BRECKER #2 “Outside” Playing “Replication” Motif

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MICHAEL BRECKER JAZZ LICK /LINE #2

CHROMATICS AND CELL [TETRACHORD] REPLICATION 

Jazz improvisation Michael Brecker lesson
Jazz improvisation Michael Brecker lesson

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To begin with we have a bit of standard Be Bop chromaticism

Jazz improvisation Michael Brecker lesson
Jazz improvisation Michael Brecker lesson

BUT!

If we look further we can see that we have an exact replicated cell that descends in minor 3rds weaving in and out of the harmony.

4 note  cell

Jazz improvisation Michael Brecker lesson
Jazz improvisation Michael Brecker lesson

2 Four note cells descending in minor 3rds replicated

Jazz improvisation Michael Brecker lesson
Jazz improvisation Michael Brecker lesson

We can now look at the whole line and see and hear where the descending replicated cells in minor 3rds start and how they serve their purpose.

Breaking down Brecker Jazz lick/line. Jazz analysis
Jazz improvisation Michael Brecker lesson/Breaking down Brecker Jazz lick/line. Jazz analysis

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