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I just released a new single written for my sister in laws 50th birthday called “Rachel”

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Lesson 186: 12 Note Bebop Scale

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Here's a simple tune from Alliance called "Cyril"

Here's a simple tune from Alliance called "Cyril"

Matt Otto Saxophone/Composer (Cyril)
Karl McComas-Reichl on Bass
Ryan Lee on Drums
Andrew Ouellette on Rhodes
Marcus Lewis on Trombone
Will Flynn on Guitar

CA friends, Playing at Jojo’s in Tustin tonight an

CA friends, Playing at Jojo’s in Tustin tonight and Vibrato tomorrow night w Gina Saputo.

KU Combos playing great at the Blue Room!

KU Combos playing great at the Blue Room!

Geoff Landman and I will be hosting Saxophone Day

Geoff Landman and I will be hosting Saxophone Day at KU!

Open to all saxophonists, regardless of age or ability level, Classical and Jazz. Music Educators are also welcome to attend.Here's a link to the sign up page:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4QWu3JLWqlRVt7RLtAvr6BtHfkh5IngIOnmbCrKgD57cGBA/viewform

Here's a short Etude over I Love You - Ku Trombone

Here's a short Etude over I Love You - Ku Trombone player Eli Lockhart, Asa Martin and Aidan Hamer learned it by ear and played it great! There's a free pdf on my blog m a t t o t t o . o r g

Playing the Majestic 6 to 10 tonight w Zach B. Mor

Playing the Majestic 6 to 10 tonight w Zach B. Morrow and Sebastian Arias .

This is an etude I wrote for Alto saxophonist Keeg

This is an etude I wrote for Alto saxophonist Keegan Kaiser. It's one chorus of 8th notes and uses the bebop scale, chromatic approach notes, bebop enclosures, diatonic cycle 4 motion (through dorian), the altered scale and tetrad (4 note cell) ideas. We worked on this together for a semester singing it and playing it and have finally began putting it through some other keys. Taking individual phrases through the keys is another valuable method for working with an etude over time.

This is a short etude I wrote over the chord chang

This is a short etude I wrote over the chord changes to My Shining Hour in concert C. The etude utilizes a lot of modern-ish concepts in terms of the rhythmic groupings and harmonic/triadic substitutions. You'll find several uses of #9 on major, #11 on minor, Maj7 on -7, sequential fourths grouped in 5 or 7, #5 on Maj7, b6 on -7, plus regular harmonic tensions and standard melodic material. There are also several points where the harmony is anticipated or suspended by several beats. The PDF contains the melodic line and the common chord progression with no analysis.

After 2pm Owen/Cox Dance Group Nutcracker, We'll b

After 2pm Owen/Cox Dance Group Nutcracker, We'll be at Corvino's tonight from 7pm to 9:30pm w Ben Leifer, Jaylen Ward, Eddie Moore.

Here's a Rhythm Changes Etude I wrote for Bari Sax

Here's a Rhythm Changes Etude I wrote for Bari Sax player Andrea Edwards.
Andrea is a senior at KU and is studying both classical and Jazz saxophone.
You can visit my blog for a free PDF of the etude.

Here's a short Etude I wrote for Nic over the chor

Here's a short Etude I wrote for Nic over the chord changes to Recorda Me (Joe Henderson). The Etude uses some triad pairs from the 4th mode of Harmonic Major over the first 8 bars (as well as the classical augmented scale). The bridge uses some simple triadic ideas. I'll post a free pdf on my blog for anyone interested in checking it out.

Conception etude. pdf at mattotto . o r g

Conception etude.
pdf at mattotto . o r g

Here's a fun Etude I wrote for KU Major Spencer Ad

Here's a fun Etude I wrote for KU Major Spencer Addis over Conception by George Shearing. I wrote this in real time during our lessons and Spencer learned it by ear. This is a good method for learning as it's memorized from the very onset of learning the material. We added about 8 bars each week and finally had the whole chorus after a month or so. After that we just kept playing it and speeding it up while also singing phrases and playing phrases through 12 keys.

We used the Bb-7 A7 Ab-7 G7 changes in Bars 7 and 8 although the OG changes are all Dominant 7th chords.

I'll post a transcription on my blog later this week.

Got the new trio CD - The Landscape Listens. Feat

Got the new trio CD - The Landscape Listens.

Featuring Abe Rabade on Piano on Xose Miguelez and myself on Tenor sax.

We recorded this in Portugal over the summer each contributing two original pieces to the project.

