BeBop Cliches/Patterns1

Dm7

G7

C^7

25 3

Dm7

G7

Dm7

G7

49

Dm7 G7

C^7

513 6

G7 Coltrane

Dm7 G7 717 8

G7

OR G7 etc.

921

C A7 Dm7 G7

C

1025

C A7 Dm7 G7

C

1129 12

C^7 or C7

C^7 orC7

1333

Dm7

G7

C^7

1437

Dm7

G7

C^7

3

1541 16

Dm7

G7

Dm7 G7(Eb7)

C^7

1745 18

G7

etc. G7

C

3 3 3

1949

Dm7

G7 C^7

3

2053

Dm7 G7 C^7

2157

Dm7

G7

C^7

2261

Dm7

G7(Db^7)

C^7

2365

Dm7

G7

C^7

2469 25

G7alt

C

G7

3

2673 Diminished

Dm7

G7

C^7

2777

Dm7 G7 C^7

81

2

13rds

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 etc.

etc.

3 3 3 3

3 3 3 3 3 3

4

Four Note Stacked 3rds

etc.

etc.

4a etc.

etc.

5Three Note Stacked 3rds Up and Down

etc.

etc.

5aFour Note Stacked 3rds Up and Down

etc.

etc.

6

Broken Triads etc.

etc.

6a 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

concertChanges

F)

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

B7 E7alt

Trane

Am7 D7 Art Farmer

Gm7 C7

F^7

5

9

13

B7 E7alt

Am7 D7 Gm7

C7

F^7

17

21

25

29

33

37

41

45

Lines in Minor

Dm melodic

Traneetc.

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

1Eric Alexander (Loops)

2 (Gm7-C7)

3

3 (Gm7-C7)

3

MAJOR 2, 5, 1s (all in C major)

Dm7

G7

C^7

Aebersold5

9

13

17

Good in Blues

21

25

Diminished

29

33

37

41

Red Garland Good in Blues

3 3 345

49

Dm7

G7

C

^7

Cannonball53

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

Diminished85

Good in Blues3 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 Scale29

Diminished Scale33

37

41

Quick Major 2, 5, 1s (All in Cmaj.)

4

Bird

7

Circle of 4ths

10

BeBop Cliche

13

Art Farmer

16

19

Trane22

25

28

31

34

BeBop Scale37

40

43

46

Trane / Bergonzi49

52

2

Quick Minor 2, 5, 1s (All in A minor)

B7 E7alt

Am

4

7

Diminished Scale10

13

16

19

Arpeggiation

22

Arpeggiation25

Arpeggiation28

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 Blues3

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 TonesCm7 G7

Quarter Tones

C^7

36

G7alt

Chip McNiel

Cm

G7alt

Chip McNiel

Cm

340

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