Important (beginner) Jazz Advice: 5 Easy Jazz Standards To Start With

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  • Learning Jazz standards is incredibly important, but it can also be unbelievably difficult in the beginning. These 5 songs are all great options to start with when you are building your repertoire.
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    00:00 Intro
    00:53 #1 Pent Up House
    02:15 #2 Perdido
    03:24 How Not To Learn Songs
    04:31 #3 Satin Doll
    05:37 Start with the Major Key
    06:47 #4 Afternoon In Paris
    08:00 #5 Take The A-train
    08:37 Honorable Mentions
    09:03 What Should You Practice If You Are New To Jazz
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  • @JensLarsen
    @JensLarsen  Год назад +8

    Did Jazz Guitar get easier to learn in 2023? Here's my take on that: ruclips.net/video/FwJhr4UOhcE/видео.html

  • @user-jq5pm7xq7u
    @user-jq5pm7xq7u 18 дней назад +1

    You're definitely one of the best teachers on RUclips. No flashy tricks nor bull excrements. Thanks for your commitment

  • @boomerdell
    @boomerdell Год назад +58

    As a student in your Jazz Roadmap course, and also as a beginner, I can attest that "Take The A Train" is an excellent starting point for learning some of the most fundamental and important skills in jazz. I highly recommend Jens' course, even to you more advanced players. Thank you, Jens!

    • @michelvaliquette8679
      @michelvaliquette8679 Год назад

      I am finishing an intermediate course with P Davids and thinking of going for the road map to jazz with jen. You recommended it ? what type of guitar are you playing solid or hollw body ?

    • @Shazamthunder
      @Shazamthunder Год назад +1

      Would you recommend it for someone who is more of a rock and metal guitarist but wants to get into jazz?

  • @cheeseheadfiddle
    @cheeseheadfiddle Год назад +11

    I think learning songs that have lyrics is a good thing to work with as well. Listening to a pretty straight up singer sing the melody with the lyrics can get the tune in your head better in some way. Sinatra, Lena Horn, Nat King Cole etc. Sing along with it. Then move to an instrumental version, then go to learn it once you can sing it.

  • @dcjway
    @dcjway Год назад +11

    Autumn Leaves was the first jazz tune I learned. It’s a song I know well because I used to love listening to Barney Kessel’s version from his album Autumn Leaves.

  • @outinacornfield
    @outinacornfield Год назад +5

    Thank you, Jens for this revised version of your recommended top songs to learn. I am pleasantly surprised by Afternoon in Paris. And of course I, and I imagine all your viewers and listeners, would love to see your top five standards in a minor key. And your top five tips for being apparently perpetually cheerful.

  • @JaredPlane
    @JaredPlane 4 месяца назад +2

    I have to say, Jens. You're editing is world class! :O

  • @artompkins7958
    @artompkins7958 Год назад +1

    One great, invaluable lesson after another, Jens! I swear one of your lessons/month is still plenty.
    I bet most players of “note”worthy achievement, like yourself, Jens, spent many, many hours working hard, whether or not it might be considered smart.

  • @ekdguitar123
    @ekdguitar123 Год назад +6

    Again great lesson. Exactly what I need. Yes please more: 5 Latin songs and 5 in a minor key. Thanks!

  • @eduardoobregon9466
    @eduardoobregon9466 Год назад +6

    Another great song to learn at first is “in a mellow tone”
    Great video Jens!

  • @nowayjay123
    @nowayjay123 Год назад +4

    These are all great tunes. I studied a majority of these while learning Jazz.
    I also recommend Scrapple from the Apple, Billie’s Bounce, and Line for Lyons.
    Great video!

  • @karlderdelinckx
    @karlderdelinckx Год назад +4

    I started with all of me - autumn leaves - all the things you are - my funny valentine. Partly on guitar and partly on piano. Piano parts really helped to see the chord structures clearer. The different keys was just what I was looking for. But I must say i’m not bebop soloing over it. I’m just using the scales and go where I feel like.

