Of course, we are interested Jens, we are interested in everything you can teach us! :)

Hi sir, I'm Nick Gomez from the Philippines. I'm been playing the guitar proressionally since 1972.I learned jazz during the year 1977 from my Japanese friend. But I wasn't able to use it. There are none available gigs for jazz during that time. Now it's pandemic and I'm jobless up to present. I decided to watch your KZfaq channel as a reviewer but I'm impressed to your kind of teaching. Thank you so much. God bless you.

I was the recipient of 1997’s “Most INCORRECT Notes” honor. I’ve always wondered who it was who took the medal in the other category that year. :)

My Favorite Jazz guitarist has always been Grant Green. 50+ years ago I used to sit in my room with my guitar and play his records over and over and try to figure it out. It was the way most of us learned back then. Very slow progress but you really developed an ear.

Couldn't agree more about the "compose your own lines and write them down" part! This is so essential, it's getting stuff from the unconscious to the conscious, and after you've done it and studied it, you can let is slip back into the unconscious,only just a lot better and controlled. Apparently Warne Marsh had his students compose two chorusses on a Blues every week for at least a year. I think it's an amazing way of learning, because you can also avoid repeating yourself over and over again. You are basically forced to come up with new lines, so it's a great way to be creative too (at least, unless you have no problem with repeating yourself a lot in improvisations 🙃)

« Octave displacement video »... damn yes !!

Yes to the 8va displacement video .Great lesson as usual Jens. Thank you

Thank you Jens for all the inspiration, knowledge and enthusiasm for jazz. You have taught me so much, and I can't wait to learn more. BEST CHANNEL ON KZfaq!

Yupp, Octave displacement would be a great video! Thank you!!! Great videos!!

This is the single best jazz lesson on the internet. This should be where all lessons begin

Great lesson Jens and you're swingin' hard. My improvisation lines weave their way through major, minor, blues, diminished scales while connecting chords. I like to experiment, push some boundaries, see what I can get away with. But my main objective is to build support systems by way of rhythm, melody, syncopation and space. And my favorite bebop or hard bop guitarist is none other than Barney Kessel.

I have always been in the "correct notes" area...for many many years, but you are quite correct Mr. Larsen, that does not jazz make :)

Jens you are the man! The drop arps is a game changer for me, it sounds great and opens so many options for writing/connecting lines. Excellent video thank you!

Fantastic lesson - you can learn more from Jens than the jazz instruction books - octave displacement, embellishing arpeggios, enclosures, etc.

Melodic techniques, like octave displacement, should be taught alongside scales. I’ve used them haphazardly without knowing what they’re called. Now I’ll integrate them into solos on purpose. I’d like to see a video devoted to octave displacement and any related techniques I’ve probably missed because I’m self-taught. Thanks Jens.

I died laughing at the most correct notes award. Man does that sum up that sort of our musical journey in the part. Awesome video

OK that's a year's worth of study in one video!!!

Octave Displacement, the Bebop Secret: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNuVfap0uNmrm6M.html

I went to jazz school and no one taught like this. So practical, I can turn around and use it immediately and sound good. Then I can add more on my own

Yes mr. Larsen i would love a vid about octave displacement

Hello Jens. I am a smooth jazz saxophonist and recording artist. When I hear a lick in my head, I sing it then play it. If I am not capable of playing it, I record the idea by singing it into a mic and practice it until I can play it. This is how I compose my solos. Great way to incorporate bebop and blues lines into an existing track while coming up with new song ideas. The result is I create my own unique lines within my own style. Thanks for the tutorial.

Pat Martino is my favourite bebop guitarist, followed by George Benson. Wes and Django are my favourite all round jazz guitarists.

You really have a gift for doing this.

Homestly the ad that keeps playing before these videos is kinda starting to piss me off lol 😝 yeah i could take some course but this channel is a course on its own if you study it enough and incorporate jazz albums for listening 👂 you can accomplish so very much! Thanks Jens for years of knowledge I never would have learned without you.

I took some classes with Barry Harris and studied with one of his students. Learning a collection of "bebop" type scales is certainly part of it. My impression, however, is that the purpose is not that you would necessarily play these as part of your improvisation, rather it is about getting the rhythmical feel and sound of what a bebop line is like with chord tones on strong beats, etc. I found practicing the Barry Harris scales really helpful in that regard and this has given me a framework for composing my own lines and certainly fragments of the scales show up. But arpeggios, neighbor and surround tones, 8th and 16th note triplets, etc. are all a part of it too, not just scales. Anyway I agree with your comment about composing your own lines but I think Barry's scales help you get there. Thanks for your lessons, I always enjoy and get something out of them. Howard Roberts in his 1950's recordings is my favorite bebop guitarist.

Great lesson. Would love for you to cover octave displacement in more depth. Thank you!

Another great lesson. I still have a hard time improvising over Jazz but I am getting there. I put together “pure imagination” from Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory tune on jazz guitar with melody and basic comping. As you said in your video, trying to create your own phrases will make it even more personal. Will try to continue to build on it using your advice. Thank you Jens.

Just came across your site.Great lesson.Thanks.

Thank you so much for adding the Honeysuckle Rose lick to the lesson....

Jens you 'rock' man. Wonderful to see the 'Grandstand' Lp show up behind you at the beginning.

