Hi Chase, I just found your channel early this morning (head cold, can’t sleep 😊) I really like your videos - I would like to see your set up if you dont mind sharing. I am a Blues Player just getting into Jazz and would like to know what pedals and amp settings you use to get your tone or any advice for getting that “Jazz Sound”. Thank you for the content and your hard work🤙
Playing interesting stuff over one chord vamps. I do use ideas based on the V, but most interesting to me is superimposing chords over the static chord and playing lines through that. I tend to run out of interesting stuff quicker when I'm just playing outside lines over the V of that static chord. Just wondering what works for you.
You have a genius for finding the essential elements at the heart of playing jazz solos. There are many videos on playing jazz on RUclips, but most of them do not get the really key things at the heart, you do. So you are gonna be high on my list of videos for learning, in addition to my teacher.
I just discovered your channel with this vid. When I saw that this vid was more than 10 mins, and then you started off by opening a can of soda, I’ll be honest, I was thinking, “man, just get to the point, I just want to hear the playing, I don’t want to watch another Adam Neely.” But then you went straight into a expertly-presented, unpretentious, master class in important jazz patterns. I LOVE that you explained all the musical and jazz terms like “building in thirds” and “make the changes” instead of just assuming that everyone knows what those terms mean. I have a less than basic understanding of music theory, so that was extremely helpful. I honestly walked away with a better understanding of music and jazz. Thanks!
I do some catching up and house keeping with my audience in the intro of the video just like I would in a lesson. I include chapter markings so you’re always able to skip the intro if you want to get right into the lesson.
I have no idea how you got into my timeline but this has to be one of the coolest lessons with obviously a ton of work put in for our benefit!! Thank You 👏🙏
@@ChaseMaddox What was your "last video", please? And thx for this one, I.ve to work for days on that, but challenge is the only thing, that brings one forward!!!
You can say what you will.about social media but us passionate ,unsigned musicians are enjoying exposure to some of the most righteous content. We are living a in guitar learning Renaissance....
Hi Chase, once again, thank you for all you do. This week your two lessons on “Benson, two chords” and the interaction with the V7b9 lines (and the altered scale) has really opened my eyes all along the neck. Game changer for me. Thank you.
Chase, you are on a roll: the Benson 2-chord lesson and now this one on the ii-V-I. What I recognized from the G7b9 fingerings from an earlier lesson on the magic jazz chord: the harmonization of a V-altered scale. Anyway, this lesson brought it all together for me. Thank you.
the algorithm popped you into my YT feed yesterday. glad i clicked. i've checked out several of your vids and so far it's great stuff. between your channel, jens larsen, rotem sivan, jazz guitar with andy, learn jazz standards, and robbie barnby - i'm getting some top quality jazz guitar instruction. congrats on the 10k! headed over to IG now to follow there!
You should look into Things I've Learned from Barry Harris, Labrynth of Limitations and Open Studio as well if you really want to up your game in addition to those you'd already mentioned!
I have been looking for YEARS for a video like this! Thank you sir you truly know your stuff and have a great approach to jazz and teaching. Seriously the best beginner jazz vid ever i cant wait for more to come.
Musicians! Pay very close attention! This teacher is outstanding and you should find this lesson to be very helpful. I have been performing around New York with a Jazz quartet and I learned exactly what I needed to learn! This teacher and lesson is a great place to start. There is also a RUclips channel called practice Jazz backing tracks that is really helpful as well! Enjoy! Don’t be afraid to play a few gigs to learn what you DON’T know! 🎸😳🎸😳🎹
I'm really enjoying your style of teaching; it's very clear, and you're not assuming that your audience already knows or has a background in jazz. What would help me would be to hear these lines and variations played over the chords. Playing a short loop that you can play them over would really help hearing them in context. Cheers
Thank you John! It’s a tough balance to give enough context for people who aren’t already familiar with the topic but not so much that the lesson is bogged down from information people already know. I will definitely play the lines over chords next time 🤘
just found your channel. Love it. Not a huge jazz guy but I love to learn all kinds of music and I like jazz/blues and your stuff helps with that. Thanks so much
What I was always curious about is do you consciously think about the notes you are playing and their relation to the chord, or do you intuitively use a chord shape to know where you are (for example the G mixolydian in the video) and understand the relation from the shape, not from the notes?
