Making Jazz lines sound bluesy

Jens Larsen
http://www.jenslarsen.nl
Standard tuning

= 120
Example 1 - II V I in C major
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
1
E-Gt

5 5 5
5 4 4
3 3 5
5 3
3

Example 2 - Arpeggios
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
5

5 3 7 3 7
3 6 3 6 5
2 5 4 4 5
3 3 5 2 5
5 5 3

Example 3 - Blues phrasing ideas

8

5
3 6 3 6 3 3 6 3 3 6 6 3 6

Example 4 - Line no 1
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
11

5
3 6 3 6
5 4
5 3 5 3 2 5 2
5 5

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 Example 5 - Line no 2
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
15

3 6 3 5 (5)
2 5 5 2 5 5 2 4 4 4 5 4
3 5 5

Example 6 - Line no 4
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
3
19

6 3 6 3 3
5 2 4 5 4
5 3 5 5 3 5 2 (2) 2 5

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