Fun Cycle of 5ths Workout: Beginner to Advanced

Fun cycle of 5ths workout for alto and tenor saxophone. In this lesson you will learn about the cycle of 5ths with 5 examples that go around the cycle to help you learn you scales and phrases in all 12 keys.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
01:04 Part 1
02:28 Part 2
04:16 Part 3
06:05 Part 4
07:04 Part 5
07:37 Full Workout

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[joseramonperez]

Thank you very much, it is possible to learn a lot of music and have fun at the same time

[salva]

Amazing master class. Clever way of teaching. Thank you so much for sharing.

[dthomas]

What an excellent workout. I’m now compelled to pick my sax back up and start practicing.

[josianebarthoux]

Thanks for the transmission of some John Coltrane's exercises and the way you play it makes it very pleasant to work it out.

[mmwest]

This beautifully put together, thank you

[joancarles]

🔝 Excellent !

Here, enjoying while I learn. 👍

[sayawoks]

Really nice. Would practice it at home

[tomablett]

excellent workout, great exercises and circle teaching

[iffa]

Great lesson!! Thanks very much Ive been doing this for a few years👍🏻

[danielebagni]

Great lesson as usual, and extremely useful. Thanks!

[saxophone.]

Going clockwise you are 'looking' at a pattern of ascending 5ths. If you play clockwise it 'sounds' a circle of 4ths. Anticlockwise is the true pattern of circle of fifths as the chord/ pattern played becomes the dominant sounding of the previous chord/ pattern. As used in Jazz ii v i patterns.

[XBSP]

Cool workout. Second phrase could alternate minor then major to simulate a II V pattern. Playing in all keys is a great thing, thanks.🎷

[leolion]

Great workout idea! It combines a lot of very useful elements, thank you so much!

[spaceisbig]

Great lesson
I like the progression and its really nice to listen as well
I'm finding after a while my fingers are going to the notes automatically and I'm hearing the next phrase before it starts
The last part is gonna take a while
Thx

[robertdavis]

Great!! Thank U, this is what I needed to get back on track, so many things I have forgotten this open lots of doors of my mind 😊 again THANKS

[rachel]

Been playing for a very long time, but my teacher failed to explain all of this. I loveee your videos their amazing your a great teacher!! thank you so much!!!
So in this video everything about the minor, and what with the major?

[rolfr]

Love the lesson but… when you do the minor scale/ arpeggio exercise the sheet music says your starting in Cm but the sax starts at minor third up from C…Ebm and continues through the cycle. I’m sitting at a keyboard. Am I missing something?😊

[clivehurdle]

Hi I seem to dip into the lessons, but would like to have a start point and a finish, like all scales, pentatonics, etc .Do you have lessons like this, where I feel I've completed a course ?

[alanbutterworth]

I'm 60 years old. I've combined a life as a musician with that of a builder. I always wanted my own recording studio as I composed and produce music. In 2005 I returned to university to obtain a degree as I hadd4opped out of university then conservatoire in the 1980s without finishing the course. I was awarded an MA in Compositional Studies in 2007. I then taught piano, guitar, clarinet and sax for the next decade. I mention all of this because I was watching how you play the note Bb. I've received some excellent clarinet tuition over the years but never really had a saxophone lesson. I always play side Bb (A with the side key). I rarely play long Bb (both index fingers) and never play one finger Bb. It seems you have adopted a great slide technique to incorporate this Bb. Is this method much adopted or have you made this your own? I'm going to look into this a bit more. Great site BTW.

[brunoandre]

the material is very good, it is a pity that it is not available in Portuguese. I buy at least the material in PDF. Can you help me?