  • @LITRLG0D
    @LITRLG0D 2 месяца назад +2

    Chitlins Con Carne is a great song to learn! Not only is it pretty easy, but how it is arranged helps you understand how to play with other instruments. The solo leaves a ton of space, and the chord voicings for the guitar allow the bass guitar to come through great in a band setting or on a mix. This song was the first song that I threw together in Logic and it showed me how each instrument can be arranged to come together perfectly.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  2 месяца назад +1

      That is true, but it is not very good for building your skill when it comes to learning and hearing changes, the solo is too much minor blues on a dominant and not really helping develop your ability to hear changes.
      I love using the solos as a 1st attempt at learning by ear, but I don't think the song is a great first choice 🙂

    • @LITRLG0D
      @LITRLG0D 2 месяца назад +1

      @@JensLarsen yea fair enough. I didn’t really think about it in terms of the criteria you laid out. That’s why you’re the pro!

  • @petsounds8006
    @petsounds8006 5 месяцев назад +1

    For me they are there will never be another you and all of me. Both songs contains in them all the most common cadences in jazz (minor/major 251, 4 minor/backdoor, static dominant, turnaround) while having a simple melody and tempo.

  • @iainmacdonald8099
    @iainmacdonald8099 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you Jen’s .. this is exactly what I was looking for

  • @jamescopeland5358
    @jamescopeland5358 Год назад +1

    Very interesting choices, thx Jens

  • @Poketrainer92
    @Poketrainer92 Год назад

    Two years ago I started learning chord melody style, and my first song was In a Sentimental Mood because that was the song that made me curious about Jazz, after that Misty, Satin Doll, Autumn Leaves, all the things you are. There are few that I'm learning There will be never another you, Honeysuckle rose, my favorites things, and so on...

  • @rifosi
    @rifosi Год назад +2

    Hey, very good advice to practice solo development over a core progression (here II - V - I) playing over different tunes, arrangements and keys. This really can "unwrap things" from brains out. Thanks again for your steady support!

  • @williamstanford7994
    @williamstanford7994 Год назад +1

    Thanks for this! I'm getting out my Real Book right now!

  • @andercoyote4170
    @andercoyote4170 Год назад +7

    Jens I want to tell you I started watching your videos just last year. At first I thought it was way over my head but I'd plug along and often had to put the playback speed at 75% 😂 was overwhelmed with the amount of content but I knew you were my teacher, I just had to stick to practice.
    Slowly I began to understand more and more concepts and the vocabulary-- both musical and actual terminology!
    I continued working on what I could outside of your videos then would go in for more...now a year later I am playing jazz chords, have an understanding of basic theory, the circle of fifths, the fretboard, my technique and speed is much improved, I'm playing a variety of scales in positions and starting to work on arpegios and chord melody!
    I still suck but wow what a lot I've learned! And I actually understand your videos now and I can play them at regular speed 😂
    Thank you so much!! Gracias ! Gracias!

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +2

      That's really great to hear! Go for it! 👍🙂

  • @drewserafini1237
    @drewserafini1237 Год назад +9

    I teach a number of beginning jazz students and one of my favorite choices (and most of theirs as well) is Mack The Knife. Compact 16-bar form, easy melody, and is mostly made up of ii Vs and a modulation to the relative minor which is very common in other standards.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +3

      That is indeed pretty simple, I find it a bit too stretched out with the harmony if you want to learn to play changes, but that is also a question of taste of course 🙂

  • @henaege
    @henaege Год назад +1

    Very helpful framework for determining what songs to choose to learn. Gave me things to consider that I hadn't thought of. Thanks!

  • @bohnulus
    @bohnulus Год назад +2

    Awesome vid …. Jens…. Couldn’t agree more on your list …. Those 5 help build solid knowledge of bits and pieces of everything … we will encounter ….take the a train never fails to bring applause. … I love Stella … but way too complicated …. It didn’t teach me anything that really helped … but it sure was cool when I did get it … I always thought that fly me to the moon was a great learning jazz piece … great vid Jens ❤

  • @markslist1542
    @markslist1542 Год назад +2

    Another excellent instruction video. Entirely entertaining too. Jens, you make the best guitar instruction videos on the web, bar none.

