Do you have a type of chord voicing you use most? Content: 0:00 Intro 0:10 It's more than just the Chords 0:28 Be flexible with what you already use 0:58 #1 Basic Shell-voicings 1:37 #2 Shells without a root 1:54 Adding more options for melody notes 2:08 #3 More options for the Autumn Leaves Chords 2:36 Be Practical - It is not an exact science 3:26 #4 Comping Example 3:48 From two notes to triad based voicings 4:01 Expanding into Drop2 voicings 4:08 #5 More Melody options for each chord 6:13 #6 Comping Example using melodies across 3 strings 6.42 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page.
I like this approach. I know those shell voicings quite well, but I've never worked that much on expanding them. One thing that I've been looking at lately is the book about Lenny Breau's actual music (Visions) and he uses those voices but on the next lower (in pitch) set of strings. It feels a little odd, but it expands the pallete even further. Thanks for all your good stuff!
This is by far the best lesson on comping for aspiring Jazz guitarists. This approach and your way of explaining it finally helped me get the hang of comping! Thanks Jens!
@@JensLarsen I would really love some comping studies with analysis for some other standards, maybe the one's you highlighted in your video "The First 10 Jazz Standards You Need To Know". Thanks Jens for everything and please keep up your great work!
Your book is on its way cant say enough about how fun your lessons are would like to see breakdown of some famous jazz artist and songs like the series you had started hope to see more soon.
Thank you very much Chris! Hope you find something useful in the book! If you like that series then check this playlist that should have most of them: ruclips.net/p/PLWYuNvZPqqcHrelUZ4pBPVDwa5Q_wQuZI At the moment I am taking a break from them because I was not so happy with the format and how the videos were doing.
this entire video i was puzzled about drop 2 voicings. then i saw that i missed your last video about drop 2 voicings, which I'm happy to say filled in some serious gaps. thanks! looking forward to learning more.
Hello jens! In one of your lessons on exercises on songs you mentioned playing a solo only in one position! When comping I was trying to do the same thing but because I only use drop 2 voicings on the last 4 strings , nothing much happened in terms of melody. In this lesson you helped me figure out how to keep the melody of my comping interesting without having to move a lot on the neck! Thanks!
Pure gold. Thanks! Have you thought about releasing a DVD with (a selection of) your RUclips lessons? It would be greta to have them organised in concepts and available offline. Best, C.
Thank you! Physical products are difficult to make for a small content creator like me. I did think about making an online course though, but I need to look into what it might be on.
I have used Discmakers.com and it worked very well. You can always do a Kickstart campaign to gather the funds for production. I think it will be very successful. You already have all the material. You will just need to curate and organise the content.
Thank you very much, Jens. Great video, as usual. Autumn Leaves is a great tune to practice and learn about chord voicings, chord melody, and comping, not struggling to keep a fast pace. I'm amazed how jazzy you get to sound with just slight voice movements.
Wow, I am really impressed with the quality of your videos Jens. I just discovered them and will definetly check them all out. Really apreciate you`re work man, great job.
Hi, I like your videos, easy to follow and on point. How can I learn jazz from the very beginning. I am familiar with major and minor keys so far and play the classical guitar a bit. I would love to learn jazz. Any pointers are welcome. Thanks.
Hi Jens, In order to choose which melody notes to play over each shell chord, are you visualizing a 'scale box' on top of each chord or maybe a wider scale pattern in the background as a safeguard in the same time? Thanks!
