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April 19, 2009 by
Sweets
This is a nice sounding whole tone lick I heard Claudio Roditi play. It simply goes down the whole tone scale with the same pattern repeating over and over again. Here is a sound sample played on trumpet: How to memorize this lick in 12 keys: Since this is a whole tone pattern, you’ll only […] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Chromatic, Claudio Roditi, Lick, Major, Memorize, Notes, Pattern, Scale, Trumpet, Whole Step, Whole Tone
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Whole Tone
Posted on
April 19, 2009 by
Sweets
This whole tone pattern alternates between 4ths and whole steps going down. Because this Jazz whole tone pattern alternates between 4ths and whole steps, you won’t be able to stay in one whole tone key. Hear a sound sample played on trumpet: How to memorize this lick in 12 keys: Once again since this is […] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, 4th, Chords, Dominant, Fourth, Jazz, Key, Lick, Memorize, Modal, Note, Pattern, Trumpet, Whole Steps, Whole Tone
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Fourths, Whole Tone
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April 15, 2009 by
Sweets
Here is a ii V7 I lick you can play where you will think in harmonic minor for the beginning of the lick and use a minor arpeggio at the end of the lick. I got this lick listening to Tom Harrell. I believe I got this lick from one of Tom Harrell’s April Mist […] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Arpeggio, Chord, Dorian, Harmonic Minor, ii V7 I, Lick, Major, Melodic Minor Scale, Minor, Minor Scale, Tonic, Trumpet
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ii V7 I, Minor
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April 14, 2009 by
Sweets
A sax player in New Orleans showed me this easy diminished lick. I asked him what diminished licks he knew and he was kind enough to share a few with me. I have more, but they will come in later posts. A sound sample played on trumpet: Learn the pattern in 12 keys: Since this […] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Diminished, Lick, Minor, Note, Pattern, Sax Player, Trumpet
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Diminished
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April 13, 2009 by
Sweets
This is a well known Jazz lick you hear a lot of Jazz artists play in different variations. A trombone player I used to work with in Seattle was kind enough to show me this easy lick. Here is a sound sample played on trumpet: How to memorize this ii V7 I lick in 12 […] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Arpeggio, Artists, Chord, Diminished, Famous, ii V7 I, Jazz, Lick, Memorize, Scale, Trombone Player, Trumpet
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ii V7 I
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April 12, 2009 by
Sweets
Here is an easy bebop lick that you can play over a ii V7 I. Here is a sound sample on trumpet: How to memorize in 12 keys: This lick is really easy to learn in 12 keys. Whatever note you start on is the bebop scale you will play. Know that the C bebop […] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Arpeggio, Bebop, Bebop Scale, Chord, Diminished, ii V7 I, Lick, Major, Tonic, Trumpet
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Bebop, ii V7 I
Posted on
April 12, 2009 by
Sweets
I can’t remember the name of the recording or the tune. But I do remember hearing Tom Harrell play this pentatonic pattern. Here is a sound sample on trumpet: Best way to learn in 12 keys: Since this is a pentatonic lick, it’s a little harder to learn in a formula other than 1 2 […] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Learn Pentatonics, Lick, Pattern, Pentatonic, Tom Harrell, Trumpet
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Pentatonic
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April 12, 2009 by
Sweets
I heard Freddie Hubbard play this bebop lick over a ii V7 I on his Hub-Tones album. Sound sample played on trumpet: Video removed How to memorize in 12 keys: The entire beginning part of the lick is just a bebop scale. The lick starts on the tonic down to the b7th and up the […] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Bebop, Bebop Scale, Chromatic, Freddie Hubbard, Freddie Hubbard Videos, Half Step, Hub Tones, Lick, Measure, Memorize, Octave, Tonic, Triad, Tritone Substitution, Trumpet, Whole Step
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Bebop, ii V7 I, Tritone