  • @vincej151
    @vincej151 Год назад +2

    Great video Jens as always. I have come to realise something about learning Jazz remotely over the internet. The presenter must be watchable. This might seem obvious but if the presenter does not do videos at all, like Dirk Laukens, then that is almost a non starter. Then if the presenter delivers videos which are bland, and unengaging then again, they will not hold your attention. I have been watching your videos for probably 10 years and in recent years you have really upped your game with much improved lighting and interesting amusing video inserts. You do a great job, and I am glad that I have finally made the decision to join your tuition programme. I am not a guitar beginner by any means, however the only reason it took me so long is because you can be quite academic and to a *jazz beginner* that has made me worried that I was not good enough to even understand your lessons. However, I feel confident enough now to take the plunge - it is exciting to make a start!

  • @ishaq24722
    @ishaq24722 Год назад

    Great video, as usual. In my experience learning songs, I have to know the melody in order to get the swing with the chords, and when Im tapping my feet with the music, then I've learned the song and the theme and then can match to the chords. I've found that singing the words( I'm NOT a singer) helps... If you don't know the theme, you'll be just playing chords mechanically and won't learn the song. Jen going off and for days learning songs is a traditional method in jazz called going to the WOODSHED. Sonny Rollins' woodshed was a bridge in NYC...alone at night...

  • @jroc2201
    @jroc2201 7 дней назад

    Thanks for the information

  • @antsonc
    @antsonc Год назад +4

    Perdido and Satin doll... I think they were the first two tunes my first jazz teacher used with me. Autumn leaves would obviously be an easy choice, then I'd say (choosen by my teacher as well) After You're gone and There's no greater love.

  • @jeffreed8730
    @jeffreed8730 Год назад +3

    Thanks again Jens! I would recommend: Autumn Leaves, Blue Bossa, Misty, Ladybird, Satin Doll/Just Friends.
    Focus: tonal center analysis/scale use
    Next level: Sweet Georgia Brown, After You’ve Gone, Rhythm Changes (Bb), Gentle Rain, Black Orpheus.

  • @cbolt4492
    @cbolt4492 Год назад +1

    Loving it 😎

  • @lifequotient
    @lifequotient Год назад +1

    This is so helpful and just what I needed. Thank you for this

  • @AdamLevyGuitarTips
    @AdamLevyGuitarTips Год назад +1

    Really useful, Jens. Thanks for this! I wish I had your list when I was getting started.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад

      Thank you, Adam! Me too actually 😁

  • @tomcripps7229
    @tomcripps7229 Год назад +1

    I will try to learn these Jens. Lately I've been thinking Beautiful Love as a good one, though it resembles Autumn Leaves in many ways, but more captivating to me.

  • @Slappaccino
    @Slappaccino Год назад

    I'm just now getting into jazz playing coming from prog rock, and dudes like Wes and Benson are blowing my mind. I'm learning Caravan as sort of my entry point to the genre, and it's incredible.
    Robert Fripp may be my favorite guitarist, but the technical proficiency of these guys is insane.

    • @CarlosMurgueitio
      @CarlosMurgueitio Год назад

      Robert is also a proficient jazz player, way before Crimson he and Andy Summers played jazz in their hometown.

  • @mfitkin
    @mfitkin 10 месяцев назад

    I became obsessed with Django’s Castle by Joe Pass right when I started getting into jazz guitar. It was very difficult at first but I eventually got there, and now that I understand more theory it was fun to go back and dissect it to actually understand what I was playing and why I loved the sound.

  • @ehd.f4269
    @ehd.f4269 Год назад +5

    Hahaha “danish mountains” got me good 😂

  • @jameslockhart2223
    @jameslockhart2223 Год назад +6

    There should be a basic jazz blues on your list, Jens! C Jam Blues must be the simplest head to learn (even in all keys 😉) and Bag's Groove is an easy pentatonic riff for rock guitarists starting out with jazz.

