Tommy Huxley bro he provides a lot more info than other and most you tubers. Supporting him on Patreon even at a $1.00 a month is helpful. I have been following him for 2 years and finally realized that he’s a kind person. And decided to make a small monthly contribution. But that’s me. Not judging. Keep playing!
Pfftt.... this is just very rudimentary concepts based on relationship between scales sharing common tones. Even high school students have learned this at some point.
This is incredible. I know all of these scales but haven't applied them like this. It's like someone telling you to speak English in a foreign country, and having it all work!
I've been watching you for years now, but with increasing frequency as of late. Starting to realize you have a lot of these intuitive understandings of things that have always gone over my head. I grew up with computer software and have come to see composing a lot like painting, but with a steady tempo. You have a great way of showing how sound is shaped with time through rhythm, harmony and melody. I'm creating exercises for myself based on yours, and I'm hearing things with clarity and playing with intention. Now, 15+ years later jazz is starting to feel a little more accessible to me as a player. Anyone can play around with a DAW and synth, but playing jazz is so freeing because you begin to feel yourself become the master of self-expression.
It's actually refreshing to always note that you respect and understand naming conventions based on context. There are too many self proclaimed "teachers" that don't impart proper respect and understanding of music theory and how to correctly discuss and implement it. Kudos Jens !!
Jens Larsen - Oh yes I know.. I always enjoy your teaching, as it doesn’t mislead, as some do, and some of them should have enough experience to know better. 😉👨🏻
Great lesson! I've been practicing using these pentatonic ideas in solos in my own practice time this past week and I'm really liking this approach. I feel like it's opened up another realm of possibilities for what I can play and it's easy to do because it's pentatonic scales and patterns I already know. Thanks for making this video!
A lot of times I find it really helpful to take a new strategy like the ones you demonstrate in this lesson, and find a really good place to use it in a tune I already play, then do it right there every single time for a while. (As an exercise, of course!). Here is a good one that years ago helped me get the sound and fingering of your Lydian pentatonic substitution into my playing, and now it has become a bonafide go-to approach on the song: on Girl From Ipanema, at the top of the BRIDGE, throw down an F minor pentatonic on that big F#major7 chord. It just works like a charm every time, and best of all you get two full measures in which to play with it. Do this every time the bridge comes around for a week or two, and you will totally own this cool pentatonic substitution. Thank you for another great lesson, Jens. Now I have to find a few tunes with perfect spots to throw in that major b6 pentatonic idea. Any suggestions?
Excellent work again Jens. I have just added pentatonic riffs to the arpeggios you showed earlier. It is such a simple 'trick' and I swear it now sounds like I'm playing Jazz.. I may now get around to swapping my strings over to the flat wounds I bought earlier :) Thanks heaps for sharing.
man i just discovered your channel. i suck at improvising, also my flamenco guitar (the one i started learning with, after the old one i found in my garage) broke today and i have no money to buy other one. im just here to tell you that the work you do is AMAZING and im so so grateful with you because you choose to share it to us mere mortals, just f****g sharing it and thats the most kind and amazing thing to do. thanks for sharing maestro! monstruo!
I love your videos so much Jens . I must admit I have to watch most of them over and over again, like this one, because there is so much there and you move very fast. But I would not want it any other way!
These are some great shapes I need to practice. I like seeing new shapes like the pentatonic b6 and onward in the video. Great shapes and great sound too.
You had me at Pentatonic scale! Always a great scale that is at the aid of everyone, and it's great in any situation, and sounds good! Great insight here man
Just like any "easy" one, like chromatic - it's easy to learn, but to master it it's another thing. Thank You for helping me realising different ideas of how to utilize such a simple, yet powerful tool.
I don’t play guitar 🎸 but you make this lesson so straight forward to understand . Somehow I find that guitarist like you really break down pentatonics in a very digestible form. Thank you sir.🇯🇲👍🔥🔥🤜🏾🤛🏾
The simplicity of your teachings are like gold! Very precious video! Thank you Jens! Your humility is reflected in the music you make and for the patience you put in your "one-by-one" answers.
