Tunes

1:21 I say top 2 voices, I mean top three

2: 15 I say Bbmaj 9. I mean Bb-9(man 7)

I say confirmation. I mean Blues for Alice.

I say Ab-7 where I mean Bb-7

Hey everyone,

Here's a bonus for our 7 weeks of bebop, Blues For Alice. I thought this would be a good one because of the different changes. Good luck!

Behn

This Horace Sliver tune is a great tune for modal study. It moves through some contrasting and somewhat awkward keys. When improvising it is important to make smooth connections as you move from key to key.

I've included the arrangement of the head. You can substitute the flute with pretty much any other instrument.

My lesson is once again an epic etude made up of a few parts. Do the parts that are of interest to you.

Everyone:
As always, memorize the tune and the chords.

Ok Tricotism: Here are your assignments :-)

Beginners:

1. Print out the Epic Etude. There are 3 choruses in this etude. Take the chorus with the comping (chords) and fill in the chords with their extensions.
2. Play the head, play a solo (even a chord tone solo), comp for one chorus and then play the head out. Repeat the last 4 bars as a tag.
3. Play the A section in one of key.

Intermediate and advanced