The Notated Lick Compendium

[garybaldy]

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.

Not a particularly good one to put in a book.
You could have 2 beats per chord Bbm7b5/ Eb7/ AbM7/Eb11/ > Ab
(or sub a Bb7b5 for the Bbm7b5)

[Mick-7]

As I said earlier, I've found Slonimsky's book to be a great resource for patterns and interval studies (I shared a link to it in my post #44).

I catalogued many patterns in it according to their scales.



For example, patterns #99 to #106 on the page above (19) are all diminished scale based except for pattern #102 which is whole tone.
So #99 & #100 will work over Ab7b9/B7b9/D7b9/F7b9, #101 will work over C7b9/Eb7b9/Gb7b9/A7b9, etc.

And they may be identified in other ways, for example pattern #106, in addition to being diminished, is a combination of Am & Ebm triads, and it will work over Bbmaj7b5/#5 - lots of possible harmonic applications once you identify the source scale.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

A thread for posting and storing notated licks.

Here is a Scott Hamilton double enclosure lick that I'm trying to get into my playing:

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

A thread for posting and storing notated licks.

Here is a enclosure lick that uses a FM arp pivot:

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

A thread for posting and storing notated licks.

Here is a Charlie Parker lick from his 'Buzzy' Bb Blues:

[Mick-7]

Here is a Charlie Parker lick from his 'Buzzy' Bb Blues

I dig the third measure where he plays a Bmaj7 (Cbmaj7) arpeggio over the Eb7 chord! - so like Cm >B >Bb7.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

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Here is a simple "Pivots with Enclosures" lick, I play this a lot:

[Mick-7]

The Notated Lick Compendium. A thread for posting and storing notated licks.

Here is a simple "Pivots with Enclosures" lick, I play this a lot:

What is the definition of "pivot"?

[pamosmusic]

What is the definition of "pivot"?

An octave-displacement.

So if you play C D E F G A B C, but between, say, E and F you drop an octave and continue in that lower octave.

It also refers to the most common specific use of this octave displacement which is with an ascending 7th chord arpeggio.

So play C E G B, but drop to the lower octave for the E and ascend from there. It's bebop in a box.

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.

A thread for posting and storing notated (great) licks.

Here is another great, classic, cliché Charlie Parker type lick, this can be played over a static Major chord to add more interest or a ii-V-I, I like this a lot:

[GuyBoden]

The Notated Lick Compendium.


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This minor ii-V-i lick is based on a fantastic Jack Zucker line, but simplified for my meagre ability:

[Mick-7]

Can't say I like the sound of your G7 line, two possible changes....

[GuyBoden]

Can't say I like the sound of your G7 line, two possible changes....

Very nice, I apologise for my meagre efforts. Maybe, I missed something, but I very loosely based Lick 26 on this fantastically melodic line shown below created by Jack Zucker:

[Mick-7]

I see.... the trouble started when you left the relative safety of the melodic minor scale, never do that!

Here's a similar lick in F melodic minor, which is commonly used for Dm5b5/G7b9. There are of course many possibilities, depending on which chord tone you start your phrase on.