I’m sure it’s different for different musicians. But I think I’m sometimes thinking of specific notes that I want to resolve to in relation to the chord and other times I’m playing from an intuitive sense of the chord shape or another melodic structure. It’s a bit of both depending on a lot of factors like the tempo of the song and how familiar with the tune I am.
Congrats again Chase 👍🎸 your channel has meant a lot to me. Been going through an illness and my inspiration to play has been low. Your content and teaching have been a huge blessing to me in so many ways. Best to you brother, thanks so much! Doug
So sorry to hear that you’re dealing with that Doug 🙏 Your comments over the earliest videos have been an inspiration to me to keep putting content out there! So I thank you for that. Be well 🤘
Hey greetings! I have always found it helpful to simply think of V’s instead of II V’s… I once gave a ride to Mr Green in Manhattan after the last set. We listened to some funky Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt from the cassette deck (!!) in my Honda.
First time the channel came up in my RUclips feed. Glad it did. Great job on explaining and taking the time to demonstrate the variations at a reasonable pace. It helps tremendously in understanding what you are teaching.
Musicians! This post is excellent and well worth watching a few times to be sure that you catch all of the content as this knowledge is an excellent tool for soloing and sounding fantastic.! The intro is helpful for the instructions/ explanations and giving time to tune up! Enjoy!🎸🎸🎸🎸😎
Sooooo much good advice, so well explained in such a short format... It gets me over-excited about trying it in my style (wich is far from Jazz, I must say). Thank you! Here is a suggestion for you: I wish you could show us a concrete application of all these concept with real solo played over a typical II-V-I progression.
Thank you! I wish I could too, but I’m not sure how possible that is. For it to be a real solo and not contrived it’s unlikely I’d happen into all of these concepts. I could force it but then it takes away from the real solo element.
I really appreciate this content. It's really helpful for me as an introduction to jazz principles. My musical background is in classical guitar. I now play a lot of blues rock type music, but maybe it's time for me to finally delve into jazz a little bit. As far as I can tell, jazz theory is based on the same fundamental principles as classical music theory: playing through the changes, as you call it (melodies based around chord tones and passing notes, and the concept of tension and resolution). The difference between jazz and classical seems to me mainly that jazz harmony tends to add a lot of notes on top of the basic triads, including notes from outside the key, as well as maybe jazz tending to use different rhythms and different types of overall song/composition structure compared to classical music. By the way, some musicians seem to be put off by the idea of "rules" in music. I like to think of music theory not as a set of rules but rather as an analysis and description of the melodic, harmonic, rhythmic patterns of a particular style of music that give that style of music its particular sound. Every style of music has a set of patterns that it tends to use and you could talk about the theory behind them. Some styles of music are just a lot more complex than others so mastering all the different patterns takes a lot more work. In the end there's only one rule in music: if you like how something sounds, go with it! Great musicians have always experimented and innovated. thanks and all the best! I'm going to check out your ebook.
The Best ii-V-I line I ever learned was from a Clint Strong Video back in '99. It took me a while to memorize it but there are no altered tones as in your 3 bar line and Everytime I play this long lick ( which is quite difficult ) every guitar player who hears it their jaw drops open!
Cool! The point I’m trying to make in this is less about having the most interesting ii-V and more about the most “important” one in the sense that it teaches you a lot about how jazz harmony functions. The idea being that you use those concepts to understand and create your own interesting ii-V-I lines 👌
Great lesson. So glad I found your channel. Practical idea that can be put into practice for some great results. This lesson really got me thinking about the variations and resolutions available. Great stuff!!!!
I enjoyed your lesson - I've written it all down, and you've packed a lot of helpful detail into such a short and well thought out presentation. I'm trying to get my feet onto the first rung of the jazz ladder, and your lesson with its clearly explained facts has been exactly what I need.
@@ChaseMaddox Thanks Chase. Something that I could use some advice on at this stage is how to spice up several bars of the same chord - for example, Sweet Georgia Brown, where there are parts of four bars each of E7, A7 and D7. What chords could be used to add interest? Another problem is how to generate an interesting line over four bars of the same chord. I can play the melody, but coming up with something of my own is a major hurdle! I'd be grateful for any help, thank you very much for asking.
@@ChaseMaddox Thanks Chase, I look forward to it - I think it will help other beginning jazz students as well. Much appreciated! Can I send you a donation of appreciation by PayPal?
Excellent lesson…I would love to see it taken to the next level as a solo in the context of a standard; perhaps ‘Take the A Train’. Really great stuff. Thanks.
