@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
What Makes A Solo Great? 😎 Why Grant Green is Bebop 101 for guitar: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eq2HfLiFvpe8gIE.html
@markslist1542 Жыл бұрын
Jens you are quickly becoming the necessary guitar instructor. At this point, you've surpassed every other guitar instructor on the web, and by a lot.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@7spellz Жыл бұрын
Seconded!
@Sara-lk2yr Жыл бұрын
It is the same thing ibt also for the piano.... 😊🙏
@boomerdell Жыл бұрын
Jens' lessons are essentially for any guitarist. That, at least to me, seems clearly evident: each lesson contains so many practical elements we can apply to our practice and playing right away. But what I've really come to appreciate in all Jens' lessons (including those on his Patreon and on his website) is how much MUSICAL knowledge, useful to anyone, even non-musicians, in understanding and appreciating so many memorable artists, songs, and styles.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Boomer! I really appreciate the recommendation!
@jackmorash7992 Жыл бұрын
As a jazz drummer I love your videos because they help me understand why I dig some people’s solos and others not so much.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jack!
@alexladd6861 Жыл бұрын
Wow, this is a game changer of a video. You've masterfully distilled three things that automatically can't help but make us better soloists. Bravo, Jens.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@Heaview Жыл бұрын
I came from a Metal background. I felt a sort of a lack of content on KZfaq by metal guitarists teaching composition/improvisation stuff. I'm so glad I found your channel! Not only is good to acquire knowledge from someone else in other genre, indeed, your content is very rich and well done. You're a master on your craft Sir. Thanks so much!
@michaelcalixte555 Жыл бұрын
Jim hall is one of the most slept on artists of his generation. Always happy to see him referenced as a staple of culture
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
He is indeed a bit overlooked 🙂
@edmundbloom9243 Жыл бұрын
Hearing Jim Hall playing with Paul Desmond is like listening to heaven!
@lawrenrich6419 Жыл бұрын
This is one of your best videos ever. Simple, to the point and sensible.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@RC32Smiths01 Жыл бұрын
Jazz solos really make a song! Gotta learn from the greats to see what makes them great! Cheers
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thanks Ron!
@RC32Smiths01 Жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Always!
@bart9390 8 ай бұрын
The best online teacher I have ever encountered. Congratulations, and keep up the good work! Thank you
@JensLarsen 8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@ifolkinrock Жыл бұрын
And always listen to the people you’re playing with. It makes you think less, which is always good.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
That is indeed important 🙂
@jeancharles4541 Ай бұрын
G B is our mentor me and my friend in all the time since young age in Haiti. Thanks GB
@iainctduncan Жыл бұрын
"Forward Motion" is fantastic, great to hear you highlighting it. That book totally changed my playing and approach to learning.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
It is indeed a great book!
@bozakarlin9034 Жыл бұрын
Great lesson, thanks.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@ioakimful Жыл бұрын
This is a very wonderful clarification! You gave the key to understanding. Thank you!
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@ioakimful Жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen 🙏
@leoburrito5039 Жыл бұрын
I saw a good meme about this that rings true. beginners stick to the scale, students worry too much about chromaticism, but pros also mostly just stick to the scale
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
I guess that is mostly about how if you can easily use whatever notes you want THEN you can worry about connecting phrases and make it more melodic 🙂
@AaronBowley Жыл бұрын
no
@markrollinger5366 Жыл бұрын
Always comes back to the basics, motivic development, call & response, etc. Great video, Jens. Thanks
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@cbolt4492 Жыл бұрын
Always great information 😎
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
@benkatof5852 Жыл бұрын
Ive been listening to that Benson version of Billie's Bounce tons lately - at first just to get the way he plays the head. The solo is so smooth.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
That solo is great! You have to watch out because he is playing the theme wrong in one place, but I forget what it is.
@benkatof5852 Жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Right! I learned Bird's first, then Benson's. I should give Jim Hall's version another good listen - in my mind the head is similar sounding to Benson's.
@insidejazzguitar8112 Жыл бұрын
Truly a master class! Well developed
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@el0blaino Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jens, this was wonderful to learn from. The playing and composing of these solos are far beyond me generally, but you illustrate the ideas so well that I am able to remember them and incorporate them (in simple fashion!) into my playing.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@michaelstevens8 Жыл бұрын
Another Outstanding Video Jens. Your absolutely right. Just because a Guitarist or any Musician for that matter is playing the Quote Unquote, Right Scales and Arpeggios over a Chord, it doesn't mean it's going to sound like Jazz. When this happens, what's missing is Jazz Language, and Phrasing. Both are Umbrella Terms. For anyone that wants more information about Forward Motion Swing Feel, Certain Chord Tones on Down Beats 1 and 3, and Motive Development, please check out, Forward Motion by Hal Galper and Melodic Improvising For Guitar: Developing Motivic Ideas Through Chord Changes by Bruce Saunders. Thanks.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thank you Michael! I don't know that book, but Bruce is great so probably the book is as well 🙂
@nicholascostantino9591 11 ай бұрын
Excellent content. I've been playing guitar for many years and too often my solos sound like the first example you gave (scales and arpeggios) superimposed onto the chord w/o any motif development or forward motion. I appreciate you taking the time to explain these improvisation concepts. Thanks. NickC
@JensLarsen 11 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@dnee18 Жыл бұрын
Great lesson. Beethoven’s 5th is incredible to listen to for developing a motif, one motif for almost the whole thing.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Yes indeed!
