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250 Jazz Patterns

Bebop Workout on Anthropaulogy in All 12 keys with Charts and Tracks

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Next to the blues, the chord changes to “I Got Rhythm” appear in more jazz songs than any other harmonic structure. The importance of learning how to play over these changes cannot be over emphasized.

I am providing a bebop workout on Anthropaulogy ( Anthropology ) in all 12 keys. Be sure to try Evan Tate’s 250 Jazz Patterns and Steve Neff’s Dominant Bebop Scale ideas over this bebop tune in all 12 keys. The quarter note is 250 on the backing tracks.

I am including a player for all of the backing music. The backing tracks are all in Concert key. For example, if you play the tenor saxophone and select a backing track in the key of C – you will use a pdf chart in the key of D.

Have fun working through all 12 keys!

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Anthropaulogy in the Key of C follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeyc.mp3[/podcast]

Anthropaulogy in the Key of Db follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeydb.mp3[/podcast]

Anthropaulogy in the Key of D follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeyd.mp3[/podcast]

Anthropaulogy in the Key of Eb follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeyeb.mp3[/podcast]

Anthropaulogy in the Key of E follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeye.mp3[/podcast]

Anthropaulogy in the Key of F follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeyf.mp3[/podcast]

Anthropaulogy in the Key of Fsharp follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeyfsharp.mp3[/podcast]

Anthropaulogy in the Key of G follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeyg.mp3[/podcast]

Anthropaulogy in the Key of Ab follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeyab.mp3[/podcast]

Anthropaulogy in the Key of A follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeya.mp3[/podcast]

Anthropaulogy in the Key of Bb follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeybb.mp3[/podcast]

Anthropaulogy in the Key of B follows:
[podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/anthropaulogykeyb.mp3[/podcast]

Jazz Standard Workout in all 12 Keys with Charts and Backing Music

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I have written a contrafact of the great jazz standard “All Of Me” named “All Of PAULMAINE.COM”. I have omitted the melody of the song to provide a convenient means to practice jazz improvization of a jazz standard chord progression. It is critical to be proficient in all 12 keys.

Jazz standards are usually characterized by a harmonic rhythm that averages about one to two measures per chord. The intervals used between the roots of adjacent chords frequently are II-V-I, cycle movement and chromatic movement.

I am providing pdf files and mp3 files for all 12 keys. This should readily facilitate practicing in all 12 keys.  Be sure to checkout my post on 250 Jazz Patterns by Evan Tate.  Evans’s 250 Jazz Patterns book has patterns in all 12 keys and will be extremely useful with these jazz standard backing tracks in all 12 keys. You can also use my Harmonic Minor Pattern 1 post on these standards.

Have fun practicing in all 12 keys!

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I am including a player for all of the backing music. The backing tracks are all in Concert key. For example, if you play the tenor saxophone and select a backing track in the key of C – you will use a pdf chart in the key of D.

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of C follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/06-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-c.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of Db follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/08-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-db.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of D follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/07-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-d.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of Eb follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/10-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-eb.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of E follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/09-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-e.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of F follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/12-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-f.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of F# follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/11-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-fsharp.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of G follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/01-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-g.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of Ab follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/03-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-ab.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of A follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/02-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-a.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of Bb follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/05-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-bb.mp3[/podcast]

ALL OF PAULMAINE.COM in the Key of B follows:

 [podcast]https://paulmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/04-all-of-paulmaine_com-key-b.mp3[/podcast]

250 Jazz Patterns by Evan Tate

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After many years of study and reading many jazz improvisation books, I have reached a conclusion that one of the best ways to learn to improvise is to use motives. Motives are short melodic ideas usually consisting of 2-4 notes.  Riff is a slang term for a motive. The basic idea is to pick a motive and move it through the chord changes while you are improvising.

It is necessary too keep in good physical shape in addition to practicing the saxophone. I like to think that it is necessary to “spend time in the gym” on both activities. When I go to the gym I usually download vidcasts or podcasts to my iPhone to listen to while I am working out. During a vidcast search on iTunes I came across a series of vidcasts named the “The 250 Jazz Patterns Vidcast” by Evan Tate.

Evan is a professional saxophonist and instructor with more than 20 years experience. He is currently on the jazz faculity of the University of Music and the Performing Arts in Munich Germany.

Evan has written a book entitled “250 Jazz Patterns”.  The book starts out with simple patterns or motives that are appropriate for a beginner and then moves on to more advanced patterns. Once such pattern is the 1,2,3,5 pattern. If you are improvising over a C major chord the 1,2,3,5 notes would be C,D,E and G. This pattern is built from notes of the C major scale. Evans book is full of excellent useful patterns.

I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to improve their improvisation skills. You can learn more about the book and purchase it from the following link:

250 Jazz Patterns by Evan Tate

Eventually you will proceed to a “Pay using PayPal by clicking here” link. Once you click on this page you will be redirected to a  PayPal screen that is in German but don’t fret. You just need to change the “Land” field from Deutschland to USA ( if you are English speaking ) and all fields on the form will change to english. The price of the book is 35 Euros. At the time of this writting that’s about $47.24. This book is a real bargain at that price.