Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Lick Tutorial: Livestream 8/8/17

During this live stream, I taught this lick in 6 parts. You'll see below that each part is circled with a different color. I break down each part using scale degrees and concepts that help me wrap my brain around it.

Red

• Start on 8, Chromatic Enclosure (above, below) of the 4

Green

• (Descending then Ascending) Dominant Bebop Scale starting on  scale degree 4 

Orange

• Enclosure (diatonic below, chromatic above) of the b7, chromatic passing tone to b6

Blue

• Melodic minor scale starting on the b6, land on scale degree 12 (same as 5 up the octave)

Yellow

• Descend Chromatically from 12 (5) to 10 (b3) [major 3rd apart] ;
• Enclosure (chromatic below, diatonic above) of the 8

Purple

• Diatonic Enclosure of the b6, triplet starting on b6 (middle note b7)
• 5-2-1-b3

Leave a comment below if you have any questions about the analysis or, if you see concepts in a different way. Enjoy!