I am not really thinking about it like that, but that would be fine as a way to have that overview. As long as you know what notes are in your scale pattern :)
@@JensLarsen Yes! My problem being i can hear what would sound good but i don't always know where that good note is for sure (and one fret too many can sound horrible...) I really wish i would though 😅 So how do you visualize these notes then? 🤔
I notice how I do the d major shape but when I do it down the neck usually never put the bass note but if I switch my middle and ring around my pinky goes down easier
Such a great lesson, thank you Jens! I tried starting Aimee Nolte's Tune a Week workout (another RUclips video), but was running out of comping ideas. This looks like it will be great help, and will help make a solid foundation. Question: I understand the shell voicings for straight M7, 7, and m7. Do you suggest different shells for things like 6ths, 9ths, m7b5, etc., or should I just stick with the 3rds and the 7ths? Some tunes appear to almost require the extra notes for the melody. ps - these videos are amazingly sharp. I was looking at some older material, and these are very crisp and succinct. In addition to the awesome content, your presentation is super sharp, and much appreciated. I _especially_ like that they give solid content with a minimum of preamble or self-promotion -- the quality really shines though. Thanks and regards! jz
Shell voicings don’t have extensions by design, so just stick with this Glad you like the video quality. Because of my patrons I could get a better camera 🙂
@@chrissguitarshow206 Great! Glad you like the book! If you have a minute then consider leaving a short review on Amazon. That is a huge help for me :)
That is purely a matter of taste, but I think you will find that a lot of people, myself included have the amp overdriving a bit to get some nice compression out of it.
@@JensLarsen who scored short had 53,000 views and maybe this will help it had your quotes a little polyrhythm back in the groove intervoice walking up with cordle voicings bananas a quick shot of the sheet music and then says leave a comment if you want to download a PDF
In addition to creating ascending lines, another dimension might be to create desending lines. For example, in the video of the Cm7, line was ascending through the scale tones from the Eb. Another possibility is to descend from the Bb. Although, this tends be a little darker sounding with the additional chord tones being in a lower register.
Hi Jen. We can always see like half your guitars on the wall. Could we have a pic of them? What age is the Strat and is that an SG 2000? The background is cool but the foreground is way better. Thank you.
Here is a better picture instagram.com/p/Bvtzekwj1xT/?igshid=admpai3no2w and here is a video where I use them. ruclips.net/video/jL4GugqJoho/видео.html
Do you have a type of chord voicing you use most?
Content:
0:00 Intro
0:10 It's more than just the Chords
0:28 Be flexible with what you already use
0:58 #1 Basic Shell-voicings
1:37 #2 Shells without a root
1:54 Adding more options for melody notes
2:08 #3 More options for the Autumn Leaves Chords
2:36 Be Practical - It is not an exact science
3:26 #4 Comping Example
3:48 From two notes to triad based voicings
4:01 Expanding into Drop2 voicings
4:08 #5 More Melody options for each chord
6:13 #6 Comping Example using melodies across 3 strings
6.42 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page.
I like this approach. I know those shell voicings quite well, but I've never worked that much on expanding them. One thing that I've been looking at lately is the book about Lenny Breau's actual music (Visions) and he uses those voices but on the next lower (in pitch) set of strings. It feels a little odd, but it expands the pallete even further. Thanks for all your good stuff!
Hi Jens, that was a great lesson and lots of insight into the language spoken within Jazz Guitar. I'm getting there, many thanks. Cheers Brianj
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome Leaves.
Thank you Gary :)
This is by far the best lesson on comping for aspiring Jazz guitarists. This approach and your way of explaining it finally helped me get the hang of comping! Thanks Jens!
Glad to hear that Christoph! Are there other related topics you are interested in?
@@JensLarsen I would really love some comping studies with analysis for some other standards, maybe the one's you highlighted in your video "The First 10 Jazz Standards You Need To Know". Thanks Jens for everything and please keep up your great work!
Ok! How much did you already search for that? I have quite a few covered already I think?
@@JensLarsen Thanks, I'll keep looking!
@@chrippl You can search on the channel, but otherwise just ask :)
This is one of your best, Jens .
Thanks Matt! Glad you think so :)
Your book is on its way cant say enough about how fun your lessons are would like to see breakdown of some famous jazz artist and songs like the series you had started hope to see more soon.
Thank you very much Chris! Hope you find something useful in the book! If you like that series then check this playlist that should have most of them: ruclips.net/p/PLWYuNvZPqqcHrelUZ4pBPVDwa5Q_wQuZI
At the moment I am taking a break from them because I was not so happy with the format and how the videos were doing.
Thank you,i couldn't find all of them until now i have a lot to look at now thanks jens
Autumn leaves it is always endless source of inspiration - very nice intuitive lesson -
Thanks, Francesco!
Brilliant after just watching for a couple of minutes. Wow!!
Glad you like it!