It's available on Band Camp and in the usual web locations.

Instagram post 18036261956239115

Instagram post 18036261956239115

Lessons

Lesson 187: Bird Chromatics
Lesson 186: 12 Note Bebop Scale
Lesson 185: Sax Alley Masterclass
Lesson 184: Self Critique
Lesson 183: Learning from PDFs
Lesson 182: Easy Coltrane Ideas
Lesson 181: Old Milestones Etude:
Lesson 180: How To Write A Song #3
Lesson 179: Whole Tone
Lesson 178: Miles Davis Chromatic Concept
Lesson 177: Charlie Parker “Outside” Concept
Lesson 176: 3 Note “Lick”
Lesson 175: Learn A Blues Etude By Ear.
Lesson 174: Giant Steps Etude
Lesson 173: How To Write A Contrafact
Lesson 172: How To Write A Song #2
Lesson 171: Byzantine – Double Harmonic Scale.
Lesson 170: I Love You Etude
Lesson 169: How To Write A Song.
Lesson 168: The Half Whole Diminished Scale
Lesson 167: Giant Steps – Cycle 5 Melody
Lesson 166: Thriving After College
Lesson 165: Harmonic Major Modes Over 2-5-1 in Minor
Lesson 164: Yardbird Suite Etude
Lesson 163: Blues For Alice Etude
Lesson 162: Rhythm Changes Etude.
Lesson 161: Recorda Me Etude.
Lesson 160: Conception Etude
Lesson 159: Lee Konitz – Sing a phrase – play it back.
Lesson 158: Cycle 5 – Harmonic Major
Lesson 157: 96 Melodies from any 4 Notes.
Lesson 156: Staying Relaxed While Playing Saxophone
Lesson 155: Blues Etude using Diminished and Triad Pairs
Lesson 154: Major 7 b9 Melody
Lesson 153: Minor Pentatonic Warm Up
Lesson 152: Maj Triad add #11 Tetrad
Lesson 150: Blues Etude – 4 note cell
Lesson 149: What is This Thing Called Love.
Lesson 148: I Hear A Rhapsody – Etude
Lesson 146 Part 4: Countdown, Giant Steps, Tri-Tonic
Lesson 146 Part 3: Countdown, Giant Steps, Tri-tonic
Lesson 146 Part 2: Countdown, Giant Steps, Tri-Tonic
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Lesson 145: Major Melody using #9, #11 and #5
Lesson 144: Barry Harris – Chromatic Chord Scales
Lesson 143: The Sus Chord – G7sus4
Lesson 142: Dominant Shell add #11
Lesson 141: Major #9 Melody
Lesson 140: Cycle 4 Melody – Altered
Lesson 139: Simple 3 chord Tune “Melisma”
Lesson 138: 6 Bar Tune
Lesson 137: All The Things You Are
Lesson 136: Woody and You
Lesson 135: Practicing Major Scale Melodies
Lesson 134: Chet Baker – Just Friends
Lesson 133: Singing all tensions on a Dominant 7th chord.
Lesson 132: Using Space
Lesson 131 b: 4-3 Suspension on Mrs. Jones?
Lesson 131 a: “Mrs. Jones” Natural 9
Lesson 130: Using the 9 on every chord
Lesson 129: Varijashree Venugopal – Sings Naima
Lesson 128: C Major Triad add #11
Lesson 127 Amazing Scale Warm Up!
Lesson 126: Practice PDFs
Lesson 125: Blues for Alice
Lesson 124: Shell + triad
Lesson 123: Ear Warm Up
Lesson 122: Melody: Triplets grouped in 5
Lesson 121: Fool To Want You
Lesson 120: Singing/Tapping
Lesson 119: Relative Pitch
Lesson118: All Intervals
Lesson 117: Major 9 #5 Melody
Lesson 116: The Four Half Diminished Scales
Lesson 115: Melodic Minor Modes
Lesson 114: Groupings of 5/8 Over 4/4
Lesson 113: Triads Through Scales
Lesson 112: Dominant Pentatonic: The “McCoy Tyner” Scale.
Lesson 111: 2nd Inversion Triads
Lesson 110b: Repetition – How to do it efficiently and effectively.
