How do you mostly use melodic minor? Tonic Minor is beautiful: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/er2CdK2m0LXLhH0.html
@thebomontellano49963 жыл бұрын
My favorite scale and the Super Locrian. All related. Yes!
@projectifier3 жыл бұрын
I find my self using the first four notes of the Altered scale, or turning melodic minor into two tetra chords starting from G mixolydian in my improvisations, idk why?
@EclecticEssentric3 жыл бұрын
I'm not proficient in the use of Melodic minor. Thanks for some ideas.
@artompkins79583 жыл бұрын
Every week you produce a lesson that takes me months to absorb, that is, if I absorb it at all. I find it very tricky to take all of this great theory and actually start sounding like you're applying it. Can't thank you enough!
@P._Version3 жыл бұрын
I can't thank you enough Jens. You're the best.
@Gminor73 жыл бұрын
You’ve outdone yourself. All your lessons are outstanding but this one is masterful.
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@robertdouglas42933 жыл бұрын
That's so nice to a lead up to a sax, where it provides the beginning to the punch, sweet!, would love to hear you utilize with someone, always learning from you, Big Thanks!
@deadvolume3 жыл бұрын
The thing I love about melodic minor is that as there are no avoid notes there are plenty of options in terms of playing triad pairs. Also since there are pairs of adjacent major triads, diminished triads and minor triads they can be fairly easy to figure out. Plus the augmented triad is a really easy way to add the essence of the melodic minor sound into any line.
@NeilKohlen3 жыл бұрын
I really like the maj7#5 triad , my favourite one:)
@riccitone3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant and so well presented, 🙏🏼 Great tune for this. Also, Stella🔥
@frankauditor31323 жыл бұрын
This lesson raised my level a lot, a game changer for me... Really thanks a lot Mr. Larsen.
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it 🙂
@youngmasters54403 жыл бұрын
To this point I feel I owe you money, Jens. Great lesson!
@Cooltorpedo3 жыл бұрын
As usual, very interesting and well explained lesson, thank you very much, Jens. Happy 2021!
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
Happy new year, Torpedo!
@petejandrell45123 жыл бұрын
I see your 'Harsch' and raise you a 'Plotz' which is what I nearly did when you revealed the Take The 'A'' Train connection with Bernie's Tune!! Great info packed lesson. Thanks Jens
@EclecticEssentric3 жыл бұрын
So much info. I had forgotten your style due to limited data. Thanks for your knowledge!
@RC32Smiths013 жыл бұрын
So well done as always! Learning the ins and outs is very important!
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
Thanks RC! :)
@RC32Smiths013 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen You are welcome!
@paulcotman25512 жыл бұрын
This lesson, somehow, slipped by me. Good one J!
@JensLarsen2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! :)
@JohnHorneGuitar3 жыл бұрын
Always the best lines and advice, Jens!
@captking94623 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Jen 😍😘😘
@kevinhamman73603 жыл бұрын
Learning so much. Thanks, Jens
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you find the videos useful
@thijs1993 жыл бұрын
I use melodic minor most in my alterations of the vocal melody of Cornell songs.
@necemer2 жыл бұрын
Great vIdeo. Thanks
@JensLarsen2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@benkatof42403 жыл бұрын
Very practical and informative Jens - I can apply these ideas well to what im working on. Also, the new graphics are super.
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ben!
@chrissguitarshow2063 жыл бұрын
Whats up jens, good to see you. Great lesson
@eloiseripley3 жыл бұрын
Very very helpful, thanks 🙂
@MVMHansOlsson3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and so well presented :) thank you
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@ohmwoodooshy3 жыл бұрын
Thank you , Jens :)
@hycus42923 жыл бұрын
simple & easy as always;-)
@nukapeterstenskov18663 жыл бұрын
Happy NewYear :-) ff :-D Cool. Wish you all the best from Greenland
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
Great that you are checking the video from up there 🙂
@nukapeterstenskov18663 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Havde griner på :-) det ikke altid lige let med andet sprog, for det kender vi alt for godt til her :-)
@Reapwhatsown7 ай бұрын
So good. Thank you sir. Only 1k likes?
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Thanks for liking 😁
@thijs1993 жыл бұрын
8:00 ''go back to the shadow!''
@chrisgodhard75123 жыл бұрын
Great video! Could you possibly do a similar video on harmonic minor and harmonic major? Cheers!
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
I did one on harmonic minor last year 🙂
@chrisgodhard75123 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Awesome! Thank you
@binface93 жыл бұрын
For fanden!
@binface93 жыл бұрын
Godt nytår Jens!
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
I lige måde 🙂
@christiankjrbl83973 жыл бұрын
"for fanden.." 😅👌
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
Nemlig!
@mjen20333 жыл бұрын
Harch, for fanden 🥴 ❤️
@PatrickTengmusic Жыл бұрын
I find this video most complex and difficult to understand do you have another one on melodic minor but more straightforward for dummies like me thanks
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
I don't know exactly what you are looking for but maybe try this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/er2CdK2m0LXLhH0.html
@joemorton6449 Жыл бұрын
I played A harmonic minor over the D minor B flat dom7 and it worked for me as an improvisational tool. I liked it because the G# is in the melody and the scale. I thought ( maybe incorrectly) as the Dminor is the minor IV chord in A harmonic minor and Bflat is a tri tone sub for E7 this could work. I then went to D melodic minor and D harmonic minor for the II/V. Am I making up my own rules here or simply just wrong?