Just found your site and subscribed. I just began memorizing the 5 pentatonic shapes about a month ago. I've been playing classical guitar for years and since I am home stuck I thought I'd learn how to improvise... finally. Your explanation and examples are awesome though it took me a few listenings to catch on. My computer has been stuck on this one video now for days as I keep going back to it. Thanks for sharing!
So, I've recently subscribed. I am grateful for your tutaledge. I think I have at least 6 months of practice for each video. I can't keep up! Thank you
Very interesting, thanks. We tend to think about Pentatonic (5 note) scales as applying only to rock, but you showed they can get great sounds in Jazz too.
Wow Jens, "simple pentatonic scales...." but the ways you show us how to use it is higher mathematics to me. I am really going to dive into this. Great stuff, as alwways, THANKS!
My new home for 6 month. youtube channel of jens larsen. after feeling stuck on basics 7th chords and 1-2 pentatonic scales for months i feel like your teaching will finally let me break that wall.
this is a very interesting tutorial, I remember your pentatonic lesson from a few years back, that was also interesting, now you give real nice adaptations which..I like especially the one with the #5...I was using it, but not the way you do...that is something I have to study! Thank You
The Most Important Scale Exercise In Jazz ruclips.net/video/2Ze22BNftAA/видео.html A jazz solo will usually follow the chord progression that it is played over, the most important way that you do that is by using arpeggios over the chords. You are probably already practice arpeggios, but chances you can do it in a better way than what you are doing now, and that is what I want to talk about in this video. Content: 0:00 Intro - It is More Than Just an Easy Scale! 0:52 What is Pentatonic Sound? 1:10 #1 Minor Pentatonic - Difference between bop sound and pentatonic melodies 2:02 Comparing Bop and Pentatonic melodies 3:05 #2 Minor Pentatonic 3rd of Maj7 4:06 #3 Lydian pentatonic 4:26 #4 Minor 6 pentratonic on Altered Dominant 6:40 #5 Minor 6 pentatonic on Dominant 7:30 #6 Altered scale (maj b6 pentatonic) 9:30 #7 Lydian Augmented 9:53 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page
If you think playing pentatonic scale is easy, you ought to try playing pentatonic scale three and four notes per string stacotto. Although this is performed by prog metal guitarist, it could actually be used effectively in Jazz. I have gotten incredibly fast at this, say one note at a time from 5th interval low E string to 22nd fret on high E string 4th interval of Am pentatonic scale. I have also been getting better at jump one back the same in both directions. I've been getting better at using these perspectives in all keys. I started working on this three years ago. I have also gotten very proficient at playing pentatonic and major scales with outside notes in Latin Jazz format swing. Sounds as good as what your doing except different. I have to admit that you have some ideas that I have not yet tried. Maybe worth looking into if I get the time. Cheers
I'm only three persons, not five. Two are awaiting resurrection, little me and Betty. There are only twenty possible black holes in a cube space time continuum universe. These dwell within two sets of four energy fields. Because the universe is multi dimensional time wise, all twenty are within the four stacked negative electrons. The one in the middle is surrounded by the second which is surrounded by the third. All three of these are surrounded by the fourth negative electron. That's my soul. The universe is much more complicated than a calculator. Although factoring in the square route of twelve is E=MC√ 1.2988200 it must also be shaped like a cube and have a history that repeats itself infinitely. The twenty spirits dwell within the Trinity which is the unity of three persons in one. The other two of the three have independent reality through subspace frequencies. This is the one seated upon the wings of the cherubim which inhabits eternity. There is no mathematical room for anyone else in heaven, therefore they are cast down to the earth. The speed of light is a constant. That is forever. These twenty spirits, that dwell within the four stacked negative electrons, switch places with each other in increments of one every 88 trillion years. There is not a more perfect Union or any union greater.
Fantastic lesson, Jens - one of the best yet for us rock guys. You can use all kinds of chromatic notes in between the Pentatonic notes. The Pentatonic scale is a skeleton onto which you can add all kinds of chromatic "meat."
It's funny, I often think of these pentatonic scales and wonder if anyone else has found them. I accidentally discovered the major pentatonic with a flat 6 when working out how to improvise over a modal chord progression I made, and then I see it here. Amazing. Two of my favourites include 1 b9 3 5 b7 and 1 b3 4 b5 b7. There's so much scope for altering even these as well. A lifetime of discovery awaits.