Thank you very much for "legitimising" my, let's say, aversion to learning bebop-scales etc. Obviously I am familiar with them and how they work, but I don't really practice them. (just to note, I am not aiming to be professional, way too late for me, just wishing to improve in my middle age! :-D). I have a solid background in classical music theory from music school days which I have been able utilise when learning more and more about jazz theory and improvisation. At some point I thought that I should really learn all these scales to be able to play be-bop"properly", but luckily this seems not to be the case. I am a double bass and piano player (probably "intermediate level"), and I find that the solid knowledge of the chords and resolutions is much more useful than just knowing which notes go to which scale. I can also say that being aware of the bebop scales has also helped me to understand how the bebop language works. But approaching playing in terms chord tones and chromatisism seems to work better for me than thinking in terms of scales. I don't know how many non-guitarists follow your channel, but I am certainly happy that the youtube-algorithm brought it to my attention. :-)

Great video! Would love to see a lesson on octave displacement!

Jens, thanks for another great lesson. Would love an entire video dedicated to octave displacement

Thanks a lot for this lesson Jens.. Like your philosophy about the approach to learn bebop or other stuff... helps to avoid dogmatic thinking . Would certainly be interested in the "octave displacement" video .

Thanks for making bop accessible

Excelente ,gracias aunque tengo casi 64 años sigo estudiando ,eres un excelente musico y profesor ,te felicito,dsede Argentina te mando saludos y cuídate mucho...

Favorite bop guitarist? I don't know if he has played bebop, but Brian Setzer has been a big reason why I've been adding more jazzier stuff into my playing

Yeah, Oktave displacement would be a great thing

Thank you so much for adding in the Honey

Franchement j'en suis sûr que tu fais partie des meilleurs prof pour eux Merci beaucoup bcp bcp bcp bcp bcp bcp bcp pour eux 👏👏👏

Love your ideas, always useful and insightful

After 2yrs of stewing in this, Its suddenly way more relevant.

Most correct notes award for me 2021 just as I have finally learned to hit my target tones on All The Things You Are (thirty years in) -- ah well, you give me something new to work on. Well done! On a side note, in another exercise I am also moving through the changes using The (dreaded) Lick -- and transpose, or superimpose as changes call for. Am I jazz yet? Probably not lol

Wow a phenomenal lesson from a phenomenal jazz guitarist! I became a better jazz guitarist in a half- hour even though I’ve been playing jazz for 40 years!!

Awsome teaching approach! thank you!

Thanks so much for share this video, brother. God bless 🎸

Oh, man, these are some great concepts. I fell like you're helping me cheat on a test as the teacher walks out the door!!

Great stuff Jen's. Thank you once again. This really helps.

"more money made on bebop scales than bebop" so true, 100% agree with you about bebop scales, they don't make anybody fluent in bebop, it's overly simple. Better to work on enclosure IMO

Fantastic dense information. Thanks so much.

Great teacher, great player

Super smooth and very informative

I'd like to know more about octave displacement.

I’m totally interested in viewing an additional video outlining octave displacement …… 👍

Yes please do octave displacement video!

amazing thank you

Also yes to Octave displacement

Thanks!

Jimmy Raney is my favorite

Octave displacement. Yes, please.

Thank you Jens, another fine time lesson

Legendary guitarist

the robot had my dying lol

I love your slow description….. keep this just saying 👍

the best teacher..

Shout from South Africa!!!

Another vote for an octave displacement video please Jens.

Thank my lord

Excellent stuff as always. Thank you

Thank You so much.

I think octave solos make such music from ambient all the way thru folk, Jazz, not into metal but rock also.

yes, I am definitely interested in a video about octave displacement, I am

+1 for Octave Displacement please Sir!! Best Regards!

Just coincidentally, this week I was listening to Chet bakers Just friends and I heard this nice lick at the end of a phrase. I picked it out and have been using it and practicing in all keys just because it seems strong and useful. Turns out it is the honeysuckle rose lick too..

we are interested on a video on that

Brother, I appreciate you

matur suksma.... i play fiddle and this is really helpful

Please do an octave displacement video!

Hey Ba by I Hear (and trip el et 1) the Blues a Call ing ( and 2 and 3 and etc) ... Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs (Frazier)

More on enclosures and octave displacement, please.

Great insights Lens

Hi Jens. This is great vocabulary lesson. I finally bought a laptop and I am actually writing down my licks on paper to the computer and it's makes life much easier analysing material and so. Although I considering getting an interface, do have any recommendations on equipment that's not too expensive for a working class individual? 😅 Thanks

i luv this its great .........thanks

such an information rich video I had to slow it down! You could have made three videos with the content here, bravo sir

I was shocked when he said he didn't like bebop skill lol :)))

thank you for the translation into Indonesian. I subscribe you from now on ❤🙏

Swingin' Jens!

For sure, classic bop is definitely not about moonwalking robots.

A lesson dedicated to octave displacement would be great. The concept itself itself is not that hard to understand - What makes it confusing, is knowing where & how to apply octave displacement within the context of say a 2-5-1 cadence or a song form...

cool stuff!!

I would be interested in a lesson exploring octave displacement....

‘Bebop scale’ always seems like an oxymoron to me.

Hi Jens! Proper Video - as ALWAYS. May I ask you what program(as seen in the video at about 3:50) you're using for composing/writing down your lines and licks? THANKS!

I'm loosing it man, I'm a good guitar player but I'm struggling like crazy finding that jazzy phrasing. Makes me mad LOL

YES please

Charlie Christian is my favorite bebop player but do you consider Wes a bebop player? I just consider him my favorite "jazz" player I guess.

bebop is a form of composition, that's the real title for this lesson.

this is great, more vids!

Great lesson always. What is that software you use for notation?

Any1 else expected the mario kart lick in here? Great video tho!