“JAZZ LICK OF THE WEEK”

Welcome to Piglet Music’s “Jazz Lick of the Week”.

Here I will post some nice jazz lines to try, and if you like them, add them to your “jazz vocabulary”.
Keep a regular eye on the page and you’ll find easy to difficult, and dixieland to mainstream to be bop lines, and I will aim to provide backing tracks to play them to.
I keep an archive of all previous Lick Of The Week pages HERE.

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But let’s get on with……….

“JAZZ LICK OF THE WEEK #7”

Carl Fontana is the reason that Trombone is my second favourite jazz instrument (next to voice). And yes, i’m a trumpeter! So I’ve created this week for the dedicated trombonists that follow this page.
IF YOU’RE NOT A TROMBONIST DON’T GO AWAY THOUGH. These licks are great for any instrument.

I’ve got here a section from his solo in “Beautiful Friendship”, and have grabbed a couple of licks from it for you to have a go at.
Click on the pdf for your instrument, and you’ll find what you need on them.

While i’ve got you here, two things:
1) I’ve had some glitches fixed with the cart/registration etc on the site in case anyone had any difficulties there. You can now purchase (or grab a free product) without registering. If you have time and don’t mind though, registering can make it easier if there’s any issues with an order. Once you purchase you’ll see a little download link on the screen, click on it and the product will be downloaded to your downloads on your computer.
2) With the festive season approaching, i’ve got a couple of little jazzy Christmas trios (link at bottom of this page). They’re a bit of fun, nice and in-expensive, and a small purchase will help fund this little (but expensive) site.

But enough of that, here’s the links:

Bb Treble Instruments PDF
C Treble Instruments PDF
Eb Treble Instruments PDF
C Bass Instruments PDF

Rob Booth

Track #1 (Carl Fontana’s solo)

Track #2

Track #3

Track #4

Track #5

 

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“Christmas Trios-Quartets”

It’s that time of the year, so while you’re here have a look at a few Christmas arrangements we’ve just added.

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“TEST YOUR HARMONY CHOPS!”

If you’re a bit new to jazz harmony CLICK HERE for a small “test yourself” set of questions (with answers provided)

But most of all, please check in for our upcoming Jazz Licks”