  • @CN-dq4pc
    @CN-dq4pc Год назад +1

    Thank you for your advice

  • @klemenmikus
    @klemenmikus Год назад

    Just starting myself, will try these out. Some of my first songs were watermelon man and equinox.

  • @MrBradWi
    @MrBradWi Год назад +1

    Sonny Rollins' material is always good to draw from. There is often a simple theme that is friendly enough to start with yet eventually allows for some complex soloing. Tenor Madness and St. Thomas come to mind as honorable mentions. Still, you can't go wrong with Ellington and the A Train and Satin Doll.

  • @felixplaza823
    @felixplaza823 Год назад +1

    Great video! Thanks! Please do a follow up video for minor songs!

  • @johnmarlin7269
    @johnmarlin7269 Год назад +1

    Thanks. This is helpful.

  • @brendaboykin3281
    @brendaboykin3281 Год назад +1

    Thank you,Jens🌹🌹🌹😎

  • @billmiller9145
    @billmiller9145 Год назад +2

    I recently got reacquainted with Begin the Beguine and on the surface feels like a good place to start a well. Would like to hear your opinion about it. Keep up the great work!

  • @whyceeguy
    @whyceeguy 5 месяцев назад

    Going back a long time to when I started Satin Doll was the song that made the ii V I make sense to me. I came from playing a lot of 50s/60s Doo Wop (I vi ii/IV V) which I would recommend for learning chord extensions, how 6 7 9 etc alter straight forward changes. As far as soloing Blue Bossa was where I saw how to play chromatic lines and step away from scales. So many Miles Davis tunes are lessons in tonality, they are so diverse just find the ones that speak to you.

  • @giringuha4229
    @giringuha4229 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you!

  • @siitan83
    @siitan83 11 месяцев назад

    what a wonderful world - is a good one, not the easiest, but its a good one, gets people excited and everyone loves that, and knows that.

  • @shatzuneT
    @shatzuneT 12 дней назад

    Great selection Jens! Pent up house made granted you my like to the video. I was expecting a blues tune because it has a form common to other blues songs and generally simple melodies. Blue Monk and Mr. PC perhaps as good examples. However I guess you had a good reason not to choose them. Thanks!

  • @MrMichaelcurran
    @MrMichaelcurran Год назад

    It took me 5 was to feel comfortable with Autumn Leaves. But it Lent itself to preparing me for Fly Me To The Moon.

  • @stringbenderbb
    @stringbenderbb Год назад

    Danish mountains...lol. Great content Jens!

  • @kevindonnelly761
    @kevindonnelly761 Год назад +2

    Looking forward to this video Jens. I'll bet you showed those NAMM dudes how it's done !

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +2

      Thanks Kevin! It was great to hang out with people at NAMM 🙂

  • @uppermids
    @uppermids Год назад +1

    Thank you very much!

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +1

      Glad you like it!

    • @uppermids
      @uppermids Год назад

      @@JensLarsen Very much so. I've spent the last month practicing "In a Sentimental Mood" from a Fake Book (I'm a total beginner as far as jazz guitar is concerned) and it's starting to dawn on me there might be even better entry choices. 🙂

  • @domukaz
    @domukaz 11 месяцев назад

    You mention the idea of making a video about good songs for beginners in minor keys, and I'd love to see that one, even if you leaned on the old reliables you mentioned in this video. Some solid discussion of what makes minor keys hard to play for beginners would be a treat. Thanks as always for the good video and for the recommendations!

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  11 месяцев назад +1

      Maybe try these ruclips.net/video/3bGWISsJLuc/видео.html 🙂

    • @domukaz
      @domukaz 11 месяцев назад

      @@JensLarsen There you go! Thanks!

  • @Mats.Fagerberg
    @Mats.Fagerberg Год назад +1

    "In the danish mountains". Great fun!

  • @vincej151
    @vincej151 Год назад +1

    I live in Alberta Canada, so I'll be sleeping. But I will definitely watch the recording.