A most enjoyable lesson, to the point and easy to follow using a well known standard. Thanks again
You're very welcome, Stuart 👍
another superb lesson, Jens. Comping lessons like this are so helpful, thx again!
You're very welcome David! I am glad you like it!
I like your videos about chords. There is always something to learn. Thanks for your work.
Glad to hear that!
Autumn Leaves is definitely an iconic and important song in the history of Jazz! Great video here man!
Thanks :) Certainly a must!
@@JensLarsen You're welcome. It absolutely is!
This looks like it can help a lot with chord melody as well. Thanks again for your tremendous help in navigating jazz guitar!
It certainly can :) Did you also check out the Chord Melody Arrangement I have of Autumn Leaves?
Y'alls got some wisdom there, and some beautiful playing, too! Thanks for some more good ideas
You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂
Once again you have made an interesting, informative and fun video. Thanks Jens!
That's good to hear Jume!
this entire video i was puzzled about drop 2 voicings. then i saw that i missed your last video about drop 2 voicings, which I'm happy to say filled in some serious gaps. thanks! looking forward to learning more.
That's great! Keep at it, jazz is a lot of information but doesn't have to be difficult!
Congratulations on your new book Jens, mine arrived today. It’s a good read!
Thank you, Stephen! If you like it then you can really help me out by leaving a short review on Amazon 🙂
Jens Larsen I’ve just reviewed it.
Thank you,so much 🙂🙏
Just wanted to say your videos are amazing
Thank you very much, Anthony! That is great to hear!
Hello jens! In one of your lessons on exercises on songs you mentioned playing a solo only in one position! When comping I was trying to do the same thing but because I only use drop 2 voicings on the last 4 strings , nothing much happened in terms of melody. In this lesson you helped me figure out how to keep the melody of my comping interesting without having to move a lot on the neck! Thanks!
Glad you got it to work :)
This lesson is absoluteli brilliant!
Thank you, Sergio 🙂
Perfect lesson
Thank you 🙂
Alla dina videos är ju superbra! Skulle va kul å höra dig spela live😀
Tusind tak! Jeg spiller ikke så tit i Danmark og Sverige siden jeg bor i Holland, men du kan da finde noget på RUclips :)
Pure gold. Thanks!
Have you thought about releasing a DVD with (a selection of) your RUclips lessons? It would be greta to have them organised in concepts and available offline. Best, C.
Thank you! Physical products are difficult to make for a small content creator like me. I did think about making an online course though, but I need to look into what it might be on.
I have used Discmakers.com and it worked very well. You can always do a Kickstart campaign to gather the funds for production. I think it will be very successful. You already have all the material. You will just need to curate and organise the content.
You are aware that I also sell downloads in my WebStore, right? :) jenslarsen.nl/shop/
TOP lesson! thanks a lot...
Great lesson, Jens!
Gald you lke it, John! :)
Thank you very much, Jens. Great video, as usual. Autumn Leaves is a great tune to practice and learn about chord voicings, chord melody, and comping, not struggling to keep a fast pace. I'm amazed how jazzy you get to sound with just slight voice movements.
You're very welcome!
I will definitely be working with this for some time to come!
Great! Go for it :)
great lesson!
Thank you! Glad you like it! :)
Great job as always Jens. :)
Glad you like it!
nice lesson Jens. Could it be that the scores and tabs on the D7 chord (starting at 5:50 more or less) are wrong?
Yes, there is a typo in the last two chord voicings. Just go with what I play :)
Great man! 👏👏
Thank you very much, Lucas!
Amen brother!
Thanks! :)
Nice. I never figured out if I'm supposed to play this standard in Em or Gm
Maybe both? 🙂
Wow, I am really impressed with the quality of your videos Jens. I just discovered them and will definetly check them all out. Really apreciate you`re work man, great job.
Thank you very much, Rene! :)
Hi, I like your videos, easy to follow and on point. How can I learn jazz from the very beginning. I am familiar with major and minor keys so far and play the classical guitar a bit. I would love to learn jazz. Any pointers are welcome. Thanks.
