John Stowell - Melodic Minor on Dominant (Jazz Guitar lesson)

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  • Опубликовано: 31 авг 2017
  • Excerpt from In The Style Of John Stowell Vol.3
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    John Stowell explains his use of the melodic minor substitutions over dominant chords
    John Stowell, who plays electric and acoustic guitar, was born in New York and raised in Connecticut. He had private studies with Linc Chamberland and John Mehegan. Several years later he met bassist David Friesen in New York City. Stowell took a trip to Portland, Oregon, where Friesen lives, and decided to stay. The two formed a duo in 1976 that recorded and toured prolifically for seven years, with performances in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. The duo continues to perform thirty years after their first meeting. In 1983, Stowell and David Friesen joined flutist Paul Horn and Paul's son Robin Horn (on drums) for a tour of the Soviet Union. In 1977 Stowell recorded his debut album Golden Delicious; his sidemen were Jim McNeely, Mike Richmond, and Billy Hart.
    Stowell teaches internationally. He has been an artist-in-residence at schools in Germany, Indonesia, Argentina, the United States and Canada. He served as assistant director and performer at Oregon Public Broadcasting's PDX Jazz Summit in 1991, and since 1995 has been a contributing columnist for a number of magazines, including Down Beat, Guitar Player, Canadian Musician, Soundcheck (Germany), and Guitar Club (Italy). In Germany, he teaches at Jazz & Rock Schulen Freiburg with Frank Haunschild, with whom he plays regularly. He has also worked with Uwe Kropinski, Dave Liebman, Hiram Mutschler, Gérard Pansanel, Gustavo Assis-Brasil, David Becker, and Nicolao Valiensi.
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Комментарии • 74

  • @jhsawkins
    @jhsawkins 4 года назад +24

    Such a clear and logical way of explaining this stuff. John is a brilliant musician indeed.

  • @jazzguitarjunk9578
    @jazzguitarjunk9578 9 дней назад

    Such a profound and useable way to understand and apply harmony. Truly excellent from Mr Stowell

  • @bagsbrickerman3168
    @bagsbrickerman3168 2 года назад +6

    I saw John in 1978 when I was in music college in northern California.
    He was playing with a bassist and he was awesome way back then.
    Doing simple math will reveal my age.
    Lol
    John thanks I've had a great music career and now I teach and play occasionally.
    John you more then amazing now.
    God bless

  • @jroc2201
    @jroc2201 2 года назад +3

    That is one crazy ass guitar, the more I look at it, the more i notice that head stock looks like a negative version of the Gibson, and what's up with the body, and , oh yeah, insane skill level, musicianship!

  • @guitarman6742
    @guitarman6742 3 года назад +4

    What a touch he has.

  • @tonylewis3472
    @tonylewis3472 2 года назад +1

    THANK YOU JOHN FOR DE MYSTIFYING THESE APPROACHES TO PLAYING AROUND THE HARMONY WITH WARM TONE - INTELLIGENCE AND MOVING PLAYING.

  • @carlodevivomusicontent2138
    @carlodevivomusicontent2138 5 лет назад +4

    John stowel is such a great musician and teacher

  • @GM-hk3lk
    @GM-hk3lk 4 года назад +5

    Everytime I watch Jon my brain just goes into meltdown trying to work out how to apply all this!

    • @hoffy1003
      @hoffy1003 2 года назад

      Yep, and he does explain it well, but my brain still locks up.

  • @ioioio13
    @ioioio13 5 лет назад +6

    This is brilliant, I finally understand how to apply this sound.

  • @displaychicken
    @displaychicken 3 года назад +3

    I saw this video thumbnail next to the Pat Martino one. They look like twins.
    Awesome content. I love simple and applicable ideas

  • @brandonodonnell1895
    @brandonodonnell1895 5 лет назад +7

    Wow, what a logical and musical way to apply this. Brilliant lesson John

  • @EmeraldSteeler
    @EmeraldSteeler 3 года назад +3

    Thank you John, This lesson is very helpful in beginning to learn how to use this melodic minor scale. Your presentation is an inspiration.

  • @ChrisBuonoGuitar
    @ChrisBuonoGuitar 2 года назад +1

    Yes, brother John!

  • @rogerhoman8442
    @rogerhoman8442 6 лет назад +4

    man .... you are one very articulate knowledgeble guitar player.... can't understand much but it sounds awesome...

