How To Solo Over Chords - Think Like A Pro!

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It is difficult to get your solos to have that flow when you solo over chords, but there is one technique which can really open your eyes, your ears and your mind to how it works, and you will even start to hear how great Jazz players use it when you listen to them!
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Content:
00:00 The "Random Phrases" Solo
00:15 A Better Way Of Thinking
00:56 Making Soloing Easier
02:10 Making it REALLY Simple (one note)
03:19 What Are The GOOD notes?
04:49 Start To Hear It!
05:52 Pass & Parker's On Target Too!
07:03 Don't Be Square!
08:08 Barry Harris Chromatic Scale
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@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

How do you approach soloing over chord changes? 12 Things NOT to Do When Starting Jazz Guitar (By a Jazz Guitarist) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ot2Um8ublcimmoE.html

@TheEpochCompanion 3 ай бұрын

I'm at the exact point where I'm practicing over one chord vamps for 6 hours a day and this concept is such a simple change yet absolutely brilliant.

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Then you do indeed need to move to changes playing. Just playing on one chord will not teach you to solo over changes, that needs more skills than that 👍🙂

@rish1459 3 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh! This makes so much sense . . . why haven't I heard about this method of thinking before? Thank you Jens

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

🙏🙂

@1199ccttv 3 ай бұрын

this video is a blessing! i've been looking around for clear and straight to the point resources on target notes for a while now and incredibly enough this came out at the exact right time! thanks once again Jens, you're a great teacher :)

@vesawallden7590 3 ай бұрын

I think this is one of your best videos ever! 😊

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like it! 🙂

@mannoplanet 3 ай бұрын

very cool... Will point out that Parker's lines often - but not always -approached the target note by a half step.

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Essentially true for everyone or not?

@RobKandell 3 ай бұрын

Made it here! Yay! Excellent video. Thank you, Jens.

@michaelhemming8737 3 ай бұрын

For years I could not solo over changes until I started composing ii V I lines in 1 chord per measure blocks and 2 chords per measure blocks. I video recorded lines I wanted to remember, lifted a few licks from my favorite solos that I transcribed and changed a little to make fit into my solo. I still suck, but I have some vocabulary to draw from to trick people into thinking I don't suck. That is the stage I am at now. Great lesson, Jens. So helpful as always.

@SkarphedinnWalz 3 ай бұрын

Jens, another great video with solid ideas from beginning to end. Plus, I knew as you kept expanding the ideas on soloing that Barry Harris was bound to make an appearance!

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@TheEpochCompanion 3 ай бұрын

This makes a lot of sense, that's why its called playing the CHANGES, not playing the chords.

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Exactly 🙂

@kevindonnelly761 3 ай бұрын

Great video Jens ! Soloing over chords is probably the most sought after skill by guitarists yet very few know how (or think they need to know how) to approach it. I know more about it nowadays (which I'm very happy about) but also realise the journey never ends. I consider that part of the fun too. Getting bored with ways I used to play is a great motivator as well.

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

True, the journey never ends, and in many ways that is a good thing 🙂

@stanmelies2835 Ай бұрын

Très bon cours ! Clair, précis et de l'humour.

@JensLarsen Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙏🙂

@MarsGuitarOfficial 3 ай бұрын

Excellent work once again Jens !!! Thank you 🙏

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like it! 🙂

@jamjar4553 3 ай бұрын

one of your best videos so far! it picks me up right where i am at the moment. :)

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@dandalee 3 ай бұрын

Mind blown. Thank you, Jens!

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Great to hear it that it was useful! 🙂

@grahambrown5869 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Jens I love your videos and your pedagogy. I hope one day to come and have a few lessons with you.

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Graham! 🙂

@Niamorg1007 3 ай бұрын

This one was absolutely fantastic, thank you so much

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

@wchphoto 3 ай бұрын

Great lesson, Jens! Now I'm gonna work on Dm7-G7 for the next 8 hours! :o) (cue the falling downstairs sound bite!)

@mrfakename4805 25 күн бұрын

Thank you, Jens . . . I thought I subscribed to your channel some time ago, I didn't, however I have fixed that now!

@tinman8014 3 ай бұрын

What’s the best way to find target notes on the fretboard during improv? Do you “see” the position of the interval visually within a chord, scale or arpeggio shape (without necessarily knowing the name of the note)? Do you memorise every note in each chord and identify the target note by name through having memorised all notes on the fretboard? Do you recall target note positions for given chord progressions through having extensively practiced those progressions? Are you hearing the chord interval (without necessarily identifying the name of the particular note)? I find this the hardest thing in terms of progressing in guitar.

