[Dave Pollack]

Hey everyone! Here's another fun duet with my good friend Dom Palombi on his mini drum set, and this time we're playing Confirmation! Have a listen and let me know what you think. Enjoy!

 

[10mfan]

Sweeeeeeeet!!!!!!!

You guys are killing it!

 

[Dave Pollack]

Sweeeeeeeet!!!!!!!

You guys are killing it!

Thanks man!

 

[raghav]

Really enjoyed that!!!

 

[rcpayne]

The people want alto!!! You both sound great. But watch out for those chromatics

 

[Dave Pollack]

But watch out for those chromatics

Huh?

 

[lydian]

Huh?

Don't feel bad Dave. Very common mistake for a beginner like you. Please take some advice from a stranger with no credentials who's never posted any of his playing but who HAS studied the Chosen One extensively. I saw a video (probably too advanced for you) that helped me transcribe a real solo and learn the proper use of "chromatics" (chromaticism?). When your target note is, for example, the 5th of the chord, and you're coming from the 6th, like from A to G, the best approach is to play A, then a half step up to Bb, back to A, then down a WHOLE step to G. None of this enclosure nonsense you were doing. Waaaay too many notes and totally wrong way to use chromatic approach notes.

Is this "Confirmation" an original of yours? If so, a few more words of advice. Waaay too many notes and chord changes. Any more than one chord or more than 5 notes is just noise. You know how they say 75% of our DNA is junk? Music works the same way. Even though there are 12 notes, most are junk. We really only need 5 to make music. To make it easier to avoid all those unnecessary notes, I'd actually recommend you remove all those side keys from your horn. It will not only improve your tone (which could frankly use some work) by allowing to horn to vibrate more freely, but it will remove the temptation to use so many chromatics.

And I'm not sure what that strange big, curved instrument was that you were playing, but you really need to get an actual saxophone. A real sax is smaller and perfectly straight and is higher in pitch. You also don't have a good grasp of the basics. For some reason the mouthpiece is perfectly centered in your mouth when it should be well to one side.

So that was an ok first attempt, but you still have a long way to go. It was very brave of you to post.

 

[Dave Pollack]

Don't feel bad Dave. Very common mistake for a beginner like you. Please take some advice from a stranger with no credentials who's never posted any of his playing but who HAS studied the Chosen One extensively. I saw a video (probably too advanced for you) that helped me transcribe a real solo and learn the proper use of "chromatics" (chromaticism?). When your target note is, for example, the 5th of the chord, and you're coming from the 6th, like from A to G, the best approach is to play A, then a half step up to Bb, back to A, then down a WHOLE step to G. None of this enclosure nonsense you were doing. Waaaay too many notes and totally wrong way to use chromatic approach notes.

Is this "Confirmation" an original of yours? If so, a few more words of advice. Waaay too many notes and chord changes. Any more than one chord or more than 5 notes is just noise. You know how they say 75% of our DNA is junk? Music works the same way. Even though there are 12 notes, most are junk. We really only need 5 to make music. To make it easier to avoid all those unnecessary notes, I'd actually recommend you remove all those side keys from your horn. It will not only improve your tone (which could frankly use some work) by allowing to horn to vibrate more freely, but it will remove the temptation to use so many chromatics.

And I'm not sure what that strange big, curved instrument was that you were playing, but you really need to get an actual saxophone. A real sax is smaller and perfectly straight and is higher in pitch. You also don't have a good grasp of the basics. For some reason the mouthpiece is perfectly centered in your mouth when it should be well to one side.

So that was an ok first attempt, but you still have a long way to go. It was very brave of you to post.

A+ home run 100% absolutely amazing comment!!!

 

[rcpayne]

Huh?

That was something Parker was supposed to have said. He was being sarcastic of some critics who said he played too many notes.