@tomcripps7229 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff Jens. I love listening to Jim Hall And Ron Carter duos.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@gertzpalma Жыл бұрын
THANKS, JENS!
@user-jq5pm7xq7u 2 ай бұрын
It would be really nice to have the list of examples on the description, maybe with links. Love your videos
@JensLarsen 2 ай бұрын
Maybe just watch the video on my website with the written out examples?
@user-jq5pm7xq7u 2 ай бұрын
Thanks. Btw, that was a really fast reply
@aneesh.joseph Жыл бұрын
In the beginning when i saw your videos i couldnt understand anything. I told my partner that i would learn enought to understand you in three years. Now after three years, i did not change but you did. You have had a deeper realisation of music and now you speak about it in simple worda which i understand
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
That's almost a great Mark Twain quote 😁👍 Glad you like the videos!
@thatsthegig Жыл бұрын
Excellent video Lars!
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@marxvillegas Жыл бұрын
what a masterclass!
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@tonalambiguity3345 Жыл бұрын
If you can’t hear it, don’t play it. You will never phrase something effectively if you can’t hear it first.
@StoneTribe Жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson. Thank you!!
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@makitahowlstheblues8586 11 ай бұрын
“Just like Benson…” is my quote of the day! ☮️💟☯️
@paulpmanhowland7818 Жыл бұрын
Great video. I'm looking forward ro working on some of these things this weekend. Thanks @JensLarsen 🎸🎶🎵
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
You got this!
@jimsilva8079 Жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation of these key ideas! Well done, and inspiring.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@mqblues Жыл бұрын
Good lesson content, Jens. Remember a jazz sax player who once remarked that playing jazz lines with old school "sass" nearly as important as the construction exercises. Can't find "Sass" exercises online. Ha..
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
The problem with that is that you don't know what "Sass" is so you don't know what to look for. That doesn't mean they are not out there thought... 😁
@gabrieldilullo4376 Жыл бұрын
very practical lesson
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@DonnePlummer69 Жыл бұрын
I like this man’s German accent and sensibility 👍👍 thank you
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@kevindonnelly761 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great video Jens. Call me a Nerd, but I always like learning about approaches and listening to Motifs. They are so important and powerful. One tip I was taught is - if you're having difficulty listening out for Motifs, listen for repeated rhythmic patterns. The Rhythm of a Motif cannot be underestimated in importance as it is such an effective defining character - as you have demonstrated in this video. 😁
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thanks Kevin! Don't you find that the best motifs are the ones where the rhythm is shifting? those are the ones I like the most at least -🙂
@kevindonnelly761 Жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Yes, I agree. As you demonstrated, an identifiable rhythm pattern that shifts throughout the bar(s) sounds like it has more impetus / forward motion. The Jim Hall example(s) from 6:51 where he shifts the motifs and fragments them to third and fourth diads sound great as their changing accents become very interesting (as well as the melodic / harmonic development). Same thing applies with your Wes Montgomery examples. I also like the idea of moving through the changes with my own motif(s) in Rubato (from 10:38). That is a great idea - as well as trying to hear (in my inner ear) what my motifs would sound like in the changes. I really like the ways Wes shifts and fragments his 'call and response' motifs too. That's a lot more interesting than repeating a predictable motif. Repetition and Development - like the plot in a good story. The motifs are shifting rhythmically and harmonic / melodic interest (as aforementioned) through the changes is maintained also. Wes doesn't let the listener go either. He develops (reinvents ?) his motifs in call and response with his (signature) octaves - as per your examples.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
@@kevindonnelly761 Exactly, there is a story-telling element to Wes' solo buildup
@juanbusquier8546 Жыл бұрын
Jens avisa porfavor con tiempo si regresas a España... No fui a tus clases porque me enteré muy tarde. Anuncia con tiempo 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@yannseven7096 7 ай бұрын
Great video!
@JensLarsen 7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@nugnug118 Жыл бұрын
Jens. Would you ever do a break down video of a Kenny Burrell song? He’s one of my favourite jazz guitarists up there with grant green and joe pass ( thanks to you ) cheers for all the videos.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Here's one video and there is one more in the playlist kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZ95mZyFptOvZGg.html It pays off to search on the channel 😁
@TheMachinesWon Жыл бұрын
Great lesson! Love that benson lick so much
@gr00vinRuben Жыл бұрын
I’ll be Bach” killed me 😂, also love the simple approach and very easy to understand.
