Jazz Trumpet Licks » Chromatic http://jazztrumpetlicks.com Get free jazz licks plus watch and listen to great jazz trumpet. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:40:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Fourth pattern going up chromatically you can mess around with http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/08/fourth-pattern-going-up-chromatically-you-can-mess-around-with/ http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/08/fourth-pattern-going-up-chromatically-you-can-mess-around-with/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:47:50 +0000 Sweets http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/?p=470 Read the rest of this entry...]]> I know you’re going to laugh at how simple this fourth pattern is. Simply going up in half steps with a fourth in between doesn’t sound too difficult. The reason I posted this fourth pattern as a Jazz lick is because it really can come in handy over modal tunes and Dominant chords that last awhile and you want to take your Jazz solo outside a little bit.

A fourth pattern that goes up chromatically.

Here is a sound sample played on trumpet:

How to learn this fourth pattern in 12 keys:

Since this Jazz lick goes up chromatically, you’ll really only have to learn it once. Just know that the pattern is up a fourth from the first note you start on, then up a half step from the first note you started on. The Jazz lick simply repeats this same pattern over and over again.

The cool thing you can do with this fourth pattern is mess around with it rhythm wise. Find and create different variations of this chromatic fourth pattern that you like best. Since this is music, there are no limits on what creative 4th pattern variations you can come up with.

]]> http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/08/fourth-pattern-going-up-chromatically-you-can-mess-around-with/feed/ 1 The Miles Davis bouncy pattern http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/05/the-miles-davis-bouncy-pattern/ http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/05/the-miles-davis-bouncy-pattern/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 03:43:59 +0000 Sweets http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/?p=247 Read the rest of this entry...]]> One of the things Miles Davis is known for is coming up with the bouncy pattern. Miles Davis used different variations of this pattern in a lot of the trumpet solos he played. The bouncy pattern is a very easy lick to memorize because it is based off of chromatics. No matter what note you start on its the same pattern over and over again based off the chromatic scale.

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Here is a sound sample played on trumpet:

How to memorize the Miles Davis bouncy pattern in 12 keys:

Since this is a chromatic lick, you’ll only need to learn it in one key depending on which note you start on. Just remember that the lick is going down in half steps with a half step between each half step. I also encourage you to mess around with the pattern and come up with some ideas of your own with this lick.

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