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Tenor Saxophone · Chromatic

Chromatic Scale for Tenor Saxophone

Two-octave chromatic scale for tenor saxophone from A♯3 to A♯5, with sharps ascending, flats descending, fingerings and audio playback.

A♯BCC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯BCC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AA♯AA♭GG♭FEE♭DD♭CBB♭AA♭GG♭FEE♭DD♭CBB♭

Fingerings

Tenor Saxophone A♯3 fingeringA♯3Tenor Saxophone B3 fingeringB3Tenor Saxophone C4 fingeringC4Tenor Saxophone C♯4 fingeringC♯4Tenor Saxophone D4 fingeringD4Tenor Saxophone D♯4 fingeringD♯4Tenor Saxophone E4 fingeringE4Tenor Saxophone F4 fingeringF4Tenor Saxophone F♯4 fingeringF♯4Tenor Saxophone G4 fingeringG4Tenor Saxophone G♯4 fingeringG♯4Tenor Saxophone A4 fingeringA4Tenor Saxophone A♯4 fingeringA♯4Tenor Saxophone B4 fingeringB4Tenor Saxophone C5 fingeringC5Tenor Saxophone C♯5 fingeringC♯5Tenor Saxophone D5 fingeringD5Tenor Saxophone D♯5 fingeringD♯5Tenor Saxophone E5 fingeringE5Tenor Saxophone F5 fingeringF5Tenor Saxophone F♯5 fingeringF♯5Tenor Saxophone G5 fingeringG5Tenor Saxophone G♯5 fingeringG♯5Tenor Saxophone A5 fingeringA5Tenor Saxophone A♯5 fingeringA♯5

Practising the chromatic scale

Sharps are used going up and flats coming down — the convention that keeps each step on a new letter wherever possible. Aim for perfectly even fingers: practise slurred in groups of four, then in triplets, with a metronome starting around ♩ = 60 and raising the tempo only when every note is clean.

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