World class teacher, because simplification is the best route to learning as it keep one's interest alive. One of the best lessons i have seen on youtube.
Ditto. If you're not having fun you're not learning. Well, sometimes when you get a little more advanced you can practice some tedious stuff but at the beginning at least it should get you playing fast and easy.
Paul TheSkeptic I woodshed all the time. most of the time I am thinking or learning to sight reading better(I play keys). it's the little victories when one piece of knowledge ties into another.
Mr.Rose, I'm a musician of over 35years and i'd just like to say your instruction style is phenomenal! the "lets do the fun stuff first THEN worry about how we got there" builds a confidence in the student that "hey , I can play that!" with out boring the student out of the interest of playing guitar with dry theory. I wish school teachers would follow this pattern.
+crabtrap --Thank you. I like the way Cromwell said it in an above comment..."all that's needed for a very important piece to fit into place is a simple lesson rather than a mass of information.,"
crabtrap that’s so true, been playing guitar for over 18 years on and off and I’m self Taught and learned all the fun stuff I could but I never understood why and how it sounded good. I was horrible at improv. Now I’m older and I’m loving learning music theory. “Learning how to talk before u read and write”
So true! There would be a whole lot more amazing piano players in the world as well, if piano teachers taught this way. I can remember it like it was yesterday. 1966, skinny little nine-year-old, piano teacher with a German accent in Eugene Oregon, “fundamentals! Play that scale again until you get it right!” Instead of, “what is your favorite Beatles song? Let me teach you that.” Get me hooked on the drug first and then show me how it’s made. Quit that nonsense after three years and picked up a guitar!
Totally!! I had a year of a boring piano teacher. I didnt get very far. Totally uninspiring. Bought a yamaha 18 months ago and taught myself a few beautiful songs on it. Now moving onto the jazzy stuff and creating my own music. Bought a guitar today and only want to learn the improv stuff for now. The fun stuff! Maybe buy a loop pedal soon...really get creative! Thats what music is ultimately about. Creativity and expression. Once I have an interest in something I will want to teach myself the fundanentals. But for now I want to learn HOW not WHY?
Thank you MatkoCmilansky. So glad you dig it. It's a funny thing with this RUclips video lesson. it was a printed paper-back, book and video package first that got no attention. No music store distributor publisher would pick up. For five years the RUclips video went nearly un-noticed. About year six it took off and if anything keeps getting more popular as time goes by. It has been quite gratifying to have the book find its audients with talented guitar players looking for new directions that are easy to digest. I think I will repost this letter to you as a comment myself. By the way, a new book and video package for rock guitarist on Playing Jazz Blues will be out next month. Thanks again....Glen
@@glenrose7925 I also like your teaching style. Gives you some ideas without getting tooo specific what has to be done ("Play chords XYZ, or you will burn in E-minor hell!"). Have to check your other videos, maybe the first guitar teacher that doesn't wanna make me start rolling my eyes after 2 minutes ;).
@@davidwatkins204 The purpose of Glen's video is not to fake virtuosity. It is to demystify the basics of jazz guitar, so that one can start on the road to improvement, and as improvement continues, and many years of practice, eventually virtuosity will come
I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out how jazz progression works for literally years and this video solves literally all of my problems in like 4 minutes. amazing.
I first saw this video when I was just beginning my guitar journey at 15. I am 28 now and I'm a professional musician. These chords opened the gateway to Swing, Bebop, Samba and Jazz fusion for me, thank you for uploading this. You changed my life, literally!
Really glad to hear that. Makes me smile. My simple examples in the book and video lesson are compatible and fit with all further jazz studies, if one goes in that direction.
This is a compliment: your expression, your haircut, your clothes, your way of speaking, and your glasses make you look the quintessential jazz musician!
You're a good teacher too. I've been using the first 3 chord pattern trying to learn Girl from Ipanema and I prefer putting four fingers on the first chord too because it's easier getting to the next chord than from a barre.
I 56 years of age and playing guitar since I was 12. I believe it fair to say this is one of the best guitar lessons I have experienced. Yes, I still search out guitar tricks, bits and pieces. That's the beauty of the instrument, it allows you to find surprises around every corner. Thank you, Glen.
Wow! This incredibly simple lesson has totally sold me on this style of music and will absolutely enhance my playing, whether it be Jazz or not. Never in a million years did I ever think I would ever consider playing jazz, and now...
I'm a rock and blues guy who has been trying to dip my toes into jazz and this video helped immensely. Ive been learning a lot of common jazz chord voicings but this idea of putting them into blocks makes so much sense.
I can’t believe this video is nine years old, I love it, he introduced me to jazz in such a fun and understandable way it opened my eyes to what I’ve been wanting to learn since I started playing, this video is fantastic
Wow, this concept of using chords in blocks has really clicked in my head. I've been trying to practice jazz chords for a month or so now, and this makes a ton of sense to me. This helps tremendously. Thank you so much.
My son tried this video and now he's doing nothing but drinking coffee, smoking, reading Kerouac, and speaking entirely in slang. Just yesterday he stated that my mac and cheese was the bee's knees. You should be ashamed of yourself.
so happy to hear! The book will show you a lot of easy to make variations on the dominant chord (the middle chord in the progression). Thats the one that makes all the cook jazz chords.
@@glenrose7925 I’ve been playing since I was 12 and I’m 78 now and I’m still not through learning. I’ve learned tidbits from every guitar player I ever seen and I just learned something from you, you just added something to the guitar salad in my brain,thank you !
What I love about this is that especially the first two chords are easy to play one after another. Too often with Jazz chords I've found the fingerings too difficult and so I never got round to practicing them. Moving blocks of just two, three or four easy-to-play chords over the fretboard opens up huge possibilities. Well explained!!
