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@JoeLinux20004 ай бұрын
The wealth of material on KZfaq is absolutely Amazing. Thanks so much for your approach.
@devostm Жыл бұрын
Thanks Santa! You're the gift that keeps on giving!
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
😂 you’re welcome!
@larrywarr39543 ай бұрын
Short II V I’s have always confused me😂. This makes it so simple. Dave you are a genius!
@DavePollack3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!!
@micheldindaine8403Ай бұрын
WOAW !! your videos answer my biggest question : HOW TO SIMPLIFY THINGS ?
@DavePollackАй бұрын
I'm ALL about simplifying the process!
@nerdycatgamer Жыл бұрын
when you first starting explaining I was kinda shaking my head, thinking like this is an OVER simplification of jazz language, but after you showed the playing example I had to check myself for being too elitist. Sounds great. I think its a great tool for beginners who want to get playing and improvising (the most important thing) without spending forever transcribing and learning intricate theory. I think if you taught somebody this and got them to start jamming, they'd figure out what other notes and such work on their own. Like Charlie Parker, just finding the pretty notes :)
@yesto9676 Жыл бұрын
Damn, the last example really convinced me. I'll have to try this out thorougly myself
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
Go for it!
@zoaltamam4 ай бұрын
Man! This is by far THE BEST 2-5-1 sound I’ve ever heard!!! Thank you so much
@10MFAN Жыл бұрын
Such a phenomenal video from beginning to end! I absolutely love your approach to teaching!!!! Your playing and sound are phenomenal!
@lounote13 ай бұрын
Love this approach. Thanks!
@DavePollack3 ай бұрын
You’re welcome!
@theshredguitarist25Ай бұрын
Liked and subscribed!!! Always looking for different approaches for 2-5-1’s
@DavePollackАй бұрын
Awesome!!
@peterhorah7884 Жыл бұрын
This is probably the most helpful guide I have seen ! Thank you.
@matthias5825 Жыл бұрын
I struggled for so long to play over the bridge of cherokee and asked myself what professionals think when they play that at high tempo. Thanks for these great ideas! So helpful!
@peterfriedmann3458 Жыл бұрын
Great tip and video. Chet Baker did this all the time
@neilripsch66242 ай бұрын
Wow, love simplifying anytime it makes sense and works. Thank you!!! Love your chops!
@mrstrat222 Жыл бұрын
Yo Yo Yo........from this lesson I really appreciate the gift you are giving. You are truly an enlightened player. Thank you!
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate those kind words!
@bigmcb15 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Love how the simplicity of this idea frees the player up for complexity and experimentation.
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
100%! That’s exactly why I like to think this way - the complexity should come from the music, not the theory.
@omarr1126 Жыл бұрын
Cleaning brains with smarts tools ! Thanks Dave !
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome!
@inakizudaire5260 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
Very welcome!
@petewilliams49653 ай бұрын
Good stuff - thanks!
@DavePollack3 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@Laura-wg5jk Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this and I am going to try it. Besides your lesson here on 2-5-1, I learned that going up 3 steps from minor gets you to the major key. I am just starting on my theory studies, so that was a new tip for me as well.
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome! Hope it comes in handy for you
@64Golfy3 ай бұрын
Great thanks 🙏
@DavePollack3 ай бұрын
You’re welcome!
@grantkoeller8911 Жыл бұрын
Bingo!!!! You did it, a masterpiece video!!! sounds great, great info!!!
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@zoaltamam Жыл бұрын
Man, this is amazing!!! I love this sound and the simplicity of the method! Thanks
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@SimpsonSound Жыл бұрын
This is a great lesson. Thanks for the inspiration.👊🏾👊🏾
@alanhirayama4592 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, Dave! I re-watched your Giant Steps video and I was able to apply your relative major of the ii chord concept to the Giant Steps changes. Time to practice! Thanks much!
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
That’s so awesome!!
@ldmixer4228 Жыл бұрын
Best major 251 improvisation lesson on KZfaq!looking forward the minor251 lesson!
@composer_Kirill_Mikhalev Жыл бұрын
Thanks, man ! Your method works wonders !!
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome and that's incredible to hear!
@paulhughes525 Жыл бұрын
Dave this is terrific. Anything that can be made simple enough to enable someone to have a go is so important because it encourages us to play with freedom and creativity instead of bearing the fear of inadequacy. This may offend music professionals but it helped me no end when working through your method I realised that the second, third and fourth notes of the II chord form the relative major arpeggio, to which you just need to add the M7. Even this sounds complicated but if the II chord is a Dm7 - D F A C, then F A C is the relative major arpeggio to which you just need to add the M7th - E. I won't repeat your excellent explanation of why this works across all three chords, but it is clear that it does. I got a bit stuck in trying to play the 251 chord tones having ended up repeating and repeating the sound of the II chord 7th down to the V chord 7th - which sounded great when I did it first, but now.......! Not sure if you will appreciate this analogy Dave, but you are like the Jamie Oliver of Sax teaching. Like him I watch or listen to you and you immediately make me want to have a go. Thanks very much great stuff.
@bryanchatham143 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, I love short cuts that work
@SCHuTZ-DSGN7 ай бұрын
Insane
@DavePollack7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@michaelfoxbrass Жыл бұрын
Brilliantly simplified!
