Tutorials tagged: “Transposing”

• Mining Bud Powell: an applied analysis →

  This tutorial takes eight bars from Bud Powell’s solo on ‘Oblivion’ from The Genius of Bud Powell and works with it in different keys, at different tempos, and in different contexts.

  Transposing a few bars of Bud’s solo from E flat major to G major: how I think when transposing, in terms of key, chord progression, and scale degrees • Transposing just a single phrase • Taking phrases and using them in other contexts: in another jazz standard, over a rhythm changes bridge, and in a contemporary jazz context

  Updated 15 April 2023

  • Tags:
  • Bebop
  • Enclosures
  • Rhythm changes
  • Modern jazz
  • Playing outside
  • Transposing

• Bebop licks: ii-V⁷-I (2-5-1): major key →

  A collection of bebop licks over ii-V⁷-I cadences in the major key.

  ii-V⁷-I in: F major (198bpm) • F major (140bpm) • F major (200bpm) • E major (184bpm) • B flat major (236bpm) • E flat major (190bpm) • E flat major (Keith Jarrett) (164bpm)

  Updated 23 April 2023

  • Tags:
  • Bebop
  • Enclosures
  • Comping
  • Altered scale
  • Transposing