Glad you saw this, Stefan. This is my FAVORITE exercise of all time. You'll get a lot of good use out of it. So great to have you with us at www.JazzWire.net too. See you inside!!
That is so ver kind. I appreciate your words and I love the work. I'm a lucky guy. I'm so happy that you are enjoying these videos. Please subscribe if you haven't yet. There is MUCH more good stuff coming. And hey, if you haven't already, please jump in to a Free 30 Day Limited access to JazzWire. I would love to work together with you in a more meaningful (and not too expensive) way. With the Free 30 Day Trial, you’ll see what we're doing behind the wall! You'll be inside in about 20 seconds, no credit card required. www.jazzwire.net/free-trial/. These videos are great, but they are a SHADOW compared to the real work and we can do together!
@@JeffAntoniukEducator Awesome, Jeff. Thanks! Yeah, sometimes (always?) over analyze the theory, and your lessons provide so many answers to this stuff. There is a lot of other great channels, but many times the deeper explanations and meanings aren't covered. Thanks again! Ryan
I thought I heard another lick but don't ask me to describe it. This is the perfect DDJ lesson for this week at Jazzwire- how to incorporate a part of Trane's solo into my playing. It seems that voice leading would be the way to connect the lick. Thanks for the reminder that it takes time before the stuff you practice appears in your playing. My impatience with my progress is not helping me progress.
Oh boy, you don't have to talk to me about IMPATIENCE! Sheesh. Love the work you are doing inside www.JazzWire.net. And yes, this material connects perfectly with our assignments this week. Nice!
Stan Getz liked to use the same lick but he did it ascending. One of things I love about lick placement is how it trains the student to know where they are harmonically during the entire chorus. Great stuff!
Hello Jeff, According to your experience, this method of building solo is valid for all styles of music? (Jazz, Blues, Funhy, ...) or there are other methods. What do you think? Congratulations for your always interesting videos G. Ron
This approach is just "good learning." It doesn't really have anything to do with style (or with music, for that matter). Dig in, and have a good time with it!
I heard a diddly do dip dip something several times- not that that's a bad thing. So I guess I heard some of the lick. I starting to get a clue about how to build a solo. Gracious mucho.
Thanks for the comment! Yes, I think this is probably the biggest thing that most jazz players have to deal with… I love the exercise, and I hope you and your students will too.
Brilliant sir. This is Exactly what I've been looking for. As a sax player and guitarist i hear these things all the time and can play them. However you have the knack of debunking the mystique - it's only a sharpened 5th! I heard matt schofield throw in the same notes years ago and it floored me. It was just an arpeggio with a sharpened 5th! Deliver it with his panache and it's gold.
To happy to have you with us! The lick (#5) is a great one for sure, but the overall concept of "how to get licks into our playing" is something I use every day too. Glad this hit home for you. If you want to do more and dig in further, join us at www.JazzWire.net. I'd love to work with you there.
Gerry Smith thanks for tuning in. I think we ALL probably need this exercise!! It’s a good one for sure. Stay in touch and let me know how it goes for you.
Great exercise, Jeff! I just finished up a week-long jazz camp in Detroit, MI that I mentioned to you in an email a while ago. During the seminar, I attended a great master class taught by Bobby Muncy, a phenomenal tenor player and a professor and director of a jazz program in Washington, DC. He focused on a similar topic; if you want to learn a specific concept, say the harmonic minor scale over a minor ii-v-I, then, when you practice a tune w/minor ii-v-I's, force yoursels toplay a harmonic minor scale (or a specific harmonic minor scale lick) every time you see a minor ii-v-I progression.
Gregg Streicher that is exactly it. Pretty simple, but so easy to ignore. Sort of like “you are what you eat.” “You are what you practice!” Glad you enjoyed the workshop.
Tony Borthwick thanks for the note Tony. You know, EVERY musician is fallible (I don’t care the style or the level of fame they’ve achieved). It drives me NUTS that everything we see that puts itself out there as an educational product is “polished up” to a ridiculous perfection… which is nothing like how that person plays in real life, or how they played back when they were a student. I think it does a great disservice and so many ways. I am all about making mistakes, live on the Internet!
