Bebop

Blues in A
ex. 1a Drop 2 7th chords with no alterations (Strings 1-4)

# # # 4 n ww ˙˙ ˙˙
n ˙˙˙ ˙˙ # n www ˙
A7 D7 D©º7 A7 E‹7 A7

& 4 ww ˙˙
˙ # ˙˙ w n ˙

44
3 2 2 3 7 5

⁄
2 1 1 2 5 5
2 2 2 2 7 6
2 0 1 2 5 5

# # # n www w
n# www
ww # F©7
ww
5 D7 D©º7 A7

& w n ww
# ww

5 5 5 6

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3 4 5 5
5 5 6 6
4 4 5 4

# # # www w
www
˙˙ # F©7
˙˙ nB‹7
˙˙ # ˙˙
9 B‹7 E7 A9 E7

& nw n ˙˙ ˙˙ ˙˙ ˙˙

7 7 7 6 5 4

⁄
7 5 5 5 3 3
7 7 6 6 4 4
7 6 5 4 4 2
 ex. 1b Drop 2 7th chords with no alterations (strings 2-5)

˙˙ ˙˙
2
# # # n ww n ˙˙˙ ˙˙ # n www ˙
13 A7 D7 D©º7 A7 E‹7 A7

ww ˙˙
& ˙ # ˙˙ w n ˙

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

# # # n www w
n# www
ww # F©7
ww
17 D7 D©º7 A7

& w n ww
# ww

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10 10 10 11
7 8 9 9
10 10 11 11
9 9 10 9

# # # www w
www
˙˙ # F©7
˙˙ nB‹7
˙˙ # ˙˙
21 B‹7 E7 A9 E7

& nw n ˙˙ ˙˙ ˙˙ ˙˙

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12 12 12 11 10 9
11 9 9 9 7 7
12 12 11 11 9 9
12 11 10 9 9 7
 ex. 2 Drop 2 9th chords exchanging 9 for 1 (strings 2-5)

˙˙
3
# # # n www n ˙˙˙ ˙˙ ww n ˙˙
25 A9 D9 D©º7 A9 E‹9 A9

& # ˙˙
˙˙ n ˙˙
# ww
w ˙ n

⁄
8 7
6 5
9 7
7 7
7 5 8 12
5 4 7 9
7 5 9 11
6 4 9 10

# # # n www
D9
w
D©º7
ww
A9
# ww
F©7(b9)

n# www
29

& w n# ww n ww

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

# # # www
B‹9
ww
E9 A9
˙˙ # ˙˙
F©7(b9) B‹9
˙˙ ˙˙
E9
ww n ˙˙ # ˙˙
33

& nw n ˙˙ ˙˙

⁄
14 12 12 11 14 12
11 11 9 9 11 11
12 12 11 11 12 12
12 11 10 10 12 11
 ex. 3 Drop 2 Alterations and Extensions (strings 2-5)

n ˙˙
# # # www ˙˙
bb ˙˙˙ nn # www
˙˙
4 A9 D13 D7[áÆ] A9 E‹9 A7[äÆ]

n ˙˙
37

& nw n ˙˙ ˙ nw # ˙˙

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12 12 11 12 12 13
9 9 8 9 11 11
11 10 10 11 12 11
10 9 9 10 10 10

# # # n www w ww # ww
D13 D©º7 A13 F©7(b5)

n# www
41

& w n# ww n ww

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

nn www # # ˙˙˙ nn ˙˙˙

B‹11 E7[áÆ] A13 F©7(b5) B‹11 E7[áÆ]

# # # n www # ˙˙ n ˙˙
45

& w w n˙ # n ˙˙ ˙˙ #˙

⁄
10 13 12 11 10 13
9 10 11 9 9 10
9 12 11 10 9 12
9 11 10 9 9 11