If you like this video then check out: Jazz Scales! The 3 You Need to practice and How You apply them to Jazz Chords : kzitem.info/news/bejne/r3usqI6KfV-Xaag
@Pigpigpigpigpigpigpigpigpigpig
3 жыл бұрын
quick question.. being that I'm only just starting out with learning music theory, should I try and learn concepts from Barry's method from the start or should I wait until I have a foundation in conventional theory? I'm guessing the latter but I ask because some of the hangups ppl have with some of it is that it clashes with what they've already learned
@JensLarsen
3 жыл бұрын
@@Pigpigpigpigpigpigpigpigpigpig I would focus on just learning theory.
@Pigpigpigpigpigpigpigpigpigpig
3 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen thank you, will do!
@sonhouseisking
8 жыл бұрын
30 minutes is perfect for a Q&A. Lots of great info in this. Thank you!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Pete!
@mathuwhycough6591
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your candid take on the Barry Harris system. It’s been warping my brain for almost a year now. As someone trained on diatonic harmony and the modes it’s been kind of breaking my brain trying to figure out what I’m missing. It definitely works for him, and it seems easier to incorporate on piano but on guitar it’s not landing for me. So glad to hear I’m not crazy. It’s no wonder I can’t find any guitar searches on Barry Harris method where someone is actually making music with it.
@gabriellemoine5555
2 жыл бұрын
have you checked ''labyrinth of limitations'' ?
@mathuwhycough6591
2 жыл бұрын
@@gabriellemoine5555 I’ll have to check that out
@mathuwhycough6591
2 жыл бұрын
@@gabriellemoine5555 that guy is amazing. His method seems super virtuosic and less approachable to me, in contrast to a Jens Larsen style approach. He’s definitely making more guitar music with the Harris method compared to other tubers I’ve seen.
@lgoler
Жыл бұрын
Pasquale Grasso, Roni Ben-Hur, 2 guitarists who come to mind who came through Barry. But there are many many more not to mention for the fact that he has influenced countless amazing players on other instruments: Charles McPherson, Tardo Hammer, Charles Davis, Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, etc.
@piercealexander
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the response! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my question. And your answer makes a lot of sense, I do often get a little too caught up in the notes. I think I'm starting to get closer lately. When practicing, I've been trying to listen for melodies that I can hear rather than always playing things I already know or have been taught. It's tough to really break through but I think I'm slowly getting closer.
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
That's great Pierce! It's along process but if you are aware of it and keep working you will get there!
@piercealexander
8 жыл бұрын
+Jens Larsen i plan on sticking with it :) also just wondering what kind of strings do you use. I've been using DR Peer blues 11s and I like them but they don't last very long and only feel good for about a week each time I get a new set
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Pierce Alexander I use thomastik bebops .13 For me they last really long, like a month or two before I have trouble tuning them
@urbachd
8 жыл бұрын
A suggestion for making melodies, which sort of applies to some of the questions: for me I often need a little inspiration in the moment that my own playing doesn't give me. (I think of it as like priming a camping stove, strange as that sounds.) If I find I am not creating something musical, it helps a lot to just turn on almost any jazz tune and listen. Often times I then have the juices flowing again, at least for awhile. Another idea for melodic inspiration: listen to some of the great classical composers. For example, some of the most beautiful melodies ever created are by Domenico Scarlatti (I prefer the piano versions rather than harpsichord - much more lyrical). Just stream some, and listen to how the motifs flow into one another and resolve. That's really the great thing about classical music: so many beautiful melodies. Take them out of the classical context and play them on your guitar. Another suggestion, not so much about melody, but anyway: listen to how the classical guitar work called Platero y Yo (Platero and I) is put together. (Lots of recordings available.) It is a series of motifs and progressions that narrates a story, and doesn't really fit together in a classical sense, but still is accessible. It will broaden what you might think of as music. I find this incredible freeing when I am playing. Sorry this was so long.
@Faolain_
8 жыл бұрын
A 30 minute Q&A with Jens, nice!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you G.R.!
@OriginalEyeball
8 жыл бұрын
Great!Loved that little rootless Autumn Leaves thing you did with the added melody notes.That would be a great lesson!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
+Eyeball Gaming Guitars I'll keep that in mind!Thank you!
