How To Improvise (8 Easy Steps) A Beginners Guide #4

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How to Improvise in 8 Easy Steps will show you how to improvise with any scale or group of notes by gradually introducing more degrees of freedom in a step by step way. Turn any scale into musical phrases with this method.

Intro 0:22
Step 1: Learning the pentatonic scale 1:20
Step 2: Change the rhythm 2:32
Step 3: Repeated notes 3:03
Step 4: Change direction 3:16
Step 5: Expand the scale 3:45
Step 6: Different starting note 4:22
Step 7: 2 bar/measure phrases exercise: 5:16
Step 8: Linking phrases 6:42
Drum loop backing track to practice with 7:32

Online Sax Academy is an engaging and educational channel about playing the saxophone, jazz and improvising. The channel is aimed at all levels of playing from beginners to advanced. A saxophone lesson is released every week!

Let me know in the comments section if there is any tune you would like to learn or any aspect of playing or improvising you would like a lesson on.

Now go practice your sax!

[Lukeshmlikesh]

No way! This video really helped me with starting to improvise. Before, I didn't know I would be able to do that! Thank you!!!!

[ISO-guys]

Excellent thankyou. Useful for other instruments - such as trombonists in my case.

[thabomahe]

Thanks you sir it begins to make sense now. Thanks for not holding it back 🙏🏾👌🏿🙌

[darrenelson]

Thank you just watching your short video it has helped me greatly in improvising. I've had my alto sax for 3 years but not picked it up as often as I should so not really moved on. But again your videos have given me insensitive to crack on and learn thank you🦅

[robinmarwick]

Thanks Paul a really interesting video. I'm new to the sax; learning on a soprano, which I realise is not the best route but it's what I have. Definitely going to join premium when I'm a bit happier with my intonation. Thanks again.

[fredfonseca]

Wow ! Great lesson!! You got chops my friend

[tush]

omg thank you so much. this is a lifesaver! your lessons in general - so helpful!

[joecosta]

I'm just starting, and this I can understand clearly, thank you.

[peterdrake]

This is a fantastic lesson - many thanks! Not clear how to get hold of the drum loop though...

[tjahajonowidjaja]

Terima Kasih Banyak.
Many thanks.
Greetings from Indonesia

[Maximus]

I really like your teaching approach. Thanks for all your contents.

[juanjomadrid]

Eres un genio con mucha sabiduría. Te embidio 😊😅

[mickcarpenter]

Great stuff! Definitely a series of manageable steps to work on. Thanks a million!

[leannat]

Very cool and helpful video! Excited to try this out

[KaySax]

This is so succinct, and takes some of the mystery out of improv.

[arc.jamesrafan]

This is great man I love it am going to start working on it with my tenor Sax.

[petromic]

I like the way you demo this tutorial. Can I use this technique and the scales on the violin. I know it may sound different. 👍

[carloslam]

This is really a great tutorial. Thank you.

[ezequielequielfernandez]

Hey thank you for help us to learn how to improvise . 🎷🎷

[christerhenningstedt]

Great stuff, well explained, thank's!