Great stuff as always. Before I learned the Major Bebop scales the only tools I had for a Major I chord the Major scale and Lydian mode. Major Bebop upped my game.
Thanks for giving it a try, and finding out how WELL it works. I hope we are work together for REAL on www.JazzWire.net. Let me know if you have any questions!
Joel, thanks for sending that track of you playing Pet Up House. You are REALLY ready to be working with me at www.JazzWire.net. Hope to see you there soon. There is a lot we can be working on, brother!
So glad you are digging the videos. You are VERY correct . . . explaining things well is one thing, but making a concept about to be APPLIED quickly is the key. So glad that you are seeing that in the Digging Deeper Videos.
@@JeffAntoniukEducator Hello Jeff. I found your channel while searching for videos on the minor bebop scale. I enjoyed your explanation but it made me wonder why is there so few videos about it. I see dominant vids everywhere but not to many on minor. Why?
Hi Jeff Thanks for this and the other videos in the series. I've been looking at minor ii-V-i's lately and this scale also works really well (to my ears anyway) over a ii-V-i in the relative minor. So, G major bebop scale over F# m7b5-B7b9-Em7.
of course best is making accents on piano because in tempo you couldn't last while trying let two tones sound over best is making accents on the 2 & 4(of 8th's) etc...
Is it accurate to say that mastering the art of changing direction is one of the ways to avoid BS playing? Articulation from Digging Deeper #22 is another?
To me, a lot of successful improvisation is about "shape" and "texture." Where we turn around, how to make peaks and valleys in our playing. So yes, I think what you say makes a lot of sense. Thanks for tuning in Joel!!
Hahaha! So easy . . . after only 40 years of playing the saxophone!! Trust me, as I'm practicing new material, like any pro, I am crashing and burning about half the time. That is actually how you know you are practicing well . . . if it is painful and you want to throw your instrument out the window, you are probably doing it right!! In all honesty, fine tuning our practice, eliminating the busy-work, and making it fun yet productive is something we'll be spending a lot of time on at www.JazzWire.net. I hope we'll see you there. Tons of good stuff coming!
I know you probably have a video on it, but I am still a little confused on the Minor bebop scale. The extra note is the major 3rd or between the 5th and the 6th?
You know, I haven't done a video on that one. You can do it like the dominant bebop scale, with the natural 7th and the b7. C - D - Eb - F - G - A - Bb - B - C. Or, a b6, as in C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - A - B - C. There are quite a few options. Trust your ears!
Hi Jeff .. Love your videos .. Tks a lot for it ... Notice you mention Clifford Brown with the "Black" in the middle ..That sticked on my mind. I've looked up and didn't find anything .. Not any racist or anti-racist comment since I wouldn't think that coming from you .. it's just a curiosity .. so where this come from? Thanks and thanks for all you've been posting
At 12:54 in the video? That is just me mispronouncing Clifford Brown. I said "Clifford Blaaa . . . Brown." I am typically perfect (!). You can ask my wife (!!). I misspeak only about once a year (!!!), so you caught me in a rare (!!!!) moment of imperfection. Nothing more than my lips going one way and my brain going another. :)
LOL = Great you are typically perfect .. but not .. I work a lot with the ears .. aside from the sax I work as psychoanalyst .. and actually I was really interested in whatever story would come out of that .. Tks for the answer and thanks for all these amazing videos and the great idea of community .. me like that !! best
Hey Jeff, Your Major Be Bop video raised an issue. I should not be changing bebop scales along with playing chord changes. I should be playing a scale in accordance with the tune's key, right? For example, as a general rule, if I'm playing concert Bb blues, then I could play the Bb bebop scale throughout, correct? Thank you. Chip
That's a good, and not-so-easy question to answer! In general, I think we should play the bebop scale that goes with a given chord. That said, in the video, I played a G major bebop scale over the Am7-D7-Gmaj7 progression, the ii-V-I. That works fine, and is a good place to start for many of us. And . . . it sounds good! In the blues, the "Tonic BLUES Scale" works really well. In other words, just play the Bb Blues Scale over an entire Bb blues song. The works, in my estimation, because that Bb blues scale is more of a "melody" or "melodic shape" than a real scale. It's a "melody" that fits those changes well. The Bebop scale, however, is much more "functional." It is built to fit into very specific spots of the harmony, so it's a very different case. On the blues, I'd say to play the dominant blues scale that goes with each chord. WORLD'S BEST ANALOGY ALERT - The Blues Scale is like the word "Fu*k". It works fantastically in MANY situations, and it's hard to go wrong with it! The BeBop scale is more like most other words, with more specific meanings and uses. And there it is. I think I just broke the internet.
