Sure, but to me it is a bit different because I constantly get asked "how to learn to play what you hear" and 99% of the time by people who see that as a shortcut from learning songs, language, phrasing and pretty much evert other skill they need to play Jazz.
Ugh this is exactly the guidance I needed! I've been struggling with phrasing for a long time and it just hasn't clicked until now. Thank you, Jens!!!! 🙏🏻
This is the best channel on jazz improvisation. I am convinced of this more than once. This video gives information on a very important topic, space for thinking and of course a direction for practical lessons on the instrument. Thank you, Jens!
One of your best Jens. Really inspiring for us old rockers coming from burning up the fretboard with pentatonic scales and being humbled when trying to learn to solo over jazz changes. It is a great help to see how much can be done with fewer notes using simple but interesting motifs and rhythm. 👍
Pay close attention to what legend Barney Kessel says, 3:02 spot on statement right there! This stuff takes time to master, but well worth the journey 👏Thankw again, Jens!!!🎶💯
Thanks for this! I've watched & read lessons on motivic development, but you kind of cracked the code on learning how to do it, by offering explicit advice on slowing things down and not trying to do it at tempo, to help with getting the motif in my ear and learning how to develop it. A simple idea but I haven't seen other instructors show this explicitly. And then connecting that to creative use of rhythm at tempo was the icing on the cake. Excellent lesson. -Tom PS: The only thing missing was, "Do, or do not; there is no try!"
Brother, I cannot tell you how cringe-worthy most of my solos are. I will practice licks and arpeggios and phrasing that ends up sounding pretty good while I'm just by myself. I'll be patting myself on the back telling me how great I'm starting to sound and then I take a solo over a f****** Jam track and all bets are off. It was you that really made me realize I needed to do what I did when learning Rock and metal back when I was a young boy studying guitar. I learned to play songs. So now I'm actually learning real Jazz standards and familiarizing myself with the Melodies as well as the changes. Jazz phrasing is so much different than rock or metal for the most part. I had a dear friend of mine years ago who gave me some great lessons and he used to sit in with jazz players and they always called him the blues guy because he didn't read music and everything he played was Blues. I don't want to be the blues guy. I want to be the Jazz guy. Lol. Great lessons, Jens. If I keep this up I'll be a jazz guy, yet. Haha
Hello jen...good morning from india....yesterday i received a pdf with your newsletter....thank you for that but where can i see the performance of it... Commenting here to get your attention....
Make sure with your Luke Skywalker motif solo to give up towards the end, play your solo remotely, then disappear from the bandstand without saying goodbye.
una lastima que este canal donde se pasa información de primer nivel, solo tenga 900 likes en este video (como en otros tantos), teniendo 505k en suscriptores. tendría que estar explotado de comentarios y likes, ojala todo esto mejore!. 😉
@@JensLarsen I was just confused by the use of the term “voice leading” when talking about this. I understand motific development but I thought voice leading referred to chords not melodies? I don’t see how voice leading is related to motific development that’s all, unless I have a wrong understand of voice leading
@@ZCBeats1 When you voice lead a chord then you are thinking about how a C major triad moves to an F major triad (as an example), but the same principle applies if you have a melody that is the notes of a C major and the notes of an F major triad. In that way you can voice lead any lick. For this song: Ebmaj7 Edim Fm7 If I play a melody that is D Bb G on the Ebmaj7 then it voice leads to Db Bb G on Edim and C Ab F on Fm7. It doesn't really matter if it is a chord or if it is a melody. Does that help explain it?
Don't laugh - Do you want to review these? Please ruclips.net/video/GRzePDcLwfE/видео.html Many people in Apartments can't amp up also some people have to play at 9pm after work Your options are acoustic or head phones? We all need an acoustic - it has a pick up - Americana Tones Can you learn (some) Jazz before you get a hollow body on one?"
What is the best advice for playing better solos?
Here is how I think you should improve phrasing and timing: ruclips.net/video/K7OO-s31pOU/видео.html
If you ask me, the "hot take" is essentially just a reminder to stay humble. Good advice.
Sure, but to me it is a bit different because I constantly get asked "how to learn to play what you hear" and 99% of the time by people who see that as a shortcut from learning songs, language, phrasing and pretty much evert other skill they need to play Jazz.
Your teaching style is one that gets the viewer's attention.....and keeps it...!!!
Ugh this is exactly the guidance I needed! I've been struggling with phrasing for a long time and it just hasn't clicked until now. Thank you, Jens!!!! 🙏🏻
Fabulous stuff Jens 😎
Thank you Christian!
Hi Jens, your videos are really helpful! Great work you're doing🎉 Thanks a lot❤
Great video! Informative and playfull, thanks alot.
Excellent, as always. Thank you!
This video is pure gold, thank you
Glad it was helpful!
This is the best channel on jazz improvisation. I am convinced of this more than once. This video gives information on a very important topic, space for thinking and of course a direction for practical lessons on the instrument. Thank you, Jens!
