Hi, welcome to Week Six of all the saxophone lessons. This week, we're going to be working on learning the second melody in our song, which is for the B section. Now this melody has an entrance, meaning where we start playing it, that's unusual. The first melody began at the beginning of the bar. The second melody is going to start after the third beat of the bar. So in the practice video, there's going to be a count in that's going to help explain when To begin, and you can practice that a few times to become really confident on where the entrance is.
Now the notes for the melody are C sharp, D sharp, E, E, E, D sharp, D, D sharp, C sharp, B, B, C sharp. And in this melody. The only notes that we're playing without the octave key are the C sharps and the B's. And here's what it sounds like. Just like the A section melody, it's repeated twice whenever we're doing it. So you'll hear that in the backing track when it's time to play.
A little note about how to enter confidently when you're playing a melody is you have to sort of throw yourself into it. Music is something that happens in the moment and there's a little bit of anticipation that's required for you to land in the right place. If your mind has to think, now I start you're always going to be slightly behind everything. So it's if you've played Sports before, it's a lot like, if I'm throwing a ball to someone who's running, I have to throw it to where they're going to be not where they are when I let it go. And playing a music and entering and playing rhythms, right has a lot to do with the same kind of thinking, which is you're anticipating where you're going to start making sure to breathe early so that you have the air ready to begin right in the right place.
Another great analogy I like is, it's a lot like you drop your hat in a river and you reach down to grab it where it is, it's gone. If you want your hat back, you have to anticipate where it's going to be and go and get it. Alright, keep up the great work and I'll see you in the practice video.