I like to transpose stuff “kind of” from guitar to sax. So now I know a bunch of metal riffs and some solos on sax, instead of, you know, my actual music in band
Since watching your videos transcribing has been so much fun and it’s been really motivating seeing someone else continue to learn. I recently transcribed your Valerie solo too :) Also I love how my ears tend to figure out the intervals and notes more and more 😁 and how jazz vocabulary becomes more familiar.
HOLY SHIT I was planning to transcribe Fourside from The 8-Bit Big Band and searched for a tutorial on how to transcribe and NO WAY you made a video about how to transcribe the solo from the Bob-omb Battlefield music from the 8-Bit Big Band!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh man this is awesome! I've spent the past two days doing my first transcription (Cannonball's solo from Elsa), this would be a super cool skill to develop!
So helpful to see the process you use. I often ended up with rows of pitches but wouldn’t get around to putting the rhythm in. Also the way you make your marks, the fine pen, Audacity. It all seems obvious and in the back of my mind I sort of ‘knew it’ but it makes all the difference when you see it done. I haven’t been disciplined enough to not use my instrument in the past but over 30 years ago I wanted to transcribe Chet Baker’s Summertime. I’m from the UK but my teacher was American and had studied at university. I was astonished when I told him I wanted to transcribe it that he said to do it without the instrument and just did it by identifying the intervals by ear. Anyway, now I no longer have to work for a living i have no excuse not to transcribe all those solos especially now you have provided the road map. So grateful.
Seems like that typical transcribing environment and all the glamour that comes with it. Pitches in dark rooms without sax. Nice vid man 👌, I like that way of transcribing
Thanks so much man! I loved watching the process of you listening and writing it down. I've been a musician for many years but only now am I getting into notation and transcribing and all! This was gold content, thank you, I learned a lot!
Hey Saxologic, i saw your concert just a couple weeks ago, i felt bad for that bari player after you hit a fire solo on a song that was about her, still fire doe. Also i wrote subscribe to saxologic on the whiteboard in the backroom.
Hahahahaha I didn't know you took little peeks at this solo. It's funny because we literally talked about it lmao. I'm starting my transcribing project with this btw ;)
It is but I don’t even think they are quintuplets. When I played with the recording it didn’t line up with complete 5s or 6s so I take it that it’s a mix of both. But I am confident he wasn’t thinking of super complex rhythms at that part, so I don’t want to be that guy to over complicate things in the transcription
Transcribing with an instrument is tough but doable , but without an instrument, that’s wow ... but I get the point , you would have spent time and time listening to it and would already know what it sounds like ... well done
Is your bebop tonguing scale exercise essentially just "Straight back accents"? I have no jazz chops as a classical player and that exercise sounds like it might help me
thank you so much for the video, I've been working on doing this like 1 year and finally is getting kind of easier, but I usually use the help of a tuner while singing, butI try to use it as little as possible, what do you think of transcribing like this?
I don't know how you're doing that. First I would have slowed down the tempo by a lot. Second I would have used MuseScore. Do they really still sell these note books ? Third, I would have failed miserably and go to bed crying.
How do you find the F# to begin if you don't have perfect pitch ??? From "where" do you ear it if not ? I just can not because only have relative ear...
I don’t even think he played 5-tuplets; I think he just played a bunch of notes that sounded good till the big hit from the band, because neither 6-tuplets for 5-tuplets lined up with the recording.
Here's a Video Suggesstion: *_"Il vento d'oro"_*_ Saxophone Licks_ (Giorno's Theme Sax Licks)....... *P.S.* : This is already a meme, which means it could lead to more views & subscribers, then you can make more off videos off of teaching people the lick itself.
Hi, I've been wanting to buy my own sax for a while but don't know what to buy. Any recommendations (am looking for intermediate sax) tanks much luv :)
How to transcribe a solo without your instrument: “Ok guys so basically you listen to it and transcribe it without the instrument.”
