Category Archives: Bebop

The Ultimate Approach For Bebop Chromatic Notes

The Chromatic Approach Note is such a small detail in jazz but it really has a great impact and can define your jazz lines.
This is how training and using Chromatic Approach Notes can change and make your lines sound so much more jazz-like.

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-Chromatic Approach Note scale, triad + arpeggio exercises
-II-V-I Chromatic Approach Note Jazz Phrases 
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef 
+ all released lesson manual material are available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 Michael Brecker And Barry Harris Chromatic Approach Notes
00:58 Train And Apply Chromatic Approach Notes
02:14 Compose Jazz Lines w/ Chromatic Approach
03:00 Chromatic Approach To Arpeggios
04:26 Upper Structure Arpeggios
04:45 Descending Arpeggios
05:50 Triads w/ Chromatic Approach Notes
06:51 Chord Substitutions
07:43 Chromatic Approach To Scales
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Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

How Coltrane Turn Target Notes Into Powerful Solos

Coltrane’s simple and powerful lines are a direct result of how Coltrane always plays directly into the target notes.
When digging deep into Coltrane playing you will discover he is playing the most simple lines, but very direct lines, which makes his playing extremely powerful.

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-Enclosure + chrom approach note exercises
-plug and play short licks showing you Coltranes Direct Target Note Approach 
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef – all extra Lesson Manual Material Is Available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 How Coltrane Turn Target Notes Into Powerful Solos
01:21 Think Towards The Target Note
03:43 Full Scale Direct Approach
04:20 Hit The Right Chord Notes
05:38 Target Notes On A II-V-I
06:15 Don’t Mess Up The Chord Scale Relationship
07:01 Big Jumps Does Not Always Disrupt
07:54 The Magic 3rd Interval
08:57 Chromatic Cheating
09:35 The Turn
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These 4-Note Patterns Give You Unlimited Soloing Options
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Coltrane Oleo – written out solo
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Tenor saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
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Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

The Most Important Scale In Jazz

The Most Important Scale In Jazz
There are a lot of scales in jazz but clearly one scale is the most important to know in all aspects.
Showing you exercises and licks in how you can make this scale sound like real jazz.

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-The Most Important Scale Exercises 100% applicable to jazz licks
-Jazz Licks made using material from the exercises
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef – all extra Lesson Manual Material Is Available in all 12 keys

In this tutorial
00:00 The Most Important Scale In Jazz
01:10 What Charlie Parker Tells Us On Practicing Scales
01:56 What You Practice You Learn
02:45 Chord Inversions
03:30 Add The Scale Into Phrases
04:10 Diatonic Enclosure
05:01 Barry Harris – Rhythmic Speed Change
05:39 Add Chromatic Approach Notes
06:28 The Pivot Is The Jazz Sound
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Charlie Parker Confirmation
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Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

Their Chromatic Approach Will Blow Your Mind

Parker, Coltrane and Brecker revolutionized chromatic playing.
Learn to play using their chromatic trademarks and change your playing forever. 

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-chromatic building block exercises inspired by Parker, Coltrane and Brecker
-Parker, Coltrane and Brecker inspired short and long licks
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys.
+ All Licks and Exercises are available In All 12 Keys

In this tutorial
00:00 Strongest Chromatic Approach
00:34 Charlie Parker Chromatics
01:29 Train Chromatic Enclosures
02:29 Coltranes No Bebop Fuss
03:34 Only Bebop Scales
04:29 Coltranes Chromatic Secret
04:55 Compose Coltrane Inspired Licks
05:41 Brecker’s Out Of This World Chromatics
06:25 Apply Breckers Limitless Chromatic Approach
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These 4-Note Patterns Give You Unlimited Soloing Options
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John Coltrane – Blue Train
https://youtu.be/U6lhG1dWVKE?si=a86ZPuHD_hZ6Nns_

Charlie Parker – Cool Blues
https://youtu.be/LliNJcpYw8Y

Michael Brecker – Cape Verdean Blues
https://youtu.be/OvS_PKYmqLA?si=aFOacbeq3puhZwoo

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My setup:
Tenor saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
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Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

How To Incorporate The Bebop Scale In Modern Jazz Solos

How To Incorporate The Bebop Scale In Modern Jazz Solos
The bebop scale is great for inside playing.
But the bebop scale is limitless and fits amazingly into the sound of modern jazz.
Get all the why’s and how ‘s. 

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-bebop scale exercises on minor, dom7 and maj7 chords
-II-V-I + II-Valt-I + IImmaj-Valt-I licks
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys.
+ All Licks and Exercises are available In All 12 Keys

In this tutorial
00:00 The Bebop Scale In Modern Jazz
01:29 The Modern Sound
01:57 Break It Down!
02:20 Bebop Scale On Other Chords
03:51 The Target Notes Are Most Important
05:39 Constructing Modern Jazz Bebop Phrases
05:08 Altered Bebop Scale Lines
06:06 Extended Chromatics And Altered Chords For Outside Sound
07:06 Find The Sound That Fits You
07:30 How To Train The Bebop Scale Building Blocks
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The Bebop Phrase That Will Change Your Playing https://youtu.be/5t-UcwrI7wQ
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My setup:
Tenor saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
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Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