  • @drewbud315
    @drewbud315 3 года назад +1

    This guy is such an excellent teacher

  • @JimmyDeLocke
    @JimmyDeLocke 6 лет назад +12

    Great to hear such an intelligent explanation. Thanks, John and Denis!

  • @chaitanyabhalla8654
    @chaitanyabhalla8654 2 года назад +1

    This is a fantastic lesson! Thank you

  • @vklimasevskij
    @vklimasevskij 4 года назад +2

    Absolutely priceless!!!!!!

  • @matrags
    @matrags 2 года назад +2

    This is a great lesson.

  • @adamwinterburn2952
    @adamwinterburn2952 2 года назад +1

    Great lesson

  • @sethchrisman1645
    @sethchrisman1645 2 года назад +1

    Thank you!!

  • @ladjazzz
    @ladjazzz 2 года назад +1

    Outstanding...

  • @FranciscoBIdo
    @FranciscoBIdo 6 лет назад +1

    Fantastic!

  • @HarlanHarvey76
    @HarlanHarvey76 4 года назад +2

    Man, I need to learn from someone like this

  • @lacloche649
    @lacloche649 2 года назад +1

    Thanks so much!

  • @irishmuso7129
    @irishmuso7129 6 лет назад +24

    half-tone above, tone below, fourth and fifth above. That's really clear John. I'm going to buy the course.

    • @oddfellowfloyd
      @oddfellowfloyd 6 лет назад +2

      It makes sense to me also, though I would've said, "Whole tone below, or half-step, fourth, and/or fifth above," so the lower and higher inflections are grouped accordingly and not so zigzagged. That's how I'm going to try and remember it all. :)

    • @guitarman6742
      @guitarman6742 4 года назад +2

      Good luck.

    • @jean-lucbersou758
      @jean-lucbersou758 3 года назад +1

      It's more clear when you write it ...on the blackboard ! Thanks to confirm the 4th and 5th above, which sound little mashed potatoes
      before you come to rescue !

  • @francodeanquin8303
    @francodeanquin8303 6 лет назад +4

    Great video John! I´ve assisted to a masterclass you gave in cordoba (Argentina) yesterday. You make it look so easy and its really well explained!

  • @paulmitchell5349
    @paulmitchell5349 Год назад

    Symmetry and predictability aren't my cup of tea either. Thanks John.

  • @eakaratkantawong4611
    @eakaratkantawong4611 5 лет назад +1

    thank you teacher.

  • @vanguard4065
    @vanguard4065 6 лет назад +70

    this guy looks like he could explain the theory of relativity

  • @thelickpolice1210
    @thelickpolice1210 2 года назад +1

    He looks like the embodiment of jazz

  • @sacitmanav
    @sacitmanav 6 лет назад +18

    how often you washing that guitar's cloths sir ?

  • @patbrady9992
    @patbrady9992 3 года назад +3

    Love your playing and lessons. You remind me of Grouch o Marx when you explain...

  • @JazzCatzs
    @JazzCatzs 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks- you talk about a short cut of the melodic minor to just play the arpeggio r b3 5, 7. Great tip- thanks again

  • @andyaweng3112
    @andyaweng3112 3 года назад

    thanks mr jones

  • @IceyFlame500
    @IceyFlame500 3 года назад +2

    You stated that the dominant chord sometimes isn't acting as the 5 chord. What would it then be acting as? (great lesson by the way, I've watched this numerous times)

  • @leegollin4417
    @leegollin4417 2 года назад

    Sidestepping....I use any minor scale a half step up from altered dom. I like to oscillate between melodic minor and dorian....Pat Martino does a lot of this too. Minor can be very flexible when looked at in the moment instead of in the context of a set key.

  • @carlpowell0
    @carlpowell0 5 лет назад +1

    However by the end of the video i do understand it. Interesting topic. I havent learnt much about this before, ill have to try it out. Im a fan of the wholetone scale vibe but i also agree that it is too predictable and stagnant with its expression

  • @jakelee7639
    @jakelee7639 Год назад

    Very nice video,...thanks.....toward the end mentioning the whole tone, to me it sounds best as two notes per string like a pentatonic scale, leaving a note out here and there....otherwise it does sound too sequential

  • @TheDjangofan
    @TheDjangofan 6 лет назад +1

    First! Badass musician.

