How To Learn a Jazz Standard In Under 5 Minutes!

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  • Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2024

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  • @ChadLefkowitzBrown
    @ChadLefkowitzBrown  3 года назад +30

    A couple slight revisions to what I describe in the video + a few subtle differences between the Ella Fitzgerald recording and the reference lead sheet shown on the screen:
    Measure 4 of A section - I refer to this as a minor ii-v to secondary dominant. It could also be thought of as a iii-vi of the tonic (Ab). Either way, the Ella version actually plays a tritone sub there by putting Gb in the bass and voice leading with a E (okay, Fb) in the strings to outline Gb7.
    Measure 5 of A section - The Ella version has a Bb in the bass, so technically this bar is Bbsus7, as opposed to F-7.
    Measure 4 of bridge - I call this a Backdoor ii-V7, but technically the Ella version just stays on ii-7 (Db-7).
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  • @jameshoward2768
    @jameshoward2768 3 года назад +27

    This is a different level my goodness. Truly my favorite saxophone player and highly impressive. I love this video

  • @robertgalardi3731
    @robertgalardi3731 5 месяцев назад

    Chad ,, You are hysterical... I am a tenor sax player and have pretty good ears for learning standards having played hundreds of Weddings , dances , Bar Mitzvah;s etc.
    But I do get the connection, playing by ear listening to a melody off a recording of which I have a ton of CD's. Yes , Listening is the real key to successful learning tunes and not using music books which are really a musical crouch that destroys your improvising glands , No other way to put it .. Also ,, learning the Lyrics is a key ingredient to playing songs in your head ,, Yeah,, we actually play off our brain not our ears ...But what do I know , just an ordinary run of the mill wedding player ....Bobby G.

  • @vecernicek2
    @vecernicek2 3 года назад +31

    The other day I saw Jacques Pepin's video on how to debone chicken in 1 minute. Here you show how to learn a standard in 5 minutes.
    Good news: It's about right, I can learn a standard in about the same time I need for deboning 5 chickens.
    Bad news: It in fact takes half an hour to debone a chicken.

  • @stewartforbes3491
    @stewartforbes3491 3 года назад +10

    This so wonderful. I love how humble Chad is - he’s a truly awesome musician. Showing us how to figure out a new tune, it’s harmony and melody from scratch. I’m gonna buy into a load of Ella recordings now to try this approach 😀😎👏🎷

  • @TreyLamount
    @TreyLamount 3 года назад +84

    I don't know whats more ridiculous.. that house or the fact that this cat straight up listened to the tune once, figured out the key, the changes, and then blew a straight up perfect chorus over it... Jesus...

    • @ChadLefkowitzBrown
      @ChadLefkowitzBrown  3 года назад +13

      Haha ah man thank you, Trey! You're the man - new tracks sound awesome!

  • @christophemagis9768
    @christophemagis9768 3 года назад +3

    What a way to let everybody remember that failures are for everyones who try 😃🎷

  • @jazsax8634
    @jazsax8634 2 года назад

    Huge smile on my face 😀and ears 👂👂So therefore Chad, from the bottom of my heart/horn, I would like to sincerely say these 9 words of gattitude. Thank you, thank you, and, oh yeah, thank you 🙏🙏🙏

  • @lucagentile4247
    @lucagentile4247 3 года назад +3

    Every single FAIL is a new approach to us, human beings...thanks!

  • @robstevens9590
    @robstevens9590 3 года назад +4

    Impressive! I never thought about learning the changes before learning the melody. And a nice spontaneous solo.

  • @squiddyjamzzz
    @squiddyjamzzz 3 года назад +3

    im gonna have to learn this one now. great job Chad. the Fail sign over and over was a great touch. this video was very helpful

  • @DIDHEJUST
    @DIDHEJUST 3 года назад +19

    after the first "FAIL" each one killed me more and more

  • @crazychessy6499
    @crazychessy6499 3 года назад

    The videos are getting better and better, this is awesome !

  • @davidpinto2197
    @davidpinto2197 3 года назад +1

    That looks like Long Island.. where I grew up and where my parents still live. Just has that feel....

  • @KleinkMusic
    @KleinkMusic 3 года назад

    I feel like that guy with perfect pitch you were talking about now. This stuff looks like pure magic to me.

  • @aidybopification
    @aidybopification 3 года назад +1

    Great lesson Chad. How about figuring out the changes with only the melody as your guide?

  • @ra6378
    @ra6378 3 года назад

    Loving the bizarre puppet-show face captures on the video title images chad.Classic🤣

  • @saltybhoy1
    @saltybhoy1 3 года назад

    Outrageous skill and musical ability!!!