  • @djsjdh-hoahdi
    @djsjdh-hoahdi Год назад +2

    that list is hilarious Jens😂😂😂

  • @benkatof5852
    @benkatof5852 Год назад +1

    Girl From Bosanova - classic!

  • @davidszabo74
    @davidszabo74 Год назад +2

    I like the list. Although Afternoon Paris seems a little bit higher level to me. I think I would suggest a jazz blues(probably Now is the time or Tenor Madness) and Mack the knife to start with.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +1

      I think that Jazz Blues is sort of another chapter, and there are also some reasons not to start with that for beginners 🙂

  • @j-mad
    @j-mad Год назад +2

    Mr PC is a nice one.

  • @Faolain_
    @Faolain_ Год назад +2

    I always welcome beginner advice

  • @jrooney3201
    @jrooney3201 Год назад +2

    I will start with Blue Bossa.

  • @Hexxor1985
    @Hexxor1985 Год назад +1

    Hi Jens
    Great lesson again! From the Roadmap course I got familair with "Take the A Train" as well. That was a great standard to get into things.
    A bit off topic question. I live in the same city as you. I would love to see you play live in the area. Is there a place were we can see upcoming shows you are going to do?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +1

      I don't have a calendar at the moment, maybe just check the newsletter? Mostly I actually play in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and I have a tour coming up in Spain as well, but I rarely play in the Hague at the moment.

  • @patrickpowell5430
    @patrickpowell5430 Год назад +3

    Hi Jens, my suggestion, which my jazz tutor and I are working on at the moment is My Favourite Things. It is straightforward, though the jazz waltz rhythm needs work, but so satisfying, especially the same melody for Em7 and Emaj7 etc. My tutor tells me John Coltrane used to record this again and again and again. Lyrics are shite, yes, but then we're not interested in them, it's the music we like.

  • @dreamcity7514
    @dreamcity7514 Год назад

    Do you have any videos about using pedlas (like delay or reverb) to make a unique jazz guitar tone?

  • @ssm445
    @ssm445 Год назад

    0:12. "Danish Mountains" 😅 good one

  • @jllewi
    @jllewi Год назад +1

    Good morning!

  • @elijahrussmusic
    @elijahrussmusic 3 месяца назад +1

    Hey, Jens! I'm learning Cool Blues as my first song (recommended by a teacher) and I'm wondering your opinion of this. Thanks and great video!

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  3 месяца назад +1

      That can be ok, I would not recommend a blues for all students, but I sure it's fine 🙂

  • @thijs199
    @thijs199 Год назад

    so in drop D I was playing, fingerstyle; Bm to x10333 and right after x10330 which is really a pain for my carpal tunnel syndrome, so I changed it into Bm to 8x078x and right after 8x0780 I rather have the slide than the other way, it's just to big a stretch, and it's not the stretch, it's more the position and strain on my bend in my wrist I have to make to get it

  • @mateodiazvelez5784
    @mateodiazvelez5784 Год назад

    Good sugestions Jens! Could you recommend easy Jazz Blues songs to learn?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +1

      I would actually recommend not starting with Jazz blues, which is why they are not on the list. But easy heads would be something like Chitlins Con Carne, Tenor Madness?

  • @devinmcmanus
    @devinmcmanus Год назад +1

    Thanks for another great video! Can you please recommend jazz blues tunes for beginners?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +3

      Tenor Madness, Au Privave and Now's The Time.

    • @devinmcmanus
      @devinmcmanus Год назад +1

      @@JensLarsen Thank you! 😄

  • @cheeseheadfiddle
    @cheeseheadfiddle Год назад

    How high the moon which goes from major to minor in a bunch of places, but I think that’s a really good first thing to internalize,
    all of me,
    girl from ipanema.

  • @AngaraagPhookan
    @AngaraagPhookan 11 месяцев назад

    Hi! Can you leave the name of the book you use in the start of the video ?

  • @Mikkokosmos
    @Mikkokosmos Год назад +1

    Denmark has mountains? 😅 Chitlins con Carne is a tune I use to trick students into playing Jazz

  • @aryanz66
    @aryanz66 Год назад +1

    That List:))))

  • @mateushayasaka
    @mateushayasaka 4 месяца назад

    I recommend Equinox by Coltrane.

