Guitar John Coltrane 2-5-1 Vocabulary 'Learn To Play Bebop Guitar' Series

Fast Swing Lesson from Dave Niskin Music

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Dmi7 G7 Cma7 Dmi7
œ G7 Cma7
° 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó #
&4 œ Œ Ó
Lick 1 9th 3rd 3rd 9th 3rd 3rd
Moment's

Œ Ó Œ Ó
Notice
4
12 13 12 15

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5 6 5 8 13 12 13 15
4 5
7
4 5 7 14
15
8

(alt. fretboard area)

°
Ami7 D7 Gma7 Ami7 D7 Gma7 .
œ œ œ. œœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœ
5
œ# œ œ œ ##
& œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ
Lick 2 Root Root Root 5th 5th 5th
Moment's
. .
Notice 5 5 7 5

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7 5 5 8 7 5 8 7 5 5 8 8
5 4 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
7 7 7 5 7

(same idea starting on 5th - taken from Coltrane)

° ## œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó
Emi7 A7 Dma7 Emi7 A7 Dma7
9
œ œ ###
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó
Lick 3 9th 3rd Root 5th 7th 3rd
Moment's
Œ Ó Œ Ó
7 9

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Notice 7 8 10 8 7 8 7 10
9 6 7 6 7 9 9 6
9 7

(same idea starting on 5th - inspired by Coltrane)

° œ œ E7œ œ œ œ œ Ama7
Bmi7 E7 Ama7 Bmi7
### œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œœœ ####
13
œ œ
& Œ
Lick 4 Root 3rd 5th ¨3rd 13th 7th
Moment's
Notice
Œ Œ
10 9 10 9

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10 9 10 9 12 12 9 9 10
11 11 9 9 11 11 9 9
9 12 11 11 12

(same idea starting on 3rd - inspired by Coltrane)

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œœ
°
F©mi7
œ œ B7œ œ Ema7
œ .
F©mi7
œœœœœœ
B7 Ema7
## œœ œœœœ Œ ####
17
œ
& ## œœ œ Œ Ó #
Lick 5
.
13th 13th 5th 9th 3rd 5th
Moment's

Œ Œ Ó
Notice 11 12 9

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10 9 12 9 9 9 10
11 8 9 11 9 11 9 8 9
11 9
11 12

(same idea starting on 9th - inspired by Coltrane)

° ####
21 C©mi7 F©7 Bma7 C©mi7 F©7 Bma7
& # œ œ œ œ‹ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ‹ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó b
Lick 6
5th #5th 5th Root Root 3rd
Moment's
Notice
Œ Ó
2

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3 3 4 2 2 2 2 5 4 2 3 4
1 3 4 1 3 1 3 4 3 3 4
4 4

(similar idea starting on root - taken from Coltrane)

° bœ œ œ
Gmi7 C7 Fma7 Gmi7 C7 Fma7
25
. œ œ œ œ b œ. œ œ œ™ œ
œ œ™ œj œ Œ bb
& œ #œ œ œ J œ œ Œ
Lick 7
¨9th
. .
™ ™
7th #5th 5th 9th 7th
Moment's j j
Notice
Œ Œ
5

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6 5 6 8 6 5
7 7 5 7 6 7 5
8 5 6 7 5 8 7
8

(same idea starting on 9th - inspired by Coltrane)

° b ù ù
Cmi7 œ n œ b œ F7 B¨ma7 Cmi7 œ n œ b œ F7 B¨ma7
29
œ b œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ
&b ‰ œœ œ ‰ œœ œ bbb
Lick 8 Root 3rd 3rd Root 3rd 3rd
. .
‰ù
Moment's

‰ù 13
Notice 8 7 6

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10 7 12 11
10 8 7 7 10 7 14 11
8 15 13 12 12 15 12
10 8 13
15 13

(alt. fretboard area)

