A cool sounding whole tone pattern

Original blog post at: http://jazztrumpetlicks.com/2009/04/a-cool-sounding-whole-tone-pattern/

Here is a cool sounding whole tone pattern to take advantage of. Really easy to learn.

Here is a sound sample:

How to memorize in 12 keys:

Since this pattern is a whole tone pattern, you'll only need to learn it in two different keys. This is due to the fact that there are only two whole tone scales out there. No matter what note you start on, there are really only two keys you need to learn this lick in (a half step apart). I memorized it by knowing I'm going down in whole steps. First you do a chromatic down a whole step, then you jump up a whole step from where you started and repeat the process until it's out of your range.