  • @LeleMelo
    @LeleMelo 11 месяцев назад

    Hi Jens! How about some jazz blues? Do you think it would be an easier entry point? Thought I would see some on your list. “Straight, No Chaser” comes to mind, or “West Coast Blues” if you want to spice up the rhythms little bit. If you have a better recommendation to those I would love to know, or maybe it could be a good topic for another video. Thanks for all the effort and time you put into teaching and sharing your knowledge! It’s truly appreciated.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  11 месяцев назад +1

      It depends, sometimes people have to fight old habits too much when they start with Jazz Blues and it is not always helping you develop your ear that much

    • @LeleMelo
      @LeleMelo 11 месяцев назад

      @@JensLarsen I guess that’s because most people get to jazz from blues, right? I went the other way around, got to blues from jazz. Always felt that I wasn’t getting the jazz phrasing and feel right because my blues language was super poor. Hope that makes sense!

  • @tyroneshuz
    @tyroneshuz Год назад

    Probably a blues belongs in there, not necessarily a 12-bar--Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me is a great candidate, or Georgia On My Mind, a bluesy ballad. Another candidate--a bossa nova like Meditation--pretty basic melody.

  • @persistence_of_vision
    @persistence_of_vision Год назад

    Song For My Father... Maiden Voyage... Impressions... Watermelon Man... All Blues...

  • @lolobuggah2670
    @lolobuggah2670 Год назад +1

    I started learning Satin Doll. What is a good strategy for soloing over the ii V's that don't resolve to the I chord? I know the diatonic notes work but since the V is not a functioning dominant, the tense notes in altered or diminished are probably not as effective. Right?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +1

      If you focus on making lines that hit target notes then you are not really restricted by thinking about the function of the chord: ruclips.net/video/r_HZSUfOKwM/видео.html

  • @francisromero6300
    @francisromero6300 2 месяца назад

    "Tune up" is a great easy tune to start.

  • @jcfausto
    @jcfausto 5 месяцев назад +1

    I’m learning grant green’s “You stepped out of a dream”. I wonder if that would be a good choice as well for a tune to learn for beginners 🤔
    The melody seems to be “learnable” and the harmony seems to also not be too difficult to learn as it is in the key of Cmajor. The form though has some variations, not so straightforward as an AABA I guess.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  5 месяцев назад

      It is a friendly tempo but you can find much easier Grant Green solos than that.

    • @jcfausto
      @jcfausto 5 месяцев назад

      I see. Well, that’s another challenge for the beginner learner I guess. Understanding what’s easy and what’s not. :) Thanks for this video by the way. I’ll definitely check out the recommendations you’ve made.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  5 месяцев назад

      @@jcfausto Maybe this video is useful: ruclips.net/video/K7OO-s31pOU/видео.html

  • @macleadg
    @macleadg Год назад

    I’m an experienced classical musician, but new to jazz. I have strong technique, I can sight-read most heads in the Real Book (some bebop tunes take a few tries) & I know my scales & arpeggios. But … I’m clueless when trying to improvise. Any suggestions?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад

      Start improvising! 🙂
      Maybe find an easy solo to learn by ear. Do you want some recommendations?

  • @eddierey5202
    @eddierey5202 Год назад +1

    Hi Jens, would you consider Body and Soul (Wes' version from Movin' Along) a good tune for learning? I started transcribing and analyzing it chord by chord because I love it so much, but the choice of notes in the solo is not always 'intuitive'. I found some dominant #5 arpeggios and some #11s that took a bit more time to wrap my head around... 🥴

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +1

      No, if it is your first tune then that is not a great choice. It is fairly complicated 😁

    • @eddierey5202
      @eddierey5202 Год назад

      @@JensLarsen but it’s so nice! Haha 😄

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +2

      @@eddierey5202 Well, you can learn but learn it later 😎

  • @fenyvesijanos7805
    @fenyvesijanos7805 11 месяцев назад +1

    I really wished that you would dive a little deeper into despacito, its the song that got me into jazz

