The Notated Lick Compendium

[Reg]

Yes cool... generally licks have targets. Like in Guy's 1st lick. D to G to E. At least that's how it sounded when I see it on paper. Obviously articulation can change Targets.

Anyway my point is be aware of the Targets of any lick and then you have the basic Lick. Then become aware of how or what your using to connect the Targets notes and you'll easily develop Lick Language, or the skill of being able to transpose Licks, and possible target note organization....typically harmonically, but you can just call it melodic embellishment etc...

The point is to develop skills of creating licks in live time somewhat mechanically. What your really doing is teaching your ears to hear longer sections of notes also, throw in rhythmic patterns... rhythmic licks and your language will explode.

[GuyBoden]

That lick implies altered chords though: Dm7b5 > G7b9.

Scale wise, D/F/Ab/B diminished or other scales such as C harmonic minor or Major, Ab melodic minor, et. al. depending on the alterations you want - #9th, b5th, b13th, etc.

Yes, the lick works for both, due to the chord tones on the down beats.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

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Here is a cliche lick I like:

Edit: Hang onto that Eb note for a bluesy vibe.

[AllanAllen]

That lick implies altered chords though: Dm7b5 > G7b9.

Scale wise, D/F/Ab/B diminished or other scales such as C harmonic minor or Major, Ab melodic minor, et. al. depending on the alterations you want - #9th, b5th, b13th, etc.

I see them as enclosure or leading tones. Maybe that’s not the right word. The idea is non-diatonic tones in the direction you want
to go. Whatever jargon means that.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

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Here is a cliche minor ii-V-i lick I like:

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

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Here is a Barry Harris Chromatic scale lick I like:

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

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I think this next lick shows the ingenuity of the Barry Harris Chromatic scale:

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

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I think this lick sounds great.

[Mick-7]

I transcribed this Howard Roberts solo once, the lick pictured is one that I particularly liked. This is a screen shot from the video, it's the last few bars of his solo before the double bar.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noS30-tKGUk

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

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I think this repeated 'Enclosure Pattern' lick sounds great over a C Major ii-V-I.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

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I think this lick with a descending Bebop scale run sounds good over a G7.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

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I like playing this lick over a Major ii-V-I.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

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A nice Charlie Parker lick.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

A thread for posting and storing notated licks.

A very interesting ii-V-I lick.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

A thread for posting and storing notated licks.

Simple Barry Harris Chromatic Scale lick over a Major ii-V-I.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

A thread for posting and storing notated licks.

A nice chromatic lick over a Major V-I.

[Mick-7]

If your goal it to get these ideas into your playing, which I presume it is, you'd probably be better off taking a pattern or combination of patterns and repeating it diatonically through the relevant chord changes, which is the approach taken in books like Oliver Nelson's: Patterns for Improvisation - Amazon.com. Dave Creamer also recommended this approach to me. Otherwise you just have a lick encyclopedia of limited practical value.

For example, here is your pattern from your post #40 repeated diatonically. You could then repeat this two bar phrase down an octave, starting on the note G, as in the first bar.

[wolflen]

Oliver Nelson's: Patterns for Improvisation - Amazon.com.

999 Pages Yikes!!

[Mick-7]

Oliver Nelson's: Patterns for Improvisation - Amazon.com.

999 Pages Yikes!!

I used to have Nelson's book (maybe I still do somewhere, I'll look for it), I recall that I found Nicholas Slonimsky's book to be more useful. You have to figure out how to use Slonimsky's patterns, their harmonic applications, but that's not hard once you identify the scales from which they came - diatonic, whole tone, diminished, twelve tone, etc.

Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns by Nicolas Slonimsky | Internet Archive Free Download

P.S. - I recall that the Oliver Nelson book was a slim volume, no way was it 999 pages, they must have added an extra '9' there. The bass clef version of the book is only 64 pages, as you can see here: Patterns for Improvisation: Bass Clef book by Oliver Nelson

Here's another patterns book I have - who knew that Jerry Coker has lived for well over 200 years? (Notice the publication date stated) - Patterns for Jazz - A Theory Text for Jazz Composition and Improvisation: Treble Clef Instruments by Jerry Coker | Amazon.com: Books

[GuyBoden]

If your goal it to get these ideas into your playing, which I presume it is, you'd probably be better off taking a pattern or combination of patterns and repeating it diatonically through the relevant chord changes, which is the approach taken in books like Oliver Nelson's: Patterns for Improvisation - Amazon.com.

I play the licks over the Jazz songs I know, changing the lick to fit the key and the chord type. I find that playing the licks over actual Jazz songs has been more useful than any other methods I've used.

I know the Oliver Nelson Jazz Patterns book (58 pages), I've not studied all of the patterns, only the patterns I like.

Here's an example pattern.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

A thread for posting and storing notated licks.

A nice triplet lick, which also uses the descending Dom bebop scale. Over a Major V-I.

[wolflen]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

A thread for posting and storing notated licks.

A nice triplet lick, which also uses the descending Dom bebop scale. Over a Major V-I.

Thanks Guy..these are very tasty licks..and you can mix and match them with scales/arp runs you have internalized..

BTW Ted Greene has a lesson on melodic patterns..He wrote this out by hand !

https://tedgreene.com/images/lessons...5-22.23.24.pdf

[Mick-7]

Thanks Guy..these are very tasty licks..and you can mix and match them with scales/arp runs you have internalized..

BTW Ted Greene has a lesson on melodic patterns... He wrote this out by hand!

1978, personal computers were not around to warp our minds and musical sensibilities. I still prefer to write music rather than type it into some app, just another modern "convenience" I would not miss at all if it vanished.

[garybaldy]

I play the licks over the Jazz songs I know, changing the lick to fit the key and the chord type. I find that playing the licks over actual Jazz songs has been more useful than any other methods I've used.

I know the Oliver Nelson Jazz Patterns book (58 pages), I've not studied all of the patterns, only the patterns I like.

Here's an example pattern.

To which chords is this lick played? Thanks

[Mick-7]

To which chords is this lick played? Thanks

Well, it's all Ab Major save for one note (E nat.), so it could be Bbm7(b5) > Eb7 > AbM or Ab7/D7.

As I recall, Nelson does not suggest chords, you have to determine that yourself.