G major, right? The notes for alto are just too high for me to enjoy playing the song….not all songs of course, but that one in particular. I could get used to it, but when I switched to the lower notes, it all started to sound better, esp. with the backing track (same thing with the song Unforgettable–it’s okay transposed, but the piano version, which has lots of low D, F sharps etc, sounds like the Nat Cole version). It just feels like the song when I play the lower notes…hope that makes sense.
Appreciate the quick response. Am getting on a plane so I’ll go through the book then–love the idea of starting with a handful of licks to start soloing from–too many online courses/teachers just tell you to start with simple rhythms or ideas, but a lot of players, esp. early on, don’t have that capability yet–which is why improvising sounds so crappy and becomes intimidating–this should be the fun part–not the part a player dreads–so to have a basic template in my pocket allows me to start somewhere and then when I start experimenting with the pentatonic scales and get a few variations in my head, I can make progress a lot faster–I know I won’t keep using just these licks because I’ll invariably go off and make it my own, but it’s given me a place to begin–brilliant idea. Thanks Johnny!
