Blues Swing and Bebop BY MICHAEL GAIEWSKI Blues

Blues, Swing and Bebop BY MICHAEL GAIEWSKI

Blues Now’s the Time (Here is what I played) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ry. Ntmkfe. Jk 4 Common form of Jazz Repetitive statements in the melodies Soulful/emotional 12 -Bar form I-IV-V chord progressions I I IV IV I I V IV I (I or V) Of course there are slight variations to this Melodies and solos Rooted in blues scale I b 3 4 b 5 5 b 7 Names: Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, B. B. King

Swing Laid back and syncopated rhythms More soloing and improvising “Happier” Harmonies added (iii and vi) More chords allow for key center changes in the song key centers in the song (i. e. ii-V-I) 8, 16, 32, 64 bar phrases Moten Swing (Count Basie Band) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=88 b. Z 8 fb. S 3 bk Names: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Billy Strayhorn, Benny Goodman

Bebop Lots of notes and chromatic movement in melodies and improvisation solos Faster tempos (often felt in cut time) Many chord changes and passing chords to provide dissonance and to provide fluency in the harmonic movement Professionals learned a few riffs in all keys that can be played and used when soloing. These licks are commonly called vocabulary This way professionals like could just rip lines when soloing at such high speeds Charlie Parker Huge influence on bebop Yardbird Suite (Here is what I played) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Hmro. WIc. CNUI Names: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk