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Tonal organizations and applications over dominant 7th chords. Now all you have to do for this exercise is play all of them. Scales tenor saxophone moving through the circle of fifths by adding flats created by ken dahlin f major concert e flat major b flat major concert a flat major e flat major concert d flat major a flat major concert g flat major enharmonic to f sharp major. Saxophone music, soprano saxophone, tenor sax, alto sax sheet music, violin sheet music, music sheets, piano. I was unable to locate this piece arranged for tenor sax at my local music store. If you play alto youre going to be playing your g majore minor pentatonic scale. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. A set of pentatonic scale exercises to supercharge your. This pdf lesson includes a number of diminished scale patterns along with a.
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Feel free to try and go up even higher if you can, but its ok. View, download and print bb tenor saxophone fingering charts pdf template or form online. It offers high quality pdf sheet music files with audio mp3 and mp3 accompaniment files. Some people seem to be able to memorize the bluesjazz patterns by flatting this and sharping that, etc. This free chart shows young musicians how the notes on the saxophone are organized by fingering and octave, making it much easier to memorize.
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