One of your best Jens. Really inspiring for us old rockers coming from burning up the fretboard with pentatonic scales and being humbled when trying to learn to solo over jazz changes. It is a great help to see how much can be done with fewer notes using simple but interesting motifs and rhythm. 👍
Fantastic Video Jens.👌
Glad it was useful!
Yet another outstanding video and explanation, it’s a great feeling when the penny drops and it all starts to make sense. Thank you Jens
Thank You Jens! Grattings from Argentina.
Pay close attention to what legend Barney Kessel says, 3:02 spot on statement right there! This stuff takes time to master, but well worth the journey 👏Thankw again, Jens!!!🎶💯
Glad you like it! 🙂
Thanks for this! I've watched & read lessons on motivic development, but you kind of cracked the code on learning how to do it, by offering explicit advice on slowing things down and not trying to do it at tempo, to help with getting the motif in my ear and learning how to develop it. A simple idea but I haven't seen other instructors show this explicitly. And then connecting that to creative use of rhythm at tempo was the icing on the cake. Excellent lesson. -Tom
PS: The only thing missing was, "Do, or do not; there is no try!"
Real beautiful
Listen to you is very exiting
🙏🙂
Great! Thank you!
Great lesson and great choice of Simpson’s clips 😂 did they overdub in Denmark, or just subtitle the show?
They just subtitle stuff in DK, similar to The Netherlands
I agree 💯
Brother, I cannot tell you how cringe-worthy most of my solos are.
I will practice licks and arpeggios and phrasing that ends up sounding pretty good while I'm just by myself. I'll be patting myself on the back telling me how great I'm starting to sound and then I take a solo over a f****** Jam track and all bets are off.
It was you that really made me realize I needed to do what I did when learning Rock and metal back when I was a young boy studying guitar. I learned to play songs. So now I'm actually learning real Jazz standards and familiarizing myself with the Melodies as well as the changes.
Jazz phrasing is so much different than rock or metal for the most part.
I had a dear friend of mine years ago who gave me some great lessons and he used to sit in with jazz players and they always called him the blues guy because he didn't read music and everything he played was Blues.
I don't want to be the blues guy. I want to be the Jazz guy. Lol. Great lessons, Jens. If I keep this up I'll be a jazz guy, yet. Haha
Hello jen...good morning from india....yesterday i received a pdf with your newsletter....thank you for that but where can i see the performance of it...
Commenting here to get your attention....
03:04 es la llave que abre la puerta principal para interpretar la musica jazz
Make sure with your Luke Skywalker motif solo to give up towards the end, play your solo remotely, then disappear from the bandstand without saying goodbye.
Haha! I was thinking more about ending the solo with selling out to a corporation and make the rest of the solos in the set really mediocre 😁
@@JensLarsen 🤣 (but seriously, top notch lesson! Thank you!)
playing this video at 0.75 speed, my brain doesn't digest at full speed 😅
Whatever works 😁
What happened to your truss rod cover
can I choose kim jeong un with flying v as my main character?
Go for it!
una lastima que este canal donde se pasa información de primer nivel, solo tenga 900 likes en este video (como en otros tantos), teniendo 505k en suscriptores. tendría que estar explotado de comentarios y likes, ojala todo esto mejore!. 😉
Thanks!
Thank you for the support, Tom!
2:20 Rubato
Could you or anyone perhaps expand on what you think Peter meant at 5:25?
In terms of motivic development he means exactly what I demonstrate in the video. It is not super complicated
@@JensLarsen I was just confused by the use of the term “voice leading” when talking about this. I understand motific development but I thought voice leading referred to chords not melodies? I don’t see how voice leading is related to motific development that’s all, unless I have a wrong understand of voice leading
@@ZCBeats1 When you voice lead a chord then you are thinking about how a C major triad moves to an F major triad (as an example), but the same principle applies if you have a melody that is the notes of a C major and the notes of an F major triad. In that way you can voice lead any lick.
For this song: Ebmaj7 Edim Fm7
If I play a melody that is D Bb G on the Ebmaj7 then it voice leads to Db Bb G on Edim and C Ab F on Fm7. It doesn't really matter if it is a chord or if it is a melody.
Does that help explain it?
@@JensLarsen Riiight ok I see thanks for making that clear to me, you’re the best Jens :)
@@ZCBeats1 No worries! Go mess around with it, it's fun!
Lol Kenny Vader was that? 😅
Emperor Kenny approves
👍
Kenny G as the Emperor…💀😭🤣👏
I play a lot better thanks. Next step for me is to find Jam sessions ..
Jazz is a feeling, more than anything else. It's not about playing the right notes; it's about playing from the heart.
Dizzy Gillespie
Don't laugh - Do you want to review these? Please
ruclips.net/video/GRzePDcLwfE/видео.html
Many people in Apartments can't amp up also some people have to play at 9pm after work
Your options are acoustic or head phones?
We all need an acoustic - it has a pick up - Americana Tones
Can you learn (some) Jazz before you get a hollow body on one?"
Too much talking ,not enough action !