@bradleystroup1457
8 жыл бұрын
I used the 7 position method when I first started and when I was learned to move around positions in a key, the caged system became valuable for the 7 positions. now I would say the inversions on the 6,5, and 4 strings is what I pay more attention to or rather where a chord/arpeggio is in relation to a scale fingering. as a shred who thinks with a jazz theory mind the whole sequence thing is cool but it doesn't give the thing a voice, it's like a piano exercise. knowing where you are at and throwing things in and around a sequence can help break you out of that but giving it a voice or hearing a line(s) is where it's at. I enjoy shred but when I hear say Jimmy page on since i've been loving you, everything has a meaning.
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's how I feel about it too. Actually I find that somebody like Vai gets away with that, he is also not doing a lot of mindless scale sequences but really tries to give the solo more of a logical arc. But he is of course also more a composer than an improvisor I guess.
@JeffCloutier
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for correcting my previous typo, vi does equal v. just the response I needed. I glossed over the arpeggio lesson on Blue Bossa. I think I was over complicating methods for development. Thanks for bringing me back to a more rational thought pattern. I am kinda relearning guitar after playing bass for years. I think I often expect to be more advanced than I really am. I need to focus on the basics and realize that there is a lot that can be done without over complication. Thanks again for the inspiration.
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
No worries Jeff! I am glad you found the answer useful. Let me know how it works out!
@JakeEstnerGuitarLessons
8 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Jens! I like that you have a pretty fair and diplomatic approach with all of these issues.
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
+JLEGuitarLessons Thank you! I guess I don't really believe that I or anybody else has the one right solution to learning jazz? 😊
8 жыл бұрын
really instructive half an hour. I'm gonna try the trick. of removing the bass note to expand ideas. Thanks Jens!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jorge! I am glad you liked it!
@stevensakaluk7801
3 жыл бұрын
Barry Harris concept is quite brilliant actually. It is more about motion rather than chord theory. It has to be worked for quite a while to undo the traditional ideas about harmony, especially chord_scale and modes. Once I caught on to thinking motion and simple tension/release, tunes have become simplified, flexible harmonic motions with tons of options. It takes a while to see through the use of dominants, but it all makes perfect sense in the end … Dare I say, more sense than traditional theory, which tends to trap guitarists into position playing.
@coltonshanley1921
2 жыл бұрын
I think both perspectives can work it’s better not to get trapped in dogmatic thinking
@sebastianhall4467
8 жыл бұрын
I always learn so much from your videos, thank you!!!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Sebastian! I am glad you liked it!
@taurusgtr
8 жыл бұрын
Hi Jens In a broader sense, what do you think characterizes a good improvisation, (on a tune, or in a solo)and how often do you feel that you meet that goal in your practice/ performances? Thanks for your generosity, with all the videos/ lessons! It's been fun, and inspiring.
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome Kirk. It's a difficult question! I think about it!
@thormusique
8 жыл бұрын
Excellent discussion, Jens! Thanks for this. I feel similarly about knowledge/usefulness of the modal approach to harmony with regard to jazz. I also studied music at university (as a conductor, not as a guitarist, though I played guitar and lute all during that time), and while I loved the musicology of the church modes, etc., it never helped me all that much in terms of the guitar, except perhaps as an occasional aid to finding another way to look at a musical problem. And btw, I also use the seven-position approach to the fingerboard, three notes per string, though it took me some time to figure out that no one would give me a traffic ticket if I broke out of a pattern. I think I learned the hard way that more than anything, I needed to trust my ears, rather than rely too much on patterns. One important turning point for me, long after I'd left university, was discovering George Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept. But while I did become a bit obsessed with the theoretical underpinnings of that system for a while, I found that it resonated in a sonic way, rather than as an abstraction. This felt important to me at the time, and it still does. Although I don't really think about any of that when I'm playing, I feel I've internalised a good deal about it, mostly in terms of notions of "lightness" and "darkness": how note choice conveys mood/feeling. Not that I can always do this successfully, but when I do, my playing feels far more personal and expressive to me. Anyway, I just thought I'd share that. Please keep up the great work!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
+thormusique I think we all learn the hard way to trust our ears and our own taste. But thanks for sharing!
@Noodlerification
6 жыл бұрын
Darcy, Kirk's Plane Talk isn't CAGED as such. It does have a few shapes but it's more about scale degrees, and the "kink" between G and B strings. It's a simple trick and different to anything else out there. It was great to hear a teacher talk about the stages of growth in this lesson, like being on a path and growing. Thanks!
