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Thanks Santa! You're the gift that keeps on giving!

Short II V I’s have always confused me😂. This makes it so simple. Dave you are a genius!

WOAW !! your videos answer my biggest question : HOW TO SIMPLIFY THINGS ?

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 :)

Damn, the last example really convinced me. I'll have to try this out thorougly myself

Man! This is by far THE BEST 2-5-1 sound I’ve ever heard!!! Thank you so much

Such a phenomenal video from beginning to end! I absolutely love your approach to teaching!!!! Your playing and sound are phenomenal!

Love this approach. Thanks!

Liked and subscribed!!! Always looking for different approaches for 2-5-1’s

This is probably the most helpful guide I have seen ! Thank you.

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!

Great tip and video. Chet Baker did this all the time

Wow, love simplifying anytime it makes sense and works. Thank you!!! Love your chops!

Yo Yo Yo........from this lesson I really appreciate the gift you are giving. You are truly an enlightened player. Thank you!

Brilliant. Love how the simplicity of this idea frees the player up for complexity and experimentation.

Cleaning brains with smarts tools ! Thanks Dave !

Thank you

Good stuff - thanks!

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.

Great thanks 🙏

Bingo!!!! You did it, a masterpiece video!!! sounds great, great info!!!

Man, this is amazing!!! I love this sound and the simplicity of the method! Thanks

This is a great lesson. Thanks for the inspiration.👊🏾👊🏾

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!

Best major 251 improvisation lesson on KZfaq！looking forward the minor251 lesson！

Thanks, man ! Your method works wonders !!

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.

Brilliant, I love short cuts that work

Insane

Brilliantly simplified!

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.

Awesome concept/lesson!! This is wild. I'm actually working on improvising to the song Cherokee, on guitar. This concept works great!! Thanks. 👍🎩👍

Cool - thank you!

Great video, thank you algorithm

Excellent!

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?

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

Thanks for sharing this, Dave!

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.

Fabulous concept, great lesson. Thanks Dave.

Thanks. great lesson. Dick

Thanks Dave!! One question, what mpc do you use? And Reed?

Great as always!🙂

🤯 awesome

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!

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🤷‍♂️

Any similar tip for minor 2 5 1?

Hi Dave, where do you cover the minor 2 5 1?

Hey you’re probably not going to respond but what is your tenor sax setup? + love the vids

Brillant and I will try today. But where is the linkage to your masterclass?

Very very good, simply and very usefull, congratulations....👍

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!

My man spittin major IV substitution truth!

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 .

And it's as smooth as a baby's bottom!