Use coupon code “CLB10” for $10 off the “Practicing Standards” masterclass this week at: www.jazzlessonvideos.com/masterclass Mouthpiece: use coupon code CHADXSYOS for $10 off the Chad LB Signature SYOS mouthpiece at www.syos.co/en/shop/products/signature-saxophone-mouthpiece/chad-lefkowitz-brown-tenor Sign up for the waitlist to study with Chad through the Text Lessons studio membership subscription: www.jazzlessonvideos.com/text-lessons
You probably dont give a damn but does someone know a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I was stupid forgot my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!
@Lane Salvatore I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
I am glad I'm on the right track. I have been using this approach and gaining traction now over a few standards. Had to break things down even simpler at first just stuck to 1/4 notes and chord tones till I got the basic arppeggios down. Then slowly add just one beat of eighths then the same at different locations within the bar leading to eventually being able to do the whole bar in eighths. Now beginning to add triplets and later will move on to sixteenths. You can do the same with scale tones. I.e. just add a scale tone passing note between chord tones at say beat 2 ,at whatever rhythm designation your working on and apply this to each chord. I have been using the same approach with encircling also. Another great lesson thanks!
Chad, every time I watch a video of any content that you cover is like going to college again and learn everything the right way. Thank you so much! BTW, you sound great on this new horn.
Why do people dislike on such great legends like Chad LB yoh !those 9people who hit thumbs down should get a life ...don't bring your problems to such legends please 🤬
@Alejandro Gjezi well I'm focusing my energy where it's needed because those 9 unappreciative souls need to grow too and learn alot about the efforts, tears, sweat and air put into this work. The people who already like are sorted so my job is to focus on people who are jealous, haters and just not happy with their lives because there's no other way you can explain that... If you want me to focus on you i can do that too 😉
@Alejandro Gjezi actually they are 11 now lol 😅 Chad LB should be earning bags from CZcams because he's one of the best jazz tutors who can teach you alot even if you play another instrument so just encourage him that's all I'm asking don't discourage him from feeding us all this free knowledge by disliking his stuff that really doesn't sit right with Africans like me .
@Alejandro Gjezi and you will be one of them because you are very mature in how you talk Alejandro . I wish you the best in that aspect. We should all rise to really support the dying jazz community and i like the fact that you shifted from classical to Jazz because you'll never regret that decision. Be well ☺️
Chad, this is one of the best breakdowns I’ve seen on this concept. Thanks so much! I’ll have to checkout your full Practicing Standards masterclass. Exactly what I’m looking for at this early stage in my sax journey. 👍
Hi Chad, I whatch your videos as a bass player, and I think that the way you articulate the notes on the saxophone (melodically) is similar to the way bass players do. I 've already bought a few of your books written in bass clef. Some of the line are a bit tricky and also challenging to be played on bass,. your explanations are minimalist and get straight to the point. LOVE IT !! "Bassophonics" congrat.
A HUGE thank you for this Chad. I've been looking for insight into playing fluidly and developing coherent 8th/16th note lines for ages. So grateful! Keep shredding!
I don't play sax but this is super helpful to me as a horn player. I had started taking a combo class but it was cut short due to covid... But I want to learn more! Thanks for the videos
@@EWormMusic You change scale for each chord. Sometimes there’s more than one option for example you can play whole tone, half-whole diminished, altered, lydian dominant, mixolydian #5, mixolydian b9b13 or plain ol’ mixolydian on a dominant chord. I think that’s seven options just for the dominant and that’s excluding bebop scales which just add 1 or 3 chromatic passing tones to make the chord tones (1357) fall on the downbeat when you play the scale up and down.
When you play through the chords like that 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 it sounds a lot like the great Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young’s style. What is the difference between this chordal approach and a strictly linear approach? I feel this approach helps you learn what the chord changes are far better than trying to play something linear through it.
What is your thought process on a tune as burning as Cherokee? I understand the concepts and exercises you speak of in this video, but to make scales and arpeggios to sound like language and like you are saying something has been my struggle. I can copy all these licks from the greats like Dexter Gordon, Ritchie Cole, Vincent Herring (imo), Parker, Stitt/Rollins, etc. It's developing my own language at speeds like Cherokee that I have trouble with.
Great stuff Chad, thank you. I noticed that you have your SYOS mouthpieces in at least 3 different colors (Brown, white, red...). Is there any difference between them (other than the color) or are they all exactly the same model?