This is like a “get good” video to all the musicians in their ear training classes at college/uni lmao
Zachary Salmeron Lol always got a perfect score on those tests. My favorite was when we got into modes and all the classical majors were clueless
Saxologic YES I FEEL THAT
Saxologic what is your major?
Bruh I just used the Mario Kart Lick in a solo at school and I learned it from you so thanks bro
Nice
Good. It had to be done. Thank you for spreading the Almighty Combination of notes. Your service will be felt for eternity.
Saxologic They say it can only be performed once one has reached the highest level of musical training.
I have a solo coming up and I can’t decide Mario kart lick or giorno theme (hope I spelled it right)
rocco anglin Both (You spelled it right btw)
You weren’t even making jokes but I was laughing through out the whole vid
Really? LOLLL I try to go for that but I always feel like I failed so I am glad
Pov: you're sleeping and you hear your roomate ooh eeh ooh too do dee
So the secret is basically to have true pitch. After 'perfect' and 'relative', thanks for introducing another pitch thing that I'll never have.
Next up from Saxologic: How to transcribe an instrument without a solo
😂
I would love more videos like this, seeing your process in action is super inspiring
Ah ok, thanks for letting me know - it’s enlightening!
@@Saxologic Could you make a video tutorial on transcribing harmony?
I like to transpose stuff “kind of” from guitar to sax. So now I know a bunch of metal riffs and some solos on sax, instead of, you know, my actual music in band
It's all good practice - especially if the alternative is not doing any practice!
Since watching your videos transcribing has been so much fun and it’s been really motivating seeing someone else continue to learn. I recently transcribed your Valerie solo too :) Also I love how my ears tend to figure out the intervals and notes more and more 😁 and how jazz vocabulary becomes more familiar.
I’m glad dude!
*Laughs in perfect pitch*
I have perfect pitch and it's basically like cheating anytime I transcribe anything, it's awesome
HOLY SHIT I was planning to transcribe Fourside from The 8-Bit Big Band and searched for a tutorial on how to transcribe and NO WAY you made a video about how to transcribe the solo from the Bob-omb Battlefield music from the 8-Bit Big Band!!!!!!!!!!!
This looks like a fun thing to try sometime,
Oh man this is awesome! I've spent the past two days doing my first transcription (Cannonball's solo from Elsa), this would be a super cool skill to develop!
So helpful to see the process you use. I often ended up with rows of pitches but wouldn’t get around to putting the rhythm in. Also the way you make your marks, the fine pen, Audacity. It all seems obvious and in the back of my mind I sort of ‘knew it’ but it makes all the difference when you see it done. I haven’t been disciplined enough to not use my instrument in the past but over 30 years ago I wanted to transcribe Chet Baker’s Summertime. I’m from the UK but my teacher was American and had studied at university. I was astonished when I told him I wanted to transcribe it that he said to do it without the instrument and just did it by identifying the intervals by ear. Anyway, now I no longer have to work for a living i have no excuse not to transcribe all those solos especially now you have provided the road map. So grateful.
Definitely need all the transcribing assistance I can get. That said, either type o’ video’s good in my book.
classoffrankster good to know!
Seems like that typical transcribing environment and all the glamour that comes with it. Pitches in dark rooms without sax.
Nice vid man 👌, I like that way of transcribing
i cant even transcribe a solo with a instrument :(
Start off simple with simple songs like twinkle twinkle Little Star and the like, get used to the way it sounds and apply
Bruce Samons Music lmao
Just found out I have perfect pitch recently, I could always easily transcribe solos but simply assumed that I have good ears.
Can you share what it’s like not being able to transcribe? I’m genuinely curious, thanks!
marsen oof someone is triggered
Thanks so much man! I loved watching the process of you listening and writing it down. I've been a musician for many years but only now am I getting into notation and transcribing and all! This was gold content, thank you, I learned a lot!
0:41
My man has watched the Hbox documentary. Real heads know.