A great lesson, it terms of clear concise explanation. building block principles , slower tempo build up to crasp the essence first and a solid structred approached one can learn and build from. ( This is something most great players seem to overlook and the pupil is left confused). May I suggest you visit Peter Farrell's Benson classes, great material really strong, but he suffers from poor explanation and needs the audience show how fast and skilled he is at playing the lines. His content is awesome but one is left trying to translate this to useabale material.
Thank you David! I’ve checked out Peter Farrell’s Benson classes and felt very similarly to what you said. I learned a TON from him content wise, but for another student who maybe didn’t study jazz guitar in college, the organization and presentation can be confusing.
I have rewatched this several times, and each time I try to give a thumbs up. But alas, I can only give one. As for a lesson, do you know of any complete walking bass lines and variations one could use for common tunes?
Loving the latest couple of Jazz guitar vids man.. It's like you answered my exact comment from last time with the perfect level of content. Amazing job dude, so much to get stuck into here 👌🙏
Thank you David! 🤘I really do take the comments and suggested topics seriously, so always feel free to let me know what would be helpful for you next or what you’d like me to cover.
Nice, almost positive this line is Bert Ligons basic teaching line from the classic book “ connecting chords with linear harmony” he also started teaching octave displacement. Good luck
Great lesson you have a really clear approach - love it! Would be great if you expanded this one into long ii-V's one measure for the iim7 one for V7b9 two for the I chord etc... Keep up the great stuff my man!
Thanks Kip! That’s a great idea 👌 My next continuation of this concept will be applying it to minor ii-V’s but then I can do one showing how I approach a long ii-V 🤘
Fantastically useful and clear, wish I’d learned this crucial foundational bebop stuff earlier! Many thanks. By the way looking at what to play on long 2-5-1s would also be good.
Yeah man that last video did so well! It’s great watching the channel blossom. Keep cranking out the top notch content. I enjoy looking forward to each new lesson/video. This would merge well into a lesson and concepts on chord soloing. ✌🏼
@@ChaseMaddox throwing an idea out there. would be cool to see same concept how it applies to resolving to minor chords with in the C major diatonic harmony. Then will have concepts to apply within the entire key. Not sure if there's also a way to show how this might apply to secret jazz chord. Again this stuff is really gold for foundations of our improvisation journey! THanks Chase! Great lesson!
@@nickschuller9861 throw out all your ideas! I don’t think you’ve had a bad one yet 👍 Do you mean applying this to a minor ii-V? Like B-7b5 / E7 / A-? And there’s always a way to connect these lines to the nearest secret jazz chord. I would think of these lines in relation to the G7alt sound, so SJC off of Bb. And see how the lines fit over those 5 SJCs.
Thank you! I don’t really think of the modes for melodic minor since I was taught the “secret jazz chord” method by Barry Greene. If you know that approach it really takes away from needing to think of all the individual modes.
Thank you this is really useful: I never know what to do over chord changes and especially when you give different examples of the same principle it hits home and gives my neurons some homework :-)
Thank you Tobias! Definitely check out my follow up lesson to this one, called “The MAGIC of minor ii-V-i’s”. That will give you even more context around the same ideas 👍
Oh so you build these chords in thirds until you have 4 notes! I always wondered why 2 -5 -1 in C wasn't just Dm-G-C I never got that concept till a minute ago! THANKS!
Well done, if you could give us some advice on the tricky question of which notes to use outside of the key to pepper the melody and create interesting tensions, cause usually I am afraid of risking of sounding wrong on them so I stick too much to the "safe" maj/min parent scale of the underlying chord. God bless.
Thank you! The best answer I can give right now would be to learn jazz vocabulary that has those interesting tensions and then apply what you learn all over your instrument. Any of the 12 notes could be interesting tensions in the right context, so what’s going to be more effective is learning various ways to add chromaticism with real examples. Here’s one: you can approach any chord tone by a half step if you land the chord tone on a downbeat. Start with that and then learn more ways to work with chromaticism 🤘
@@ChaseMaddox I'm not really sure! I'm in a spot right now where I don't know what I don't know, if that makes sense. This video was great for me to follow along, so anything similar to this will be great!
Could you do a basics for blues/ music really. Concepts like: what is an arpeggio? What is a scale and why does it work with that arpeggio? And what is a mode exactly?? I know it might be boring for someone advanced, but really, there are soooo many people who are lost in theese things
What lesson content would you like to see going forward? The more specific the better!