Very educational, Glen! The jazzworld can seem like such a tough nut to crack for regular pop/rock players. Certain people like to promote it as high culture which sets a sort of barrier for anyone who wants to get into it. With this video you tear down these imaginary walls, and breaks it down the music to its simplest form, which makes it accessible to anyone. Even to people who are just starting out learning to play an instrument. Which is no small feat. Great work, Glen!
Way more helpful than any other jazz guitar tutorial I've ever seen. I can't believe I finally found a tutorial that gives the viewer exactly what he/she needs to finally start... without mixing up some technical words and the slang that does nothing but only scare people away in the first minute hahaha! This is everything that I try to collect from an hour long video.. thank you so much for making my job a lot easier XD. I am really grateful.
This is crazy. I watched this video when I first started really playing guitar 5 years ago and wanted to get into jazz. I’m just coming back to this video and am realizing this is such an intuitive lesson for secondary dominants! Absolutely amazing lesson. Learning something every time I watch this video.
Ahhh! So very nice to hear. Hope it springs you into some new ideas. I have a new book coming soon," Understanding Jazz Blues for rock players." As a blues player, I hope you will dig that one too.
What a wonderful teacher! I have read a bit of Mr. Rose's biography. He is steeped in musical notation and knows the chord names and formulas thoroughly-- and yet here he is helping us learn without getting confused by the chord names. Clear and generous instruction. I have tipped him in the past for this video lesson and encourage you to do so, too, if you can. Thanks Mr. Rose!
Thank you Drew. True, I am involved in the scholastic and erudite aspects of music and theory. But I also like to get lost and just play. Introducing jazz concept to talented self taught guitarist without the theory has been a special project of mine. It seems to be received well.
Wow after playing blues and metal for 45 years and watching jazz guitarists play I was always thinking its magic,,, now 30 min later I'm hooked! You made it sooo easy to learn my first blocks of wonderful sound. Now I can play this stuff on an acoustic in the lounge and it is so much fun ! Something wonderful to ease into for the next 10 years, Thank you so much !
I loved this video, the way that you explain all it's so simple, so relaxed, but at the same time is so beautiful. I were playing like for 6 or 7 years, but with no real progress, maybe since 4 years ago. Your video inspires me to learn new things again, thanks :)
Thanks, Glen! This Saturday, November 11th (2017), I'll be performing on stage with the Granite City Swing Band; I couldn't have done this without you. You're really an inspiration. I can't believe I'm going to be out there on stage and gigging again. And considering I thought I'd never be able to play ever again, this is an incredible mile marker for me. Again, I can't thank you enough! You're the best. Your friend, student, and #1 fan, Mark
I am honored to have a metal head check into my lesson.😁 There is a follow-on video series to this you might want to check out: "Play Jazz Standards with Just Six Chords." On the GlenRoseJazz.com website. That will really make you a mellow fellow.😁
Apart from this soulful and beautiful video and person, the fact that there are over 4 million views just restored my faith in humanity! Thank you Glen
thanks. i love how you explain it so clearly and precisely and without the names of chords. all those vids where people try to teach and yap on with long chord names and terms, its like going through a long maze to lerm something simple. but to know how to play it ad how it works first is so much quicker and better and then the names of the chords actually make sense and you remember them. great lesson. thanks.
I always wanted to play some Texas Swing music. It seems to be Jazz related. lol I've been playing guitar for over 50 years and there's always something new to learn. I learned to play guitar in the mid 60s. No RUclips, No internet. A chord book and a song book was what I had. Thank you Glen for posting!
My pleasure. i hope it adds to your guitar pursuits. There is a follow-on video series to this you might want to check out: "Play Jazz Standards with Just Six Chords." On the GlenRoseJazz.com website.
Listen to the Micheal Franks tune, "Down in Brazil" on RUclips. He uses the three-chord, major jazz pattern for the entire tune. He uses it in six different places and that's the entire tune. You can do the same sort of thing.
This is the most helpful guitar video I’ve ever watched, thank you for making it so simple, it was very easy to understand. It really shows that you don’t need to know all the terminology for jazz to sounds good, as long as you get the feel of the patterns it may be as simple as that. Thank you so much
watched your video a couple years ago and added it to my watch later. here i am now finding this just to reminisce the nostalgia . thanks for the video and thanks lil me
When you said "you can play this and it sounds like jazz, but you don't know what you're doing", you just described me, Glen. As a life-long rock and roll player who is trying to learn some jazz, I am delighted to have discovered you and I am grateful for this instructive and unpretentious 1st lesson.
Great video! You have an excellent method of teaching. This video is perfect for guitar players with a little experience, to just learn this sound really fast. One can tell very quickly you know what you're doing but you teach it in a way where anyone can learn whether they know the theory or not. Awesome.
Hey Glen, I'm a Rock player, and I have been trying to get away from it just so I can grow as a player. This was the perfect 1st step. Great job, and thanks so much !
I don't get it. So in the first chord (5th fret), he plays the notes A, G, C, E - that would be Amin7, ok. In the second chord, he plays D, F#, C, E - but isn't that is D9? And I don't get any clue about the third chord. It has the notes F#, H, D - Bmin? Can anyone explain that to me?
I see, that is supposed to be II-V-I. The "R" in (R)min7 confused me. The first chord is Amin7 which is the II so everything is in G. Then, D9, where D is V from G - check. The last must be Gmaj7 ... F# (is the maj7) H and D the third and fifth. OK got it.
I've gotten so much positive attention and feedback from other people by learning and using what was taught in this video. I've gotten lots of enjoyment out of playing what I've learned here. Thank you so much for sharing and putting this out there!
You're a good teacher, Mr. Rose. As you were demonstrating those chords, it occurred to me that The Beatles' version of "Till There Was You" could serve as a nice "gateway" track for aspiring jazz players to listen to & learn.
