This fascinating new book will let you explore the music of one of the 20th centurys most influential musicians. About blues for alice digital sheet music for piano. This lick is transcribed from charlie parkers solo on blues for alice. Blues for alice isnt just an easy blues with i, iv, and v chords. Blues for alice charlie parker sheet music, music books.
For information on scale substitution refer to the scale syllabus chart. Jazz blues chord substitutions guide jamie holroyd guitar. I have kept the bb7 in bar the same so that for a very short time you feel like youre playing a usual jazz blues. You should never learn a transcription without listening to it a lot. The blues scale and its accompanying licks was an important part of his music, even. Charlie parker blues for alice sheet music leadsheet. Real book charlie parker for guitar linkedin slideshare. Charles christopher bird parker, jr 29th august 1920 12th march 1955 was a u. Although there are other formal paradigms of the blues, such as 8bar or 16bar, this course focuses on different incarnations of the 12bar blues. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website.
Saxophonist charlie bird parker was a pioneer in the bebop movement and he combined his love of the burgeoning style with a deep appreciation for the blues. Though translating lines from sax to the guitar isnt always easy, studying legendary players such as charlie parker is time well spent. Blues for alice changes are also referred to as backdoor blues. Blues for alice play along backing track jazztutorial.
Accurate, easytoread lead sheets and professional, customizable audio tracks accessed online for 10 songs. Fmaj7 em7 5 a7 9 dm7 g7 cm7 f7 b 7 b m7 e 7 am7 d7 a m7 d 7 gm7 c7 fmaj7 dm7 gm7 c7 jazz 1 blues for alice charlie parker. For this lesson i am going to concentrate on the first part, which is the line on the gm7. The blues for alice changes, bird changes, bird blues, or new york blues changes, is a chord progression, often named after charlie parker bird, which is a variation of the twelvebar blues the progression uses a series of sequential iiv or secondary iiv progressions, and has been used in pieces such as parkers blues for alice. It is fun to work towards play ing the solos with bird along with the actual parker recorded version. Charlie parker was one of the first to broaden that to include scales and substitute scales. Heres the updated version of charlie parkers three chorus solo on blues for alice. It is written in the key of f major and usually begins with a f major seventh or f sixth chord. Make sure to listen to the recording and learn it with that. Some compositions have the two versions recorded by parker in separate solos. Pdf digital sheet music to download and print, interactive sheet music for online playback, transposition and printing.
Blues for alice pdf free download pdf download free. Blues for alice tab by charlie parker with chords drawings, easy version, 12 key variations and much more. Coltrane blues for alice sheet music for piano solo pdf. Chords and lead sheets included bass clarinet, clarinet, cornet, euphonium, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet. Blues for alice chords by charlie parker learn how to play chords diagrams blues for alice chords by charlie parker with chords drawings, easy version, 12 key variations and much more. Learning charlie parker his licks a glimpse of his. While this progression follows a 12bar format theres a lot more going on here compared to a traditional 12bar blues. F blues, then move to a record that has a faster fblues. There are considerable differences between early jazz blues, swing blues, bebop blues, modal blues, and post bop blues. Download and print blues for alice sheet music for voice and other instruments in bb by charlie parker real book melody and chords. The final progression discussed in this lecture comes from yet another charlie parkers classic blues, blues for alice. Heres the updated version of charlie parker s three chorus solo on blues for alice.
I l ndbtd t n l, hrn f th hrd str prt nt t th enlnd cnrvtr fr h thn. Song information for cool blues charlie parker on allmusic. Players are forever intrigued by these snaky chord changes. Its easy to look at bebop in 2017 and think of it as a complicated and overly intellectual genre, but adding in a blues sensibility can make the changes a bit more approachable. Throughout the first eight bars, he utilizes iiv7s descending in wholesteps and then halfsteps. Title slide of real book charlie parker for guitar slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Blues for alice is a 1951 jazz standard, composed by 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.
Measures 34 consist of a d minor iivi and the notes outline the changes. Choose and determine which version of blues for alice chords and tabs by charlie parker you can play. Blues for alice guitar tab by charlie parker learn how to play chords diagrams. The blues is an american art form and the most important musical form in jazz. For the first time ever, saxophonist charlie parkers legendary heads and improvised solos have been meticulously adapted for the guitar in standard notation and tablature. Check out our blues for alice jazz etude and the solo transcription of charlie parker s solo below. Here is the supersax version of blues for alice as recorded j. Charlie parker playalong real book multitracks volume.
Blues for alice chords charlie parker ultimatetabs. Blues for alice tab by charlie parker with free online tab player. A collection of bebop licks performed and recorded by charlie parker. In comparison to the other blues progression discussed thus far, the blues for alice progression departs from the common harmonic paradigm of the blues in some considerable ways. Print and download lead sheets for blues for alice by charlie parker in f major. Bebop blues etudes this etude is based on the classic charlie parker blues, blues for alice. The last blues progression youll look into is named after charlie parker and is found in one of his most famous compositions, blues for alice reflecting the bebop love of iivs, this progression is full of various iiv progressions in a number of different keys the tune starts and ends with an fmaj7 chord, which is odd for a blues progression, but it does help to make these.
Bird blues online guitar lesson by james hogan from trading solos. Parker blues for alice sheet music real book melody. This type of chord movement can be heard in charlie parkers famouns bebop blues progression blues for alice. Charlie parker blues licks jazz guitar lesson wes theobald. Charlie parker tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including blues for alice, ornithology, donna lee, nows the time, billies bounce. Check out blues for alice by charlie parker on amazon music.
He was the master of chord tone improvisation and thats why his playing is so interesting for guitarists to study. Learning blues solos from famous jazz musicians is a great way for guitar players to begin to dip their feet into playing jazz. Charlie parker blues for alice guitar solo blues for alice is a 1951 jazz standard, composed by charlie parker. Charlie parker reharmonized the blues by developing a way of inserting iivs into the 12 bar blues progression to create more harmonic interest. Download blues grooves for guitar pdf ebook blues grooves for guitar blues grooves for guitar ebook author by george ga. Charlie parker tune book transcriptions by fred parcells.
Charlie parker blues for alice arranged for guitar. Blues for alice guitar tab charlie parker ultimate. Watch the blues in alices flat online guitar lesson by sheryl bailey from essentials. Charlie parker blues licks jazz guitar lesson this lesson will take you through a couple chorus of a blues solo using vocabulary from the great jazz saxophone player, charlie parker. Blues for alice on learn jazz standards is a great way to improve your ability to play more inside the changes with bebop ideas. Charlie parker aka bird is one of the founders of bebop. The importance of the bird blues chord progression. Learn how to solo on charlie parker s classic blues for alice in this lesson youll learn 4 onebar licks that work great over the fast modulating changes of this tune, as.
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