Excellent comment. Those are both Japanese scales I learned long ago from a huge book of scales from all over the world that my best friends father (a jazz bassist) gave to him. They're some of my favorite scales still too. That line _"a lifetime of discovery awaits"_ is so true and it's that phenomenon that has kept me interested, driven and happy as a musician since I first tried to play an instrument.
Jen...I don't know how I got here. Been playin' pro gigs, orch., big band, dixie, jazz, combo Bassoon, sax/flue, clar. , etc. for 50 yrs. As some one who taught grade 5, to college post grad., music I consider you a truly fine master of the craft that is so succinct in theory and performance. ce,rock
You are incredibly generous providing this for free on YT. Thanks as always.
You're very welcome! I am glad you like the videos! 🙂
If you are able, you can show your appreciation on Jens' Patreon page. We all gotta eat!
It's called monetization bro.
Tommy Huxley bro he provides a lot more info than other and most you tubers. Supporting him on Patreon even at a $1.00 a month is helpful. I have been following him for 2 years and finally realized that he’s a kind person. And decided to make a small monthly contribution. But that’s me. Not judging. Keep playing!
Pfftt.... this is just very rudimentary concepts based on relationship between scales sharing common tones. Even high school students have learned this at some point.
Incredible! Jens cuts through the BS and gives you the info that immediately opens doors for your soloing.
I´m a metal dude, but I could watch this all day, the clarity of it is astounding! Subscribed.
Hi Jens, this is just a note of thanks. Thanks for your daily jazz guitar posts. Great stuff. I look forward to viewing your latest everyday.
This is incredible. I know all of these scales but haven't applied them like this. It's like someone telling you to speak English in a foreign country, and having it all work!
Go for it :)
I've been watching you for years now, but with increasing frequency as of late. Starting to realize you have a lot of these intuitive understandings of things that have always gone over my head. I grew up with computer software and have come to see composing a lot like painting, but with a steady tempo. You have a great way of showing how sound is shaped with time through rhythm, harmony and melody. I'm creating exercises for myself based on yours, and I'm hearing things with clarity and playing with intention. Now, 15+ years later jazz is starting to feel a little more accessible to me as a player. Anyone can play around with a DAW and synth, but playing jazz is so freeing because you begin to feel yourself become the master of self-expression.
It's actually refreshing to always note that you respect and understand naming conventions based on context. There are too many self proclaimed "teachers" that don't impart proper respect and understanding of music theory and how to correctly discuss and implement it. Kudos Jens !!
Thank you! 🙂 Glad you think so, it is quite a minefield with some of these things
Jens Larsen - Oh yes I know.. I always enjoy your teaching, as it doesn’t mislead, as some do, and some of them should have enough experience to know better. 😉👨🏻
Great lesson! I've been practicing using these pentatonic ideas in solos in my own practice time this past week and I'm really liking this approach. I feel like it's opened up another realm of possibilities for what I can play and it's easy to do because it's pentatonic scales and patterns I already know. Thanks for making this video!
A lot of times I find it really helpful to take a new strategy like the ones you demonstrate in this lesson, and find a really good place to use it in a tune I already play, then do it right there every single time for a while. (As an exercise, of course!). Here is a good one that years ago helped me get the sound and fingering of your Lydian pentatonic substitution into my playing, and now it has become a bonafide go-to approach on the song: on Girl From Ipanema, at the top of the BRIDGE, throw down an F minor pentatonic on that big F#major7 chord. It just works like a charm every time, and best of all you get two full measures in which to play with it. Do this every time the bridge comes around for a week or two, and you will totally own this cool pentatonic substitution. Thank you for another great lesson, Jens. Now I have to find a few tunes with perfect spots to throw in that major b6 pentatonic idea. Any suggestions?
Excellent work again Jens. I have just added pentatonic riffs to the arpeggios you showed earlier. It is such a simple 'trick' and I swear it now sounds like I'm playing Jazz.. I may now get around to swapping my strings over to the flat wounds I bought earlier :) Thanks heaps for sharing.
