I really appreciate these basic lessons. I think many of us are not really planning on playing gigs and we get a lot from these simpler progressions and arpeggios! Thanks for sharing.
Do you use triads in your solos and how? 🙂 Content of the video: 0:00 Intro 0:20 Know Your Basics 0:30 A Transcribed Blues Solo 1:06 The Blues Solo Example 1:27 Breaking Down The First 4 bars - G7 triad options 1:48 Basic Phrases and why you need them 2:30 How To Improvise Jazz With a Triad 3:41 Licks that lead into the next chord 5:00 Upper-structure Triads and Tri-tone substitution 6:01 C7 and C#dim lines 6:49 Using the Triad from the 7th of G 7:39 How to Make lines with the F major triad 8:21 Bø E7 triad solution 10:02 Am7 D7alt, triad combinations 10:54 Making the triad a motif 12:05 An Overview of the G7 triads 12:54 How To Make lines with the triads and Practice this material 13:42 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page
What I like about jens is that he is so happy to share his great gift of understanding about music, Joe bonnamassa, and Tommy Emmanuel also do this, you never really got much of that from other big guitar heroes, although this adds too there mystery. So that's cool
I see what you mean! I think of triads all the time when I solo. Maybe in another video you could go a little further. Ex. D-7= FMaj7, G7, A-7, CMaj7 (opt. b5), or E-7. I'm of the Grant/Benson/Wes/Burrell school and they keep a lot of those chord colors under their fingers. Along with a blues base of course.
I just love your videos!! Like so many, I am trying to expand my vocabulary beyond classic blues scales - I've listened to jazz music all my life and even though I can fully appreciate advanced chord progressions like in Coltranes work (and prefer it MUCH to traditional blues recordings) in my playing I've kinda never left the blues scales.. It's like having a conceptual understanding for something I cannot (yet!) express with my fingers. Well, since recently I am spending a couple of hours every day and doing what I should have done years ago: slowing down videos of jazz classics and learning solos from anything from 'Good bye porcupine hat' to 'Giant steps' - AND enjoying the wisdom of your videos! Who says you cannot learn new stuff after reaching the tender age of 42?!?? Thanks for your uploads; they are just a great resource! As for solo'ing I am not too bad. After playing for many years my technique is quite functional, my legatos pretty fluent and I have natural understanding of harmonizing chords and finding melodic lines by instinct. But I am pretty much illiterate in music notation and theory (yeah, it's rather embarrassing) - and I really need to expand my register of jazz chords. Your videos are indeed helpful in my voksenoplæring ((BTW I hope one day you'd do a video dedicated to very basic jazz chords and different ways of fingering them across the fretboard. There are of course several places on the WWW with these kinds of resources, but I would love your take on the subject:) If this video already exist, then I am sorry for overlooking it))
Thanks Martin! If you are looking for a place to start with basic Jazz chords then maybe check out this study guide: jenslarsen.nl/study-guides-how-to-learn-jazz/ Held og lykke med det :)
@@JensLarsen I really appreciate that! Will check it out! BTW.. I swapped my solid body AR305 for a '77 semi-acoustic 2630.. I think it might be the same model as you're playing? Mine is not in the same fantastic cosmetic condition as yours (it is blessed with some binding cracks and honest finish wear), but it is a truly great player, nice low action, responsive and I love the original PUs. Did you do any mods on your guitar? Do you have a favourite combo amp to go with this guitar?
Great! Sounds like a find! The previous owner changed the neck pickup and the tuners, and it was always great so I didn't mess with it. As for amp, I always use it with my AX8 + QSC K10 rig. That works fantastic 🙂
@@JensLarsen Fractal! Yeah, I am still stuck in noisy analog land with a flight full of overpriced stomp boxes and a switching board that I hook up to one or - for stereo - two tube amps haha. I have friends with Fractal audio and Kempers and they sound great. When I win the lottery, I will probably migrate over in the digital domain and get a Fractal too - amazing when recording and super stable in live settings - although I kinda like my finicky, hissy magical suitcase of sounds:) Again, thanks for sharing the music&love on your great youtube channel!!
Jen’s, love ur format of split screen notation of what ur playing next to what ur doing live. Love the chord name insert boxes you add to summarize what you’ve said ( you talk fast and knowledgeably... ) I really get a lot from your VIDEO evolution I’ve noticed lately you’ve worked at cutting ur content down and keeping it actually better... KEEP GOING I would love more about what chords can sub out what chords segment... eg. like all chords that work like Dm7 chord..... just an example love this video!!!!!! Highly recommend u to my colleagues!!!!!
