Chords for Careless Whisper Alto Sax Notes

_ Hi, welcome back to the Newbie Sax School.
My name is Simon Curry and we're going to show you now how to play the intro to Careless Whisper.
_ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
So _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [E] the whole key of the piece is a minor key.
It's a B minor key for us and
the intro starts on a C-sharp, which is the top C-sharp, which is your thumb on _ and no fingers.
No fingers at all and it's up there. _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay, and also add a bit more pressure on the reed to get that high note.
_ _ So the next note is a B, which is a one finger with your thumb on.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay, and the note after that is an F-sharp. _
So it's one, two, three and the middle one there and you've got your thumb on the back. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] And then the next note is a D, which is your thumb on and one, two, three, four, five, six. _
And it sounds.
_ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So that's your first phrase. _ _ _ _ _
So it does it again, [Db] the same five notes.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] I'll do it again slowly.
_ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
Okay, so the next note is the A.
So that's a two finger like that with the thumb on _ _ _ _ _ and the G [N] with the three fingers with your thumb on.
_ _ And then the D, which is one, two, three, four, five, six with the thumb on. _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And then [D] a middle B.
There it is. _ _
No thumb, this is no thumb.
_ _ [Ab] I'll play that phrase.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ So add those three phrases together.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ And then there's another phrase after that, which is the A, G, D. _ _
A, _ G, D with your thumb on.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ So the whole lot goes [E] _ [Dm] and _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ the final downward phrase starts on a G, which is three fingers with thumb on. _ _ _
F [N] sharp, which is thumb on still, middle one there.
_ _ And then the D, six fingers, one, two, three, four, five, six, thumb on. _ _ _
And then a middle B, one finger, no thumb. _
_ _ _ [G] _ And then a G, new note for us, three fingers.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So [E] from the start, I'll play _ normal speed first and slow.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] I'll do that slowly. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[A] Now the run-up _ starts on F sharp, lower F sharp.
So that's one, two, three, middle finger, no thumb. _
_ And the G, three fingers.
[Bb] _ Then an A, [C] two fingers.
_ Then a B, one finger.
[F] _
A [E] C sharp, no fingers.
_ Then a D, six fingers with your thumb on.
_ [F] _ _ Then an E.
_ And F sharp.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ And so that run-up sounds. _
[C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So the whole lot sounds.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ _ _
So that's your tune, basic tune.
Now you can make that sound a bit more pro because the original had got a [Gm] glissando going up to the
first note, which is _ a flurry of notes ending on the high note, the C sharp.
Now in this key it's quite easy to do because we're going to do a D major scale, which is D,
which is all with the thumb on.
D, E, F sharp, _ G, A to the B.
And it sounds. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And you say that doesn't sound like it, but when you speed it up _ _ _ _ _ _
and then you get to the top note, which is a C sharp.
So it's D, E, F sharp, G, A, B and then C sharp at the end.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Fm] And _ _ at the bottom note, if you slightly take the pressure off your jaw a little bit
and then _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ you've got your glissando. _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
And so the second C sharp you've got there, you can do a C to C sharp little finger slur.
So C to C sharp.
[E] So you've got that. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So you tongue the C [Eb] and open on the C sharp.
[Db] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] Now _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
on the A you could do a G to A, which with a _ slidey note. _ _ _ _ _
So it's G to A, tongue the G and lift your finger onto the A.
_ [Am] _ And [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ then the G on the rundown, _ _ do an F sharp to G. _ _ _
_ _ Little trill.
_ _ So.
[Eb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Eb] _ [E] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[D] And end on the B at the end.
So there you have, that's how to play the intro to Careless Whisper.
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