  • @Lanearndt
    @Lanearndt 4 года назад +7

    chord-scale pedagogy seems like so much baggage to carry around. It's how I learned, don't get me wrong. I studied at a Berklee style school in Edmonton Alberta where Mr Stowell happened to play surprisingly often. He was a guest lecturer at my college and I love what he does. All this is to say that i don't buy into the chord scale approach as much any more. my issue being that if I want a b13 on an F7 I just want to know that that is Db, I don't want to have to choose between a Bb Mel Min and a Gb Melodic minor to access that, I want to stay in the tune, I want to see my key, the chord of the moment and chromatics that's it. if you do enough functional and exploratory pattern work a la Slonimsky or Campbell (Expansions) then you'll know how to frame the chromatic if that's what you want.
    see, if the key is Bb minor and I'm on an F7, then by altering from the 'parent key', only that which is needed for the chord then I will have arrived at the perfect chord for the moment. Then, by seeing the layers as key and chord, then I can become aware of what is chromatic and what isn't. A 'b13' sonority is not always a chromatic alteration of the harmony. Just as often the regular old 'Dom13' would be the outside choice (if you're in a moment where the b13 is more sonorous and in agreement with the surrounding chords).
    Be able to arpeggiate the chord sequence in time in any rhythmic grouping, be able to play up and down the scale altering the notes to fit the harmony throughout (this also in time) and be able to see opportunities to embellish ideas with chromatic options that have relevance.
    decades of chord-scale thinking has led me to this, for better or for worse.

    • @guitarman6742
      @guitarman6742 4 года назад +2

      Are you through?

    • @tomh4244
      @tomh4244 4 года назад +6

      @@guitarman6742 and you? are you? i can't count how many condescending answers you gave to comments so far, so, are you through?

  • @genemckeel1432
    @genemckeel1432 4 года назад

    Altered always for me... most tension

    • @pleximanic
      @pleximanic 4 года назад

      Tension without resolution is futile.

  • @hoffy1003
    @hoffy1003 2 года назад

    So you do this with the "arpeggios", but not the full Melodic minor scales? 1, b3, 5, and 7 in these keys 1/2 step above or below, 4th and 5th above?

    • @j.reveille6815
      @j.reveille6815 2 года назад

      Good staring point.

    • @yltcraxe
      @yltcraxe Год назад +1

      I'm putting it together too. I'm not sure how he's using the word melodic minor "arpeggio" lol. Usually you think of them as scales, as I've never heard of a melodic minor chord. There are several chords in the scale, but I suppose the minMaj7 would be the one.
      But to correct you, I think he said a half above but a wholestep below. You said a half step above or below.

  • @LanguageUnlimited
    @LanguageUnlimited 6 лет назад +1

    Freakin' awesome lesson. Let this guy do the soundtrack to the next Star Trek movie....

  • @maxroger5618
    @maxroger5618 4 года назад

    Scale mm?

  • @krykkeroev
    @krykkeroev 2 года назад

    Is this reviewbrahs father?

  • @adambromley6972
    @adambromley6972 3 года назад +1

    What is that guitar??

  • @carlpowell0
    @carlpowell0 5 лет назад

    I feel like if this was taken slower to explain it would have a much more effective impact. I cannot keep up with the pace of information

    • @guitarman6742
      @guitarman6742 4 года назад

      Well, that's on you. Practice.

    • @saxofonistacr
      @saxofonistacr 4 года назад +2

      everithing is here, just slow the playing velocity, pause it ,rewind it, play with him.

    • @efficientguitar
      @efficientguitar 2 года назад

      I agree since he is going fast, you could slow down the playback speed. But you will be distracted nontheless because he will sounds like he was on high doses of Klonopin.

  • @davek7753
    @davek7753 2 года назад

    This guy speaking in wingdings

  • @alexandereisen3486
    @alexandereisen3486 4 года назад +4

    In other words, hit some notes above, play some notes below. Sooner or later you’ll hit one that’s relative to something.

  • @samvincent-kilbride5986
    @samvincent-kilbride5986 2 года назад

    guitar wrapped in carpet man fs

  • @DrBe-zn5fv
    @DrBe-zn5fv 4 года назад

    doctor Spock would love your geetar.. but he's not as cool as evidently you suppose. Frankly i wouldn't use it to iron my new Woolworths jeans. ..but that's just me

  • @pondreezy
    @pondreezy 3 года назад +2

    Thank you!!