Hi
I'm pro saxophonist Jamie Anderson and
you're watching Get Your SaxTogether.
Every week I sax up your Sunday with
free online lessons covering
technique stuff, tips on improvising and
my unique breakdowns of the world's most
famous sax lines.
And what could be more famous than the
internet sensation that is
Epic Sax Guy.
The Epic Sax Guy song is actually from
Moldova's entry in the 2010 Eurovision
Song Contest in Oslo.
The song's real name is 'Run Away' and it
was performed by the SunStroke Project,
featuring the hip-thrusting alto sax
of Sergey Stepanov.
Founder band member Stepanov has put
Transnistria in Moldova on the map
and his legendary  eight bar sax break has
been variously looped,
remixed, re-pitched and re-edited into a
multitude of different online versions,
including my personal favorite that
features Gandolf nodding out of time for
10 hours. Hmm!
To me, it seems likely that Epic Games
copied Stepanoff's performance
for their Phone It In Emote sax dance in
the online video game Fortnite.
You can learn the Fortnite sax riff on
the video linked on the card above
now by the way. After coming seventh in
2010, SunStroke made a Eurovision
comeback in
2017, coming third with their song Hey
Mama which subsequently became
the Ultra Sax Guy song. If you want to
learn the Ultra Sax Guy riff,
let me know in the comments below. Keep
watching to the end because I let the
backing track run for you
to play along with, and use the link in
the description below to download your
free pdf
sheet music for Epic Sax Guy, which also
features a fingering chart.
Yes! Due to popular demand I've included
a fingering chart for this one.
And just before we learn the riff, be
sure to go and check out my one hour
Saxophone Success Masterclass, which is
an awesome
free lesson with me covering all things
saxophone. Just click the link in the
description
or use the link below. Right, without
further ado, let's learn the Epic Sax
Guys song.
There are two phrases to learn, and this
is a nice easy one to learn if you're a
beginner on sax.
I'm teaching you this in the original
key of concert D minor,
which is B minor for alto and E minor
for tenor, although
many of the online versions have it
pitched up a semitone to concert G minor.
If you go and get your free PDF sheet
music for Epic Sax Guy from the
description, I've written it out with
fingering charts in both
keys. Here's phrase one, which you are
going to play twice.
The only tricky thing about this song is
the fast tonguing.
Go to my Tonguing part 1 video, linked
above now,
to get up to speed on the basics of
articulation. Here's the second half of
the riff now,
in slow motion.
Now we can put it all together. As usual,
make sure you observe the right long
notes and short notes when you play this
if you want to sound convincing,
and really try and dig into the rhythm.
If you want to sound more pro and less
like a beginner,
check out my recent YouTube Live session
linked on the card above now.
After I played it a few times the
backing track will then run again for
you
to play along with. Have fun!
So that's it for this Sunday, I hope you
enjoyed this slightly more off-the-cuff
lesson,
learning the Epic Sax Guy song. Hey,  I
love my hard core Coltrane,
but it doesn't always have to be too
serious, does it? Don't forget to pick up
your free PDF from the link in the
description and if you want to learn
more in-depth sax stuff go to
www.getyoursaxtogether.com/masterclass to get your free
one-hour lesson with me.
As always, thanks for watching and
supporting me
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Next Sunday you'll be learning how to
play one of my favorite sax tracks of
all time -
Pick Up The Pieces by The Average White
Band. Until then,
practice hard and practice smart, but
above all
have plenty of fun. See ya!
which suddenly ah
former founder ben
has put trans transnistria
