Jazz Boot Camp: 10 Ways to Get In and Out of Trouble

By Jake Hanlon
premierguitar.com

Ex. 1
Moderately q = 100

n n
j
* Gm7

j j
b4
&b 4 j n



w w
mf

0 1 0 0

3 1 3 1 3 1
3 3 3

3 3 3 3 3 3 3
*Chord symbols reect basic harmony.
D7#9

n
j j j j j
b n n w
& b

#
w
w
w w

1 0 0 1 0
3 1 3 1 3 1 6
3 3 3 5
4
5
3 3 3 3 3

Ex. 2
Moderately q = 100
Cm7 F9 C#m7 F#9
r r
. .
b
#

Play 3 times
4
&4 b nn ##
. . # . .
mf

8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8
8 8 8 9 9 9
8 8 8 9 9 9
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By Jake Hanlon
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Ex. 3
Moderately q = 100

.
Em7
.
A7 Dm7
j
Fm7 Abm7 G13 Cmaj13

b
n b bbb nn w
w
4 # b
n w
& 4 b w
w
mf

5 8 6 5 8 11 12 10

8 8 5 6 6 6 9 12 10 10
7 7 6 5 8 11 10 9
5 5 9 9
7 5 8 11 10
7 5 8

Ex. 4
Moderately q = 110

bb
.j
Gm7 Bb7#5 Eb9 D7#9 D7b9
j
Gm7
.j Bb7#5
j
b4 .
b . n b
& b 4
n b
# n
# #
3 3
mf

3 7 6 6 6 4 3 7
3 7 6 6 5 5 3 7
3 6 5 5 4 4 3 6
6 6 5 5
3 3 4 5 6 3 3 4 5 6

n
Eb9 D7#9 D7b9 Gm7 D7#9
j
b b. . n
#
b n b
& # n J .
.

6 6 6 4 3 6
6 6 5 5 3 6 5 3 5
5 5 4 4 3 5 3 5 4
6 6 5 5
3
 Jazz Boot Camp: 10 Ways to Get In and Out of Trouble
By Jake Hanlon
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Ex. 5
Moderately q = 100
Gm7b5/Db C7/Db Cm7 B7 Bbm7 A7#5 Ab7 G7 Gb13

4
& 4 b b



bb ## bbn # n bb n bbb

b b . b n
mf 3

8 8 8 7 6 6 4 3 4
10 9 8 8 6 6 5 4 3
8 8 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
9 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 3

A7 D9 Db9 Db9 C9 B9 Bbmaj7

3
n bbn b nb b w
& # #n #
#
w
b b bw
w

5 5 4 3 4 3 2 3
6 5 4 3 4 3 2 2
5 4 3 3 3 2 1 3
5 4 4 3 2 1
5 3

< q__q = aq eb >

Ex. 6
3

Moderately q = 100

. j .
E7#9 Eb7#9 D7#9 D7b9 G7/F C7 Dm7 C C

. b#. . b ##

4 # b bn J
&4 # bn # n .


. . J
mf

8 8 8

8 8 8 7 7 6 4 11 11 6 6 7 8
7 7 7 6 6 5 5 8 8 9 7 7 8 9
6 6 6 5 5 4 4 9 9 8 10
7 7 7 6 6 5 5 8 8 X X
8 8
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By Jake Hanlon
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Ex. 7
Moderately slow q = 80
Gm7 C7 Gbmaj7#11 Fmaj13

U
4
& 4 b
b
b

mf

6 5 3 1 3
3 5 3 2 3 2
3 2 3 2 3 2
3
2 1

__ a 3 b
< >
Ex. 8
Moderately q = 110 q q = q e
Dm7b5 G7b13 Cm7b5 F7#9 Bb13 B13 Bb13
j U
j
# n b . # n
j

b4 bb . # n
& b 4 b n J n b b n b
. . . b > n b
mf
6

6 6 4 4 4 6 9 9 8 6 9 6 8 9 8
5 5 4 4 4 3 3 8 8 7 5 7 7 8 7
6 6 3 3 4 4 7 7 6 8 6 7 6
5 5 X X 3 3 8 8 X X X
3 3 6 6 7 6

< q__q = aq eb >

Ex. 9
3

Slow q = 77
Bm7b5 Bbm7 Am7 Eb7 C7 Gm C13 C7 Fmaj7

b
.

bb
b b b n nn ww
3

b 4
& 4
n
b b n w

J w
mf

5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 4 5 8 0

3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 3 8 6
4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 9
3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 4 3 2 8 7
3 3 X
3 8
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By Jake Hanlon
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Ex. 10
Moderately q = 100

bb n
Em7b5 A7b13 Ebm7b5 Ab7b13 Dm7b5 G7b13
j j j
b
b
b
b
4 # nb
&4


b





mf

8 6 7 5 6 4
7 6 6 5 5 4
9 5 7 4 6 3
7 X 6 X 5 X
5 4 3

b
Dbm7b5 Gb7b13 Cm7b5 F7b13 Bbmaj9

bbb
j j
& bb
b w

b b nb w
bw
w
b
5 3 4 2 1
4 3 3 2 2
5 2 4 1 0
4 X 3 X 1
2 1