@@HendersonGuitar will do! Thanks for the suggestion 👍
Thinking about how to build lines, that's very helpful
Hi Chase,
I just found your channel early this morning (head cold, can’t sleep 😊) I really like your videos - I would like to see your set up if you dont mind sharing. I am a Blues Player just getting into Jazz and would like to know what pedals and amp settings you use to get your tone or any advice for getting that “Jazz Sound”. Thank you for the content and your hard work🤙
@@chrisr530 I will do a whole video on my setup soon!
Playing interesting stuff over one chord vamps. I do use ideas based on the V, but most interesting to me is superimposing chords over the static chord and playing lines through that. I tend to run out of interesting stuff quicker when I'm just playing outside lines over the V of that static chord. Just wondering what works for you.
You have a genius for finding the essential elements at the heart of playing jazz solos. There are many videos on playing jazz on RUclips, but most of them do not get the really key things at the heart, you do. So you are gonna be high on my list of videos for learning, in addition to my teacher.
Thank you for watching! I've got a LOT of videos out at this point, so I hope they help you.
I just discovered your channel with this vid. When I saw that this vid was more than 10 mins, and then you started off by opening a can of soda, I’ll be honest, I was thinking, “man, just get to the point, I just want to hear the playing, I don’t want to watch another Adam Neely.”
But then you went straight into a expertly-presented, unpretentious, master class in important jazz patterns. I LOVE that you explained all the musical and jazz terms like “building in thirds” and “make the changes” instead of just assuming that everyone knows what those terms mean. I have a less than basic understanding of music theory, so that was extremely helpful.
I honestly walked away with a better understanding of music and jazz. Thanks!
I do some catching up and house keeping with my audience in the intro of the video just like I would in a lesson. I include chapter markings so you’re always able to skip the intro if you want to get right into the lesson.
Adam Neely's videos were great!
I have no idea how you got into my timeline but this has to be one of the coolest lessons with obviously a ton of work put in for our benefit!! Thank You 👏🙏
My last video blew up so that’s probably why, and I’m glad you enjoyed the video! 🤘
@@ChaseMaddox What was your "last video", please? And thx for this one, I.ve to work for days on that, but challenge is the only thing, that brings one forward!!!
You can say what you will.about social media but us passionate ,unsigned musicians are enjoying exposure to some of the most righteous content. We are living a in guitar learning Renaissance....
just wanna thank you for sharing your expertise in jazz guitar playing
My pleasure, Alejandro! Thanks for watching!
Hi Chase, once again, thank you for all you do. This week your two lessons on “Benson, two chords” and the interaction with the V7b9 lines (and the altered scale) has really opened my eyes all along the neck. Game changer for me. Thank you.
My pleasure, Robert! Thanks for watching 🙏
You have a very elegant way of explaining things. Love what you’re doing with this YT channel.
Appreciate it! 🙏
I appreciate you addressing us beginners and intermediates. I fall in the middle of that! Thanks for remembering us!
Best.
Absolutely! I’ll do more lessons for beginners and intermediate players in the future 👍
Chase, you are on a roll: the Benson 2-chord lesson and now this one on the ii-V-I. What I recognized from the G7b9 fingerings from an earlier lesson on the magic jazz chord: the harmonization of a V-altered scale. Anyway, this lesson brought it all together for me. Thank you.
That's amazing! Glad it's helping you 👍
Brilliant brilliant teacher
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🤘
A fresh take on intro jazz...thanks. I'll be following.
Thanks Paul! Glad to have you following along 🤘
I like it! Opens my eyes to what is going on under the hood of my ears. Thank you for your kindness in sharing your knowledge.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🤘
Good stuff. I've been playing since around 1978, and I still love checking out phrasing like this. Breaking it down. Cheers.
Thanks Iver! 🙏
the algorithm popped you into my YT feed yesterday. glad i clicked. i've checked out several of your vids and so far it's great stuff. between your channel, jens larsen, rotem sivan, jazz guitar with andy, learn jazz standards, and robbie barnby - i'm getting some top quality jazz guitar instruction. congrats on the 10k! headed over to IG now to follow there!
Thank you! Happy to be among those great educators and players as well and glad you’re digging the content 🤘
You should look into Things I've Learned from Barry Harris, Labrynth of Limitations and Open Studio as well if you really want to up your game in addition to those you'd already mentioned!
Me three...!
I have been looking for YEARS for a video like this! Thank you sir you truly know your stuff and have a great approach to jazz and teaching. Seriously the best beginner jazz vid ever i cant wait for more to come.
