Hey i really need all of the trumpet blues scales for improve in jazz band. Often new players are drawn to the instrument because of a desire to play the blues. In the bb version of this book, some exercises will fit better with the range of the trumpet and some with the range of the saxophone. The advanced trumpeter s perfect practice pdf and all sheet music downloads are free for members of learn lead trumpet. Blues scales w dominant 7th arpeggios milton high school. Inside you can find the scales in bb, and their respctive concert key, for.
Saint louis blues trumpet bb or bugle or cornet, piano easy 3 pdf 2 mp3 playalong arranger. Pentatonic major and minor are essentially the same thing starting a minor 6th up. Lesson pdf s air flow exercise art farmer whisper not bebop scales 1 bebop scales 2 interval study 1 isfahan trumpet solo by ron stout jazz licks by clifford brown jazz licks by kenny dorham jazz licks by tom harrell jazz licks by woody shaw kenny dorham solo on a slow boat to china lip flexibility 1 lip flexibility 2 major. Trumpet easy notes easy to read trumpet studies in pdf. The hexatonic sixnote blues scale is basically a minor pentatonic scale with the addition of a blue note between the fourth and the fifth degrees. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all keys. C blues scale, f blues scale, b flat blues scale, e flat blues scale, a flat blues scale, d flat blues scale, f sharp blues scale, b blues scale, e blues scale, a blues scale, d blues scale, g blues scale. A trumpet specific, embouchurebuilding supplement to craig fraedrichs scale studies for improvisation. Jazz scale applications the preceding scales are here roughly arranged from most consonant to most dissonant in relation to the following chord types. Many times its just the best choice for solo improvisation, and, as long as you play the right notes, theres really no wrong way to do it. Jazz scale sheet music for trumpet download free in pdf. The advanced trumpeters perfect practice pdf and all sheet music downloads are free for members of learn lead trumpet.
This pdf contains the scale charts for the blues scale in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. The solution below shows the bb blues scale, on the piano, treble clef and bass clef since the key of bb appears on the circle of fifths diagram as both a major and minor key, the lesson steps explain both ways of constructing this blues scale for this key the 1st construction, using the major scale, starts at lesson 3 the 2nd construction, using the minor pentatonic. When playing a twelve bar blues in the key of bb, use the bb blues scale anywhere in the chord progression. Getting started using blues scales start here for beginners. Since they are stacked minor 3rds youll only need to learn 3 different diminished scales depending on what note you start on. Adding a blue note to the regular pentatonic scale result in the pentatonic blues scale. With trumpet easy notes you can play more music, faster and the more you play the more you will be god at. How to play bb blues scale on trumpet concert ab blues scale the blues scale. Blues scales on trumpet learn your blues scales in all 12 keys with the help of this pdf. Despite its name, the blues scale is not only used in blues music.
Diminished scales are the beginning of two minor scales a tritone apart. Each of the cd tracks utilize the same 12 bar blues chord progression, 1 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 4 1 1 but feature a different musical style. Gordon is he feels, one of his most important books because of the nature of the blues scale and how it is used to improvise in many styles of contemporary music. Print and download in pdf or midi musescore3a1e9d38cd7a778fcb6c9551b4be39eb0afe63d2a0985aaa792564123d8cfb0b. One octave major and minor scales trumpet in bb author. If you could send me a link to where i could get them for free that would be cool thanks re. These scales are for obvious reasons perfect when playing blues on the piano. These are fundamental scales that every trumpeter should know. How to play bb blues scale on trumpet concert ab blues scale the blues scale consists of notes from the minor pentatonic scale but with an added note, the sharp4th or flat5th scale degree. I play baritonsax in a blues band and it would help me a lot in my improvisations.
Blues scales trumpet lexcerpts sheet music for piano. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over iivv changes. Blues scales for trumpet music lessons with mr taylor. They just ooze that minor bluesy vibe or sweet major vibe. One option then has the line returning to the root still within the pentatonic scale. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. Miller 2005 concert bb blues concert eb blues concert f blues.
A collection of most used blues scales for trumpet. After the pentatonic minor scale and major scale, the blues scale is probably the most widelyused scale in guitar improvisation. The major blues scale is some less common than the minor blues scale, and therefore we start with minor and you will find the major by. You can get more charts in with custom tunings using my interactive scale generator here. Like the tenor sax and clarinet, the trumpet sounds two semitones lower than what it reads a d sounds like a c the player has to play in a key two steps higher than the band. Upsidedown scale studies for improvisation upsidedown. Often regarded as a starter scale for those of us exploring jazz improvisation for the first time, its actually incredibly useful for improvisors of all levels it can sound convincing in almost any context. The trumpet fingering under each note, makes it easy to know and reference the correct combination of valves to use when playing this scale.
Recently i did a post about the 3 most important jazz scales for beginning improvisers. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to master. Here is a pdf of the 36 important scales major, dorian, and. Pentatonic scales trumpet pdf the following article is an excerpt from my book, recycling in jazz improvisation which can be downloaded as a pdf in my books section of. To summarize, the most important scales to learn first are the major, dorian, and mixolydian scales because they help you navigate major 7th, minor 7th, and dominant b7 chords, respectively.
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