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I thought I'd take it on myself to start this thread about this bebop head, because I'm hoping it'll inspire and motivate me to learn this head properly. I can play most of it except for an intricate moment or two in the B section, on the seventh and eighth systems on my own transcription here -
(Incidentally, I would probably pick it a different way now, and, for example, I would pick rather than slur the triplet in the first bar).
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04-02-2026 01:17 PM
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But... we never got to the bridge on Moose the Mooch
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No takers for this? I've been practising it. It's not too bad except for the quick little flurry bits in the B section I identified above - not sure I've notated them 100% correctly in terms of the rhythm but it doesn't matter. I can play it, just not yet quite at tempo.
I may post a video soon or wait until I can play it spick and span, not sure yet...
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I am still working on Moose. I will try and jump in this weekend. Is it Blues For Alice changes?
Originally Posted by James W
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There are similarities but Confirmation isn't (based on) a blues - it's a different form. Originally Posted by charlieparker
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Oh yeah, and the pick directions I notate more or less are how I pick it now, contrary to what I say above.
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This is one of my favourite Bird tunes. I don't have time to get into it now, but here's a recording I made a couple of years ago. Certainly nothing like full speed, and even then I came unstuck a couple of times during the B section head.
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I'm also still working through Moose. Keep the thread alive and I'll come over in a week or two.
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It’s a 32 AABA. The first four bars are the same changes though. Originally Posted by charlieparker
I discuss the specific ‘schema’/chord progression in this video
It’s a common one!
Also I did this a while back
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This is one of Parker"s most difficult compositions.
Part B is not easy to play in right tempo.
I had it mastered a long time ago, but I stopped practicing this song and easily forgot.
In general, Parker's tunes are not easy, you have to practice them all the time.
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Not forgetting this video either...
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That's the point. Originally Posted by kris
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A fun variant on the Confirmation changes is the Dizzy Gillespie tune "That's Earl, Brother" which Joe Pass especially loved.
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Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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I'll give it a shot, some tricky syncopations. The Real Book 6th edition chart appears to be fairly accurate - the Parker Omnibook does not, wrong key and more than a few wrong notes. Originally Posted by James W
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Thank you. I need some motivation to practice this... How does my transcription compare to the Real Book one? I'm not sure I have that edition. Originally Posted by Mick-7
I'll give it a shot, some tricky syncopations. The Real Book 6th edition chart appears to be fairly accurate - the Parker Omnibook does not, wrong key and more than a few wrong notes.
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I'll have to check, but surely it's better than the Omnibook. Originally Posted by James W
Last edited by Mick-7; 05-04-2026 at 02:11 PM.
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I will have to see if I can come up with a fingering that works with rest-stroke picking.
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Don’t be positional would be my advice Originally Posted by charlieparker
Working by ear helps
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLast edited by Christian Miller; 05-01-2026 at 04:12 AM.
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Wrong key? The omni book has it in F, which is the only key I've ever seen it in. Originally Posted by Mick-7
I'll give it a shot, some tricky syncopations. The Real Book 6th edition chart appears to be fairly accurate - the Parker Omnibook does not, wrong key and more than a few wrong notes.
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You didn't fix the Honeysuckle bridge typo on the PDF. This is like the 3rd time I've tried to wrap my head around how the Satin Doll bridge is III VI II V, come to the conclusion it's not, then seen your comment correcting it on youtube. I've probably learned more from your mistake than all the correct stuff. Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Good tip! I am finding, yeah, with rest stroke picking you often have to slur or shift to make a line work which is quite interesting. Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Most of my pick directions I notate in my transcription above follow the tenets of economy picking. However it's worth noting in case anyone wondered that on the seventh stave down in the E flat minor 7 chord starting on the last note of the previous bar (B flat) is an example of broken economy picking a term I got from Chris Brooks' book on economy picking, it refers to economy picking that isn't purely directional but rather whose logic is dictated by a particular pick-slant - in this case, I pick the B flat with a downstroke so that the next note, D flat, is picked with an upstroke where the pick escapes to prepare it to play the quick down-sweep of E flat - B flat - C, so in other words this phrase is all played USX/downward pick-slanting, until the next up-sweep is required.
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I don't use rest stroke picking, but I have quite recently discovered the freedom of shifting up and down the fretboard in the middle of the phrase, and I think it's a game-changer. Originally Posted by charlieparker
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The Omnibook transcription leaves out some of the mordents and it's a bit scrappy towards the end of the bridge when the harmony moves briefly to Db major. That aside, it's as accurate as most others out there. The most reliable source for Parker's solos is Mark Voelpel's Charlie Parker for Guitar: Originally Posted by Mick-7
Charlie Parker for Guitar - Note-for-Note Transcriptions and Detailed Performance Notes for 18 Bebop Classics Guitar Educational (672387) by Hal Leonard
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