some of my favorite licks

All below are notated in the key of C.

end of Miles Davis’ solo in Doxy

Outlines a ⅱ-7 (2 minor 7), Ⅴ7 (5 dominant 7), Ⅰ(Δ)7 (1 major or dominant 7) turnaround with a chromatic, bebop scale enclosure and a blue grace note.

L: 1/8
M: 4/4
R: swing
z2 DF A_G=GF | {_E}=EC

end of Sunflower by Rex Orange County (simplification)

Outlines ⅠΔ9 (1 major 9).

L: 1/8
M: 4/4
z2 dB dBBG | BGCD E D2 B,-| B,

from the interlude in From The Start by Laufey

I hear this starting on Ⅴ7 (5 dominant 7), building tension passing ♭ⅱo7 (flat 2 diminished 7), and landing on ⅱ-7 (2 minor 7).

L: 1/8
M: 4/4
z4 GFED | _DEGA _B2 AG | F2