Thank you very much! I am glad you found it useful! If you have any suggestions for topics or things you are looking for the feel free to let me know 👍
This is great stuff, it helps me zone into specific sounds using basic material I already know, Thank you, Jens, I chose improvisation because when I improvise well on a tune I love that feeling it gives me it's better than anything and I actually feel like a musician after, I guess it's up there with good sex! but it's between you and music lol
Lovely Jens - I've been trying to grasp that Ab triad on the D7alt everytime I've heard it in different solos... that sound is so blue even though it really isn't.
So, Is the G7 treated as the V of C?(diatonically speaking) How do you ascertain the triad values? Bdim is the 7th of C, but you beautifully have it as the 3rd of G? Would it not just be Bm if it was the 3rd of G. Love your Videos !
Hi , those triads were great but can you help me and suggest any solo using G7 , C9, AM7, E7 and D7 chords. Pls it's a request pls let me know it's really really important for me ...... Thank u..
@@guilhordas thanks for asking this question because I had the same thought. I came to the conclusion that thinking about playing Mixolydian mode over a dominant seventh chord on a blues is fine, but thinking in terms of applicable chord triads that work over that chord may help break us out of the habit of just noodling scale tones up and down. The triads give us some appropriate intervals to hit instead of just running up and down scales. I'm definitely guilty of that, and have decided to spend more time doing chord arpeggio exercises to improve this aspect of my playing. Thanks Jens for this great lesson!
Hi Jens, Where start? I find improvising over dominant 7 chords (e.g. G7) very difficult. I usually use either mixolydian scale (that would be a C major) or the blues scale. Both I find both dissatisfying as they are in the end limited, especially if that is all you know... of course there is the dominant 7 arpeggio. To be honest I do not find it very musical either... Your lesson was a difficult one... where do you get all of these new triads from? The G major scale and the chords therein? The Dm arpeggio pops up - Dm is not in the Gmajor scale group of chords... but I can see that the minor 3rd is the b7th in the G7... I would benefit from an "I'm an idiot" approach to this subject... I may not be alone here:) So anything you can do to break it down slowly would be mush appreciated! Thx for all your insights and help.
@@JensLarsen : I assume C major as you were talking about Dm, I saw a Bdim in there too... G7 = G, B, D, F (all of which are in C major). Chords in C major are Cmaj7, Dm7, Em7, Fmaj7, G7, Am7 and Bdim / Bm7b5....
Hi Jens, sorry for my late answer. This is, for me, still work in progress. Am battling away at it. Will get back to you... I may end up having to book a lesson with you if I can’t fix it...
I really appreciate these basic lessons. I think many of us are not really planning on playing gigs and we get a lot from these simpler progressions and arpeggios! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! I am glad you find them useful. I would imagine this is really equally useful whether you are gigging or not? 🙂
Do you use triads in your solos and how? 🙂
Content of the video:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Know Your Basics
0:30 A Transcribed Blues Solo
1:06 The Blues Solo Example
1:27 Breaking Down The First 4 bars - G7 triad options
1:48 Basic Phrases and why you need them
2:30 How To Improvise Jazz With a Triad
3:41 Licks that lead into the next chord
5:00 Upper-structure Triads and Tri-tone substitution
6:01 C7 and C#dim lines
6:49 Using the Triad from the 7th of G
7:39 How to Make lines with the F major triad
8:21 Bø E7 triad solution
10:02 Am7 D7alt, triad combinations
10:54 Making the triad a motif
12:05 An Overview of the G7 triads
12:54 How To Make lines with the triads and Practice this material
13:42 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page
Thank you! I will do my best :)
The detail in which this video structures your practice time is tremendous!!
Thank you very much! I am glad you like it!
What I like about jens is that he is so happy to share his great gift of understanding about music, Joe bonnamassa, and Tommy Emmanuel also do this, you never really got much of that from other big guitar heroes, although this adds too there mystery. So that's cool
Thank you! I am really glad you appreciate that! :)
Thanks Larsen..Your teaching is fantastic....Jazz forever....
Thank you 🙂
This is wonderful, great teacher,superb musician:)
Thank you very much! I am glad you like it! 🙂
Man, you are big part of my musical life, just keep doing that. You don't know how much your videos are helping musicians around the world! Thank you!
You're very welcome! 🙂
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Thank you, Jens! This is what I have been striving towards for quite some time. It is great to see it explained like this.
Glad you like it! I am curious what you might think about the video I just published. In some ways it is similar :)
One of the finest channel on utube!thanks jens!:)
You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂
Thanks for telling people about the importance of playing chord subs in solos.