Hey Chad! I love watching your videos for inspiration on what to practice! However, I find it hard to get through a practice session sometimes because of my tone. I don't feel like I'm getting any closer to my goal of being able to play out because I'm really conscious of my sound. I know that there is no magical way to get a good tone other than lots of practice. Would you possibly be interested in doing a video on how to improve your tone and how to break bad habits?
I am in a jazz school, we are playing so long Eric, Four Brothers, Work song, etc. I am lousy playing the chord changes. I need help. I like your approach, but you are so good. I want to be good like you. Please be my teacher.
I have a question, is it better to get either the standard package or the practicing standards masterclass? It seems to me that you cover all the topics from the package on the masterclass
Hey Chad do you have a book on all the fundamentals of jazz , chord tones phrasing? What do you have available for beginners to intermediate? I'm new at this.. I play piano not sax.
Hi Chad, I have been curious for a while now as to why you play from the right side of your mouth. Is it because you have more lip cushion there rather than in the middle?
Not Chad, he doesn't do that, but lots of sax CZcamsrs try to sell you stuff. I can show you how to use a Stanley knife blade to fix warped reeds and to tweak them. A blade is a blade, you don't need to give anyone £90 bucks for a sharp object.
Mark Tyler I’ve used a blade previously but I prefer the Reedgeek because of the profiling blades on it and it’s much easier to hold and manipulate than a blade. It’s £65 not £90. Once it saves 18 reeds going in the bin it’s paid for itself, but each to their own I guess.
@@alanhowell3646 Fair enough Alan, I suppose I'd that I could buy about 1000 blades for that price, and I can hold them just fine. There is a lot of testicular talk regarding sax playing, but whatever makes you happy. Chad is a gent, but there are plenty of YBers who relish the prospect of fleecing you (Jay), and I'd like people to know that giving 15% to (same) someone is not going to improve their sax playing any more than learning some simple techniques.
I don’t want to sound butt hurt or anything, because I’m truly grateful for these videos you put out Chad, but what I hear you saying sometimes is if your playing isn’t world class then don’t play until it is. I could easily be misinterpreting your message, but the comment you made about what world class soloists, and even laypersons hear when you’re not hitting every single change kinda sounded to me like ‘don’t play cuz it isn’t good enough until you can’. In jazz it’s extremely important to hit changes, obviously. But We can’t all be Chad LBs so does that mean if we can’t hit every change the musicianship isn’t worth a damn? It sounds like perhaps you’re saying that, but I’m probably about to get roasted in the comments for being off about that. For me, being able to play most of a tunes changes fluently and intelligently has taken a lifetime and I still can’t do it perfectly, at all... but if you’re telling me that there are no great jazz solos out there where the player soloed and didn’t already fully understand the chord structure of the song then I would have to disagree.... it’s always great to strive for perfection but that isn’t possible for most of us, and that shouldn’t have to mean don’t play jazz. In my opinion there are other acceptable approaches. Again, could be totally misinterpreting your attitude towards lesser musicians. Probably am.... in fact, I know that a big part of what you do is because you enjoy helping others become self actualized musicians like you’ve become. And again, love your videos. Thanks again 🙏
yeah I think you are completely misinterpreting what he said. I believe he is basically saying to be meticulous about your practice etiquette with this cause even great musicians struggle. You can tell when someone knows what they're doing, and when they're "faking" for lack of better words.
To me Chad's message in this video is 'Less is More', but that's not per sé 'easier'. Chad played great lines with only 1-3-5-7-9 and it didn't sound like that; so his lines didn't sound 'fake', but natural/organic.
The time is short and you might not have another day to live or another breath to breathe. Follow Jesus Christ and repent of all your sins because He shed his blood for you and God loved you so much to do this for the chance that you can go to Heaven. Do not let the Devil deceive you and bring you into Hell with him.
Use coupon code “CLB10” for $10 off the “Practicing Standards” masterclass this week at: www.jazzlessonvideos.com/masterclass
Mouthpiece: use coupon code CHADXSYOS for $10 off the Chad LB Signature SYOS mouthpiece at www.syos.co/en/shop/products/signature-saxophone-mouthpiece/chad-lefkowitz-brown-tenor
Sign up for the waitlist to study with Chad through the Text Lessons studio membership subscription: www.jazzlessonvideos.com/text-lessons
You probably dont give a damn but does someone know a tool to log back into an instagram account..?