@gkshead
7 жыл бұрын
I like your remarks on CAGED vs 7 positions. I started learning scales in 7 positions but have switched to CAGED style visualization because with 5 positions I can keep semitones on the same string. Each string has a little timbre difference so it is more of a sound thing I guess.
@JensLarsen
7 жыл бұрын
That's cool! In the end it is about finding what fits you! 🙂
@RandyBakkelund
8 жыл бұрын
I have 3 more questions related to going to college for guitar....(BIG questions here, I hope you enjoy) 1. Have you went to college for music? If you did what was the biggest thing that you took away from it? 2. What is the benefit of studying for guitar at a college versus studying tons of books, dvds, online subscription sites, youtube videos, free things on the internet, or studying from private/skype lessons from great teachers? Is there some magical ingredient that college has to offer that the latter doesn't? Elaborate on this if you can. 3. Even if you do study guitar at a college, there is so many colleges for guitar, so how do you know which one is the absolute best?
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Ah more heavy questions! I might not get to all of them in one go., but I will try in one of the next ones! Can you btw see what key ingredient your description of a self study of jazz is missing? ;)
@Eliasmdawwar1
8 жыл бұрын
man you're such a blessing
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Elias, you are very welcome!
@ltwmichael
8 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated your efforts, Jens!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@juandoming6688
3 жыл бұрын
Barry Harris rocks. Not everyone wants to sound like Sco, Trane and miles. The more differemt disciplines to expand art music the better.
@mwicks1968
8 жыл бұрын
Very informative as ever, Jens - keep up the good work!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mike!
@mwicks1968
8 жыл бұрын
As we say in Britain: "More Power to Your Elbow" Jens!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
That's a very strange saying, but thanks just the same :D
@mikemckoy2933
8 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Love your teaching. Thanks!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mike! Glad you like it!
@lange555
6 жыл бұрын
I'm starting with the Barry Harris system. I studied classical harmony and what i find is that the sixth diminished scale is a method for organizing the rhythm and also the harmony as dominant/tonic. I mean, using the scale as a movement of chords that is not moving on, is just expanding one chord through the diminished alternating on the weak beat. And then through the family of diminished you have more dominants to "instant access" or to play conducting voices. Am I right?
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
You're pretty much right, but in practical use the rhythm aspect is pretty much abandoned 🙂
@Shuzies
6 жыл бұрын
Jens....Nicely done...full of great info...ron
@alexkazm5878
8 жыл бұрын
Like your new format! U rule, Jens!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Alex!
@lindsayblack766
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this Jens. All 3 Scale Fingering systems are good, but the “In Position “, 7 Position system works best for sight reading, would you agree?
@JensLarsen
8 ай бұрын
No, that will be different from person to person 🙂
@lindsayblack766
8 ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen True. For me, it’s just easier to use stretches to grab notes than it is to shift down or up a position to play the same notes when sight reading.
@RandyBakkelund
8 жыл бұрын
2 more questions as well. 1. What is voice leading, and explain in detail. 2. How to do Key Modulation in a smooth way. (sorry if I ask too much, but this is already all of my main questions, but yet are really important to me to know).
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
I can't explain voice-leading in any sort of detail in a Q&A video. Ask me again on a later video about the modulation and I'll try to talk a bit about that in general terms. :)
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
So I guess if Gregory can answer it in his Q&A I have to do it too :D I guess I don't have to be too detailed about it.
@RandyBakkelund
8 жыл бұрын
+Jens Larsen yeah true. I think I understand voice leading better now.
@johnjacquard2182
6 жыл бұрын
to change keys you have to understand larger than key structures (KEY collections) which is derived from 2 forms the Dim7th chord and the Augmented chord. lets take B dim7 BDFG# drop any note to get a 7th chord ( each KEY only has 1 7th chord) B down to A# = A#DFG# (A#7) from D# MAJOR key D down to C# = BC#FG# (C#7) from F# MAJOR KEY F down to E = BDEG# (E7) from A major KEY G# down to G BDFG (G7) fromC major KEY all 4 of these KEYs are 1 family (all chords in them resolve to C major7 chord ( or any of the other I's in the KEY collections) try V to I (V from all for of the keys resolving to the I of C major then same thing but resolving to A major then resolving to F# major ETC
@ronaskew
8 жыл бұрын
I have been trying to follow up on your comments regarding Barry Harris. What seems to be generally understood is the harmonization of the Bebop scale with alternating M6 and Dim chords and, similarly, the physical equivalent m7 and Dim chords. What is difficult to comprehend is the new chord possibilities resulting from "borrowing" notes from the diminished scale. The cadences that Mr Harris demonstrates sound great! How does that work?
