5 Ingredients Of The Best Jazz Phrases

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This Jazz Solo Lesson is for you if all the lines in your solos are just a sequence of "now I am playing an arpeggio" then "a bit of scale". That is of course not that exciting to listen to. There is more to jazz lines and jazz melodies than just trying to put arpeggios and scales next to each other.
In this video, I am going to show you some of the ways that you can make more interesting melodies in your solos. It is all about surprising to the listener without just being weird and hard to understand.
In hindsight, this is a lesson I really wish I had when I was starting to learn Jazz and wanted to play better lines in my solos.
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Content:
0:00 Intro - Less boring and predictable Lines in Your solos
0:57 #1 Breaking up Scale melodies - Adding a lower chord tone.
2:05 Example 2
2:52 #2 Breaking up Scale melodies - Chromaticism & Chord Tones
3:56 #3 Breaking up Scale Melodies - I can fit an entire arpeggio in here!
5:34 Example 2
6:10 #4 Benson’s Top-note melodies
7:37 Simpler Example
8:24 #5 Pedal Point Strategies
9:13 II V I Example
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@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

What Do you think is important for getting a Jazz sound? Content: 0:00 Intro - Less boring and predictable Lines in Your solos 0:57 #1 Breaking up Scale melodies - Adding a lower chord tone. 2:05 Example 2 2:52 #2 Breaking up Scale melodies - Chromaticism & Chord Tones 3:56 #3 Breaking up Scale Melodies - I can fit an entire arpeggio in here! 5:34 Example 2 6:10 #4 Benson’s Top-note melodies 7:37 Simpler Example 8:24 #5 Pedal Point Strategies 9:13 II V I Example 10:00 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page!

@blessingsoil1626 4 жыл бұрын

Jens Larsen Great. Can this be broken down a bit for kindergarten guitar player?

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

@@blessingsoil1626 Maybe start here: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-jazz-guitar-suggestions-to-begin-studying/

@jimkangas4176 4 жыл бұрын

I like the top-note melody thing - it's just good voice leading, really. And once you get better at the bebop "structure" these are great ideas to play with that. Thanks.

@damonshanabarger2604 4 жыл бұрын

4:02 to 4:32 Hi Jens, I agree with your comment. This is an excellent technic. I've been experimenting with jumping ahead back on arpeggios. This sounds good, but seems to be lacking in depth and dimension. This video is very informative. I love you Jens. Thank you and keep making these fantastic videos. Hope your doing well and God bless you.

@TheMegansdad 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Really appreciate the in depth harmonic analysis Jens and its association to the melody lines. Just simply great video. Thank you. 🙏

@EmilioConesa 4 жыл бұрын

Using these techniques to create your own runs is much better than mindlessly memorizing “licks”. Yes, memorize licks but understand where they come from. Good stuff thank you

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂

@reneperrin1628 4 жыл бұрын

Another golden nugget.... Jens is a gold mine of nuggets for the would be Jazz player

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Rene!

@gtrpaulj 4 жыл бұрын

Jens, your videos are helping me, as a very experienced player, find my way out of sounding ALMOST like a real jazz guitarist. Really helpful and to the point. Thank you so much! Also, I have a rule to not comment on videos but I have to make an exception for you. Please keep up the great work!

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Very glad you like them, and that you decided to break your rule :)

@kevinr.3542 2 жыл бұрын

Im right on that cusp as well and all this information is priceless. Im starting to be able to put these concepts into practice but i still have a ways to go and these tools are much appreciated!

@paoloaltieri4882 4 жыл бұрын

One of the better instructors on you tube....got so much from your videos.. Grazie.......

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@romanslegion7771 4 жыл бұрын

These lessons are so fantastic. Hi , Jens. It’s Doc from Dallas. Thank you for these straight forward lessons in how to build “jazz sounding” lines. So helpful & instructive for this old blues player aspiring to play Jazz Music. Thank you , Master🙏🏻

@necemer 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jens. I Play Akkordeon and your Videos are awesome. Have a nice day. Greetings from Austria

@1jgman 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Jens! IMO, the concepts you talk about here are among the most important ones for anyone working on incorporating the fundamental elements of jazz and bebop language into their playing. Thank you!

@RC32Smiths01 4 жыл бұрын

Really tasteful playing with tone, and awesome lesson with valuable information as always!

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks RC :)

@RC32Smiths01 4 жыл бұрын

@@JensLarsen Cheers man!

@voronOsphere 4 жыл бұрын

This advice and these tips are so simple, and yet so helpful! Thanks, Jens!

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@DizzyKrissi 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Jens - the intervallic leaps just made checking out all possibilities within each chord-quality and how they sound - thanks for inspiration.

@raybart5604 4 жыл бұрын

Practice session after watching this and trying the ideas my playing sounded improved. Thank you Jens. .

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear Bart!

