10 Tricks for SAX Solos that WIN from Avery Dixon AGT

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Jay Metcalf shares some tips from the playing style of Avery Dixon that will improve your saxophone playing.

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00:00 Intro
02:20 Transcribe+ App
03:12 Tip 1 Scoops
04:32 Grace Note Exercise
04:56 Tip 2 Falls
05:33 Tip 3 Repeat Clear Ideas
06:29 Tip 3.5 Know the Melody and Outline Harmony
07:13 Tip 4 Vibrato
08:04 Tip 5 Listen, Transcribe, Emulate
08:54 Gear being played
09:07 Tip 6 Rhythmic Variation
10:18 Tip 7 Play Familiar Vocabulary
10:49 Long Bend
11:27 Tip 8 Pentatonic Patterns
12:08 Tip 9 Altissimo Climax
13:53 Tip 10 Plan Ahead

[johnstarks]

This video was incredible! We are truly blessed to have such a magnificent educator at the tip of our fingers.

[tenbroekjazz]

You can tell this man likes Gerald Albright

[julielv]

He is fabulous! I have been watching his videos and he is the real deal. Hope he wins AGT! Thanks for spotlighting his performance and breaking it down for us. I appreciate all you do!

[dr.a]

Hey Jay... an absolutely impressive performance and a very helpful analysis. Your breakdown of this solo may be one of the most valuable stagecraft lessons I've seen. I've been a BetterSax subscriber for quite some time. You offer some truly fine material to the online saxophone and musical community. Many thanks for what you do. Warm regards, Dr. A

[KadrianThomas]

You are such a great teacher, Jay. Genuinely!!!

[pamelatrent]

Avery is incredible! Thanks for breaking all of that down. Time to hop on those pentatonics!!!

[victorrusin]

Great performance by Avery. Can't wait to see him again in the finals. AGT is an amazing TV show.

[GetYourSaxTogether]

Hey, this is a really awesome video Jay! So much good stuff in there. I’m involuntarily nodding my head to every single tip. All these tips are exactly why just knowing a scale isn’t enough to sound good. Pay attention folks!!! 👍🏻

[colinbowler]

A brilliant and very revealing analysis Jay, thank you!

[saxophoniker]

You've summed it up wonderfully, Jay!

[ramseshellerup]

What a great analysis and simplification of something that sounds so crazy!

[dinopansieri]

Great sax coaching video. Great job. 😊

[tclark]

Great video as always, Jay! Quick question. I have the Transcribe+ app, but can’t figure out how you were able to load the clip of Avery’s performance into it? Thanks again. All 10 tips will definitely be implemented.

[wyndhl]

Gerald is his "man", of course - musically and stylistically; tonality, Mike Phillips'.

By way of choreography and stage performance as well as audience-connectivity, I am thinking Eric Darius and Art(hur) Porter.

Jay comes across once more as an excellent educator who is unselfishly profuse in his encouragement and promotion of the now-and-upcoming (but talented) artist.

He finds quality in and highlights the strengths of one's performance - winning virtues of a great teacher👍

Thx. Professor.

[sidneiramalho]

Great video Jay, great explanation as usual. Very cool neck strap too ☺️☺️☺️

[daveminke]

Wow! That breakdown was amazing and tremendously educational.

[kylelucas]

I knew this man, we play together at music in the park in Atl!! An amazing event and a blessing to be there.

[davidbase]

What a great interview! Insightful and inspirational. Thank you…

[williammccrary]

This performance reminded me of a saxophone player named Jeff Clayton. He and I both studied from a studio guy named Bill Green. Jeff was amazing with the minor pentatonic scale. Jeff died a few years back from cancer. As a point of reference, Jeff was the younger brother of John Clayton the well known bass player. I don't know if the CLAYTON BROTHERS orchestra has anything posted on YOUTUBE. I plan to find out.

[davidritchie]

If you watch just one improvisation video this year, make it this one! Thanks Jay!