Years ago I invested in many different video lessons and eBooks from saxophonist and educator Steve Neff. Recently while going through my older hard drive, I found some of these and decided to revisit these videos.
I remember how much they helped my approach to practicing jazz back then. Now, coming back to it, I still get a lot out of the videos.
For today’s review, I’m sharing my thoughts on Steve Neff’s video Practicing Double-Time Licks Lesson that I bought back in 2017. In this video, Steve goes through a Sonny Stitt double time lick and uses that as a basis to teach us how to really master double time licks. The cool thing about this video is that it really feels like taking a private lesson with Steve Neff on this topic.
As you go through the video, and especially if you practice the line in the process he prescribes, you can get a lot of milleage from the lesson. I find that his demonstrations of his practice routine really valuable and insightful.
Most of the advice might seem logical but it’s interesting to see how many people actually practice this way. My guess is probably not as many since even when I teach students, double time lines is a challenge that many face.
In conclusion, if you’ve ever had any issues learning double time lines in a jazz context effectively, this video might just be something worth getting to help you out. It certainly was helpful to me and I believe it might be for some of you too.
Pros: Great video lesson, well taught and well arranged.
Cons: None.
TLDR: For anyone who wants to level up their double time playing and vocabulary, this video is a straight to the point lesson on this topic.
Get the video lesson here: https://www.neffmusic.com/blog/product/practicing-double-time-licks-lesson/
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