Posted on
May 08, 2009 by
Sweets
This bebop exercise or calisthenic, will help you in developing your use of arpeggios into your improvisation skills. The bebop exercise goes up the dominant scale with a half step before each arpeggio. Once you get the pattern down, you’ll be able to incorporate the pattern into a Jazz lick you can use to start […] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: Arpeggio, Bebop Exercises, Bebop Licks, Bebop Pattern, Calisthenic, Dominant Scale, Doodle, Improvisation Skills, Jazz Lick, Pattern, Practice Material, Technique, The Be Boppers Method Book, Trumpet, Video Demonstration
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Bebop
Posted on
April 23, 2009 by
Sweets
A tenor sax player friend of mine back in Japan showed me this bebop scale exercise. This is not a lick, it is simply an exercise or calisthenic that will help develop your overall bebop playing. It’s very important to learn this exercise in 12 keys to really develop your technique. Here is a sample […] Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: 12 Keys, Bebop, Bebop Exercises, Calisthenic, Exercise, Improv, Jazz Skills, Octave, Scale, Technique, Tenor Sax, Tonic, Trumpet
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Bebop
