Cole Davis: 25 Easy Bebop Licks For Upright Bass

About the e-Book As someone who spent a few years really learning how to play Bebop, it bothered me that there was no clear-cut method explaining Bebop on the upright bass. If you are a saxophonist learning how to play Bebop, you will find hundreds, if not thousands, of books explaining how to play Bebop on the saxophone. There are even books for Bebop clarinet, which is an instrument rarely heard on Bebop recordings. On bass, we’re often asked to transcribe Bebop heads and solos by ear - which is no small feat - and play them with little to no harmonic context. This book aims to solve all of that. With this book, I have broken down Bebop to its bare essence - a perfect ratio of Right Notes to Wrong Notes. At its core, Bebop is a scalar, chromatic language that is the result of Wrong Notes resolving to Right Notes. Each line has an immediate tension and release, with constant resolutions. This might sound complex, but it’s really just half steps. By the end of this book, you will have