Really curious if you find it useful to have these exercises in the video to play along with? I could do that more often I guess 🙂 0:00 Intro 0:29 5 Exercises with demonstration 1:06 #1 Charleston Rhythm - The Drop2 voicings 2:29 Shell-voicings instead of Drop2 3:34 #1 - Demonstration 4:05 #2 Pulling Forward 7:26 #2 - Demonstration 7:57 #3 Clear Groove 9:28 #3 - Demonstration 10:18 #4 - Up-beat Energy 12:04 #4 - Demonstration 12:36 #5 - Leave it To Bass and Drums 14:24 #5 - Demonstration 14:55 More Drop2 ideas? 15:08 Like the video? Check out My Patreon Page
I just checked out this video. I'm really happy you included exercises in the video to play along with. One of my favorite things to do with the guitar is loop up a piece of audio in software and play a long, listening to my playing for rhythm, articulation etc. I appreciate the inclusion of the shell voicings too. Great video Jens.
the best jazz guitarist and teacher online ... Ive benefitted highly from your lessons for years now and im eternally grateful ... And the time stamped lessons are much better i think btw ... I hate trying to rewind by hand on youtube , Thanks Jens FRANKY..
Jens, I love your ideas and lessons. I’ve listened to your live gigs. I’ m begging you to To forget everything you tell us and play!! I know you can close your eyes and play. School is out my friend.✌️
jens, i love the way you teach - because most times, really accomplished musicians, when teaching , forget the really basic techniques that we need when we are trying to find information in order to get better. you always hit the spots that i am missing
Thanks, Jens, this is a great way to start a practice day, it gets the rhythm flowing. When I have a bad practice day it's usually because I can't feel the rhythm that day.
@@JensLarsen Yep, when I can't lock into the rhythm everything sounds terrible and I go away sulking saying to myself "Why do I bother I'm not really a musician" but all these years something always pulled me back because those great days are worth the bad ones
Thank you Jens. All is good down, in all respects, here in Oz, except for the very hot, humid weather. Thank goodness for air conditioning, otherwise my ES-175 would like a twisted piece of licorice!! Best, M.@@JensLarsen
Great stuff as always Jens! Really great stuff and especially great that you make pdfs for this stuff. Man, it really is incredible and these exercises help me a lot in learning jazz guitar. Ive been playing seriously for about a year and Ive recently started playing with others and I wouldve been completely lost without your comping videos. Also I think its a lot easier to trust someone like you who seems to be a musician first and a teacher second if you know what I mean. When I get advice from people like you or Bob Reynolds it really feels authentic since you are musicians and know what is important. Cheers from Sweden!
Suburb lesson Jens ! Rhythm is the answer. I have always found it helpful to attach word phrases to rhythms and licks. (as in Charleston , # 4 is like the 1st 4 notes of the Dragnet theme). Keep up the great work !
I think there is very little that is easy about playing jazz so appreciate the advice on an easy way to get fired as a sideman. Good to know lol. This is a great video and appreciate the ability to play along.
Definitely useful Jens! Really enjoyed this on comping; simple, yet intricate. "If you play too complicated things, then you're taking away attention from the soloist and that's not really your job when you're comping at that point and especially if you're the sideman of the soloist and he asked you for the gig that's also an easy way to get fired." Too funny and ain't that the truth! Thanks Jens and cheers! MB
Hi Jens I played with you along! and tried to use your patern to use in my improvised theme! What came to me was that what I learned from Henkmeutgeert;s Blues: Maybe the ending F7-0 D713b9-G7#9 C713b9(on guitar easy to play chromatically downwards...and I sometimes treat the F7 also as a dim so I play Ab7 B7 or D7(or even)13b9 Wes montgomery grip b9 below 3rd and 13 in between 3rd & 2nd string and root uppr er sting 1)I found out recently that that works realy nice too...I understand that you are trying to make the easiest version...for everybody doable..I guess you succeeded greatly in that!
I appreciate your work and your training abilities. Your videos are excellent stepping stones to better playing. Jens, you put the 'fun' in fundamental. I am quite dependent upon the tabbed format to visually appreciate what you show with your hands and talk about. New subject: I don't like Patreon very much as I feel they are just more greedy bankers over charging relative to the service they provide. They could get rich on less than 5% and yet they charge twice that. I just don't like the idea of them skimming 10%. I want to send a small amount each month as getting on a plane is out of the question. If everyone around the world who is benefiting from your teaching would pony up 6-7bucks or 5eu you probably wouldn't need to discuss financial matters again. Is there a way to cut out Patreon and still get you a bit o cash?
