Learn Jazz; Charlie Parker's "Billie's Bounce" - Ep1; Chords! Jazz/Blues with Bebop style

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Episode 1 in a series focusing on the jazz blues, bebop standard; Billies Bounce - by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
In this first part we learn the changes, starting off with a basic blues and learning how to add substitutions and extra chords to make it a fully fledged “jazz blues”!
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[@robertgoodale362]

Fantastic! Clear instructions, always with a practical musical basis. No slouch at performance either. Thanks Alex!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you my friend.. so glad you liked it! 🙏🏻

[@graemero5532]

Thank you Alex. Great playing and loads of wee take aways from the lesson. "What no Louis ?" Every great channel needs a comedy element, shame cats only misbehave when it suits them 😁 😸

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks for the comment buddy, really glad you enjoyed the lesson! Hehe yeah Louis being his elusive self for this one.. hopefully he’ll make an appearance or two in the next 😆

[@adampecsek]

Thank you so much for this. I'm trying to transcribe George Benson's solo from his version but I was honestly just having a hard time keeping up with the form, which was sort of frustrating because, as a blues in F, it should be straightforward. The various stops and starts in thr head, however, were *really* throwing me off and i just couldnt find my footing. This helped so much

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Oh that’s so great! Really glad you found this lesson helpful.. thanks for the comment 🙏🏻

[@jeffzafiropoulos2393]

Great Jazz Blues 101 elaboration. Lessons are clear and concise, I particularly like your right hand technique and will be referring my students to watch your video.
Good luck and keep up the great work.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you so much my friend, I really appreciate the kind words 🙏🏻 🍻

[@floydmorrison2025]

Thanks so much for this! Despite being an absolutely massive Bird fan, I'm also a lazy guitar playing bastard, and don't play through his stuff as much as I should. I forget how refreshing it can be to play his sax lines on the guitar. The way the notes fall on the fretboard forces me to think like a horn player, i.e. triads, extensions & passing tones, etc...and really makes me step away from the usual guitar-y stuff that I typically fall back on. Great lesson! Thank you!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Absolutely spot on mate!.. working on his lines breaks you out of all the guitaristic shapes we know so well and forces us to see the bigger picture. Always an eye opener! 👌🏻

[@sukienukie551]

Thank you so much for yet another fantastic video!!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

You are so welcome! I’m really glad to see you coming back each week! 🙏🏻

[@adamcherry434]

Finger gymnastics , great breakdown, if only I didn’t leave guitar out of my life for 15 years.
Going like the energiser bunny now.
All fingers hitting the right fret at the right time cleanly, pleasure to watch.

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Ah man, thank you for the kind words 🙏🏻 Sounds like you’re more than making up for lost time right now.. keep that passion for learning strong and you’ll get where you want and beyond 👌🏻❤️

[@eohippusone]

I like this style of music! Jump blues, jazz blues? Thanks much!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Yes exactly.. jazz blues, swing blues, bebop blues.. all good names for it 👍🏻

[@manuelfornies1667]

Another excellent lesson, Alex! Thanks for sharing!!

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching Manuel! 🙏🏻❤️

[@MC-mi4ck]

great lesson

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thank you mate 🙏🏻

[@Meenjedatnou]

Thank you from the Netherlands! It us not immediately obvious to me how the replacement chords work harmonically although my ear tells me that they do...

[@AlexFarranGuitar]

Thanks for commenting my friend!.. glad the lesson was useful 🙏🏻

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