Or how about The Girl From Ipanema, the original recording of which employs a guitar, and not much more, as vocal accompaniment. Of course, there are a number of key changes along with some altered chords, but nothing all that difficult if you have a chord manual handy, and the song is full of the types of chord groupings that you talk about. Plus, despite the fact that some real jazz guitarists (of which I, unfortunately, am not one) might roll their eyes and consider this tune to be just another standard that's been done to death, it really is a pretty damn good song!
thanks. after THIS VIDEO , I will consider dabbling with jazz .I always thought jazz too advanced for me as a beginner at this stage (I'M INTO BLUES ,COUNTRY AND CLASSIC ROCK, WITH SOME REGGAE, with two years of playing guitar). But the way you approached it (and they look like open chords A, B7 and "A minor" that I know), it made me ready to learn jazz right now. Thanks again
+Santiago Reil So when he was playing the "first chord" on the fifth fret, he was playing ii7-V7-Imaj7 in G major (capital Roman numerals = major chord, lowercase = minor chord). So in a major key the chords go: I-ii-iii-IV-V-vi-vii vii isn't actually minor, it's half-finished but that doesn't matter right now. The dissonances which go with each chord are: Imaj7-ii7-iii7-IVmaj7-V7-vi7-vii7 So as you can see, in the key of G, the chords are Am7, D7, Gmaj7.
Dear Glen, now I have your book and your video! You gave me the ticket into jazz world with your beautiful video and your amazing book. As I'm over 60 and never really learned guitar it is not easy to keep all these things in mind. But your attempt to this great musical area is my chance for a journey into something I never expected to do myself. Thank You for this, Martin.
You're an amazing teacher I like how you keep it simple. I'm just learning jazz and its such a fun style haha. So many teachers wanna over complicate things for such a simple lesson but you are straight to the point! Great video keep up the good work it is greatly appreciated!
And this is exactly how we all start learning to play the guitar. The backyardness of this video is in my opinion...the best way to learn. Hands down. I didnt learn what i was playing until much later on. Music is art...played with such a feeling cant be described or boxed in. Just play. Thats all i wanted to do. Ty for this vid. It made my day and brought me back to my roots.
Hi Glen, been practicing these locked chords for a couple of months now, and I've got it, quite fun to play up and down the neck. thanx for sharing, really good sounds.
thanks Steve. Glad you are getting creative with them. In case you don't already have them, there are more useful locked jazz patterns in the book and video
5:17 "muy blah-hooey", a hidden gem within this great lesson! Glad to see this opened many many people's musical doors from years ago upto right now for this failed student of several instruments. Going to get up out of bed and try taking this lesson to my Low-G uke with odd pauses between chords to get back at my neighbors upstairs. Thank you Glen!
0:41 When you take off your glasses I knew it was about to get real! Thank you so much for this video - you are an excellent teacher and the way you just really enjoy grooving while you play remind me why I'm learning jazz in the first place
I've been playing guitar for years and of late have wanted to learn playing jazz progressions. This short lesson has opened a door for me. Thank you so much for sharing.
These are actually the first chords I ever learned because I was just making up what I thought sounded good. It’s great to watch this ten years later and remember where I got my start (with chords I still use all the time).
Thanks Chuck. 4o years is a long time. I hope you will get some new ideas for your playing with the jazz chords. Maybe you already have it, but If you get the e-book it will also show you some ways to modify the middle chords for some very hip jazz sounds.
@Alex 0ut-Of-Magic Alex, I really enjoyed your little excursus. Nevertheless, I feel the urge to tell you that- in my opinion- doubting everything is equally as dangerous and stupid as believing everything. Truth doesn't have to be an everlasting entity in order to be helpful (and true) for us humans. What you write about Einstein suggests to me, that you maybe read a book about him (which is cool and all) but are not a physician yourself and didn't really study his works. He certainly was no-one who "made up shit" and "did not have to prove it" as you say, but a very conscientious and wholehearted scientist. That he was capable of realising the limitations of his theory (and mind) should not be used as an argument against those theories or himself. We should always doubt science, but I would be a bit cautious, otherwise you might end like this dude here ;) ruclips.net/video/Zgk8UdV7GQ0/видео.html
You just made it much easier for me with this very helpful video, thanks so much! I am just getting into some jazz playing for something new to learn after playing other types of music for years just thinking jazz would be too difficult to even try, but I am finding out it is working well for me so far and I am having fun with it now.
Wow..that 3 chord pattern is the bridge chords nile rodgers uses in 'thinkin of you' sister sledge, and after having to work it out by ear i always liked to jam those 3 chords, this is an excellent video as it theorised this triad of chords so my little brain can legitimise some of my practice time and continue more deeply with it, i love picking them too with the thumb as a bass line and you do it perfectly, thanks ..even tho im a bit late to the party on your vids, but timing is good for me..peace ❤
Try writing some jazzy songs with the pattern. Listen to the Micheal Franks tune, "Down in Brazil" on RUclips. He uses the three-chord, major jazz pattern for the entire tune. He uses it in six different places and that's the entire tune. You can do the same sort of thing.
Mr Rose, I have used your jazzy ukulele book for several years and transitioned from bluegrass and Buffett, now play several solo gigs a month playing and singing Sinatra tunes. I’ve always feared the guitar for these jazz chords - too many strings! But now it seems approachable. I am working my way through your guitar book. Thank you!
hi Gary, great! Glad you are sorting things out. There's often a tendency to make things more difficult than necessary. Glad you are singing Sinatra with the chords and patterns
Thanks Glen! I watch a lot of guitar vids and this was great.... not a jazz player, just a hacker who loves music... Hopefully I can use this and have fun!
