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Hi Blake! Here is some Sheet Music you may need to print for your lessons...

Patterns in Jazz (ii-V-I's, etc.)

----------: ii-V-I Patterns over 4 measures (#1) (.pdf file)
----------: ii-V-I Patterns over 4 measures (#2) (.pdf file)
----------: 1001 Jazz Licks (.pdf file) (921-930)
----------: Bebop Licks (.pdf file)


JAZZ SOLO TRANSCRIPTIONS
Miles Davis: Solo on "Four" (1954)
Miles Davis: Solo on "When Lights Are Low" (1953)


Chet Baker: Solo on Autumn Leaves (1974)
Clifford Brown: Solo on Joy Spring (1954)
Tom Harrell: Solo on Unit Seven (1979)


Clifford Brown: Solo on Woody 'n You (7 pages! - live at the "Bee Hive", Chicago, IL, November 7, 1955) ***


Chet Baker: Solo on Lady Bird (1959)


--------: Swing Etude #2 (larger notes, all on 1 page)


JAZZ LEAD SHEETS
Dizzy Gillespie: Woody 'n You (in trpt key, .pdf file) ***


THEORY RELATED


TECHNICAL EXERCISES
Scales!: Major / minor scales (8ths, 16ths, to high D) (.pdf file)
Scales!: Major / minor scales (16ths, 1st 5 notes then scale, to high D) (.pdf file)
Bill Adam: The Routine


--------: Expanding Long Tones (starting on G)
--------: Expanding Chromatic scales (starting on F#)
--------: Low Slurs
--------: Tongueing - 5-note scales


WARMING DOWN
--------: Playing low, soft chromatic notes (starting on low C, going down; resting in between)


LISTENING
C. Chwalik: Jazz Listening Worksheet (blank) (.pdf file)


TECHNICAL
C. Chwalik: Form - Trumpet Intonation (.pdf file)


OTHER


MIDI FILES









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