I'm starting a new playlist on my YouTube channel with videos I'm creating called, "Transcribe This Lick." The licks are a combination of standard jazz vocabulary licks and brief 1-2 bar licks from solos by classic jazz sax players. I've got a dozen of them assembled, but if this goes over well, I keep making more. I plan to add one a week.
Here's the first. Check out the lick and subscribe to my YouTube channel if you dig it. Of course, I always appreciate it if you keep my jazz improv lessons in mind....
Transcribe This Lick #22 is a surround tone lick that may be used on dominant or major chords. I found this one in a solo I transcribed of Hank Mobley playing "Remember." You can find a link to the complete transcription on the "Free Stuff" page of www.randyhunterjazz.com
Lick #24 is a ii-V-I sent to me by my friend, Derek, who wanted to make a contribution to the series. It's a great lick he came up with while practicing "My Little Suede Shoes."
Lick #25 is an altered dominant lick that can be used as part of a minor ii-V-i. Works great on tunes like Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, Alone Together, and Yesterdays.
#27 is a minor ii-V lick in the style of Dexter Gordon. Listen for the alterations on the dominant chord. The dominant chord symbol is noted as a Sharp 9 chord, but the lick also works on a fully altered dominant chord.
Lick #28 is a major lick with a chromatic enclosure. The lick works well in phrases or as a motif at the beginning of a chorus on tunes like "There Will Never be Another You."
Lick #29 is a minor 7 lick. The lick can be used to improvise on the ii chord as part of a ii-V progression or simply on a minor 7 chord. Great for learning in all 12 keys!
Lick #31 is a blues ii-V-I in the style of Gene Ammons. It also works as a basic ii-V-I in a major key, so it can be used in both blues solos and in many jazz standards.
Lick 31 is a blues ii-V-I in the style of Gene Ammons. It also works as a basic ii-V-I in a major key, so it can be used in both blues solos and in many jazz standards.
Lick #34 is a ii-V-I Tritone Sub lick in the style of Eddie Daniels. This one is from a clarinet solo he performed on the standard, "On Green Dolphin Street."
Thanks Mark! I think transcribing licks or phrases is very beneficial. In fact, I have many of my college students do this as part of their weekly assignments, and I always suggest it to my adult students, high school students, and anyone looking to improve both their ear and vocabulary. I thought that putting together this series might be helpful to others (and me too)!
Lick #37 is a I-IV7 ala Zoot Sims- great for the blues and many jazz standards including tunes like It's Only a Paper Moon and Rhythm Changes based tunes in C concert. Of course, you can learn it in all 12 keys and get tons of mileage out of it.
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