What an original presentation. Discover the sounds of chords before naming them and getting all intellectual about the names. Music is sound, not a bunch of letters and numbers. I'm a long time player of many styles and try as I might I just can't get theory in such a way as to be useful. I've discovered that if you take any chord and add or subtract a note or two, you can come up with a coloration that can spark ideas that inspire you. One thing I've discovered is that diminished chords, on the guitar, are the same chord inverted as you go up or down four frets. If you jump out of that pattern and land anywhere - on a major or minor chord, you begin to hear how the different inversions are actually different chords, not merely a higher or lower repetition of the first diminished chord. If you then alter a diminished chord by a note or two, you create a shifted resolution or coloration and begin to see how to paint with chords in broad strokes.
Glen takes it all back to its most basic principles. Savant guitarists / instrumentalists play exactly in this fashion, almost unselfconsciously, and build up their individual playing repertoire into their memory.
World class teacher, because simplification is the best route to learning as it keep one's interest alive. One of the best lessons i have seen on youtube.
+David Bahar Agree completely
+Ian R 👌👍
Ditto. If you're not having fun you're not learning. Well, sometimes when you get a little more advanced you can practice some tedious stuff but at the beginning at least it should get you playing fast and easy.
Ditto. I agree totally.
Paul TheSkeptic I woodshed all the time. most of the time I am thinking or learning to sight reading better(I play keys). it's the little victories when one piece of knowledge ties into another.
Mr.Rose, I'm a musician of over 35years and i'd just like to say your instruction style is phenomenal! the "lets do the fun stuff first THEN worry about how we got there" builds a confidence in the student that "hey , I can play that!" with out boring the student out of the interest of playing guitar with dry theory. I wish school teachers would follow this pattern.
+crabtrap --Thank you. I like the way Cromwell said it in an above comment..."all that's needed for a very important piece to fit into place is a simple lesson rather than a mass of information.,"
crabtrap that’s so true, been playing guitar for over 18 years on and off and I’m self Taught and learned all the fun stuff I could but I never understood why and how it sounded good. I was horrible at improv. Now I’m older and I’m loving learning music theory. “Learning how to talk before u read and write”
So true! There would be a whole lot more amazing piano players in the world as well, if piano teachers taught this way. I can remember it like it was yesterday. 1966, skinny little nine-year-old, piano teacher with a German accent in Eugene Oregon, “fundamentals! Play that scale again until you get it right!” Instead of, “what is your favorite Beatles song? Let me teach you that.” Get me hooked on the drug first and then show me how it’s made. Quit that nonsense after three years and picked up a guitar!
Totally!! I had a year of a boring piano teacher. I didnt get very far. Totally uninspiring. Bought a yamaha 18 months ago and taught myself a few beautiful songs on it. Now moving onto the jazzy stuff and creating my own music. Bought a guitar today and only want to learn the improv stuff for now. The fun stuff! Maybe buy a loop pedal soon...really get creative! Thats what music is ultimately about. Creativity and expression. Once I have an interest in something I will want to teach myself the fundanentals. But for now I want to learn HOW not WHY?
Wow! 9 years later and this dude is still replying to comments, what a legend. Thanks for the lesson btw
Thank you MatkoCmilansky. So glad you dig it. It's a funny thing with this RUclips video lesson. it was a printed paper-back, book and video package first that got no attention. No music store distributor publisher would pick up. For five years the RUclips video went nearly un-noticed. About year six it took off and if anything keeps getting more popular as time goes by. It has been quite gratifying to have the book find its audients with talented guitar players looking for new directions that are easy to digest. I think I will repost this letter to you as a comment myself. By the way, a new book and video package for rock guitarist on Playing Jazz Blues will be out next month. Thanks again....Glen
@@GlenRoseJazz oh thats cool! Glad to hear your lessons are doing well, they are really fun and u deserve it
@@GlenRoseJazz Wow, can't wait...
I've been playing guitar for 15 years and this might be the most educational 8 minutes of that entire time. Thank you!
Ha! SO glad to hear it. Keep with it. Soon you will be teaching me things.
@@glenrose7925 I also like your teaching style. Gives you some ideas without getting tooo specific what has to be done ("Play chords XYZ, or you will burn in E-minor hell!"). Have to check your other videos, maybe the first guitar teacher that doesn't wanna make me start rolling my eyes after 2 minutes ;).
"How to Sound like you're playing Jazz without actually knowing what the heck you're doing" Brilliant
The foundation of my entire career.
for sure it sounds brazilian bosa nova lol
It's ironic ,cuz jazz does alot of improvising,so we know how to do as much as pro jazz musicians lol
Yeah man, but don't be taken in, " there are no shortcuts to virtuosity. Don't be a fugazi.
@@davidwatkins204 The purpose of Glen's video is not to fake virtuosity. It is to demystify the basics of jazz guitar, so that one can start on the road to improvement, and as improvement continues, and many years of practice, eventually virtuosity will come
I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out how jazz progression works for literally years and this video solves literally all of my problems in like 4 minutes. amazing.
I first saw this video when I was just beginning my guitar journey at 15. I am 28 now and I'm a professional musician. These chords opened the gateway to Swing, Bebop, Samba and Jazz fusion for me, thank you for uploading this. You changed my life, literally!
Really glad to hear that. Makes me smile. My simple examples in the book and video lesson are compatible and fit with all further jazz studies, if one goes in that direction.
@@glenrose7925 thank you sir for your help, seriously you changed my life path with this video and I'm eternally grateful!
"lets do the fun stuff first THEN worry about how we got there"
*this guy gets it*
Eggs-actly!
This is a compliment: your expression, your haircut, your clothes, your way of speaking, and your glasses make you look the quintessential jazz musician!
You're a good teacher too. I've been using the first 3 chord pattern trying to learn Girl from Ipanema and I prefer putting four fingers on the first chord too because it's easier getting to the next chord than from a barre.
Agreed
That made me smile. I guess I am. A life of jazz will do that to you I suppose.
Perfect! Good thinking
"Yo-Glen Rose": I have MAD Respect for your DELIVERY -- You are EXCELLENT. Thank you, I am looking for a nylon string classic guitar now.
