Category Archives: Patreon Tier 5

Advanced, Bebop, Coltrane, Patreon Tier 5, Technique

Why Patterns Are Better Than Licks (Pro’s Practice THIS)

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Why are PRO’s players so fluent? Did they learn all the licks and just play them fluently – no actually not – they got really good at using this method!

Destilling licks and playing with patterns is a method all PRO’s use to get more elements of playing into their fingers and ears.
The biggest trick is how this process works

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00:00 Patterns NOT licks
01:45 How To Practice Patterns
02:59 No Practice System???
04:17 How To Apply Patterns
05:59 Patterns and Musical Freedom
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This 4-Note System Makes You Play Like Brecker and Potter
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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, Chords, Intermediate, Patreon Tier 5, Technique

I Practiced Like Brecker For A Year (Didn’t Expect This)

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I decided to practice like Brecker for one year long and the result was and is amazing
Brecker has shown me a way of jazz practice that elevates everything in your playing. Bringing up the focus to practice one subject for a year is truly the best practice and the best results of practicing I have ever had

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00:00 Brecker’s Method For One Year
01:48 THIS Happend
02:59 No Practice System???
03:58 One Year Long Arpeggios
05:42 Licks And Exercises
07:13 Michael Brecker Stacked Arpeggios
08:45 Do you like my videos – Get More Inspired on Patreon
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Unlock Michael Brecker’s Genius Bebop Method (Nobody Teach You This)
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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

Diatonic approach, Intermediate, Patreon Tier 5, Scales, Technique, Triads

This Simple Triad System Skyrockets Your Solos

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Great jazz players often build their lines from simple triads. By expanding triads into four-note structures, adding inversions, chromatic approach notes, and stacking shapes, you create clear, powerful, and flexible jazz lines that fit chords and move easily through scales and keys.

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00:00 Pro Triad System
01:08 Triads In YOUR solos
02:54 Triad Inversions – Big Jumps
04:23 Triad 4-NOTE Structures
05:24 Chromatic Approach To Triads
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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

Beginner, Diatonic approach, Intermediate, Patreon Tier 5, Scales, Standards

The ONLY Scale You Need For Jazz (Keep It Simple)

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Jazz doesn’t have to be complicated. You Only Need One Scale. Almost all beautiful jazz lines come straight from major scales. Learn simple Major scale structures, connect them to chords, move them through different keys, and turn them into flexible, melodic jazz licks you can actually use when improvising.

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In this tutorial
00:00 ONLY One Scale
00:55 What Goes Where?
02:48 Learn More Keys
03:44 More Options – One More Exercise
05:48 Maybe The Most Important Structure
06:56 Do you like my videos – Get More Inspired on Patreon
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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

Chords, Diatonic approach, Intermediate, Patreon Tier 5, Scales, Standards

THIS simple System Makes Your Solos Flow

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Inspired by the beautiful phrasing of Stan Getz and Coltrane, this lesson shows how to connect jazz lines using simple target notes, chord-tone and scale approaches. Learn to make your solos flow naturally on Blue Bossa and finally sound truly musical.

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00:00 Beautiful Solos Are Great Solos
01:24 Connecting The Changes
03:57 Great Enclosure Exercises
04:54 Arpeggios As Enclosures
07:10 Train The Connections
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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, Patreon Tier 5, Triads

They Spent Hours On This Simple 4-note Exercise

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Inspired by Michael Brecker and Chris Potter solo system, this lesson shows how practicing 4-note cells anywhere on your instrument unlocks modern chromatic lines. By moving patterns intervallically and applying them directly, you learn to string ideas together and create flowing, contemporary jazz phrases.

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In this tutorial
00:00 How They Think
01:24 The 4-Note Pattern
02:46 Practice The Patterns
05:19 Sound Like Brecker And Potter
06:54 Find Sounds You Like
08:32 Do you like my videos – Get More Inspired on Patreon
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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

Beginner, Blues, Blues scales, Intermediate, Patreon Tier 5

This Solo Will Teach You How To Sound Like Jazz

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This spotless solo is the perfect starting point for learning jazz: blues feel, strong timing, clear target notes, repeating motives, and masterful idea development. By studying it closely, you learn how simple material can build a powerful, convincing solo from start to finish

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In this tutorial
00:00 The Overlooked Master
01:08 ONLY One Pentatonic Scale
02:30 The Simple Trick All Players Must Know
04:30 The Minor and Major Blues Trick
06:51 Motif Repetition
8:09 Do you like my videos – Get More Inspired on Patreon
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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

Alterations, Bebop, Beginner, Chords, II-V-I, Intermediate, Patreon Tier 5, Technique

The Only 3 Arpeggios You’ll Ever Need for Jazz Solos

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You only need three arpeggio ideas to unlock a huge jazz vocabulary: the basic 4-note arpeggio, the arpeggio from the 3rd, and chromatic approaches. Combine them with rhythm and direction, and arpeggios stop sounding like exercises and start sounding like real jazz lines.

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In this tutorial
00:00 You Only Need 3 Arpeggios
00:50 Arpeggio no. 1
02:53 Upper Structures
05:04 I Stole THIS from Michael Brecker
05:31 More Bebop
07:15 Do you like my videos – Get More Inspired on Patreon
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10 Scale Exercises That You Need For Jazz
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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, Bebop, Patreon Tier 5

Unlock Michael Brecker’s Genius Bebop Method (Nobody Teach You This)

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Inspired by Michael Brecker’s Recordame, this lesson shows how Michael Brecker uses classic bebop licks added into his own modern jazz style
Using all tools in Bebop he created modern inside to outside lines with his own bebop interpretation.

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In this tutorial
00:00 Breckers Bebop Rule
01:09 Expand The Bebop Scale
02:26 The Chromatic Rule
03:57 Substitute Bebop Phrases
06:49 Double Chromatics
07:15 Do you like my videos – Get More Inspired on Patreon
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The Most Important Exercise For Learning Jazz
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/143524876
https://sorenballegaard.dk/product/the-most-important-exercise-for-learning-jazz/

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

Beginner, Blues, Chords, Learning methods/inspiration, Patreon Tier 5, Pentatonic scales

The Best Scale For Soloing As A Beginner

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One minor pentatonic scale can cover the entire blues when you target the roots of the chords and lead into each bar.
In this way allowing simple notes to express the harmony, form, and forward motion needed to create a strong and connected jazz blues solo.

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00:00 The Best Scale For Soloing As A Beginner
01:07 Only 3 Tones
02:33 The Chords
04:53 More Soul
06:30 More Scale
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Play Blues Patterns Like Coltrane (It’s Genius)
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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