Sheets of Sound Explained (John Coltrane)

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Sheets of Sound Explained (John Coltrane)

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Walk That Bass

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@KyleHohn 7 жыл бұрын

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@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

You're not wrong. And if I throw a couple Justin Bieber mentions in there, and change the thumbnail to a picture of a cat, then I'd be getting somewhere...

@arnieus866 6 жыл бұрын

LMAO. Do you have to be a jazz nerd to think this is funny?

@thomasr8185 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you this is great

@rexchidgey7911 7 жыл бұрын

I have never heard this concept explained so clearly. You have a unique teaching style. It packs a lot in yet still drills down to the core of the concept.

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Rex. Yep, I try cut through the bs wherever I can.

@rexchidgey7911 7 жыл бұрын

I'd like to think that's partly because your an Aussie

@Guilhermeabcd 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a drummer with little to no experience in music theory that started listening to fusion and now i'm going backwards to bebop and post-bop. All these names and concepts are very hard for me to understand, but your videos makes it very easier to me. Music is my second passion, so i don't have the time needed to grab a 500 page book to satisfy my curiosity. Thank you very much for you content.

@KahurangiSteez Жыл бұрын

this is really interesting, i'm a self taught guitarist and i just don't really understand chords at all. i cannot solo to chords, i solo to the key. so i guess that means im a self taught horizontal improviser. the interesting part is that it turns out all my favourite coltrane albums are from his horizontal period. that's a really cool thing i learned just now, thanks.

@Kweesh 5 жыл бұрын

Came for a simple explanation of sheets of sound, left with new ideas to think about. Awesome explanation, thank you.

@camthesaxman3387 Жыл бұрын

Great explanation! It would've helped to include audio examples of Coltrane playing this stuff to get a better idea of what it sounds like.

@PIANOSTYLE100 7 жыл бұрын

I had a guitar at the office. had a friend stop buy grabbed the guitar proceeded to play an intricate fast jazz chord melody lick.. I liked the sound .. told him where did you learn that he said you taught it to me.. he retaught it to me.. it came back fast... I enjoyed this video obviously a high level of knowledge and lot of study and woodshedding.

@BopWalk 7 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! I didn't know you could catagorize his years like that, I guess his experimental period is a bit wild for me to understand. I find his "Horizontal Period" more fascinating.

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I tend to agree. Though his experimental period did nevertheless influence the direction of Jazz (especially Free Jazz and especially in Europe).

@TsushimaMasaki 7 жыл бұрын

Great analysis and explanation as always. Now to listen to "On Green Dolphin Street" and put it on repeat.

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, mate.

@TheJoergenDK 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation! Thank you very much. This is worth the effort - a little bit difficult, but definitely worth it!

@hiddenblade999 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video and explanation! Thank you so much for taking the time to post this! BTW ive been hitting your site to refresh on certain topics. its really well done and extremely useful. keep up the great work! ...this nicely describes Coltrane's signature sound. Who knew it could be described in theory (transcribing him seems impossible)!!! After hearing your explanation I am even more in awe of his playing.

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

Cheers, mate. The website took me a bit of effort, so very chuffed you like it.

@Louis-sm5ws 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your videos "X explained", they are very interesting and your approach is very clear! You say at 13:15 that Coltrane plays the G major scale, he indeed plays the notes of the G major scale, but he must be thinking "A dorian" instead of "G ionian", because the way he organizes his notes strongly suggests an A scale. But that's just a little bit of imprecision in a huge amount of good work! Keep your videos coming!

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

Ah yep, I see it. Starting and ending on A. Good pick up. Thanks for the clarification.

@PIANOSTYLE100 7 жыл бұрын

rocker louis good observation. Coltrane was amazing.

@audreywalker1426 2 жыл бұрын

Nice careful and patient analysis. Thanks.

@innocentoctave 7 жыл бұрын

Very clear exposition.

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Paul.

@marioborg4952 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you ... such a thorough explanation. really enjoyed it! I will definitely look into more of your clips ... keep posting

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mario. Will do :)

@titajohn7223 2 жыл бұрын

Precise and clear. Thanks!

@ultramother 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome lesson. Thank you very much. This helped me a lot

@jansestak954 3 жыл бұрын

great vid. really helped me, to understand this term

@adrianhigh4210 Жыл бұрын

IIn other words. although he is almost insanely clever.there is no way that John Coltrane has "got that swing"? So what does it mean? And what (precisely)is there to enjoy about sheets of arhythmic sound. with most choices covered. Brilliant explanation Thank you. Its almost JC attempting "white noise' on the saxaphone. to my struggling.uneducated but unconvinced ear!??

@alexkerby1227 4 жыл бұрын

You're just brilliant

@enudenud 7 жыл бұрын

great video as always ! Thank you again !

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly, good sir :)

@viscioushattermaid4410 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video 👍

@slmjkdbtl 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if there is any technical difficulty to play modal jazz if someone already mastered this

@YukonDan Жыл бұрын

Am-D7 over G7? I've never heard of that kind of sub, can you explain that to me?

@viscioushattermaid4410 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have a video discussing Coltrane’s techniques he used for free jazz period?

@WalkThatBass 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, I talk about it here: www.thejazzpianosite.com/jazz-piano-lessons/modern-jazz-theory/free-jazz/

@PIANOSTYLE100 7 жыл бұрын

also Coltrane music is my new standard on the piano...right up there with Oscar Peterson.

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Both Jazz Greats.

@marcotabory5606 7 жыл бұрын

@ Walk That Bass do you have a pdf of the graph that list all the diatonic chords of all modes in all keys?

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

I do not, I'm afraid. Do you just mean the Major Scale modes? If so, that's not too hard to work out. There are only 12 major keys, and each has 7 modes based on each of the notes in the scale. My website gives an example in C Major: www.thejazzpianosite.com/jazz-piano-lessons/the-basics/modes/ If you mean modes derived from all other scales as well - melodic minor, pentatonic, harmonic minor, diminished scale, etc. - then no - that list would encompass every single possible scale (of which there are 24,576, incidentally...)

@estebanvenegas89 4 жыл бұрын

you may find some pictures in google. I saw this at the modal interchange video from music with myles

@johnnyjaime123 2 жыл бұрын

The Coltrane solo he mentioned 🙂: m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdWDZcxnmpPam2w.htmlm59s

@004asv 7 жыл бұрын

gr8 m8 !

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@JS-dt1tn 6 жыл бұрын

he had many sperate "periods" as well, and many of them overlapped. Even with miles davis he was playing "sheets of sound".

@twistedparadoxELITE 7 жыл бұрын

F over C7 doesn't sound bad at all for me

@twistedparadoxELITE 7 жыл бұрын

No I mean as a goal tone. I quite like that sound.

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

It's all subjective, in the end. It also depends on voicings and context (i.e. the natural 11 sounds good in a Blues context, for example). Everybody hears music differently and likes different things - some people even like Reggaeton (I'm told).

@twistedparadoxELITE 7 жыл бұрын

Haha. Yeah, jazz is entirely subjective. Love your videos dude.

@WalkThatBass 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, mate.

@frederickkrug5420 6 жыл бұрын

Not over Maj7 But over Dom7 I don’t mind it