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Prysim Posted at 5:33 pm on Dec. 6, 2008
im tyring to do a jazz solo for Zoot Suit Riot on tenor sax,, the song has Bb thats all most of the Fs r sharped,,, i cant think of anything,, please help

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xJulianaxElizabethx Posted at 7:30 pm on Dec. 15, 2008
i would help..
but i'm a trumpet player and completly horrible at soloing.
baby brandi 1408 Posted at 10:16 pm on Dec. 6, 2008
Quote: from Micus at 8:17 pm on Dec. 6, 2008

Quote: from baby brandi 1408 at 8:44 pm on Dec. 6, 2008

Well that is really odd.. because Bb major and g minor(relative minor) neither one have a Fsharp in the key.. But if your improvising I would suggest stick with Bb major and noodle on that and see how you sound.. If i had the piece in front of me I could help better :(

Actually, F# definitely is in the key of G minor. It's the leading tone.

The best way to start out improvising is to mess around with the preexisting melody. I'm sure you'll have a segment of the melody ( G G Bb G GG! Bb Bb G Bb C Bb A in the key of g minor) at some point, just run with that and put in little embellishments.  

You can make it bluesy by adding in C#s, mess around with C# D C and Bb, they're really juicy chord tones.

Another thing is to outline the triad of the chord in the measure you're playing in. They usually display the chords in the music above the bars.


Shit your completely right.. lol you can tell i took finals today i'm loosing my mind!!

Micus Posted at 6:17 pm on Dec. 6, 2008
Quote: from baby brandi 1408 at 8:44 pm on Dec. 6, 2008

Well that is really odd.. because Bb major and g minor(relative minor) neither one have a Fsharp in the key.. But if your improvising I would suggest stick with Bb major and noodle on that and see how you sound.. If i had the piece in front of me I could help better :(

Actually, F# definitely is in the key of G minor. It's the leading tone.

The best way to start out improvising is to mess around with the preexisting melody. I'm sure you'll have a segment of the melody ( G G Bb G   GG!  Bb Bb G Bb C Bb A in the key of g minor) at some point, just run with that and put in little embellishments.

You can make it bluesy by adding in C#s, mess around with C# D C and Bb, they're really juicy chord tones.

Another thing is to outline the triad of the chord in the measure you're playing in. They usually display the chords in the music above the bars.

baby brandi 1408 Posted at 5:44 pm on Dec. 6, 2008
Well that is really odd.. because Bb major and g minor(relative minor) neither one have a Fsharp in the key.. But if your improvising I would suggest stick with Bb major and noodle on that and see how you sound.. If i had the piece in front of me I could help better :(
guitar freak Posted at 5:39 pm on Dec. 6, 2008
Quote: from Isobel at 5:34 pm on Dec. 6, 2008

I'm not sure what the question is...
this
Prysim Posted at 5:39 pm on Dec. 6, 2008
Quote: from baby brandi 1408 at 5:36 pm on Dec. 6, 2008

I am taking it your improvising then? And you said its in Bb with F sharps?

yes

baby brandi 1408 Posted at 5:36 pm on Dec. 6, 2008
I am taking it your improvising then? And you said its in Bb with F sharps?
brisco Posted at 5:35 pm on Dec. 6, 2008
idk what your talking about i'm just a singer sorry!!!!!      
decrescendo Posted at 5:34 pm on Dec. 6, 2008
oh dang it, i was really excited because of my band geekiness...but I'm not good at jazz at all. :(
isobel Posted at 5:34 pm on Dec. 6, 2008
I'm not sure what the question is...
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