Fascinating lesson. Those pentatonic patterns sound like something completely different this way. That's mindblowing
You've gotten so good at making your lectures appealing without compromising on content! Thank you for all your shared knowledge :)
Thank you! Glad you like it :)
A simple and understandable way for us the rock players to learn more jazz. Thank you for sharing!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a solid and rewarding introduction to pentatonic usage over ii v i's Thanks Jens.
man i just discovered your channel. i suck at improvising, also my flamenco guitar (the one i started learning with, after the old one i found in my garage) broke today and i have no money to buy other one. im just here to tell you that the work you do is AMAZING and im so so grateful with you because you choose to share it to us mere mortals, just f****g sharing it and thats the most kind and amazing thing to do. thanks for sharing maestro! monstruo!
This video totally blew my mind
Once again, a very informative lesson. .....Thanks Jens!
very nice guitar video! thank you.
Great lesson - the way the pentatonic scales can bring out some of those colorful extensions from the major scale is a powerful strategy, wow.
I love your videos so much Jens . I must admit I have to watch most of them over and over again, like this one, because there is so much there and you move very fast. But I would not want it any other way!
Glad you like them!
These are some great shapes I need to practice. I like seeing new shapes like the pentatonic b6 and onward in the video. Great shapes and great sound too.
Loved this lesson video! I learned some cool ways to use pentatonics that I can use immediately! Thanks Jens!
Great to hear, Christopher
Larsen, you have a space in the open source teachers hall of fame ! No, seriously. You make it real, buddie. thank you!
Thank you! :)
Jazz (guitar) education at its finest!! Great teaching, great material (and a LOT of it) and great playing as well!!
Thank you Derk! :)
Class as always Jens - in gratitude🙏
This is so so good you are a gift Mr. Larsen
You had me at Pentatonic scale! Always a great scale that is at the aid of everyone, and it's great in any situation, and sounds good! Great insight here man
Thanks RC :)
@@JensLarsen You are very welcome!
Best guitar jazz teacher. Nice and thanks for sharing
Thank you for all of your amazing lessons, Jens.
You're very welcome welcome, Marty!
Just like any "easy" one, like chromatic - it's easy to learn, but to master it it's another thing. Thank You for helping me realising different ideas of how to utilize such a simple, yet powerful tool.
Go for it :)
been going through a lot of the videos on your channel and I gotta say thank you for explaining things in a very easy-to-digest manner. Cheers!
Glad you like them!
Excellent! Just what I needed. So glad I found you, Mr. Larsen.
Glad to help!
I don’t play guitar 🎸 but you make this lesson so straight forward to understand . Somehow I find that guitarist like you really break down pentatonics in a very digestible form. Thank you sir.🇯🇲👍🔥🔥🤜🏾🤛🏾
You are very welcome 🙂
Thank you Mr. Larsen for this brilliant concept! I got to try them out.
Go for it!
This is very useful, thank you
I am working on this after work tomorrow!
Go for it! 🙂
The simplicity of your teachings are like gold! Very precious video! Thank you Jens! Your humility is reflected in the music you make and for the patience you put in your "one-by-one" answers.
Thank you, Piero
Thank you Jens for this good material.
Glad you like it Bruno! :)
Yes! This is super helpful. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Jens, you are an awesome teacher... thank you very much for sharing !
You are very welcome Marc!
Thanks for this! I love your vids!
My pleasure!
Jens is the *MASTER!* Thank you for helping to expand my musical universe!
Thank you, Jume 🙂
Just found your site and subscribed. I just began memorizing the 5 pentatonic shapes about a month ago. I've been playing classical guitar for years and since I am home stuck I thought I'd learn how to improvise... finally. Your explanation and examples are awesome though it took me a few listenings to catch on. My computer has been stuck on this one video now for days as I keep going back to it. Thanks for sharing!
Great methods for understanding theories of solveing chord and soloing.
Your channel is priceless! Thank you for all your videos!
Fantastic lesson as always Jens
Wow great ideas and about 6 months worth of lessons in one shot
Thank you 🙂 Go for it
A wonderful lesson! thanks Jens
You're very welcome :)
Awesome info. I learned a lot. I plan to visit this particular video till I have it down. 🌻
Very informative and succinct lesson.
