Questions tagged [bebop]
For questions related to the bebop genre of jazz that originated in the 1940s and is particularly associated with artists like Charlie Parker.
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What did bebop masters practice?
Players such as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, etc., invented the jazz genre of bebop. Today, I am told to be good at playing bebop you must listen to the best jazz players and ...
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What is Debussy's influence on bebop?
It has been said that Claude Debussy invented jazz harmonic theory. But is there any evidence that Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, the inventors of bebop, were aware of Debussy's harmonic ...
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How to apply Barry Harris 6th diminished voicings and maintain chord functions?
The Barry Harris diminished 6th voicings are popular voicings in Jazz, often related to Bill Evans when using drop 2 's.
In essence, these are harmonizations of the bebop scale using the I and V7b9 (...
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Is the "Charlie Parker Cycle" described in this document a "traditional" method?
Cochrane, Arpeggio and Scale Resources - a guitar encyclopedia.
Charter 3, pages 30-2 give the description. In it Cochrane says:
As far as I’m aware, Charlie Parker never knowingly used ‘the Charlie ...
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What is a bebop enclosure?
One of the cornerstones of the bebop style is the bebop enclosure. What is it? How is it used in improvisation? What effect does it have?
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What improvisational techniques were employed by Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker that defined bebop?
I'm looking specifically for the principles of improvisation as demonstrated by Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk, the fathers of bebop. I realize my opinion may be controversial but I see Dizzy ...
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Sax practice routine for jazz
Hi I've been playing tenor for around 6m now, former pianist to semi-pro standard so I have a strong ear and a decent idea of what I want from my sound.
My current practice routine consists of:
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What are the quintessential characteristics of bebop?
What are the characteristics that make bebop, bebop?
A well-written answer in my perspective includes but is not limited to the following (credit to @jdjazz for writing (a) through (e))
(a) the ...
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How to find chords for a bebop line
I created this melody and want chords to go over the melody being a bass line or just chords.
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What is the underlying theory behind bebop enclosures?
I see a LOT of pages and books showing which enclosures work for certain chords and target notes, but I haven't seen many explain why a given enclosure works over some other arbitrary set of approach ...
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Harmonization of bebop scale
When you harmonize a bebop scale, you get a succession of X6 and X° chords with tight voicings, which can be thought of as tiny I and V chord progressions. I've read that musicians with polyphonic ...
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