Lesson 110: Posture, Balance, Breath – Staying Focused and Calm
Lesson 109: Relax, Wait, Listen – Staying Focused and Calm
Lesson 108: Stardust Phrase – 12 Keys
Lesson 107: Car Practice
Lesson 106: Warm Up With Major7ths + Altered Scales
Lesson 105: 1,9,5,13 Tetrad
Lesson 104: Modes of Harmonic Minor
Lesson 103: -7b5 chords
Lesson 102: Accenting Triplets
Lesson 101: Lydian b13 Cycle 5
~Lesson 100: Triads
~Lesson 99: 4 Note Cell
-Lesson 98: Trumbauer
Lesson 97: Bergonzi
~Lesson 96: Augmented Study
~Lesson 95: Random Chords
~Lesson 94: 7Alt Monk
~Lesson 93: Scale Pattern
~Lesson 92: the 3rd and 5th
~Lesson 91: Yusef Lateef Scale
~Lesson 90: Blues Tina Brooks
~Lesson 89: Altered Melody
~Lesson 88: Bach Theme
~Lesson 87: ii-7 V7 Melody
~Lesson 86: Bird Line (2)
~Lesson 85: Intervallic Ideas
Lesson 84: Miles -Trane
Lesson 84: Visa – Charlie Parker
~Lesson 83: No Tongue
~Lesson 82: Maj7 #5 Pentatonic
Lesson 80 -Triplets in 4’s
Lesson 79: Broken Arpeggio
Lesson 78: 8th Note Feel
Lesson 77: Triadic Blues
Lesson 76: 30 Day Challenge
Lesson 75: Cycle Wheel pt.3 (Cycle 4 and 5)
Lesson 74: Cycle Wheel Pt.2 (Cycle 3 and 6)
Lesson 73: Cycle Wheel Pt.1 (Cycle 2 and 7)
Lesson 72: 3 Note Cell
Lesson 71: E Modal Melody
Lesson 70: Etudes
-Lesson 70: Augmented Melody
Lesson 69: A Major
Lesson 68: -7b5 nat 9 nat 13
Lesson 67: min triad add 9
Lesson 66: Minor Major 9
Lesson 65: Stage Fright
Lesson 64: Book ii-V-I
Lesson 63: Nat 9 ~ Flat 9
Lesson 62: Masterclass
Lesson 61: “Drop 2” Voicing
-Lesson 60: Diatonic Sequence
-Lesson 59: Spread Tri-tone
-Lesson 58: Triad Diminished
-Lesson 57: Scale Routine
-Lesson 56: Giant Steps Etude
-Lesson 55: ii – V7#5 -i dim
-Lesson 54: Triad w Neighbors
Lesson 53: pentatonic
Lesson 52: Enclosures
Lesson 51: Maj 7 #5 melody
Lesson 50: Wide Intervals
Lesson 49: sus4
Lesson 48: -7b5
Lesson 47: Dizzys’ Bebop
Lesson 46: Altered Melody
Lesson 45: Bird Line
Lesson 44: Simple ii – V7
Lesson 43: Diminished
Lesson 42: Synthetic Scale
Lesson 41: Shell + Tension
Lesson 40: HW diminished
Lesson 39: Bach Cello Suite
Lesson 38: 1st Inv Triads
Lesson 37: Singing Modes
Lesson 36: ii-V-i Harmonic Min.
Lesson 35: ii-V-i Harmonic Min
Lesson 34: V7 Altered Scale
Lesson 33: Rhythmic Grouping
Lesson 32: Bach – Minor V7 – i
Lesson 31: Bach Sing-Play
Lesson 30: Sing and Play
Lesson 29: Maj #5 #9 #11
Lesson 28: My Shining Hour
Lesson 27: 4ths-Maj7
Lesson 26: Relative Pitch
Lesson 25: 13 #11 Displaced
Lesson 24: Major Melody
Lesson 23: Harmonic Maj
Lesson 22: ii – V – I Chromatic
Lesson 21: V7 Chromatic
Lesson 20: V7 to i using -3rds
Lesson 19: Maj7 #9 #11 Melody
Lesson 18: Long Tones 2
Lesson 17: Intervallic Melody
Lesson 16: Long Tones
Lesson 15: Drones and Pedals
Lesson 14: Diminished Melody
Lesson 13: Lydian Melody in 5ths
Lesson 12: Embellished Triad
Lesson 11: Major b9, b13
Lesson 10: Whole Tone Melody
Lesson 9: Arpeggiating Voicings
Lesson 8: ii-V7 using triads
Lesson 7: C7 using Maj7(#5)
Lesson 6: Minor ii-V-i
Lesson 5: 13th Arpeggios
Lesson 4: Cycle Melody
Lesson 3: Rhythm Changes
Lesson 2: Diatonic 4ths
Lesson 1: Spread Triads

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