Chick Corea – Autumn Leaves (From the album “Rendezvous In New York”) [LOTW #77]
Here is a fingering pattern from Chick Corea, used in Autumn Leaves. In this line Chick is repeating a 4321, 4321, fingering pattern and selecting certain notes to match up. I would say this line is more about a texture rather than focusing on specific notes. When you get to the level these pros are […]
Chick Corea – Matrix (Pt. 2, From the album “Now He Sings, Now He Sobs”) [LOTW #76]
I had to do one more from “Matrix” because you hear this pattern all the time and I’m sure you might have wondered what the heck that was that was being played. Well here it is! This line is truly just a technical exercise pattern. With some practice you’ll have it down in no time. […]
Chick Corea – Matrix (Pt. 1, From the album “Now He Sings Now He Sobs”) [LOTW #75]
We start our Chick Corea series today with a line from his famous album , Now He Sings Now He Sobs. Fantastic album everyone should check out. This tune “The Matrix” is a fast blues that Chick Corea wrote. This line is pretty simple yet sounds amazing. Over the II dominant chord Chick plays a […]
McCoy Tyner – Satin Doll (From the album “McCoy Plays Ellington”) [LOTW #74]
Here is a nice line from when McCoy was younger and recorded an all Ellington album. In this line McCoy is beginning to develop his sound using his pentatonics but it is definitely not as pronounced as when he is recording with Trane and by himself a some years later. This is a great line […]
McCoy Tyner – Pursuance – (From John Coltrane’s album “A Love Supreme”) [LOTW #73]
Here is a nice lick from Coltrane’s famous, A Love Supreme. There is not much going on note wise but McCoy uses some nice re-harms here going to the F#7 then to A7 before finally resolving to the V7 of the minor blues the F7 chord. For ease of playing this, practice arpeggio runs to […]
McCoy Tyner – Blues On The Corner (From the album “The Real McCoy”) [LOTW #72]
Everything in this solo is so great it all should be learned. It was so hard to take one selection but here it is. So again, everything going on here and in this album is a combination of hexatonic, meaning 6 note patterns, or pentatonic, meaning 5 note patters. McCoy will take these 5 and […]
McCoy Tyner – Passion Dance (From the album “The Real McCoy”) [LOTW #71]
Here is the first line from the McCoy series. Pretty long I know, but it was so great and it finishes so nicely I had to put it all in. I would take it apart into two sections to practice. All of McCoy’s sound comes from hexatonics. Hexatonics are a combination of two triads two […]
Herbie Hancock – The Sorcerer (From the album “Speak Like A Child”) [LOTW #70]
So here is one more Herbie line before we start looking at McCoy. Herbie has so many in’s and out’ to his lines, meaning they are bobbing and weaving all around chord tones. In the first measure he uses a nice triplet phrase with chord tones then begins to target non chord tones which sounds […]
Herbie Hancock – Witch Hunt (From the album “Speak No Evil”) [LOTW #69]
Here is an amazing line from Herbie, played in Witch Hunt. I’m going to do something different here and let anyone take a stab at analyzing this, because I’m sure it can take on a lot of different opinions. Please post your thoughts in the comments. I’m eager to hear what people have to say! […]
Herbie Hancock – One Finger Snap (From the album “Empyrean Isles”) [LOTW #68]
This line from One Finger Snap is awesome in so many ways I don’t even know where to begin. Herbie is coming from a different phrase so this one starts 5 note approach to the Bb. He has a surrounding half step approach to the minor 3rd, (Db), jumps up to the 5th, then to […]