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
If you try it out with Drop2 voicings you can mess around with it. In general a lot of options are not that playable on guitar. I think it's a bit far for me to go into that in Q&A when it is in fact another method? Don't you think it would be more appropriate to ask somebody who is actually working from that method? Maybe on the Jazzguitar.be forum?
@ronaskew
8 жыл бұрын
+Jens Larsen I've seen no indication that Jazz Guitar Online uses or reflects elements of the Barry Harris method beyond alternating M6 and Dim chords (Wes Montgomery chord solos).
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Ah, sorry. I meant ask it on the forum. There are a few guys who studied a lot of 6 dim stuff. I think you can even tell them I sent you, they know who I am :)
@stevewhite3753
2 жыл бұрын
I’m working on the Pat Martino Linear Lines book. What are your thoughts about that book?
@marshabradcoe417
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Larson ....this is neat
@JensLarsen
3 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome
@GustavoMilaniMusic
5 жыл бұрын
love it. You should do more q&a jers
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank Gustavo! That could indeed be a good idea! 🙂
@urbachd
8 жыл бұрын
I wonder if you'd make a video on how you structure solos as a whole? Also, do you have a conscious approach to creating melody, or do you do it entirely by instinct?
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dan! I think it is hard to really talk about solo structures because there isn't always one, it really depends on the song in my experience. As for the approach to making melodies and how I work on that , that I could talk about!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Next weeks Q&A!
@urbachd
8 жыл бұрын
Another possible subject: how do you approach modal jazz tunes, such as Maiden Voyage and the like? Thanks
@jc-wx3sm
6 жыл бұрын
Hey Jens, cool channel man. As a heavily Barry Harris influenced player, I have to ask, what do you mean by “taking away the subdominants?” He offers multiple ways to approach them both basically and with interesting substitutions. I think you might have been taught just the major 6 diminished scale and nothing else. That is only about 10% of it. I just didn’t want your viewers to get the wrong idea, and i wouldn’t expect you to know everything about an approach that you don’t even use-especially since you can already play! Best, Joe
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
+Joe Colquhoun I have actually learned 6 diminished from Barry when he was in the Hague every year during and twice before my study ☺️ My point is that the 6 dim system basically splits the scale in a dominant and a tonic part, and while that can be nice for block chords and voice-leading it is not a great way to describe functional harmony.
@jc-wx3sm
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen i agree that using the 6 diminished only would be very limiting. My point is that the 6 diminished scale is only a very small part of a larger system that does in fact include subdominants. in other words, 6th diminished scale does not equal “Barry Harris system,” it is just the starting point. If you hear him play you’ll hear him play sub doms like anyone else
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
+Joe Colquhoun In other words you have to change scale to go to the 4th degree in a key, or in fact most other diatonic chords.
@jc-wx3sm
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen that’s exactly the misconception. I do mean this with all respect, you are a fantastic player. Take a turnaround. for I chord you can play- I6, V6, I maj 7 for example and then borrow anything you want from there to make it interesting. for your “6” function: I6, VI7, bii dim including all 4 related dominants, biii dim including all 4 related dominants, VI7b5, bvii6. plus borrowing. for your “2”- IV6, I6 (try this with bass on second degree it sounds awesome), IVmaj 7. plus borrowing. For your “5” -biii dim and all 4 related doms, ii dim and al 4 related doms, V7, ii6, bvi6, V7b5. plus borrowing. youre not switching scales for every chord. again, i’m not trying to convince YOU because you can already play. There’s nothing in functional harmony that can’t be covered. it’s not limited, just different thinking
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
+Joe Colquhoun To me, you are now making my point rather than your own ☺️
@Epicwinning99
5 жыл бұрын
Hi jens I was curious to know how why the movement between Dm, Bb7 and C were the same as F, Fm6 and C do you have a video you elaborate on that?