Learn your diatonic chords and arpeggios and start learning songs :)
@@JensLarsen Thank you very much :) I will begin with that, I already play Autumn Leaves a bit thanks to you :)
utilissimo come sempre segajolo
Hi Jens,
In order to choose which melody notes to play over each shell chord, are you visualizing a 'scale box' on top of each chord or maybe a wider scale pattern in the background as a safeguard in the same time?
Thanks!
I am not really thinking about it like that, but that would be fine as a way to have that overview. As long as you know what notes are in your scale pattern :)
@@JensLarsen Yes! My problem being i can hear what would sound good but i don't always know where that good note is for sure (and one fret too many can sound horrible...)
I really wish i would though 😅
So how do you visualize these notes then? 🤔
I notice how I do the d major shape but when I do it down the neck usually never put the bass note but if I switch my middle and ring around my pinky goes down easier
Hi Jens, useful lesson and very clear approach ! I sent you an email about your new book, you received it ? Thanks
I didn’t see it yet,but I will check 🙂
Such a great lesson, thank you Jens! I tried starting Aimee Nolte's Tune a Week workout (another RUclips video), but was running out of comping ideas. This looks like it will be great help, and will help make a solid foundation.
Question: I understand the shell voicings for straight M7, 7, and m7. Do you suggest different shells for things like 6ths, 9ths, m7b5, etc., or should I just stick with the 3rds and the 7ths? Some tunes appear to almost require the extra notes for the melody.
ps - these videos are amazingly sharp. I was looking at some older material, and these are very crisp and succinct. In addition to the awesome content, your presentation is super sharp, and much appreciated. I _especially_ like that they give solid content with a minimum of preamble or self-promotion -- the quality really shines though. Thanks and regards! jz
Shell voicings don’t have extensions by design, so just stick with this
Glad you like the video quality. Because of my patrons I could get a better camera 🙂
@@JensLarsen Thank you very much!
Hey jens,book came in modern jazz guitar concepts having trouble getting audio says its free is there a link you can give me
Hi Chris, it is free, just follow the instructions in the book and should be fine. I don't a link, it is on Fundamental Changes website, sorry.
No problem
Let me know if it doesn't work out :)
@@JensLarsen it worked thanks great book
@@chrissguitarshow206 Great! Glad you like the book! If you have a minute then consider leaving a short review on Amazon. That is a huge help for me :)
When you play with all the type of.voicings look a lot like Kurt Rosenwinkel!
Thank you! Now I just need to sound like him :D
Hey, I was wondering. Is it wrong to use a tiny bit of gain to get a nice mellow, slightly muddy tone when playing jazz?
That is purely a matter of taste, but I think you will find that a lot of people, myself included have the amp overdriving a bit to get some nice compression out of it.
4:02
2:40 some things are just hard to play I will play it easier as well if I can.
Grade A stuff!
Thank you :)
How do you get the chord short autumn leaves PDF
Which one exactly?
@@JensLarsen the one with walking up with quartal voicings
@@chriscoghill6386 Not sure what you mean? In this video?
@@JensLarsen who scored short had 53,000 views and maybe this will help it had your quotes a little polyrhythm back in the groove intervoice walking up with cordle voicings bananas a quick shot of the sheet music and then says leave a comment if you want to download a PDF
In addition to creating ascending lines, another dimension might be to create desending lines. For example, in the video of the Cm7, line was ascending through the scale tones from the Eb. Another possibility is to descend from the Bb. Although, this tends be a little darker sounding with the additional chord tones being in a lower register.
Yes of course you can make descending melodies as well as ascending melodies :)
Hi Jen. We can always see like half your guitars on the wall. Could we have a pic of them? What age is the Strat and is that an SG 2000? The background is cool but the foreground is way better. Thank you.
Here is a better picture instagram.com/p/Bvtzekwj1xT/?igshid=admpai3no2w and here is a video where I use them. ruclips.net/video/jL4GugqJoho/видео.html
The strat is from 1992 and it is a 1975 SG1000
Jen. I’m guessing the SG was your first real guitar, so you started playing in 1974?
@@6string697 When I was 1 year old, yes certainly :D
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Cool.
Be careful there's a dead thing on your headstock.
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Thank you! :)
After 5 years, you look the same, the neck scrunchy not so much (starting to look like a tumbleweed)
I should probably apply the Face-app to my videos :D