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In music, four note group patterns, alternately called "four-note digital patterns"[1] or simply "four note patterns", are one of many ways to formulate improvised solos in jazz. "Four-Note Grouping is an improvisation technique that uses major and minor triads along with specific passing notes as a means of generating lines. The concept of Four-Note Groupings lets the lines be more 'out' and stretch the possibility of available notes over a chord due to the structural integrity of the triad-based line."[2]
- Diatonic scale fragment
- Arpeggio (of current chord, altered harmony or an implied passing chord)
- Chromatic approach note (a note preceding a chord tone or scale tone one semitone above or below)[3]
- Chromatic surround notes (two notes preceding a chord tone one semitone above and below)
- Pentatonic scale fragment[4]
- John Coltrane: "Giant Steps" solo[5]
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