Just wanted to say thank you from a farm labourer in regional Australia with a tenor sax. I've learnt to start playing outside the scale and improvise with approach notes and it's because of your RUclips content.your a fantastic teacher. Thanks so much for taking the time and making these well made videos. It's made a difference in my playing, especially when I don't have any pages in front of me to read when I'm playing. I've got a long way to go and I'm sure your channel is going to play a role in my learning curve. Happy 100!
Wow, I'm so happy to hear that!! You know, we've got some other Aussies on www.JazzWire.net. When the time is right, I hope you'll join us there. Until then, keep doing what you are doing!!
Congratulations Jeff. These videos have been helping me a lot. The whole idea of really dig deeply the contents is problably what made the bigger difference to me. I would love to hear more about how to practice the chord tones approach.
Congratulations on a job well done! Its always great to see someone fulfill there vision and dream. Keep up the outstanding work and content. Many thanks from across the pond . Chris
@@JeffAntoniukEducator You are welcome. I have been thinking about your idea for a guide book. I am not sure whether it is useful but I noted down what I did with the video this week. Firstly I watched all the way through then I watch back the middle bit about minor thirds. I find myself seeing jazz more and more like a natural language. I want to hear it. Speak it. I then looked for isotope in RUclips. I had heard it before but did not quite get it. It sounded other at the time. Now I was listening out for a blues with a fascinating ending. I then got out the alto and started to play some minor shapes. I find it good to see the dots in the video but try not to ask for the PDF as I prefer to write out the basics in my own spidery hand. It seems to go deeper if I make brief dots and then try to remember a concept. I then made up my own pattern in three keys and played until it wasn't too embarrassing. Finally I fired up the backing track of isotope and had a go. I find remembering bebop and beyond tunes to be a sticking point but the sound ideas seem to get through now so I was trying not to rely on the chart. Isotope stopped being other and becomes available...though hardly mastered. Now I am interested to know where else I can apply this new piece of grammar. Most exciting...Hope that helps.
Congratulations on video #100.... and THANKS for all of these nuggets of knowledge!!! I am grateful for all you have shared through these videos. Hope to upgrade when I can, to JazzWire.🇨🇦🕊😉
Congrats Jeff and all us followers! It has come to the point where I am planing my Friday so that I can share your video asap. Always excited to hear your you treat. One thing I would like to dig deeper into is voice leading. This seems to mean slightly different things if you play a chord-instrument or a single-note instrument. I am sure you have got some advice for the soloists. Ey?
Thanks for the very kind note, Harald. If you would, write us back at Jessica@ jazzwire.net, and give us your email address and location, and we'll make a note to plan an event near where you live in 2020. As for voice leading, it's exactly the same thing whether we are soloing with a single line, or comping. Some of the Digging Deeper Jazz videos talk about Voice Leading, and it will definitely be in the DDJ Guide Book later this year.
Congratulations on reaching 100 videos! Jeff, you give an astounding amount of information for free! I look forward to the guidebook. I know I'll get past page three. FWIW, I'm most interested in what you did in this video. Effective ways to use substitute harmony over what the rhythm section is playing.
Thanks for taking the time to write Don. So glad that you have been enjoying the videos. And yes, I GUARANTEE people will get past page three!! And yes, this is a great topic, and one that I enjoy and employ often. We'll have it in the DDJ Guide Book!
Your digging deeper videos have enabled me to progress more in the last 2 years than the previous 30 years I’ve been playing. Great job at making difficult concepts easier to understand! Much thanks, Jeff!!
Ron, so happy to have you with us here, and at www.JazzWire.net. You are doing GREAT work there. And I certainly love to hear about the amazing progress. Good for you!
Congratulations on getting to 100 episodes. Your lesson is the highlight of my week and they are always so useful. The Joe Henderson turnaround is a great sound and I look forward to trying it out. Spending time on working on turnarounds (an exercise from very early in your Digging Deeper series) has really helped my playing - apparently Fats Navarro used to do a lot of work on playing through turnarounds too. I have messed around with tritone subs and the Ladybird turnaround but Henderson's changes are new to me. Thank you so much for your generosity in publishing these videos. I look forward to the next 100.
Thanks once again for an amazing learning experience over these past 100 episodes. You've given us a tough task to pick which of the hundred have been more useful. I'd have an easier time trying to figure out the very few that did not seem useful. (For example, I didn't find the Partido Alto sessions of very practical use.) Mostly, I'm surprised, stimulated and pleased with what you come up with each week. Each week! Wow, I sometimes wonder how you do it. Anyway, please keep these sessions coming. I look forward to getting a copy of your Digging Deeper Guidebook.