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
You should of course do what you want, but if you listen to the song then I suspect that you don't hear it as being in the key of A minor, so you are probably going against your ears.
@joemorton6449 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your reply.
@waynegram89073 жыл бұрын
What chords do you use when playing Melodic Minor? is it only a Dominant 7 added#5 chords? I have heard to use the melodic minor by starting on the 5th, so if you're in the key of A minor you play the E Melodic minor. I'm not sure why Jazz composers will use the 5th to start the melodic minor scale over a different root chord.
@mwicks19683 жыл бұрын
A very harsh video Jens! 👍😂
@artompkins79583 жыл бұрын
At one point in the video (2:30) you mention that on a tritone substitution on the fifth of the fifth in key of Dm, then F melodic minor is used. Certainly no argument from me, but where does that come from?
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
From changing the scale to fitting the chord: Dm from Bb: Bb C D E F G A Bb, Fm melodic from Bb: Bb C D E F G Ab Bb
@artompkins79583 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Thanks, Jens! after I asked the question, it occurred to me that F melodic minor is also E alt, which is of course what you might expect to play on an Edom7 that’s been substituted with its tritone substitution.
@eastweymouthchris3 жыл бұрын
In Boston we say HAHSH.
@kindnick583 жыл бұрын
🎉🎉🎉
@MrXeberdee Жыл бұрын
I get it, but Bb7 is not really functioning as a tritone of the dom of the dom. Bb7 is that, in the minor 'key', but that's a real clunky abstract way to think of it and besides the point IMHO. It's function is very clean and basic as a chord 4 that functions in a blues in the relative major F, also as it appears in bars 3 and 4 of the form. The 2 and 4 should always be dominant (or minor) in your mind (lydian/chromatic) and as a Bb dom 7th the note Ab just makes F major into F minor melodic, but it's better to think of the dominant function for Bb in F, and just add the dominant seventh when you need it, relating it back to the major or a blues in F. The inverted way that Bb functions is as a minor with Db, relating it back to an F harmonic major - like Stella plays with F and Bb. The 2 chord is also functioning either minor or dominant, so Cm for Bb, and G7 for Bb. The 2-5 in F.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
So calling it a subV of V is very clunky and it makes more sense to see it as a IV chord borrowed from the relative major that has been altered to give more of a blues flavor? Somehow I don't think that is really makes any sense. This song is just A-train or Gir From Ipanema in minor, there is no need to make it more complicated than it is with subdominant chords that are justified with blue notes from the relative key.
@MrXeberdee Жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen A tritone of a dominant of a dominant - that's not clean. Chord 4 is very important, it is the inverted dominant - very clean way to think about it. Bb function in Dm like Abm/Db7 functions in F major.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
@@MrXeberdee Then call it a tritone of a secondary dominant if you prefer. Could it be that you are not familiar with "the dominant of the dominant" as a concept? (it is practical since that is a very common chord, and you seem to be writing it wrong, so maybe that is what you find confusing) Thinking like that, at least you can relate it to the key of the song without all those weird tangents to other keys that you seem to be making, that doesn't really make any sense to me, and you have to admit that in minor it is pretty common to have progressions like Bb7 A7 Dm. This is just a longer version of that.
@MrXeberdee Жыл бұрын
But I suppose it all depends on if you think about the major and the minor as the same thing like I do, so when I'm playing in Dminor, I'm almost always in F in my head, so Bb is central, and making it a lydian dominant is no biggie.
@JensLarsen Жыл бұрын
@@MrXeberdee Sure, I tend to go by what I hear. I don't hear F as a root here, so I don't try to think in F when I am playing it.
@tarconcontar3 жыл бұрын
Всё гораздо сложнее
@pekkakamari6463 жыл бұрын
As a guitar player practicing jazz i sometimes wonder, is it only for me like, who would want to hear it then? People In General dont listen to jazz. I practice other stuff too. Jazz is not an essence of every style of music. I wonder why is Jens only playing this still of music? I see this channel is deedicated to jazz, but theres so many other styles, why be a puritanist? What brothers my is jazz community is often times despising other styles of music. Why is that?
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
Am I not allowed to make videos on the music that I love to play? And is that because it is not considered popular music? What a strange way to think about it, and pretty negative to be honest. There are channels dedicated to whatever it is you want to check out so I don't have to make those videos. The good thing about that is that you know my videos are about Jazz and other people make videos on other things.
@pekkakamari6463 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Thank you for your answer, im sorry i forgot to mention i have gotten alot ideas from your videos to my improvisation. I have only being wondering it still gets a bit limited to only one thing under jazz. What about fusion for example? Of course you'll do what ever you like and what is your biggest interest in music.
@JensLarsen3 жыл бұрын
Why not just look for a fusion channel? There are millions of KZfaq channels. Isn't it a little like going to a butch and complain that they are not a baker. Is it more work to type a few searches than making the comment? I really doubt that.
@pekkakamari6463 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen It be interesting what would be YOUR approach to fusion music.
@pekkakamari6463 жыл бұрын
since your so proficent in this genre and love it, does it limit to only this style? How ever i understand your point.
@joejoe59213 жыл бұрын
Hasch. xD
@hubertvancalenbergh90223 жыл бұрын
H A R S H (no C)
@rodrigofaillace23163 жыл бұрын
Mr.Jens, I like your videos but you talk way too fast! Would you please talk slower ? Thanks a lot.
@emmoiv4 ай бұрын
You can modify video playback speed. (I think he speaks at a normal and appropriate pace).