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 Learn To Play Bebop Guitar - John Coltrane 2-5-1 Vocabulary
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B¨7 œ œ. œ
° bb œ
Fmi7 E¨ma7 Fmi7 B¨7 E¨ma7
33
œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œ
& b Œ Ó œœ œœŒ Ó bbbb
Lick 9 Root 9th Root 9th 3rd 3rd
Moment's .
Notice
Œ Ó Œ Ó
8 11 10 11 3 4 3 1

¢⁄
8 9 11 11 4 3 1
10 3 1 0 3

(ascending scale idea from Coltrane) (similar descending scale idea from Coltrane)

° b b b œ œ œœ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ ù œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ ù b œ œ b œ œ
B¨mi7 E¨7 A¨ma7 B¨mi7 E¨7 A¨mi7
37 œ œnœb œ œ 3 œ œ 3
œŒ œ ‰ Œ bbbbb
& b
3 3
Lick 10 13th 5th 5th 13th 5th 5th
3 3 3 3

‰ 10 9 ù ‰ 10 9 ù
Moment's
Œ Œ
11 11 10 9 8 11 11 9 8 7

¢⁄
Notice 8 9 8
10 8
8 9 8
10 8
11 8 11 11 8 11

(same idea landing on a minor chord)

° œ œb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œb œ œ œ
41 E¨mi7 A¨7 D¨ma7 E¨mi7 A¨7 D¨ma7
b b œ œ œ j
œ‰ œ œœ œ œ œ #
&b b b œ
Lick 11 9th Root Root 9th Root Root
Giant j j
‰ ‰
8 4 8 7 6 4

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Steps 9 12 11 9 6 4 4 6
10 8 8 10 6 5 3 5 6
11 10 8 10 11 6
11

(alt. fretboard area)

° #œœ
Ami7 D7 Gma7 Ami7 D7 Gma7
œœ
45
b œ œ œ œ œ Ó œœœ œ œœœœ œœœ b
& œœœ œ
œ œ œ œ
Lick 12 5th 3rd 3rd 5th 11th 5th
Giant
Steps 7

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Ó
8 5 5
9 8 7 7 5 7 5 4 4 7
10 7 10 9 7 5 4 7 5 7
10 9 7 7

(variation on idea - taken from Coltrane)

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°
Gmi7 œ C7 Fma7 Gmi7 œ C7 Fma7
œ #œ œ œ œ . œ #œ œ œ œ .
49

& J
b J ‰ J #œ œ œ œ œ Œ J J ‰ J #œ œ œ œ œ Œ bbbbbb
Lick 13
9th #5th 3rd 9th #5th 3rd
Giant j j j . j j j .
Steps
‰ Œ ‰ Œ
5 8 4

¢⁄
5 5 8 6 10 13 9
5 5 9 9 12 10
6 7 10 10
11 12

(alt. fretboard area)

œb œ œ œ
° œœœœœœœ œœœœ
A¨mi7
œ D¨7 G¨ma7 A¨mi7 D¨7 G¨ma7
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ∫ œ œ œ ##
53
b
& b bbbb œ œ
Lick 14
9th 9th 7th 5th 5th 3rd
Giant
Steps
13 12 11 6 5 4

¢⁄
11 11 14 14 4 4 7 7
11 10 10 10 13 4 3 3 3 6
11 13 11 13 4 6 4 6

(same idea starting on 5th - inspired by Coltrane)

œ A7œ ™ œ Dma7
° œœœœœœ
Emi7 A7 Dma7 Emi7 œ
œ
57
# œ œœœœœ œ œœ
& # ‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ
J
œœœ
Lick 15 Root 3 Root 7th Root 3rd 7th

™
Giant
Steps j 3 j
‰
7 10 9 7 9 7 9

¢⁄
8 10 10 7
7 6 9 6 6 9 9 7
9 7 9 7 9 7
7 10 9 7 5

(simplified version of idea - taken from Coltrane)

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