I'm moving into serious jazz now after playing for the high school
jazz band. I know all my major scales just fine, but while
improvising, I find myself going to my teacher, asking what blues
scale I can slip in, or just simply what notes work where, instead of
looking to actually understand the symbols that represent the chord
changes. Now that I'm getting out of a school jazz environment I
really want to familiarize myself and actually learn and understand
all these new things with jazz. Can anyone help me with a quick and
easy way to get started? I was thinking start with Bb scale one week,
and get all the alterations of that scale down, then next week move to
the Eb and F scales, is that a good Idea? I play Alto Saxophone,
here's a video of one of my solos if you want a glimpse at what i know
(I know I played out of key one note, part of my motivation to really
get this jazz improv and creativity thing down)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F9eNAahTpc 3:30-4:30 try not to bash
too much (And yeah I was jackin around with altissimo.. bad idea on
concert day :P) Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!
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