[redls61]

Are there web sites for sax players to get what is comprable to guitar tabs. I'm 50 and have been playing for over six years. I don't have the ear to listen to a sax solo and figure out what they are playing. Are there websites out there. I've bought lots of books but I've learned the melody, I can't play that when I play with others. Any advice?

 

[whaler]

The only thing that came up when I googled SaxOphone was this kind of nonsense;
http://www.pinkfloydonline.com/saxophone_tabs/money.html

 

[DanPerezSax]

You have to get the books in the key of your sax. If you play tenor or soprano, get the books that say "Bb," or "For Bb Instruments" on the front. For alto and bari, it's Eb.

 

[TMadness1013]

The only thing that came up when I googled SaxOphone was this kind of nonsense;
http://www.pinkfloydonline.com/saxophone_tabs/money.html

:faceinpalm::faceinpalm::faceinpalm::faceinpalm::faceinpalm::faceinpalm:

Wow.

:faceinpalm:

 

[Dave Dolson]

I tried to send you a private message but after writing a message it said you didn't want them. DAVE

 

[daigle65]

....Any advice?

Yes, learn to read standard notation. It's not as hard as you think it is.
Any kind of tablature notation for saxophone would be way more complicated than staff notation.

 

[jgreiner]

With all due respect.......LEARN TO READ MUSIC! Believe me, it isn't rocket science. If I can do it, so can you. If you can recite the alphabet from A to G and count from 1 to 4, you're 80% there. Don't make the fatal mistake of refusing to read music. I'll say it again......you've learned 26 letters of the alphabet and how to write, yet you're afraid to use the first 7 letters of that alphabet and incorporate it into reading music? C'mon! Give it a shot. Don't give up and before you know it, you'll be reading simple melodies. I'd advise taking some private lessons, maybe at a local music store. Don't try this on your own. You'll just get frustrated and give up. I see you're in Haverhill. Heck, you're not that far from one of the best players and teachers I know in New England.......our own Steve Neff here on this forum.

Oh, and one other small piece of advice..... It's a MAJOR league pet-peeve of mine and pretty much every other saxophonist out here...... Be sure to spell it saxOphone! :mrgreen:
John

 

[redls61]

I guess I wasn't clear with what I was asking. I can read music. But when I buy a book of say Beatle songs, in Bb for my tenor. The music is the melody which is great when I'm playing by myself. But when I play with others I wouldn't be playing the melody. So I need to learn the small filler parts and the solos. I'm lucky to get one hour to practice 5 or 6 times a week. To figure out the solos would never get accomplished.
To Dave Dolson, I apologize for not being able to get your message. Its not that I don't want messages, I just never changed any settings to allow them. I will try to do that now. Thanks to all for responses

 

[DanPerezSax]

There's nothing like that that I know of. You'll have to spend a while learning theory and how to read/hear chord changes. Then you can play any piece of music and make up the fills as you go along. That's what people are doing when you hear them playing fills or "obligatos" during songs.

 

[Bill Mecca]

turn on the radio, and try playing along with anything that comes on, figure out what key it's in, what notes fit etc. don't step on the vocals (they hate that). Get recordings of tunes you will be playing with others, Beatles, whatever etc, and play along, figure out that works. It will help train your ear.

 

[Dave Dolson]

Send ME a PM to tell you are ready. DAVE

 

[redls61]

I think I made the right changes to my setting if you want to try a quick test message.

 

[Koen88]

oh and it`s saxOphone ;-)