Thanks for the kind words, Ken, and thanks for tuning in as much as you do. It's people like you that I do this for. And . . . if you find yourself in Brazil or on a Brazilian gig, take that Partido Alto video with you! :)
I really like the tension and resolution present in your playing of the written changes alternated with the Henderson changes. Just like in cooking, the diminished sound over the major changes really adds some nice spice and interest. Not sure I could stand to listen to an entire solo of diminished over major without getting seasick, but this provides a nice alternative. As the great jazz musician Aristotle once said, "All things in moderation." Getting to 100 videos is a great achievement and represents a ton of work and persistence on your part. I believe the greater achievement is the amount of knowledge you've shared, the worldwide community you've established and what you are doing to further jazz education generally. Congrats!
Happy Hundred! Keep up the good work. I enjoy your lessons, your sense of humor and your great playing. If you ever come to the Netherlands for workshops, let me know...(:
Marc, I am hoping to make it there in 2020. If you would, write us back at Jessica@ jazzwire.net, and give us your email address and location, and we'll make a note to plan something there.
I was messing around with this turnaround this weekend and although I remembered it was built from a diminished chord, I couldn't remember whether you played the diminished chord up or down, so I tried out both. And guess what, the other direction ( i.e. C7 Eb7 F#7 A7) seems to work pretty well too, at least to my ears.
How to practice chord tones correctly. I can understand quit well how to structure a solid base on tunes like Donna lee,autumn leaves etc I cant understand how to practice chord tones on tunes like oleo,giant steps and even Cherokee which are so fast...I think there might be a shortcut for fast tempo tunes to practice all this great stuff in high speed like bionic jazz episode and major and minor 2-5-1 videos.
Love your question. You actually have two different and competing ideas going on, which you should practice totally separately. We work on that stuff day in and day out at www.JazzWire.net. Join us there if you can. All will be revealed!!
Hello Jeff Congrats on a 100th video- shows u've been very consistent. Good to know u will be working on a 'guidebook'. How can you help saxophonists who can't sight read music to play by ear?
Thanks for watching, and yes, stay tuned for the Digging Deeper Guide Book. You know, the next video is going to be on "Ear Training" which is very much what you are talking about. Don't miss it!
According to Barry Harris All those chords are from the same family of dominants C7 Eb7 F#7 A7 they all come form moving down a half step just one of the notes of the C# diminished chord. He claims that you could play any of this chords over the others. So thinking that way this is all C7 substitutions.
@Saxo Fonista Pat Martino uses the same (or similar) concept. Take any diminished 7th chord, lower any of its notes by a 1/2 step and that gives you a dominant 7th. The lowered note becomes the root. Therefore each dim7th can realate to 4 different dom7th chords... all interchangeable. 🎷🎸🎹🎶
Yes, ALL the approaches folks are talking about here are different ways of taking about exactly the same thing. Since this sound/approach is symmetrical (minor 3rds create asymmetrical division of the octave), there are a lot of ways to look at it. My best advice is to pick ONE (yes, only ONE) approach, and use it ONLY for a good six months. IGNORE all other approaches. Then, once you have "your way" of looking at it, a strong understanding, all the other approaches will make much more good sense.
Hi Ian. No, this is totally different than Coltrane Changes. His idea is based on THREE key areas, separated by Major 3rds. Here we are in ONE key area, but using chord separated by minor thirds. This is something we'll be getting into soon at www.JazzWire.net. I hope we'll see you there!
Thanks for what u do, I love ur stuff. I think a guide book is an excellent idea. Keep it simple like the video's I really enjoy the cord stuff, you can take a idea make it easy to understand. I will be first in line. Dick
I like this Lick(EEf Albers) : (A7:)CG-AE-F# C# A# (F#7): A E - F#C#-Eb Bb G (Eb7): Gb Db- Eb Bb -C G E maybe it would be nice to play: Aaltered F# altered Ebaltered
Thanks for tuning in to these FREE videos. I"m really happy you enjoy them. To be honest, I haven't found a way to buy food or pay my rent by producing free videos!! 😂😂 The way I earn a living is by people paying for quality lessons and masterclasses, workshops and camps. Hence the ads. If you enjoy this material, consider supporting us in a tangible way. You mentioned that you are looking for actionable theory - let me suggest that RUclips videos may not be the most powerful way to go. It's a one way communication, which by definition is NOT communication at all. If you haven't already, please jump in to a Free 30 Day Limited access to JazzWire. I would love to work together with you in a more meaningful (and not too expensive) way. With the Free 30 Day Trial, you’ll see what we're doing behind the wall! You'll be inside in about 20 seconds, no credit card required. www.jazzwire.net/free-trial/. These videos are great, but they are a SHADOW compared to the real work and we can do together!