Tak jens
Thank you very much Jeff! Really glad you find it useful!
Your videos really inspire me to play jazz.
Thanks, brilliant, smooth and easy to understand. Subscribed
Thank you very much 🙂
Great stuff !!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, I've recently subscribed. I am grateful for your tutaledge. I think I have at least 6 months of practice for each video. I can't keep up! Thank you
👏 A very good lesson about this subject.
Glad you think so!
Great video Jens, this one is worth watching quite a few times :)
Glad you dig it!
Thank you Jens, you are a gem!
You're very welcome!
Thank you for sharing! God bless!
Really great your videos, they inspire my work with the guitar, thank you
Go for it 🙂
Very interesting, thanks. We tend to think about Pentatonic (5 note) scales as applying only to rock, but you showed they can get great sounds in Jazz too.
Easy to understand tutorial, thank you very much.
Glad you like it 🙂
Great lesson. Thank you. The altered pentatonic Scale on Bb is really nice.
You're very welcome!
man, this helped me a lot! thanks jens!
You are very welcome 🙂
Wow Jens, "simple pentatonic scales...." but the ways you show us how to use it is higher mathematics to me. I am really going to dive into this. Great stuff, as alwways, THANKS!
Go for it 🙂
I found this video very useful
Thank you so much sir for continuing to know videos like this.I would love to learn jazz music..thank you again
Glad it was useful 🙂
Thank you so much😊
Thank you jenss for your lesson 🙏🙏
You're very welcome 🙂 I am glad you like them!
Lovin that Bb major b6 pentatonic Jens. I just learned something, Thank you.
You're very welcome 🙂
Very helpful and I have been practicing the licks changing fret position and key .
Great. Go for it 🙂
great lesson
Can't wait to try this on my guitar!
Go for it!
Thank you so much Jens!
You're very welcome! :)
Excellent video, such a good teacher
Thank you David!
My new home for 6 month. youtube channel of jens larsen. after feeling stuck on basics 7th chords and 1-2 pentatonic scales for months i feel like your teaching will finally let me break that wall.
Thanks Jens it's a big help
Glad to hear it 🙂
Thank you very much for this gift !! . Best regards from México !
You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂
this is a very interesting tutorial, I remember your pentatonic lesson from a few years back, that was also interesting, now you give real nice adaptations which..I like especially the one with the #5...I was using it, but not the way you do...that is something I have to study! Thank You
Gracias Jens Larsen, muy buena leccion !!!! saludos desde Barcelona !!!
Glad you like it 🙂
Great lesson! Thanks
You are very welcome Tomeu!
nice breakdown
You've reallly open my mind to better understanding scales and great melodic playing. You're the best on the net!
Thank you, Juan. Really glad you find the video useful!
@@JensLarsen I'll sit down and experience it myself right away. Thanks for your reply!
The Most Important Scale Exercise In Jazz
ruclips.net/video/2Ze22BNftAA/видео.html
A jazz solo will usually follow the chord progression that it is played over, the most important way that you do that is by using arpeggios over the chords.
You are probably already practice arpeggios, but chances you can do it in a better way than what you are doing now, and that is what I want to talk about in this video.
Content:
0:00 Intro - It is More Than Just an Easy Scale!
0:52 What is Pentatonic Sound?
