Jazz Chord Magic On Take The A Train - This Is How To Use Triads

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  • @JensLarsen
    @JensLarsen  4 года назад +23

    This is probably the most powerful type of voicing for me. What do you use?
    Content:
    0:00 Intro
    0:54 Take The A-Train - Basic set of chords
    1:38 Triad-based voicings
    2:20 Converting the Jazz voicings and doing great things
    2:56 Recognizing the triads
    4:10 Top-Note Melodies and Some Jazz Rhythm
    4:32 Using Inversions of the triads
    6:10 Chromatic melodies & Inner-voice movement
    8:03 Altering the voicings for more modern jazz sounds
    10:07 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page!

    • @onursarim
      @onursarim 2 года назад +1

      I play some parts by rewinding, so I wish you would enter every new part you enter by counting 4. Thank you very much for your valuable sharing.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  2 года назад +1

      @@onursarim Yes, I actually tried that out a few years ago, but people leave the video whenever that is there so I stopped doing that very fast. Sorry.

    • @onursarim
      @onursarim 2 года назад +1

      even if it's true for the video's health, my wish was in this direction as I have a guitar in my hand :) I'm very happy for your teachings, thank you again! :)

  • @geoffallen1331
    @geoffallen1331 4 года назад +18

    All this in 10 minutes wow. This guy has got me in to jazz. Always rock before

  • @francesco0185
    @francesco0185 4 года назад +8

    I'm a rock guitar player and this is the first time in my life that I found a video where I can approach jazz easily. So clear! I look forward to watch and study all your videos. Channel subscribed.

  • @acpgapex
    @acpgapex 4 года назад +29

    This is transformative stuff. Gigantic lightbulb moment for me.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад +4

      Thank you, Hunter 🙂

  • @jamesnesser8993
    @jamesnesser8993 4 года назад +4

    This is gold. Almost an entire course in one video. Thank you!

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      Glad you like it, James!

  • @KennethGonzalez
    @KennethGonzalez 4 года назад +2

    Jens, I think this is a very important lesson. In an attempt to get a "fuller sound," whether it's a desire to emulate what we hear on a recording or because the player doesn't have the opportunity to play with others, guitarists often succumb to the false ideal that they must "do it all." This results in imposing upon oneself all sorts of requirements of what one must learn and get good at to perform even at a basic level, when playing alone. Breaking things apart like this helps anyone learn the relationship of harmony, rhythm, and melody in the context of a song by *listening*, which opens the door to being able to play it. Thank you for getting this out there and your continued work on jazz/music education. You're a musical saint and inspiration! 👍😁

  • @bezziano57
    @bezziano57 3 года назад +6

    Wow. Just spent two hours with this lesson. I understand harmony well and theory too but the principles of how to apply in a 'Jazz setting' was something I couldn't really get. This lesson is invaluable! Thank You Jens. As a professional teacher myself, I really appreciate these lessons.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  3 года назад +1

      Great! Means a lot coming from a colleague. Thank you!

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 4 года назад +7

    Take the A Train is definitely an amazing Jazz Standard! Appreciative of the lesson and information as always!

  • @kartikeyasrivastava3719
    @kartikeyasrivastava3719 4 года назад +2

    You're the most amazing jazz teacher Jens, keep the lessons coming you've helped me grow so much !

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      You are very welcome! Glad you like the videos 🙂

    • @kartikeyasrivastava3719
      @kartikeyasrivastava3719 4 года назад +1

      Can you please explain how the composer must have come up with this progression of chords?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад +1

      Not really, but it is pretty common and in a few other famous jazz and bossanova pieces

  • @jedmarsillo
    @jedmarsillo 4 года назад +1

    Jen's this is a great lesson. Thank you for teaching that jazz chords don't always have to be these knuckle busting shapes. The examples you use are easy to understand and make so much sense even to a beginner jazz player like myself. Also now I learned the beginning of take the A train so this is like a double whammy lesson. Thank you so much.

  • @ChristyVandenMusic
    @ChristyVandenMusic 2 года назад +2

    Wow, between this and a couple other of your videos, I have already surpassed my playing ability on ALL jazz songs, thanks to you. Excellent instruction, clear and concise. I have always played a mash-up of folky, jazzy, Latin stylizations, but now I finally feel confident enough to tackle more complex jazz standards. :)

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  2 года назад

      Great to hear that you put it to use!!