Very cool Thanks. nylon isnt for everybody. I'm just a nut on the Brazillian sound.
I 56 years of age and playing guitar since I was 12. I believe it fair to say this is one of the best guitar lessons I have experienced. Yes, I still search out guitar tricks, bits and pieces. That's the beauty of the instrument, it allows you to find surprises around every corner. Thank you, Glen.
Michael N. Green I have spent thousands of hours woodshedding. Its part of the process. Non musicians don't understand it.
PIANOSTYLE100
Wow! This incredibly simple lesson has totally sold me on this style of music and will absolutely enhance my playing, whether it be Jazz or not. Never in a million years did I ever think I would ever consider playing jazz, and now...
Right. It's always nice to get turned onto something new in music.
Glen Rose, Excellent lesson! Thanks and good job!
Glen Rose the illuminati will be at your door soon 😂 great video !
Damn, I had the exact same feeling!
I'll really like playing around with that concept :D
I'm keeping my porch light on so they can find me if they show up in the night.
This is ingenious teaching. It's great to see people making music so accessible...not always easy. Former band director here. :-)
Thanks John. Nice to hear from a former band director.
I'm a rock and blues guy who has been trying to dip my toes into jazz and this video helped immensely. Ive been learning a lot of common jazz chord voicings but this idea of putting them into blocks makes so much sense.
Cool. You got it.
I can’t believe this video is nine years old, I love it, he introduced me to jazz in such a fun and understandable way it opened my eyes to what I’ve been wanting to learn since I started playing, this video is fantastic
Thank you Rome. Really feels good to hear you say that.
Wow, this concept of using chords in blocks has really clicked in my head. I've been trying to practice jazz chords for a month or so now, and this makes a ton of sense to me. This helps tremendously. Thank you so much.
Glad it got you. Things can be so simple when someone shows you the way.
Glen Rose Cool. It's just the mainline jazz stuff explained simply without tech/theory talk.
As a player for 50yrs plus, I knew this. You explained all much better than I ever could though. Well done sir.Thank you.
My son tried this video and now he's doing nothing but drinking coffee, smoking, reading Kerouac, and speaking entirely in slang. Just yesterday he stated that my mac and cheese was the bee's knees. You should be ashamed of yourself.
BananaSquid huh
BananaSquid This comment is the bee's knees.
BananaSquid Cool cat.
This comment was fun on a bun.
Same
Every few years when I want to learn more chords and arpeggios I search for you and find these lessons every time .
so happy to hear! The book will show you a lot of easy to make variations on the dominant chord (the middle chord in the progression). Thats the one that makes all the cook jazz chords.
I've been playing guitar for 24 years and here I am learning still. Thank you
Always more to learn
@@glenrose7925 I made a song learning jazz chords. It's in my page called "Its good to be home" have a listen if you have a moment
@@glenrose7925 I’ve been playing since I was 12 and I’m 78 now and I’m still not through learning. I’ve learned tidbits from every guitar player I ever seen and I just learned something from you, you just added something to the guitar salad in my brain,thank you !
What I love about this is that especially the first two chords are easy to play one after another. Too often with Jazz chords I've found the fingerings too difficult and so I never got round to practicing them. Moving blocks of just two, three or four easy-to-play chords over the fretboard opens up huge possibilities. Well explained!!
If you don't change the shape of your 3rd and 4th finger, switching from the 2nd to the 3rd is even easier.
Very educational, Glen! The jazzworld can seem like such a tough nut to crack for regular pop/rock players. Certain people like to promote it as high culture which sets a sort of barrier for anyone who wants to get into it. With this video you tear down these imaginary walls, and breaks it down the music to its simplest form, which makes it accessible to anyone. Even to people who are just starting out learning to play an instrument. Which is no small feat. Great work, Glen!
+Molde Fan --
Thanks, I keep trying to find ways to make understanding jazz easier.
Molde Fan
More i discover RUclips, more genius guitarists i Find... Sir, you're amazing!
agree..and look what nonsense usually is on the "front page"... but we know where to find the real stuff :)
Way more helpful than any other jazz guitar tutorial I've ever seen. I can't believe I finally found a tutorial that gives the viewer exactly what he/she needs to finally start... without mixing up some technical words and the slang that does nothing but only scare people away in the first minute hahaha! This is everything that I try to collect from an hour long video.. thank you so much for making my job a lot easier XD. I am really grateful.
This is crazy. I watched this video when I first started really playing guitar 5 years ago and wanted to get into jazz. I’m just coming back to this video and am realizing this is such an intuitive lesson for secondary dominants! Absolutely amazing lesson. Learning something every time I watch this video.
Very cool. We all keep learning all the time
It`s simple and amazing tutorial , you`ve just opened my mind in one go after years of turns arounds.
Thanks a lot Sir.
So happy to add to your perspectives.
Truedat!
"You can sound like you're playing jazz without knowing what the heck you're playing". Superb, I love that part :).
Honestly the only jazz guy who gives me hope of deciphering the mystery of jazz, food for the soul of this 3 decade bluesman !
Ahhh! So very nice to hear. Hope it springs you into some new ideas. I have a new book coming soon," Understanding Jazz Blues for rock players." As a blues player, I hope you will dig that one too.
What a wonderful teacher! I have read a bit of Mr. Rose's biography. He is steeped in musical notation and knows the chord names and formulas thoroughly-- and yet here he is helping us learn without getting confused by the chord names. Clear and generous instruction. I have tipped him in the past for this video lesson and encourage you to do so, too, if you can. Thanks Mr. Rose!
Thank you Drew. True, I am involved in the scholastic and erudite aspects of music and theory. But I also like to get lost and just play. Introducing jazz concept to talented self taught guitarist without the theory has been a special project of mine. It seems to be received well.
