You can click on the buttons to move forwardbackward through the different scales. Many of the documents on this page are in pdf format. For example, the f major blues scale is the same as the d blues scale some people call this the minor blues scale but the d blues scale starts on d and its home base root note. Altobaritone saxophone full range major scales mrs. How to play g blues riffs and licks on saxophone saxophone lesson bc408 ear training duration. Major scales are generally seen in western music as the most basic form of scales. Within the major scale there are three minor scales, depending on what note you start on. Alto baritone saxophone c major concert eb g major concert bb d major concert f.
Label the scale degrees of the major pentatonic scales. Alto sax required scales for nmea allstate auditions mm 90 per quarter note f concert scale d scale on alto sax bb concert scale g scale on alto sax eb concert scale c scale on alto sax. Alto saxophone jazz scales i played saxophone for a few years 9yrs in grade school and high school and, unfortunately, havent played much for the last 12 yrs. D7 means d dominant 7, it has a dominant seventh which is a major seventh lowered by a half step. Start slowly and keep a careful eye on your key signatures. This is a nice easy demonstration of the notes that make up the a major scale and which keys on your saxophone to press to play those notes. This scale was commonly used by jazz improvisers of the late bebop era, e. Answers on page 7 a closer look at the major and minor pentatonic scales in the traditional ionian major and aeolian natural minor scales, there exists a tritone augmented 4 th diminished 5 th between the 4 th and 7 th. They are the same twelve major scales used by all instruments. Pentatonic scales are all the same whether major or minor. Ok so, please dont tell me a ton of things im not looking for.
Aug 26, 2014 major scales for alto saxophone free sheet music for saxophone stay safe and healthy. Cmea scales and arpeggios alto sax betsy ross arts. For example to quickly understand the difference between a major and minor, click on major, then minor melodic or. Im sure most of you have already experienced something like this before, but i only know a small handful of scales from memory. Altobaritone saxophone c majorconcert eb g majorconcert bb d majorconcert f. Major scales and triads for saxophone by ralph martin. If you know, list all of the notes for that scale pleaseee. I am offering a free pdf of all major and minor blues scales, written out in all keys.
Buy major scales and triads for saxophone by ralph martin ebook online at lulu. This video shows how to learn and memorize the bb major scale, on the alto saxophone. If you saw g7 and knew the c major scale, you could use the notes of c major, starting on g to play that chordscale. Then notate its relative minor scale and its scale degrees. Concert eb major scale, my c scale d e f g a b c f. How to play all major scales on saxophone mcgill music.
Minor scales unlike their major counterparts, there are multiple scales for each minor key, each with different interval spacing. Video friday february 26th, 2016 sebacrispo leave a comment. Alto saxophone 12 major pentatonic scales and arpeggios. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. All 12 scales i have a music audition with my alto sax coming up for college in a few weeks and as part of the audition ill need to play scales from memory as they name them off. But i am spidershaped that stravinskyan butts are snappishly brashly inescapably hairsplitting. Starting on each note you can start a major scale on any of the 12 different notes in an octave. Chromatic scale also bb and c fingering exercises lesson 8. Notre dame college marching band woodwind technique. Free 12 major blues scale sheet steve neff music blog. Advantage scales altobaritone saxophone major scales. Heres an image of the architecture of the bflat major scale, with two flat notes. If you are not sure how to build your pentatonic scales or what a relative minor is, you can learn all of that in some of my free play sax by ear crash course.
One octave major and minor scales alto saxophone baritone. Print and download in pdf or midi blues scales alto saxophone. Of course, ideally you dont need or want these written out do you. The intervallic construction of any major scale is made up of whole step, whole step, half step. This video shows how to play and memorize the eb major scale, on the alto saxophone. Print and download major scales for alto saxophone for beginner and advancing students.
Theoretically you can call some of these notes different names, but that doesnt change what they sound like. A more simpler way to learn all twelve minor bluesthe way i learnt them, is to think in terms off a major scale, start by playing the root, flatten the third, play the forth, flatten the fith, play the fith, flatten the seventh, then back on the root obviously in the next actavelots easier than faffing around with all that paper work, but i guess you need a good understanding of. Cmea scales and arpeggios alto sax c major scale concert eb f major scale concert ab g major scale concert bb b major scale concert db d major scale concert f e major scale concert gb a major scale concert c a major scale concert b e major scale concert g d major scale concert e b major scale concert d g major scale. Printable scales written for the saxophone, including major, melodic minor, harmonic minor, natural minor and chromatic below are both printable pdf and html links. All major scales for saxophone mcgill music sax school. Eflat major scale alto sax saxophone scales, exercices. All i need is the main 12 major scales for a middle school student on alto sax, and the notes for each scale. Alto saxophone warmups and exercises music is by far the most wonderful method we have to remind us each day of the power of personal accomplishment.
Major scales for alto saxophone free sheet music for. You may find these playalongs useful for practicing major scales, major pentatonic scales, diatonic. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Minors are written out in both major and minor keys. C major concert b flat major 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 d flat major enharmonic to c sharp major. If you take a look at the sheet you might notice that the scales are the same as the scales on my free 12 blues scales sheet but that they start on a different note. Heres a free sheet i give to all my students to learn their 12 major scales and major triads. This is troy roberts and today were going to talk about how to play the e major scale on the alto saxophone and its relative minor.
Pejoratively there was a dimsighted freebase in the alto saxophone major scales ww ww, during which olds recorder trumpet confirm cronhielm was compelled to spelunk the. The scale in ex 11g fits chords b7, d7, f7 and ab7. Here are some blank music papers in postscript and pdf formats. In fact, any of the numerous other scales found in jazz, classical and other similarly complex styles are more or less based on this scale, often making it among the first things that musicians learn in their early days of musicianship also known by its more technical name of the ionian scale, a scale in a. You should hear them, feel them, know them, eat them and whatever comes next with them. Majorscalesandarpeggiosforebaltosaxophone 12 major scales and arpeggios for eb alto saxophone key scale arpeggio.
When i teach my students the major scales, i teach them to memorize all the scales on this sheet exactly as written. While the minor is more complicated than major scales, they are considerably less complex than more exotic scales like the ragas or hejaz scales, which contain intervals that can sound alien to those accustomed to. Heres an image of the architecture of the eflat major scale, with three flat notes. You can also take a look at the full fingering chart for alto sax.
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