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  11 месяцев назад +1

      I'll give it some thought 😁

  • @TbirdMan
    @TbirdMan Год назад +3

    A good list, no doubt. However, most beginners (me...) Have a very difficult time hearing and internalizing melodies, especially when the song is presented in its fully developed state. The way many self taught guitar players (me...) learn songs is to learn chords, chords with passing chords, basic melody, chord melody with melody lines and lastly the whole production with improvisation (if that makes sense). When these components are teased out and taught as discrete lessons, the whole package comes together much more easily (again, for me). Thanks for your great channel.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +6

      I don't think that is a good way to learn. It is 1000x easier to learn a melody by heart (even by ear) and play it than it is to learn a chord melody arrangement with a lot of passing chords. If you have trouble internalizing the melody you need to involve your ear earlier and not focus on chords and certainly not passing chords, spend more time listening and singing.

    • @TbirdMan
      @TbirdMan Год назад

      @@JensLarsen I'm sure that you are right...what I'm saying is that it is hard to 'hear' the melody sometimes, if you are listening to a fully arranged performance of a jazz quartet. I would clearly learn more from a melody line that is played or sung in isolation. So, the bad habit that I have acquired is the method I mentioned. Thanks for your wisdom - I will try warbling the tune first and move on from there. I am 73 and a rank beginner with jazz guitar, but still learning, still teachable.
      Cheers,

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад

      @@TbirdMan find a vocal version that is clear, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra or Nat King Cole are good places to start

    • @TbirdMan
      @TbirdMan Год назад

      @@JensLarsen Will do.
      Thanx again.

  • @aurorarogers4358
    @aurorarogers4358 Год назад +2

    When working on this, what are your thoughts on using charts? I haven't got a great ear for jazz changes.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +2

      Learn them by heart, but don't worry if you can't learn it by ear from the beginning.

    • @aurorarogers4358
      @aurorarogers4358 Год назад

      @JensLarsen much appreciated. Thanks

  • @scherzo0o
    @scherzo0o Год назад +1

    what about Thelonius Monk''s Round Midnight?
    For me, as a not-necessarily-jazz lover of music, it's pretty close to autumn leaves.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад

      No, that is not an easy piece. Almost nothing about it is easy 🙂 I take it you didn't try to play it?

    • @scherzo0o
      @scherzo0o Год назад

      @@JensLarsen purely by ear
      ... the main theme

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад

      @@scherzo0o well, then take a solo on it.

  • @petejandrell4512
    @petejandrell4512 Год назад

    Valerie by The Zutons

  • @Dani-fo9rh
    @Dani-fo9rh Год назад

    i have a question......lets say that Iam playing a jazz standard, do I have to make changes or i must played as the original.........because I watch videos of jazz standards covers and I always wonder why they don't play it as the original, they always change notes and play it different.....can anybody please tell me why.

  • @Dan-Arg
    @Dan-Arg 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hi Jens, Could you make a video about x6 chords? There are very important in jazz but people from rock we are not really familiarized with them. Thx

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  10 месяцев назад

      What exactly do you mean by x6 chords? Stuff like C6 or Cm6 etc?

    • @Dan-Arg
      @Dan-Arg 10 месяцев назад

      @@JensLarsen Exactly. That and those chords that look so Hard to find like Am-7(b5)/D (Alfie).

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  10 месяцев назад +1

      @@Dan-Arg For a Cmaj7 find the 7th and make it a 6th instead. It is not super difficult, and you anyway want to know what notes you are playing in the chords 🙂

    • @Dan-Arg
      @Dan-Arg 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@JensLarsen I'll take it, I'm closer to end my first standard. Thx Jens

  • @tak3151
    @tak3151 Год назад

    At 2mn44 , can someone explain why the chords name are F7 with a C on bass (Inversion ? How do you decide the name you give to the chord in this case ), and G7(b9) with no G in it ?