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@bwalker99 Жыл бұрын
Nice. You're videos are always clear, to the point, and deal with simple important topics. Thanks! I've heard something like this elsewhere: pre-choose a few notes that fit and sound great to limit your confusion. However, I'm not sure about the 'play an EbMaj7 as it is is the relative major of the ii chord (Cm7)'. That's too much math. I'd prefer to arpeggiate and extend up from the 3rd (Eb on the Cm7 chord), and think and hear a Cm9, and then an F13.
@anthonyshaw8698 Жыл бұрын
Awesome concept/lesson!! This is wild. I'm actually working on improvising to the song Cherokee, on guitar. This concept works great!! Thanks. 👍🎩👍
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! So glad it has helped you.
@martoneill Жыл бұрын
Cool - thank you!
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
You’re welcome!
@frankvaleron Жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you algorithm
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
Haha thanks!
@MrRTH10 Жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@86larsonrd5 ай бұрын
The Relative minor of the ii is the IV of the I. I thought that was an avoid tone? D- G7 C^7. The ii is D-. Relative minor is F. Are you subconsciously avoiding that note when you hit the resolution?
@DavePollack5 ай бұрын
This way of thinking is just for the 2-5, and NOT for the resolution (1) chord. So yes, on a 2-5-1 to C major, I'm only thinking the Fmaj7 over the Dm7 and G7 - NOT over the Cmaj chord.
@Yo-sb9st Жыл бұрын
Play Bmaj over Db7, that’s what Bird, Trane and Sonny preached 💀 Play mix of 5 and 2 and resolve major, that’s what trane started doing in his legendary Atlantic run, and he was taught that by Barry Harris
@pickinstone Жыл бұрын
Important chords in Barry Harris's framework. Bmaj7 is the b7th of Db7. You can use Db7 half step rules with Bmaj7 as the framework. You could also use a Bmaj7 pivots within the Db7. Cannonball loves the important chord off the b7th of the dominant as well.
@robstevens9590 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this, Dave!
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome!
@donl9571 Жыл бұрын
Doesn't this reduce the opportunity for voice leading when you get to the I chord? Consider an e - A7 - Dmaj progression. Playing the Gmaj7 chord gives G - B - D - F#. One could easily end up on the F# on the quarter or eighth note right before going into the D maj7 and then where do you go? In your Cherokee example you went to the 9th of the I chord. (I realize this gets into personal preference). There are some ii-V licks in the Coker book that similarly end up on a chord tone of the I chord on beat 4 1/2. The licks are great to practice in isolation, but get awkward when you actually add a I chord afterward.
@OliverHead Жыл бұрын
Fabulous concept, great lesson. Thanks Dave.
@richardolson8651 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. great lesson. Dick
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that!
@johnnysierraysuscolobos59312 ай бұрын
Thanks Dave!! One question, what mpc do you use? And Reed?
@DavePollack2 ай бұрын
You’re welcome! It’s a boston sax shop m-series size 8 with boston sax shop silver box 3.5 reeds
@jesuscastaneda7018 Жыл бұрын
Great as always!🙂
@brandonmusko9352 Жыл бұрын
🤯 awesome
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
🙏
@idrumlikecrazy980211 ай бұрын
Would this work on trumpet? I’m a new player and the transposing blows my mind lol I don’t 100% get it. These appear to be the same notes for the chords.. I saw a trumpet video where they suggested trying just the major I scale for the progression, but I’ll try this too if it would fit!
@DavePollack11 ай бұрын
Absolutely! This is definitely not instrument-specific
@idrumlikecrazy980211 ай бұрын
@@DavePollack Thanks Dave! I guess I just want to be sure, so I can read these same notes on the screen and use these chords for Bb trumpet? I just don’t want to get the wrong ideas in my head if I’m supposed to transpose this stuff. Thank you so much for the amazing content!
@paoloscelfo9468 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your suggestioni, but I can't get why I should think to a chord for the II - V degrees and then to a scale for the I degree, when I can think just one scale (the I major scale) for all the progression🤷♂️
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
You can if you want, but you won’t be highlighting specific chord tones to give strong harmonic motion through the changes
Hey you’re probably not going to respond but what is your tenor sax setup? + love the vids
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! It's a Conn 10m (not sure what year - I think a "later" one) with a 10mfan "The Classic" mouthpiece, size 7**. Reeds are Boston Sax Shop 3
@richardwright9698 Жыл бұрын
Brillant and I will try today. But where is the linkage to your masterclass?
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
It's the first link right at the top of the description
@douglas9423hotmail Жыл бұрын
Very very good, simply and very usefull, congratulations....👍
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that!
@volta6525 Жыл бұрын
Hi so quick question, is it wrong to memorize all of my Dorian and mixolydian scales and practice two fives only using them? Because I have done that and I am unsure If I have wasted my time doing that, can you elaborate on this? Thank you!
@DavePollack Жыл бұрын
Well first off it's not a waste to learn and practice the modes of the major scale (dorian and mixolydian included). The problem is when you just use them exclusively to solo over 2-5s. Many people are taught this way, but it puts you in a box of playing one way (usually linear and vertically) and you don't actually create melody through the chords. If you haven't seen it yet, watch my free masterclass on voice leading and that should help take what you already know (scales, modes, keys, etc.) and combine that with strong voice-leading to create melodies through chords. THAT'S where the magic happens!
@nilesloughlin6845 Жыл бұрын
My man spittin major IV substitution truth!
@jonglassmusic5813 Жыл бұрын
Would this be the same as outlining the ii9 (ignoring the root since probably played by the bass) ? For some reason that makes more sense to me .