Jazz Improv Lesson: The Bebop CHAIN Exercise
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It's been WAY too long since I made a tutorial video, so I apologize. This is something I had been thinking about with some of my private students - how to break down bebop lines into small pieces. In this exercise, I demonstrate just a few of the literally hundreds (if not thousands) of ways that you can weave melodies from one chord tone to another within a key.
It's methodical and organized (as much as a left-handed brained person can be). I just used a C major 7th chord as an example, but obviously you can expand this idea into whatever chord type you want.
I used to think that improvising in a bebop style was some sort of magic - that musicians just had this amazing ability to envision these long and complex lines that included hip chromaticism and rhythmic phrasing.. and while that is true to a point, it's also much less of a mystery now that I learned this "bebop chain" method. When I learned this, it completely changed the way I practiced. I started writing my own lines, using shapes that fit well on the vibraphone and in different keys. I started to form good 'habits' - little melodic lines that I play without thinking about it.
This is how you can develop your vocabulary as a jazz musician - by learning the intricacies of these small melodic fragments, and then being able to weave in and out of them at will. This is how you master the bebop language. I hope these exercises will inspire you to write your own bebop lines!
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@johnmcminn9455 4 ай бұрын
The Chain concept is awesome. Like the Jazz Improv version of the Hannon
@franciscoleite4510 Жыл бұрын
Thank you mister Collins,
@Emmothdrums 3 жыл бұрын
More! Great 👏
@user-oh9zu6zv3r 3 жыл бұрын
Very nice.
@barbara2800 2 жыл бұрын
Great inspiration! Thank you!
@guillermor.r4831 4 ай бұрын
This video is incredible, I wish I had one in minor and dominant😍
@Kapiwolf123 3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff Tim. You're my favorite jazz teacher, and underrated.
@jasonwilliams1812 5 ай бұрын
Been really helpful brother...thanks
@paulomonteiro1609 3 жыл бұрын
i will try this on the guitar very nice Tim Thank You
@alpozday4051 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent thank you 🙏
@ammiammi1974 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Short, simple, clear and efficient. Thanks a lot.
@luisguillermodiazpuentes1579 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thank you
@alistaircornacchio5727 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting to take this concept a little further and get into the mindset of breaking every chord down into the 3rds its built with. From this perspective you're looking at 12 minor thirds and 12 major thirds in isolation that get put together to form any triad, 7th chord, etc... Practice dozens of these short approach phrases both for the minor and major 3rds. Then maybe when practicing a tune, think in terms of what quality of 3rds your using, starting on a particular note, and which thirds you are moving to; could result in a much different playing style.
@artemmatte4672 3 жыл бұрын
Clear, simple and effective! Thank you very much 👍
@nicholaschavarria4261 3 жыл бұрын
Good for trumpet players too! Thanks!
@timbenz4890 Жыл бұрын
Another video Tim with a great approach and breakdown. Very useful 👍
@mestremusica9485 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Great teacher. Thanks
@calcal5135 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Tim. I wish I had recordings of a ton of these little melody snippets. I like to work my ear.
@rockstarjazzcat 3 жыл бұрын
Love this! Thanks! Fragments work much better when chained, meaningfully, for sure. Cheers, Daniel
@m2j573 3 жыл бұрын
My god if that ain't the best channel to practice jazz on youtube.. I'm a guitarist and i can never get enough of your videos! keep it up man, lots of love for you
@TimCollinsVibes 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! What other types of lessons would you like to see?
@m2j573 3 жыл бұрын
@@TimCollinsVibes I've always loved your comping etudes since almost no one really covers comping in jazz in such depth here on youtube and i also love your video on all the things you are improvisation you have a unique and simplistic approach to improvising So really whatever you post we are satisfied because we trust and love your work man. Greetings from baghdad♥️
@TimCollinsVibes 3 жыл бұрын
@@m2j573 It's good to know there is jazz in Baghdad! Yeah, the comping thing is something I wand to address in future videos some more.
