Here's a tasty few bebop style jazz licks for navigating a classic "turnaround" in Bb major! Should be a handy companion to the jazz blues backing tracks! TAB & Notation at http://www.quistorama.com /tabs">http://www.quistorama.com /tabs Turnaround progression: I - VI - II - V II: Bbmaj7 G7 I Cm7 F7 :II The breakdown of what I play on each of the chords for this particular set of licks: Bbmaj7 - chord tones (arpeggio) and Bb major scale, with an approach note (C#) before the D (3rd of Bb) on the 12th fret of the D string. G7 - chord tones (arpeggio) with the added colours of b9 and #9, deriving from the G altered scale (super locrian). Cm7 - chord tones (arpeggio) with an approach note (C#) before the D note (9th of Cm). F7 - half/wholetone scale aka Symmetric Diminished You can try out the lick on this heavy medium swing jazz blues in Bb (100 BPM): http://goo.gl/J8QMSB And also on this Fast Jazz Blues backing track in Bb (200 BPM): http://goo.gl/A7dOU5 Practice tips: Make sure your slides and pull-offs are strong and in time. Remember to practise the licks nice and slow at first, breaking the whole phrase down into smaller bits. Try to always practise IN TIME. If you can tap your foot while you're playing - and not necessarily looking as silly as I do - you're definitely onto a good thing :) I am tapping my foot on 2 and 4. This is a great way to practice when playing jazz... you can also set your metronome to click on 2 and 4, rather than 1, 2, 3, 4. Try experimenting with various picking techniques. Alternate picking works great... I also like sweeping the very first part, moving across string 4,3 and 2. Finally....do choose a good fingering (see mine for ideas) and then stick with it as you build up the speed..... ENJOY! Quist http://www.quistorama.com http://www.quistorama.com /jamtracks