Well done again, Jeff! I was employing the Asterisk Exercise today on "Blue Bossa," per your previous video. At specific spots/asterisks, I am working in the 1-2-3-5 pattern followed by descending minor bebop scales. Love, love, love!!! Can't wait for Jazzwire.
Chip Armstrong I am glad that you have been working the exercise from the previous video. It is a great exercise, isn’t it? And yes, Jazz Wire is coming along really well, and I get more and more excited about it the more pieces that fall into place. I will keep you filled in for sure.
Thanks for tuning in, Jason. Glad to have you with us here at Digging Deeper. Check out www.JazzWire.net if you want to really hit it! We have a lot of great jazz players there, working on great stuff week in and week out. I hope you'll join us!
Great idea. We all know about hearing a note before playing. This will be about hearing a lick before playing. That way there is a chance of getting an approach that fits the lick. Does that make sense?
Brian Sanderson I LOVE your perspective on this. I focused in the video on how we are intellectually ready to play the lick, and that I our fingers are ready mechanically ready to play the lick. But as you point out, there is the very important aspect that we are now hearing so much better, hearing it in advance. Great observation!
14" for you, 14 hours for me Jeff ;). Only getting to blues scales and licks now, using Jay Metcalf's course. Hard finding 30'/day to practice but what a pleasure playing
Thierry Martin ha ha! It is all relative for sure. Something that takes one person an hour to practice will take the next person two minutes or two years. The good news is… It’s not a race! Have a great time and enjoy this work.
Mansax80 good lick right?! That was one of the very first I ever learned. As for my setup, it’s all fairly new. I’m more of a “vintage old MK VI and a Link” kind of a guy. This is an Eastman 52nd Street tenor and a D ‘Addario Jazz Select mouth. New and fairly affordable stuff.
Here's a quote from a book I can highly recommend: "The amount of time and practice required to reach such goals is itself a surprise for some learners. Benny Bailey reflects on disciplinary demands of jazz, citing the case of Joe Farrell, “a traditional-type tenor player,” who once reported that it “took him a year of studying those fourth patterns before he could work them into his solos.” Bailey explains, “It’s one thing studying something every day, and it’s another really using it. That’s difficult." Berliner, Paul F.. Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) (Kindle Locations 3741-3745). University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.
Chris Elston that is perfect! Thank you for sharing it. Joe Farrell is a great example… He WAS a more traditional player early on, but ended up being one of the tenor players that uses fourths in his planying, maybe more than anyone. And did it just fall into his playing by mistake? Nope! He worked and worked and worked to get that vocabulary in his playing. The trick is not to get depressed by the work that has to be done, or scared off by it. We are here for the love of the music and for the challenge of getting a little bit better every day. We just want to minimize the time that it takes by using good practice techniques… That said, just remember that it WILL take a while!
Great advice as usual. My lick will be a whole note based on the root and asterisks in every bar. Am i doing it right? :). heh, okay okay, I'll try "Indiana bebop" and place them at random. (btw, kudos on the Canadian Airforce Logo) :)
Bruce Reid I was wondering who in the Digging Deeper community would know anything about the Canadian Air Force! You definitely win something for this comment… I’ve got a bunch of reeds that won’t work…
The whole time I was watching the video I was wondering: What is the significance of the logo on your T shirt? Something Canadian, I imagine, but what? (Great video, by the way!)
David Tardio The Canadian Airforce!! It is something that I am suggesting Justin Trudeau may want to get fired up, given what’s going on south of the Canadian border! :)
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Thank you Jeff - such a great input and exercises, wow!!!cheers Stefan from Switzerland
Glad you saw this, Stefan. This is my FAVORITE exercise of all time. You'll get a lot of good use out of it. So great to have you with us at www.JazzWire.net too. See you inside!!
You are one of the greatest music educators today, and your playing is amazing. Thanks for providing so much content!
That is so ver kind. I appreciate your words and I love the work. I'm a lucky guy.
I'm so happy that you are enjoying these videos. Please subscribe if you haven't yet. There is MUCH more good stuff coming. And hey, if you haven't already, please jump in to a Free 30 Day Limited access to JazzWire. I would love to work together with you in a more meaningful (and not too expensive) way. With the Free 30 Day Trial, you’ll see what we're doing behind the wall! You'll be inside in about 20 seconds, no credit card required. www.jazzwire.net/free-trial/. These videos are great, but they are a SHADOW compared to the real work and we can do together!
