#46 Learn Jingle Bells On Saxophone

0:00 - teaser performance

0:09 - brief intro

0:24 - phrase 1 (slow with fingerings)

0:44 - phrase 1 (faster with note names)

0:58 - phrase 2 (slow with fingerings)

1:16 - phrase 2 (faster with note names)

1:32 - phrase 3 (slow with fingerings)

1:59 - phrase 3 (faster with note names)

2:18 - putting it all together

2:22 - backing track with me playing

3:15 - now it's your turn - funk it up

3:33 - **FREE PLAY ALONG BACKING TRACK**

4:31 - sign off

5:00 - outro music and cards

There's only five notes to learn so here we go. Here is phrase 1, played nice and slowly for you…

Now here's that first phrase, played faster…

Now phrase 2, played slowly…

Now that second phrase, played a little bit quicker…

The third phrase of the song is identical to the first phrase, so the actual third phrase I'm going to teach you is the fourth phrase that happens. And this is the final phrase played slowly…

As you can tell it's quite similar to the second phrase. Here is that final phrase played at full speed…

That's great - you've learned all the notes and this is what it sounds like with the backing track...So just before I hand over to you to play it yourself I'll just say this - once you have mastered the notes you can really funk up the rhythms a bit. Add your own inflections, make it your own once you've got the basic melody. So here's the backing track. You can play along by yourself. Remember there's four bars introduction before you come in…

So I hope you enjoyed this week's video learning how to play Jingle Bells with the funked up Count Basie style swinging hard backing track. If you're enjoying the channel please do subscribe, ring the bell to be notified when I upload new stuff, check out my Instagram and in the next few weeks we're going to get some more fantastic Christmas songs that you can play as a beginner saxophonist with wicked backing tracks. So I hope you enjoy this festive season and I'll see you next week!