  • @isaacpeterjames6434
    @isaacpeterjames6434 3 года назад +1

    i dont know this guy but he knows exactly what hes doing great stuff golden ear

  • @davidpinto2197
    @davidpinto2197 3 года назад +1

    Nice pad.... great jazz too.

  • @butterboydan
    @butterboydan 3 года назад

    I love this channel so much

  • @Dalightsax
    @Dalightsax 3 года назад

    Chad video is always helpful. Thanks a lot boss

  • @inspir.edmusic
    @inspir.edmusic 3 года назад

    I feel like this video made me vicariously faster at learning tunes.

  • @alanhowell3646
    @alanhowell3646 3 года назад

    Very interesting. What a skill to have.

  • @pipborthwick6313
    @pipborthwick6313 Год назад

    Dude your house is amazing!

  • @MrGrandeFrancisco
    @MrGrandeFrancisco 3 года назад

    Man best channel!

  • @sdarpin
    @sdarpin 3 года назад

    I really apreciate your work... keep on posting

  • @kareemakhtar6691
    @kareemakhtar6691 3 года назад +1

    Pretty incredible to do this

  • @jazv1233
    @jazv1233 3 года назад

    You are just brilliant that is the type of jazz I would like to play who do you think I should be listening to as a sax player Pls ?

    • @Jordan-ll5eq
      @Jordan-ll5eq 3 года назад

      For alto I would say Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Desmond, Phil Woods and Kenny Garrett. As far as Tenor players Coleman Hawkins, Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, and Michael Brecker are who I listen to the most. Obviously there are a lot more amazing players you should listen to but those are some of my favorites.

  • @moussavarolgil9658
    @moussavarolgil9658 3 года назад

    Great as always ! Who had the same Problem That Siri started when Chad said hey Siri 😂😂🙌

  • @HowTo5min-co3ni
    @HowTo5min-co3ni 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for sharing this guys. How long did it take you to learn this.

  • @anthonysilva5312
    @anthonysilva5312 3 года назад

    Dude your channel is lit!

  • @agustinleal1766
    @agustinleal1766 3 года назад

    I love this vídeo because now I know You are not Terminator man jaja. Thanks a lot really.

  • @chrisdu6087
    @chrisdu6087 3 года назад +1

    the most crazy part is that when you get into a jam session and encounter a brand new standard ,you should play it righ now

  • @pedromrls6
    @pedromrls6 3 года назад +1

    Future video editing Chad was roasting the heck out of past Chad xD

  • @RalphDratman
    @RalphDratman 3 года назад +1

    Very impressive! I've wanted to see something like this.
    Did you really need to "learn" this piece --
    or could you have just casually listened to it once and then improvised along the second time?
    I get the impression you do not have to know the melody exactly for the purpose of improvising a chorus. The melody could turn one way or the other but still stay with the chords.

  • @pareraphael6035
    @pareraphael6035 10 месяцев назад

    The ultimate chad

  • @jacobrippe
    @jacobrippe 3 года назад +10

    Well I know what standard I’m learning today lol

  • @OnatGG
    @OnatGG 2 года назад

    hah thats how i use siri too:) especially when i cook.

  • @MarcusJosephsax
    @MarcusJosephsax 3 года назад

    Loved this 😌🙏🏾💯

    • @RoyalMail40
      @RoyalMail40 3 года назад +1

      I love the way you're watching the same videos I am Marcus! (Fraser)

    • @MarcusJosephsax
      @MarcusJosephsax 3 года назад

      @@RoyalMail40 Hey Fraser :-) Yes Chad is a great teacher, I'm learning loads! You can never stop learning.

  • @gurugusguru9724
    @gurugusguru9724 3 года назад

    subtitulado en español seria excelente !! para todos tus videos de aprendizaje

  • @patrickrousset2612
    @patrickrousset2612 3 года назад

    The secret is in his mouthpiece....joke! good job boss as usual.

  • @richiegomez2769
    @richiegomez2769 Год назад

    So, you are human. Thanks, that was fun.

  • @marcelloestemiele
    @marcelloestemiele 3 года назад

    May I post the transcription of this solo on my channel?

  • @kpuliatch
    @kpuliatch 2 года назад

    Thanks for sharing your love of learning
    Staying positive and curious thru it all
    A masterful lesson in itself
    much gratitude

  • @jazznutz
    @jazznutz Год назад

    Can't believe he studied with Joe Gillman!

  • @UkuleleAversion
    @UkuleleAversion 3 года назад

    I was hearing the Cmi7b5 as a Gb7 into the F7 (A section)?

    • @jazzlessonvideos
      @jazzlessonvideos 3 года назад

      Hi Tom, thanks for watching! Yes, this is noted in Chad's pinned comment above.

  • @peterhofman7188
    @peterhofman7188 3 года назад

    Chad LB does LB stand for Linebacker??

