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Bebop Blues in Gb

A bebop blues: the jazz blues with a ii-V into IV in bar 4, a ii-V into ii in bar 8, and a iii-VI-ii-V turnaround in the last two bars.

120 BPM
Practice in all 12 keys
  1. G♭7 I7
  2. C♭7 IV7
  3. G♭7 I7
  4. D♭m7 v7 G♭7 I7
  5. C♭7 IV7
  6. Cdim7 ♯iv°7
  7. G♭7 I7
  8. B♭m7 iii7 E♭7 VI7
  9. A♭m7 ii7
  10. D♭7 V7
  11. B♭m7 iii7 E♭7 VI7
  12. A♭m7 ii7 D♭7 V7

Four-note rootless voicings in their two forms, with the 3rd or the 7th on the bottom, played over the root.

Customize each chord
Meter
4/4
Form
A-B-C
Bars
12
Usual key
F

Charlie Parker’s generation filled the blues with ii-Vs: in F, Cm7 F7 in bar 4 is the ii-V of Bb, and Am7 D7 in bar 8 the ii-V of Gm. Pianists and bassists often play these changes even when the soloist plays a simpler blues. Practice it with bebop scales and enclosures that land on the 3rd of each new chord.

Reharmonize Analyze these changes

Variations