There's definitely stories and stories and stories that can be told in the musical idiom, you know.

---Charlie Parker

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Charlie Parker Bebop Blues Improvisation Etude No. 2

*NOTE: This etude is a short Bebop improvisational study of the twelve-bar blues based on materials presented in “Charlie Parker: The Analytical Study of Twenty-Two Performance Versions of Now's The Time”. The etude’s range and pitch register are optimized for alto saxophone.

Bebop Cookbook | Charlie Parker Bebop Blues Improvisation Etude No. 2 by JK Chang (132.79 kB)