BC406 - G Blues Scale
Posted by Daniel Christian on 22 Apr 14:26
In this Free Online Saxophone Beginners Video Lesson, Dan shows you how to play the G blues scale on Saxophone and gives you a few tips on how to practise and use it effectively when you begin to improvise.
Getting Bluesy With it
After this lesson you should know 2 Blues Scales.
G Bb C C# D F G
Saxophone Practise Tip Number 1
Play the scale steadily up and down in a variety of Rhythms as you have (hopefully!) been doing with the other scales
Saxophone Practise Tip Number 2
Extend the range to a 12th as illustrated in the free video.
Saxophone Practise Tip Number 3
Play with patterns, choose the first couple of notes and bounce between them. Choose random notes and try and make a mini Improvisation.