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How to Play Jazz Saxophone: Video Series

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Learn how to play jazz saxophone for advanced players: In these free sax video lessons, learn how to play jazz saxophone, including tips and techniques on saxophone improvisation, playing jazz saxophone licks, and saxophone scales and chords. Play jazz sax today.

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  1. Use certain techniques to play jazz improvisation for advanced jazz sax players; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  2. Use techniques to embellish saxophone melodies for advanced jazz sax players; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  3. Play jazz saxophone chords for advanced jazz sax players; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  4. Play jazz saxophone scales if you're an advanced jazz sax player; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  5. Play major 7th chord on a jazz saxophone if you're an advanced jazz sax player; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  6. Play minor 7th chord on a jazz saxophone if you're an advanced jazz sax player; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  7. Play dominant 7th chords on a jazz saxophone if you're an advanced jazz sax player; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  8. Play half-diminished chords on a jazz saxophone if you're an advanced jazz sax player; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  9. Play a three minor seven chord diatonic scale on a jazz saxophone if you're an advanced jazz sax player; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  10. Play a six-scale degree diatonic scale on a jazz saxophone if you're an advanced jazz sax player; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  11. Play a minor seven flat five diatonic scale on a jazz saxophone if you're an advanced jazz sax player; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  12. Build saxophone chord progressions on a jazz sax if you're an advanced jazz sax player; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  13. Build and play blues saxophone chord progressions if you're an advanced jazz sax player; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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  14. Use words like "gig" and "chord" to sound like a pro jazz sax player; learn what they mean with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson..

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  15. Understand what terms like "improvisation" and "lick" mean to a jazz saxophone player; learn them from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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Jazz is a style of music particularly suited to improvisation, and a lot of jazz musicians use the form as a backdrop to play more freely expressed riffs and melodies, and to expand on general musical themes. Thus while having an increased risk of chaotic polyphony, bordering on discord, jazz opens the field for the musical explorer to go forward.

Down through the years, jazz music has featured an instrument that has been popularized in our day by Stan Getz, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and yes, Kenny G. In case you haven’t guessed, I'm talking about the saxophone. The sax is a woodwind instrument, despite its brassy appearance. It was introduced to the world circa 1840 by a Belgian-born man named Adolphe Sax, perhaps borrowing elements from the clarinet and oboe in its creation.

In these free saxophone video lessons, our expert will show you how to get started playing jazz sax, one of the most popular, and most experimental, styles of saxophone playing. Here's everything you need to get started on jazz sax, including tips and techniques on saxophone improvisation, playing jazz saxophone licks, and saxophone scales and chords.

Learn how to play jazz saxophone: it’s a valuable lesson for advanced sax players.

 
About the Presenter

Mitch Kaplan Proficient on multiple instruments, Mitch Kaplan has performed and taught music for two decades. He is also a published author of music education books and online articles. Mitch appeared on PBS with Yo-Yo Ma and Joshua Redmond in “My Music Rules.” Currently, he is the band director at a private school in Riverside, RI and works with Rick’s Musical Instruments, Inc.dkdk

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