{"id":21182,"date":"2014-10-31T10:34:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T15:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=21182"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T21:22:08","slug":"bob-mintzer-blues-solo-transcription-in-12-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/bob-mintzer-blues-solo-transcription-in-12-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Mintzer Blues Solo Transcription in 12 Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s another solo transcription I just finished this week. This is another solo from one of my favorite tenor sax players, Bob Mintzer and is from a youtube clip of Bob soloing on a blues in all 12 keys. I love Bob&#8217;s playing because it is so melodic and thematic. He always plays ideas that you can grasp on to and that are catchy, yet he mixes in some pretty hip and advanced harmonic concepts into his lines.\u00a0\u00a0 In this youtube clip he is playing with Russell Ferrante on piano.\u00a0 Each chorus of the solo modulates up a half step until they have traveled through all 12 keys.\u00a0 There are a lot of great ideas in this solo to learn from and you can see and hear how easily Bob navigates through all the keys. This is a great solo to study and work on!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8AJgqhJpb0M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have any other thoughts about this solo please feel free to let me know in the comments below. Thanks again to Bob Mintzer for his great playing and all he does on a daily basis to promote jazz music and education. Now I have to pick another solo to start for next week&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/siteimages\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Mintzer-Blues-Solo-in-12-Keys.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Original Mintzer Blues Solo Transcription in 12 Keys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below I have included the same solo in each of the 12 keys without any modulations in case any of you want to really delve into one specific key while you are practicing this great Bob Mintzer blues solo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in C.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to C<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in Db.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to Db<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in D.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to D<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in Eb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to Eb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to E<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in F.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to F<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in FSharp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to F#<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in G.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to G<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in Ab.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to Ab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in A.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to A<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in Bb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to Bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Mintzer Blues Solo in B.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mintzer 12 Key Blues Solo transposed to B<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 12px; background-color: #f0b646; line-height: 1.4;\"><em>*If you would like to support me here at neffmusic.com, you can do so\u00a0on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/product-category\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support page of my store<\/a> by debit or credit card. \u00a0 Any support is appreciated and will go towards keeping this site running, saxophone reeds, mouthpiece patches, coffee, and towards justifying the many hours I spend on providing free transcriptions to the saxophone community!\u00a0 Thanks,\u00a0 \u00a0Steve<\/em><\/div>\n<p>If you like the lines in this solo or love other tenor players like Michael Brecker or Bob Berg, check out my book &#8220;Devastating Minor Lines for Jazz and Funk Soloing&#8221;. It contains 100 killer modern 16th note lines in the styles of these players in all 12 keys&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;You can hear samples and read reviews by clicking on the link below. 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I\u2019m so happy that I stumbled upon your site!<\/li>\n<li>I have been shedding your materials for quite a while now and I love them! They are extremely well organized and presented and there are tons of \u2018em! I really appreciate your methodical approach and find myself referring students to your resources often.\u00a0 Thanks so much!<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve been a member of Steve\u2019s site for about six months now and the difference it has made to my playing is immeasurable. The (many) benefits of this membership are that you can have lessons at time convenient to you, they work out A LOT cheaper than face-to-face lessons with a teacher of the same calibre and you can replay them ad infinitum. I don\u2019t know how many times have I had lessons in the past where I\u2019ve ended up covering the same concepts when really a \u2018replay\u2019 of the last lesson would have been fine! I\u2019m not on commission here \u2013 just wanted to write a review to encourage people to do this. Without doubt the most time and cost effective investment I\u2019ve made in taking my playing to where it should be\u2026Cheers Steve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s another solo transcription I just finished this week. This is another solo from one of my favorite tenor sax players, Bob Mintzer and is from a youtube clip of Bob soloing on a blues in all 12 keys. I love Bob&#8217;s playing because it is so melodic and thematic. 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