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BeBop Cliches/Patterns
Dm7

2 Dm7

G7

G7

4 Dm7

G7

5 G7
Coltrane

G7

OR

C^7

6 Dm7
G7

13

17

Dm7

G7

C^7

G7

etc.

9 C
G7
C
A7 Dm7

10 C
A7
Dm7
G7
C

21

25

11 C^7 or

12

33 13 Dm7
G7
C^7

29

37

15

41

C7

14
3

Dm7

Dm7

C^7 or C7

G7

C^7

G7

16

Dm7

G7(Eb7)

C^7

17 G7
18 G7

etc.

45

49

19

Dm7

G7

C^7

20 Dm7
G7
C^7

53

21

57

22

61

65

23

Dm7

G7

Dm7

G7(Db^7)

Dm7

24 G7alt

69

26

73

Diminished

C^7

C^7

Dm7

G7

C^7

25 G7

G7

C^7

27 Dm7
C^7
G7

77

81

BOXES - Exercises
(All permutations based on Cmaj.)

3rds

etc.

Broken 3rds

etc.

3a
3

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

Three Note Stacked 3rds Up and

Down

etc.

Four Note Stacked 3rds Up and

Down

etc.
5a
Broken Triads

6a

etc.

etc.

etc.

Four Note Stacked 3rds

etc.

4a

etc.

Three Note Stacked

3rds

etc.

3
3

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

Brecker - Rhythm Changes

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Em7

D7

Am7

E7
D7
Am7


Bm7

C7

Bm7

E7

D7

31

37

47

57

67

76

Bridge
B7

G7

From "Frieda" David Benoit - Here's To You Charlie Brown

G7

Dm

F7

G7
C
A7

Dm

From "Oleo" bootleg - at NTSU '84

C7

(Rhythm Changes G
14 in concert F)

19

Am

A7

G^7

Coltrane Changes (Countdown)

C^7

Eb7

Ab^7

G7
C^7
B7 E^7

The following phrases come from the Ridker/Wieskoepf book Coltrane's Harmony

Ab^7
B7 E^7 G7 C^7

13

C^7

17

Eb7

25

21

29

33

37

41

45

2
49

53

57

61

C^7

Eb7

Ab^7

B7

E^7

G7

C^7

65

69

73

77

81

85

89

93

CONFIRMATION (Bird Blues) CHANGES

B7

E7alt

Brecker

Am7

D7

Gm7

C7

F^7

Art Farmer

Trane

Gm7
F^7
Am7
D7
C7

13

17

21

25

29

33

37

41

45

B7

E7alt

Lines in Minor
Dm

melodic

Trane

etc.

Gm7

Gm7

13

Em7

F#m7

Trane

Fm7

Em7

17

21

25

29

Dbm7
Dm7

Ebm7

Brecker

Long Line Exercises

Pete Lewis
A7

Eric Alexander (BeBop Scale)

In the Key of C

In The Key of C

Eric Alexander (BeBop Scale with Rotations)

Eric Alexander (Loops)

(Gm7-C7)

(Gm7-C7)

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

Dm7

G7

13

17

C^7

Aebersold

Good in Blues

21

25

29

33

37

41

45

Diminished

Red Garland

Good in Blues

C ^7
G7

49

Dm7

Dm7

53

57

G7

61

C^7

BeBop Cliche

65

Cannonball

69

73

77

Hemiola

Garzone

Use of Ab Pent. 6

Sonny Stitt

81

Diminished

85

89

Good in Blues

John Nugent

3
G7

C^7

93

Dm7

97

101

105

109

113

117

121

MINOR 2, 5, 1s (All in Aminor)

Bm7(b5)

E7alt

Am

13

17

37

41

29

33

Aebersold

21

25

Aebersold Tritone Sub

Diminished Scale

Diminished Scale

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

10

13

16

19

22

25

Bird

Circle of 4ths

28

31

BeBop Cliche

Art Farmer

Trane

2
34

37

40

43

46

49

52

BeBop Scale

Trane / Bergonzi

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

B7

E7alt

10

13

16

19

22

25

28

31

Arpeggiation

Diminished Scale

Am

Arpeggiation

Arpeggiation

Arpeggiation

Shapes

etc.

etc.

(Gm)

(F#m)

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

Also start this shape with the first note as a pickup.

etc.

(Fm)

etc.

(Em)

etc.

Use of above shape in a 2,5,1

Dm7
G7
C^7

4
5

A7alt

etc.

Brecker Cape Verdean Blues

6
Around

the circle of 4ths

etc.

7
Also starting one half step lower

etc.

etc.

Use of Patterns 2 and 1 in a 2, 5, 1

Dm7

G7

C^7

10

also 1/2 step lower

11
Whole-Tone (also, 1/2 step higher)

12

13
Diminished

also start on C and B

Diminished

14

15

OR

etc.

(G7,B7, Eb7)

16

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

etc.

Bob Berg

etc.

etc.

Ricker

17


Also Start on C and D

Ricker

4ths

18

Also start on D, C#, C

4ths

Also Start on B, C, C#, D, E b

Em7

TURNAROUNDS (3, 6, 2, 5, 1s)

A7

Dm7

G7

C^7

13

17

25

21

29

33

37

41

45

Trane

Bird

Ornithology

V7 to I Resolutions
G7

G7

C^7

G7

C^7

C^7

G7

C^7

G7

C^7

G7

C^7

The above six examples are "Double Rotation" (an idea from Cannonball Adderley)
13

G7

17

20

C7

G7

24

C^7

Stan Getz

F7

C^7

G7

G7

G7

C^7

28

G7

C^7

Brecker

Quarter Tones

36 G7alt
Cm

32 G7alt

Cm7

Chip McNiel
Cm

40 G7alt

Bars 4 and 5 in Blues

C^7

C^7

Cannonball

G7 Triad Pairs

C^7

G7

Triad Pairs

C^7

Gary Campbell

G7

C^7
Quarter Tones

G7alt

Cm

G7alt (Or start on 3rd of Dominant chord)

Chip McNiel

Cm

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The last two examples make use of the Ab minor pentatonic 6

D or E