Exploring Bebop Line No.21-4 – mDecks Music
A five-step guided practice focusing on measures 7–8 of Bebop Line No.21, using melodic minor, ladder thirds, and a blues flat-five for E7b9 resolution.
This lesson breaks down the final two measures of Bebop Line No.21 (inspired by a Bill Evans solo) into a clear five-step practice routine. You’ll work through the melodic minor scale, a ladder pattern in thirds, adding the flat-five blues inflection, and assembling the complete line to connect Em6 to E7b9 and back to the progression. Exercises emphasize functional voice-leading and how to treat a minor as a tonicized vi and its transformation into a secondary dominant. Practice suggestions include applying the exercises across keys and integrating the line into the full eight-measure phrase.
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