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Michael Brecker Licks Pdf Download bytlly.com/16ka1h. Michael Brecker is a genius. I sat down with this book and was blown away by how difficult it was to play. The transcriptions seemed to be spot on but, buyer beware, unless you are a very gifted sax player, it is going to take some serious practice time if you want to play this anywhere near the level that Brecker did.

I’ve been practicing for a while on Robert Hartig’s The Giant Steps Scratch Pad Complete,whose subtitle –155 Licks and Patterns in Every Key to Help You Master John Coltrane’s Challenging Tune –gives quite a precise idea of what it’s all about.

What the title and subtitle don’t say is how well the book is organized. Unlike most other pattern books,which take a pattern and transpose it along all twelve keys,this book takes the opposite approach:it contains twelve chapters,one for each key. The material is basically the same for each chapter,except that highest or lowest notes might be altered to fit the sax range.

Each chapter is 20 pages long and is further subdivided in two sections,which reflect Giant Steps’A-B structure,where A and B sections are 8 measures each. (Section A is what is usually referred to as the “Giant Steps cycle”.) Patterns in the “A”section of each chapter are 4-measure long and must be manually transposed by a major third down to cover the 8 measures,whereas patterns in the “B”section of each chapter are 8-measure long and require no manual transposition.

Both “A”and “B”chapter sections end with one page devoted to patterns over the augmented scale. This is interesting because you can play the augmented scale over the entire Giant Step progression without sounding too dissonant. (You can also sound too boring,if you play the augmented scale long enough,but that’s another story…).

My experience with this book is quite positive. Most patterns aren’t the kind of 1-2-3-5 pattern that you can find in other similar books and are more musical and less predictable than most Giant Steps pattern seen elsewhere. I should add that I haven’t practiced over it for as long as I wished. Even if the author explains that the book is the result of his own studies over many years,he himself admits he hasn’t practiced all those patterns in all possible keys,and in fact I doubt that many sax players in the world can ever play Giant Steps in any key. At any rate,if you want to be among that small elite,than this book surely gives you years of studying.

The unusual A-B structure of the book is intriguing,even though in some cases I found myself wishing I had all possible transpositions of a given pattern in one page,something that may make sense if you want to play “outside”or want to superimpose the Giant Steps sequence over a modal tune or a tune with a different harmonic progression.

The pages devoted to the augmented scale are welcome,for me at least,because I never practiced this scale as intensely as I wished. To be true,I would have liked to see more rhythmic variety,as most patterns just straight 8th notes,but tweaking a pattern to make it look like an original musical idea is part of every musician’s bag of expertise and it isn’t the goal of this book.

The author recommends to practice these patterns along with an Aebersold,however it is very impractical to do so,because the A-B structure of the book means that you can’t practice a pattern over an entire chorus. Instead,you should use a Band-in-a-Box file,which allows you to repeat portions of the songs. (Of course,this latter piece of advice assumes that you own BIAB.)

As a saxopedia reader,you have a third,better choice. To practice on Giant Steps I created a chord sequence with ChordPulse,and you don’t need to buy anything because you can download the free ChordPulse Player. You can now practice any portion of Giant Steps,in any key and at any tempo,without spending a dime,by just download this ZIP file. (I have described ChordPulse in this post and also prepared some common chord sequences,which you can download from here.)

You can order The Giant Steps Scratch Pad Complete e-book from Robert Hartig’s Stormhornweb site,where you can also find many other interesting articles related to sax playing and specifically on Giant Steps,such as this one.

Happy reading and happy practicing!

Fingering charts

The Woodwing Fingering Guide
This site has the most exhaustive charts for the regular and altissimo registers.

Level 3 Solutions
Has fingerings for notes up to D8,with many fingerings that are specific for given sax models.

Insubrica Saxophone Society
Offers a chart in PDF with many variations for the alto sax.

WardBaxter
Has a chart that goes up to C6,with many variations for each note.

Solo transcriptions (free)

Charles McNeal
With over 200 professionally-typeset solos in PDF format,this is easily the first place to visit when looking for sax transcriptions. The solos are high quality and the page is updated on a regular basis.

EJMA Woodwind Section
A great source for all saxophonists,with many high quality transcriptions that are often transpose in Eb,Bb,and C (concert key).

Casa Vandez Studio
Since 2005 David Valdez is managing one of the best sites devoted to sax lovers,with dozens of articles,transcriptions,tips,interviews,etc. Best of all,new information is added almost on a daily basis. Don’t miss this one!

Sax-Shed
A little gold-mine,with many pages devoted to practicing and a section containing many transcriptions. Some PDFs only include the initial or central portion of the solo,yet you can get many hard-to-find solos here.

Michael Brecker Live Recordings
A large collection of Michael Brecker’s solos. Louis Gerritz offers his own transcriptions as well as a lot of material provided by other players. Even not counting links to external sites,you can find over 70 original transcribed solos,and new ones are added every now and then.

Bob Berg Transcription Page
Rodolfo Varani did a superb job in transcribing many Bob Berg’s themes and solos.