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Just wanted to say thank you from a farm labourer in regional Australia with a tenor sax. I've learnt to start playing outside the scale and improvise with approach notes and it's because of your RUclips content.your a fantastic teacher. Thanks so much for taking the time and making these well made videos. It's made a difference in my playing, especially when I don't have any pages in front of me to read when I'm playing. I've got a long way to go and I'm sure your channel is going to play a role in my learning curve. Happy 100!
Wow, I'm so happy to hear that!! You know, we've got some other Aussies on www.JazzWire.net. When the time is right, I hope you'll join us there. Until then, keep doing what you are doing!!
*Great Lesson!!! Useful and inspiring!!! Thanks Man for your job!!!*
Thanks so much for tuning in and for taking the time to write a note, Yevgeniy. Cheers man!!
Congrats on #100 Jeff, and thanks so much for your time, knowledge, artistry, and wonderful personality!
Thanks Warren. I'm so happy that you are digging the material, brother!
Thanks for the musical analysis here, Jeff. Isotope is one of my favourites - and Inner Urge one of my favourite albums! :-)
You and me both, George!! Thanks for tuning in to Digging Deeper!
Thank you for your weekly steady rate work, for your teaching. I don't want to be a consumer but a learner so I watch your "tuto"
I LOVE that . . . less consuming, and more playing!
Congratulations Jeff. These videos have been helping me a lot. The whole idea of really dig deeply the contents is problably what made the bigger difference to me. I would love to hear more about how to practice the chord tones approach.
Chord Tone will DEFINITELY be in the Digging Deeper Guide Book. Thanks for the vote!
Congrats on 100 episodes of your sharing thank you sir 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎷😎✌🏽
Happy to have you with us!
Congratulations on a job well done! Its always great to see someone fulfill there vision and dream. Keep up the outstanding work and content. Many thanks from across the pond . Chris
Thanks for tuning in Chris. So glad to have you with us.
One hundred wow! Many thanks for all the hard work/ fun. Your videos are brilliant and insightful
I'm glad you've been enjoying them, Gavin. Thanks for taking the time to write.
@@JeffAntoniukEducator You are welcome. I have been thinking about your idea for a guide book. I am not sure whether it is useful but I noted down what I did with the video this week. Firstly I watched all the way through then I watch back the middle bit about minor thirds. I find myself seeing jazz more and more like a natural language. I want to hear it. Speak it. I then looked for isotope in RUclips. I had heard it before but did not quite get it. It sounded other at the time. Now I was listening out for a blues with a fascinating ending. I then got out the alto and started to play some minor shapes. I find it good to see the dots in the video but try not to ask for the PDF as I prefer to write out the basics in my own spidery hand. It seems to go deeper if I make brief dots and then try to remember a concept. I then made up my own pattern in three keys and played until it wasn't too embarrassing. Finally I fired up the backing track of isotope and had a go. I find remembering bebop and beyond tunes to be a sticking point but the sound ideas seem to get through now so I was trying not to rely on the chart. Isotope stopped being other and becomes available...though hardly mastered. Now I am interested to know where else I can apply this new piece of grammar. Most exciting...Hope that helps.
@@DoctorGZeds So cool Gavin! Love your approach!
Congratulations on video #100.... and THANKS for all of these nuggets of knowledge!!! I am grateful for all you have shared through these videos. Hope to upgrade when I can, to JazzWire.🇨🇦🕊😉
Thanks for the kind note Glenn. Hey, www.JazzWire.net is waiting for you when you are ready. You are going to love it.
Congrats Jeff and all us followers! It has come to the point where I am planing my Friday so that I can share your video asap. Always excited to hear your you treat.
One thing I would like to dig deeper into is voice leading. This seems to mean slightly different things if you play a chord-instrument or a single-note instrument. I am sure you have got some advice for the soloists. Ey?
Thanks for the very kind note, Harald. If you would, write us back at Jessica@ jazzwire.net, and give us your email address and location, and we'll make a note to plan an event near where you live in 2020. As for voice leading, it's exactly the same thing whether we are soloing with a single line, or comping. Some of the Digging Deeper Jazz videos talk about Voice Leading, and it will definitely be in the DDJ Guide Book later this year.