Also, Jeff, you mentioned as a general rule to change direction on chord tones 1, 3, 5, and 6 for the major bebop scale. Do those same chord tones work for the dominant and minor bebop scales too? Why do you choose the sixth chord tone instead of the seventh?
Nice lessons, I really enjoy it.
Great! I'm so glad that you enjoyed this. Practice hard, and let me know how it goes for you.
Great stuff as always. Before I learned the Major Bebop scales the only tools I had for a Major I chord the Major scale and Lydian mode. Major Bebop upped my game.
Really useful. Dead pleased that I found Digging Deeper Jazz. Thanks Jeff.
So glad to have you with us John. Write DiggingDeeperJazz @ gmail.com if you want any of the pdfs. Hope to stay in touch with you.
Wow thanks so much. Explained and demonstrated so well! You’re amazing
Thanks for giving it a try, and finding out how WELL it works. I hope we are work together for REAL on www.JazzWire.net. Let me know if you have any questions!
Fantastic lesson. Totally transformed my playing.
WOW! So glad to hear. The upcoming videos have some great stuff in them too, Richard. Please subscribe and stay in touch, brother.
The 1 2 5 8 idea from Digging Deeper #87 works in this context also.
Joel, thanks for sending that track of you playing Pet Up House. You are REALLY ready to be working with me at www.JazzWire.net. Hope to see you there soon. There is a lot we can be working on, brother!
@Joeys48 Wonderful!! I'm looking forward to working with you on www.JazzWire.net. You are going to have a blast !
Muchas Gracias !
so helpful - thank you so much!
Mate I love your videos so well explained and most importantly for applied. Thanks and keep going.
So glad you are digging the videos. You are VERY correct . . . explaining things well is one thing, but making a concept about to be APPLIED quickly is the key. So glad that you are seeing that in the Digging Deeper Videos.
This is gold. Thank you very much.
Darn good video!!!!
Thanks! So glad you are tuning in to the Digging Deeper Jazz videos. More good stuff to come.
@@JeffAntoniukEducator
Hello Jeff. I found your channel while searching for videos on the minor bebop scale. I enjoyed your explanation but it made me wonder why is there so few videos about it. I see dominant vids everywhere but not to many on minor. Why?
Hi Jeff
Thanks for this and the other videos in the series. I've been looking at minor ii-V-i's lately and this scale also works really well (to my ears anyway) over a ii-V-i in the relative minor. So, G major bebop scale over F# m7b5-B7b9-Em7.
Definitely! You are hearing it the way that I am. I used that exact scale last night on a gig. Great minds . . . !
More priceless information. I already have places where I can apply this in the playing I already do with my wife.
Fantastic! My wife still isn't hip to the major bebop scale. I'm going to have to have a talk with her!!
Heading south? Playing with your wife? Hmmm.... Sounds kinky. Play on, cat daddy!
I fully intend to, Chip (in all senses of the word). You do the same. This is my retirement, and it couldn't be better.
of course best is making accents on piano because in tempo you couldn't last while trying let two tones sound over best is making accents on the 2 & 4(of 8th's) etc...
Is it accurate to say that mastering the art of changing direction is one of the ways to avoid BS playing? Articulation from Digging Deeper #22 is another?
