Bags' Groove

by Milt Jackson

🎷 Jazz
Difficulty ★★☆☆☆
Tuning Standard
Capo None

A quintessential F blues head by vibraphonist Milt Jackson, recorded on a legendary 1954 Miles Davis session. The simple, swinging melody is built from blues scale fragments that are instantly memorable and deeply groovy.

e|---1-----1--3--1---------1-----1--3--1----------|
B|---1-----1--3--1---------1-----1--3--1----------|
G|---2-----2--2--2---------2-----2--2--2----------|
D|---3-----3--3--3---------3-----3--3--3----------|
A|---1-----1--3--1---------1-----1--3--1----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

e|---1--3--1--0-----1--3--5--3--1--0--1-----------|
B|---1--3--1--0-----1--3--5--3--1--0--1-----------|
G|---2--2--2--0-----2--2--5--2--2--0--2-----------|
D|---3--3--3--2-----3--3--5--3--3--2--3-----------|
A|---1--3--1--0-----1--3--5--3--1--0--1-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|