@jesseserranoll39

2 years ago

I feel like an IDIOT.. I have played for over 40 years (saxophones) and always played by ear. I have a pretty sharp technical mind and love math, but I felt like my head was going to EXPLODE listening to this! I have learned to read sax music decently in recent years (thought hard to process anything faster than 8th noted without playing along with the sound). I play with a lot of groups and when they tell me the key or ask what key I want to play a song in, I just have to say "don't confuse me with the key.. start playing and I will get it". I was given a circle of 5ths by a trumpet player who did her best to help me understand how I could use it, but it was not until this video that the light came on.. THANK YOU! I was able to grasp the concept... when someone announces the "Concert Key" (which I guess is what all "C" instruments play in, guitar, piano, bass, etc..) on my B Flat Saxes, I go clockwise 2 keys on the circle and on my E flat horns it's 3 clockwise. I cannot begin to express how that simple grappling hook on to the slippery, insurmountable monolith that is music theory makes me feel there is hope for the first time in my life! Of course, now I have to start learning my scales so I will know what being in the key of "B" (or whichever key) means for me. Also that fact that the "C" is always on top and Sharps or flats increase Clockwise or Counter is a revelation. For some reason I always conceptualized movement in the circle. Perhaps I shouldn't reveal my ignorance so publicly, but I may not be the only one that has been helped in such a dramatic (for me) manner. I will definitely be watching this more than once (though not today!) to increase my understanding. Thank you again. If you have a Patreon page or something similar I will gladly make a contribution!

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