Thank you Josh! I really appreciate your comment 🙏 Is there any other beginner jazz topic you think I should do a video on?
Good, clear teaching. Nice job.
Appreciate it Adam! 🤘
This lesson really clarified a lot of mismatched pieces. For a folk guy, this really answers the question “ Why jazz?“.
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Excellent to start with one line and than build on it. Very powerful
Yes indeed!
Fantastic lesson. Lightbulb on.
Awesome! 🙏
Musicians!
Pay very close attention! This teacher is outstanding and you should find this lesson to be very helpful. I have been performing around New York with a Jazz quartet and I learned exactly what I needed to learn! This teacher and lesson is a great place to start.
There is also a RUclips channel called practice Jazz backing tracks that is really helpful as well! Enjoy! Don’t be afraid to play a few gigs to learn what you DON’T know! 🎸😳🎸😳🎹
Thanks Jack! 🙏
Great stuff - advanced players should listen to this as well!
Thanks Rick! I agree! 🤘
Dude, thank you for these lessons; they are immediately useful. I can hear the difference and how the lines lead you toward the chords.
Thank you Anthony! Glad you’re enjoying them 🙏
Very good presentation of this material.
Thank you Roger! 🙏
I'm really enjoying your style of teaching; it's very clear, and you're not assuming that your audience already knows or has a background in jazz. What would help me would be to hear these lines and variations played over the chords. Playing a short loop that you can play them over would really help hearing them in context. Cheers
Thank you John! It’s a tough balance to give enough context for people who aren’t already familiar with the topic but not so much that the lesson is bogged down from information people already know. I will definitely play the lines over chords next time 🤘
@@ChaseMaddox indeed, it's a real tightrope trying to teach on youtube. Thanks for your considered reply.
Very good lesson; it's a beautiful transition.
Thank you! 🤘
Nice video. Very clear and you made it sound simple. Loved it.
Thank you, John! 🤘
I liked this lesson a lot. Thank you
Thanks for watching! 🤘
just found your channel. Love it. Not a huge jazz guy but I love to learn all kinds of music and I like jazz/blues and your stuff helps with that. Thanks so much
Thanks! Glad to have you here. Will put out more jazz/blues content soon 🤘
Thanks for the lesson. Looking forward to more.
Thank you Vince! 🙏
You explain well. Thank you.
Thank you Samuel! 🙏
these are great, man, real public service!
Thank you Anthony! 🤘
What I was always curious about is do you consciously think about the notes you are playing and their relation to the chord, or do you intuitively use a chord shape to know where you are (for example the G mixolydian in the video) and understand the relation from the shape, not from the notes?
Very interesting question
I’m sure it’s different for different musicians. But I think I’m sometimes thinking of specific notes that I want to resolve to in relation to the chord and other times I’m playing from an intuitive sense of the chord shape or another melodic structure. It’s a bit of both depending on a lot of factors like the tempo of the song and how familiar with the tune I am.
GREAT question!
Great Lesson
Thank you! 🤘
The going from a B to an A flat gives a nice Gypsy Jazz quality.
Congrats again Chase 👍🎸 your channel has meant a lot to me. Been going through an illness and my inspiration to play has been low. Your content and teaching have been a huge blessing to me in so many ways. Best to you brother, thanks so much! Doug
So sorry to hear that you’re dealing with that Doug 🙏 Your comments over the earliest videos have been an inspiration to me to keep putting content out there! So I thank you for that. Be well 🤘
Very appreciated class - thx a lot
Thanks Yannick! 🤘
Great, the drop with the 6th interval so good. A common point with Bach. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
This is great, exactly what I need to start playing Jazz guitar!
Thanks Jonathan! Let me know if there any other topics I can cover to help you as you start learning jazz guitar.
Hey greetings! I have always found it helpful to simply think of V’s instead of II V’s…
I once gave a ride to Mr Green in Manhattan after the last set. We listened to some funky Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt from the cassette deck (!!) in my Honda.
That works too! 🤘
First time the channel came up in my RUclips feed.
Glad it did.
Great job on explaining and taking the time to demonstrate the variations at a reasonable pace.
It helps tremendously in understanding what you are teaching.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video! If there any topics you’d like me to cover, feel free to let me know! 🤘
Great lesson! Thanks!
Thanks Roland! 🤘
Excellent lesson. Solid content, great delivery. Thank you!
Thank you for the specific feedback Pat! 🤘
That's great material and really well explained! Thank you!
