In this lesson I’ll walk you through what I’m thinking as I accompany trumpeter YAYennings in a chord-less band.
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Using half tonguing when playing faster lines can help keep articulation and time in check.
Learning (and retaining) music quickly, navigating non-traditional chord progressions and forms, and finding ways to expand your improvisations on modal and loop-based grooves, these are all things we do on a nightly basis with Snarky Puppy. I’m on tour with them and we just played Utrecht, NL—the city where we recorded “We Like It Here,” it seemed like a good opportunity to round up a few Snarky-related lessons, including one I made during that recording session.
It’s easy to get hung-up on possibilities when it comes to chord substitutions. But often, the hippest sounds are accessible by using triads and 7th chords you already know rearranged in melodic shapes. Here’s an excellent example from the great Cannonball Adderley over a classic blues. Take a look at my analysis and then do your own. What do you hear, see and feel? How does it make the most sense to you?
In this month’s Q&A we cover marketing yourself as a saxophonist, how to practice rhythm, what I’m visualizing when thinking of chords, and what my inspiration was on each track of Quartet.
How to learn a new piece of vocabulary, apply it, and mix it in with your own improvisations.
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