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Some of these talk about using IVm in a major key: kzitem.info/news/bejne/mI19nphnfWKCjG0
@Epicwinning99
5 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen thankyou I didn't realize the notes that make up the Fm6 are the same as Bb7. Just different bass notes.
@Jdudeo
8 жыл бұрын
Jens, I have a question about something I'm trying to get to grips with recently.. Particularly as relates to using minor pentatonics over chord progressions (You did a lesson about this) I think about where the root of the minor pentatonic (going to abbreviate to MP) is in relation to the chord I'm playing over, so for a ii chord I'm playing MP from the root of that chord, over V chord I'm playing MP from the m3 of the chord, over I chord I'm playing from 3 of the chord. I found that if I think instead that the MP over the V chord is a m6 away from the MP over ii chord, and the MP over I chord is a tritone away after that, it makes it a lot easier to flow through the changes. My problem then becomes that I sometimes lose my place in the progression and I need to work out these intervals again for progressions that are not ii V I, while if I always think about the MP in relation to the root of the chord I don't get lost but lines seem to get more fragmented. An example that's not about minor pentatonics might be about how we think of altered as being melodic minor from b2 or when we get into a lot of substitutions. How do you keep your place in the progression and still make your lines flow in faster tempos?
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
+JGJP This is a good question I'll try get that into a video!
@Jdudeo
8 жыл бұрын
thanks a lot Jens, would be great
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Next week! :)
@Jdudeo
8 жыл бұрын
yesss!!
@ronaskew
8 жыл бұрын
Oops! I forgot to mention m6 alternating with Dim chords.
@xxczerxx
6 жыл бұрын
Is the Barry Harris thing good for smooth leading in chords? I get the idea but I'm pretty stumped at how people on the jazzguitarforum (for example) find it to be a revelation. Definitely debating whether to purchase it just to see what the big deal is.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
It can be. I think it's an ok system, but don't think it is a solution for everything because that it certainly isn't :)
@xxczerxx
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen Got it. Do you think one would need the book to even understand it, or are any online resources sufficient? My interest is definitely piqued.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
I don't know, I learned it from workshops with Barry
@xxczerxx
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen Ok, will look to find copy of that Alan Kingstone book. Cheers Jens!
@ronaskew
8 жыл бұрын
No one is complaining about how long the video is. Don't worry about it.
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ron! I guess that is odd in the context of the comments, I am just very used to getting remarks about making too long videos.
@ronaskew
8 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen - It is safe to assume that those who don't want to think about the process should be ignored, since your posts are not directed to them.
@Oeso012
8 жыл бұрын
(Late) thank you for your answer about modes !
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! Feel free to come with more (French?) questions on Jazz or gear! :)
@Oeso012
8 жыл бұрын
Prochaine question en français, promis !
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Great! I hope I can understand or at least google translate it :D
@johnjacquard2182
6 жыл бұрын
I been studying the barry harris approach in much depth lately, i have had an epiphany several times . i recommend barry harris for guitar book which expands the concepts. when i first started i thought it was over simplifying, but now that i gone through much depth i found it actually expands and adds complexity like the 6th dim, min6th dim, 7th dim 7th flat 5 dim scale of chords take the 6th dim this is representation of one chord the Amin7. ( C6 to G7) in essence the I to V focused on I in barry harris system any particular chord you encounter has a 6th dim scale of chords unique to it, this shows you true movement you dont get rid of the subdominant at all! take KEY of C major the sub is Dmin7-Fmaj7 in barry system you play F6 dim scale of chords which you can super impose C6 dim over it and always ties into 3 dim7 chords near by basically at all times you have access to all 12 notes in context ( emphasis on tension and release) check out barry harris harmonic method for guitar by alan kinstone to unlock infinite options in your theory www.amazon.com/Barry-Harris-Harmonic-Method-Guitar/dp/B000Q7B6O6/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
@johnjacquard2182
6 жыл бұрын
p.s. barry system makes sense of all the dim7 chords in standards and why changing keys by major and min 3rds is significant ( key collections)
It's strange because to me you explanation seems to make my point more than yours? 🙂
@johnjacquard2182
6 жыл бұрын
IT PROBABLY DOES! you make great points so.......................