    • @ahoneyman
      @ahoneyman Год назад

      This is a really simple explanation. People who really understand theory can give a far better one. In the first example F7 with a C in the bass. The C is the 5th of the F7 chord. Tonically it's still functioning as an F7 chord we just added a 5th below to it. We aren't changing the overall chord or tonality.

  • @jsh9183
    @jsh9183 11 месяцев назад +1

    Danish mountains Jens?!

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  11 месяцев назад

      It gets lonely up there 😁

  • @andercoyote4170
    @andercoyote4170 Год назад +1

    Jens what do you mean when you say AABA form?
    Fry me a liver! 😂

  • @Big_Bag_of_Pus
    @Big_Bag_of_Pus Год назад +1

    Big question from a beginner (as far as jazz is concerned, anyway): your choices seem to be motivated by the educational value of the songs when it comes to playing melody and improvising. You don't seem to be picking songs on the basis of whether they're good songs for developing your comping skills, your comping rhythm, your chord vocabulary, or your ability to make basic/simple chord substitutions. But I was under the impression that that's where I should be starting -- that working on improvisational skills when I can't comp/play rhythm that well yet is putting the cart before the horse. Would you agree/disagree?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +1

      Melody is more important than harmony 🙂

    • @Big_Bag_of_Pus
      @Big_Bag_of_Pus Год назад

      @Jens Larsen I agree that melody is more important than harmony; but isn't rhythm more important than melody? Or would you disagree? And if I can't accompany well, will anyone want to play with me?
      Not disagreeing with you, I promise. I'm just trying to undetstand?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +2

      @@Big_Bag_of_Pus You won't be able to comp well if you don't understand the melodies that you have to comp. This is years of teaching experience, I have seen many try to start with chords and ignore soloing but I am not sure I have seen anyone succeed.

  • @kessaladel5747
    @kessaladel5747 Год назад +1

    mmm this one isn't Jazz but it has something kind of jazzy and cool harmony I think '' Book of Saturday" King crimson, what do you you dear maestro ????

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад +1

      If you want to learn Jazz then focus on Jazz music, nobody learned blues by playing Duran Duran 🙂

    • @kessaladel5747
      @kessaladel5747 Год назад

      @@JensLarsen XD yeah that's true, I think we'd try to be better at Listening to jazz "a lot I mean" than picking the songs we like most even if it's a uneasy taking em as challenges, experimenting and discovering harmony "'switching from key to key repeating the same phrase as simple example " combining standards and solos, getting better at Rythme nd god thanks this channel is very great cause the amount of rules and advice you give are very eye-opening, than with practice every serious player would progress significantly. have a happy Day.😄🙂

  • @longtalljay
    @longtalljay Год назад

    Here's my list: All of me, Fly me to the Moon, I'll See You in My Dreams, Georgia on my Mind, You'd be so Nice to Come Home to!

    • @longtalljay
      @longtalljay Год назад +1

      If you have a jazz melody burned into your mind (typical with popular, and not necessarily jazz, standards) you HAVE to find that on your instrument. So, Sinatra, Deano, and Nat King Cole songs are the best for me (I have been listening to them since I was 10.)

  • @paulafranceschi
    @paulafranceschi Год назад +1

    Success! I found a pent up house I can keep up with and start learning with. ronnie robinson trio

  • @jonasaras
    @jonasaras Год назад +1

    Kenny Barron said that when he learned Cherokee in all 12 keys, he was cool.

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  Год назад

      So the first song he learned was Cherokee and he immediately learned it in all 12? That is certainly impressive, even if I wonder whether it is true

  • @prutty1235
    @prutty1235 11 месяцев назад +1

    Hvilke skalaer vil du anbefale til at kunne spille en “jazz solo”?

    • @JensLarsen
      @JensLarsen  11 месяцев назад +1

      Prøv den her ruclips.net/video/Gbn8bt6cMHI/видео.html

    • @prutty1235
      @prutty1235 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@JensLarsen tak😀

  • @thijs199
    @thijs199 Год назад

    Sound wise I do prefer cowboy position tho