  • @bassyey
    @bassyey Год назад +1

    I'm finally confident enough to make basic harmonization from a simple sheet. Looking for a way to color my arrangements so I'm going back through your videos.

  • @jclark42796
    @jclark42796 4 года назад +6

    Really great lesson! I try to watch all your vids as I get something out each and everyone of them. This one is really "magic" as it's helping me keep things simple w/ triads and I even sound jazzy :) ...Jim

  • @tomcripps7229
    @tomcripps7229 Год назад +1

    Great lesson Jens. I was trying to get some perspective on the song as I'm going through your top 5 jazz songs to learn.

  • @pickinstone
    @pickinstone 4 года назад +1

    I love these videos on triadic comping that you put out. Your single line videos are also great, but comping with triads is really fun on any comping instrument (including the piano). Going through the short George Van Eps Guitar Method exposed me to a lot of this material. Amazing how much you can convey with 3 notes and attention to melodic movement. Hope you are getting some sort of payment from all this. Not easy to put out this level of content, there's A LOT to explore in each video. Thanks!

  • @taromorino6504
    @taromorino6504 4 года назад +1

    Yes! This is what I was looking for. Hope you are healthy and in good spirits. Thank you for this lesson.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      Glad you like it, Taro 🙂

  • @AleMcCarthy
    @AleMcCarthy 4 года назад +4

    This lesson is awsome.. You are a big jazz guitar master, Thank u a lot Jens

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂

  • @williamlove9821
    @williamlove9821 4 года назад +9

    Love this song! great lesson as always Jens!

  • @nmonye01
    @nmonye01 4 года назад

    This is a great way to teach chord substitution. Improvised melody starts with chords this is very illuminating lesson.

  • @nelsonwhite7386
    @nelsonwhite7386 4 года назад +4

    Great lesson. Well explained and many possibilities.

  • @jfitz458
    @jfitz458 5 месяцев назад +1

    You are quite a chord expressionist. Thanx.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks for listening

  • @1032godofwar
    @1032godofwar Год назад +1

    Outstanding like usual. Great lesson!

  • @kewchiburnz
    @kewchiburnz 3 года назад +1

    hi from maui! just started getting into jazz and learning more about triads to start off. this helped my understanding a lot. thanks!

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  3 года назад +1

      Hi Riley! maybe check out this post: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-jazz-guitar-suggestions-to-begin-studying/

  • @nlmal4
    @nlmal4 4 года назад +5

    Jens you just read my mind. I was practicing this method. Thank you anyway.

  • @shadracastrat
    @shadracastrat 4 года назад +1

    Absolutely gold this lesson!!!Thank you Lars 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @FrantzesElzaurdia
    @FrantzesElzaurdia 4 года назад +1

    Jens, how should we approach playing solo jazz guitar? How can I improvise playing solo without it sounding empty? A video on different techniques would be great! Thanks!

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      That is indeed tricky :) Here are a few: ruclips.net/video/YStKvDWkqSc/видео.html

    • @FrantzesElzaurdia
      @FrantzesElzaurdia 4 года назад

      @@JensLarsen Thank you

  • @ck-kb4nn
    @ck-kb4nn 3 года назад +1

    i wish these videos were around when i first started jazz

  • @voronOsphere
    @voronOsphere 4 года назад +2

    Excellent! Any Strayhorn/Ellington is awesome for study! Thanks, Jens!

  • @salvadorgarcia8661
    @salvadorgarcia8661 4 года назад +2

    Como siempre una gran lección y buen material para practicar. Muchas gracias maestro!!

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      You're welcome Salvador!

  • @twoowls5570
    @twoowls5570 4 года назад +2

    Great posting Jens, really helpful to an intermediate like me! Best regards, Jimp

  • @marinusz8322
    @marinusz8322 4 года назад

    Hi Jens, Great stuff again. Only last week, insprired by the 10 Jazz standards you once proposed, I was practicing this song, but got stuck. Your timing couldn't have been better.
    Excellent !

