My playing of the saxophone is always here or there and I figured others may get something
out of some of the things I know which could potentially benefit them in some way or another.
If anyone is interested I will be most happy to supply some riffs that may possibly
help some along in their saxophone study.
I simply would like to help some out there if indeed they enjoy these and it helps them to incorporate them into their style of play.
What's important is that these riffs allow you to build your own from the style I've selected.
If some would like more, simply let me know here and I'll produce them.
In any event the riff is on Box.com
https://www.box.com/s/yqkgtc1c0umbl0r9bl7x
What I did was I played the riff the first time very slow so you could get it by ear.
The second time is how it should sound, more or less, after you get it down and understand
how to use it. This riff is in C and it's a mixture of both blues and bebop/jazz. I feel it's more important that it's learned by ear than by notation to immediately visualize it.
Once you get it down, naturally,you can transpose. Once it's under your fingers try to alter it to your liking because it allows many alternatives depending upon imagination.
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Let me also add to this, it's a good practice for mobility to........Let's say it's in C...
A fundamental passage, or launching pad, is to play the arpeggio....C-E-G and immediately go up to the octave C and go chromatically down... (C-B-Bb-A)-G-F-E-D-C-B-A-G-F-E.....for instance.
This is huge in jazz improvisation and it's something that you hear extensively. The first riff could easily append right onto this one.
https://www.box.com/s/lnjhadn0tmg1z6v2ez6g
In any event do with them as you wish and I hope someone can get something out of their use. I'd be most happy to extend anything I know that could help shed some light on improvisation. I'm not getting into chord structure, or anything like that. I assume that there are more than just jazz players here who play modally.
The riffs above work for any element of improvisation.
out of some of the things I know which could potentially benefit them in some way or another.
If anyone is interested I will be most happy to supply some riffs that may possibly
help some along in their saxophone study.
I simply would like to help some out there if indeed they enjoy these and it helps them to incorporate them into their style of play.
What's important is that these riffs allow you to build your own from the style I've selected.
If some would like more, simply let me know here and I'll produce them.
In any event the riff is on Box.com
https://www.box.com/s/yqkgtc1c0umbl0r9bl7x
What I did was I played the riff the first time very slow so you could get it by ear.
The second time is how it should sound, more or less, after you get it down and understand
how to use it. This riff is in C and it's a mixture of both blues and bebop/jazz. I feel it's more important that it's learned by ear than by notation to immediately visualize it.
Once you get it down, naturally,you can transpose. Once it's under your fingers try to alter it to your liking because it allows many alternatives depending upon imagination.
------------------------------------------------------------
Let me also add to this, it's a good practice for mobility to........Let's say it's in C...
A fundamental passage, or launching pad, is to play the arpeggio....C-E-G and immediately go up to the octave C and go chromatically down... (C-B-Bb-A)-G-F-E-D-C-B-A-G-F-E.....for instance.
This is huge in jazz improvisation and it's something that you hear extensively. The first riff could easily append right onto this one.
https://www.box.com/s/lnjhadn0tmg1z6v2ez6g
In any event do with them as you wish and I hope someone can get something out of their use. I'd be most happy to extend anything I know that could help shed some light on improvisation. I'm not getting into chord structure, or anything like that. I assume that there are more than just jazz players here who play modally.
The riffs above work for any element of improvisation.
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