To me, a lot of successful improvisation is about "shape" and "texture." Where we turn around, how to make peaks and valleys in our playing. So yes, I think what you say makes a lot of sense. Thanks for tuning in Joel!!
hi jeff. just a question, was i hearing correctly that you were articulating on the down beats (the chord tones) ? . thanks bro. luv your content.
Actually the opposite. Articulation on the upbeats, on the "and's". Check out the previous video, #22, and you'll get the skinny on it!
Dang
Holy crap, get so mad watching these videos. You make it look so easy. lol
Hahaha! So easy . . . after only 40 years of playing the saxophone!! Trust me, as I'm practicing new material, like any pro, I am crashing and burning about half the time. That is actually how you know you are practicing well . . . if it is painful and you want to throw your instrument out the window, you are probably doing it right!! In all honesty, fine tuning our practice, eliminating the busy-work, and making it fun yet productive is something we'll be spending a lot of time on at www.JazzWire.net. I hope we'll see you there. Tons of good stuff coming!
I know you probably have a video on it, but I am still a little confused on the Minor bebop scale. The extra note is the major 3rd or between the 5th and the 6th?
You know, I haven't done a video on that one. You can do it like the dominant bebop scale, with the natural 7th and the b7. C - D - Eb - F - G - A - Bb - B - C. Or, a b6, as in C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - A - B - C. There are quite a few options. Trust your ears!
Hi Jeff .. Love your videos .. Tks a lot for it ... Notice you mention Clifford Brown with the "Black" in the middle ..That sticked on my mind. I've looked up and didn't find anything .. Not any racist or anti-racist comment since I wouldn't think that coming from you .. it's just a curiosity .. so where this come from? Thanks and thanks for all you've been posting
At 12:54 in the video? That is just me mispronouncing Clifford Brown. I said "Clifford Blaaa . . . Brown." I am typically perfect (!). You can ask my wife (!!). I misspeak only about once a year (!!!), so you caught me in a rare (!!!!) moment of imperfection. Nothing more than my lips going one way and my brain going another. :)
LOL = Great you are typically perfect .. but not .. I work a lot with the ears .. aside from the sax I work as psychoanalyst .. and actually I was really interested in whatever story would come out of that .. Tks for the answer and thanks for all these amazing videos and the great idea of community .. me like that !! best
Hey Jeff,
Your Major Be Bop video raised an issue. I should not be changing bebop scales along with playing chord changes. I should be playing a scale in accordance with the tune's key, right? For example, as a general rule, if I'm playing concert Bb blues, then I could play the Bb bebop scale throughout, correct? Thank you.
Chip
That's a good, and not-so-easy question to answer! In general, I think we should play the bebop scale that goes with a given chord. That said, in the video, I played a G major bebop scale over the Am7-D7-Gmaj7 progression, the ii-V-I. That works fine, and is a good place to start for many of us. And . . . it sounds good!
In the blues, the "Tonic BLUES Scale" works really well. In other words, just play the Bb Blues Scale over an entire Bb blues song. The works, in my estimation, because that Bb blues scale is more of a "melody" or "melodic shape" than a real scale. It's a "melody" that fits those changes well.
The Bebop scale, however, is much more "functional." It is built to fit into very specific spots of the harmony, so it's a very different case. On the blues, I'd say to play the dominant blues scale that goes with each chord.
WORLD'S BEST ANALOGY ALERT - The Blues Scale is like the word "Fu*k". It works fantastically in MANY situations, and it's hard to go wrong with it! The BeBop scale is more like most other words, with more specific meanings and uses. And there it is. I think I just broke the internet.
Jeff Antoniuk - Educator Great stuff, Jeff. Thank you for the detailed explanation. Peace!
Also, Jeff, you mentioned as a general rule to change direction on chord tones 1, 3, 5, and 6 for the major bebop scale. Do those same chord tones work for the dominant and minor bebop scales too?
Why do you choose the sixth chord tone instead of the seventh?
We change direction on 1, 3, 5, and 6 for the major bebop scales. Where do we change direction with the dominant bebop-1, 3, 5, and what? Thank you!
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