Years of Practice

27 August, 2021 Søren Ballegaard

These 5 Tips Will Save You Years of Practice
In this video I will go over 5 practice shortcuts I did not have when I started out as a jazz saxophone player.
Follow these leads and get an instant boost in your development.

When I look back thinking about how I started to play saxophone and jazz music, often I think – If I had known that then!

Mostly we did not know that.
But hopefully I can give you what I did not have – exactly that knowledge.

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In this tutorial
00:00 These 5 Tips Will Save You Years of Practice
00:43 Do not start with your scales
01:44 The great tune Blue Bossa
01:04 Learn the chord notes
05:10 Chord notes – crazy eye opener
06:41 Don’t sound like a chord note exercise – practice melodies
07:53 What are melodic structures?
09:47 Do not sound like an exercise – practice melodies
10:02 Connect the dots – play forward
11:15 What is a guide tone line?
13:16 Learn your basic music theory
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