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Scales for jazz · Alto Saxophone

Best scales for jazz on Alto Saxophone

The bebop + post-bop alto sax core. Lines over II–V–I, the altered scale for V7 resolution, blues vocabulary for sax-specific phrasing.

C Bebop Dominant

Charlie Parker's blueprint over V7.

C Melodic Minor

Modes of MM cover most altered chord types.

C Altered

Resolves down a half step to I — the V7alt sound.

C Pentatonic Minor

Minor pentatonic over m7 and dominant vamps.

C Blues

The blues vocabulary every sax player needs.