@thpthp Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video!
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@MarsGuitarOfficial Жыл бұрын
Excellent!!! Thank you
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
@jeancharles4541 8 ай бұрын
Your style is good way to learn guitar
@claytonvolner5950 Жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic lesson. Keep up the great work 🤘. I’m primarily a metal guitarist that has been playing for about 12 years. This last year I’ve been delving into jazz. Your lessons are always informative. My main goal is to incorporate this type of playing into my own to create some really unique Melodie’s while still maintaining fast or intense playing.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Great! Go for it!
@clarauribearbelaez7948 Жыл бұрын
I like this video. It is very true
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Glad it was useful 🙂
@rivaldoluizcamargo7820 Жыл бұрын
Great! Thank's💯
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
No problem 👍
@jasonleslie9491 Жыл бұрын
Glad you bring up Bach, instead of "finger exercises" that you see all over the internet, I warm up playing his Cello Suites. He's where Forward Motion comes from, Galper points that out.
@fionnstafford2979 Жыл бұрын
Another fantastic video! Thanks Jens 👍
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, Fionn! 🙂
@murrayatuptown353 2 ай бұрын
I think Wes & George always sound better than me...because they ARE better than me. Gotta set some high goals!
@Scratch_Monsters_Golf 11 ай бұрын
Gior Spinson is one of my favorite players ever ❤ All joking aside, love the channel, Jens. Thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙏
@kaiyounce4729 Жыл бұрын
I don't know if you'll see this but you should make a playlist of some of your favorites!!
@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out Жыл бұрын
Fantastich. Necessary concepts for PRACTICE for all instruments. Oh, lordy, once again the mountain in front of me looms large. You pulled me back into the work with this one. I was offended by the title at first. "i NEVER sound as those guys? B´BAH! Yes i do!": No i don't. Played a gig last night, and even without hearing a recording of it, I am fairly sure that not many, or probably none of the 4 bar segments I played would compare favorably. Back to the shed.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Haha! No worries, just go for it 🙂 You anyway want to sound like you
@xanblacq Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
👍
@alfredtuley481 Жыл бұрын
Great video, sir! I was wondering if you had advice for gaining comfort with smaller subdivisions? I can play fast, but don't feel like I can say anything meaningful with faster notes yet. How do you bridge the gap? Thanks!
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Practice a lot of fast tempos and then get used to playing more dense in those. That the makes it easier to translate it to double-time stuff. Besides that I just practice playing double time on medium tunes as well.
@alfredtuley481 Жыл бұрын
Will do! Thank you sir!
@DieselWeazel Жыл бұрын
I wonder how many of your viewers got into Jazz by hearing Wes Montgomery? He was self taught and developed his sound and style by trying not to wake the neighbors. Your videos are informative and honor these Jazz giants. ❤
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Thank you! My impression is that Joe Pass and George Benson are drawing in more people to Jazz, but I never really checked.
@DieselWeazel Жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen And they should be! Giblet Gravy is absolute Fire!
@whimpypatrol5503 Жыл бұрын
Self-taught, maybe, but thourghly exposed to hard core jazz greats through his family.
@DieselWeazel Жыл бұрын
@@whimpypatrol5503 that’s true. Myself, I had to seek out Jazz. I grew up on 90’s Country and Classic Rock. Despite being from Louisiana, there isn’t much jazz outside New Orleans. I’m glad I live in a time where we have so much available to listen to.
@MrMrJameskeegan Жыл бұрын
Zen, this is a eureka momment
@steellemonstudios Жыл бұрын
Ok, but I kind of want to know the Emperor Palpatine E7 lick. 0:28
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Haha! Maybe a later video 😎
@user-jq5pm7xq7u 2 ай бұрын
I've watched several videos and not even once he mentioned that he wrote a book. Thanks for not doing like Rick Beato, Beato book, Beato bundle... Blah blah. The quality of the videos is great, surly also the book. I might buy it eventually. Thanks for all your lessons
@JensLarsen 2 ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙂
@harryballs7029 Жыл бұрын
Jimmy Bruno has a pretty unique view of learning jazz 😁
@liontone Жыл бұрын
2:59 Where did you get my licks from? 😂😂😂
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Haha! I am not allowed to reveal my sources 😁
@rdpatterson2682 Жыл бұрын
great stuff, thx. plz mention Beethoven regarding motific development.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
I did, didn't I? 🙂
@danielvelazquez18 Жыл бұрын
I can't imagine how slow guitar progress was before the internet... THANK YOU!