Thanks for watching, Sam! 🤘
Musicians!
This post is excellent and well worth watching a few times to be sure that you catch all of the content as this knowledge is an excellent tool for soloing and sounding fantastic.!
The intro is helpful for the instructions/ explanations and giving time to tune up!
Enjoy!🎸🎸🎸🎸😎
Thank you Jack! Glad it was helpful for you! 🤘
Great lesson because I've been learning the basic arpeggios but didn't understand why I wasn't hearing the chord changes in this fashion.
Glad it helped Carlton! 🤘
An excellent and extremely helpful video. Thank you.🎸🎸
Thank you Robert! 🤘
this is super informational thank you! you make it make sense
Thank you, Jarred! Glad it was helpful!
Great info. Very useful and nice clear explanation. Thank you!
Thanks William! 🤘
Sooooo much good advice, so well explained in such a short format... It gets me over-excited about trying it in my style (wich is far from Jazz, I must say). Thank you!
Here is a suggestion for you: I wish you could show us a concrete application of all these concept with real solo played over a typical II-V-I progression.
Thank you! I wish I could too, but I’m not sure how possible that is. For it to be a real solo and not contrived it’s unlikely I’d happen into all of these concepts. I could force it but then it takes away from the real solo element.
I really appreciate this content. It's really helpful for me as an introduction to jazz principles. My musical background is in classical guitar. I now play a lot of blues rock type music, but maybe it's time for me to finally delve into jazz a little bit. As far as I can tell, jazz theory is based on the same fundamental principles as classical music theory: playing through the changes, as you call it (melodies based around chord tones and passing notes, and the concept of tension and resolution). The difference between jazz and classical seems to me mainly that jazz harmony tends to add a lot of notes on top of the basic triads, including notes from outside the key, as well as maybe jazz tending to use different rhythms and different types of overall song/composition structure compared to classical music.
By the way, some musicians seem to be put off by the idea of "rules" in music. I like to think of music theory not as a set of rules but rather as an analysis and description of the melodic, harmonic, rhythmic patterns of a particular style of music that give that style of music its particular sound. Every style of music has a set of patterns that it tends to use and you could talk about the theory behind them. Some styles of music are just a lot more complex than others so mastering all the different patterns takes a lot more work. In the end there's only one rule in music: if you like how something sounds, go with it! Great musicians have always experimented and innovated.
thanks and all the best! I'm going to check out your ebook.
I agree with pretty much everything you said! Thanks for the thoughtful comment 🙏
The Best ii-V-I line I ever learned was from a Clint Strong Video back in '99. It took me a while to memorize it but there are no altered tones as in your 3 bar line and Everytime I play this long lick ( which is quite difficult ) every guitar player who hears it their jaw drops open!
Cool! The point I’m trying to make in this is less about having the most interesting ii-V and more about the most “important” one in the sense that it teaches you a lot about how jazz harmony functions. The idea being that you use those concepts to understand and create your own interesting ii-V-I lines 👌
@@ChaseMaddox If you aren't hip to Clint Strong check hip out. He Merle Haggard gtr for 10 yrs. He has super bitch chops.
@@andyokus5735 I checked him out! Great player 🤘Looks like he also just started a channel on RUclips.
Great lesson. So glad I found your channel. Practical idea that can be put into practice for some great results. This lesson really got me thinking about the variations and resolutions available. Great stuff!!!!
Thank you! Really so much to practice 😄
Wow this lesson was great!
Thank you Harald! 🤘
that was awesome thnx!
Thanks for watching! 🙏
There's a lot of excellent and super useful and applicable knowledge here! I can't thank you enough!
Thank you Martin! Really glad you got so much out of the lesson 🤘
This is great info.
Glad you dug it! 🤘
Excellent content, great explanations. Thanks.
Thank you! 🤘
I enjoyed your lesson - I've written it all down, and you've packed a lot of helpful detail into such a short and well thought out presentation. I'm trying to get my feet onto the first rung of the jazz ladder, and your lesson with its clearly explained facts has been exactly what I need.
Really glad to hear it was so helpful for you! 🤘What other topic could I cover that would help you in learning jazz?
@@ChaseMaddox Thanks Chase. Something that I could use some advice on at this stage is how to spice up several bars of the same chord - for example, Sweet Georgia Brown, where there are parts of four bars each of E7, A7 and D7. What chords could be used to add interest? Another problem is how to generate an interesting line over four bars of the same chord. I can play the melody, but coming up with something of my own is a major hurdle! I'd be grateful for any help, thank you very much for asking.