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Well, your the one with the argument that makes you change scale for bar 4 of Autumn Leaves or bar 5 of All The Things you are, right? It's all in there as long as you change scale with every chord 😄
@eternalrainbow-cj3iu
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Jens, to be honoust, I thank you for your honoust reaction on Barry harris, still because you had lessons and courses in them, and by looking to those youtube stuff, I only see that what you see )but I didn´t know that he starts to substitute the Suspended fourth)as he looks to it... but could you maybe do a video about one voicing that you like of him The 6th dominant I get and my piano teacher tought me the possibilitie´s what you say on the IIm7b5 but I gues that those are still the half diminished and full diminished chords that follow each other, I am interested in a specific idea what you like about this approach that would reveal abit of this systems, I mean the borrowing doesn´t mean reanalyse the chord and just find substitutions close by or more or less out more=== for instance it could happen to you twoIIm7b5 there you could find other solutions like G7°°°aug instead of gm7b5 but still could you help me out===
@JensLarsen
7 жыл бұрын
There are many people making videos on Barry Harris stuff so I would just go check that out :) You can also come to the Hague and see him in person this weekend!
@Nicodemus1991
8 жыл бұрын
Hello. I am very interested in what you said about movements related to other movements, meaning cadencias that are played mosto y the same way...could you get deeper into that or at list suggest me some tip for studying it?
@Nicodemus1991
8 жыл бұрын
I am a sax player but know a little bit of guitar , so i can understand most of what you said ...just so you to know it. Thank you for your interés tino video
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Hi Julian, could you give me a place in the video like a time? I am not sure what you mean but I'd love to help you out :) Do you btw know Bob Reynolds channel? If you are sax player you might like it.
@Nicodemus1991
8 жыл бұрын
+Jens Larsen thank you for your attention Jens .Its about 28:20 when you talk about chords with the same function (as subdominants for example) , I am interested in knowing if you have some kind of method for that ( not for chords having the same function , but for Them being played the same as the notes are the same).I didn't know his channel, I am going to check it out right away!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
I don't. I think the main idea is that the target notes that define the sound are the same so in that way you can sort of use the same material. The big bonus is that IMO is that you have a clear idea about how the chord sounds and where it's going. Maybe try to check it out your self so: Make lines on Abm6 Ebmaj7, Db7 Ebmaj7 and Bmaj7 Ebmaj7 and see how you can pretty much play the same material?
@Nicodemus1991
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, I'm going to try what you have just sugested!
@bradleystroup1457
8 жыл бұрын
how would you go about creating lines with a standard you know that already has its own melody. I like to improves over a tune but I find it hard to make lines that will stay in continuity and I find myself really just using what I know to accent what's really already there.
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
I am not sure what you mean, all the standards I play already have a melody?
@bradleystroup1457
8 жыл бұрын
+Jens Larsen I saying if you wanted to improvise over little wing by Jimi Hendrix, you already know the melody and the lines he plays. I find it hard to play my own lines if I was improvising that song without just accenting what he already does. like I just find myself doing technique and theory but it's still his melody and lines. I want to be able to having my own lines within continuity over that song but I seem to struggle with that.
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
But isn't that because we really expect one solo on that and not an improvisation? How many versions of little wing do you know that doesn't stay close to the original?
@bradleystroup1457
8 жыл бұрын
+Jens Larsen lol I hear ya. I guess it's like playing in a bar band, after a thousand times playing it it becomes cliche and you want to do something interesting or different or your own spin on it
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
That's when you take an extra chorus :) My point is just that sometimes there is no room for improvisation when it comes to rock pieces.
@ferminpascual9550
8 жыл бұрын
Hola: 11-9-2016 PALMA DE MALLORCA
@mwicks1968
8 жыл бұрын
Can you summarise your approach to analysing a tune you haven't seen before? Assume you have a lead sheet with the chords.
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Yes, but it would only make sense if you already have an understanding of functional harmony, and then you can probably already do it your self. Otherwise I would first have to explain everything I know about functional harmony, and that is probably not in the category of summarise? :)
@mwicks1968
8 жыл бұрын
Right - I'm going on holiday for 2 weeks shortly; I'll take a bunch of standards and have a go at analysing them then! ;-)
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
That's the way to go about it! Maybe check the video where I analyze all of me for reference? Some stuff is already explained there.