I don't think of these as chord substitutions, the sound doesn't change, a Dm triad belongs to a G7 unlike a E og Bbm (in this example)
I see what you mean! I think of triads all the time when I solo. Maybe in another video you could go a little further. Ex. D-7= FMaj7, G7, A-7, CMaj7 (opt. b5), or E-7. I'm of the Grant/Benson/Wes/Burrell school and they keep a lot of those chord colors under their fingers. Along with a blues base of course.
Great lesson about triads today!
Thank you Andoni! 🙂
I downloaded and printed 91pages of your ideas. Was fun to do. Lots of nice phrases.
Great and usefull material with your fine way to teach us. THANK YOU VERY MUCH again Mr. Larsen
You're very welcome Guillermo! I am glad you dig the lesson!
I just love your videos!! Like so many, I am trying to expand my vocabulary beyond classic blues scales - I've listened to jazz music all my life and even though I can fully appreciate advanced chord progressions like in Coltranes work (and prefer it MUCH to traditional blues recordings) in my playing I've kinda never left the blues scales.. It's like having a conceptual understanding for something I cannot (yet!) express with my fingers.
Well, since recently I am spending a couple of hours every day and doing what I should have done years ago: slowing down videos of jazz classics and learning solos from anything from 'Good bye porcupine hat' to 'Giant steps' - AND enjoying the wisdom of your videos! Who says you cannot learn new stuff after reaching the tender age of 42?!?? Thanks for your uploads; they are just a great resource!
As for solo'ing I am not too bad. After playing for many years my technique is quite functional, my legatos pretty fluent and I have natural understanding of harmonizing chords and finding melodic lines by instinct. But I am pretty much illiterate in music notation and theory (yeah, it's rather embarrassing) - and I really need to expand my register of jazz chords. Your videos are indeed helpful in my voksenoplæring
((BTW I hope one day you'd do a video dedicated to very basic jazz chords and different ways of fingering them across the fretboard. There are of course several places on the WWW with these kinds of resources, but I would love your take on the subject:) If this video already exist, then I am sorry for overlooking it))
Thanks Martin! If you are looking for a place to start with basic Jazz chords then maybe check out this study guide: jenslarsen.nl/study-guides-how-to-learn-jazz/
Held og lykke med det :)
@@JensLarsen I really appreciate that! Will check it out!
BTW.. I swapped my solid body AR305 for a '77 semi-acoustic 2630.. I think it might be the same model as you're playing? Mine is not in the same fantastic cosmetic condition as yours (it is blessed with some binding cracks and honest finish wear), but it is a truly great player, nice low action, responsive and I love the original PUs. Did you do any mods on your guitar? Do you have a favourite combo amp to go with this guitar?
Great! Sounds like a find!
The previous owner changed the neck pickup and the tuners, and it was always great so I didn't mess with it.
As for amp, I always use it with my AX8 + QSC K10 rig. That works fantastic 🙂
@@JensLarsen Fractal! Yeah, I am still stuck in noisy analog land with a flight full of overpriced stomp boxes and a switching board that I hook up to one or - for stereo - two tube amps haha. I have friends with Fractal audio and Kempers and they sound great. When I win the lottery, I will probably migrate over in the digital domain and get a Fractal too - amazing when recording and super stable in live settings - although I kinda like my finicky, hissy magical suitcase of sounds:)
Again, thanks for sharing the music&love on your great youtube channel!!
@@martinskanal I was really considering getting two small tube amps when I went with fractal. The AX8 is pretty cheap actually.
Great lesson. Thanks Jens!
You are very welcome 🙂
Great and highly useful lesson, Jens. Thanks.
Glad you like it Brad!
Triads is the way to go!
Right on! :)
Just stumbled across your channel and have checked out several videos. Very helpful and informative. Thank you for your hard work.
Thank you! 🙂 Glad you like them! Let me know if there is something you are looking for
Thanks for sharing, god bless you
You are very welcome 🙂
Jen’s, love ur format of split screen notation of what ur playing next to what ur doing live. Love the chord name insert boxes you add to summarize what you’ve said ( you talk fast and knowledgeably... ) I really get a lot from your VIDEO evolution I’ve noticed lately you’ve worked at cutting ur content down and keeping it actually better... KEEP GOING I would love more about what chords can sub out what chords segment... eg. like all chords that work like Dm7 chord..... just an example love this video!!!!!! Highly recommend u to my colleagues!!!!!
thanks Jens - as always helpful
Glad to hear that David!
LOVE T HIS BLUEY LESSON -- thanks
Thank you Francesco! 🙂
Fantastic as always, thanks again Jens!
Thank you Pertti! :)
Love this one. Thanks so much.
Thank you very much! I am glad you found it useful! If you have any suggestions for topics or things you are looking for the feel free to let me know 👍
Very very nice
Thank you! 🙂
You are amazing!
