B in A B/A C
Sat, 11/22/2014 - 09:17
I've been using four or five different B licks that I got from you earlier on as part of Tongue Blocking Study 1 and 2. The licks are blow note oriented and give a strong sense of the IV chord in A B/A C. Coming to LOA 4 Improvising Study 1 I really like Ex. 5.1 but noticed that the lick does not rely heavily on the blow notes but is much more like any other blues scale lick that could easily have been an A lick. Did you mention somewhere that the B lick can be almost any lick and doesn't have to always give a strong nod to the IV chord? Thanks!
Hello SmokeJS. Yes, in the Improvising Study 1 videos. There are three ways to approach your B...
1) Contrast - Something completely different than your A (IV Chord focused or random lick. I don't think I spoke of what you're asking, but thinking about some great B's of this sort I can think of many that have nothing to do with the IV Chord)
2) Slight Change - Change one, maybe two notes of your A (in most cases tipping your hat to the IV Chord)
3) Sequence - Transposed to the IV Chord