These phrases are mostly to be perceived in a modal sense, meaning there are no other chords associated with the context of the chord. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to. Take a one or two bar phrase and transpose it to all 12 keys. Aug 31, 2016 today i want to give you 6 licks to play over minor 7 chords.
Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or riffs. This text deals with many technique issues jazz musicians encounter in the real world. How many jazz improvisers construct a completely original solo. Jason davis music lesson overview a standard lesson will last 30 minutes and will consist of 4 basic areas. In this lesson i am going to look at 5 licks that do that and talk a bit about how. If youre ready to get started, you can enroll here. I am offering a free pdf of all major and minor blues scales, written out in all keys. Therefore would it be a great idea to learn licks over 251 chord progressions. All blues tenor sax george colemans solo from the miles davis box set seven steps. The blues scale for tenor sax and bb instruments digital. Dexter digs in 23, and dexter frequently applied this lick in his own. Apr 23, 2009 a tenor sax player friend of mine back in japan showed me this. Blues in f easy solo example for tenor sax major blues.
Im playing this pattern on a bb tenor saxophone so it will sync well on trumpet. Its the most valuable way to jump start your blues skills. Tenor saxophone sheet music to download top quality pdfs. It fits nicely in the range of the saxophone, but it can be used for all instruments. These blues licks combine many of the idiomatic sequences, intervals and finger patterns, you really. Offers a chart in pdf with many variations for the alto sax. Often dexter would combine standard chord changes for the asections. David bruce has a growing reputation as a composer, with commissions from carnegie hall, the san diego symphony and the royal opera house, london. You can make some really great lines by mixing things from blues and jazz. Jazz saxophone licks, phrases and patterns by arnie berle jazz saxophone licks, phrases and patterns by arnie berle pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad written by one of todays great jazz educators, this is a system for building greatsounding jazz lines. The basics of the blues quick licks 25 jazz saxophone. The basics of the blues quick licks 25 jazz saxophone lessons duration. Licks are the musical sentences of the blues language. Its now time to combine the two devices for a musical, articulate sound.
Great stuff here with lots of potential for all swing band and blues band musicians. Since we are mixing two genres we need to get the tools to play each of them. With the blues foundation course, youll get 30 video lessons, 36 blues backing tracks in all 12 keys and four styles, a pdf course guide, and audio examples of everything youll learn. In the licks i can then easier explain where we are pulling the different parts from. Good mix of styles and tempos, good progression from. Sep, 2002 it may be fair to say that most players rely on scales and patterns aka licks, phrase or in more academic circles, formulae. If you are wishing to order the pdfmp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only. Adg productions the blues scale for tenor saxophone and bb instruments by andrew d. Nov 10, 2016 to be able to mix jazz and blues we of course need to have the material to play both jazz and blues in this position.
In this one, a blues scale lick is performed on tenor saxophone. Chromatic 3 333 3 3 3 33 3 33 33 33 3 3 3 33 concert c dorian concert c lydian. Be sure to click the subscribe button for lots of jazz improvisation and beginning sax lessons, and visit the web link above for lots of jazz saxophone practice material by atlanta based jazz sax. Jazz is an ever evolving language, the established patterns and licks are borrowed, adapted and mutated into new ones. Experiment with blues riffs pulled from the dominant 7th barre chord form. Hip licks is designed to help musicians develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary swingboppostbop that nails the changes and lays great on their instrument.
Companion cd includes all 48 riffs, played on tenor sax with full rhythm backing. Jazz saxophone licks, phrases and patterns by arnie. Basic pentatonic lick that moves by tritone and is great for. These blues licks combine many of the idiomatic sequences, intervals and. Like blues licks, country licks use minor and major pentatonic sounds with. Nows the time, billies bounce, straight no chaser, bags groove.
By working jazz guitar licks, you increase your fretboard knowledge and build a strong connection to the jazz tradition at the same time. Minors are written out in both major and minor keys. Alternately, any book on sax blues licks that you can recommend. The tenor sax part would be considered easy but that was. The saxophone should hang on the neck strap to your right side, not in the middle. Hello, i used to have an account here last year, but ill be darned if i can remember what it was. In this lesson i am going to look at 5 licks that do that and talk a bit about how they are constructed. I seem to remember back then somebody posted a link to a cool free pdf full of blues licks. Gordon and mark vega consists of, as the title suggests, 100 jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the iivi, iiiviiiv etc. This entry was posted in blog, lesson and tagged chord progression, guitar, how to play jazz guitar. These may repeat exactly over and over if they fit any chord changes, but very. Its going to be bluessongs with lyrics, hornlines and maybe one or two solos. The complete columbia recordings of miles davis 1963 1964. To be able to mix jazz and blues we of course need to have the material to play both jazz and blues in this position.
Johnny demonstrates a very helpful bending exercise combining two notesone. Impassively should the airtosurface sax blues licks protract my convict to the many lessons from which you are breadthways to disembowel its misgauge, than i would betoken your skimming. They are improv, technique, ear training and history. The great players often combine spontaneous original invention with. Listen, its also written, and slowed down note by note. The etude is in the key of c on the saxophone, which makes it a b blues for tenorsoprano sax and an e blues for altobari. The blues scale for tenor bb instruments by andrew d. Think of hip licks as a musical reference book, like a dictionary of great licks in all twelve keys, available. Blues improvisation lesson for saxophone better sax. Wardbaxter has a chart that goes up to c6,with many variations for each note.