The Cannonball Adderley Rendez-Vous
As it name suggests,this site –maintained by Giles Miton –is entirely devoted to Cannonball Adderley and showcases his biography,discography,sax setup,etc. There is also a page with solo transcriptions in Eb,Bb,and C,with a RealAudio file of the actual solo.

Steve Khan
Steve is a guitar player who transcribed many interesting solos from important jazz improvisers. The lion’s share is about guitar players,but Steve obviously loves sax players too,and the list includes a few gems. What makes this material precious and unique is that it includes the MP3 file and a thorough analysis of each solo.

Scooby-Sax
Jeff Rzepiela transcribed many sax solos and made them available in Bb,Eb,and C keys. He even provided an analysis and a set of recommended exercises for some of these solos. You need to register to download PDF files.

Transcriptions Pool‘s
A directory of scores and transcribed solos – for all music genders,not just jazz. It allows you to search its collection by style,instrument,or artist. It is also possible to filter by date,therefore it’s easy to quickly find the material added after your last visit.

Scribd
In case you aren’t familiar with it already,Scribd is a repository for shared documents of all sorts. There are many solos that aren’t available anywhere else,the only problem is finding them. For example,try seaching for “solo transcription” and see what you get.

Jazz Bari Sax
The site every baritone sax player should include among its favorites (or maybe use as his home page). As you may expect,it has a page entirely devoted to transcriptions.

JazzItalia
JazzItalia is where many Italian jazz players meet and discuss. Their transcription section is well organized and all solos are accompanied by an MP3 file (often with a slowed down version for study purposes).

Loren Weisbrod
A site with several transcriptions for tenor sax players. Worth a visit.

Harder Bop
Kelly Buchener manages this informative blog. The list of transcribed solos is in the left column.

Practice Portal
James Mahone maintains this superb blog that contains a lot of useful material for music students. There isn’t a specific section for transcriptions,but yuo can easily search for them.

Associative Continuum Jazz et Musiques Improvisées
Many resources for jazz players,even though its transcription section is hardly usable. Some very good solos,though.

Brent Stuntzner
As a guitarist,Brent has transcripted a lot of guitar solos,but it also found the time to work on solos by Charlie Parker,John Coltrane,Johnny Griffin,and Paul Desmond.

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South Carolina School of Music
Some assorted solos can be found here,mostly by piano players with some saxophonists.

Jazz-Clarinet
The place to visit –for info and transcriptions –if you play the wooden instrument. You have to register to download any PDF file.

Solo transcriptions ($$$)

www.saxsolos.com
Curtis Swift has transcribed over 2000 solos and sells them at $0.50 per page. For one extra buck you can have the solo in another key (e.g. you can have a tenor solo transcribed for alto). The solos are high-quality and beatifully typeset,and rival those you can find in books. Within a few hours after the PayPal or credit card payment you will receive an email with the solos your ordered,in PDF format. You can also ask Curtis to transcribe a solo that you provide as an MP3 file (for a higher fee).

JazzNote.co.uk
Here you can find solos for any instrument,including piano. They charge 3 UK pounds per page for solos that are already available,and they can transcribe a solo for you.

www.cannonballjazz.com
This site by Doc Stewart offers virtually all Cannonball’s solos in paper form,for a total of 10 books and nearly 400 solos. Each book costs between 16$ and 80$,plus shipping fees. Solos are not available as individual PDF files.

www.dextergordon.com
This site showcases about 20 “official” transcriptions of Dexter Gordon’s solos. Presumably,these are the same solos that are found in Dexter Gordon Jazz Saxophone Solo Book,however you can purchase individual solos,at 4$ each.

Fred Hess
Fred sells collections of Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins’s solos.

Mouthpiece opening charts

JodyJazz
Compares all models of JodyJazz alto sax mouthpieces’with Bari,Beechler,Berg Larsen,Dukeoff,Meyer,Ponzol,Rico,Rousseau,Runyon,Rovner,Selmer,Vandoren,Yamaha,Yanagisawa,and a few others. Other charts are available for soprano,tenor,and baritone.

JunkDude
Covers several models by LeBayle,Morgan,Meyer,Otto Link,Ponzol,and Vandoren. This chart compares Ralph Morgan models and also provides reccommendation about which reed to use.

Saxman
Covers Bari,Beechler,Berg Larsen,Dukeoff,Meyer,Otto Link,Selmer, Vandoren,Yanagisawa,and a few others. Newer models are not covered,yet it’s a very good reference. Apparently,it’s based on 1996 The Saxophone Shop’s catalog,which I have seen in many other sites,such as this.

SaxGourmet
Comparison of most popular alto sax mouthpieces in a printable GIF image. They have similar charts for soprano,tenor,and baritone.

Vandoren
Provides tip opening and reed suggestions for all Vandore alto sax mouthpieces. Similar charts are available for soprano,tenor,and baritone.

Warbunton
Compares Warburton mouthpieces to models by Otto Link,JodyJazz,Selmer,and Berg Larsen.

Yamaha
Tip opening and facing length for Yamaha Standard Series and for the Custom Series Mouthpieces.