Put your scale sheet away and play saxophone scales by ear. Lift up 2, but leave 1 down. Lift up 1 and put 2 down.
Here is a list of all major scales: - D Major Scale. Here are a couple of tips that will help you with the process of learning. A third tip to finish this off, practising chromatically is a really great way to learn saxophone scales, and so is learning your scales in families. The main fingerings: And the fingerings: Note #5 — C. The main fingering: The alternate fingering: Note #6 — D. Note #7 — E. Note #8 — F. Concert b flat scale for alto sax play. The F-sharp Major Scale. This scale has one flat: B-flat.
I know that it's really important to know the notes of your scales. Tip #2 — Always Use a Metronome. These tips won't necessarily make learning any easier but they will deinitely make it a bit more fun. All Major Scales on the Saxophone. There are three main fingerings: And then, there are two alternate fingerings: Note #6 — C. And there is one alternate fingering: Note #7 — D. Note #7 — E-flat. After that you can set yourself a challenge of doing all your major scales up chromatically with your metronome over one octave. That's a good place to start if you don't know what ear training or playing by ear means. In fact, I recommend sticking with just three scales at a time to ease yourself into learning saxophone scales. The next scale we are going to look at is the C-sharp major scale. And if you were looking for the major pentatonic scales instead, here is the saxophone major pentatonic scales guide.
So the first scale on the saxophone—the D-major scale. As with all the other scales we have looked at, there are seven different notes in this scale with the first note repeated an octave higher at the end. Take off your right hand. Tip #3 — Practice Chromatically, Learn Scales in Families. Note #8 — C. The C-sharp Major Scale. Make sure that you are signed in or have rights to this area.
Note #8 — D. The fingering for this note is similar with the Low D but with the octave key. This is a really great way to practice. There are patterns that you'll see in related pieces of music and everything ties in together. If, for instance, you are really comfortable with the d-major scale, try and work out the E-flat major scale. And here are the fingering charts for the F major scale: Note #1 — F. Note #2 — G. Note #3 — A. But if you're going up in sets of three every week, before you know it you'll have your fingers around all of those scales. With C-sharp, you are not holding any keys down on the saxophone.
Note #8 — E. This E is an octave above the previous one. We've probably all got scale sheets with all the notes written out but, perhaps, the best way to learn the scales is to loose the music. Christy Hubbard, Back to Previous Page Visit Website Homepage. The next scale is E-flat major scale. Tip #1 — Play Saxophone Scales by Ear. What we're going to do to cover all the major scales on the saxophone is start off with D-major and then run each scale over one octave only up and down and then move up in semitones all the way up.
Here are the notes of the B major scale: And here are the fingering charts for the B major scale: Note #1 — B. I wrote an article on how to play saxophone by ear in the How to Play Saxophone Notes series. It is an octave above Low D. The E-flat Major Scale. C-sharp Major Scale. You could just take every note from the D-major scale up a half step, you could think about the structure or key of that scale, whatever your system is. If you are learning the A-major scale, for instance, spend some time looking at the F-sharp minor scale.
Note #5 — F. Note #6 — G. Note #7 — A. You can also contact the site administrator if you don't have an account or have any questions. This way we are going up and down and we are really cementing those scales in our minds and we are using our ears to guide us. Put down 1, 2, and 3. This scale has three sharps: C-sharp, F-sharp and G-sharp. This scale has five sharps: C-sharp, D-sharp, F-sharp, G-sharp and A-sharp. B-flat has a lot of options. Scales are such an important part of playing the saxophone.