  • @stevecrounse1789
    @stevecrounse1789 Год назад

    Fantastic lesson

  • @johnholt1027
    @johnholt1027 4 года назад +1

    Thank you very much for this lesson 3 note chord

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      You're very welcome John

  • @hansjrgenandersen106
    @hansjrgenandersen106 2 года назад

    Tak!

  • @martinrhodes1619
    @martinrhodes1619 4 года назад +1

    Great lesson by the way.

  • @guitariste47
    @guitariste47 Год назад +1

    Great video!!!

  • @downhill240
    @downhill240 4 года назад +1

    Another great lesson! Thanks Jens!!

  • @feelgoodjosh
    @feelgoodjosh 4 года назад +2

    wow! chromaticism sounds so great on these examples. thank you for sharing this knowledge Jens

  • @arce7820
    @arce7820 2 года назад +1

    great stuff

  • @NicholasStein
    @NicholasStein 4 года назад

    Brilliant. Beautifully explained. I really appreciate the sheet music. The m7, b7, 6 inner voicing looks really useful and I will try that in my playing as you suggested in your "the wrong way to practice" video. In my comping, I often rely on rootless chords and inversions. That is the bassists job. :0) Arpeggiating rootless voicings and adding voice leading, chromatics and enclosures is a very good way to come up with ideas.
    Speaking of the wrong way to practice, I have always struggled with practicing the coltrane pentatonics. Popping them in between chord arps and scales has been getting the sound in my ear.

  • @jz4901
    @jz4901 4 года назад +7

    Súper lesson as always. I really like the variations, the base idea is simple but it’s easy to miss all the available options. Thanks Jens!
    A question: when you do a triad, eg playing an FMaj triad over a D root, do you really think of it as an FMaj triad, or do you just think of it as part of the D minor chord? I’m asking because sometimes you (and other teachers) refer to those other chords, but I feel that is more complicated for me. I would rather focus on the F as minor third, A as the fifth, and C as minor seventh. Can you describe how you a picturing or hearing the harmony in your mind as you play?
    Cheers and thanks again! Jz

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      Thanks! I don't think about it as an F major triad, it has just become Dm7 for me when I use it because that is what I hear in the context.

  • @miguelcastano3210
    @miguelcastano3210 4 года назад +1

    Great!! I usually use a half disminished in a b7 second inversion , or the bass in b7 with a rise or flat 9. Or a Eb7/9 as a Ab9b13 in 3rd inversion XD Its curious because mathematically (not always works) the same voicing (in 5-4-3-2 strings) are a lot of diferent things but in resume are only a few positions. Its difficult to have a good aproach. Great lesson. I will see it again with calm. I really appreciate your lessons, you clarify some things, are helpfull. Thank you!

  • @overtonesnteatime198
    @overtonesnteatime198 4 года назад +1

    Thanks jens ive ben waiting for this ;)

  • @synapsefire123
    @synapsefire123 2 года назад +2

    If y’all like this video, don’t sleep on Sandra Sherman’s video.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  2 года назад +1

      Indeed, Sandra is great! 👍🙂

  • @univuniveral9713
    @univuniveral9713 4 года назад +2

    Good one. Will watch it after work. Lest i forget to ask, Lars: Please can I ask how much of another artist's song you can use in a video before youtube flags it as a copy right issue? I wanna do country music and rock covers, and when I build an audience I would like to monetise the channel.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      I think 8-12 seconds? Not really a lot if you want to do a cover, but I think you only have to share the revenue if you do a cover?

    • @univuniveral9713
      @univuniveral9713 4 года назад

      @@JensLarsen Thanks. Maybe I will do the covers and build up for two years or so. When I wanna monetise, I will delete the covers.

    • @KennethGonzalez
      @KennethGonzalez 4 года назад +1

      Some artists/acts are more finicky about this than others. In some cases, it's actually driven by the music conglomerates, in their desire to preserve their revenue streams.
      I'd recommend looking at some of the videos from Rick Beato. He's had to deal with many of his RUclips videos getting blocked and/or demonetized, despite his use of something being within the guidelines associated with the "fair use" doctrine.
      Given this, some things you do may "fly under the radar," some will not. If you aren't overly concerned about the potential for losses, I say go for it! The worst that can happen is to have your content blocked 😉

  • @meanmikebojak1087
    @meanmikebojak1087 4 года назад

    Had to really twist my ear around this lesson to hear " take the a train ". But there were a lot of go info in the post. Thanks.