Wow after playing blues and metal for 45 years and watching jazz guitarists play I was always thinking its magic,,, now 30 min later I'm hooked! You made it sooo easy to learn my first blocks of wonderful sound. Now I can play this stuff on an acoustic in the lounge and it is so much fun ! Something wonderful to ease into for the next 10 years, Thank you so much !
Great, New doors get opened
Finally! Someone who explains jazz chording in a way without my brain immediately shutting down. Seriously. Thanks so much!
Bill Nye, the jazz theory guy
Lmao 😂
BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL
Ok, so it’s not me lol
Bill Nye is not a real scientist. This guy can actually play.
Bill Nye, the jazzy guy
6:14 "you can actually sound like your playing jazz without having any idea what the heck your doing". I wouldn't have it any other way!
Great quote!
Lmao
I read that right at the same time he was saying it :o
Matías Natanael me to...
Honestly tho
This is hands down the greatest video on RUclips
You are a genuine teacher. Great ability to sense what will be the best way to convey something to the listener. And an easy patience. Thanks!
Thank you J.P.
I loved this video, the way that you explain all it's so simple, so relaxed, but at the same time is so beautiful. I were playing like for 6 or 7 years, but with no real progress, maybe since 4 years ago. Your video inspires me to learn new things again, thanks :)
leaveovertheriver
So glad to be of some inspiration. The book and video will give you more info you may find interesting. You can get it at : glenrosejazz.com
So glad to hear it. Nice to connect with the creative flow.
Same
Same for me
Great lesson. Finally someone who simplifies things. So many lessons , people ramble and you end up not getting it! Thanks
Thanks, Glen! This Saturday, November 11th (2017), I'll be performing on stage with the Granite City Swing Band; I couldn't have done this without you. You're really an inspiration. I can't believe I'm going to be out there on stage and gigging again. And considering I thought I'd never be able to play ever again, this is an incredible mile marker for me. Again, I can't thank you enough! You're the best.
Your friend, student, and #1 fan,
Mark
Super helpful for this metal head trying to mellow. Although I’ve always enjoyed listening to jazz. Thank you!
I am honored to have a metal head check into my lesson.😁
There is a follow-on video series to this you might want to check out: "Play Jazz Standards with Just Six Chords." On the GlenRoseJazz.com website. That will really make you a mellow fellow.😁
Apart from this soulful and beautiful video and person, the fact that there are over 4 million views just restored my faith in humanity! Thank you Glen
LOL! Made me laugh on that one. It's a nice break from political news.
@@glenrose7925 I hear you :)
OMG!!! Totally blew my mind when I started thinking of jazz chords this way. I was making way harder than it had to be. Thank you Glen!!!
So many angles to look at things
thanks. i love how you explain it so clearly and precisely and without the names of chords.
all those vids where people try to teach and yap on with long chord names and terms, its like going through a long maze to lerm something simple.
but to know how to play it ad how it works first is so much quicker and better and then the names of the chords actually make sense and you remember them.
great lesson.
thanks.
I love your common sense, handyman approach to Jazz. It takes the mystery out, and makes learning fun! Bravo! I'm a subscriber!
I always wanted to play some Texas Swing music. It seems to be Jazz related. lol I've been playing guitar for over 50 years and there's always something new to learn. I learned to play guitar in the mid 60s. No RUclips, No internet. A chord book and a song book was what I had. Thank you Glen for posting!
So glad you get something from the lesson
GREAT lesson. Thank you so much for this.
My pleasure. i hope it adds to your guitar pursuits. There is a follow-on video series to this you might want to check out: "Play Jazz Standards with Just Six Chords." On the GlenRoseJazz.com website.
You have changed my life. I can see now that some of my favorite indie music uses these same jazz patterns
Indeed. And maybe some that you ill write yourself
Listen to the Micheal Franks tune, "Down in Brazil" on RUclips. He uses the three-chord, major jazz pattern for the entire tune. He uses it in six different places and that's the entire tune. You can do the same sort of thing.
This is the most helpful guitar video I’ve ever watched, thank you for making it so simple, it was very easy to understand. It really shows that you don’t need to know all the terminology for jazz to sounds good, as long as you get the feel of the patterns it may be as simple as that. Thank you so much
You actually need to know the terminology after that
It’s like watching Bill Nye the jazz guy. Very helpful.
yep, caught me in my nightlife
watched your video a couple years ago and added it to my watch later. here i am now finding this just to reminisce the nostalgia . thanks for the video and thanks lil me
When you said "you can play this and it sounds like jazz, but you don't know what you're doing", you just described me, Glen. As a life-long rock and roll player who is trying to learn some jazz, I am delighted to have discovered you and I am grateful for this instructive and unpretentious 1st lesson.
These videos are always gold because it is so straight to the point.
I try. Thanks.
Great video! You have an excellent method of teaching. This video is perfect for guitar players with a little experience, to just learn this sound really fast. One can tell very quickly you know what you're doing but you teach it in a way where anyone can learn whether they know the theory or not. Awesome.
Hey Glen, I'm a Rock player, and I have been trying to get away from it just so I can grow as a player. This was the perfect 1st step. Great job, and thanks so much !
Glad it helped!
i have an awesome second step for u bra
@@MuriMorello
Ok Muri, I'm game. Lay it on me.
wow this is the easiest jazz guitar video to follow yet!! king of jazz guitar for dummies 🙏🏻
Ha! 'Jazz guitar for dummies," I like that. Pass me another jazz chord, will ya?
I've never seen so much explained in such a short video. You actually got me playing jazz in minutes. Your a brilliant teacher. Thanks so much.
meathead death metal guitarist here. Have been a rut for a long time. This opened up my mind big time. Thank you.
Ah! So gald to hear about that.
Very good
You are a good instructor, no wasted time or nonsense.
I grabbed all of this pretty quick.
Gracias amigo.
