{"id":88121,"date":"2020-02-13T12:43:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T17:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=88121"},"modified":"2023-02-18T07:27:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T12:27:12","slug":"sam-dillon-blues-exercise-tenor-sax-solo-transcription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/sam-dillon-blues-exercise-tenor-sax-solo-transcription\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Dillon Blues Exercise Tenor Sax Solo Transcription"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is another tenor saxophone solo transcription of Sam Dillon soloing on a couple of choruses of a Blues on Instagram.\u00a0 This was kindly shared with me by Roger Humbles after he saw my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/burnin-sam-dillon-on-a-misty-night-tenor-sax-solo-transcription\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;On a Misty Night&#8221; Sam Dillon tenor saxophone solo transcription<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sam is demonstrating how he likes to practice over a blues by doing one chorus in 8th notes and then one chorus in 16th notes.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t seen the post as I don&#8217;t have Instagram but this is making me think I should get on it now&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-87699\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Screenshot_20200213-141251_Instagram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sam Dillon-Tenor Saxophone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you want to check out more from Sam Dillon you can read Sam&#8217;s bio here on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samdillonmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.\u00a0 He also has a great CD recently released called &#8220;Force Field&#8221; and an older CD of standards called &#8220;Out in the Open&#8221; that you can check out!\u00a0 Also, do yourself a favor and go to this page from his website with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samdillonmusic.com\/listen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slow Blues<\/a> on it!\u00a0 You can definitely tell Sam has studied the lines of John Coltrane right?\u00a0 I just heard this and now want to transcribe this one as well&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerhumbles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roger Humbles<\/a> who transcribed this and shared it with me.\u00a0 Feel free to leave any thoughts or comments you might have in the comments section below this post.\u00a0 \u00a0Steve<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 12px; background-color: #f0b646; line-height: 1.4;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Sam Dillon Blues Exercise - 8ths then 16ths from IG 26-6-19 - Bb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blues Exercise-8ths and 16ths-Sam Dillon Bb PDF<\/a><br \/>\n*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<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-88121-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Sam%20Dillon%20Bb%20Blues%20in%208th%20and%2016th%20notes%20from%20IG.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Sam%20Dillon%20Bb%20Blues%20in%208th%20and%2016th%20notes%20from%20IG.mp3\">https:\/\/cdn.neffmusic.com\/2020\/Sam%20Dillon%20Bb%20Blues%20in%208th%20and%2016th%20notes%20from%20IG.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong>Blues Exercise-8ths and 16ths-Sam Dillon<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">If you love what you see here at Neffmusic, get a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/product-category\/lesson-subscriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"&quot;noopener\u201d noopener\">Neffmusic Lesson Subscription<\/a>&#8220;, which will give you all the lessons you need to improve your saxophone playing and become a great improviser!! 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