Do you have a favourite Jazz Lick that everybody should know? Content: 0:00 Intro 0:41 Arpeggio and Chromaticism 1:09 What is a Chromatic Enclosure? 1:48 Another type of Chromatic Phrase 2:41 Starting with a descending arpeggio 3:52 More Interesting Rhythm 4:43 George Benson’s Chromatic Run 5:08 Where Benson Stole this? 5:40 Reverse Benson 6:24 Like the video? Check out my Patreon page
@hansdumbf76084 жыл бұрын
yes i have: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/msB_o9WiteDUio0.html
@ManuelhobiCh4 жыл бұрын
Maybe this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mKuleaxo36mlf6s.html
@mojogaucho4 жыл бұрын
You make jazz easy for a musical illiterate like me. Don't stop.
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Glad you find the videos useful! :)
@davecooper3604 жыл бұрын
yes Jens you make jazz so friendly and unthreatening I can finally learn it now!
@aptelbruno83164 жыл бұрын
As usual, so clear, rich, and colorful. I deeply feel jazzmen are at the top of research in music theory. They certainly have a great influence on all types of music. Thank you Jens.
@JesseLacharite4 жыл бұрын
This is a great lesson, I've struggled with creating interesting jazz lines (metal guitarist, we're a little dense ;)) Chromatic enclosure, sweet :) Awesome channel, my go to source for Jazz lessons...Keep it up, love it!
@jo18ist3 жыл бұрын
I am now studying jazz at a conservatory, I have weird tendencies harmonically speaking and my improvisation is lacking that "Jazz feel". These videos are helping a lot, every time I watch one I end up stealing at least one lick, Thanks!!!
@jumpnblues4 жыл бұрын
This video just gave me a huge lift toward jazz guitar improvisation. I've been working on chord melodies and theory but I didn't seem to be getting very far, very fast. Thank you so much, Jens. I now hear jazz phrasing in my head and I'm able to come up with my own lines. As I mentioned, I'm also working on basic theory and chord theory. I've been able to come up with my own chord melody versions of Lil Darlin and Cute after learning my jazz chords. I am making progress. I just needed a little jazz phrasing nudge to get me over the hump. Today was an "Aha" moment for me. Now I feel like I'm getting somewhere. Yippee!!
@rickjensen27174 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic perspective Jens - the key to some great melodic ideas! Superb!!!
@davecooper3604 жыл бұрын
This is such an incredibly powerful lesson. With your channel.. and all the time at home now (Coronavirus), there's no excuse for me not to improve!!!
@meptune4 жыл бұрын
Wow! What an excellent lesson. I don't play guitar (well), but I applied all of this to vibes (my instrument) and I found it would be a wonderful lesson for anyone who wants to play jazz and for any instrument. Quick and easy tricks that work.
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! That's really great to hear :)
@W.E.4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe you are still making informative and interesting videos! Which really means I can't believe how ignorant I am! LOL
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Haha! That can't be the right way to look at that :)
@nicohauptmentalist4 жыл бұрын
This, with your other video on five ingredients, is gold. Morphes my little lines into real improvised licks.
@edvaca84194 жыл бұрын
Such incredible insights. Thank you for taking the time to share Jens!
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Great that you like it! :)
@TheMegansdad4 жыл бұрын
Fabulous lesson. So much creative material condensed into
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Glad you find it useful 🙂
@timcoote14034 жыл бұрын
I don't have a favorite lick as such, but I listen closely to what musicians choose to repeat or how they create space with pauses. As much as I love beautiful bebop runs (and work on mine) often it's the repeats or rests which give me real moments to enjoy.
@hughg.rection67784 жыл бұрын
what a nice tutorial, super helpful, best youtube channel for jazz guitar, nad jazz music itself
@DannyBrooks14 жыл бұрын
Simplifying Jazz! I really like your direct to the point explanations of Jazz lines. I have learned so much through your channel. Thank you Jen’s!😉
@NicoStanitzok4 жыл бұрын
Delicious recipe. Thank you for sharing.
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome, Nico! 🙂
@Jamsville4 жыл бұрын
I really like this method! It also demonstrates how you can actually use all 12 notes over pretty much any given chord, and not obsess over “chord scales” also really like how your examples are delaying the resolutions past the downbeat!