I am addicted to smash
He's trully a man of culture
@@Saxologic melee is jazz change my mind
It somehow really pisses me off that you didn't write a clef.
Or a time signature :D
Much respect for doing it at full speed. My attempts at transcribing always has to be me slowing the tune down substantially.
I don't listen to kyles music because he plays ice climbers
Pamlico? Lol
Kyle Athayde?
1:46 is my brain trying to understand eric marienthal play cherokee
This is a really impressive video. From your impressive aural skills to your beautiful handwriting in notation, this video rocked
Thank you very much Moonlight man.
Wow. please keep doing those. I've been procrastinating on transcribing a lot. this is inspiring.
All advice on how to transcribe a solo from every person out there sums up to: "git gud scrub"
This was definitely the most useful saxophone related video ive watched
The highest of compliments! Thank you!
I respect you for not slowing it down in the daw. Because I definitely would have
This is so cool! thank you mr. ologic
or just go on an online piano and click on the notes and find out what they are
really, really good content ty so much for improving the community twofold
Great! I'm always looking forward to your videos.
Love the vid keep it up bro
i like the “*there will never be another smash player like hungrybox*” video in the side there
Lol I was transcribing all of me and the notification popped up xD
mfw i can’t even transcribe a solo with my instrument
Your handwriting is much better than mine.
You’re better than me
Awesome work man! Thanks as always!
Dude I wanted to learn this solo, thank you so much you actually helped me a lot and saved me so much time
Hey Saxologic, i saw your concert just a couple weeks ago, i felt bad for that bari player after you hit a fire solo on a song that was about her, still fire doe. Also i wrote subscribe to saxologic on the whiteboard in the backroom.
That was you!!? Someone got mad at me because they thought I wrote that 😂
😂
Hahahahaha I didn't know you took little peeks at this solo. It's funny because we literally talked about it lmao. I'm starting my transcribing project with this btw ;)
cant wait to do this later!! 🦟
nice video man
even tho i don't play saxophone
but this can help with my guitar
so thx
also your choice was gold
Thanks for watching good sir!
@@Saxologic no sirrr
i meant no problem sir
This confirms that Nathan is a true gamer since he watched EmpLemon's video on HBox and he listens to 8-Bit Big Band.
Melee thumbnail on CZcams feed. Good man.
Necessary.
This was just a big flex lmao
The 16ths to 5let transition is awesome
It is but I don’t even think they are quintuplets. When I played with the recording it didn’t line up with complete 5s or 6s so I take it that it’s a mix of both. But I am confident he wasn’t thinking of super complex rhythms at that part, so I don’t want to be that guy to over complicate things in the transcription
I can do it, but I need the first note
This is so helpful! thank you so much :D
Great vid! Lots of good stuff to take from it! Dudes been hitting the gym too it seems 👀
Keep the 👌 videos coming (they must have singing)
My singing is truly pristine, yes. Thank you. (kidding, I am the literal worst)
This video is so dope in half speed
This is something known as Melodic Dictation, it's a skill that's pretty hard to pick up.
william kimbrell not if you have perfect or relative pitch
Matthew Dubovik trust me, either way it's still difficult. I have relatively okay relative pitch but it's still difficult
william kimbrell just sing the notes out one at a time how difficult can it be?
Matthew Dubovik spoken like someone with perfect pitch
when my music disc has a scratch on it 10:22
3:21 turned into the halo theme
So, intervals?
my band played that song!!! epic song
Nice job bro.
Very cool
Transcribing with an instrument is tough but doable , but without an instrument, that’s wow ... but I get the point , you would have spent time and time listening to it and would already know what it sounds like ... well done
What saxophone is that bro ?
Dude this helps a lot, but could you make a video on how to apply transcribed solos in a song/piece? Plz ur the best 🥺
I need to know where to find that manuscript book... can you please leave me a link?
Where did you get your notation book. I've been meaning to get one for a bit now and yours looks really good.
Five and Below
Amazing video mate! Thanks for sharing with us.