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

To practice so that you know them when you have to improvise. When you solo you rely on what you already practiced and sit back and listen 🙂

@wdfusroy8463 3 ай бұрын

Lots of GREAT ideas here!! I've been trying to get flow playing over the chords for years. Maybe now I'll finally get something that sounds good!! Eight minutes of advice easily worth eight months of fumbling around on your own of attempting to learn to "think" about which target knows to go after. Of course rhythmic vitality is a big part of the right sound as well!! Thanks so much for this fine video!!

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful 🙂

@uptempotransport28 2 ай бұрын

Love it. I like to tell my students that's it's so simple: Dm7: play F G7: play F Cmaj7: E 2 notes is a great start ❤❤

@vincentobuttice2069 3 ай бұрын

Every time I watch these videos I spend about an hour on each one breaking down the ideas as they appear, thank you for the wonderful content! @JensLarsen

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@localpm 3 ай бұрын

Great Video Jens 👌

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@pedrocastro6124 3 ай бұрын

great video with multiple insights Jens! Is this approach also applicable for other music styles or mostly Jazz? Cheers

@triguna7692 3 ай бұрын

oh now I understand how to find and go from there, was doing that from my feeling but your explanation make it easy for me thanks sensei Jens.further question shall ask trough your mail.nice day🙏🎸

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome! You can probably better ask here 🙂

@tomcripps7229 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support, Tom 🙏

@ohad157 3 ай бұрын

Grrreat!

@SteveSutherland-rh3tg 3 ай бұрын

Wow, that was such a great video, thank you.

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@SteveSutherland-rh3tg 3 ай бұрын

@@JensLarsen I really got into it, even though I'm not a jazz guitarist, I really love to hear playing through chords, and to see how it's done, thanks again.

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

@@SteveSutherland-rh3tg That's great to hear 🙂

@cbolt4492 3 ай бұрын

2:00 Great

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

🙏🙂

@cosmosgato 3 ай бұрын

Where are you going? Outstanding and thank you!

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@TheBlavid 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant teaching as always Jens. You seem to be more and more comfortable in front of the camera. You were making me chuckle...😂 I have a question. Do you have any particular methods for ear training and in particular hearing chord progressions better? Cheers!

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I do have a method for hearing changes when I am learning songs: figure out the melody and then figure out the bass line and use those two to hear the chord. In time, you get better and better at just hearing what chord is played and what the note is in the key.

@JeffSmith-di5rk 3 ай бұрын

BTW... the 335 sounds beautiful, Jens!

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

@@JeffSmith-di5rk Thank you 🙂

@bumrecordingstudios 3 ай бұрын

Yet another great video. Jotted these notes down in hopes it helps me practice later. Kind thanks!

@Typical.Anomaly 3 ай бұрын

Target notes are _so_ much better than K-Mart notes, and they only cost a little bit more.

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

😁👍

@seattlevegas66 3 ай бұрын

Great way to ingrain this is by practicing triads

@lutherhughes7091 3 ай бұрын

AS USUAL - to quote Duke Ellington "Beyond Category"

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

🙏🙂

@aminahmed2220 3 ай бұрын

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also today is my dad birthday ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like it! 🙂

@cryptotharg7400 3 ай бұрын

"Jazz Club" for the win! G-r-r-reat! 😎

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

😁🙏

@johnmac8084 3 ай бұрын

Great lesson. New guitar Jens?

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! No, I've had that ES335 for quite a few years kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aMCVZZVzs8zYcXU.html

@enricosenno7767 3 ай бұрын

Is hal garper forward motion on this topic maybe?

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

Certainly!

@gianpierocea 3 ай бұрын

Hi! I have a very simple question: should i aim to get to a level where in your head not only i can 'hear' in my mind what i want to play before executing it and at the same time also know exactly what note I am playing ? I am definitely far from both, with the first one feeling slightly less impossible (i.e. i can sort of anticipate what a given interval is going to sound like+ using muscular memory of a scale i can sort of guess what I am about to play). Whereas being able to do a sort of inner "solfege" where I also name the notes in my mind while i solo is definitely something I cannot do and not sure I would even ever be able of doing to be fair. Is this a goal worth aiming for? Is this a requirement for decent soloing? Thanks!

@JensLarsen 3 ай бұрын

For me, I am not analyzing when I solo, and I doubt that anybody has time to think every note or interval they play. They probably just listen and hear melodies.

@gianpierocea 3 ай бұрын

@@JensLarsen that's really helpful, it is one of those things I would have never known if I hadn't asked. Okay, sounds like it is enough to put the effort on "listening" the solo and have an idea of where we are going with it! Thanks!

@JeffSmith-di5rk 3 ай бұрын

My opinion, FWIW: The first skill will naturally develop and is most definitely a great thing. With the second, it sounds like you're referring to actually naming all the notes while you're playing, which I think would just get in the way. I do think you should be able to name key notes when needed, though.