@ramoncrisostomo4477 4 жыл бұрын

Another Master Class from the MAESTRO. Thanks a lot mate!!!

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, Ramon!

@rogerball6265 4 жыл бұрын

@Jens Larson, so simple yet so effective. Very thoughtful and useful concepts. One of your best videos ❤👌

@rogerball6265 4 жыл бұрын

When you couple this "phrasing" with accents , ghosting etc. even stronger

@nelsonwhite7386 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding teaching. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and approach.

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nelson!

@wisnubaeee 4 жыл бұрын

Currently working on practicing arpeggios and scales, this is very usefull, thanks man

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@shadracastrat 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant lesson an absolute gold nugget 🙏🙏🙏

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lee!

@pogchamp7983 4 жыл бұрын

That thing about octave displacement seems so simple but makes a huge difference nice

@rockplaneta3359 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson!

@asktomysis 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. God bless you!

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@insidejazzguitar8112 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson, and Jens is a wonderful teacher.

@insidejazzguitar8112 4 жыл бұрын

One of the things that has been helping me get the sound I like is playing more substitutions, like -7b5 from the b7 of the dominant, and major 7 from the 3rd of -7 chords. Jens has covered these topics.

@sonomabob 4 жыл бұрын

After watching you videos on phrasing It occurred to me yesterday that constructing good solos could be thought of as composing poetry for sound. One wants phrases that tell a story and rhyme. Love your videos and thoughts on music.

@PeterSchweineSpalter 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing phrases. I just learned them in all keys and it really improved immediatly my improv. I don't even use them haha

@Dave_Sacca 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you Jens

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@pepegalvan_ 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the enlightening!

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂

@lylewilliams1371 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you !

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome :)

@rprantoine 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for the tips Jens Just got your Autumn Leaves full lesson as well as a complement to my guitar lessons in real life :-) Greetings from France

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! Hope you have fun with Autumn Leaves :)

@Cooltorpedo 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this interesting and important lesson. Sometimes the importance of the lesson isn't as much getting ideas about how not to be boring and predictable as to understand why the theory fundamentals are that, fundamental.

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Very true :)

@YohoKnows 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂

@rafaeltalento9529 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sensei!!!

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂

@guycramermusic 4 жыл бұрын

GREAT lesson Jens! I’ve gotten back into playing my mandolin after a long break. I’ve been working on your ii-V-I lesson with arpeggios and using the diatonic scale for now applying it to my mandolin, and have Autumn Leaves as my first crack at soloing. I’ve been having so much fun sitting and making music! I am also picking out some solos for Autumn Leaves on records by ear and working on incorporating those ideas as well. Love George Benson’s playing - especially his stuff with Jack McDuff!

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

That sounds great Guy! :) Go for it!

@jonathandorozowsky4005 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing.

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@tonyfaelens3626 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice !!!

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@MacMic333 4 жыл бұрын

Barney Kessell was great at playing intereresting moving solos and a key is diverse rhythmic patterns within the solo.

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Certainly, though whether you like Kessel's style is a matter of taste. I found that I had to get used to him being more of a swing than a bop player.

@nicohauptmentalist 4 жыл бұрын

this lesson alone pushed my playing farer then 500 licks. amazing! what would be a good practice routine to get the "lower chord tone/arpeggio trick" into the fingers?

@sergestc8083 4 жыл бұрын

Très bonne leçon d improvisation !!!! Enfin me voilà dans le bain ! Grand merci à vous monsieur Jeans Larsens il est 2h 10 du matin je vais me coucher merci encore !!!!

@Theoderjeker 4 жыл бұрын

Euk Euk!🤘

@mattdelahunt301 4 жыл бұрын

My guitar teacher told me a better way to learn syncopated notes or syncopated guitar rhythm notes is to listen to If I were a bell by Miles Daves. to help me out. the finger snap parts cool right?

@endangeredoddities 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@marcelohenrique3662 3 жыл бұрын

Larsen, you make me wanna practice on Sunday, and it’s the only day I don’t...

@JensLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@dixonhill4925 3 жыл бұрын

a book called "how to sound like jazz even if you are not" would be great. of course the title stinks a bit but the step from "knowing the scales, chords and arpeggios" to "make lines that are music" could be an interesting task for a teacher. the diea is not new of course but a collection of tricks and bits incl. serious theoretical analysis and ways and examples to really use this techniques... i would buy it and review it with all the stars. just dreaming...

@JensLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you might want to check out my course 😁 Let me know if you want a link

@dixonhill4925 3 жыл бұрын

@@JensLarsen please! corona killed my business totally but before i buy me loads of beer i would take the course;) seriously, i am interested. :)

@JensLarsen 3 жыл бұрын

@@dixonhill4925 hope things pick up again 🙂 You can request an invitation to check it out here : bit.ly/JazzGtRm

@martinrhodes1619 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson Jens. I have one final question about your jazz tone. There seems to be a widespread assumption that flat wound strings are the way to go. But I’ve also heard that apart from swing jazz, it’s better to use round wound strings, e.g. by Thomastik. Forgive me if you’ve covered this before, but what are your string preferences? Thank you.

