I’m a bass player in high school and your videos have made my technique soo much better. Your videos have great combination of building chops and theory mixed I love your PDF’s keep up the great work
So true. Each instrument has their "good news" and their "bad news." Guitar and bass is so great in that the shapes and visual side of things enables easy transposition and moving around very quickly and effectively. The down side, though, can be that we aren't quite sure where we are or what we're doing. Slowing down and really knowing where we're at can be the challenge, but is such good work to do.
Jeff Antoniuk - Educator I remember, years ago, in s college improv class my instructor asking me, the other guitar player, and the bass player how we always had such an easy time playing exercises through all 12 keys. We explained how the shape just moves around. He wasn't a string player so that was a bit of a revelation even though he'd been in jazz education for 20+ years. That bit if guitar minutia was something new for him. I, personally always felt more in control, or aware, of what I was doing with the sax. However, my guitar playing helped me understand harmony (and, obviously, reading chord symbols) much faster than all the other horn players with only "single note" experience. But, that was in high school and there wasn't the strongest focus on theory, at least as applies to jazz improv.
What a perfect combination, having guitar AND sax inform your playing and thinking. What a great setup. I began on (classical) piano, then sax/flute/clarinet, then drums and bass. All those instruments, although I'm not world-class level on them all, certainly help to inform my playing and my teaching. You nailed it!
Jeff, I have started to use the half step approach which you shared in your first video. WOW. Already I am starting to hear phrases which I have always wanted to play. Thanks a million.
Haha! Like magic, right? This chromatic thing, don't correctly and SLOWLY to begin with is the key to so much of what our heros do and have done. Keep it up!
The point about the advantage and at the same time the disadvantage of guitar players is very valid. Since I started playing the sax less than 2 months ago, I play much less guitar, but more consious of exactly what notes I am playing. Playing sax makes me a better guitar player, strange as it may sound.
Thanks! The next two "enclosure" videos, where we put this all together, will be really good. Be sure to check those out (Digging Deeper Jazz - Enclosures #3 and Enclosures #4)
I’m a bass player in high school and your videos have made my technique soo much better. Your videos have great combination of building chops and theory mixed I love your PDF’s keep up the great work
GREAT point about the pitfalls of guitar and the visual aspect that easily becomes a crutch.
So true. Each instrument has their "good news" and their "bad news." Guitar and bass is so great in that the shapes and visual side of things enables easy transposition and moving around very quickly and effectively. The down side, though, can be that we aren't quite sure where we are or what we're doing. Slowing down and really knowing where we're at can be the challenge, but is such good work to do.
Jeff Antoniuk - Educator I remember, years ago, in s college improv class my instructor asking me, the other guitar player, and the bass player how we always had such an easy time playing exercises through all 12 keys. We explained how the shape just moves around. He wasn't a string player so that was a bit of a revelation even though he'd been in jazz education for 20+ years. That bit if guitar minutia was something new for him. I, personally always felt more in control, or aware, of what I was doing with the sax. However, my guitar playing helped me understand harmony (and, obviously, reading chord symbols) much faster than all the other horn players with only "single note" experience. But, that was in high school and there wasn't the strongest focus on theory, at least as applies to jazz improv.
What a perfect combination, having guitar AND sax inform your playing and thinking. What a great setup. I began on (classical) piano, then sax/flute/clarinet, then drums and bass. All those instruments, although I'm not world-class level on them all, certainly help to inform my playing and my teaching. You nailed it!
Jeff, I have started to use the half step approach which you shared in your first video. WOW.
Already I am starting to hear phrases which I have always wanted to play. Thanks a million.
Haha! Like magic, right? This chromatic thing, don't correctly and SLOWLY to begin with is the key to so much of what our heros do and have done. Keep it up!
The point about the advantage and at the same time the disadvantage of guitar players is very valid. Since I started playing the sax less than 2 months ago, I play much less guitar, but more consious of exactly what notes I am playing. Playing sax makes me a better guitar player, strange as it may sound.
Guido Stockmans I totally understand what you are saying. So glad that you are playing some sax, and enjoying the videos.
As always, great stuff.
Loving your videos Jeff. Keep up the good work, but I've probably said that already.Cheers.
Thanks for the note, and so glad that you are enjoying the Digging Deeper series. More good stuff to come.
Glad to hear that Jeff.
All the best.
Great Job, Bro!!!! Keep up the great work.
Thanks! The next two "enclosure" videos, where we put this all together, will be really good. Be sure to check those out (Digging Deeper Jazz - Enclosures #3 and Enclosures #4)
Great stuff Jeff
Thanks Seth! Amazing how a couple little chromatic notes can sound so great, right?!
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