I was stupid forgot my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!
@Fisher Peyton Instablaster :)
@Lane Salvatore I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Lane Salvatore it did the trick and I now got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thank you so much you saved my account!
@Fisher Peyton Happy to help :)
I think he wants me to check out the full masterclass 🤔
Was thinking the same HAHA
I am glad I'm on the right track. I have been using this approach and gaining traction now over a few standards. Had to break things down even simpler at first just stuck to 1/4 notes and chord tones till I got the basic arppeggios down. Then slowly add just one beat of eighths then the same at different locations within the bar leading to eventually being able to do the whole bar in eighths. Now beginning to add triplets and later will move on to sixteenths. You can do the same with scale tones. I.e. just add a scale tone passing note between chord tones at say beat 2 ,at whatever rhythm designation your working on and apply this to each chord. I have been using the same approach with encircling also. Another great lesson thanks!
Lesson start around 5:25
SAXOLOGIC!!!
YES! LEARNING ABOUT CHANGES FROM CHAD
Chad, every time I watch a video of any content that you cover is like going to college again and learn everything the right way. Thank you so much! BTW, you sound great on this new horn.
Thanks for watching!
Sir, you sound even more amazing on this horn...
Why do people dislike on such great legends like Chad LB yoh !those 9people who hit thumbs down should get a life ...don't bring your problems to such legends please 🤬
@@anneonym7346 😅😅 you also feel so ❣️
@@mwangijazz6821 Sure ! Chad is a great top class player and delivers great study material...
@Alejandro Gjezi well I'm focusing my energy where it's needed because those 9 unappreciative souls need to grow too and learn alot about the efforts, tears, sweat and air put into this work. The people who already like are sorted so my job is to focus on people who are jealous, haters and just not happy with their lives because there's no other way you can explain that... If you want me to focus on you i can do that too 😉
@Alejandro Gjezi actually they are 11 now lol 😅 Chad LB should be earning bags from CZcams because he's one of the best jazz tutors who can teach you alot even if you play another instrument so just encourage him that's all I'm asking don't discourage him from feeding us all this free knowledge by disliking his stuff that really doesn't sit right with Africans like me .
@Alejandro Gjezi and you will be one of them because you are very mature in how you talk Alejandro . I wish you the best in that aspect. We should all rise to really support the dying jazz community and i like the fact that you shifted from classical to Jazz because you'll never regret that decision. Be well ☺️
Superb; simplicity you take for granted & proves basics build your foundation. Very much appreciated
Thanks for watching!
Hallo just wondering how i can get the different pdfs really love yo work
He sound amazing on that sax
Brilliant video. Just what I needed to spice up my chord tone practice. Thank you.
Chad, awesome tutorial, great approach, thank you. I found it very helpful and comprehensive. Greetings from 🇩🇪
Thank you for these free lessons these help a lot
This is really helpful. I’ve been considering switching my major to jazz and trumpet, and this could definitely give me an edge!
I really enjoy your lessons. I'm a guitarist but there is so much to glean from this
Exactly!
Oooooooooooooo
I'll be applying this lesson onto piano playing also.
He Sound Amazing
Chad, this is one of the best breakdowns I’ve seen on this concept. Thanks so much! I’ll have to checkout your full Practicing Standards masterclass. Exactly what I’m looking for at this early stage in my sax journey. 👍
Thanks for watching, Brock! So glad you're enjoying the content!
Really great video Chad! The real nuts and bolts...
Thanks for watching!
High as shit and that intro solo he rips through blew my fucking mind! One day I'll play like that and it will be fucking beautiful!
That new neck is awesome! Sound more toned down in higher partials.
Mr chad you are da man and I love you and your amazing work keep it up my dude🔥🔥🔥
Thank you, Greg! That means a lot to me. Thanks for watching!
I’m bit bit not usually one for buying jazz books but this I might have to get
your videos are very informative and helpful
Thanks, Shadd! Glad you're enjoying the content!
I’m a bass guitar player and this lesson help me to learn to be more musical through chord changes. Thank you
How come someone dislikes such good material?
Great, as always
What he said at 6:47 is what I needed to hear in middle school
i love that phrase
just bought your ebooks! incredible stuff to study! cheers from Buenos Aires
Hi Chad, I whatch your videos as a bass player, and I think that the way you articulate the notes on the saxophone (melodically) is similar to the way bass players do.
