Im almost there, but still debating which fingerings are the easiest fast and smooth in certain keys. Major scales and arpeggios scarsdale middle school. Has anybody here mastered the fingerings for the bebop scales in all 12 keys. Also note how this exercise teaches the modes as it revolves through scales starting on each note of the major scale. Almost all chord scales are related to one of four parent scales. The ones that i know of are the baritoneeuphonium treble or bass clef, trombone bass clef or tenor clef, which is for really high notes, and cello bass clef or tenor clef, which is for really high notes. Another common bebop scale is the dominant seventh or mixolydian. Apart from scales youll have to learn modes as well, as many jazz songs are modal. Digital edition treble clef 9781594893544 and bass clef 9781594893551 are included with this download. The bass clef scale is an easy to learn scale that will widely improve your piano paying. We hear a lot about the 2 5 1 chord sequence in jazz. The bebop scales, with one chromatic step added to a major, minor or dominant scale, are increasingly important in jazz education. Bebop scales are the use of 12 steps in scales and modes to transform them into clear harmonic ides that spell chords. Bass clef scale cello sheet music, cello music, trombone.
The formula will always move this way 753 bebop passing. The online course is a lifetime subscription that accesses more exercises and lessons. All scales and patterns can be played many different ways on the bass fretboard. Major bebop scales are essentially major scales with added sharpened fifth notes. You may find these playalongs useful for practicing bebop scales, licks or patterns. Here is a list of the 16 most important scales for jazz improvisation and the harmonic contexts in which they can be used for improvisation. The ii chord last for one measure, the v chord lasts for one measure, and the i chord lasts for two measures to make a fourbar phrase. A daily dose of scales for improvisation treble clef blue cover bass clef red cover.
Would you happen to have the 12 blues scales sheet in bass clef too. As the name suggests, bebop scales are particularly useful for generating melodic vocabulary in a bebop context, but they can be deployed while improvising in other jazz styles and nonjazz settings as well, as long as its stylistically, expressively, and aesthetically appropriate. Combining arpeggios with the bebop scale fundamental changes. Print and download in pdf or midi score03634496342ea5454d7b1505be5a7f38 clarinette basse gammes bebop 1 octave. May 18, 2011 the basic idea behind bebop scales is simple. C ocarina g ocarina click on the score to view exercises for any scale. Cb9 is the preferred nomenclature for a chord which uses harmony from the halfwhole diminished scale. The bebop scales are frequently used in jazz, and deservedly got their name from their extensive use in the bebop era 1940s60s by such jazz musicians as charlie christian, wes montgomery, charlie parker and dizzie gillespie, to name a few. These line will consist of the ascending and decending versions mixed together.
Bebop is ultimately all about being able to play any chromatic tone on any chord. In this free guitar lesson, learn how to combine jazz arpeggios with the bebop scale to make fluid jazz guitar lines. The bebop scale is a dominant scale and has the same function in a key as the mixolydian scale. How to use bebop scales like a pro learn jazz standards. Bebop scales the bebop scales are frequently used in jazz improvisation and are derived from the modes of the major scale, the melodic minor scale and the harmonic minor scale.
What you need to note about jazz bass guitar is that the bass isnt a riff like it is in rockpop music. Therefore, a c bebop scale as shown in the examples above is basically a c mixolydian scale with an added b natural. It is a great way to build up your technical skills on the instrument and learn. Melodic minor and bebop scales bass clef free download as pdf file. This is a valuable little book, showing how a bebop scale can be constructed using the major, dorian, mixolydian, and locrian modes scales. The dominant bebop scale is a mixolydian scale with an added major 7th note. Approach notes the study of bebop and jazz melodic. I have included in my daily routine handouts for beginning students trombone, bass clef euphonium, treble clef euphonium, tuba all twelve major scales and a chromatic scale. Sometimes the bass clef can be more difficult to remember than the treble clef. You can combine two tetrachords to form any of the common jazz scales through you.
