Cherokee
by Ray Noble
🎷 Jazz
Difficulty
★★★★★
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
The 1938 standard whose blazing chord changes spawned the bebop revolution. Charlie Parker's legendary double-time improvisations over this Bb major tune at breakneck tempos defined the new vocabulary of jazz and remain the ultimate test of technique.
e|---6---8---10--13--10--8---6---8---10--13--10----|
B|---6---8---10--13--10--8---6---8---10--13--10----|
G|---7---7---10--12--10--7---7---7---10--12--10----|
D|---8---8---10--13--10--8---8---8---10--13--10----|
A|---6---8---10--13--10--8---6---8---10--13--10----|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|---8---6---3---1---3---6---8---10--13--10--6-----|
B|---8---6---3---1---3---6---8---10--13--10--6-----|
G|---7---7---3---2---3---7---7---10--12--10--7-----|
D|---8---8---3---3---3---8---8---10--13--10--8-----|
A|---8---6---3---1---3---6---8---10--13--10--6-----|
E|------------------------------------------------|