Bruce Buckingham 50 Jazz Licks

Lick 1:

Lick 2:

Ab^

b b 4 #

&b b 4

11

Ab^9
n

n Jfi

Eb7

Bbm9

10

11 9

Ebaug

Bbm9

11

10

fi11

10

Lick 3:

bb
&b b

Bbm9

Ebaug

Ab^9

b
8

Lick 4:

#
&

#
J

Daug

#

#

Lick 5:

# b

&
10

Amin7

G^

D11(b9)

8
7

J
J

G^9

Amin9

7
7

G6

Lick 6:
D6

#
##

5
5

Copyright 2009

Aaug

Emin7

10

5
9

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Lick 7:

##
&

10

Emin7

14

Eb6

b n

D^

Lick 8:

&

16

Dmin7

# n
6

C^

#
4

nn

G13(b9)
E/G

G9

bb

##

Lick 9:

b
&b
19

Cmin7

F13

F7(#5)

Bb^

Lick 10:

Aaug
A7alt

b #
##
n # n b
&
#
22

Emin7

10

10

D^

Lick 11:

A7alt
Aaug


#
##
#

b
&
25

Emin7

10

Bmin7/E

10

D^9

Lick 12:

28
## b n
b n
&

Emin7

10

A PhrygianDominant

10

D^

Lick 13:

& b b
31

Gmin7

C7(b5b9)

F^

b # b
b

Lick 14:

&
#
34

Amin7

Lick 15:

#
&
37

#
&

G^

D13
G^

fi

b
J
b
J
6

Lick 16:

b
b
#

Amin7

41

D7b9

D7(#5b9)

fi7

6
8

G^

J

Amin7

D7(b 9)

10

G7
C^

fi
Dmin9

J

Lick 17:

&
45

10

12

12

10

10

10

fi13

10 13 10 13

12

13

12

12

12

13

bbbbb

12 13

12

Lick 18a:

Bbmin7
F7(b9)

bb
n n nfi

J

& b b b J
J J
J
C

49

fi6

Lick 18b:

F7(b9)
Bbmin

bb

nfi

J
& bb
JJ
C

53

b b b b
j
b

b
J
J
n

& b
n

&

fi6

Lick 19:

56

60

F7(b5)

Bbmin

nnnnn

Lick 20:

E7(b9)

10

Eaug

Amin9

4
7

##

Lick 21:

63
## # n

&
Emin7

10

Lick 22:

b
&b
66

F7

10

bb

Lick 23:

68
F7
b

b
b

&

Lick 24:

b
b
&b
71

Bb7

b b

Eb7

6
8

nn

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Lick 25:

&

J
J

75

10

F/G

5
5

79

F/G

3
4

G7sus4

Lick 27: A

##

&

3
3
G/A

83

10

10

11

12

12

10

14

10

14

##

G/A

F/G

Lick 26:

&

F/G

12

Lick 28:

# b n

&

85

b n

(D7)

Amin7

6 5 7 4

7 5

7 4

#
4

10

9 8 10 7

10 8

10 7

Lick 29:

Lick 30:

bb n bn #R n
&

88

Cmin7

10

bb

Cmin7

10 9 10

8 7

7 10 8 7 8

10

8 7 10 8

10 9

10

10

11 10 8

Lick 31:

b
# b n

n

& b n
Cmin7

91

10

10

10

10

10

10

nn

Lick 32:

93 C^

b
fi
& J

10

10

bbbb

fi7

Lick 33:

bb
&b b
Ab^

96

bb

Lick 34:
98
Eb^(#4)


b

&b

Lick 35:

#
&

10

101

C^(#4)

7
9

10

10

7
9

7
8

##

Lick 36:

##
&

10

104

Emin7

10

Lick 37:

#
n #
&
106

G^

E(b9)

Amin7

D7

G^

4
7

Lick 38:

#
# n

#
j
& bJ n
# b
109

Emin7

G^

Amin7

D7alt

G^

10

11

10

11

10

10

Lick 39:

# n
#
# b
&
b
112

G^

10

E7(b9)

10

A7(b9)

10

D7(b9)

G^

Lick 40:

# n
#
b n
#

&
115

G^

E7(b9)

10

10

A7(b9)

D7(b9)

6
10

G^

Lick 41a:

118
F
Ab
Db
Gb
b
b

b b b
& b b

Lick 41b:

b b b b b b
&b
121

Ab9

Gb9

Db9

Lick 42:

b # b nfi
& b #
J
124

D7(b9)

Gmin7

C11(b9)

##

fi5

Lick 43:

Emin7
A7

##

#
# #Jfi n
&
127

D^

B7

10

fi7

Lick 44:

Daug
130 Amin9
Bmin7
E7(b9)
# n
# #

#
&

7
7

10

10

b

Daug

Amin7

3
7

G^9

2
5

10 Lick 45:

Lick 46:

#
#b #
&
#b

(Gmin7)
G^

134 D7alt

4 3

D7alt

# b# b#
3

(Gmin7)
G^

#Jfi
fi3

Lick 47:

# n # b
# # b
&
b
138 D7alt

G^

Lick 48:

&
140

3

3

D/G

bbb

Lick 49:

b b n n

n
n b
b n n

Cmin7

142

Lick 50:

b
&b
146

D/G 3

b
&b b

(Cmin7)
C^

Cmin7

fi
fi3

bb

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Half-Whole Sequences:

b #

n
& b b#
148

G13(b9)

b
&b
150

6
6

b # n
4

3
4

5
6

3
5

n
3

b
3

2
4