Congratulations on your 100th, very informative clever video. Please continue as you totally rock!
Thanks for checking out these videos as often as you do Robin. Love it!
Congratulations on reaching 100 videos! Jeff, you give an astounding amount of information for free! I look forward to the guidebook. I know I'll get past page three. FWIW, I'm most interested in what you did in this video. Effective ways to use substitute harmony over what the rhythm section is playing.
Thanks for taking the time to write Don. So glad that you have been enjoying the videos. And yes, I GUARANTEE people will get past page three!! And yes, this is a great topic, and one that I enjoy and employ often. We'll have it in the DDJ Guide Book!
Your digging deeper videos have enabled me to progress more in the last 2 years than the previous 30 years I’ve been playing. Great job at making difficult concepts easier to understand! Much thanks, Jeff!!
Ron, so happy to have you with us here, and at www.JazzWire.net. You are doing GREAT work there. And I certainly love to hear about the amazing progress. Good for you!
Congratulations on getting to 100 episodes. Your lesson is the highlight of my week and they are always so useful. The Joe Henderson turnaround is a great sound and I look forward to trying it out. Spending time on working on turnarounds (an exercise from very early in your Digging Deeper series) has really helped my playing - apparently Fats Navarro used to do a lot of work on playing through turnarounds too. I have messed around with tritone subs and the Ladybird turnaround but Henderson's changes are new to me. Thank you so much for your generosity in publishing these videos. I look forward to the next 100.
Thanks for the kind words, and for tuning in Robin. Glad to have you with us!
happy 100th!! congrats!
Thanks Bruce!!
Congratulations to the next 100 videos and more!!! Long life to this soulful Project!!!
Thanks so much. I have the next 100 ready to go!
Thanks once again for an amazing learning experience over these past 100 episodes. You've given us a tough task to pick which of the hundred have been more useful. I'd have an easier time trying to figure out the very few that did not seem useful. (For example, I didn't find the Partido Alto sessions of very practical use.) Mostly, I'm surprised, stimulated and pleased with what you come up with each week. Each week! Wow, I sometimes wonder how you do it. Anyway, please keep these sessions coming. I look forward to getting a copy of your Digging Deeper Guidebook.
Thanks for the kind words, Ken, and thanks for tuning in as much as you do. It's people like you that I do this for. And . . . if you find yourself in Brazil or on a Brazilian gig, take that Partido Alto video with you! :)
Congratulations on 100!
Full disclosure: I learn from Jeff without being in the same room!
Haha! Fair is fair!!
No doubt!
Muchas Gracias !
I really like the tension and resolution present in your playing of the written changes alternated with the Henderson changes. Just like in cooking, the diminished sound over the major changes really adds some nice spice and interest. Not sure I could stand to listen to an entire solo of diminished over major without getting seasick, but this provides a nice alternative. As the great jazz musician Aristotle once said, "All things in moderation."
Getting to 100 videos is a great achievement and represents a ton of work and persistence on your part. I believe the greater achievement is the amount of knowledge you've shared, the worldwide community you've established and what you are doing to further jazz education generally. Congrats!
FOR SURE, an entire solo of diminished would be not so good!! Hey, thanks for tuning in, and for the very kind words.
Congratulations! What a milestone!
Thanks paul. I have the next 100 already planned out!!
Belgium!!!! Lots of jazz and music fanatics, and the best beer in the world. That should concince you I hope😂.
Thanks for your email. I promise that Belgium is at the top of the list for the 2020 Digging Deeper Tour.
Jeff congrats on your 100 video! You're a great player with a wealth of knowledge and a cool dude. You're on a roll! :)
Jeremiah! Thanks for the note, and thanks for tuning in.
Happy Hundred! Keep up the good work. I enjoy your lessons, your sense of humor and your great playing. If you ever come to the Netherlands for workshops, let me know...(:
Marc, I am hoping to make it there in 2020. If you would, write us back at Jessica@ jazzwire.net, and give us your email address and location, and we'll make a note to plan something there.
I was messing around with this turnaround this weekend and although I remembered it was built from a diminished chord, I couldn't remember whether you played the diminished chord up or down, so I tried out both. And guess what, the other direction ( i.e. C7 Eb7 F#7 A7) seems to work pretty well too, at least to my ears.
Here's to 100 more.
