What is important to know for Music Theory when it comes to learning Jazz? Wasting your time on too many scales? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hKumdb2FqZPKZqc.html
@RobKandell6 ай бұрын
I’ve always loved these vids because they assume you know the basics, and explain advanced concepts very clearly an concisely. Now Jens is hitting the basics… To those not understanding what they’re seeing, he just explained first semester music theory (minus concepts of 18th Century voice leading a jazz player doesn’t use) in just under 13 minutes. Thank you.
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Thank you, Rob!
@edwardriverarivera82896 ай бұрын
Your videos a source of inspiration. I enjoy watching and rewatching over again.
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Thank you! Glad you like them!
@bronsonscott6 ай бұрын
6:35 was that a pitch meeting reference?! 🙌
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Pitch meetings are tight! 😂
@user-iw4fh2jk7d3 ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen you are awesome!
@johnathanschaaf87316 ай бұрын
Great lesson for any aspiring guitar player! I’m not really a jazz guy, but I very much enjoy your content.
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Great, Thank you 🙂
@motleyal17416 ай бұрын
This is like a pocket book guide to jazz theory basics. Ive learned a lot. Thanks.
@triguna76926 ай бұрын
Hello GURU JENS this will help me a lot, your explanation is always a push to go further.thank 🙏
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Glad to hear that
@ryarth236 ай бұрын
This is a great video thank you. I appreciate how you explain things simply and move on, building the bigger picture ;) Awesome thank you again
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@jamescopeland53586 ай бұрын
This is a great lesson Jens
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@glennfrohwirth52566 ай бұрын
Thank yiou!
@lydia77532 ай бұрын
You are such a great inspirer! Thank you for explaining and organizing everything clearly.
@gustavoamarilla76576 ай бұрын
Thanks Teacher, Im learning a lot with your music.
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Great to hear 🙂
@ricklaino63856 ай бұрын
Your lessons always keep me thinking music...... thanks Jens......!!!
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@74katong4 ай бұрын
u help me train myself somehow thank you, most heavy metal bands nowadays cant play properly so they play jazz fusion so they can learn at the same time. better to be prepared than not at all
@MadeByMurray6 ай бұрын
Thanks man! I needed this 😎
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Glad I could help!
@matt_greene6 ай бұрын
This is great! I noticed the metronome on your table; how often are you practicing with a physical metronome? I want to buy one because I think it will get me in the habit of using it more.
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Thank you! I pretty much use that metronome everyday, but it is digital, so in that respect it is not that different from a phone app 🙂
@bumrecordingstudios6 ай бұрын
Good video. I’m sending this to my friend who is learning theory.
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Cool, thanks!
@Augany6 ай бұрын
Thank you for all the great content, Jens!
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@chrishandley6 ай бұрын
The Major flat 5 is also pretty good for playing the Simpsons theme! by the sound of it! 😁 (I hope you haven't pointed that out later in the video?!)
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Indeed!
@chrisegonmusic6 ай бұрын
Yeah! Totally a Lydian feel
@Michael-bt6ht6 ай бұрын
Lydian dominant it’s the fourth mode of melodic minor (Simpson a theme) it’s just a mixolydian mode with a sharp 4 or you can look at it like Lydian with a b7
@vivito-6 ай бұрын
Amazing!
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Glad you like it!
@vivito-6 ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen Cant believe this os for free, thank you Jens!
@davidwalton86596 ай бұрын
Ohh combining the knowledge of the chord with the diatonic harmony is tight!
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Chords are really just a meeting of pitches! 😎
@davidwalton86596 ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen🤯
@tooselfish6 ай бұрын
Moin Jens Larsen, Thank you very much for this interesting and helpfull Video
@damonshanabarger26046 ай бұрын
My mind is so totally not being blown by this. Whenever I hear that Major/minor axis shift, I hear the makings of a classical progression. Adding the diminished in contrast is only lending itself to more sonic exploration. I hear many notes weaving complex chordal harmony even within monophony. It is a great thing when you can write single note lines that don't justify any other notation entities. Except maybe double etc octives.
@damonshanabarger26046 ай бұрын
The trick would be to add a dominant chord without making it too obvious.
@damonshanabarger26046 ай бұрын
Classical music mixes very well with Jazz. Ask Chic Chorea.
@user-tu7uh3xj3r6 ай бұрын
Йенс, привет! Я получаю у тебя сразу два оброзования, английский язык с музыкальным уклоном и музыку непосредственно! Спасибо!
@chrisegonmusic6 ай бұрын
Diatonic 7th chords are tight!
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
😁👍
@chrisegonmusic6 ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen Just letting you know I got that reference haha
@lawrencerelaxingmusic6 ай бұрын
Thank you very much.
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
You are welcome!
@tomcripps72296 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Thank you very much Tom!
@user-fn1ji8cs3b6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much this was so helpful!
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
You're so welcome!