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

For me it depends on the guitar, my semi-hollows have round wounds and I prefer that a little above the flats for them. There is a link to the Sonotone strings that I use in the video description :)

@miguelcastano3210 4 жыл бұрын

This guitar sounds great!

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Miguel!

@dennisstaser4122 4 жыл бұрын

Jens, I view your videos and would like to ask you if you have a video about improvising (outside notes) along melody lines and voice changes?

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

I don't what that means. Can you give me an example?

@dennisstaser4122 4 жыл бұрын

Jens Larsen ,yes, thank you for your reply! On the Stanley Jordan album "Cornucopia " , the song "Autumn Leaves " features. outside phrasing .That particular track is one my most favorite Jazz tracks that I listen to. And I was wondering if you could provide some examples of that method of playing and perhaps how you would play in that manner as a jazz stylist? Thank You.

@s999niko 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent work as always. Your work really help me and I'm so thankful for that brother. I want to ask a question. Why most fusion guitar players running up and down the fretboard against most classic jazz players that are playing in specific positions? I'm asking that because I'm trying to visualise both scales and arpeggios and also a way to practice them and feel free to play anywhere in the fretboard. I can't really get the difference between "fusion" and "jazz" playing on the fretboard.

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think that is true, both fusion and jazz players move around the neck.

@s999niko 4 жыл бұрын

@@JensLarsen so i might be wrong. Again thank you for putting all that time and knowledge in your lessons. They are really helpful.

@morneb2000 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jens could you tell me what would be your 1st video for absolute beginner. Thanks for the videos, but I want to learn from scratch. Thanks Morné

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe check out this post: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-jazz-guitar-suggestions-to-begin-studying/

@tmpecho 4 жыл бұрын

Great lesson Jens! where are you from?

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am from Denmark, but I live in The Netherlands :)

@nhklog674 4 жыл бұрын

More on pedal point maybe ? 😊🙏

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe later :) Though it somehow seems like a video only on that would be a bit much?

@PBLongfoot 4 жыл бұрын

✌❤🎸

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@TheDogPa 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff...but if you put the thumb line 'what makes it sound like jazz' in the title, the comments would be a lot funnier, I'd guess. Great lesson :O)

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I had a video that almost had that title a few months ago so that is why I did it like this :)

@anaccount8474 4 жыл бұрын

Just play a major scale with a few bum notes. Voila, you is now a jazz man.

@benaiahwright937 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like George benson is your favorite guitarist

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

He isn't actually, but I do love some of his stuff! :)

@benaiahwright937 4 жыл бұрын

@@JensLarsen do you have a favorite?

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

@@benaiahwright937 Not really, I have lots of favourites :) Wes, Rosenwinkel, Metheny, Scofield, Hekselman, Kreisberg, Pass, Jim Hall and a few more...

@benaiahwright937 4 жыл бұрын

@@JensLarsen that makes sense. I think my favorite is Frank Gambale but I like a lot of players too...

@pogchamp7983 4 жыл бұрын

Listen to Ella Fitzgerald a lot ;)

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

That is not a bad idea :)

@rodney4266 4 жыл бұрын

Who rthe 17 dislikes? Must be tuba players

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

Or Country players?

@rodney4266 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great lessons to get a view into what is going on in jazz soling. I think it will help me bigtime

@MrDSchaller 4 жыл бұрын

Jens, wonderful job, what you play hear. pleaase mail me this 5 Ingredients written. I pay 10 Euros, thank you. Regards Dolf

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

I think I already did 🙂

@djmileski Жыл бұрын

Hey Jens, it may not seem like much from the outside but you have helped me make giant steps (in my own world) to enjoy the “trying to play jazz” journey even more, much appreciated. Here is a laymen attempting to move forward: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLhhprh9u7vIfH0.html

@iantaylor9782 4 жыл бұрын

Jens please teach other than arpeggios. Please, because I'm just looking for notes other than arpeggios. Please dear. I'm a scalar player. I loathe playing arpeggios. I know theres another way out.

@JensLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

It is not scales or arpeggios, it is both, which is exactly what I go over in this lesson? If you can't play you arpeggios then your scales are useless, if you can play your scales then your arpeggios are useless... Don't be a whimp about it and realize that if you know the notes of the arpeggio then you also know the notes that are not in the arpeggio :)

@lucasarias8294 4 жыл бұрын

@@JensLarsen i read this commentary, and im so delighted man at your professionalism and humanity:) , whilst i read your answer, the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs reminded me of notes from the jamey aebersold handbook hahaha.