Joe Palooka that’s a good one!

@@Learnjazzstandards Thanks for the reply, Brent. Obviously Miles and Coltrane and all those great musicians were deeply educated in music theory, but they didn't think like music professors. Instead their knowledge was a solid foundation in which to play what they heard in their heads. The same with Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker, of whom Miles Davis also said "The history of jazz can be said in four words: Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker".

This is Charlie Parker’s quote though

I'm reading Miles' autobiography at the time and he actually quit Juilliard real quick in 1944 because he wouldn't let himself be told by white people how to feel about playing a blues or something. Instead he tried to get involved with Dizzy and Charlie Parker, which he did. As I can see it, he learned most of his stuff by hanging out with guys from the New York Jazz scene at the time and just being an active musician - besides doing heroin and the occasional pimping for the next ten years.

That's what they say in classical music too, probably one can copy paste that phrase for every art.

Great list!

+ Rhythm Changes (1-6-2-5)

Yes! Stan Getz is always someone I think about in regards to this

I knew he didn't know theory but didn't know this about him. Explains why he is master of melodic playing!

What does 'spell the chords' mean in this context?

@@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 it's the actual notes on those chords: Cmaj7 is: C-E-G-B like that. So any "root" note you start with the intervals are 1-3-5-7. Extensions are 9-11-13. Minor chords are 1-flat3rd-5. It's starts to get more complicated after that: flat 7th; flat 9th; sharp 11th. 😎 I just picked up spelling the chords from this video that I'm going to practice on my Tenor 🎷 today.

100% that will set you up for success!

yes, i teach music lessons and i actually always show my students harmonic minor, natural minor and blues pentatonic at the same time, and have them play over songs and backing tracks experimenting with those scales, switching between them freely, so they can see when and why certain notes may sound better/ worse. i also explain to them chromaticism and that technically any note can be played, (though it may not always sound the best at the time it’s played) but also that they can make mistakes and hit a wrong note but use that concept to instead of stopping or making a big deal out of a mistake, just play a note above or below the “wrong” note to get to a more correct note, and how sometimes that wrong note can then sound good !

Wise words Patrick!

It's true Patrick. If you have never heard jazz you could not play it.

agreed!

Yes and I am a Sax Player and bit of guitar but I got it. Thanks

Sure this might help someone who already knew how to play jazz, blues or funk/soul music... but they teach all these scales to every classical musician till we are blue in the face, and most of us are truly terrible at jazz.

Hi Shane I agree ,with you on classical training , I did my o level in music in the 70 s ( completely different to today’s education) And I did harmony for two years ,but it was all theory , never applied , it’s only since lockdown I’m trying to teach myself jazz , it’s so hard , I’m looking for a jazz teacher and hopefully I will be starting in January at 59 years of age ,,,, keeping the grey cells very busy !!!!!

Glad you agree!

Yes absolutely Bruce!

Thanks for the contribution!

Indeed, the blues is a great starting point for understanding jazz harmony!

Hi Sound Guitar: great observations. Question: when you say phryg dominant do you mean 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 maj7 8? Or something else? For this I use the term Harmonic minor dominant. Two terms for the same thing, or smith diff? If so(same thing),, do most players prefer this term? Simple Jazz Songwriter, so hip me,pleeeez. Thank you, friendly colleague.🌹🌹😎🌹🌹

Best of luck!

Glad you found it helpful Gabriel!

That's true Gary!

Absolutely, understanding chord functions and chord progressions is pivotal

Yes! I think you nailed the value and reason why music theory is important

That's definitely a good tip! Not quite a music theory concept though

That is true about the blues scale, it does have a way of crossing people over into the genre

Thanks Eduardo!

Glad you liked it!

That's true George, the pentatonic can be a useful musical scale

Pentatonics are very useful, especially as you get more advanced. And they can definitely be a useful and easy way for a beginner to sound pretty good pretty quickly. But, they (along with the blues scale) also have a tendency to be a bit of a trap. Beginning players can get comfortable with pentatonic licks and can get very stuck there. Definitely a great tool, just make sure it’s not your *only* tool…or you will sound like you only have one tool. 😁

My pleasure 😊

Hey, my pleasure!

