ii-V7-I Licks and Jazz Improvisation Exercises

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Learning licks is an important part of improvisation. Not only does it give you a feel for the type of rhythm and phrasing that is typically used in Jazz improvisation, but memorised licks are also a good fall-back option if you run out of ideas while you’re improvising. It’s almost like a get out of jail free card. If you ever make a mistake or get lost during a solo, play a snazzy little lick and people will think you know exactly what you’re doing.

This video covered five Jazz licks played over a ii-V7-I in Bb, so our diatonic scale will be Bb Major. As we play through each of these exercises try to figure out what the is soloist ‘thinking’ while he or she is improvising these licks. While you are playing these look for:
- Arpeggios (including available tensions)
- Scale runs
- Passing notes outside of the scale
- Repetition/sequences/repeating rhythmic patterns
- What note each phrase starts and ends on
- What beat (on or off-beat) each phrases starts and ends on
- The different durations of the notes (eighth notes, triplets, quarter notes, etc)

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