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Some Skunk Funk (Michael Brecker's chorus) performed by Benoît Sauvé/Recorder

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Uploaded by on Feb 7, 2010

"Some Skunk Funk" (Michael Brecker's chorus) transcribed and played by Benoît Sauvé/Recorder,Flûte à Bec,Flauta Doce*.
*Keyless recorders with double-holes upside-down (recorders for lefthanders)

Amongst the various work methods that I have experimented with in improvisation, there is one that I have found particularly beneficial: transcribing choruses from recordings.
This series of videos reflects part of the work done on a few of these amazing solos.

Why transcribing solos?
Although studying the various scales and chords,and the relations between them,is essential in learning to improve,putting these theoretical notions into practise can be very laborious.
This is why making transcriptions of actual solos can be so useful for training aural perception and instrumental technique,as well as allowing us to analyse the styles of great jazzmen,enrich our musical vocabulary,and thus help develop our own musical ideas.

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  • I bet he gets all the recorder gigs...

  • And to think, some of my students have a hard time playing hot cross buns on the recorder...

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  • @pipamusa Sharps and flats on a recorder are usually achieved by partially covering a hole. Can you imagine how precise this guy must be to play chromatic ascents and descents on a recorder at this speed?

  • Tu es incroyable!!! Un monstre!!!

  • If this is real you are the baddest muthuh f*&^%&er on the planet with this recorder!!!!!!!!! Also the craziest what the hell man!!!

  • HOLY COW!!!!!

  • breckers solo on this impresses me more than anything i can watch

  • yessss...

    amazing!

    congrats and jazzy greetings from Brazil

  • I didn't know tom cruise could play the recorder! lol

  • how do you play all that chromaticism on the recorder?

    isn't it very limited in that it can only play in a few keys?

  • FANTASTIC!

    YOU PLAY GREAT!

    BRAVO

  • that was amazing!!! I now have a new respect for recorder players- but only good ones (:

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