Charly parker, all the thing you are

[Langueta]

Just finished my first complete transcription of a sax solo.
I transcribed the version recorded by the charlie parker quintet at the studio in 1947.
How isthebest way to analise the patterns he plays??
I am playing the solo and it is pefect, how he resolves to the chords and melody, the scales he uses in each chord, now I want to incorporate them and use the phrases when I improvise.
Give me any tips for incorporating them to my own vocabulary
thanks

[EADG mx]

Do you have it on paper?

I would start by looking for any patterns/sequences. Analyze the intervallic/scalular structure of a particular sequence and see if it is used again (maybe altered or at a transposition).

Follow the changes and see what he plays over them. Which notes are chord tones/extensions? What scales is he using? What chord tones and extensions do they highlight?

[gre107]

Parker used a lot of extended chords in his soloing. (E.g. starting on the third of a chord and playing around that chord instead of the original.)

Also, you will notice he will use various enclosure techniques (E.g. chromatic from below, chromatic from below scale tone from above etc...) in his phrasing.

These are the "concepts" that are best to learn from him and apply to your own playing.

Also, get a copy of the Omnibook and look at those transcriptions to get a better idea of what he would do. It's nice to have because there is a ton of information there already transcribed for you.

Peace

[TripleDouble]

Nice job, no small task. But this is TalkBass, you're supposed to be talking about gear...

If you havn't already done this, get the Real Book and make sure you add the appropriate chord symbols to the chart, and do a harmonic analysis of how each chord is functioning within the song (IMaj7, II-V's, Modulations, etc). You can then see how the notes he's playing relate to whatever key or chord he is playing in/on.

Man, i gotta practice what I'm preaching, I havn't done that in years.