Bebop charlie parker pdf

C7 bebop scale natural 7 th added c tonic major bebop scale sharp 5 th added. He called them this because he noticed many jazz musicians from the bebop era charlie parker, dizzy gillespie, charlie christian, bud powell, etc. The phrase bird lives which was scrawled as graffiti after his death is still very true. Im looking specifically for the principles of improvisation as demonstrated by charlie parker and thelonious monk, the fathers of bebop. Dizzy gillespie and charlie parker, the music which is now known as bebop was born. In this video i am going to go over 5 charlie parker licks from him and this is fantastic for playing changes mixing bebop lines with blues phrasing. The only thing they learn is that charlie parker played bebop, but it doesnt actually explain what bebop is.

Confirmation lead sheet pdf by charlie parker minedit. Using this chromatic note is a great way to hit the right notes at the right time. Unfortunately, my textbook supplier says its out of print. Bebop part i perpetual motion exercises jason lyon on music. In this solo parkers roots in kansas city blues shine through the latin rhythms of the piece. Charlie parker s jazz standard confirmation is a difficult jazz tune to master. He reinforced the fact that bird and the rest of his contemporaries were not thinking so much. A huge list of over 20 licks that i have gathered over the years. Bebop is one of the most exciting jazz styles to play on the guitar. How to master the bebop scale in jazz improvisation jazz advice. The tune cherokee was written by ray noble in 1938 for his indian suite.

Jul 14, 2019 charlie parker is particularly really great at writing bebop style tunes and has done so over the years. I realize my opinion may be controversial but i see dizzy gillespie as the foremost promoter of bebop, not one of the inventors, a view i share with monk. This specific recording is a bootleg recording from 1943, during the recording ban. In this lesson, you will learn the basics of bebop. Aug 29, 2016 using the major bebop scale over v7 and major chords. The pdf with examples for this video is available through patreon. Play bird bebop progressions from a new perspective. But parker certainly developed from the swing era checking out people like lester young and coleman hawkings. Charlie parker essential jazz lines in the style of bebop. He had a strong stylistic influence on many other players, including clifford brown. The solos in this book represent a cross section of the music of charlie parker.

Jun 23, 2019 charlie parker was a legendary grammy awardwinning jazz saxophonist who, with dizzy gillespie, invented the musical style called bop or bebop. Thelonious monk heavily influenced by the harlem stride piano styles of james p. Bebop is as a style famous for long lines and surprising twists and turns. I ld l t thn alx adrn nd ll frnd t th etn shl f m fr th nprtn t trt th prjt. Charlie parker be bop sheet music leadsheet in ab major. The book was originally published in eb key and this new concert version should allow many more people to explore the won. Johnson and fats waller, pianist thelonious monk helped develop bebop in mintons playhouse, a harlem club where musicians in the 40s tested their improvisational experiments. Print and download in pdf or midi the great list of great licks.

Four studies of charlie parkers compositional processes. The exercise consists of a onemeasure pattern that repeats over the circle of 5ths. I believe that this visual representation of advanced bebop articulation techniques will help students of jazz saxophone reach higher levels of expression in less time. Sep 23, 2016 this is a music video about the childrens book, charlie parker played be bop written and illustrated by chris raschka. The examples for the textonly pdf version of this item are available online. Bird bebop progressions in xml format for mapping tonal harmony pro. Charlie parker was a legendary grammy awardwinning jazz saxophonist who, with dizzy gillespie, invented the musical style called bop or bebop. Apr 16, 2018 jointly, with charlie parker, gillespie is credited with defining bebop. Listen to how charlie parker uses the major bebop scale over the blues in his solo on bloomdido.

In this free jazz lesson, youll use these soloing techniques to learn to improvise over ii vs, major chords, and all the key elements used in confirmation. Charlie parker, jazz, jazz composition, bebop, jazz analysis. I have tried to represent charlie parker s unique bebop articulation techniques to the best of my ability. Bebop guitar is the musical language of charlie parker, dizzy gillespie and thelonious monk played on guitar.

