Bebop Scales and Jazz Play Along

Bebop Scales and how to play them on the saxophone.

00:00 Introduction
2:00 Bebop Scale Overview
3:04 The problem with Bebop scales
5:20 TENOR exercises
6:48 ALTO exercises
8:16 So long and thanks for all the scales

[thepianokid]

I find that mere act of singing these phrases out alongside the playalongs helps to sharpen my listening. And that helps when I’m trying to form that phrase in my head, so that when I play it back on the sax, it is as accurate as it gets and there is that link between what I see in my brain and what comes out on the saxophone. It helps me not to play gibberish but aids my formation of melodies. Hope that makes sense hahah 😅

[francistaylor]

Thanks once again, Dr Wally. It's refreshing to hear a pro be realistic about the whole 12 keys thing.

[brendonjohnstone]

Love all your vids. You do a great job with them and I especially like your humor. We’re all very thankful for guys like you helping us novice players get better. There’s never been a better time to learn the sax.

[morrissette]

My favorite bebop player: Oscar Peterson by a long shot, then Bird, and Sonny Stitt. I love the way Stitt switched between alto and tenor WITHIN each track on New York Jazz - like it's no thing.

[billhoffman]

Dr. Wally your content is golden! Best channel for actually improving on technique as well as theory that there is on YouTube.

[DarkGreenAstartes]

Im a bassist turning into a saxophone player. Im so glad for this channel. This is absolute gold and i cant wait to use this on my journey through life.

[paddylandreville]

Thank you Dr. Wallace for this video. My favourite Bebop saxophonist is Sonny Stitt. But one must not omit Sonny Rollins, he's one of the greats.

[jazzbariman]

Favorite Bebop Musicians outside of Charlie Parker: Cecil Payne, Pat Patrick, Nick Brignola, Ronnie Cuber, Sonny Stitt, Phil Woods, Pepper Adams, Serge Chaloff, Thelonious Monk, and Dizzy Gillespie to name just the beginning of my long list of Bebop Greats.

[francistaylor]

I've watched this back a few times now (not made it to my horn yet...work/four year old!!). Anyway, I love the fact that each repeat play over is ever so slightly different in interpretation. Just shows how just a handful of notes can allow for so much expression.

[noahtruth]

Thanks Dr Wally. During your entire explanation all I understood was BeBop. Once you started playing I thought ‘oh, why did you say that in the first place. Good stuff. Now I’ll, “Go Practice. “

[angelaschiffer]

Thanks Dr. Wally, i like that you play the Tenor also..love my Tenor

[puravida]

Excellent video on the bebop scale !! I particularly like the way you worked in the flat 9th. Very important note in bebop. Thank you Dr. Wally!

[robstevens]

Thanks for this lesson. Years ago, when trying to conceptualize & thinking about playing jazz I also asked the question, "What scale do I use?" (That was long before the days of internet, so I never got a simple answer. And it took years to realize there are no shortcuts to learning jazz.) Some of my favorite sax players (mostly within the bebop realm): Charlie Rouse, Cannonball Adderley, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Paul Desmond, Michael Brecker -- and the one who inspired me to start playing sax: John Coltrane.

[mrbari]

Dr. Wally Wallace back at it once more!

[eduardopizarro]

Awesome series Wally! Thanks for posting a new video! Great material to practice and learn the language of jazz.
Someone says that if you play jazz and you don’t sound like Charlie Parker, probably you’re doing something wrong… so, putting Bird aside, my favorite bebop player is Dexter Gordon, closely followed by Coleman Hawkins, both Sonnys (Rollins and Stitt), Joe Henderson…. man, I could go on forever….

[tomkirvin]

This lesson makes sense. Clear and well-played. I think I'll buy you a cuppa Joe!

[alfonso]

Thank you very much for the video, very useful, I'm going to practice now.👍🎷👍

[peterrawlings]

Thanks for your videos - inspiring without being overwhelming (I was always told to learn everything in 12 keys).

[MartinJefferies-jd]

I am so glad to hear that we don't need to practice everything in all 12 keys. Two or three is fine.

[peedrowchan-man]

Sooo good and helpful for right where I'm at (tryin my darnedest to make better jazz sentences, but often not knowing how or where new to go). Thanks Dr. Wally, bigtime!