Bruce Arnold

Segmenting Bebop Scales with Approach Notes

124 Eight Notes Scales with 12 Diatonic and Chromatic Approaches

“Segmenting Bebop Scales with Approaches” is very similar in written content to the “Segmenting Bebop Scales” course. The main difference is the inclusion of 11,904 PDFs and Midifiles for the exercises and an explanation of approach notes. Although the application of Bebop scales with approaches is very similar to the directions used for the “Segmenting Bebop Scales” course, one of the crucial differences is how this course will change your ability to play over chord changes and more importantly, how it will change your phrasing.

The use of approach notes with these segmented Bebop scales requires a whole new set of skills which will become apparent as you read through the course. If you haven’t worked with approach notes previously you will find this will be a pretty step learning curve especially when you start applying these figures within real music. I spent many years working on the similar rote exercises as found in this book. I also spent a lot of time applying these figures to jazz standards. Most of the chord progressions I used were from the Bebop lexicon; songs such as “Confirmation,” “Donna Lee,” and Rhythm Changes. It is also a great idea to play these progression in all 12 keys.

You will quickly find that not only do these segmented Bebop scales with approaches gives you a strong “Jazz Sound” but they also help your understanding phrasing in a whole new way. By anticipating the segmented Bebop line you create a whole new way to phrase. More on this in the course.

With the addition of this course you now have three method books that you can use to get a deeper understanding of Bebop scales and two different ways to play them, with and without approaches.

It’s also important to do some ear training with these segmented Bebop Scales. My teachers had me play but also sing these segmented Bebop scales with approaches all in one key. So for instance, if you were playing these over “Donna Lee” you would sing all the segmented scales in the key of Ab. This will not be easy for most musicians but will really ingrain the information and help improve your key retention.

62 Page PDF

Ascending Bebop Lines with 12 Different Chromatic Approaches all keys 124 Scales

Ascending Bebop Lines with 12 Different Diatonic Approaches all keys 124 Scales

Descending Bebop Lines with 12 Different Chromatic Approaches all keys 124 Scales

Descending Bebop Lines with 12 Different Diatonic Approaches all keys 124 Scales

Jam Tracks V1 (MP3’s of 10 chord types in all 12 keys)

ISBN: 978-1-59489-290-5