@@gam1471 great question and I can definitely help you out with this in an upcoming video! 🤘
@@ChaseMaddox Thanks Chase, I look forward to it - I think it will help other beginning jazz students as well. Much appreciated! Can I send you a donation of appreciation by PayPal?
@@gam1471 I agree! If you feel so inclined, our PayPal for donations is the same email you can contact us with: contact@jazzmemes.org. Cheers! 🤘
Excellent lesson…I would love to see it taken to the next level as a solo in the context of a standard; perhaps ‘Take the A Train’. Really great stuff. Thanks.
Thank you! That’s exactly the kind of thing I’ll be doing in my upcoming guitar community 🤘www.jazzmemes.org/jazzmemes-guitar-community-waiting-list
A great lesson, it terms of clear concise explanation. building block principles , slower tempo build up to crasp the essence first and a solid structred approached one can learn and build from. ( This is something most great players seem to overlook and the pupil is left confused). May I suggest you visit Peter Farrell's Benson classes, great material really strong, but he suffers from poor explanation and needs the audience show how fast and skilled he is at playing the lines. His content is awesome but one is left trying to translate this to useabale material.
Thank you David! I’ve checked out Peter Farrell’s Benson classes and felt very similarly to what you said. I learned a TON from him content wise, but for another student who maybe didn’t study jazz guitar in college, the organization and presentation can be confusing.
Super super helpful
Glad it helped you 👍
Great lesson,and subscribed. Keep up the great work. Education is such an underrated skill. You have it mate. Thanks from England.
I appreciate it Mike! I’ve been teaching longer than I’ve been playing guitar 😄
@@ChaseMaddox brilliant mate! Keep on it. As you know the learning never ends.
Good stuff. Subscribed!
Thank you! 🙏
I have rewatched this several times, and each time I try to give a thumbs up. But alas, I can only give one.
As for a lesson, do you know of any complete walking bass lines and variations one could use for common tunes?
Thank you! Unfortunately I don't know of a specific place you can find that, but it might be a good topic for me to address in the future!
This is a great lesson. Thanks!
Thank you James! 🤘
Loving the latest couple of Jazz guitar vids man.. It's like you answered my exact comment from last time with the perfect level of content. Amazing job dude, so much to get stuck into here 👌🙏
Thank you David! 🤘I really do take the comments and suggested topics seriously, so always feel free to let me know what would be helpful for you next or what you’d like me to cover.
Nice, almost positive this line is Bert Ligons basic teaching line from the classic book “ connecting chords with linear harmony” he also started teaching octave displacement. Good luck
Cool! I’ll have to check if it is. I know I have that book somewhere.
It’s a great video , stay humble man 😃
Thank you!
Thanks James! 🤘
Congrats on 15K likes and thanks for the great content!!!
Thank you Taylor! We’re on the path to 100k now! 🙌
Congrats! Very clarifying and didactic class, Chase! Thank you so much! I am a beginner on jazz guitar so it's really helpful.
Thank you Juan! Glad you found it helpful 🤘
@@ChaseMaddox So much, indeed! 👌👃😉
The other side of this lesson nay be Harmonizing a melody ?
That’s a topic I would really enjoy.
Thanks for the lesson!
Thank you! I can do a lesson on that topic 👍
Congrats !!!!
Thank you Carlos! 🤘
Great lesson you have a really clear approach - love it! Would be great if you expanded this one into long ii-V's one measure for the iim7 one for V7b9 two for the I chord etc... Keep up the great stuff my man!
Thanks Kip! That’s a great idea 👌 My next continuation of this concept will be applying it to minor ii-V’s but then I can do one showing how I approach a long ii-V 🤘
Excellent stuff!
Thank you Derek! 🙏
Great presentation! Thanks
Thank you Hristo! 🤘
Fantastically useful and clear, wish I’d learned this crucial foundational bebop stuff earlier! Many thanks. By the way looking at what to play on long 2-5-1s would also be good.
Glad it was helpful! I think you’ll dig this video too: The SIMPLE Way to Play ii-V-Is (For Guitar)
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Loved this! Great video, and thorough/logical layout. Thanks so much!
Thanks for the feedback! 🤘
Great stuff!! Keep it going!!