Thank you very much, Clifton! That is great to hear! I really appreciate that! I guess you can set up a steady payment via PayPal too? I have a few people who do that. You can of course also make purchases in my WebStore. To be honest, I don't have a huge problem with Patreon, the community and the way they work has been incredibly useful for me and the channel 🙂
Hi Jens, another great video! what do you think about making a video of the standard:“ straight no chaser“ where you explain how you improvise on that song, if you did play that piece :)
Hello Jens, very pleased to hear from you; in a recent video, re:chord melody,you mentioned something about PM; I was a little concerned about this ;did it have anything to do with Pat Metheny or something else. My hearing has been bad, recently (bad weather here in Sydney, and as a result I have a middle-ear infection, so I couldn't quite hear you. I realize that you are very busy, but if you have the time, please contact me via email or sms;again congratulations with your great output, much appreciated.Looking fwd to your next lesson, Best, Max
I am not sure what you mean. I can't remember what I said specifically in a video since I publish 4 every week and some of them are shot weeks in advance. Feel free to e-mail me, just don't send me 5 e-mails every week :)
Hi Jens. How many patterns might you use in a chorus and how do you find the balance. Do you string a few of them together and make something that repeats every 4 bars or so?
I don't really think about it in that way. I practice patterns like this, but when I comp I just improvise and because I have practiced some of these patterns they will also come out when I do so. Does that make sense?
The Charleston rhythm you play is not the rhythm shown in the notation (and the rhythm as I know it): Rhythmically speaking it consists of a quarter note followed by an eighth note rest and an eighth note. Your are playing an eighth note followed by two eighth note rests and an eighth not on the "2 and". What happened to the quarter note at the beginning of each measure?
Really curious if you find it useful to have these exercises in the video to play along with? I could do that more often I guess 🙂
0:00 Intro
0:29 5 Exercises with demonstration
1:06 #1 Charleston Rhythm - The Drop2 voicings
2:29 Shell-voicings instead of Drop2
3:34 #1 - Demonstration
4:05 #2 Pulling Forward
7:26 #2 - Demonstration
7:57 #3 Clear Groove
9:28 #3 - Demonstration
10:18 #4 - Up-beat Energy
12:04 #4 - Demonstration
12:36 #5 - Leave it To Bass and Drums
14:24 #5 - Demonstration
14:55 More Drop2 ideas?
15:08 Like the video? Check out My Patreon Page
I just checked out this video. I'm really happy you included exercises in the video to play along with. One of my favorite things to do with the guitar is loop up a piece of audio in software and play a long, listening to my playing for rhythm, articulation etc. I appreciate the inclusion of the shell voicings too. Great video Jens.
I like it as you have presented it . VERY helpful ! Thank you !
"The rhythm is more important than the notes" No truer words
the best jazz guitarist and teacher online ... Ive benefitted highly from your lessons for years now and im eternally grateful ... And the time stamped lessons are much better i think btw ... I hate trying to rewind by hand on youtube ,
Thanks Jens
FRANKY..
You're very welcome, Franky! That is really great to hear! Hope you have fun with the exercises in this one 🙂
Jens, I love your ideas and lessons. I’ve listened to your live gigs. I’ m begging you to
To forget everything you tell
us and play!! I know you can
close your eyes and play.
School is out my friend.✌️
Very useful lesson , thanks! Playing along with you is fun and good for my comping skills. Yes you can do that more often.
Thank you very much! Great that you find it useful! 🙂
jens, i love the way you teach - because most times, really accomplished musicians, when teaching , forget the really basic techniques that we need when we are trying to find information in order to get better. you always hit the spots that i am missing
Thanks, Jens, this is a great way to start a practice day, it gets the rhythm flowing. When I have a bad practice day it's usually because I can't feel the rhythm that day.
Thanks, Anthony! Yes I know what you mean. Those days when you can't really lock in with the groove :)
@@JensLarsen Yep, when I can't lock into the rhythm everything sounds terrible and I go away sulking saying to myself "Why do I bother I'm not really a musician" but all these years something always pulled me back because those great days are worth the bad ones
Hi Jens-oh yes, the importance of rhythm!! Can't sound interesting, unless you have rhythm. Great lesson and thank you. Best,M.
Thanks Max! Hope you are well down there on the other side of the globe :)
Thank you Jens. All is good down, in all respects, here in Oz, except for the very hot, humid weather. Thank goodness for air conditioning, otherwise my ES-175 would like a twisted piece of licorice!! Best, M.@@JensLarsen
Great vid, Jens! Rhythm ideas always welcome!
Glad you like it, Brad!
Great stuff as always Jens! Really great stuff and especially great that you make pdfs for this stuff. Man, it really is incredible and these exercises help me a lot in learning jazz guitar. Ive been playing seriously for about a year and Ive recently started playing with others and I wouldve been completely lost without your comping videos. Also I think its a lot easier to trust someone like you who seems to be a musician first and a teacher second if you know what I mean. When I get advice from people like you or Bob Reynolds it really feels authentic since you are musicians and know what is important. Cheers from Sweden!
Suburb lesson Jens ! Rhythm is the answer. I have always found it helpful to attach word phrases to rhythms and licks. (as in Charleston , # 4 is like the 1st 4 notes of the Dragnet theme). Keep up the great work !