  • @benkatof4240
    @benkatof4240 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for the great lesson! Perfect timing as im following your prior advise to learn solos by ear using A Train. A question - I've chosen a Paul Desmond solo to learn by ear, as he stays around the melody and is easier for me to grasp than some other versions. Is this a sound approach for a relative beginner?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад +1

      Glad you like it! I am sure that solo is fine, just go for it!

  • @jeanlouissorin7598
    @jeanlouissorin7598 2 года назад +1

    Hello, thank a lot for this very nice tuto. Which equipment do you use to have a such jazz sound? Only the guitar or additional with something else?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  2 года назад

      Thank you! This is my guitar into my Fractal Audio AX8, which is essentially and amp with a digital reverb :)

    • @jeanlouissorin7598
      @jeanlouissorin7598 2 года назад

      Thanks Jens, but wahou your Fractal is a war machine :)-. Would you know something more simple?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  2 года назад

      @@jeanlouissorin7598 not really. I use that for pretty much everything 🙂

  • @johnholt1027
    @johnholt1027 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for response Jens I guess I kinda here “Satin Doll” in those voicings also

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      That could certainly be :)

  • @annettesomers7463
    @annettesomers7463 2 года назад +1

    Great 👍

  • @ksiazepaweek1064
    @ksiazepaweek1064 8 месяцев назад +1

    Jens, one more question How that A7(b9) on the turnaround works? I see that it's 2-5-1 to G but why it has 2 dominant chords? is it dominant 2-5-1 always dominant, minor, dominant instead of minor, dominant, major or diminished, dominant minor ?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  8 месяцев назад

      I have a video on secondary dominants if you want to know more about them?
      In the end, the why something ahs a certain melody or chord progression is of course up to the composer. Composers don't just write stuff according to formulas there are some creative choices as well 🙂

    • @ksiazepaweek1064
      @ksiazepaweek1064 8 месяцев назад

      @@JensLarsen its secondary dominant!! of course it is! thank you good sir

  • @martinrhodes1619
    @martinrhodes1619 4 года назад +2

    Jens - can I ask you how you get that great jazz tone with your Gibson 335? I can never achieve this even with the tone rolled off using mine. Are you using flat wound strings? What kind of amp do you use? Sorry for the string of questions. Thank you.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      I don't actually roll the tone off (at least not most of the time). I use a twin model in my fractal audio AX8. Very little bass and treble and quite a bit of mids. That is what you want to go for to not have very dark sound but not too much treble.
      You can see the settings I use in the video on getting a jazz tone on a strat (it is the same settings)

    • @martinrhodes1619
      @martinrhodes1619 4 года назад +1

      Jens Larsen - excellent. Thank you! That’s exactly what I’m doing wrong. I’ve been emphasizing the bass instead of the mids, so way too boomy with my Supro Supreme which I take around with me - especially if I use a hollow body, and not especially good either with the semi hollow 335.

  • @SmogandBlack
    @SmogandBlack 4 года назад +1

    I have the greatest admiration for your work. I really mean it... but besides that, may I ask you if what you are playing is an ES 339?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      Thank you, no, it is an Es335 🙂

  • @tonyfaelens3626
    @tonyfaelens3626 4 года назад +1

    Great !!!!!

  • @koenfillet8700
    @koenfillet8700 2 года назад +1

    I'm struggling with the D7 in bar 3 & 4. Shouldn't that be X X 10 9 9 X, to fit with the A-train melody?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  2 года назад

      For a lesson like this it is not that important to have it fit the melody (most choruses are probably not the melody) and you would have to make it x x 10 11 9 x with a lot of explaining. For the material in the lesson I think this is a better solution.
      If it really bothers you you can always think of it as "So Danco Samba" in swing, then it doesn't clash 😁

    • @koenfillet8700
      @koenfillet8700 2 года назад +1

      Sorry, Jens. I have found the same question and your answer below. Thanks for those great lessons of yours.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  2 года назад

