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lesson #2
lesson #2:
Flat keys.... most sax players prefer to read flat keys in a paper instead of sharps.... this happens because of the nature of their instrument... I am a guitar player and i love to play sharp keys instead.. but everytime i had to read a lead sheet or big band sheets back in my college years, i would always read in Flat Keys, because jazz is abundant of saxophones... sometimes i had to transpose myself or sometimes it was already transposed... either way... flat keys happen, whether or not you play jazz or classical music..
basic concept:
if the circle of fifths goes up perfect 5ths... it must come down with perfect 5ths... but, when you go down an interval of the same length it becomes it's parallel or relative interval, like a 5th down means an interval of a 4th... I assume you know this..
Example:
starting with C, down a fifth is F... F in C is an interval of a 4th...
fact:
C
F (Bb)
Bb (Bb, Eb)
Eb (Bb,Eb,Ab)
Ab (Bb,Eb,Ab,Db)
Db (Bb,Eb,Ab,Db,Gb)
Gb (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb)
Cb (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb, Fb)
so, we build up intervals of 4ths, or down intervals of 5ths (however you see it)...
this system works like this:
*F is the 4th of C.. F has an accidental with the following 4th interval which is Bb....
*Bb carries his accidental which is Bb followed by the next 4th interval which is Eb
*Eb carries from the first altered note of the circle which is Bb.. F is not being altered from the beginning so it is not touched yet..
so it carries Bb, Eb and the following 4th note is Ab
it goes like that until it hits Cb because Cb already has all the 7 notes flatted...
Assignment is... the same as the first one,... write all the modes starting with Bb, Im using the F as an example, i will be posting a PDF with the example...
the catch this time is:
1-DONT USE A KEYBOARD...
2-try to sing each note and interval separation... if you get stuck or think you are out of pitch then play the first note of the scale/mode with the keyboard....
3-at the top of each note, write its function numerically:
1, 2, 3b,4, 5, 6, 7b
D, E, F, G, A, B, C
i will be posting the 3rd lesson in a couple of hours
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