The ideas that would come to define bebop would, in fact, be first invented and. Charles parker junior, popularly known as charlie parker, was an american musician who specialised in playing the saxophone and was also an accomplished composer. Buy the bundle and get 3 ebooks for the price of 2. August 29, 1920 march 12, 1955, also known as yardbird and bird, was an american jazz saxophonist and composer. I bought this to use in my classroom, thinking there would be at least a little information about charlie parker that students could learn from it. The lick starts with a dm add 9 arpeggio over the dm7 chord, a common choice in bebop. For this lesson i am going to concentrate on the first part, which is the line on the gm7. Parker was the principal stimulus of the modern jazz idiom known as bebop, andtogether with louis armstrong and ornette colemanhe was one of the three great. Learning charlie parker his licks a glimpse of his solo. Most jazz musicians have learned to play by listening to records and imitating the notes, articulations, vibrato. You can apply these jazz techniques to all jazz standards. Bebop scales were created or at least named by a jazz composer called david baker.

Another keystone of this style is very active use of rhythm. Charlie parker vol 2 be bop 1966, red cover, vinyl discogs. I l ndbtd t n l, hrn f th hrd str prt nt t th enlnd cnrvtr fr h thn. Aug 23, 2017 charlie parker s jazz standard confirmation is a difficult jazz tune to master. How to master the bebop scale in jazz improvisation jazz. By analyzing parkers savoy and dial recordings from 1944 to 1948, a compositional portrait of bebop emerges. Mar 08, 2020 charlie parker, american alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, a lyric artist generally considered the greatest jazz saxophonist. The bebop scales add a chromatic passing tone to the basic scales so that strong chord tones occur on the strong beats. Charlie parkers secrets to confirmation and bebop jazz advice. Based on charlie parker s ornithology arpeggio, this exercise combines rhythmic variety, harmonic extension, and stepwise resolution to help jazz students understand some of the techniques involved in playing the changes of their solo.

While bebop is predominantly played in a stream of eighth notes, it is common to mix things up using rests and rhythmic displacement. Charlie parkers secrets to confirmation and bebop jazz. Parker is perhaps most famous for being a jazz saxophonist and regarded as one of the most influential jazz soloists of his time. And charlie parker does play riffs as well as bebop lines. This is the most accurate and thorough book on charlie parker s music, and contains an excellent, concise account of his life. What improvisational techniques were employed by thelonious. The early history of modern jazz bebop, music history, jazz, improvisation, charlie parker, kenny clarke.

Here are some bebop exercises to practise that repeat themselves over and over and make musical sense, so they work. The charlie parker s collection of bebop jazz standards. Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and the leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique and advanced harmonies. The first bar starts with the opening phrase from groovin high, a bebop standard written by charlie parker and dizzy gillespie. If you want to study jazz blues and learn how to play solos that really mix bebop lines and blues licks then one of the best sources has to be charlie parker.

While i prepared the lesson i for some reason ended up transposing it to f, i have no idea why anymore heres the original as parker plays it. Parker s influence, after the rise of john coltrane, has become more indirect than direct, but jazz would sound a great deal different if charlie parker had not existed. A collection of bebop licks performed and recorded by charlie parker. Charlie parker with strings we open the second half with selections from the 1950 album charlie parker with strings. You can utilize the major bebop scale or the b6 to 5 motion over major and dominant chords. It was performed by the readers theatre project from the childrens.

In simple terms, the bebop style consists of fast singlenote chromatic lines over top tin pan alley jazz standards. In presenting these solos, we hope to bring musicians closer to the true genius of bird. Aug 29, 2012 charlie parker, alto saxophone efferge ware, guitar phil phillips, drums 1943, vic damon studio, kansas city. Theodore fats navarro september 24, 1923 july 7, 1950 was an american jazz trumpet player. First true bebop recording charlie parker beboppers. The bird bebop progressions book pdf version mdecks music. The big apple certainly didnt know what hit it when charlie parker blew into town like a tornado and shook the jazz scene to its very core. But the characteristics of bebop can easily be determined from the music itself. Jun 14, 20 bebop is much more than just one particular style, it is pretty much the grammar of modern jazz, and bebop licks are not so much cliches as essential elements of speech within the jazz language. Someone once said of charlie parker i forget who that the rhythms he played were so strong that any notes would have sounded good over them. Listening to him in his boyton beach home, improvise and explain how the bebop players did it, was like hearing it straight from the horses mouth. He was a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. Charlie parker tune book transcriptions by fred parcells.

Print and download lead sheets for be bop by charlie parker in ab major. Using the major bebop scale over v7 and major chords. 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. Bebop guitar the best beginners guide jazz guitar online.