Thank you! I will do my best to keep at it 🙂
I think there is very little that is easy about playing jazz so appreciate the advice on an easy way to get fired as a sideman. Good to know lol. This is a great video and appreciate the ability to play along.
Thanks, Dave! Funny take away from the lesson :) But glad you like the video!
Definitely useful Jens! Really enjoyed this on comping; simple, yet intricate.
"If you play too complicated things, then you're taking away attention from the soloist and that's not really your job when you're comping at that point and especially if you're the sideman of the soloist and he asked you for the gig that's also an easy way to get fired." Too funny and ain't that the truth!
Thanks Jens and cheers!
MB
Glad you like it :) I am trying to double as a career advisor :)
Back to the basics :-) - very easy but sometimes it is good to back to the fundamentals :-)
It certainly is! :)
Thanks for this lesson
Glad you like it, Riccardo! 🙂
Love it -
Thank you Brandoch! I am glad to hear that!
Hi Jens I played with you along! and tried to use your patern to use in my improvised theme! What came to me was that what I learned from Henkmeutgeert;s Blues: Maybe the ending F7-0 D713b9-G7#9 C713b9(on guitar easy to play chromatically downwards...and I sometimes treat the F7 also as a dim so I play Ab7 B7 or D7(or even)13b9 Wes montgomery grip b9 below 3rd and 13 in between 3rd & 2nd string and root uppr
er sting 1)I found out recently that that works realy nice too...I understand that you are trying to make the easiest version...for everybody doable..I guess you succeeded greatly in that!
I appreciate your work and your training abilities. Your videos are excellent stepping stones to better playing. Jens, you put the 'fun' in fundamental. I am quite dependent upon the tabbed format to visually appreciate what you show with your hands and talk about.
New subject: I don't like Patreon very much as I feel they are just more greedy bankers over charging relative to the service they provide. They could get rich on less than 5% and yet they charge twice that. I just don't like the idea of them skimming 10%.
I want to send a small amount each month as getting on a plane is out of the question.
If everyone around the world who is benefiting from your teaching would pony up 6-7bucks or 5eu you probably wouldn't need to discuss financial matters again.
Is there a way to cut out Patreon and still get you a bit o cash?
Thank you very much, Clifton! That is great to hear!
I really appreciate that! I guess you can set up a steady payment via PayPal too? I have a few people who do that. You can of course also make purchases in my WebStore.
To be honest, I don't have a huge problem with Patreon, the community and the way they work has been incredibly useful for me and the channel 🙂
Hi Jens,
another great video!
what do you think about making a video of the standard:“ straight no chaser“ where you explain how you improvise on that song, if you did play that piece :)
Well, Straight No Chaser is a Blues in F, so you can find some lessons on that here: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-to-play-an-f-jazz-blues-study-guide/
Hello Jens, very pleased to hear from you; in a recent video, re:chord melody,you mentioned something about PM; I was a little concerned about this ;did it have anything to do with Pat Metheny or something else. My hearing has been bad, recently (bad weather here in Sydney, and as a result I have a middle-ear infection, so I couldn't quite hear you. I realize that you are very busy, but if you have the time, please contact me via email or sms;again congratulations with your great output, much appreciated.Looking fwd to your next lesson, Best, Max
I am not sure what you mean. I can't remember what I said specifically in a video since I publish 4 every week and some of them are shot weeks in advance. Feel free to e-mail me, just don't send me 5 e-mails every week :)
In Charleston rhythm was does the swirl between f7 an f7?
Hi Jens. How many patterns might you use in a chorus and how do you find the balance. Do you string a few of them together and make something that repeats every 4 bars or so?
I don't really think about it in that way. I practice patterns like this, but when I comp I just improvise and because I have practiced some of these patterns they will also come out when I do so.
Does that make sense?
other interestin spect maybe is that the 13b9 could also be seen or even substitute a dim-maj7...
Can you apply these comping patterns to other standards besides the blues? Thoughts?
Yes, of course 🙂
Great lesson. Is there a PDF available?
Found it.
Yes! Two in fact 😎
Hey Jens I think you have the Adim & D7 chord diag round the wrong way in bar 8?
Aø and D7? In which exercise? :)
@@JensLarsen The first one
I should say the two chords are labelled wrong.?
The one at 3:47? No that's the right chords :)
@@JensLarsen OK. I thought the D7 had a Diminished chord diag. Back to basics for me ;-)
The Charleston rhythm you play is not the rhythm shown in the notation (and the rhythm as I know it): Rhythmically speaking it consists of a quarter note followed by an eighth note rest and an eighth note. Your are playing an eighth note followed by two eighth note rests and an eighth not on the "2 and". What happened to the quarter note at the beginning of each measure?
Ok. I don't think it has to be a quarter note on one. The 8th note works just as well 🙂
@@JensLarsen Just sounds differently. Never mind: Thank you very much for your educative lessons!