Jazz lead

Exercise
Words & Music by Mike Stern

h = 120
B B B DB F B B B B DB ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ B B DB
B B B B B DB
E mblueslick with added major 3rd Adding the major 3rd and the 6th

: 44 B B DB A Q
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
"#
"& "#
c "& "% "# "% "# "$ "% "# "$
"% "% "% "#
"% "$ "# "! ""

ZZZ
B B B DB B B B DB B B DB
End here or go back down

B B B B B B
B DB B B DB DB B DB F B DB
B DB B B F B
3 F D

ZZZ
"# "% "#
"# "& "& "& "% "#
"" "% "# "$ "% "$ ""
"% "# "% "$ "# "" ""
"% "# "" "% "% "$ "% "#

ZZZ DB F B B B B DB F B ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
E Blues/Mixolydian lick

DB B B DB B DB F B B DB B DB B B F B B DB B P B B B DB F B DB B B B =
ZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
"' "& "#
"& "#
"" "$ "#
"# "% "$ "# "% "" "" "% "# "% "#
"" "% "% "$ "% "# "" "% "$ "# "" ""
"% "#

B B B DB B B B B B B
DB B B B B B DB B B B B B B B B B
BBBP
E Major pentatonic w/ b7, no 6 Descending

B DB DB DB B DB B B B
9

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"# "% * * ' * ' * '
"" "% * * (
"# "%

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 DB DB DB B B B DB
Ascending

B B B B B B B B B DB B B B B B B B B
12

B B DB B B B B

' '
* ( & * ( & ( & & & & ( & ( * & ( *
( ( % ( % ! ! % ( % ( (

B B B B B B
DB DB B B B
14

B DB DB B B B B B B B B B B B B DB B B B B B

( ( "! ( "! "#

( ( * ( * ( * *
( ( * ( * ( * *
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DB DB B B B B B B B B B DB B B B
Same scale in Bb

DB B DB DB B B B B B B
B B B B B B DB
16

'
* ' * ' '
( ( & ( & ( & &
) ) ' ) ' ) ' '
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( ) '

B B B DB DB B B DB B B
Alternating E/Bb four of each Combining E and Bb Major triads

B B B B B DB B DB B B B DB
Triplets

DB B B B B B P
B DB
3
18

B DB DB B B B B 3
3
3

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* * ' * "# ""
( * ( ( "! *
* ' ) ' ' * )
) & ( & (
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B B B B BBB
B B B BDB B B DB B B DB
sixteenths Voice leading

D
B B B B
B DB B B DB B B
B DB B DB DB DB B
3 3
21

3 3
3 3

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B DB B B DB B B B B B B B =
3 3 3
3

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