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Theory & Impro What Is The Difference In Modes?

Hey everyone. I’ve recently started turning my attention to improvising on saxophone, because I think I’ve neglected the cultivating of that skill so far. I’m familiar with scale modes and I’m roughly acquainted with how to use them, I just have one question. I know that modes on a scale are...
- Classicalsax292
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- Aug 6, 2021
- jazz improvisation modal scales
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Saxophone beginners Why these notes?

Learned folks... I am seeking help. I am looking at a transcription of a Sonny Rollins solo on the song BLUE 7. There is one of those fast runs after about 1 minute 30 and, according to the transcription, our man is playing the following notes over a G7 chord: A, C#, F, A,F, D...
- elMartillo
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- Sep 30, 2017
- beginner improvisation scales
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Theory & Impro There are only 4 scales

That should make life easy! OK assumptions: 7 notes and never semitone followed by semitone. Twice the number of tones plus the number of semitones (seats!Ironed - predictive text!) must add to 12. Modes are not new scales then TTTTTT whole tone TTSTTTS major STSTTTT altered STSTSTST...
- BrianJoeSandy
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- Sep 9, 2017
- scales
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Teaching Chromatic scale fingering

What fingerings do you teach for chromatic scale? I started on clarinet so tend to vere towards side Bb. I'm thinking fork F#, side Bb, side C. Any alternatives?
- Cazza158
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- Jul 29, 2017
- scales
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Playing the saxophone An approach to scales Major and Minor

Usual approach is first major then minor. I had got quite used to minor blues in Bb and realised the relative major comes by ignoring the 5b , adding the 2 ie C and the 6b ie F#. Bingo I now have all the notes of Db major. Obvious I suppose but it came as a revelation to me. Familiar with the...
- BrianJoeSandy
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- Feb 27, 2017
- blues scales
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Playing the saxophone Chromatic fingering?

I've decided to do something about my chromatic scales since they are not at all where they should be in fast tempos. One of the issues is definately my fingering of Bb - B - C since I've been fingering side key Bb - forefinger B - long finger C I never gave it much thought until now when I...
- sidenius
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- Feb 5, 2017
- fingering scales
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Beginner impro Major scales and chords cheat sheet

My tutor gave me this a couple of weeks ago and I am finding it useful so I asked if I could share. So here is the sheet she gives her pupils to help learn major scales and chords. Major Scales and corresponding chords chart.pdf Read it horizontally from left to right, getting the notes of...
- Rob Pealing
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- Nov 25, 2016
- beginner chords scales
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