1:10 #1 Minor Pentatonic - Difference between bop sound and pentatonic melodies
2:02 Comparing Bop and Pentatonic melodies
3:05 #2 Minor Pentatonic 3rd of Maj7
4:06 #3 Lydian pentatonic
4:26 #4 Minor 6 pentratonic on Altered Dominant
6:40 #5 Minor 6 pentatonic on Dominant
7:30 #6 Altered scale (maj b6 pentatonic)
9:30 #7 Lydian Augmented
9:53 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page
If you think playing pentatonic scale is easy, you ought to try playing pentatonic scale three and four notes per string stacotto. Although this is performed by prog metal guitarist, it could actually be used effectively in Jazz. I have gotten incredibly fast at this, say one note at a time from 5th interval low E string to 22nd fret on high E string 4th interval of Am pentatonic scale. I have also been getting better at jump one back the same in both directions. I've been getting better at using these perspectives in all keys. I started working on this three years ago. I have also gotten very proficient at playing pentatonic and major scales with outside notes in Latin Jazz format swing. Sounds as good as what your doing except different. I have to admit that you have some ideas that I have not yet tried. Maybe worth looking into if I get the time. Cheers
I'm only three persons, not five. Two are awaiting resurrection, little me and Betty. There are only twenty possible black holes in a cube space time continuum universe. These dwell within two sets of four energy fields. Because the universe is multi dimensional time wise, all twenty are within the four stacked negative electrons. The one in the middle is surrounded by the second which is surrounded by the third. All three of these are surrounded by the fourth negative electron. That's my soul. The universe is much more complicated than a calculator. Although factoring in the square route of twelve is E=MC√ 1.2988200 it must also be shaped like a cube and have a history that repeats itself infinitely. The twenty spirits dwell within the Trinity which is the unity of three persons in one. The other two of the three have independent reality through subspace frequencies. This is the one seated upon the wings of the cherubim which inhabits eternity. There is no mathematical room for anyone else in heaven, therefore they are cast down to the earth. The speed of light is a constant. That is forever. These twenty spirits, that dwell within the four stacked negative electrons, switch places with each other in increments of one every 88 trillion years. There is not a more perfect Union or any union greater.
reeeallyy suuuper your mignuting of your vidéo so that we can work efficiently...
Thanks .
Gracias saludos desde México
Great video!
Thank you 🙂
Great job as ever!!!
Thank you 🙂
This is Value and is worthy of anyone's time
Thank you! :)
Miss your lessons Jens! Been real busy lately, but, it’s time to go back to wood shedding. Thanks. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🎼🎶🎵🎸🎵🎶🎼
Thanks José :)
Amazing class!
Thank you 🙂
Thanks, as always!
Glad you like it!
Wow... subbed within 2 mins... thanks!
Thanks! Hope you find more stuff you can use :)
Some great ideas here. Thanks.
Thank you 🙂
it reeeeeaaaallyyyy sounds so greeeeaaaat !!!!!!
Your clips are not too long as in the past. Now they are perfect.
Fantastic lesson, Jens - one of the best yet for us rock guys. You can use all kinds of chromatic notes in between the Pentatonic notes. The Pentatonic scale is a skeleton onto which you can add all kinds of chromatic "meat."
Yes, but you will miss the diatonic stuff if you want to play bop though :)
I relly ke the concepts that you explaining, thankyou
Glad you find it useful!
Practicing pentatonics I come across a thought that every 9th cord is pentatonic. Thank you for your videos. Really helpful 👍
It's funny, I often think of these pentatonic scales and wonder if anyone else has found them. I accidentally discovered the major pentatonic with a flat 6 when working out how to improvise over a modal chord progression I made, and then I see it here. Amazing.
Two of my favourites include 1 b9 3 5 b7 and 1 b3 4 b5 b7. There's so much scope for altering even these as well. A lifetime of discovery awaits.
Excellent comment. Those are both Japanese scales I learned long ago from a huge book of scales from all over the world that my best friends father (a jazz bassist) gave to him. They're some of my favorite scales still too. That line _"a lifetime of discovery awaits"_ is so true and it's that phenomenon that has kept me interested, driven and happy as a musician since I first tried to play an instrument.
Muito obrigado pelo interesse em nos ensinar..
Jen...I don't know how I got here. Been playin' pro gigs, orch., big band, dixie, jazz, combo Bassoon, sax/flue, clar. , etc. for 50 yrs. As some one who taught grade 5, to college post grad., music I consider you a truly fine master of the craft that is so succinct in theory
and performance.
ce,rock
Ce,rock on
PSs...ce=contributing educator,rock on.
Thank you very much, Gary 🙂
@@JensLarsen Thanks for responding . I subbed.
Very nice, thanks!
You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂
I was transcribing Pat Metheny's Slipping Away and I noticed a beautiful use of pentatonics too. Just in a few places, but it fits perfectly.
Yes, he is really good at that!