Billie's Bouncing back

[CliffR]

I thought I'd give this a try. I have always struggled with this classic bebop head but I haven't yet given up!

Nice! I see you play the phrase towards the end - the descending Gm7 arpeggio - as a bar on the 15th fret. I actually finding it easier to play the trill on the 15th and then shift down to play the rest at the 10th. It's a fast left-hand shift, but more and more I'm finding freedom with moving quickly across the fretboard like this makes fingerings easier.

[lawson-stone]

Nice! I see you play the phrase towards the end - the descending Gm7 arpeggio - as a bar on the 15th fret. I actually finding it easier to play the trill on the 15th and then shift down to play the rest at the 10th. It's a fast left-hand shift, but more and more I'm finding freedom with moving quickly across the fretboard like this makes fingerings easier.

I'll give that a try. I'm not happy with that phrase and don't typically play it cleanly.

[Mick-7]

I'm a licks player, pure and simple, and these days I base my playing on two famous people and I adhere to a quote from each.

Firstly it's Louis Armstrong who said "... the first chorus I play the melody. The second chorus I play the melody around the melody, and the third chorus I routines."

Pardon my ignorance but what exactly is "routines"?

[digger]

Pardon my ignorance but what exactly is "routines"?

I assume improvisation, Mick. I lifted the quote from a biography of Satch.

Derek