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! That is indeed very true!
@Jamsville4 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen I was wondering what your thoughts on playing a legato technique for jazz are, how to get a good sound and this type of thing. Maybe a video you would consider making at some point?
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
@@Jamsville I think I made a video on legato for speed and phrasing a few years ago that covers that?
@Jamsville4 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen oh okay I’ll have to go check that out! I figured you might have done it already, you have so many videos!!
@corporatehippy4 жыл бұрын
I'm done freeloading. In 30+ years of playing nobody has inspired me to study as much as you have. Heading to Patreon!
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! I really appreciate the support 🙂
@nedsblackhawkblues82244 жыл бұрын
Terrific lesson Jens. Very insightful! Thank you!
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@slashclash21bharat4 жыл бұрын
I feel very privileged to have found out your channel. Thank you for the several gifts of music, including this one. Best wishes from India 🙏
@oceanspray69694 жыл бұрын
Great Video! Thank you for these chromatic ideas.
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome 🙂
@jumemowery94344 жыл бұрын
Always interesting and skill expanding! !! Thanks Jens!!
@calravens87074 жыл бұрын
you´re a mighty source and force of inspiration! Thank you so much for this education and making me a better and more joyful musician!
@soundcheck68854 жыл бұрын
This is great! It solved a mystery that has been bugging me for years!
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂
@rogerball62654 жыл бұрын
Innovative way to infuse these two concepts yet not get too complicated
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@frankvaleron4 жыл бұрын
This is a perfect lesson Jens thanks
@zdenekseidl65924 жыл бұрын
Man, you are awesome. Where have you been when I was 15 and had planty of time to learn jazz...?
@alexpavchinski4 жыл бұрын
Great lesson. Classic Bird line that Benson uses with the downward progression from the B - I have a variation, also something I've seen in Bird transcriptions(in 8th notes): B-C-A-Ab-G-Gb-F-D-E-D-C-B(tied 8th note from C-B). This gives you a bebop major with A-Ab-G and a bebop 7 with G-Gb-F(implied ii-V). Enclosures are so important - typically wrapping around the 3rd but other target notes as well. Adding triplets is Huge - that's one of the things Barry Harris always talks about. On a Major 7, is the 7th your favorite landing spot? These are Excellent videos not only for guitarists, but for horns and keyboards as well!
@richardsorice45094 жыл бұрын
another great lesson, Jens. Thank you, so much. Yes, I have heard many times that all of the answers are in the Omni Book and in fact, I'm currently working on Billie's Bounce and Bird's first chorus of solo and trying to play in G, C, F, Bb and Eb. That, of course, requires a lot of time and a great deal of experimentation with different fingerings. That's a ton of work for just 24 bars of music. You have boiled a lot jazz language down for your peeps in this video. Thanks, again.
@geofftayloruk4 жыл бұрын
Great lesson, many thanks!
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Great that you find it useful!
@PeterGuyMyrand14 жыл бұрын
Nice lesson. Thanks
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Peter 🙂
@hughg.rection67784 жыл бұрын
I've been following up this account for a long time and I can always learn something new. Much appreciated!
@7775Kevin4 жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson. Sounds great, thanks!
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it Kevin!
@MrOscyn4 жыл бұрын
Great lesson! Thank you!
@downhill2404 жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson!
@petrmichovsky4 жыл бұрын
Great lesson Jens! Thank you!
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@AntarblueGarneau4 жыл бұрын
Thx Jens! I've been working with chord tones, enclosures, arpeggios and chromatic passing tones...this makes sense and offers some insight)
@blesseins46584 жыл бұрын
thks for such divine gift ...
@treylitefm4 жыл бұрын
Hugely helpful, even as a novice piano player! Thanks to you, my solos are starting to sound like music haha
@clarkewi4 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous.
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@billapplegate85674 жыл бұрын
Great!