Dominant bebop scale guitar c bebop scale guitar tab. Jazz scales and patterns in all 12 keys bass clef sheet music. The principle is simple these exercises are designed to. Below, you can find a pdf explaining exactly what this means.
Remember, chords and scales are two sides of the same coin. Pdf bebop scales bass clef joe riposo free download pdf. Wes montgomery is on fire as always, listen and take note. Get that classic bebop sound with a scale you already know but never use. Jazz scales and patterns in all 12 keys bass clef bass clef instruments sheet music jamey aebersold jazz. Practice them in all 12 keys, major and minor, and. This book is great for its step by step instruction on learning the major and dominant bebop scales. Notes on or above the d line should have the stems facing down from the left side. Above is a terrific example of the dominant bebop scale key of bb being played. The project is influenced by outstanding musicians including charlie parker, bill evans, joe pass, clifford brown and others. The jazz bass guitar is called walking bass and it usually is improvisation. Practicing scales and arpeggios the reforming trombonist.
Jul 31, 2015 sax lesson bebop scales paul williamson tenor sax learn to play. From the blues inflected double bass solos of ray brown to the electric bass bebop of jeff berlin. And i mean really know them, up and down and inside out. In the bebop scale, that consists 8 notes, you go from the root to the fifth and back. Two octave scales a harmomc minor 1 o 3 2 2 2 4 1 4 2 4 1 4 4 0 2 1 o 2 4 0 2 245 1 251 257 2 263 4. For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music. Theory dictates that we place strong tones on strong beats to best convey the harmony. Youll find the scales with sharps in their key signatures first and scales with flats in their key signatures second. The bebop dominant scale is a mixolydian mode with a chromatic passig tone between the 7 and the root therefore the natural 7. By simply adding one chromatic note, you can convert the most commonly used scales into bebop scales. Melodic minor and bebop scales bass clef d4pqq2ko3wnp.
Major bebop scales are used to create smoothsounding lines, in which chord tones fall on the beat, over major and majortype chords e. Dominant scales a dominant scale is a major scale with the 7th pitch of the scale. This makes hitting those target notes much easier and facilitates the seamless connection of one chord to another. David baker named these scales the bebop scales because they were used so often by jazz artists form the bebop era. Up until now we have used basic chord substitutions to explain the bebop scales commonly described in jazz theory books. Bebop scales are essentially major, minor, and dominant scales with one or more added passing tones, which are extra chromatic or nondiatonic notes. It is vital to learn the scales visually on the piano or as fingerings on other instruments. We have written out these chords in treble clef and in bass clef, to accommodate our friends who play bass and trombone. I recommend that you spend some time with those five tones in all keys.
It is important to note that in theory and in practice, bebop scales are generally thought of as descending scales, meaning they make the most sense, sound the best, and are most. Major scale patterns, diminished scale patterns, and exercises for improving your saxophone tone, technique, and jazz improvisation. Write each note on the correct line using quarter notes. Notice that each scale uses only the accidentals used in the. Get that classic bebop sound with a scale you already know. It takes you through all the keys for each mode scale, and the music is displayed in two octaves, good practice for anyone learning to read. The art of improvisation is a twovolume set that includes the features listed below, and more, to help you learn and master jazz improvisation. Nov 06, 2003 there are 4 bebop scales based on the ionian major, dorian and mixolydian modes of the major scale and the melodic minor scale. These scales are important for all instruments to know. Bebop scales method and playalong cd how to understand, practice and use by scott black this cd book in pdf format will help you understand and learn to create your own jazz solos. Jazz scales and patterns in all 12 keys bass clef edition at. Blues scales for bass clef brian kane books available at music retailers nationwide, and internationally through sunhawk digital music at. They are the tradional scalemode with an added passing tone.