Students will strengthen and learn to do this in the various styles of jazz and contemporary music. Free pdf of all major and minor blues scales sax on the. These are short musical ideas that you can play with and use as inspiration to create your own jazz language. Today i want to give you 6 licks to play over minor 7 chords. The g7 is combining the bdim which i also used in the previous. Of course, ideally you dont need or want these written out do you. Waggoner these sheets may be used as source material for students working on solos over blues progressions in f. Invaluable also for the school stage band or jazz band musician. Learning jazz guitar licks is essential for anyone studying the genre. Mar 07, 2018 be sure to click the subscribe button for lots of jazz improvisation and beginning sax lessons, and visit the web link above for lots of jazz saxophone practice material by atlanta based jazz sax. Solo transcriptions free charles mcneal with over 200 professionallytypeset solos in pdf format,this is easily the first place to visit when looking for sax transcriptions.
Licks are short musical phrases used in jazz, blues and rock improvising. I was unable to locate this piece arranged for tenor sax at my local music store. I found it on this site and i purchased this piece for my son14 and i to play together for my grandmothers memorial service. Solo transcriptions free charles mcneal with over 200 professionallytypeset solos in pdf format,this is easily the first place to. Copying the solos of professionals is a great way for young players to. Although there are several licks for you to learn and copy, this is not a book with lots and lots of licks for you to memorize and hopefully use in your playing. David bruce has a growing reputation as a composer, with commissions from carnegie hall, the san. You should hear them, feel them, know them, eat them and whatever comes next with them. The blues scale for tenor sax and bb instruments pdf file. Jun 02, 2016 blues and jazz are two genres that share the same roots and have a lot of things in common. Students should, of course, study the solos of great jazz players to derive even more source material.
Download the pdf sheet music below and sign up for my free play sax by. This product is an exhaustive guide to the various phrases that make up blues saxophone playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. You can open the book to any page and just start playing. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to master. Gordon and mark vega consists of, as the title suggests, 100 jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used. Blues scales alto saxophone canton high school bands.
A guide for playing the saxophone originally compiled by anthony c. David bruce cool blues sheet music for tenor saxophone. His mix of earthy oklahoma and texas blues and swinging, sax inspired phrases marked the formal emergence of the electric guitar in blues, pop, jazz, and later rock music. Gypsy jazz licks pdf to me, bebop lines consist of a lot of scale melodies, chromatic passing. These are short musical ideas that you can play with and. Jazclass natural minor scale or aeolian mode in all keys. Understanding the 12 bar blues is a sure fire way of understanding how to improvise over almost any music.
Just got your 100 blues licks for tenor saxophone today. So in this lesson, im giving you 25 easy iivi licks. For that we need an overview of the essential scales and arpeggios. Hip licks is designed to help musicians develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary swingboppostbop that nails the changes and lays great on their instrument think of hip licks as a musical reference book, like a dictionary of great licks in all twelve keys, available when you need it. Jazz etude for free download anton schwartz jazz music. Pentatonic scales and the blues scale can also be used liberally. Blues in f easy solo example for tenor sax major blues scale easy solo example for tenor sax, blues in f g for tenor sax ex. Jazz tenor saxophone scales a major d major g major c major f major bb major eb major ab major db major. This video is going over 5 minor ii v i licks demonstrating some of the. This jazz lick is great practice for slipping out of and back into any minor key you are soloing in. Jazz swing, jazz ballad, jazz funk, jazz waltz and latin jazz. Salicandro revised by skip spratt provided by lessons by mail. Sep 17, 2002 licks are short musical phrases used in jazz, blues and rock improvising. Try to play the phrase on as many sets of strings as possible.
It is an excellent reference for the jazz and blues song writer, composer, or arranger. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or riffs that make up blues sax playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Jazz patterns and licks learn some new ones, improve the. If you play the fo chord with a g bass note you will probably also. Its a line written over two choruses of blues, and is a good vehicle for dealing with articulations, inflections and the like. Some players have a memorised collection or repertoire of favourite licks that they will throw into a solo every now and then. The most important thing you can do is learn them, and then practice them the right way. It may be fair to say that most players rely on scales and patterns aka licks, phrase or in more academic circles, formulae. Riffs, on the other hand, are usually licks or phrases that are repeated as part of a tune or improvised backings.
Basic pentatonic lick that moves by tritone and is great. While you may know that its important to practice jazz guitar licks, finding the right lines to work on can be a daunting task. Lee morgans trumpet solo and benny golsons tenor sax solo on moanin use blues scale quite heavily. The blues scale for tenor saxophone and bb instruments by andrew d. This is as close to a magic pill for playing blues saxophone solos that i could create for you. For example, a short pattern that is played on two strings could be played on strings 12, 23, 34, 45, and 56. Free pdf of all major and minor blues scales sax on the web. The blues playalong and solos collection for pianokeyboards book or pdf with audio files. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. Patterns, riffs and licks for jazz and blues every week a new lick so. Mar 21, 2003 100 ultimate blues riffs for tenor saxophone is written by internationally acclaimed author and instructor andrew d. Gordon is he feels, one of his most important books because of the nature of the blues scale and how it is used to improvise in many styles of contemporary music. Good to have music you can pull out whenever you want.
Blues and jazz are two genres that share the same roots and have a lot of things in common. New styles of jazz sometimes dictate new harmonic structures. On the ljs blog we are primarily interested in nurturing our jazz community by not only giving out information you can take away, but giving you things to practice and explore. Improv improvisation is the art of composing music on the spot. This is a basic super hip minor pentatonic side slipping lick where i move by tritone every bar. Mar 09, 2018 blues in f easy solo example for tenor sax major blues scale easy solo example for tenor sax, blues in f g for tenor sax ex. No jazzinstrumetals and playing many notes for several minutes. Solo basin street blues tenor sax jazz tastic initial level tenor sax ii transcription by wolfgang m.
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