BeBop Cliches/Patterns
1 Dm7 G7 C^7 2 5 3 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 4 9 Dm7 G7 C^7 5 13 6 G7 Coltrane Dm7 G7 7 17 8 G7 OR G7 etc. 9 21 C A7 Dm7 G7 C 10 25 C A7 Dm7 G7 C 11 29 12 C^7 or C7 C^7 or C7 13 33 Dm7 G7 C^7 14 37 Dm7 G7 C^7 3 15 41 16 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7(Ebº7) C^717 45 18 G7 etc. G7 C 3 3 3 19 49 Dm7 G7 C^7 3 20 53 Dm7 G7 C^7 21 57 Dm7 G7 C^7 22 61 Dm7 G7(Db^7) C^7 23 65 Dm7 G7 C^7 24 69 25 G7alt C G7 3 26 73 Diminished Dm7 G7 C^7 27 77 Dm7 G7 C^7 81 2
1
3rds
BOXES - Exercises
(All permutations based on Cmaj.)
etc. etc.
2
Broken 3rds
etc. etc.
3
Three Note Stacked 3rds
etc. etc. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3a 3 etc. etc. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Four Note Stacked 3rds
etc. etc. 4a etc. etc. 5
Three Note Stacked 3rds Up and Down
etc. etc.
5a
Four Note Stacked 3rds Up and Down
etc. etc.
6
Broken Triads
etc. etc.
Brecker - Rhythm Changes
From "Oleo" bootleg - at NTSU '84 C Am Dm G7 C A7 Dm G7 6 C7 F7 14 in (Rhythm concertChangesF)
From "Frieda" David Benoit - Here's To You Charlie Brown G Em7 Am7 D7 Bm7 E7 Am7 D7 3 19 G7 C7 Bm7 3 3 26 B7 Bridge E7 A7 3 31 D7 G^7 3 37 47 57 67 76
Coltrane Changes (Countdown)
C^7
Eb7 Ab^7 B7 E^7 G7 C^7 5
C^7 Eb7
The following phrases come from the Ridker/Wieskoepf book Coltrane's Harmony Ab^7 B7 E^7 G7 C^7 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45
49 C^7 Eb7 Ab^7 B7 E^7 G7 C^7 53 57 61 65 69 73 77 81 85 89 93 2
CONFIRMATION (Bird Blues) CHANGES
Brecker BØ7 E7alt Trane Am7 D7 Art Farmer Gm7 C7 F^7 5 9 13 BØ7 E7alt Am7 D7 Gm7 C7 F^7 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45
Lines in Minor
Dm melodic Trane etc. 5 Gm7 Trane 9 Gm7 F#m7 Fm7 Em7 13 Em7 Ebm7 Dm7 Dbm7 Brecker 17 21 25 29
Pete Lewis
Long Line Exercises
A7 3
Eric Alexander (BeBop Scale)
In the Key of C
Eric Alexander (BeBop Scale with Rotations) In The Key of C
1
Eric Alexander (Loops)
2 (Gm7-C7) 3 3 (Gm7-C7) 3
MAJOR 2, 5, 1s (all in C major)
Dm7 G7 C^7 Aebersold 5 9 13 17 Good in Blues 21 25 Diminished 29 33 37 41
Red Garland Good in Blues
3 3 3
45
49 Dm7 G7 C ^7 Cannonball 53 Dm7 G7 C^7 3 57 3 61 BeBop Cliche 65 Hemiola 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 69 Garzone 73 Use of Ab Pent. §6 77 Sonny Stitt 81 Diminished 85 Good in Blues 3 3 3 89 John Nugent 2
93 Dm7 G7 C^7 3 97 101 105 109 113 117 121 3
MINOR 2, 5, 1s (All in Aminor)
Bm7(b5) E7alt Am 5 Aebersold Tritone Sub
9 Aebersold 13 17 21 25 Diminished Scale 29 Diminished Scale 33 37 41
Quick Major 2, 5, 1s (All in Cmaj.)
4 Bird 7 Circle of 4ths 10 BeBop Cliche 13 Art Farmer 16 19 Trane 22 25 28 31
34 BeBop Scale 37 40 43 46 Trane / Bergonzi 49 52 2
Quick Minor 2, 5, 1s (All in A minor)
BØ7 E7alt Am 4 7 Diminished Scale 10 13 16 19 Arpeggiation 22 Arpeggiation 25 Arpeggiation 28 Arpeggiation 31
Shapes
1 etc. etc. etc. etc. 2 Also start this shape with the first note as a pickup. etc. etc. etc. etc. 3 (Gm) (F#m) (Fm) (Em) etc.
Use of above shape in a 2,5,1
Dm7 G7 C^7 4 etc. 5
A7alt Brecker Cape Verdean Blues
etc.
-6
Around the circle
of 4ths etc. 7
Also starting one half step lower etc. 8
Use of Patterns 2 and 1 in a 2, 5, 1
Dm7 G7 C^7 9
Whole-Tone (also, 1/2 step higher)
etc.
10
also 1/2 step lower
etc. 11 etc. 12 etc. 13 Diminished
also start on C and B etc. 14 Diminished etc. OR etc. 15 etc. 16 Also start on D, C#, C (G7, B7, Eb7)
Bob Berg etc.
17
4ths
Also Start on C and D
etc. Ricker 18 4ths Also Start on B, C, C #, D, E b Ricker 2
TURNAROUNDS (3, 6, 2, 5, 1s)
Em7 A7 Dm7 G7 C^7 5 9 13 Trane 17 Bird 21 Ornithology 25 29 33 37 41 45
V7 to I Resolutions
G7 C^7 G7 C^7 5 G7 C^7 G7 C^7 9 G7 The above six examples are "Double Rotation" (an idea from Cannonball Adderley) C^7 G7 C^7 13 G7 C^7 Stan Getz G7 C^7 17 C7 F7
Bars 4 and 5 in Blues
3 20 G7 C^7 G7 C^7 24 G7 C^7 G7 Cannonball C^7 28 G7 Triad Pairs Brecker C^7 G7 Triad Pairs Gary Campbell C^7 32 G7alt Quarter Tones Cm7 G7 Quarter Tones C^7 36 G7alt Chip McNiel Cm G7alt Chip McNiel Cm 3 40 G7alt
The last two examples make use of the Ab minor pentatonic §6
Cm
G7alt (Or start on 3rd of Dominant chord)
D or E Cm 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3