I'm so happy that you are enjoying these videos. Please subscribe if you haven't yet. There is MUCH more good stuff coming. And hey, if you haven't already, please jump in to a Free 30 Day Limited access to JazzWire. I would love to work together with you in a more meaningful (and not too expensive) way. With the Free 30 Day Trial, you’ll see what we're doing behind the wall! You'll be inside in about 20 seconds, no credit card required. www.jazzwire.net/free-trial/. These videos are great, but they are a SHADOW compared to the real work and we can do together!
I'm one of those enthusiastic adult learners you mention, based in London. For me, your video series is spot on, exactly what I was looking for amongst the overload of information. Many thanks and keep it coming!
James, so nice of you to write. I appreciate that you are liking the videos. The "overload of information" is what the internet seems to be best at!!! I'm glad I can add a little selectivity to the conversation! Cheers.
+Keri Degg that is very kind! I actually was going for "condescending," so I guess I'll need to work on that! ;) Hey, thanks for tuning in. More good stuff coming. Do you teach jazz at all? I see you are busy with writing.
Did you know that Local 627 is/was the Black musician's local in Kansas City back when things were segregated, and that the building is still there as the Mutual Musician's Foundation, a historical site, and host to late night (opens at 1 AM) jams on Fridays and Saturdays. So much history there!
Jeff, another Thunderbolt Revelation: Stay In One Key! So this is kind of huge. The pervasive message everywhere else is always to do it all in very key ( oh and of course the whole range, altissimo etc!) Not only is this overwhelming but as you say it promotes the digging of small holes. Holes in the “garden “ of our neuronal architecture need to reach some critical depth so that they persist and can generalize to other contexts (build underground tunnels to other holes!). And it may well be that for adults this threshold is higher than for children, I.e. we need to dig a bit deeper. But here is my one question. The one pseudoadvantage of small holes is that you can set a schedule to keep moving along, say for example you choose a key a day to work on. What this does for the (ahemm) neurotic perfectionist is force them to keep moving and not wait around until we reach a Sonny Stitt level in any one key. So one bit of advice I hope to bounce off the community will be around the question of when to move along to the next key, I.e. when is the hole deep enough for a given player at a given point in their development. Clearly no clean answer to, this, but this is the sort of overthinking that some of us (me!) can get caught up in. In any case not looking for answers now, but I do look foretold to being able to kick questions like this around!
There is also a typical I-vi-ii-V progression in minor. I'll write it out here in Cminor. Cm7 - Am7b5 - Dm7b5 - G7b9. It's pretty well based on a harmonic minor type sound. GREAT question.
I really like this approach, I’ve been told to do this since the first time I touch my saxophone. It work well for me. I was wondering the melody you are playing is not only the chords notes but some approach and some other notes from the scale right? Like your video Jeff :) 👍🏻🎶
Philippe Carrier thanks for the note, and for tuning in to the videos. To answer your question - ALL CHORD TONES!! That is the whole point here - chord tones will set you free!
Another top-notch video. Your humility is really what makes these lessons shine. Looking forward to the next one!
+Steve Nguyen thanks so much, brother! I have fun with these, and learn a lot myself as I do them. Thanks for tuning in.
Steve Nguyen ihh
Thanks, this was much needed for me.
I'm so happy that you are enjoying these videos. Please subscribe if you haven't yet. There is MUCH more good stuff coming. And hey, if you haven't already, please jump in to a Free 30 Day Limited access to JazzWire. I would love to work together with you in a more meaningful (and not too expensive) way. With the Free 30 Day Trial, you’ll see what we're doing behind the wall! You'll be inside in about 20 seconds, no credit card required. www.jazzwire.net/free-trial/. These videos are great, but they are a SHADOW compared to the real work and we can do together!
I'm one of those enthusiastic adult learners you mention, based in London. For me, your video series is spot on, exactly what I was looking for amongst the overload of information. Many thanks and keep it coming!
James, so nice of you to write. I appreciate that you are liking the videos. The "overload of information" is what the internet seems to be best at!!! I'm glad I can add a little selectivity to the conversation! Cheers.
Simple but so, so effective on many levels. Please keep them coming, Jeff.
Thanks Steen! I'm with you . . . making things simple is one of the hardest things to do. Glad you are digging these.
Loving your videos and how well presented they are too. Explained clearly without being condescending.
+Keri Degg that is very kind! I actually was going for "condescending," so I guess I'll need to work on that! ;) Hey, thanks for tuning in. More good stuff coming. Do you teach jazz at all? I see you are busy with writing.
Did you know that Local 627 is/was the Black musician's local in Kansas City back when things were segregated, and that the building is still there as the Mutual Musician's Foundation, a historical site, and host to late night (opens at 1 AM) jams on Fridays and Saturdays. So much history there!
I sure did know that, because of the reeds. What a great story. I didn't know that the building is still there though. Fantastic!
Jeff, another Thunderbolt Revelation: Stay In One Key! So this is kind of huge. The pervasive message everywhere else is always to do it all in very key ( oh and of course the whole range, altissimo etc!) Not only is this overwhelming but as you say it promotes the digging of small holes. Holes in the “garden “ of our neuronal architecture need to reach some critical depth so that they persist and can generalize to other contexts (build underground tunnels to other holes!). And it may well be that for adults this threshold is higher than for children, I.e. we need to dig a bit deeper. But here is my one question. The one pseudoadvantage of small holes is that you can set a schedule to keep moving along, say for example you choose a key a day to work on. What this does for the (ahemm) neurotic perfectionist is force them to keep moving and not wait around until we reach a Sonny Stitt level in any one key. So one bit of advice I hope to bounce off the community will be around the question of when to move along to the next key, I.e. when is the hole deep enough for a given player at a given point in their development. Clearly no clean answer to, this, but this is the sort of overthinking that some of us (me!) can get caught up in. In any case not looking for answers now, but I do look foretold to being able to kick questions like this around!
Had to smile at (B)ody & (S)oul on the piano behind you while you're talking about less BS ;-)
Muchas Gracias !
What is the equivalent of the ii7. vi7, V7, IMaj7 in minor? It seems to me that it is iv7, ii7b5, V7b9, iMajmin7 (or I min7)
There is also a typical I-vi-ii-V progression in minor. I'll write it out here in Cminor. Cm7 - Am7b5 - Dm7b5 - G7b9. It's pretty well based on a harmonic minor type sound. GREAT question.
I really like this approach, I’ve been told to do this since the first time I touch my saxophone. It work well for me. I was wondering the melody you are playing is not only the chords notes but some approach and some other notes from the scale right? Like your video Jeff :) 👍🏻🎶
Philippe Carrier thanks for the note, and for tuning in to the videos. To answer your question - ALL CHORD TONES!! That is the whole point here - chord tones will set you free!