Billie's Bounce
by Charlie Parker
🎷 Jazz
Difficulty
★★★★☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
Parker's iconic F blues from the landmark 1945 Savoy sessions. The head is a masterclass in bebop blues phrasing, decorating the 12-bar form with chromatic enclosures and rhythmic displacement that transformed the blues vocabulary forever.
e|---1--3--5--3--1---0--1--3--5--8--5--3--1-------|
B|---1--3--5--3--1---1--1--3--5--8--5--3--1-------|
G|---2--2--5--2--2---0--2--2--5--7--5--2--2-------|
D|---3--3--5--3--3---2--3--3--5--8--5--3--3-------|
A|---1--3--5--3--1---0--1--3--5--8--5--3--1-------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|---6--8--5--3--1---0--1--3--5--3--1--0--1-------|
B|---6--8--5--3--1---1--1--3--5--3--1--1--1-------|
G|---7--7--5--2--2---0--2--2--5--2--2--0--2-------|
D|---8--8--5--3--3---2--3--3--5--3--3--2--3-------|
A|---6--8--5--3--1---0--1--3--5--3--1--0--1-------|
E|------------------------------------------------|