I 've already bought a few of your books written in bass clef. Some of the line are a bit tricky and also challenging to be played on bass,.
your explanations are minimalist and get straight to the point. LOVE IT !!
"Bassophonics" congrat.
Chad, great video as usual! Very informative!
Great lesson Chad... I will be purchasing. I need to work on this. Thanks
Clear, inspiring, top quality = Chad !
A HUGE thank you for this Chad. I've been looking for insight into playing fluidly and developing coherent 8th/16th note lines for ages. So grateful! Keep shredding!
Thanks for the awesome content! Would you be willing to do more song analysis or Roman Numeral analysis videos?
I don't play sax but this is super helpful to me as a horn player. I had started taking a combo class but it was cut short due to covid... But I want to learn more! Thanks for the videos
New sax sounds great
This is very helpful . Thank you so much
Thank you very much for your very good lessons.🎄🎷👍🏻
Ayyy you went to saxquest in St. Louis. That store is my happy place
Thank you Chad ,really great advice mate 👍
Awesome..
1. Play arepggios through the standard
- Add the 9th to allow continuous eighth notes
- Vary the shape
2. Improvise w/ only scale notes
Which scale would that be?
@@EWormMusic You change scale for each chord. Sometimes there’s more than one option for example you can play whole tone, half-whole diminished, altered, lydian dominant, mixolydian #5, mixolydian b9b13 or plain ol’ mixolydian on a dominant chord. I think that’s seven options just for the dominant and that’s excluding bebop scales which just add 1 or 3 chromatic passing tones to make the chord tones (1357) fall on the downbeat when you play the scale up and down.
@@UkuleleAversion Great, thanks
That is fine, but I have the problem of learning the chords by heart varying the shape, and also with the licks. I play the trumpet.
Excellent content as usual. Thanks!
New sax!
When you play through the chords like that 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 it sounds a lot like the great Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young’s style. What is the difference between this chordal approach and a strictly linear approach? I feel this approach helps you learn what the chord changes are far better than trying to play something linear through it.
awesome~ always thank you~!
Bravo
What is your thought process on a tune as burning as Cherokee? I understand the concepts and exercises you speak of in this video, but to make scales and arpeggios to sound like language and like you are saying something has been my struggle. I can copy all these licks from the greats like Dexter Gordon, Ritchie Cole, Vincent Herring (imo), Parker, Stitt/Rollins, etc. It's developing my own language at speeds like Cherokee that I have trouble with.
Great stuff Chad, thank you. I noticed that you have your SYOS mouthpieces in at least 3 different colors (Brown, white, red...). Is there any difference between them (other than the color) or are they all exactly the same model?
Thank you! Exactly the same model - they're all the Chad LB Signature.
the jesus joke came very unexpectedly :-D
Hey Chad! I love watching your videos for inspiration on what to practice! However, I find it hard to get through a practice session sometimes because of my tone. I don't feel like I'm getting any closer to my goal of being able to play out because I'm really conscious of my sound. I know that there is no magical way to get a good tone other than lots of practice. Would you possibly be interested in doing a video on how to improve your tone and how to break bad habits?
Absolutely! I'll try to get to that really soon! Thanks for watching!
@@ChadLefkowitzBrown Thanks so much! Keep shredding 😎
I second this, breaking bad tone/tounging/articulation/phrasing habits is a big thing I'm going through, would love a video!!
Damn dude great lesson. I can play bass solo now
Dat sexologic guy better have a full section devoted to the Mario Kart lick
I am in a jazz school, we are playing so long Eric, Four Brothers, Work song, etc. I am lousy playing the chord changes. I need help. I like your approach, but you are so good. I want to be good like you. Please be my teacher.
I have a question, is it better to get either the standard package or the practicing standards masterclass? It seems to me that you cover all the topics from the package on the masterclass
Please explain how to improvise on different harmony sounds like 6th, 7th, 9th,
Por favor . subtitulos en español 🙏
Video starts at 3:50
Thanks gee
Video actually starts at 0:00 no need to thank me
Recent Comments: "Hey Chad, have you considered looking into playing Jesus in any films?" LOL🤣🤣🤣
Hey Chad do you have a book on all the fundamentals of jazz , chord tones phrasing?
What do you have available for beginners to intermediate?
I'm new at this.. I play piano not sax.
How to easily memorize the chords with their different forms and the licks in the twelve tones to improvise?