@mwicks1968
8 жыл бұрын
Right, watched that video: You're taking the diatonic chords of the key that the song is in, and find them in the song. Then you decide what to do with the chords that don't fit: if they're Dominant chords, you take the scale of the key that the song is in, add apply the notes from the dominant chord to it, giving you a "new" scale" - you end up Harmonic Minor scales there; Fourths chords could be minor not major ... Basically you're coming up with a technique to deal with "foreign" chords ... ?
@RandyBakkelund
8 жыл бұрын
What ways can you do outside playing besides using chromatics and sidestepping?
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
+Randy Bakkelund That's a nice question. I will remember that! 😊
@axeofcreation
8 жыл бұрын
+Jens Larsen Randy is full of great questions! ;)
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Ok! Well we need those! :)
@RandyBakkelund
8 жыл бұрын
+axeofcreation thanks!
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Randy Bakkelund That's quite a recommendation Randy! I didn't get to your question in the next Q&A but I will later!
@ferminpascual9550
8 жыл бұрын
Hola: 17-9-2016 control PALMA DE MALLORCA
@siglo2155
8 жыл бұрын
arte maestro
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
Gracias!
@BruceElliott
8 жыл бұрын
Okay, here's a new question, and I'm sure I'm not only person who has wondered about it: What is the fuzzy blue collar on your headstock for?? :-)
@JensLarsen
8 жыл бұрын
You are indeed not the first to ask :D It's hairband that I use as a mute for open strings, but it does not really do anything when it is behind the nut- I sometimes use it while recording or practising legato.
@rockychieng88
5 жыл бұрын
if modes, just listen to miles Davis :)
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Well, the part of his repertoire that is modal that is :)
@Pigpigpigpigpigpigpigpigpigpig
3 жыл бұрын
I love barry harris' view of the chromatic scale as "god" creating man and woman, the whole tone scales (and so on). Beautiful metaphor and it really resonates with me, I'm not a religious person but there is a spirituality I feel in music- whether listening or playing
@georgeeldridge7954
4 жыл бұрын
I disagree on modes. Modes on tonal songs all make sense. Take autumn leaves. Bb-7 Eb7 Ab^7 Db^7 G-7b5 C7alt F-^7 Is the basic prog. Bb Dorian Eb Mixolydian Ab Ionian Db Lydian G Locrian #6 C Phrygian Dominant F Harmonic Minor. Just try playing the scales over the changes and it is not a proper solo, but every note sounds 'right'. Also dont be snobby about fusion in your other video. Every great solo or lick/riff that is famous, be it Charlie Parker, Eric Clapton or John Coltrane is based on the pentatonic with a couple of 'wrong notes'.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
So you are back to tell me how to teach andhow to play besides wanting to decide what I am allowed to like and not like? Maybe you should make your own videos so you are not stuck with mine 😁
@georgeeldridge7954
4 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Sorry Jens, didnt mean for it to come off like that, but the modes are essential and they all fit into a tonal/functional chord progression. Tonal Harmony and modes fit together perfectly. Over a standard like All The Things You Are, in the first few chords, F-7 Bb-7 Eb7 Ab^7 if you extend them modally from the major scale, F-7/9/11/b13, Bb-7/9/11/13, Eb7/9/11/13, Ab^7/9/11/13. If we swap the extensions of the two first chords we get F-7/9/11/13, Bb-7/9/11/b13. if you play this, it will not sound like it is from the major scale. This is why modes should be learnt and known
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
@@georgeeldridge7954 Just because you can write them up on a song doesn't mean that they are useful and an efficient way to develop your improvisations. I explain why in the video, maybe watch it and figure it out. It is not that difficult, it is really just a description of how harmony works when it is moving.
@georgeeldridge7954
4 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen what about beato tho? He uses them all the time
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
@@georgeeldridge7954 Maybe just try and see if you can understand what I say in the video. If this is your best argument then maybe you should not have such a strong opinion on it?
@bigaldescendedmaster1936
7 жыл бұрын
Clearly this person learned nothing from the Barry Harris workshops at the conservatory in Den Haag. www.franselsen.com has videos of BH teaching if you are interested in his descriptive approach as opposed to the vertical Western European analysis which over complicates the horizontal music Jens Larsen does not understand.
@JensLarsen
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the point of view at least! :) Frans' site is indeed a great resource for the BH stuff, and Frans was a great teacher as well!
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