The Blues Scale For Tenor Saxophone & Bb Instruments (book/CD)

ADG Productions
Author : Andrew D. Gordon
Serie: Andrew D. Gordon Saxophone

The Blues Scale For Tenor Saxophone And Bb Instruments by Andrew D. Gordon is an invaluable guide to the blues scale, explaining how it is used to improvise in many styles of contemporary music.

This book contains 20 grooves in 13 styles:
Pop: 2 Grooves
Rock: 3 Grooves
Blues: 2 Grooves
Jazz: 1 Groove
Funk: 3 Grooves
R&B: 1 Groove
Latin: 1 Groove
Gospel: 2 Grooves
New Age: 1 Groove
Reggae: 1 Groove
Calypso: 1 Groove
Acid-Jazz: 1 Groove
Country: 1 Groove

In The Blues Scale For Tenor Saxophone And Bb Instruments the blues scale and relative minor blues scale are covered in detail. This book explains how they are used either separately or together in the patterns for each style (the relative minor blues scale is generally not used in minor keys).

Each of the 20 grooves in this book contains over 150 patterns in total, using notes solely from the blues scale. Each groove utilizes a chord progression that is commonly used for that style of music. The patterns generally start off fairly simply and become more complex as the groove progresses.