On this video I'm going to teach you how to play the sax intro played by Snake
Davis on "Jubel" by Klingande. Now, on that card linked up there, is my other
Jubel video. This video teaches you how to play the intro, the video up there
teaches you how to play the main hook, and then together they teach you how to
play the whole thing. So here we go without further ado let's steam straight
in. I'm going to teach you how to play the intro sax from Jubel.
So, as usual,
I've chunked this into little segments, many of which link up together, so don't
forget to go down into the description and click the link to get your free pdf, the
sheet music, and that will show you exactly where the phrases are and which
ones join into each other. So here is the first phrase broken down
nice and slowly for you...
The first phrase flows straight into the second phrase and here is phrase 2,
played really slow...
If you listen to the original you will hear on phrase 2 that there is a growl.
Now then if you want to learn how to grow on the saxophone, go up to that card
and I've got a whole video teaching you the best ways to growl on sax, and on
this particular solo Snake Davis uses two of the ways that I described in that
video. Go and check out the video and you'll learn how to do yourself. Ok,
moving swiftly on, let's play phrase 3, here we go...
I'm pretty sure this was played on tenor on the original but this phrase makes me
wonder. It doesn't really quite sit very well on tenor, but anyway, it's very high
for tenor, it's even quite high for Alto, so feel free to take this whole phrase
down the octave. I've marked it on the PDF in the description as "octave" so
you can see what the notes are down the octave, but if you are a banging
saxophonist you can take it up to the original, the original pitch. So here it
is, here is the..what phrase is it?...the fourth phrase, played nice and slow for you...
Phrase five uses a tongue roll growl. Remember earlier I told you to go and
check out my video on how to growl on sax? You can learn how to do it there.
So here is phrase 5 broken down...
Phrase five flows straight into phrase six but I've broken it up into two parts to make
it easier, so here is the final phrase, phrase six, played slowly...
It sounds to me what happens is that the tongue roll in phrase 5 kind of, it just
blends into a throat kind of growl for phrase 6, so try and get that transition
between those two types of growl.
So that's it. Now don't forget, after the 2/4
bar with the "save me" vocal in there it cuts straight into the Jubel hook, which
is on my other video, my other Jubel video, part 1. I know they're the wrong
way around - this is part 2 and it comes first, and then it's part 1 which comes
second, but, never mind. So when you put it all together it should sound a little
bit like this, here we go...
So that's it for another week of Get Your Sax Together coolness. Now remember
to go and check out the partner video for this one which teaches you how to
play the Jubel main hook. I carded it earlier, and I'll put a link in the
description for that video as well. That is called part 1, this video is called
part 2, but really they should be the other way round because part 2 comes
first, but hey! who's counting! Alright, as usual,
don't forget to subscribe to the channel, click the bell to be notified of new
videos when they come out, check out my Instagram feed, and go down into the
description to get your free pdf - free PDF - free pdf - of Jubel. That is pretty
cool and deadly accurate as usual, so go and check that out and I'll see you next
week. Keep practicing, see ya later!