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Dexterity

October 6, 2012

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“Dexterity” is a bebop tune written by the great alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. Dexterity is based on “I Got Rhythm” changes in Bb. It’s always good to have a handful of rhythm changes heads in your repertoire and this is a great one to know!

Videos to learn the melody/changes

Charlie Parker: Dexterity

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Brent Vaartstra is a professional jazz guitarist and educator living in New York City. He is the head blogger and podcast host for learnjazzstandards.com which he owns and operates. He actively performs around the New York metropolitan area and is the author of the Hal Leonard publication "Visual Improvisation for Jazz Guitar." He's also the host of the music entrepreneurship podcast "Passive Income Musician."

1 COMMENT

ian dodds July 16, 2019 At 5:35 am
Good backing track, but if you're a piano player?
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