Why You Need To Study Jazz Licks

Some hate licks, some love them.
I give you the formulae why you should practice jazz licks
And giving you lots of ideas how you can integrate the amazing sounds from your heroes licks, into your playing

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-lick based scale exercises – taking parts of licks to practice in scales
-Tons of licks in a light and a heavy version
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys.
+ All Licks and Exercises are available In All 12 Keys

In this tutorial
00:00 Why You Need To Study Jazz Licks
00:32 How Charlie Parker Moves Licks
01:17 Licks Are Not A Bunch Of Notes – Articulation and Phrasing
02:26 How Licks Inspire What You Practice
03:20 Add Licks To Your Music
05:15 Make The Lick Your Own
05:44 Move The Material Into Other Tunes
06:53 Make and Beef Up Licks
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How Licks Can Level Up You Solos
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Cool Blues – Charlie Parker
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My setup:
Tenor saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

Deep Dive Into Michael Brecker’s Outside Playing

How does Michael Brecker play such beautiful melodic lines when playing outside.
I check out several Michael Brecker approaches and give examples and exercises on how you can adapt his outside sound into your own playing.

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-Backdoor dominant, tritone substituted dominant and chromatic 3rd movement exercises and licks
-Learn And Add The Michael Brecker Sound To You Playing
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys.
+ All Licks and Exercises are available In All 12 Keys

In this tutorial
00:00 Deep Dive Into Michael Brecker’s Outside Playing
00:32 The Dorian Scale – Play II-V
01:49 Backdoor Dominant Bebop
02:26 Tritone Substituted Dominant
03:27 Chromatic 3rd lines
04:22 How Outside Can You Possible Play
05:23 Diatonic II-V
05:43 Legendary Tritone Line
06:34 Mixing Parallel Mediant Scales
07:02 Bebop Resolving To Three Chords
07:29 4th Intervals
07:53 How Michael Brecker Builds Jazz Lines
08:37 How To Add Michael Brecker’s Outside Ideas To Your Music
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What Michael Brecker Can Teach You About Dominant Chords
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The Most Beautiful Dominant in Jazz
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/80472643
https://sorenballegaard.dk/product/how-coltrane-took-chromatic-phrasing-beyond-bebop/

African Skies – Michael Brecker
https://youtu.be/QCOAvvumyWg

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My setup:
Tenor saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

The Bebop Phrase That Will Change Your Playing

Charlie Parker and his gang of beboppers discovered a new style of music named bebop.
There are some essential qualities in the sound that makes it sound right. Because of the strong nature of certain phrases they are still being used in improvised music today.
Get the bebop sound!

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
50+ pages full exercises and licks
-Octave Displacement licks
-Exercises that train the Pivot into your playing
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys.

In this tutorial
00:00 The Coolest Melodic Trick in Bebop
00:35 What is Octave Displacement
01:16 Why Pivots Sounds Amazing
03:25 Pivot Technical Exercises
04:33 How To Make Pivot Licks
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Chromatic Enclosures Teaching You Bebop
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What The Bebop Scale Can Do For Your Playing
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My setup:
Tenor saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

How Coltrane Took Chromatic Phrasing Beyond Bebop

Coltrane’s chromatic wisdom is something we all need to learn from.
The simplicity and at the same time intelligent and super direct way of using chromatic passing tones is a milestone in jazz which many after Coltrane have integrated in their own playing.
This video explains some of the principles.

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
50+ pages full exercises and licks
-bebop, major bebop, major bebop dominant scale exercises
-Coltrane inspired Chromatic lines and licks
-all exercises and licks are transposed to all 12 keys
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys.

In this tutorial
00:00 Coltrane – King Of Chromatic Licks
00:47 Bebop Chromatics like Coltrane
02:32 Chromatics Alters Chord Progression
03:06 Chromatics in Minor
04:11 Move the Timing
04:52 Chromatics between 3rds
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The Best Method To Master All Keys
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John Coltrane Blue Train solo Transcription
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My setup:
Tenor saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

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Add Pro Player Finesse and Details To Your jazz Phrases https://www.patreon.com/posts/90860214 https://youtube.com/shorts/7Y3yl8_nOIQ

Coltranes Sound – The Strongest Phrases You Will Ever Hear https://www.patreon.com/posts/90859566 https://youtube.com/shorts/CNSyB0TlxCA

3 Ingredient Lick Composing – Everybody Can Cook This Recipe https://www.patreon.com/posts/90859470 https://youtube.com/shorts/kPFx9NH7VjE

Coltranes Chromatic 4 Note Cells Approach Sounds Amazing https://www.patreon.com/posts/90858483 https://youtube.com/shorts/Dn3_4Ugze9w

Fix This And Play Better Jazz Solos https://www.patreon.com/posts/90272643/ https://youtube.com/shorts/3kvcphu4Pvg

Michael Brecker Inspired Triad Pairs Giving You A Modern Jazz Sound https://www.patreon.com/posts/90272526 https://youtube.com/shorts/A0_iMEdl1fA

How To Get The Most Epic Timing Using A Metronome https://www.patreon.com/posts/90271297 https://youtube.com/shorts/F-D-bUbmXIo

Plug And Play Dominant Alterations https://www.patreon.com/posts/90270410 https://youtube.com/shorts/Zntwgju9n7w

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My setup:
Tenor saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona