It's been my experience after graduating from GIT almost 40 years ago; learn your standard chord voicings; 1357 1573 and 1735 major 7, minor 7, minor7 b5, and Dominant Seventh voicings. Next thing; learn every standard you can. My typical regimen is to learn a new standard every day. After you have learned several hundred songs you will encounter the basic and not so basic chord changes of the great composers and become familiar with them. After 39 years, I still practice All The Things You Are, Indiana, How High The Moon, etc. Anybody that tells you there is a short cut around experience doesn't have much...education helps too. Go study the Masters and emulate them. Be prepared to get grey hair before you play well. There is no magic wand....
Also a lot of the great composers had at least a basic classical training like Harold Arlen Gerswin Cole Porter and understood about using cadences for tension and release and cord melody
great lesson. I always incorrectly assumed the "2-5-1" always meant they only could be diatonic to the key, but I think you have shown the 2-5 chords can be "relative" to the diatonic target chord in the key. Bit of an "aha" moment I guess.
Quality video as always! Why learn standards? I’ve always thought it was because ‘jazz is a language’ - just how one learns lines and vocab, a shared foundation in tunes is essential once you start playing gigs, especially jams. But the ORDER - thats not something people really talk about and I wasted a lot of time trying to crack tunes above my level. Love this approach, keep up the good work!🔥🔥🔥
Very good lesson. However what I find difficult is not knowing the chords per se but how to integrate them within the harmony and melody of jazz standards. So for example, I may know that all the things you are has a 6251 in A flat. But knowing how to use those chords in a way that complements the melody and harmony of the song- that is hard. I can use any number of chord voicings or arpeggios / scales to do that. BUT even if I can do that on one standard, doing it for another standard is a whole new challenge. It’s almost as if each song is its own world that has to be learned anew. Still though, great lesson. By the way Chase’s improvisation dial lesson is a great way of tackling some of the problems I just laid out.
1. Learn chord qualities, don't focus on specific chords-guitar is the best instrument for transposition, so you'll get more milage out of learning Amaj7 in 3 different voicings than 5 different maj7 chords in the same voicing. 2. Most tunes don't consist of just ii - V - I progressions. Surprised no mention of Rhythm changes, blues, etc. 3. Learn the standards you like. Listen to different versions, and try to transcribe the solos.
And thanks for getting the app! If you have an extra minute I’d really appreciate it if you could leave a review on the App Store. Goes a long way to making it a success 🙏
Actually, if the student just learns the diatomic cycle and a bunch of different different keys and as a secondary dominant to each one of the you pretty much have solved a lot of problems of learning not only just chords, but resolutions and Voice leading, as I found that to be the biggest deal with a lot of students learning standards. They learn the chords, but they don’t know how to link them in smooth and musical manner. Also, which tunes to learn, go buy some records by Bill Evans, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Stitt, Oscar Peterson Joe Pass learn a few tunes off of each record. What about six months you’ll know 20 or so standards ..
It's been my experience after graduating from GIT almost 40 years ago; learn your standard chord voicings; 1357 1573 and 1735 major 7, minor 7, minor7 b5, and Dominant Seventh voicings.
Next thing; learn every standard you can. My typical regimen is to learn a new standard every day. After you have learned several hundred songs you will encounter the basic and not so basic chord changes of the great composers and become familiar with them.
After 39 years, I still practice All The Things You Are, Indiana, How High The Moon, etc.
Anybody that tells you there is a short cut around experience doesn't have much...education helps too. Go study the Masters and emulate them. Be prepared to get grey hair before you play well.
There is no magic wand....
@@douglasscharnberg3883 jazz standards are just pop songs from the 1930s
Also a lot of the great composers had at least a basic classical training like Harold Arlen Gerswin Cole Porter and understood about using cadences for tension and release and cord melody
@@davidmiller4078 it doesn't make money
Really opening up a basic structure for learning jazz standards. Thanks chase.
My pleasure! 🙏
There is a ton of information in this clip, hours of study. Thank you Chase🙏
Glad it was helpful!
great lesson. I always incorrectly assumed the "2-5-1" always meant they only could be diatonic to the key, but I think you have shown the 2-5 chords can be "relative" to the diatonic target chord in the key. Bit of an "aha" moment I guess.
Yes! That’s one way to think of secondary dominants.
Awesome breakdown 🙌
More to come! 👍
Amazing! I played all of these tunes early one while being mentored by Bernard Wright as a jazz bass player. You must be doing something right👍🏻
Thanks for watching!
detune guitar to Eb, take real book app and set the chart up 1/2 step. Opened things up for me.
Why detune a halfstep?
@@stenlundstrom1652 works well for flat keys
@@stenlundstrom1652 think
That is a beautiful guitar
Thanks!
Quality video as always!
Why learn standards? I’ve always thought it was because ‘jazz is a language’ - just how one learns lines and vocab, a shared foundation in tunes is essential once you start playing gigs, especially jams. But the ORDER - thats not something people really talk about and I wasted a lot of time trying to crack tunes above my level. Love this approach, keep up the good work!🔥🔥🔥
Thank you! 🙏
Very good lesson. However what I find difficult is not knowing the chords per se but how to integrate them within the harmony and melody of jazz standards. So for example, I may know that all the things you are has a 6251 in A flat. But knowing how to use those chords in a way that complements the melody and harmony of the song- that is hard. I can use any number of chord voicings or arpeggios / scales to do that. BUT even if I can do that on one standard, doing it for another standard is a whole new challenge. It’s almost as if each song is its own world that has to be learned anew. Still though, great lesson.
By the way Chase’s improvisation dial lesson is a great way of tackling some of the problems I just laid out.
Splendid.
Thanks for watching!
sweet!
Thanks!
1. Learn chord qualities, don't focus on specific chords-guitar is the best instrument for transposition, so you'll get more milage out of learning Amaj7 in 3 different voicings than 5 different maj7 chords in the same voicing.
2. Most tunes don't consist of just ii - V - I progressions. Surprised no mention of Rhythm changes, blues, etc.
3. Learn the standards you like. Listen to different versions, and try to transcribe the solos.
Source: Trust me bro 😎
Is that the order applied in your Academy as well ? Also love your new App !
That’s the order for the first 5 songs yes! It continues from there 👍
And thanks for getting the app! If you have an extra minute I’d really appreciate it if you could leave a review on the App Store. Goes a long way to making it a success 🙏
@@ChaseMaddox Yes I will !!
@@ChaseMaddox Allright ! Ill give it a look !
Actually, if the student just learns the diatomic cycle and a bunch of different different keys and as a secondary dominant to each one of the you pretty much have solved a lot of problems of learning not only just chords, but resolutions and Voice leading, as I found that to be the biggest deal with a lot of students learning standards. They learn the chords, but they don’t know how to link them in smooth and musical manner.
Also, which tunes to learn, go buy some records by Bill Evans, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Stitt, Oscar Peterson Joe Pass learn a few tunes off of each record. What about six months you’ll know 20 or so standards ..
What is the 100% song?
It’s not a song that’s 100%, and there are different paths to get to 100%. But, any F Blues will take you to 100% coverage 👍
bg music is distracting, couldn't watch :/