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Glad you can put it to use 🙂
@dltguitar6532 Жыл бұрын
It was fast because sheet music and learning by listening and playing with real People is still the best way
@belindadrake5487 8 ай бұрын
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY not to stress about your rhythm section!! Jen’s, these are the guys that l heard as an embryo,& all my life; my DAD💔 had the turntable on every second he could . He left me with such a beautiful legacy. I learned classical piano ( OSCAR PETERSON IS GOD! 🎹 And BEETHOVEN is GOD too. ) Then l learned jazz guitar. I played i in a rock band. Had to pay the rent😆✨🎸🎹😈✨
@enricosenno7767 Жыл бұрын
Currently working on that hall's solo. Is garper's book too hard for a beginner sight Reader? Cheers
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Nice! The Hal Galper book is not really the type of method that you play exercises from, so it can be worthwhile even if you don't read too fast.
@adamcrary1602 6 ай бұрын
does it (Forward Motion) have tablature for the examples ? Thank you,for excellent lesson(s!).🙏🏻
@armandosinger 6 күн бұрын
@@adamcrary1602no tablature because it’s not specific to guitar.
@tofusauce 11 ай бұрын
"Avoid the butter notes" -Miles Davis
@dailygiftsforever Жыл бұрын
The only rule is the music that one makes, becoming a good listener is more important than any music theory. Gospel.
@zykubeat1243 Жыл бұрын
I like guitars but I can’t buy one 💔💔
@sagandalya108 Жыл бұрын
Maybe start from the original song and see if you have something to add to it's mood and message, this way you are focused on music, not technicality.
@falsenotefest Жыл бұрын
Il y a le bon et le mauvais guitariste. Le bon il joue des bons great solos. Le mauvais il joue des bons great solos mais...... c'est un mauvais guitariste😁👍
@sayakgupta4207 Жыл бұрын
music is simple eather u have it or u dont .
@adamcrary1602 6 ай бұрын
i disagree. Some people advance very quickly, especially when they start young and have “ natural talent”… but anybody except the completely tone deaf can learn to make very satisfying music if they work at it… there are some levels of musicianship that only a few people ever reach but that’s not important, except in deciding whether you find them inspiring or discouraging. I recommend the former.
@williamdillard8330 Жыл бұрын
👍
@MrMrJameskeegan Жыл бұрын
I might be wrong but when you combine your skills with, emotional experiences you have had, your playing will cease to be your playing, and it will be something you reveal too yourself
@adamcrary1602 6 ай бұрын
I like that. Like when the music plays itself… or the band… all the study and preparation just increase the frequency and likelihood of having truly revelatory experiences in improvisation… and in being able to communicate real emotion. Anyway, well said.
@jantonisito Жыл бұрын
It (your earlier soloing) actually sounded a bit like Manhattan Transfer doing "Ray's Rockhouse": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLt-estomte2ZWw.html
@frankmurphyburr3598 Жыл бұрын
Are all jazz guitar players 'readers' ? How does a 'play by ear' non reader learn this stuff?
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
Knowing theory and being aware of what you play is not the same as being able to read. Maybe check out this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZ1_gpCkmJfUf4k.html
@raydamoiseau Жыл бұрын
😊
@12bar Жыл бұрын
Go to your room, lock yourself in, throw away the key, take your guitar and don't come out for 2 years. The recommendations from this video are all you need.
@green323turbo 3 ай бұрын
At 7:02 it sounds like a rat scratching is in the maze ..weird !
@martintramil8084 Жыл бұрын
Very informative and the "clicking " sound is unbearable... come on man👀
@Kirk1914 Жыл бұрын
Great concepts but directed to jazz
@allancerf9038 Жыл бұрын
I appreciate your videos, but in all fairness I think the biggest difference between 'they' and us-is that they have immensely more talent. 😂
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
But we can't learn anything from them having talent, we can only learn from what they played. The lesson to learn from Elon Musk or Steve Jobs is also not that they were lucky, even if they were that too.
@allancerf9038 Жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen I didn't mention luck. I mentioned talent. Frankly I think Wes Montgomery is far more talented than Musk or Jobs; maybe both combined.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
@@allancerf9038 Feel free to switch talent for luck with Musk and Jobs. I don't think it really makes a difference for my point.
@sayakgupta4207 Жыл бұрын
why do u have to teach ? when u knw all u must be some ones magic ?
@theclancyjack Жыл бұрын
Amazing Video. Learn a lot. I agree with @markslist1542. Thanks for producing such a great content. Practice Time!
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@monaandersen2123 9 ай бұрын
Kontrapunkt. Solei deo gloria
@user-iv5wn1su4c Жыл бұрын
Last month I was criticized "you just think of chords in your improvisation". Maybe Wes and Grant Green's idea can be a new practice target. Btw, can you make content about Grant Green's playing style on each of his albums? (I see a different styles)
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