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Bill 🙂
@corporatehippy4 жыл бұрын
Hi @jens, you probably know that some of the tabs don't match your actual fingerings. The surprising positive side effect is that this is helping me to 1) pay more attention to the different fingering possibilities and 2) refer to the staff notes more, which is good because I'm lazy. :-D
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
No, I didn't know, but that is more often the case since I am largely a one man operation :)
@griffinedwards14044 жыл бұрын
Hey jens, I love your content and how well you lay out complex jazz topics! Would you consider doing a few guitar specific videos targeting technique and how to practice? Those are the things I tend to struggle with and I'd really appreciate if you could help
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Maybe check out these videos: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/icp-rbyrsbqnoGg.html
@skineyemin42764 жыл бұрын
I have a manuscript of a Bebop Improvisation book my father authored but never released. The first 20 pages are almost everything one needs to know about pre -solo Miles jazz theory, focusing on the 7th scale. Perhaps I'll release it on of these days. Did I mention that he grew up in Detroit, Michigan.
@yuppodo4 жыл бұрын
I've just recently discovered your videos. I have some work to do. Where have you been all my life? 😜
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Haha! Right here on KZfaq or out playing a small jazz gig 😁
@noahnielsen26574 жыл бұрын
Tusind tak Jens!
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Velbekomme! 👍
@downhill2404 жыл бұрын
For the enclosures. I think I see a pattern of using the major 7th and the major second for enclosures on the Root "C" then I'm seeing Major 7th and a minor second used on the "E'" which would diatonically be the Phrygian of the C major scale?
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
I am not sure what you are asking? 🙂
@thomaswashington32014 жыл бұрын
Jens, thank you for this. You get a lot of classic jazz tone from the semi-hollows, nice to hear. What is the Ibanez you are playing here?
@juankitaguitarristaperuano4 жыл бұрын
Good Music Stuff!!! Thank u so much Jens! What about Bitonal Arpeggios I've heard a Guitarrist like Leo Amuedo play that kind of arpeggios and I don't know how to use it! Grettings From Peru!
@petedavid96894 жыл бұрын
...it would be good to see what altered harmony we could get by using same techniques on the functioning V chord.
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
You don't really get altered harmony if you start with a G7 arpeggio. That is because there is no G7 arpeggio in G altered 🙂
@petedavid96894 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen if we applied chromatics around a g7 we could hit on altered 5s and 9s ?
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
@@petedavid9689 yes, but they are not the notes that get the emphasis if you do it like that 🙂
@keegsmarshall66104 жыл бұрын
Damn you are a great teacher.
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@DEDZU7864 жыл бұрын
The intro of this video is too short ! Swings great !
@Fran-04 жыл бұрын
Dear jens, I would like to ask you a question, do you use any virtual ampr program to connect the guitar to the pc. Thank you very much, greetings from Argentina
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
I don't really, I do use an amp modeller, the fractal audio AX8, but it is not a software one. I am sure you could though, they are sounding great by now!
@Fran-04 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen thank yo very much ♥, Have you thought about making a video showing your guitars and equipment?
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
@@Fran-0 I actually did one a few years ago :)
@Fran-04 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen sorry, i dont see that, im gonna watch it
@MaxMasnet4 жыл бұрын
I have a question. 😅 Augmented chord. Which Mode to improvise, Lydian#5 or Ionian#5 ?
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
In music context is everything, so it will depend on that :)
@GiovanniBottaMuteWinter4 жыл бұрын
Took me forever to realize that Pat Martino’s solos are strongly built on top of chromatic enclosures! It was a revelation.
@sabinkoirala43494 жыл бұрын
Jens, what are drop2 arpeggios?
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Arpeggios of drop 2 voicings. I have a video on it on the channel if you go search for it :)
@EDPGuitar4 жыл бұрын
Hi Jens, I keep on saying You have fantastic content but for our benefit, you need to slow it down, less editing and think of the listener! As I say fantastic content and I am getting a bit tired of stopping and starting your videos.
@JensLarsen4 жыл бұрын
Actually the data I get from KZfaq in terms of how many people click and how much they watch suggests the opposite of what you say, so in fact I am thinking of the listener by making the videos like this. I know that it may seem hard to imagine from your point of view, but it is hard to argue with the statistics.
@EDPGuitar4 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Thank you Jens, I will hang in there and chase the flow. You have a great following.