@@JeffAntoniukEducator Awesome, Jeff. Thanks! Yeah, sometimes (always?) over analyze the theory, and your lessons provide so many answers to this stuff. There is a lot of other great channels, but many times the deeper explanations and meanings aren't covered. Thanks again! Ryan
Excellent Ryan. Please keep in touch, and I hope we can do some music together in the near future.
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I thought I heard another lick but don't ask me to describe it. This is the perfect DDJ lesson for this week at Jazzwire- how to incorporate a part of Trane's solo into my playing. It seems that voice leading would be the way to connect the lick. Thanks for the reminder that it takes time before the stuff you practice appears in your playing. My impatience with my progress is not helping me progress.
Oh boy, you don't have to talk to me about IMPATIENCE! Sheesh. Love the work you are doing inside www.JazzWire.net. And yes, this material connects perfectly with our assignments this week. Nice!
Stan Getz liked to use the same lick but he did it ascending.
One of things I love about lick placement is how it trains the student to know where they are harmonically during the entire chorus. Great stuff!
Great point, Don!
Hello Jeff,
According to your experience, this method of building solo is valid for all styles of music? (Jazz, Blues, Funhy, ...) or there are other methods. What do you think?
Congratulations for your always interesting videos
G. Ron
This approach is just "good learning." It doesn't really have anything to do with style (or with music, for that matter). Dig in, and have a good time with it!
I heard a diddly do dip dip something several times- not that that's a bad thing. So I guess I heard some of the lick. I starting to get a clue about how to build a solo. Gracious mucho.
Awesome topic and great insight! Used to be a huge issue for me and common problem for my students. Great Video!
Thanks for the comment! Yes, I think this is probably the biggest thing that most jazz players have to deal with… I love the exercise, and I hope you and your students will too.
Brilliant sir. This is Exactly what I've been looking for. As a sax player and guitarist i hear these things all the time and can play them. However you have the knack of debunking the mystique - it's only a sharpened 5th! I heard matt schofield throw in the same notes years ago and it floored me. It was just an arpeggio with a sharpened 5th! Deliver it with his panache and it's gold.
To happy to have you with us! The lick (#5) is a great one for sure, but the overall concept of "how to get licks into our playing" is something I use every day too. Glad this hit home for you. If you want to do more and dig in further, join us at www.JazzWire.net. I'd love to work with you there.
Just the exercise I need, thanks Jeff
Gerry Smith thanks for tuning in. I think we ALL probably need this exercise!! It’s a good one for sure. Stay in touch and let me know how it goes for you.
Great session! Thanks Jeff. Really impressed by your focussed approach.
That lick stood out for me 😁😁 great lesson as always Jeff 👍👍
Jay Douglas Cool! Glad it struck a chord for you!
Great exercise, Jeff! I just finished up a week-long jazz camp in Detroit, MI that I mentioned to you in an email a while ago. During the seminar, I attended a great master class taught by Bobby Muncy, a phenomenal tenor player and a professor and director of a jazz program in Washington, DC. He focused on a similar topic; if you want to learn a specific concept, say the harmonic minor scale over a minor ii-v-I, then, when you practice a tune w/minor ii-v-I's, force yoursels toplay a harmonic minor scale (or a specific harmonic minor scale lick) every time you see a minor ii-v-I progression.
Gregg Streicher that is exactly it. Pretty simple, but so easy to ignore. Sort of like “you are what you eat.” “You are what you practice!” Glad you enjoyed the workshop.
Thanks Jeff .. love your humility, your preparedness to put yourself out there as a fallible musician too
Tony Borthwick thanks for the note Tony. You know, EVERY musician is fallible (I don’t care the style or the level of fame they’ve achieved). It drives me NUTS that everything we see that puts itself out there as an educational product is “polished up” to a ridiculous perfection… which is nothing like how that person plays in real life, or how they played back when they were a student. I think it does a great disservice and so many ways. I am all about making mistakes, live on the Internet!
Excellent demonstration!