@emilianosanchez6253 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tim it s wonderful!!!
@andreaszeug3692 3 жыл бұрын
very, very powerful tool !!!!
@VieitoProductions 3 жыл бұрын
Cool, this is very useful, greetings from Spain
@bradking658 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing Tim,you rock‼️ Hope you are well God loves you deeply Shalom 🤗🐼❤️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8
@jodfrut771 3 жыл бұрын
This was great, informative
@tonym104 3 жыл бұрын
Really good stuff as always!!! Thanks for putting this together!
@chasburns3599 3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Opens my mind. Thanks
@liuzrikardo 3 жыл бұрын
Very good method. Thanks for sharing!
@iloverumi 3 жыл бұрын
really awesome info. can apply immediately. thank you.
@Joseperezvargas 3 жыл бұрын
Great chanel ,great teacher!
@emilianosanchez6253 3 жыл бұрын
Saludos desde Argentina
@user-xs7ou2dg3r 3 жыл бұрын
💖👍👍
@insidejazzguitar8112 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson; good to see you back as teacher. Your other videos have been delightful. This kind of concept has been so important to me recently. I’ve been doing this kind of thing with fragments I picked up from Charlie Parker that target the third of the next chord, and chaining the fragments across chords, like on II V I
@TimCollinsVibes 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah- just run with that idea! And I’ve been meaning to do more educational stuff, just haven’t had the inspiration.
@francescomanfredi 3 жыл бұрын
Very ingenious! Did you invente this method yourself or you learned it from a musician in particular? It’s the first time I see this explained so well!
@TimCollinsVibes 3 жыл бұрын
It’s kind of a combination of some stuff I learned and then tried to package for some private students
@dongavila8591 Жыл бұрын
Simply Great! Is the clip at O:14 available at KZfaq?
@TimCollinsVibes Жыл бұрын
It used to be- but I might have to repost it. That was from International Jazz Day in 2017.
@TimCollinsVibes Жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kKlnh8RhktTHfH0.html
@dongavila8591 Жыл бұрын
@@TimCollinsVibes Wow, Thanks Tim for the swift reply. Is it one of yours?
@dongavila8591 Жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, Tim. More power to you!
@not_emerald 3 жыл бұрын
What is the best Gary Burton album and why is it A Genuine Tong Funeral?
@frederik23 3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff man! :) 1 question: How would this look over other triads? Minor, aug, dim, sus4? :) Thanks for lesson!
@TimCollinsVibes 3 жыл бұрын
You can take the same concept and just adapt it to work with the different types of chords - just pay attention to which approaches require a whole step vs. half step. Trust your ears!
@artivrolijkekunst990 3 жыл бұрын
Good stuff. I have a question. There are 24 short melodies with five notes. Isn't that hard to memorize? How to do that?
@TimCollinsVibes 3 жыл бұрын
That's a good question...I think methodical practice of just a few of them can go a long way. After all, it only takes a few seconds to play one of them.. So you could theoretically practice one of them 20 times in about a minute or so, then continue on with your day. I think practicing regularly but in very short intervals is really effective (at least for me it is). As with everything, don't be in a rush to learn the whole thing in one day! Take your time.
@metalmilitia137 3 жыл бұрын
By strong beats you mean mainly beats 1 and 3 right? So if we have a non-chord tone on 2 and 4 that's alright? Thanks for the video!
@TimCollinsVibes 3 жыл бұрын
For this exercises, yeah it was 1 and 3. But depending on your rhythmic send you could mess with it! Always trust your ears for the melody and your butt for the rhythm hehe
@metalmilitia137 3 жыл бұрын
@@TimCollinsVibes thanks!
@jodfrut771 3 жыл бұрын
C4!?!?! ....explosion
@TimCollinsVibes 3 жыл бұрын
Hehe I forgot about it
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