Why Your Jazz Improv Sucks (And How to Fix It)
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If you're feeling stuck in your jazz playing today, it's likely because of one of the reasons I'm about to share with you.
So, I'm gonna be your jazz doctor today, diagnose your issue, and tell you how to fix it.
🕒CHAPTERS🕒
00:00 Intro
00:10 Reason #1: This results in licks that don't sound organic
00:56 Reason #2: Learn more of these
01:31 Reason #3: Learn more of these very well
02:49 Reason #4: Scales alone doesn't do the trick
03:34 Reason #5: Get that inspiration from the masters
04:22 Reason #6: Set this strategy
06:13 Reason #7: This is what I regularly recommend to my students
06:59 Reason #9: Make sure to get this right
08:21 Reason #10: Level this up first before jazzing up
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@lorenreedsmith 2 жыл бұрын
Really great advice. I saw huge changes in my playing when I stopped practicing random things and instead focused on learning one/two standards per month. Also, the chunking and looping of challenging chord passages (e.g. the B section of Stella by Starlight) really lets you get your mind around them. Thanks for the great content!
@klimen638 2 жыл бұрын
I love tip 9 soo much. Thank you very much.
@Learnjazzstandards 2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@steveleeatfullmeasure Жыл бұрын
Am wondering why video is zooming in and out each sentence? It's pretty distracting to be honest. But content is gold!
@benkatof5852 2 жыл бұрын
This strikes me as a pretty thorough and effective list/diagnosis - well done! Personally, time management and getting hung up on composing the perfect lines or getting attached to certain ideas are my biggest stumbling blocks.
@Learnjazzstandards 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. Just keep going. You'll get there!
@dorienvandewouwer1725 2 жыл бұрын
Great advice, thank you!!
@Learnjazzstandards 2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@eshaylord3950 2 жыл бұрын
YEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH THIS IS EPIC!!!!!!!!!
@user-lb8rn9oq5c 2 жыл бұрын
Besttt advice on jazz till now🙏🏻😭
@Learnjazzstandards 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@insidejazzguitar8112 2 жыл бұрын
Great advice!
@Learnjazzstandards 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@ronangray1878 2 жыл бұрын
Dude I really love your videos. You have the answers to every question I’ve ever had about jazz.
@Learnjazzstandards 2 жыл бұрын
So glad to hear that Ronan!
@jddorland 2 жыл бұрын
Great stuff
@tony3313 2 жыл бұрын
Very good suggestions.
@Learnjazzstandards 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you think so. Thanks
@matth6932 2 жыл бұрын
Learn Heads! We have been able to build our repertoire 'ten fold' in a short amount of time. About two standards a week. We have a lot more fun when we do that. Thanks Brent.
@alainvosselman9960 2 жыл бұрын
I've been learning to play covers as played by the artists themselves. There's a fantastic man on youtube who transcribes pieces played by all legendary and less known guitarists. I memorize them and it has helped me generate a little bit of vocabulary. But i haven't been playing real book standards. Could you tell me what you think of that ? There's about 20 pieces i memorized at the moment. I've been doing about 3 a year for the past 6yrs after having learned all major scales and their modes and chords and understanding/ playing fine chords, with extensions and alternations. I've been improvising on chords, progressions which i create myself. I love trying to make my own pieces. Got some interesting stuff i created but i haven't made a piece that has a solo part in it. Thought i'd wait until i get better at it.
@gavdobs 2 жыл бұрын
you read my mind
@EvanWiederandersJazz Жыл бұрын
I have developed a good ear, but I can barely read sheet music. Should I practice learning jazz standards from sheet music to get better at that?
@hughmanatee7433 2 жыл бұрын
Guitar players please read music with a metronome an hour a day! This is what we suck the most at. Sight reading in time will give you a lot more control of all of the elements of your playing other than the improvisation. You can get over a lot of stuff like looking at your hands, fumbling rhythms, fumbling fingerings etc. Use the metronome at a slow tempo, say 80 bpm and really work out those Parker lines and those bossa nova rhythms. That is where the language is. In a month your mastery will surprise you and you will solo stronger. We didn’t start out by reading on the saxophone in the third grade we played by ear and we missed a lot of stuff that the horn players learned early. Oh yeah, and do everything thing he said too!
@nononouh Жыл бұрын
No 8?
@MattDiamondMDE Жыл бұрын
Good content. However, I'd suggest you take it easy on the smash zooms, they are jarring and hard to watch when used so much as much as this. A suggestion to up the production value is to add another camera at 45 degrees and cut to that now and then.
@paulmullen2620 Жыл бұрын
I've never understood why people do that 45 degree thing. I find it distracting and weird, like they're talking to someone other than me for a moment. What's the reason for it?
@MattDiamondMDE Жыл бұрын
@@paulmullen2620 it's to help generate visual interest, much like the smash zooms used above. Unfortunately, due to the content creators usually being the subject and videographer, once you have a set-up, it's easy to overdo it
@J3unG 2 жыл бұрын
You wanna get unstuck? Quit playing fucking standards, yo. Learn how to write new music and express yourself fully. Simple.
@laithhart4013 2 жыл бұрын
Many people find ways to express themselves on top of standards. Lots of musicians find themselves playing with others and standards are a great way to get an idea of how to approach chord changes.
@benkatof5852 2 жыл бұрын
One can do both, and I've written plenty in the past. Gotta say, I would have never discovered a fraction of what I learned, especially harmonically, from standards by just writing my own tunes based of what I knew.
@lifelemonswhenlifegivesule9209 2 жыл бұрын
That's why they're called JAZZ STANDARDS. Think.
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