
this solo naturally extends itself to an etude in 12 keys. Frequently on the Abmaj on the 3rd bar of a chorus he will play Ab-A-C implying a sort of A min perhaps, but that one is a mystery to me and it is played several times.Īside from a couple of other moments, those are the only deviations from his incredibly strict adherence to the chord changes.In bar 15 of chorus 10 he plays an Eb on beat 2 and an E on beat 4.In the 8th bar of the 3rd chorus he plays a G# – the #4 over Dmaj.On the first bar of the chorus he sometimes plays C# (5 over F#-) and sometimes C (b5 implying a half diminished sound).On the final bar of most of the choruses, he plays some version of a Cmin(MAJ 7) over the B7, which means often playing the note C (b9 on B7) and G (#5 over B7). Alto Saxophone Soprano Saxophone Tenor Saxophone Bb Clarinet Flute Alto Saxophone. Interested in saxophone lessons, check out teaching page.In my study of this solo, I tried to identify those few places where he played a note, or several notes outside the changes. There are very few notes or harmonies outside the given chord changes. Trane had obviously worked out the shapes and the ways of moving through the keys, and it is noteworthy how inside the changes this solo actually is. Of course, as is always the case some of the keys “lay” better than others, and this is part of the point of the exercise – the point being that one gets to face up to uncomfortable keys and shapes and tries to make every transposition sound evenly smooth. In this way, one is made to play all of Trane’s shapes all over the horn and in all different keys. His website is a little lacking in the area of ordering and he charges. On chorus 8, I move down a half step and also up an octave in order to accommodate range. Sax Solo Transcriptions I recently came across a website from a guy who has approximately 150+ transcribed sax solos. Note the 13th chorus is also in the original key. Transcriptions by Roy FFor Jazz Saxophone. I then descend a half step for each following chorus. Joshua Redman – Blues On Sunday – Joshua Redman (Warner Bros.The first chorus of my exercise is in the original key.John Coltrane – Take The Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse! 1963).John Coltrane – Flamenco Sketches – Miles Davis Kind Of Blue (Columbia 1959).John Coltrane – Stella by Starlight – Miles Davis 1958 Miles (Columbia 1958).Jimmy Mosher – Keep The Customer Satisfied – Buddy Rich Live (Liberty/Pacific Jazz 1970).Hubert Laws – Killer Joe – Quincy Jones Walkin’ in Space (Polygram 1969).Transcriptions bring variety to both live programs and recordings. Freddie Hubbard – Killer Joe – Quincy Jones Walkin’ in Space (Polygram 1969) Transcriptions serve as teaching tools they are used to learn musical styles outside of the saxophone’s mostly twentieth-century repertoire.Ernie Watts – Always Say Goodbye – Charlie Haden Quartet West (Gitanes 1994).Each etude explores specific limited vocabulary as defined in the subtitles. These etudes use the chord progression from Rhythm Changes (George Gershwins I Got Rhythm) as an example. Edgar Winter – (Simply) The Best – Foreign Affair (Capitol Records 1989) Improve your harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary, your fluency with the jazz language, and your overall creativity by practicing within parameters.Dexter Gordon – Blue Bossa – Biting the Apple (SteepleChase 1977).The song features keyboard patterns, emblematic from Duran Duran at that time, and a tenor saxophone solo played by Andy Hamilton in the middle of the piece. Rio was the fourth single released from the eponymous album of the English band Duran Duran in 1982. Clyde “Blowtop” Lynne – Jump Man, Jump – w/ Piano Red (Groove 1955) Play the Rio sheet music with saxophone solo for soprano, alto or tenor saxophone.Includes note-for-note transcriptions, phrasing, chord symbols. Clifford Solomon – Good Time Boogie – John Mayall Jazz Blues Fusion ( Polydor 1972) Uncovered 10 Transcriptions by Chris Gumbley Solo Soprano & Alto Sax (Clarinet).

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