A stepbystep method for developing extraordinary technique on the bass guitar. Each of these playalongs is just a repeating iiv7i progressions. Anybody mastered the fingerings for the bebop scales. Play this exercise both legato and staccato, in different octaves, if possible. Report bebop scales bass clef joe riposo please fill this form. Jazz scales and patterns in all 12 keys sheet music.
A daily scale practice routine for development of jazz improvisational facility. Michael brecker licks free just for joining my mailing list below. Joes simple practice method will have you hearing, using, and. Bebop scales down and up the bebop scales add a chromatic passing tone to the basic scales so that strong chord tones occur on the strong beats. Obviously, if we just play chromatically with free abandon, the harmony goes out the window.
Jazz guitar scales basic modal scales ionianmajor scale play over. This makes hitting those target notes much easier and. This way, one develops a routine where a wide variety of scales and arpeggios are mastered in a 12day rotation. It takes you through all the keys for each mode scale, and the music is displayed. But looking at five different sources, i found inconsistent terminology and contradicting definitions. G7 bebop lines jeff ellwood jeff ellwood jeff ellwood. The 16 most important scales in jazz updated learn. You will want to use one finger per fret to cover the fourfret range. Learn the patterns thoroughly starting on any pitch and any scale step for each scale. Here are all the major scales on the bass clef along with a printable pdf file to keep with you trombone sheet music cello music music chords piano sheet music learn bass guitar bass guitar lessons piano lessons music lessons bass guitar scales. Here is a pdf of the 16 most important scales in jazz and their corresponding tetrachords.
All are written only one octave with the exception of the f major and chromatic scales, which are written two octaves. Here are all the major scales on the bass clef along with a printable pdf file to keep with you. The term bebop scale was first introduced by trombonist. Play triad of the scale 1, 3, and 5 of the scale 6. Bebop scales bass clarinet bass clef lexcerpts sheet. How to play bebop scales on guitar when it comes to learning scales on the guitar, theres certainly no shortage with so many to learn, so which ones do musicians actually use and incorporate into their playing that will make you a better jazz guitarist. If you count voice as an instrument, the tenor voice is written for both treble and bass clef.
Here youll find the bass clef scales the major scales with their key signatures. Nov 21, 2016 the bass clef scale is an easy to learn scale that will widely improve your piano paying. The strong chord tones are root, 3 rd, 5 th and 7 th on the dominant chord and root, 3 rd, 5 th and 6 th not 7 th on tonic major and minor chords. You should feel comfortable with the three scales to track 1 and. Bebop part ii all the exercises you can eat jason lyon. Below is the bebop scale with chromatic notes that approach primary chord tones 57 below the line is broken down to show the approach to each primary chord tone these chromatic approaches can now be used in combination with the. Bebop scales almost magically turn scales into jazz lines, adding melodic flow and logical forward motion to your solos.
Soloing can be a daunting prospect so it helps to break a piece down in to manageable chunks. Bass clef version available a 177 page, interactive pdf ebook compilation of technique building, noncliche musical exercises, patterns and licks, is available for. Using the bebop scale on days of wine and roses learn. Utilize descending motion and use melodic lines that combine ascending and descending motion. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol surround the line on which f pitch is written. Mastering scales with tetrachords, part 2 learn jazz standards. We did this by combining chord substitutions and three basic bebop scales, namely those with a chromatic passing tone between their 7th note and their root dorian bebop, mixolydian bebop and aeolean bebop. Table of contents 1 all of me 2 all the things you are 3 alone together 4 autumn leaves e minor 5 autumn leaves g minor 6 beautiful love 7 blue bossa 8 blues bb 9 blues f 10 body and soul 11 c minor blues 12 cherokee confirmation 14 days of wine and roses. It does presume that one has some basic background in theory, particularly in the construction of major and myxolidian. C major scale in bass clef and reading in bass clef. Description download bebop scales bass clef joe riposo comments. Notes below d should have a stem on the right side facing up.