Free Brecker Licks

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Nefertiti

Discussion Starter · Jul 17, 2007

I put up a few pages of Brecker Licks that I have worked on over the years. there on my blog page on my website. i didn't include how to use these but many of them are chromatic patterns, licks over minor tonalities or 3 tonic system kind of approaches. i usually give these to my more advanced students. Like anything from Brecker these are incredibly hard to get under your fingers but well worth it. Enjoy!

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Matero

· #2 · Jul 17, 2007

Hi Steve,

These are cool and will give me some new stuff to work out. Thanks for sharing them!

Ryan

Nobby Keys

· #3 · Jul 18, 2007

Thanks Steve.

BYOB

· #4 · Jul 18, 2007

Thank you.

I'll be sure to work these out!

Swampcabbage

· #5 · Jul 18, 2007

Those last 6 lines are tougher than I think.

Nefertiti

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jul 18, 2007

Just so you know the lick ends at the solid double bar line and the next measure is a new lick.

llamaSax

· #7 · Jul 18, 2007

Nice post Steve! Definitely going to work these out.

Dr G

· #8 · Jul 18, 2007

You're proving yourself a real leader, Steve. Excellent stuff in your blog.

Still waitin' for Neff's "Book o' Funk"...

hornimprovement

· #9 · Jul 21, 2007

Thanks Nefertiti! Great stuff.

saxymanzach

· #10 · Jul 21, 2007

Good stuff. thanks!

shortwhite

· #11 · Jul 23, 2007

Nice stuff Neff.

A cool thing to with these sequential type licks is to regroup them into groups of 3's 5's 6's etc. It's funny how some of them will fit under your fingers amzingly well and others will tend to make your head explode. BTW it's not my idea I got it from a Gary Campbell book

Seasax

· #12 · Jul 23, 2007

thanks Neff
you should keep doing more of this sort of stuff, licks, II-V-Is and all that
it's great!

ILoveMySAX

· #13 · Aug 1, 2007 (Edited)

thanks Neff this is great

Perry Cobb

· #14 · Aug 1, 2007

Thanks, Steve. I like your sound...what's your setup?

Nefertiti

Discussion Starter · #15 · Oct 20, 2009

Just updating the link as the first post has a link that's old and broken. Here's the right one for the Brecker licks:
http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/2007/07/great-michael-brecker-licks/

whaler

· #16 · Oct 20, 2009

A couple of those could be listed as "Joe Henderson licks" also. Great stuff!

Nefertiti

Discussion Starter · #17 · Oct 20, 2009

whaler said:
A couple of those could be listed as "Joe Henderson licks" also. Great stuff!

That's true but then again.........Henderson is so versatile and his solo's are filled with so much material I wonder if there is a lick, pattern or idea he hasn't played?

Swampcabbage

· #18 · Oct 20, 2009

All of my licks want to be a Joe Henderson or Michael Brecker lick when they grow up.

themacintrasher

· #19 · Oct 20, 2009

Steve,
Link's not working for me.

jlima

· #20 · Oct 20, 2009

This was corrected. See:

Nefertiti said:
Just updating the link as the first post has a link that's old and broken. Here's the right one for the Brecker licks:
http://www.neffmusic.com/blog/2007/07/great-michael-brecker-licks/

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