  • @FarrinD12
    @FarrinD12 3 года назад

    This was an awesome video! Thanks so much for making this, I’m going to check out this master class!

  • @louisthompson1020
    @louisthompson1020 9 месяцев назад

    You are a great world class player , but how does an intermediate hobbyist player like me do this?

  • @jeremysaxx
    @jeremysaxx 2 года назад

    All I'm hearing is "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" 🎶

  • @kidpoker007
    @kidpoker007 3 года назад +1

    Dynamite

  • @MrWhiteKeys1
    @MrWhiteKeys1 3 года назад

    My kids show me their favorite songs on RUclips while I am sitting at the piano, and I listen to a few bars, then play it on the piano exactly as they play it. I actually paid my way through college as a ghost writer for bands (truly awful ones) who wanted a score for their music because they wanted to copyright their material. They would send me cassette tapes, and I would send them back a score. It took me about 10 minutes per song.

  • @MrWhiteKeys1
    @MrWhiteKeys1 3 года назад

    A college graduate with a degree in music is expected to be able to listen to anything and write it down, or play it. You are right when you say that sight-singing and ear-training goes hand-in-hand with music theory. You can't really separate one from the other. Because if you have the ear training, but not the theory, then you don't know what you are listening to. And if you have the music theory without the ear training, now you can't look at music and hear it in your head, because you have no point of reference. I had 4 years of it (that's 8 semesters). The final exam is you get music paper, and they let you hear a section of a symphony 3 times, with about 10 minutes in between repetitions to give you time to write things down and connect notes, etc. You then have to score out all of the instruments in the orchestra by ear, like a few dozen types of instruments. It is challenging. The trick is to use spacing for rhythms, and then just use quick dots with the pencil to write the notes on the first pass. Then between passes, you fill in the notes and connect them. But a college-educated musician is certainly expected to be able to instantly hear anything and write out the harmonic analysis, as well as all of the notes played and sung, and all the rhythms in the percussion as well.

  • @jwmc41
    @jwmc41 Год назад

    17 or 5?

  • @Aeritth
    @Aeritth Год назад +1

    Jesus is playing Saxophone? My goodness! 😂😂😂

  • @saxhubdotjazz
    @saxhubdotjazz 3 года назад

    hey Siri, give me a chad transformation :)...

  • @joolsmclay4601
    @joolsmclay4601 3 года назад

    did not get how to do that ;)

  • @jazzpote4316
    @jazzpote4316 10 месяцев назад

    Ladies are so funny with their "angles"! Mine is the same

  • @gilsonamaral4899
    @gilsonamaral4899 3 года назад

    how can you hear that fast man ???? How? it takes me very long to just learn chords while sitting on piano

  • @monchingdeguzmam3317
    @monchingdeguzmam3317 3 года назад

    your fantantic idol chad

  • @albertoguerrero007
    @albertoguerrero007 11 дней назад

    🥱

  • @michamarkuszewski4546
    @michamarkuszewski4546 3 года назад

    I'm really unable to belive i'm seeing this. Oh mannn

  • @stewyrog7952
    @stewyrog7952 Год назад

    Memorize a standard?! How about “how to connect the name of a standard to the melody?” Especially when there are no lyrics and a short name. Au privave, confirmation, anthropology. Do I know the tune? I dunno. Mebbe. Hum a few bars for me!
    But seriously, I’m more impressed with you with every new video.

  • @WatermelonMan6726
    @WatermelonMan6726 3 года назад

    kinda sounds like white christmas

  • @pawo161
    @pawo161 3 года назад

    Chad, I just realised you're the Tai Lopez of Jazz! You rock hah

  • @derelbenkoenig
    @derelbenkoenig 3 года назад

    How to learn how to learn a jazz standard in under 5 minutes in under 18 minutes

  • @Imsoflattered0
    @Imsoflattered0 3 года назад

    WHAT

  • @Jordarr8994
    @Jordarr8994 3 года назад +12

    "Video angle NOT approved"💀💀💀

    • @Osnosis
      @Osnosis 3 года назад +1

      And, hilarious how Melissa is so jazz naive, and Chad is all humble-Neo. The Matrix explains it all....

  • @Ana_crusis
    @Ana_crusis 3 года назад

    so you're not going to tell us how to do this??

  • @MrWhiteKeys1
    @MrWhiteKeys1 3 года назад

    So for about $100 grand in student loan debt, you too can gain the ability to play or write down anything you hear... LOL. I ended up punting on a career as a Concert Pianist, and I have been a software engineer for the last 3 decades. Hey, it pays the bills. And I can afford a piano, which I would NOT be able to do as a Concert Pianist more than likely. In fact, during the pandemic, most of them are unemployed and they are really struggling.