In whats college do you study? If i may ask, it looks so awesome
ECU!
bro keep it up
4:28 Why is this not the -Thumb Nail- (ba dum tch) for the video? :D
Good one!!!!!!
not a saxophonist but i still find most of this stuff useful
Great job! Thanks! How did you know the first note was an F#? Were you ever trying to look at his fingers in the video?
He said he could hear it by the timbre in the sax, which is crazy
Is your bebop tonguing scale exercise essentially just "Straight back accents"? I have no jazz chops as a classical player and that exercise sounds like it might help me
Would you recommend the book Hearing and Writing music by Ron Gorow? What books do you think are good for learning stuff like this?
thank you so much for the video, I've been working on doing this like 1 year and finally is getting kind of easier, but I usually use the help of a tuner while singing, butI try to use it as little as possible, what do you think of transcribing like this?
I personally wouldn’t use a tuner because that defeats the purpose of training your ear to recognize pitches
Do you have any of your own music out on streaming platforms. I love listening to you play !
I don’t but maybe one day! Thanks for letting me know.
5:01😂
Y e s .
Next up: how to transcribe a solo without any music!
LOLLLL
What book is that? I’m looking into buying one.
I bought it from five and below
Saxologic alright thanks a lot
Did you say this is a ‘Notation book’ ? Trying to get me one lol this inspired me big time
Cristian Mojica Yeah lmao. What do you normally call it; manuscript book? And sweet man, I’m glad :D
Saxologic yeah lol I call manuscript, but thanks dude
Can you share your warm up exerisces? Please
I don't know how you're doing that.
First I would have slowed down the tempo by a lot.
Second I would have used MuseScore. Do they really still sell these note books ?
Third, I would have failed miserably and go to bed crying.
I wouldnt say this to many ppl because of how badly they screwed me but, u SHOULD goto Berklee.
1:54 at the moment I clicked the video, damn I was close to 1:57
What is the name of that notebook I want a music notebook to hand write lines
How do you find the F# to begin if you don't have perfect pitch ??? From "where" do you ear it if not ? I just can not because only have relative ear...
What would be some good scale exercises?
That’s some good mofo’n sh1t right there bro’, excuse my French.
Oh hello Mr. Stafford.
Swayden hello Benny!
i got that same manuscript book from 5 below lol
Off topic: how the fu** are 8BB good to listen to? God, I love them and they are the reason why I started play saxophone!
This is crazy
I suck at five-tuplets and have no idea how they work nor how to feel them. How did you play/hear them? Many thanks from a bad five-tuplet player.
I don’t even think he played 5-tuplets; I think he just played a bunch of notes that sounded good till the big hit from the band, because neither 6-tuplets for 5-tuplets lined up with the recording.
bro I need that bebop warm up routine any links?
It’s just tonguing every other note, playing a scale up to the 9th and then back down
👍
Here's a Video Suggesstion:
*_"Il vento d'oro"_*_ Saxophone Licks_
(Giorno's Theme Sax Licks).......
*P.S.* : This is already a meme, which means it could lead to more views & subscribers, then you can make more off videos off of teaching people the lick itself.
Thanks for the idea!
👌🏿💪🏿💪🏿🎷🎶
Bro, Why in the cold? A lick in the cold
*NANI!?!?!?!?*
Yeah man! Thanks for such great content! We have a very similar approach. You have great ears!
EDCBAG#ACAFDBAGF#EAG#AEGF#EFGACBDC#BCA
I feel a sense of omniscient energy from the combination of notes you included. Could it be...!?!
Saxologic “Charlie Parker Omniscient Book” lol
Man how did you record that in audacity?
❤
Hmm how do you record in audacity with so much quality?
Hi, I've been wanting to buy my own sax for a while but don't know what to buy. Any recommendations (am looking for intermediate sax) tanks much luv :)
Cav3 any Yamaha or selmer intermediate models are always good!
Saxologic tanks big boy :)
Dogogodogo rhythms