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do you know the blues scale for an alto saxophone??

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xxIm_Amazingxx

PostPosted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:38 pm


i really need help with this guys. i need to practice them over the summer so i can get into symphony AND jazz band. thanks alot.
 
PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:25 am


The blues scale can be applied to different scales, so let me give you the pattern, using a major scale's notes as an example (all of these are in concert, sorry!)

Ok, so let's call our notes 1sts, 2nds, 3rds, and so on, to 8

So, therefore, Bb, in the Bb Major scale, is 1st, C is 2nd, etc.


The blues scale goes:

1st, flat 3rd, 4th, sharp 4th, 5th, flat 7th, 8th, and back down

Here's a few examples:

Bb Blues Scale:

Bb, Db, Eb, E, F, Ab, Bb

F Blues Scale:

F, Ab, Bb, B, C, Eb, F


Hope that helps--color coded each "lesson" of it to make it easier to read!

Kyuusai Kuruu

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