saxmaniac
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what notes do you use?what notes do you most oftenly use in improvisation?
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altosaxgeek5
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Well.. all of them.. but when I'm just doodling around, I LOVE low Eb and Eb 2. I dunno why, I just think those notes sound great on my horn.
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JPSaxMan
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On tenor I love Bb...and I now love altissimo G which I just started playing tonite!
On alto I love palm D, E, and above. I've been honing on my altissimo register lately, but when it sounds like I'm killing an alien when I try altissimo G on the alto, I think I'm doing it wrong  
On bari I love the low A...just...roar!
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CMelodyMan
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High D on alto is awesome, and if you have a vintage sax like I do, G# is cool because you have the G# trill key. I don't play tenor often, but anything sounds cool on it, and bari!
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CMelodyMan
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Altissimo notes are always cool, especially on alto and bari.
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saxmaniac
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Thanks for your help guys. :D
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JPSaxMan
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Eww...altissimo notes on bari IMO=dying cow 
I once played an old Conn alto with that G# trill key...pretty cool 
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altosaxgeek5
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Now I know why I like the Eb so much. I usually do it Eb-D-C, in a triplet rhythm... and now I found that that's part of a blues scale... :D Gotta love the blues scales!
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Bleeding Gums Murphy
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I use a lot of D blues, A blues, and C blues triplet runs and riffs. They just sound so COOL.
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Arlen
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"Passing" notes make a lick interesting. For example, in a C7 chord - use C#, Eb, F, F#, G# on your way to established notes in the C7 chord (C, E, G, Bb).
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Arlen
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Oops - should have mentioned using those passing notes on the way to ANY established notes in the C7 scale (C,D,E,F,G,A,Bb,C)
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CMelodyMan
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and high A sounds cool on c melody, as does G# because of the trill key.
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JazZz
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*on my alto I use a lot of G and D blues
*A lot of my solo's typically start in the middle of my range, than go up to high D-G (altissimo I think) and than down to low C and Bb
*I all so like to play Middle E, C, A, and G in different variations (in that order)
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CMelodyMan
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| JPSaxMan wrote: | Eww...altissimo notes on bari IMO=dying cow
I once played an old Conn alto with that G# trill key...pretty cool |
Oh, you should hear me play a double high A on bari! :D It sounds aewsome.
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JPSaxMan
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Maybe I should try it again but sure, let me hear ya!
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CMelodyMan
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I let ya hear, but the bari's at school  . Maybe in August.
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JPSaxMan
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