It's gold, Jeff. Thank you very much for sharing it. It is for sure my favorite video of yours. Muito obrigado.
Daniel Abreu So glad! This exercise has helped me more than anything I’d say. Let me know how it goes for you.
Well done again, Jeff! I was employing the Asterisk Exercise today on "Blue Bossa," per your previous video. At specific spots/asterisks, I am working in the 1-2-3-5 pattern followed by descending minor bebop scales. Love, love, love!!! Can't wait for Jazzwire.
Chip Armstrong I am glad that you have been working the exercise from the previous video. It is a great exercise, isn’t it? And yes, Jazz Wire is coming along really well, and I get more and more excited about it the more pieces that fall into place. I will keep you filled in for sure.
So many solid tips, I'm so subbing!
Thanks for tuning in, Jason. Glad to have you with us here at Digging Deeper. Check out www.JazzWire.net if you want to really hit it! We have a lot of great jazz players there, working on great stuff week in and week out. I hope you'll join us!
Jeff, you are a genius. I'm sure lots of people must have told that.
I don't know about "genius," but I DO have some good practice ideas. I'm so glad to have you with us here at Digging Deeper, Bally.
Great idea. We all know about hearing a note before playing. This will be about hearing a lick before playing. That way there is a chance of getting an approach that fits the lick. Does that make sense?
Brian Sanderson I LOVE your perspective on this. I focused in the video on how we are intellectually ready to play the lick, and that I our fingers are ready mechanically ready to play the lick. But as you point out, there is the very important aspect that we are now hearing so much better, hearing it in advance. Great observation!
14" for you, 14 hours for me Jeff ;). Only getting to blues scales and licks now, using Jay Metcalf's course. Hard finding 30'/day to practice but what a pleasure playing
Thierry Martin ha ha! It is all relative for sure. Something that takes one person an hour to practice will take the next person two minutes or two years. The good news is… It’s not a race! Have a great time and enjoy this work.
Fantastic method!!!
Vince Harrison, Sr thanks for tuning in Vince. Please subscribe if you haven’t already. Much more good stuff coming!!
Hi Jeff. You sound great as always! I heard the lick because I use it very often. I love it! BTW what’s your set up ?
Mansax80 good lick right?! That was one of the very first I ever learned. As for my setup, it’s all fairly new. I’m more of a “vintage old MK VI and a Link” kind of a guy. This is an Eastman 52nd Street tenor and a D ‘Addario Jazz Select mouth. New and fairly affordable stuff.
Here's a quote from a book I can highly recommend:
"The amount of time and practice required to reach such goals is itself a surprise for some learners. Benny Bailey reflects on disciplinary demands of jazz, citing the case of Joe Farrell, “a traditional-type tenor player,” who once reported that it “took him a year of studying those fourth patterns before he could work them into his solos.” Bailey explains, “It’s one thing studying something every day, and it’s another really using it. That’s difficult."
Berliner, Paul F.. Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) (Kindle Locations 3741-3745). University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.
Chris Elston that is perfect! Thank you for sharing it. Joe Farrell is a great example… He WAS a more traditional player early on, but ended up being one of the tenor players that uses fourths in his planying, maybe more than anyone. And did it just fall into his playing by mistake? Nope! He worked and worked and worked to get that vocabulary in his playing.
The trick is not to get depressed by the work that has to be done, or scared off by it. We are here for the love of the music and for the challenge of getting a little bit better every day. We just want to minimize the time that it takes by using good practice techniques… That said, just remember that it WILL take a while!
Great advice as usual. My lick will be a whole note based on the root and asterisks in every bar. Am i doing it right? :).
heh, okay okay, I'll try "Indiana bebop" and place them at random.
(btw, kudos on the Canadian Airforce Logo)
:)
Bruce Reid I was wondering who in the Digging Deeper community would know anything about the Canadian Air Force! You definitely win something for this comment… I’ve got a bunch of reeds that won’t work…
The whole time I was watching the video I was wondering: What is the significance of the logo on your T shirt? Something Canadian, I imagine, but what? (Great video, by the way!)
David Tardio The Canadian Airforce!! It is something that I am suggesting Justin Trudeau may want to get fired up, given what’s going on south of the Canadian border! :)
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road! Thanks Jeff.