Learning jazz language can happen in a lot of different ways. Listening to jazz, learning solos by ear, or learning jazz standards. But if you want some quick and helpful rewards for your time investment, learning licks is a great way to go. Licks are short musical phrases, usually played over the context of a chord or chord progression.

Instead of heartbeat do a cross and out "God gave me music as medicine" -Nf. Jedes Kind versucht, aus einem Apfelkern einen ganzen Baum wachsen zu lassen. Bei einer Mango wirkt dieses Vorhaben allerdings deutlich schwieriger - zu Unrecht. Denn der Trick ist ganz einfach.

This guest post is from world touring keyboard player Steve Nixon. He is the owner of the jazz education website www. Obviously, there's more to great sax playing than playing a bunch of fast notes. But without being able to get around the horn quickly and smoothly, you can't move your audience with that feeling of musical adrenaline that got you excited about the sax in the first place. The problem is that too many of us feel like practicing boring scales and arpeggios is part of the dues we all have to pay, without realizing that practicing technique can be a fun and creative process.

The licks are built from all my years of studying, transcribing and playing Jazz. This first volume is based on licks composed by combining typical Jazz language, approaching chord tones efficiently, playing with different chord extensions, and using bits and pieces of typical phrases played by great Jazz Saxophonists such as Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Michael Brecker, among others. Read full description…. Each lick contains a brief description of it's characteristics and you can transpose them by clicking one button.