Posted on
February 21, 2011 by
sweeets
Here is a pretty easy way to combine the usage of tritones on dominant chords and the playing of a diminished scale or pattern to compliment it. As long as you land on a chord tone in the next measure, you should be good to go. Take a look at the Jazz lick below: Here [...] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Chord Tone, Diminished Pattern, Diminished Scale, Dominant Chord, Jazz Lick, Tritone, Trumpet
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Diminished, Tritone
Posted on
October 08, 2009 by
Sweets
Here’s a neat sounding turnaround Jazz lick that leans on the b9 when it’s on the V7 chord. The b9 is what makes the lick sound really cool because it makes the pattern want to go towards the next chord change. Here is a sound sample on trumpet: How to memorize this turnaround in 12 [...] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Arpeggio, b9, Chord Change, Jazz Lick, Jazz Patterns, Neat Sounding, Pattern, Sound Sample, Trumpet, Turnaround, V7 Chords
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Turnaround
Posted on
August 26, 2009 by
Sweets
Here is a pretty easy whole tone pattern you can use during solo breaks, at the end of Jazz tunes, or pretty much anywhere your mind can hear a good place to put it. It is simply augmented triads going down in whole steps. As simple as that sounds, the actual Jazz lick itself sounds [...] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Augmented Triad, Easy Whole Tone Pattern, Jazz Lick, Jazz Pattern, Jazz Tunes, Pattern, Scale Degree, Solo Breaks, Sound Sample, Trumpet, Whole Steps
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Whole Tone
Posted on
August 02, 2009 by
Sweets
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 [...] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Chromatically, Creative, Dominant Chords, Fourth Pattern, Half Steps, Jazz Lick, Jazz Solo, Modal Tunes, Note, Outside, Sound Sample, Trumpet, Variations
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Chromatic, Fourths
Posted on
July 24, 2009 by
Sweets
I can’t remember where I got this whole tone pattern from, but the Jazz lick sounds cool to play so I wanted to share it with you. The lick was a little tricky for me to get down on trumpet because of the fingering it requires. I hope the lick is a lot easier for [...] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Augmented Triad, Half Steps, Jazz Lick, Jazz Pattern, Lick, Measure, Note, Second Inversion, Trumpet, Trumpet Fingering Exercise, Whole Steps, Whole Tone Pattern
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Whole Tone