Thank you Curtis! 🤘
Very very good simple examples all related to chords. 10/10
Thank you Dan! 🤘
Yeah man that last video did so well! It’s great watching the channel blossom. Keep cranking out the top notch content. I enjoy looking forward to each new lesson/video. This would merge well into a lesson and concepts on chord soloing. ✌🏼
Crazy how well it did! Totally not expecting that. Thanks for all your support, Nick 🤘
@@ChaseMaddox throwing an idea out there. would be cool to see same concept how it applies to resolving to minor chords with in the C major diatonic harmony. Then will have concepts to apply within the entire key. Not sure if there's also a way to show how this might apply to secret jazz chord. Again this stuff is really gold for foundations of our improvisation journey! THanks Chase! Great lesson!
@@nickschuller9861 throw out all your ideas! I don’t think you’ve had a bad one yet 👍 Do you mean applying this to a minor ii-V? Like B-7b5 / E7 / A-? And there’s always a way to connect these lines to the nearest secret jazz chord. I would think of these lines in relation to the G7alt sound, so SJC off of Bb. And see how the lines fit over those 5 SJCs.
This was great man! Would love to learn more about fundamental principles of voice leading. Thanks!
Thank you! Can do 🤘
Drink to that! Congratulations on reaching the 10k subscribers. Well done. Keep up the good work and great content.
Thank you! I appreciate your support! 🤘
Gréât lesson 👍
Thanks David! 🤘
Awesome lesson!!!
So glad I ran across your channel.
Information is really clear and concise. Great job!!
Thank you, Anthony! I appreciate the support! 🤘
Good information, congrats on reaching 10k. I would like to see a study on the modes of the Melodic Minor.
Thank you! I don’t really think of the modes for melodic minor since I was taught the “secret jazz chord” method by Barry Greene. If you know that approach it really takes away from needing to think of all the individual modes.
Thank you this is really useful: I never know what to do over chord changes and especially when you give different examples of the same principle it hits home and gives my neurons some homework :-)
Thank you Tobias! Definitely check out my follow up lesson to this one, called “The MAGIC of minor ii-V-i’s”. That will give you even more context around the same ideas 👍
Great lesson. Also - I have that exact guitar !
Thanks! Great guitar! 🤘
Oh so you build these chords in thirds until you have 4 notes! I always wondered why 2 -5 -1 in C wasn't just Dm-G-C I never got that concept till a minute ago! THANKS!
Well done, if you could give us some advice on the tricky question of which notes to use outside of the key to pepper the melody and create interesting tensions, cause usually I am afraid of risking of sounding wrong on them so I stick too much to the "safe" maj/min parent scale of the underlying chord. God bless.
Thank you! The best answer I can give right now would be to learn jazz vocabulary that has those interesting tensions and then apply what you learn all over your instrument. Any of the 12 notes could be interesting tensions in the right context, so what’s going to be more effective is learning various ways to add chromaticism with real examples. Here’s one: you can approach any chord tone by a half step if you land the chord tone on a downbeat. Start with that and then learn more ways to work with chromaticism 🤘
Well deserved 10k, hope you get lots more. Thank you for these beginner friendly lessons!
Thank you Jason! 🤘I can definitely do more beginner friendly ones. Any topic you’d like me to cover?
@@ChaseMaddox I'm not really sure! I'm in a spot right now where I don't know what I don't know, if that makes sense. This video was great for me to follow along, so anything similar to this will be great!
@@Oneoutofnone10 ok fair enough! 👍
Me encanta!!!! Gracias!!!! Me estás ayudando a entender todo. Ya tienes mis likes y mi subscripción por supuesto!!!! Eres genial!!!🎸🎸🙋👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Gracias! 🙏
no idea what you just said, but I just suscribed.
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Congrats.
Thank you! 🙏
Love this
Thanks Bobby!
Could you do a basics for blues/ music really. Concepts like: what is an arpeggio? What is a scale and why does it work with that arpeggio? And what is a mode exactly??
I know it might be boring for someone advanced, but really, there are soooo many people who are lost in theese things
Great idea! I can definitely do a video on this 🤘
Great lesson.. I can let this line burn in for a while..Then add some variables..
Thank you! That’s the way to do it 🤘
A lesson on tri-tone substitutions would be great!
Good suggestion! 👌
Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive and Jazz. Who knew! LOL thank you for this!
Oh don’t get me started on the love/hate relationship I have with Name of the Wind
I was supposed to go to the university of north Florida to study with Jack Peterson, but ended up on the road playing bars. That was the early 90’s.
Small world!