{"id":4922,"date":"2016-11-21T18:24:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T17:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/?p=3959"},"modified":"2024-11-26T15:36:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:36:45","slug":"brazilian-jazz-licks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/brazilian-jazz-licks\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Jazz Guitar Licks and Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brazilian jazz is one of the most popular subgenres of jazz for fans and performers alike. With infectious grooves, hard-driving solos, and strong ensemble interaction, Brazilian jazz is enjoyable to listen to and exciting to perform.<\/span><\/p>\n

While you may listen to Brazilian jazz, you may not know how to create that same cool sound in your playing. This article helps you do just that, take Brazilian jazz sounds from your favorite albums and put them onto the guitar.<\/p>\n

In this lesson, you\u2019ll learn seven essential Brazilian jazz licks, as well as study these lines in action over the tune Solar. By studying this material, you increase your knowledge of Brazilian jazz soloing, as well as increase your jazz soloing vocabulary at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/span>\n

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Baden Powell<\/h2>\n

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Many of the licks on this page are in the style of Brazilian acoustic guitar player Baden Powell because he is one of the key figures in the Brazilian Jazz movement.<\/p>\n

Baden Powell was born in 1937 and named after the founder of the boy scouts, Robert Thompson Baden Powell of whom his father (a violin player) was a big admirer. He started playing guitar at the age of 8 and proved to be a prodigy on the guitar. He performed in the program Papel Carbono and won the first place as guitar soloist.<\/p>\n

At the age of 13 he was playing as a professional musician and got inspired by jazz music. In 1956 he got his first big success: Samba Triste.\u00a0Another well-known composition of him is Berimbai.<\/p>\n

Baden Powell had complete command over his instrument and coupled this with unique musicality. He died in 2000 at the age of 63.<\/p>\n

Recommended listening<\/b>: O Universo Musical De Baden Powell<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Brazilian Jazz Lick 1 – Baden Powell<\/h2>\n

This first lick outlines a minor ii V I chord progression and is played in the style of Baden Powell.<\/p>\n

This lick uses three different scales, one over each chord, which is a typical approach to minor 2-5-1s in a jazz setting. These scales are the E Aeolian mode<\/a>, E harmonic minor<\/a>, and E melodic minor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bar 1 \u2013 <\/strong> E Aeolian<\/p>\n

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Bar 2 \u2013 <\/strong>E Harmonic Minor<\/p>\n

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Bar 3 \u2013 <\/strong>E Melodic Minor<\/p>\n

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As well, there\u2019s a triplet rhythm throughout the lick, a rhythm that Baden loved to use in his guitar solos.<\/p>\n

After learning this lick, improvise with these scales over minor ii V I chord progressions<\/a>, as well as with triplets, to take these concepts further in your studies.<\/p>\n

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Listen & Play Along<\/i><\/p>\n

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Here is a variation of this Baden Powell lick, this time over a major ii V I chord progression<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch that you don’t rush during the triplet section, which is a common roadblock with\u00a0repeated rhythms, and as always use a metronome to get the rhythms accurate and even in your studies.<\/p>\n

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Listen & Play Along<\/em><\/p>\n

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Baden Powell Lick 2<\/h2>\n

To continue your study of Baden Powell’s soloing concepts, here is a typical arpeggio<\/a> line in the key of E major.<\/p>\n

Notice the slides in the last section of the lick, as these are characteristic of Baden’s playing, and of Brazilian guitar in general.<\/p>\n

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Listen & Play<\/i><\/p>\n

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Baden Powell Lick 3<\/h2>\n

This Baden Powell chord phrase uses up-beat attacks along with three and four-note voicings to outline a ii V I in F major.<\/p>\n

If you are new to chord soloing<\/a>, try plucking each chord with your fingers, or you can use a hybrid (pick-fingers) picking approach in order to get that Brazilian feel in the tone of the phrase.<\/p>\n

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Listen & Play<\/i><\/p>\n

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Baden Powell Lick 4<\/h2>\n

Here, you will learn a highly syncopated line that uses three-note chord fingerings over a common chord progression<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Go slow with this phrase and use a metronome in order to get each upbeat chord accurately placed within the measure. Try not to rush which is a common issue many\u00a0players experience with this type of phrase.<\/p>\n

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Listen & Play<\/i><\/p>\n

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Baden Powell Lick 5<\/h2>\n

This next lick is a short ii-V-I-vi phrase that uses a typical Baden Powell approach to arpeggios.<\/p>\n

Here, you will play an upper melody note at the start of each chord, followed by an ascending three-note arpeggio that outlines the underlying chord change in the phrase.<\/p>\n

Coming from the classical realm, this type of arpeggio pattern can add a nice Bossa feel to your improvised lines and phrases in any setting.<\/p>\n

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Listen & Play<\/i><\/p>\n

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Brazilian Jazz Lick 6<\/h2>\n

In this lick, you mix a Brazilian feel with traditional bebop technique<\/a> to create a true Brazilian jazz melody.<\/p>\n