Jazz blues etude in F

[CliffR]

Quite the opposite of improvisation, in fact, but an attempt to internalise one lick so it can be used improvisational by playing it through a number of chords and across several string sets.
These are all variations of a George Benson lick from Billie's Bounce. For each dominant, start on the 4th, down to the 2nd and then ascend chromatically to the 3rd and play a half-diminished from there. Some of the resolving lines are taken from George's same solo, some I composed myself. I've pushed the speed up a bit since I posted my last master work here

Jazz blues etude in F

[charlieparker]

Sounded great to me. Timing was pretty solid and it didn't sound like you were playing the same thing over and over again.

Were you basically only playing the lick over dominant chords? I didn't quite understand how you were varying it.

[DawgBone]

Sounding good on them licks. Nice tone as well. Fat and rich sounding without being too dark.

[CliffR]

Thanks both for listening and the kind words!

Yeah, the first half of the lick is around a bar long and I play it over the dominants. Mostly I start on the 4-and, but once on the 2-and, once on the 1, and once on the 1-and. It's the second half that varies, about how it moves to the following chord. So I play F7->Bb7, F7->F7->Bb7, Bb7->F7, D7->Gm7 and C7->F7. Make sense?

[CliffR]

My next assignment is to choose 2-3 more licks to practice across a range of chords and tunes. This is what I've come up with so far (some of which are straight lifts from George Benson).