      @@koenfillet8700 No worries 🙂🙂

  • @martinpaddle
    @martinpaddle 4 года назад +1

    Great video, as usual. Silly question, but what backing track are you using?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      It is one I made myself. Since you just signed up for Patreon you should have access to some of the Take The A-Train Webstore lessons that have backing tracks :)

    • @martinpaddle
      @martinpaddle 4 года назад +1

      @@JensLarsen thanks, signed up :)

  • @ksiazepaweek1064
    @ksiazepaweek1064 8 месяцев назад +1

    Why u don't use #11 in 2nd chord even though it's in the melody? Just wondering

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  8 месяцев назад

      You don't have to, and this is not only a out comping the theme, , so it is better to keep it simple and not full of theory.

    • @ksiazepaweek1064
      @ksiazepaweek1064 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@JensLarsen I agree, thank you for response, you're a lovely lad Jens!

  • @johnholt1027
    @johnholt1027 4 года назад +1

    Is there a book that has exercises using these forms ?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      Not yet :) Give me a few months.....

  • @kartikeyasrivastava3719
    @kartikeyasrivastava3719 4 года назад +1

    How to explain the chord arrangement?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      If you want to learn how to write chord progressions then learn songs and practice composing progressions 🙂

    • @kartikeyasrivastava3719
      @kartikeyasrivastava3719 4 года назад +1

      @@JensLarsen thankyou, it's awesome that you are active at replying to your viewers on both instagram and youtube. Keep up the good work🙏

  • @GreatMammothPictures
    @GreatMammothPictures 4 года назад +1

    How about using passing chords ala Ed Bickert? Great video btw

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад +1

      There are several ways to insert passing chords, I have a video on that coming up and there are a few on the channel already.

  • @davidskinner8351
    @davidskinner8351 4 года назад

    You're using D7 rather than D7#11 as the second chord? The melody note is G# (or Ab).

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      Yes, but I am not setting out to only comp the melody am I :)

    • @davidskinner8351
      @davidskinner8351 4 года назад +1

      @@JensLarsen Granted. I just wonder whether a soloist would expect to play over the D7 or the D7#11 chord. Sorry if I'm being thick, but how would you resolve that? Or would you not worry about it, i.e. because the tension resolves by the next chord anyway?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      @@davidskinner8351 The soloist is equally likely to play the 5th and not the #11 so you just have to listen :)

  • @bradstock
    @bradstock 3 года назад +1

    Am I crazy or are the B section chords not shown in this video?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  3 года назад +1

      No, I am only using the A-part to demonstrate what you can do with triads.

    • @bradstock
      @bradstock 3 года назад +1

      @@JensLarsen no problem, thanks so much for what you do, big fan!

  • @kjeldpaulsen
    @kjeldpaulsen 4 года назад +1

    Har netop forsøgt at downloade pdf'en, der hører til her, men det vil ikke lykkes. Gad ellers godt ha den :-(

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  4 года назад

      Hvad virkede ikke? Du skulle kunne skrive din e-mail og så går browser automatisk til download siden?

    • @kjeldpaulsen
      @kjeldpaulsen 4 года назад

      Tak, det lykkedes efter jeg genstartede computeren 😊

  • @tomg6284
    @tomg6284 4 года назад

    I need new fingers, mine don't move like that..
    I will keep working on it.

  • @richarddunn324
    @richarddunn324 2 года назад +1

    can someone tell me why my real book uses a D7b5 in bar 3?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  2 года назад +1

      Because of the G# in the melody

    • @richarddunn324
      @richarddunn324 2 года назад +1

      @@JensLarsen How did I not see that? :-/ My copy of Modern Jazz Guitar Concepts is arriving on Thursday! Am looking forward to getting stuck in to it :-D

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  2 года назад +1

      @@richarddunn324 Hope you find something you can use 🙂

    • @richarddunn324
      @richarddunn324 2 года назад

      @@JensLarsen Amazon delivered the book today, so work on new guitar skills has now commenced!

  • @thijs199
    @thijs199 4 года назад

    halo

  • @mysongs1803
    @mysongs1803 2 года назад

    You may be brilliant, but obviously too advanced for me to follow you, and you go too fast.