-- Posted by Prysim 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 -- Posted by isobel at 5:34 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 I'm not sure what the question is... -- Posted by decrescendo 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. :( -- Posted by brisco at 5:35 pm on Dec. 6, 2008 idk what your talking about i'm just a singer sorry!!!!!       -- Posted by 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? -- Posted by Prysim 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 -- Posted by guitar freak 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 -- Posted by baby brandi 1408 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 :( -- Posted by Micus 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. -- Posted by baby brandi 1408 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!! -- Posted by xJulianaxElizabethx at 7:30 pm on Dec. 15, 2008 i would help.. but i'm a trumpet player and completly horrible at soloing.