I'm sorry in this video the process is clear and I should have seen it repeated before asking my question
Before the the "testing new sax" sign came up, I was thinking "what happened to Chad's tone"? Immediately noticeable, not necessarily for the better.
How can I advoid those disturbing undertexts? It provent you from seeing tue notes.
Hi Chad, I have been curious for a while now as to why you play from the right side of your mouth. Is it because you have more lip cushion there rather than in the middle?
@Probably a human LOL
What brand of mouthpiece do you use and also your reed type
are you really thinking about each chord in the tune or key centers?
What tune on beginning?
You listen to Joel Frahm a lot, don't you
I'm looking for this book in your website but I cant find it.
Herbie Hancock: but I’m not supposed to play those butter notes
What horn? Is that p
I really dig your videos, and no I'm not going to buy a Reedgeek.
What are you referencing?
You should it’s a great tool
Not Chad, he doesn't do that, but lots of sax CZcamsrs try to sell you stuff. I can show you how to use a Stanley knife blade to fix warped reeds and to tweak them. A blade is a blade, you don't need to give anyone £90 bucks for a sharp object.
Mark Tyler I’ve used a blade previously but I prefer the Reedgeek because of the profiling blades on it and it’s much easier to hold and manipulate than a blade. It’s £65 not £90. Once it saves 18 reeds going in the bin it’s paid for itself, but each to their own I guess.
@@alanhowell3646 Fair enough Alan, I suppose I'd that I could buy about 1000 blades for that price, and I can hold them just fine. There is a lot of testicular talk regarding sax playing, but whatever makes you happy. Chad is a gent, but there are plenty of YBers who relish the prospect of fleecing you (Jay), and I'd like people to know that giving 15% to (same) someone is not going to improve their sax playing any more than learning some simple techniques.
You played so well you can stick a clean sock in it instead!
7:34
8:19
8:53
9:34
This exercise is surprisingly difficult to master.
You look like Adolph Sax Chad, maybe you are his great great great great grandson. Lol.
10:40 cuts right before he starts shredding 😥
I think Chad went to Ross' dentist...
Dec 22 2020
was the second time you watched this.
Your tone is off the chain. Don’t change it...
This guy should have his own Jesus candle! Coming to a car crash near you!
He takes about 4 minutes to get into the lesson.
The video ACTUALLY starts at 6:18
Your welcome
I don’t want to sound butt hurt or anything, because I’m truly grateful for these videos you put out Chad, but what I hear you saying sometimes is if your playing isn’t world class then don’t play until it is. I could easily be misinterpreting your message, but the comment you made about what world class soloists, and even laypersons hear when you’re not hitting every single change kinda sounded to me like ‘don’t play cuz it isn’t good enough until you can’. In jazz it’s extremely important to hit changes, obviously. But We can’t all be Chad LBs so does that mean if we can’t hit every change the musicianship isn’t worth a damn? It sounds like perhaps you’re saying that, but I’m probably about to get roasted in the comments for being off about that. For me, being able to play most of a tunes changes fluently and intelligently has taken a lifetime and I still can’t do it perfectly, at all... but if you’re telling me that there are no great jazz solos out there where the player soloed and didn’t already fully understand the chord structure of the song then I would have to disagree.... it’s always great to strive for perfection but that isn’t possible for most of us, and that shouldn’t have to mean don’t play jazz. In my opinion there are other acceptable approaches. Again, could be totally misinterpreting your attitude towards lesser musicians. Probably am.... in fact, I know that a big part of what you do is because you enjoy helping others become self actualized musicians like you’ve become. And again, love your videos. Thanks again 🙏
yeah I think you are completely misinterpreting what he said. I believe he is basically saying to be meticulous about your practice etiquette with this cause even great musicians struggle. You can tell when someone knows what they're doing, and when they're "faking" for lack of better words.
To me Chad's message in this video is 'Less is More', but that's not per sé 'easier'. Chad played great lines with only 1-3-5-7-9 and it didn't sound like that; so his lines didn't sound 'fake', but natural/organic.
The time is short and you might not have another day to live or another breath to breathe. Follow Jesus Christ and repent of all your sins because He shed his blood for you and God loved you so much to do this for the chance that you can go to Heaven. Do not let the Devil deceive you and bring you into Hell with him.
Five minutes in and all you’ve done is make pitches for your other stuff. Sorry, that’s enough.