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Jazz Piano Tutorial - Bird Changes Explained

If you like this Jazz Piano Tutorial, please subscribe:    / walkthatbass   For more information check out my website: https://www.thejazzpianosite.com/jazz... This Jazz Piano Tutorial is about Bird Changes. Charlie Parker, AKA ‘Bird’, is one of the best know jazz musicians. He was a saxophonist and is generally considered the quintessential Bebop musician. Parker wrote a song called ‘Blues for Alice’ which has become a jazz standard. And the chord progression from ‘Blues for Alice’ has become known as ‘Bird Changes’. There are 3 things you need to know about Bebop songs: They are fast – both in tempo and in chord changes (harmonic rhythm) They have angular melodies They are stuffed full of II-Vs Bebop musicians would often take simple and well established chord progressions and then just fill it with II-Vs. And so ‘Bird Changes’ is just a 12 bar blues with a heap of non-resolving, descending II-Vs. Because bebop songs generally have a fast tempo and angular melodies, you generally want to keep the chord voicings quite simple and not too busy - otherwise it may sound too muddy and drown out the melody. Try using: Bud Powell Style Voicings Walking Basslines Stride These voicings are much truer to the bebop style (rootless and quartal voicings were only regularly used after the bebop era) and are more sparse so they don’t get in the way of the busy melody. If you enjoyed this Jazz Piano Tutorial on Bird Changes, please subscribe