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It's Hard, but the ONLY Way to Get Good at Jazz

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00:00 Intro
01:00 Sound Concept
02:37 Importance of Melodies
03:17 How Do You Learn Melodies
04:04 Tritone Sub
04:56 Special Effects
05:40 Target Notes
07:27 Playing with Contrasts
08:26 Interval Games
08:56 Playing in a Minor Tonality
11:25 Whole Tone Scale
11:43 Navigating Chord Changes
12:28 The Secret to Learning Jazz

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20 Comments

@bettersax Creator 2 months ago (edited) Pinned

Check out the full solo here https://youtu.be/5Kv2HqJcts8 and get the free transcription pdf https://bettersax.com/shed/?video=MPJN3E6ae4Q

@Saxologic 3 months ago

I am a simple man. I see a video with Baptiste Herbin, I click.

@TrincheraMusicLive 2 months ago

I heard this guy recently on Insta and was mindblown. Also, I know Jay lives in France but had no idea his French was so fluent.

@AyeshaShaSha 3 months ago

I JUST picked up my sax to practice and you posted this! I'm gonna have to watch it when I'm cleaning my sax .... Jay starts speaking in French Okay, I'll watch it now 👀🥹

@AlexJaxx 2 months ago

Thank you for this kind of videos! Keep going!❤️🙏🙏

@Mike_in_moja 2 months ago

Oh, man! That was amazing. Such a lot of stuff, so well explained. Bravo, les mecs !

@Vanadiel78 2 months ago

Super interview et plein d'informations, merci beaucoup ! J'encourage tout le monde à aller voir Baptiste en live, c'est à chaque fois incroyable!

@olafsrensen9578 1 month ago

The tone is very much like Art Pepers !

@txsphere 2 months ago

We knew there was a French Jay. Interesting to actually see him.

@kuvammukumusic 2 months ago

That was just beautiful...

@gabrielbernardo5098 3 months ago

Oh man, that's pure gold

@girafprod2 2 months ago

J'ai eu la chance de pouvoir l'écouter en live, Baptiste est un saxophoniste extraordinaire ! Et vraiment sympathique en plus ! Merci pour cette interview.

@joubine.nadjahi 2 months ago

Merci pour cet interview et aussi impressionné par ton français Jay 👏👏👏

@jeffroyer5218 2 months ago

Jay - I love your ‘stank face’ on those super tasty licks. I listen and laugh out load on those same phrases. Thanks for introducing me to Baptiste!

@SharpElevenMusic 2 months ago (edited)

Wow, that's dense with a wealth of information! Thank you Jay and Herbin. Checking out the new Herbin album as I'm typing this, it sounds gorgeous.
By the way, that very last part of advice from Herbin echoes Paul Desmond saying:

"Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught".

You can learn the mechanics and techniques, but ultimately there is the part where everyone has to listen to it, experience it and take a journey of discovery.

@davidsauzay 2 months ago

Baptiste est juste sublime, j'adore !

@francoisbourcier9522 2 months ago

Baptiste Herbin nous donne envie de jouer du saxophone.

@brendanmurphy4866 2 months ago

The thing I like best about this video is that Jay Metcalf speaks really good French. Chapeau!!

@marioborg4952 2 months ago

This is a very important musical interview; a wealth of musical information and a great tour inside the thinking brain of a Great musician. Great stuff! Thank you.