Discover the foundation of jazz saxophone in a progressive and feasible set of 5 iconic solos and supercharge your understanding and vocabulary for jazz sax.
Even if you've never or barely played any jazz!
This course is made in-depth that there is tons to gain on any level: beginner to intermediate and even the advanced player.
Discover more why and how below.
Everything you need to know how to learn straight from the legends,
And how to do that with maximum efficiency without needless struggle.
We know how hard it can be to find a proper, playable solo that gives you the pay-offs you want.
We've got you covered! These solos are selected all in the right order from easy to harder and cover the fundamentals to build your understanding and awareness of jazz solos.
Does this sound familiar?
On jazz education platforms not unlike this one, on Youtube, your live teacher, ... they tell you to learn straight from the jazz legends and copy their solos to get started with jazz and this is all terrific advice BUT....
The vast majority of jazz sax solos seem way too complex or heck, even completely out of reach to get started with.
Don't worry, at Sharp Eleven Music, we know that feeling.
We've designed a path starting with simple and progressively buildings steps to learn
-Jazz vocabulary
-Phrasing and articulation
-Sound nuances
-Idea's for improvisation.
All derived straight from the source of the jazz saxophone giants!
After these lessons, you'll have gained a wider understanding of how to listen, how to emulate and how to gain creative insights from jazz solos.
Watch the comprehensive structure and table of contents below.
Here you'll hear what the goal is with this solo transcription lesson series, how to use it, what to expect and most importantly, how to practice with it to the best of it's potential.
It's for beginners to jazz so not for complete beginners on the instrument.
Generally speaking, roughly a minimum of 2 years of regular (saxophone or other instruments) study and being able to identify every note on your instrument is needed.
But if you are still not sure, feel free to send an email explaining what your experience is and we will honestly adres if this is a helpful course for you at this point in time at info@sharpelevenmusic.com
Yes, definitely.
This covers the fundamentals of the jazz vocabulary in many sub genre's of jazz sax playing. I've never seen a great player having to many basic skills. BUT...
Besides starting at the basic level to have it feasible for beginners, there are many layers of deeper understanding to be learned from this course. Great jazz doesn't stop with being able to execute the notes in tempo, that's the start of so much more.
Digging into the deeper layers beyond the notes will make you a far better composed player and improviser yourself. The more abstract lessons discussing the "concept" and the "improvisation lesson" will be of a bigger focus for you.
Yes, absolutely.
We want you to become a better player and we firmly believe in the concept and structure of this course. But if it is for some reason not for you (yet) due to any possible reason, you'll get your money back, no questions asked.
That being said, it still would be greatly appreciated if you provided feedback, as we're constantly working on improving our courses for better and more fun ways to learn.
As you can see in the solo selection, it features all alto saxophone solos. This is merely coincidental as my main goal was to guide you through a building path of difficulty and add different elements of the jazz saxophone language.
It has a focus on the alto saxophone and thus the analysis is done Eb notation, but there are also Bb and C sheets included for all solos. It discusses jazz sound nuances and phrasing which can also be applied to other wind instruments like trumpet or flute.
Everybody interested in jazz saxophone tradition can benefit from this course, also if you play a different instrument although you might have to be a bit more imaginitive on how to apply these concepts to your instrument of choice.
No, this is definitely a great study for any saxophonist, whether you play alto, bari, tenor,... you name it.
The solos of choice are indeed all alto solos and the Eb notation is the sheet music used in the analyses. But this course discusses very in-depth the phrasing, stylistic approach, sound and improvisation techniques used which is applicable for all the saxophones.