@mikelemon11116 ай бұрын
Super episode !! L’histoire de Zappa: c’est OUI ;)
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Glad you like it!
@Michael-bt6ht6 ай бұрын
Nice
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Thanks
@markhoffman23226 ай бұрын
I love your videos! I just wish that the graphical representations of the neck and frets were in the same orientation as your guitar... instead of upside-down and backwards.
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
That is the way that most people do that check some books or other online resources 🙂
@markhoffman23226 ай бұрын
I know ... I wish it wasn't so!😉@@JensLarsen
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
@@markhoffman2322 To me, it is like you are complaining that I don't mirror the text, if I did then nobody else would get it (including me 😂😂)
@markhoffman23226 ай бұрын
More of a wish than a complaint. To be clear, it would be nice to view the low strings at the top of the graphic fret board the same way that your video displays on your guitar fretboard. After all you are presenting it to the audience. But I can adapt. Nothing but love to you and for all your knowledge and efforts!🙃@@JensLarsen
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
@@markhoffman2322 Maybe it is because it is just text, but to me you make it sound like I am ignoring your wishes on purpose, when in fact I would be ignoring 99% of the audience if I was to take you up on this. To be clear, We are all used to reading it this way and we have all been doing that for decades. My analogy with reading right to left is not totally off here. Remember that I use standard software for notation (just like every other book or channel you will come across). Just because you find it difficult does not mean that it is difficult everybody else.
@alfcollins38106 ай бұрын
love your stuff all the time but I find it a bit rushed ...I suggest you leave a little space at the end of each suggestion..... like 2 and a half seconds lol ...ps loved your forbidden minor chords sequences
@kevindonnelly7616 ай бұрын
I use the play and pause buttons as often as I need to. I rewind with the cursor. With the 'cog' icon on the bottom right hand corner of the screen, I can slow the video down. That works for me. It should work for you too. Good luck. 🙂
@vullnetdyla6 ай бұрын
Student Jens: “But we’re talking about jazz chords here… is making 7th chords hard?” Teacher Jens: “Super easy, barely an inconvenience”
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
😂👍
@davidwalton86596 ай бұрын
Student Jens: "Oh really!"
@4578a6 ай бұрын
I'm sure most people on here would love to be a Pat Metheny clone.
@JamesMiller-ou1wr6 ай бұрын
I’d be good with being a clone of a clone of a clone of Pat Metheny
@4578a6 ай бұрын
@@JamesMiller-ou1wr I'd love to be anyone but myself
@paulmitchell53496 ай бұрын
I would be happy to sound like a Pat Metheny clone.
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
So would I 👍😁
@metokyo49602 ай бұрын
Concept explained here might be basic, but why use jargon when video is obviously addressed to beginners. Why not explain it in plain language…. It creates confusion instead of clarity.
@JensLarsen2 ай бұрын
What type of jargon are you referring to?
@74katong4 ай бұрын
there was an Ad about how the index fingers are the connectors to playing guitar fluently👇but not for me i play with this finger instead🖕
@kevindonnelly7616 ай бұрын
I'M GOING TO WRITE MY COMMENT HERE IN CAPITAL LETTERS TO EMPHASISE HOW IMPORTANT, USEFUL AND POWERFUL EVERYTHING IN THIS VIDEO IS. TEACH YOURSELF EVERYTHING IN THIS VIDEO. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. IT IS NOT AS TRICKY AS IT FIRST LOOKS. DON'T JUST WATCH IT, THINK 'OH THAT'S NICE' AND PUT IT ASIDE. REVIEW THE VIDEO AS MUCH AS YOU NEED TO. PLAY IT. SLOW IT DOWN VIA THE COG ICON IF NECESSARY. ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT. YOU CAN USE EVERYTHING IN THIS VIDEO TO PLAY JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU WILL EVER PLAY. I'VE USED THIS STUFF IN RECORDING, SOLOING, LIVE GIGS, IMPROV (EVEN WITH SONGS AND BANDS I DIDN'T KNOW - ON THE SPOT). THESE MATERIALS OPEN THE DOOR TO EVERYTHING ELSE YOU WILL EVER PLAY. IF YOU TEACH YOURSELF TO SPELL DIADS, TRIADS AND SEVENTH ARPEGGIOS (AS PER THIS VIDEO), YOU WILL KNOW THE NOTES TO USE FOR CHORDS, LICKS, RIFFS - YOU NAME IT. Good luck. If it helps, I have a 'sandwich trick' for memorising construction of a Major Scale. R = Root, W = Whole Step, H = Half Step. 'W, W, H' is either top or bottom slice - with a W in between. W, W, H (bottom slice) W (Cheese in the middle) then W, W, H (top slice) Major Scale = Root, then: W W H - W - W W H 🍞🧀🍞
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Thanks Kevin!
@kevindonnelly7616 ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen You're welcome Jens. Hope I wasn't sticking my nose in too far. This video is really where it's at. 🙂