(R)min7 (R)9 (R)maj7
(R) be the bass note. In case anyone needs :), happy jazzing
Cool!
thank you. was wondering what happened to the naming of the chords
samn grg thank You
I don't get it.
So in the first chord (5th fret), he plays the notes A, G, C, E - that would be Amin7, ok.
In the second chord, he plays D, F#, C, E - but isn't that is D9?
And I don't get any clue about the third chord. It has the notes F#, H, D - Bmin?
Can anyone explain that to me?
I see, that is supposed to be II-V-I. The "R" in (R)min7 confused me.
The first chord is Amin7 which is the II so everything is in G.
Then, D9, where D is V from G - check.
The last must be Gmaj7 ... F# (is the maj7) H and D the third and fifth. OK got it.
As a jazzaphobic, this may be the best video iv ever seen, will donate!
THANK YOU STEVEN. So glad you get something out of the lesson for your own playing and creative ideas.
I've gotten so much positive attention and feedback from other people by learning and using what was taught in this video. I've gotten lots of enjoyment out of playing what I've learned here. Thank you so much for sharing and putting this out there!
Always nice to hear. Thank you....Glen
You're a good teacher, Mr. Rose. As you were demonstrating those chords, it occurred to me that The Beatles' version of "Till There Was You" could serve as a nice "gateway" track for aspiring jazz players to listen to & learn.
Yes. Good idea!
"There were strings on a hill but I never heard them chording,
´til there was Jazz !"
Or how about The Girl From Ipanema, the original recording of which employs a guitar, and not much more, as vocal accompaniment. Of course, there are a number of key changes along with some altered chords, but nothing all that difficult if you have a chord manual handy, and the song is full of the types of chord groupings that you talk about. Plus, despite the fact that some real jazz guitarists (of which I, unfortunately, am not one) might roll their eyes and consider this tune to be just another standard that's been done to death, it really is a pretty damn good song!
Wow!!! You are a very very good teacher. Wish I coild meet you in person to upgrade my guitar playing but i'm on another continent
that´s the beauty of the internet :)
thanks. after THIS VIDEO , I will consider dabbling with jazz .I always thought jazz too advanced for me as a beginner at this stage (I'M INTO BLUES ,COUNTRY AND CLASSIC ROCK, WITH SOME REGGAE, with two years of playing guitar). But the way you approached it (and they look like open chords A, B7 and "A minor" that I know), it made me ready to learn jazz right now. Thanks again
+Ato Cox The chords are II - V - I, as it says in the video. to be exact it is IIm7 - V7 - Imaj7 .
+Santiago Reil So when he was playing the "first chord" on the fifth fret, he was playing ii7-V7-Imaj7 in G major (capital Roman numerals = major chord, lowercase = minor chord).
So in a major key the chords go:
I-ii-iii-IV-V-vi-vii
vii isn't actually minor, it's half-finished but that doesn't matter right now.
The dissonances which go with each chord are:
Imaj7-ii7-iii7-IVmaj7-V7-vi7-vii7
So as you can see, in the key of G, the chords are Am7, D7, Gmaj7.
Dear Glen, now I have your book and your video! You gave me the ticket into jazz world with your beautiful video and your amazing book. As I'm over 60 and never really learned guitar it is not easy to keep all these things in mind. But your attempt to this great musical area is my chance for a journey into something I never expected to do myself. Thank You for this, Martin.
Thank you, Martin. Nice to hear my humble offering has brought you some amwakening inspirations.
This is awesome and I’ve just been recommended this video 10 years after it’s release
Dig it. Glad to hear it. Maybe it's timeless. You think??
I know those three notes. I play those three notes. But, never knew how to use them like you did. You just made it look professional and easy.
Cool! You get it. Write some jazzy songs now. Why not?
I love how you're still replying to comments 10 years later. Thanks for the video Glen
Might as well....the comments just keep on-a-coming in. I am really quite happy that guitar players still find and learn from the lesson....Glen
You're an amazing teacher I like how you keep it simple. I'm just learning jazz and its such a fun style haha. So many teachers wanna over complicate things for such a simple lesson but you are straight to the point! Great video keep up the good work it is greatly appreciated!
Thanks a million, TheGoat Frusciante. I dig your name.
My goodness, Glen, what an eye-opener! I don't know if you're still here on RUclips, but this is tremendous. Thank you so much.
And this is exactly how we all start learning to play the guitar. The backyardness of this video is in my opinion...the best way to learn. Hands down. I didnt learn what i was playing until much later on. Music is art...played with such a feeling cant be described or boxed in. Just play. Thats all i wanted to do. Ty for this vid. It made my day and brought me back to my roots.
Great Anna, glad you get some good inspirations from the new ideas.
WOW...That was Great !
THANK YOU SO MUCH ...you just opened up a whole new world for me!
I feel the same way! :)
Hi Glen, been practicing these locked chords for a couple of months now, and I've got it, quite fun to play up and down the neck. thanx for sharing, really good sounds.
thanks Steve. Glad you are getting creative with them. In case you don't already have them, there are more useful locked jazz patterns in the book and video
Its amazing how this allows to see the big picture w the scale vs learning one octave and procesing an octave only
Cool . Glad you like it
5:17 "muy blah-hooey", a hidden gem within this great lesson! Glad to see this opened many many people's musical doors from years ago upto right now for this failed student of several instruments.
Going to get up out of bed and try taking this lesson to my Low-G uke with odd pauses between chords to get back at my neighbors upstairs. Thank you Glen!
To me, the guitar is most beautiful when it's played like this. Bravo.
Thanks skwaab...!
0:41 When you take off your glasses I knew it was about to get real! Thank you so much for this video - you are an excellent teacher and the way you just really enjoy grooving while you play remind me why I'm learning jazz in the first place
This is so helpful. A simple way to teach yourself a lot of music. THANK YOU!
So glad you like it.