Thank you Joel 🙂
This is great stuff, it helps me zone into specific sounds using basic material I already know, Thank you, Jens, I chose improvisation because when I improvise well on a tune I love that feeling it gives me it's better than anything and I actually feel like a musician after, I guess it's up there with good sex! but it's between you and music lol
Thanks Anthony! Improvisation is indeed fantastic :)
@@JensLarsen yes and it realises all those feel-good chemicals in the brain and body
Thank you Jens. So simple and so useful. I do believe I will check your patreon page. I'm worried though that I won't be able to keep up.
Thank you very much! I am glad you find the videos useful and of course very grateful if you want to support the channel and join us over on Patreon!
Good stuff
Thank you very much Harrison!
Greatly useful video Jens. Will definitely be trying this out tomorrow.
Btw, what is your opinion on Rick Beato's playing and his teachings?
Thank you! Glad you like it. Rick is great! But I haven't seen all of his videos 🙂 He made a Guest appearance on my channel a few months ago
ha ha...mind blown..thnks
Lovely Jens - I've been trying to grasp that Ab triad on the D7alt everytime I've heard it in different solos... that sound is so blue even though it really isn't.
You're welcome! Glad it solved that mystery :)
So, Is the G7 treated as the V of C?(diatonically speaking) How do you ascertain the triad values? Bdim is the 7th of C, but you beautifully have it as the 3rd of G? Would it not just be Bm if it was the 3rd of G. Love your Videos !
Hi , those triads were great but can you help me and suggest any solo using G7 , C9, AM7, E7 and D7 chords.
Pls it's a request pls let me know it's really really important for me ...... Thank u..
Thank you! Your question doesn't really make sense. Could you explain it more clearly?
@@JensLarsen I mean I want a solo or a Riff ,over which I can play the following chord......
G7, C9, Am7, E7, D7 .
Thank you
@@thefantasticfirst4553 Then make one?
@@JensLarsen Exactly that's the problem ...... I am not getting it as I am a beginner ... So can you help me out pls
@@thefantasticfirst4553 that is the wrong way around.
Maybe Check out this post: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-jazz-guitar-suggestions-to-begin-studying/
Is it not possible to remove the written text. It's impossible to read the music.😢
Sorry, found a way.
Isn't it easier to think that we can use the 5 triads generated by G mixolydian ?? or the triads generated by the harmonic system of C?
I don't know. You should do what works for you 👍
@@JensLarsen Ab and Bb triads are generated by D altered scale right
@@guilhordas is that from this video?
@@JensLarsen yes . You played Ab triad over D alter scale
@@guilhordas thanks for asking this question because I had the same thought. I came to the conclusion that thinking about playing Mixolydian mode over a dominant seventh chord on a blues is fine, but thinking in terms of applicable chord triads that work over that chord may help break us out of the habit of just noodling scale tones up and down. The triads give us some appropriate intervals to hit instead of just running up and down scales. I'm definitely guilty of that, and have decided to spend more time doing chord arpeggio exercises to improve this aspect of my playing. Thanks Jens for this great lesson!
G Dm Bdim Em ..I'm trying to stretch my brain before your video.
edited...Cool video!
Hi Jens,
Where start?
I find improvising over dominant 7 chords (e.g. G7) very difficult. I usually use either mixolydian scale (that would be a C major) or the blues scale. Both I find both dissatisfying as they are in the end limited, especially if that is all you know... of course there is the dominant 7 arpeggio. To be honest I do not find it very musical either...
Your lesson was a difficult one... where do you get all of these new triads from? The G major scale and the chords therein? The Dm arpeggio pops up - Dm is not in the Gmajor scale group of chords... but I can see that the minor 3rd is the b7th in the G7...
I would benefit from an "I'm an idiot" approach to this subject... I may not be alone here:) So anything you can do to break it down slowly would be mush appreciated!
Thx for all your insights and help.
Well, let's see if we can figure it out together: G7 is what scale? (try to write out the notes)
Then we'll figure it out I am sure 🙂
@@JensLarsen : I assume C major as you were talking about Dm, I saw a Bdim in there too... G7 = G, B, D, F (all of which are in C major). Chords in C major are Cmaj7, Dm7, Em7, Fmaj7, G7, Am7 and Bdim / Bm7b5....
So there's your D minor right?
Hi Jens, sorry for my late answer. This is, for me, still work in progress. Am battling away at it. Will get back to you... I may end up having to book a lesson with you if I can’t fix it...
@@robertritchie2860 Don't worry about it :) You can ask here and of course you are free to ask in the Jazz Guitar insiders FB group as well!
First practicing 😂
Fair enough! :)