Glad to hear! I'll take a look at those cards Zeca

Do you mean to say that you don't play by ear at all?

@@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 No, at what point in my comment do I mention anything about playing by ear or by sheet music? Most of my bass playing I work out by ear. I also play violin, most of that I do through sight reading.

@@thenobleandmightybeaver4411 Well my question was just to understand you better oh Noble and Mighty Beaver. Because of the thing you wrote about chord tones and fret board shapes, theoretically you could play basslines without using your ears (entirely if you would use a metronome together with the drummer). I know that there are people who get away with that, even playing solo's like that: memorising scales and playing their notes almost at random. And if it works for the music, why not? That's what I meant, I was not referring to playing sheet music.

I could agree with the harmonic minor

Yes harmonic minors 678 run sounds arabic bluesy

I would also add learning standards/songs, both by ear and lead sheets (preferably by ear, so that you can get better at transcription). It's helped me tremendously in learning different techniques and different licks because you're exercising your listening and composition skills, you're being introduced to new techniques in articulation or breathing (depending on your instrument) and different musicians' styles. AND it makes practice time more fun 😁 100% recommend this

@@catlover8360 I totally agree with you, it helps a lot !

Hey there, I'm thinking of some local musician I know who I won't name. However, Stan Getz has been quoted to say that he never studied music theory, and I've also read that he may have not read music.

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Interesting, could you give some examples of that?

@@Learnjazzstandards aural recall, so play major 7th chords on each note in your range so all 12, saying c e g b, c# e# G# b# ect and back down do the flats db f ab c, it would also help to use roman numerals as well the chromatic soflege. have a friend test you, maybe him or her playing an e flat, as well as telling you its an e flat, than sing the notes,numbers, and solfege of the chord. and that person will test you. once you get 100% each time on that chord than move on to the next chord quality. eventually move up to simple chord progressions, scales and even popular melodies using the same method. also inversions are good but dont drive yourself nuts either.. good video anyway

@@Learnjazzstandards aural recall. lets say you want to learn the major chords, do a round of them, up and down your instruments saying c e g b, C# e# g# B#, and back down like db f ab c ect. aslo helpful to know your chromatic solfege, and numbers. once you feel comftorable have a friend test you. your friend plays the note, and tells you the root, you sing the rest with correct spelling. once you ace eahc one multiple times, move on to next chord. ect, dont beat yourself over with it. but it is helpful to use this method on everything,, chord progressions, scales, popular melodies

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@@Learnjazzstandards Sorry, I did not mean to point out you. The message was meant for KZfaq. I know that they read most comments.

@@roncelano7861 Prolly woo-unt happen if he pronounced words like impor-unt, bu-un and imprivsation like a normal American instead of a leftist moron.

Celano:conservative? jazz? Coltrane? Joe Henderson? Brecker? Dizzy? Gingrich? Trump? Ben Shapiro? Hmmmm...... Okay.😐

some people have incredible ear, they work a lot on playing by ear. Some have perfect pitch too which is an unfair advantage lol

@@Dvilch I love your name, being a former tenor, flute, piccolo and bari player! I started out as an ear player but when I went to college, I had to quickly learn to read. My professors caught on pretty quickly and always said Bonnie play it and nobody hum for her :) In music theory I found out I couldn't identify the intervals played on the piano. My Professor took me to the pipe organ and played them again. I identified them every time because on the pipe organ they are true tones . Turns out I have semi perfect pitch! I hear all the chords and overtones on the piano strings vibrating. No wonder I was so confused!!! This was back in the analog days when everything was mostly acoustic and digital wasn't around yet. I was a music copyist hoping the get at least some work in music. I did jazz band charts and stuff which with technology, is now obsolete. It was a beautiful art. Anyway... back to the point. Ear players have it hard too! They have to learn to sight read be-bop like everybody else. I even did counterpoint in my head as I didn't have a piano like they have out now days. The Musicologist would play mine when I got to class. I love JAZZ!!! Great video to get the cobwebs out of my head and learn it all over again!!! Thanks!