Superb information here. Expertly " unexplained" The music does the talking. Thanks for sharing 👍
I've been playing guitar for years and of late have wanted to learn playing jazz progressions. This short lesson has opened a door for me. Thank you so much for sharing.
These are actually the first chords I ever learned because I was just making up what I thought sounded good. It’s great to watch this ten years later and remember where I got my start (with chords I still use all the time).
cool
Yeah, me too!
Thanks Chuck. 4o years is a long time. I hope you will get some new ideas for your playing with the jazz chords. Maybe you already have it, but If you get the
e-book it will also show you some ways to modify the middle chords for some very hip jazz sounds.
40/4o
Feel like I've been looking for this lesson for my whole life
You’re a kind man, this is doable and looks like fun ...
Thank you kindly. I try to make it easy
What a great little find...You made jazz instantly accessible, fun and simple. Good on you!
Cool . Glad you got it
Recommended for me. I rarely comment but this really is the most accessible intro to jazz playing ive seen. Amazing teacher. Cheers
Thank you Joseph. Glad you found something new in it.
_"You do not really understand something until you can explain it to your grandma"_
*-Albert Einstein*
LOL! Right. I taught my grandma at 82 and she's playing in smokey jazz clubs now.
he is grandpa
LOL!
@@15_andikapratamap.74 har har har
@Alex 0ut-Of-Magic Alex, I really enjoyed your little excursus. Nevertheless, I feel the urge to tell you that- in my opinion- doubting everything is equally as dangerous and stupid as believing everything. Truth doesn't have to be an everlasting entity in order to be helpful (and true) for us humans. What you write about Einstein suggests to me, that you maybe read a book about him (which is cool and all) but are not a physician yourself and didn't really study his works. He certainly was no-one who "made up shit" and "did not have to prove it" as you say, but a very conscientious and wholehearted scientist. That he was capable of realising the limitations of his theory (and mind) should not be used as an argument against those theories or himself. We should always doubt science, but I would be a bit cautious, otherwise you might end like this dude here ;)
ruclips.net/video/Zgk8UdV7GQ0/видео.html
You just made it much easier for me with this very helpful video, thanks so much! I am just getting into some jazz playing for something new to learn after playing other types of music for years just thinking jazz would be too difficult to even try, but I am finding out it is working well for me so far and I am having fun with it now.
Thanks, so glad to show you a door in.
Someone said they couldn't find the URL to get the video. Here is is: gatewaytojazz.com (or you can see it on the ukulele site www.jazzyukulele.com)
Wow..that 3 chord pattern is the bridge chords nile rodgers uses in 'thinkin of you' sister sledge, and after having to work it out by ear i always liked to jam those 3 chords, this is an excellent video as it theorised this triad of chords so my little brain can legitimise some of my practice time and continue more deeply with it, i love picking them too with the thumb as a bass line and you do it perfectly, thanks ..even tho im a bit late to the party on your vids, but timing is good for me..peace ❤
Very kool Super Kinevil. You are on the jazz mainline now. Write some jazzy tunes and jazz players will be impressed with your patterns
@@glenrose7925 thanks Glen..i really appreciate that..
This might be the single best guitar lesson online. Absolutely amazing! I've added this to my permanent repertoire. Thanks for posting this!
Glad you like working with the jazz chords and patterns.
Such a great video that gets things moving . A kind of Instant success. Thank you very much.
I didn't know Bill Nye teach guitar, lol just kidding. xD
Thanks for the great lesson. :D
lmfao
I was thinking the same thing
Fizzy Note lllll
well you could say that both are very intelligent at what they do so , basically he's bill nye of the jazz guitar
run
phenomenal lesson. I need someone like this to teach calculus and trig.
LOL! Got me laughing on that one! I could use the same. I'd like a little help with the Milky Way also.
Richard Feynman
What an awesome video lesson. I’m a rock/ folk guitarist for about 10yrs and I’m excited to jump into jazz and this was perfect!! Thank you sir!
Good to hear. Hope you can get creative with the new ideas
Try writing some jazzy songs with the pattern. Listen to the Micheal Franks tune, "Down in Brazil" on RUclips. He uses the three-chord, major jazz pattern for the entire tune. He uses it in six different places and that's the entire tune. You can do the same sort of thing.
Mr Rose, I have used your jazzy ukulele book for several years and transitioned from bluegrass and Buffett, now play several solo gigs a month playing and singing Sinatra tunes. I’ve always feared the guitar for these jazz chords - too many strings! But now it seems approachable. I am working my way through your guitar book. Thank you!
hi Gary, great! Glad you are sorting things out. There's often a tendency to make things more difficult than necessary. Glad you are singing Sinatra with the chords and patterns
Thanks Glen! I watch a lot of guitar vids and this was great.... not a jazz player, just a hacker who loves music... Hopefully I can use this and have fun!
Good goal. Confucius say...." Useful ideas good for increase creativity!"
Same here ...very nice video thanks!
Great teacher! Really learned a lot thank you
What an original presentation. Discover the sounds of chords before naming them and getting all intellectual about the names. Music is sound, not a bunch of letters and numbers. I'm a long time player of many styles and try as I might I just can't get theory in such a way as to be useful. I've discovered that if you take any chord and add or subtract a note or two, you can come up with a coloration that can spark ideas that inspire you. One thing I've discovered is that diminished chords, on the guitar, are the same chord inverted as you go up or down four frets. If you jump out of that pattern and land anywhere - on a major or minor chord, you begin to hear how the different inversions are actually different chords, not merely a higher or lower repetition of the first diminished chord. If you then alter a diminished chord by a note or two, you create a shifted resolution or coloration and begin to see how to paint with chords in broad strokes.
Glen takes it all back to its most basic principles. Savant guitarists / instrumentalists play exactly in this fashion, almost unselfconsciously, and build up their individual playing repertoire into their memory.
Yes, it can be like that. For the rest of us, we need someone to show us where to out our fingers.