Agreed!
triad pairs been great help to me//thanks
You bet! I 100% guarantee they will be in the Digging Deeper Guide Book, later this year. :)
or maybe both octatonic both altered...(we have to push the Parker Button + the Coltrane-button for this!!!)
How to practice chord tones correctly.
I can understand quit well how to structure a solid base on tunes like Donna lee,autumn leaves etc
I cant understand how to practice chord tones on tunes like oleo,giant steps and even Cherokee which are so fast...I think there might be a shortcut for fast tempo tunes to practice all this great stuff in high speed like bionic jazz episode and major and minor 2-5-1 videos.
Love your question. You actually have two different and competing ideas going on, which you should practice totally separately. We work on that stuff day in and day out at www.JazzWire.net. Join us there if you can. All will be revealed!!
Hello Jeff Congrats on a 100th video- shows u've been very consistent. Good to know u will be working on a 'guidebook'. How can you help saxophonists who can't sight read music to play by ear?
Thanks for watching, and yes, stay tuned for the Digging Deeper Guide Book. You know, the next video is going to be on "Ear Training" which is very much what you are talking about. Don't miss it!
According to Barry Harris All those chords are from the same family of dominants C7 Eb7 F#7 A7 they all come form moving down a half step just one of the notes of the C# diminished chord.
He claims that you could play any of this chords over the others. So thinking that way this is all C7 substitutions.
@Saxo Fonista
Pat Martino uses the same (or similar) concept. Take any diminished 7th chord, lower any of its notes by a 1/2 step and that gives you a dominant 7th. The lowered note becomes the root. Therefore each dim7th can realate to 4 different dom7th chords... all interchangeable. 🎷🎸🎹🎶
@@GlennMichaelThompson A long time ago I read something like this on Shoenberg's harmony book. I guess it comes from there.
Yes, ALL the approaches folks are talking about here are different ways of taking about exactly the same thing. Since this sound/approach is symmetrical (minor 3rds create asymmetrical division of the octave), there are a lot of ways to look at it. My best advice is to pick ONE (yes, only ONE) approach, and use it ONLY for a good six months. IGNORE all other approaches. Then, once you have "your way" of looking at it, a strong understanding, all the other approaches will make much more good sense.
Where is the sheet you are using? Yes I want the pdf for the video. I just subscribed. This is my second video, you mention the sheet. What sheet?
Every Digging Deeper video have a pdf that goes along with it. Write us at DiggingDeeperJazz@gmail.com, and we'll get it off to you.
happy new videos ... ( what about going up a min 3rd ? )
Going up works perfectly too. I actually snuck that in in my example solo on the video. See if you can hear it.
Is this not a similar substitution to 'Coltrane Changes'?
Hi Ian. No, this is totally different than Coltrane Changes. His idea is based on THREE key areas, separated by Major 3rds. Here we are in ONE key area, but using chord separated by minor thirds. This is something we'll be getting into soon at www.JazzWire.net. I hope we'll see you there!
Thanks for what u do, I love ur stuff. I think a guide book is an excellent idea. Keep it simple like the video's I really enjoy the cord stuff, you can take a idea make it easy to understand. I will be first in line. Dick
I like this Lick(EEf Albers) : (A7:)CG-AE-F# C# A# (F#7): A E - F#C#-Eb Bb G (Eb7): Gb Db- Eb Bb -C G E maybe it would be nice to play: Aaltered F# altered Ebaltered
Come to Bath in England, its beautiful. Would love to chew the fat over a pint 😜
Joe Henderson - Black Miracle was never released on CD
I wonder why,this album is so weak,there is nothing interesting on it??
No, I don't think that is it . . . Joe never played a weak note in his like that I've heard!
Always enjoy your videos Jeff but sometime too much PR and not enough theory.
Thanks for tuning in to these FREE videos. I"m really happy you enjoy them. To be honest, I haven't found a way to buy food or pay my rent by producing free videos!! 😂😂 The way I earn a living is by people paying for quality lessons and masterclasses, workshops and camps. Hence the ads. If you enjoy this material, consider supporting us in a tangible way.
You mentioned that you are looking for actionable theory - let me suggest that RUclips videos may not be the most powerful way to go. It's a one way communication, which by definition is NOT communication at all.
If you haven't already, please jump in to a Free 30 Day Limited access to JazzWire. I would love to work together with you in a more meaningful (and not too expensive) way. With the Free 30 Day Trial, you’ll see what we're doing behind the wall! You'll be inside in about 20 seconds, no credit card required. www.jazzwire.net/free-trial/. These videos are great, but they are a SHADOW compared to the real work and we can do together!