THE BEBOP IMPROVISATION SURVIVAL GUIDE

TrueFire and Fareed Haque 2012 | Visit www.truefire.com or email info@truefire.com for more info.

The Architecture of Bebop

= 100

1:11
Cmaj7
1

5 (5)
4
5
3

1:17
Cmaj7 Cmaj9

3 7 3
5 5 3 (3)
4 (4) 5 5 4 4 (4) 4
2 5 5 2 2 (2) 2 5
3 3 3 (3) 3

Cmaj7

5
(4) 4 4 4
5 2 5 5 2 2 5 5 2
3 3 3 3

1/4
THE BEBOP IMPROVISATION SURVIVAL GUIDE
TrueFire and Fareed Haque 2012 | Visit www.truefire.com or email info@truefire.com for more info.

= 130
1:56 Cmaj9

10

3
2 4 4
2 4 4 2 4 5 2
3 3 5 3 3 5 3

Cmaj9
3
13

3
4 2 2 4
2 5 5 4 5 2 2
3 5 2 3 3

2:14 Cmaj9 Cmaj9

15 3

3 3
4 4 4 4
2 5 2 5 2 3 2
3 3 5 4 5 3

2:22 Cmaj9
3
19 3

3
2 4
1 2 5 3 4 5 (5) 2
1 2 5 4 3 3

2/4
THE BEBOP IMPROVISATION SURVIVAL GUIDE
TrueFire and Fareed Haque 2012 | Visit www.truefire.com or email info@truefire.com for more info.

2:37
Dm7 Dm7
3
23

6 6
5 5 5 5 4 5 (5)
7 7 7 7 5 7
5 5 8 5 8 7

Dm7 Dm7
3
3
27

6 6
5 5 4 5 5
7 7 5 7 7
8 5 5 8 5 7 8 5

3
2:51 3
30

5 8 6
5 4 4 5 6
5 4 5 6 6 7
5 6 7 7 8

Dm7

33

6 (6)
7 5 (5)
7 7 (7)
8 5 5 (5)

3/4
THE BEBOP IMPROVISATION SURVIVAL GUIDE
TrueFire and Fareed Haque 2012 | Visit www.truefire.com or email info@truefire.com for more info.

= 100
3:26
Cmaj7 A7
35

4 3 2
2 5 2 5
3 4

Dm7
38

5 5 (5) 5
5 5 5 (5) 5
5 3 3 7 7 3 3 (3) 3 7
5 5 5 (5) 5

D7 G7
41

(5) 4
5 5
4 7 7 4 5 3
5 5 2

3 Cmaj7
44

4 5 (5)
3 0 1 2 2 5 3 2 (2)
2 5 3 3
3 3

4/4
THE BEBOP IMPROVISATION SURVIVAL GUIDE
TrueFire and Fareed Haque 2012 | Visit www.truefire.com or email info@truefire.com for more info.

Additional Material and Examples

Cmaj7
1

4
2 5
3

Fill in the C maj 7 arpeggio to create whatever scale you like

2

3 4
2 3 4 5
3 5

Approachiung arpeggio chromatically from below

3

3 4
1 2 4 5
2 3

Approachiung arpeggio chromatically from above

4

1 5 4
3 2 5
4 3

I-ii-V-I progression
Cmaj7 Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
5

4 2 5 4
2 5 3 3 2 5
3 5 2 5 3
3

1/2
THE BEBOP IMPROVISATION SURVIVAL GUIDE
TrueFire and Fareed Haque 2012 | Visit www.truefire.com or email info@truefire.com for more info.

I-ii-V-I progression with added leading chords

Cmaj7 A7 Dm7 D7 G7 Cmaj7
9

4 2 5 2 5 4
2 5 2 5 3 4 3 2 5
3 4 5 5 2 5 3
5 3

2/2