The login page will open in a new tab. Minor blues scale without the b5th. The same question applies to Lick 2, which starts with an F7 arpeggio (without the root). a simple minor pentatonic) Bar 7-8: Major blues scale. C Blues (Concert B flat) 2. Strive to match the phrasing and articulation of the trumpet/ tenor sax, and trombone on the recording. Simple, for this exercise, is good. Here's the same tune featuring Trombone Shorty when he was only 13 years old. Sing a simple melody of 2-4 tones from the scale while moving the trombone slide accordingly. 10 Charlie Christian Dominant Licks (With F Jazz Blues Solo), How to Play in the Style of Charlie Christian. Curious as to why you don’t hold the last notes in the 8th and 9th measures (Eb and A respectively)? Concert E Blues 8. 0000018339 00000 n About 'St Louis Blues' Artist: Handy, W.C. (sheet music)Born: November 16, 1873 , March 28, 1958 The Artist: An American blues composer and musician, widely known as the Father of the Blues. The straight tenor is the standard trombone that most people start out on and many professionals continue to play. Hi In the major harmony V7 and VIIø chords have the same function : dominant chord. Using the major blues scale (the major pentatonic scale with an added b3) is a great way to bring a Christian and swing sound to your lines, so feel free to explore this idea further. It’s a simple F blues in which Miles plays a great solo, not with the quantity of notes but instead with great note choices. Another example: if you have C7, you can play Em7b5 to generate that same Christian sound in your solo. That is the best way for me to improve my lessons and make them fit what you are searching for. When soloing with arpeggios, inserting one or two scale tones, such as the 9th in this line, can go a long way to making your lines sound musical and not like an exercise. After you’ve understood how each lick is built, you can take those concepts and apply them to other chords, keys, and tunes. Blues in F. "Coltrane Jazz" (1960, Tenor, 4) Stevie. F sharp Blues (Concert E) 8. Concert D flat Blues 5. Now that you’ve explored some Charlie Christian phrases on their own, you’re ready to combine them in a soloing study over an F blues chord progression. Repetition is something Christian, and other jazz guitarists, used to great effect when creating phrases in his solos. Think of it as organizing words into sentences with periods and commas, rather than having long streams of run on sentences. Here is a very typical, and melodic Charlie Christian lick. It doesn’t have any tubing inside the main loop, so it can only be played in B-flat. Related Instruments and Combinations Trombone Duet Trumpet-Trombone Duet Trombone Trio 2 Trumpets-Trombone 0000014786 00000 n Then, take the time to internalize that passage, playing it over and over. There is slight variations in how you use this scale depending on the harmony behind it. By Guitar World Staff 16 August 2017. Play it slowly up and down, listening carefully to the sound of the scale. E flat Blues (Concert D flat) 5. B flat Blues (Concert A flat) 4. 011 These licks are derived from the G blues (Concert F blues) scale, and are played in a swing style. Both are exchangeable. 4 0 obj <> endobj xref 4 47 0000000016 00000 n As a jazz musician, it’s important to have a good handle on the blues and know how to improvise over it well. By working these types of chromatic notes, you too can use them to create interest, energy, and engagement in your own jazz guitar solos. 0000011821 00000 n B flat Blues (Concert D flat) 5. spent their time wisely learning the tools of the trade. Because of its longevity, using this approach in your own solos is an essential sound to have under your fingers and in your ears. 0000015521 00000 n After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Charlie Christian is the father of jazz guitar, one of the most important figures in jazz guitar history, and a favorite soloist of many jazz guitarists today. Lessons; Five Classic Blues Turnarounds: Bars 11 and 12, Delta Blues Style.