Hats off : i already know all the basics but this is, by far, the clearest, shortest and yet comprehensive introduction to Jazz. You nailed it and you deserve a big round of applause. Excellent.
@nalunoa
Жыл бұрын
This is a most excellent primer on jazz improvising! Totally demystifying. Your extraordinary generosity is very much appreciated, sir.
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@prqvideo
Жыл бұрын
Bravo, Brent. You successfully simplified, demystified and clarified how jazz lines are created. You did this by using just enough music theory to educate without overwhelming and showed how to get started on the journey of improvisation with practical examples that demonstrate what it sounds like to play over chord changes. This, teamed with guide tones, a heart to experiment and ears to imagine what they're about to play, can take a beginner to the next level in a short amount of time. I'm in love with jazz music (have been my whole life), and after watching this video, I'm eager to pick up my guitar and create something that sounds like what I feel.
@aljerones99
2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best starter improvisational tutorials I've seen! It even explained things I did not see (clearly) before. Well done!
@Learnjazzstandards
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Glad it helped.
@aljerones99
2 жыл бұрын
@@Learnjazzstandards Could you do a chord analysis of "Body and Soul"? I recently learnt a lovely solo (I'm a sax player) and I've found parts of this song a bit challenging to interpret.
@satchrules101
Жыл бұрын
@@Learnjazzstandards Holly shit you are straight up the best jazz teacher , that I ever learned from! Thank you for teaching it made easy to learn, subbed
@tyronewarren6944
6 ай бұрын
Agreed, very clear and concise
@gregorybrissette3443
5 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@samuelbrainsample
21 күн бұрын
This goes a LONG way to demystifying Jazz. Very good stuff.
@Learnjazzstandards
13 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@michaeldavis9954
2 жыл бұрын
Agree with Alex Jones' comment. Excellent starter. Finally something I can share with people who don't understand how Jazz works.
@Learnjazzstandards
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I appreciate that
@the1804warrior
Жыл бұрын
Teaching is an ART and you apparently mastered that art.👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@dougjennschultze5846
Жыл бұрын
This is literally the best starter video to explain improv I've ever seen! I will be using it to teach ! Thank you!!!
@shaunmcinnis1960
6 ай бұрын
Great lesson for entry level guys like me.
@jixal
Жыл бұрын
As well as how to also start to understand what jazz is all about, Today I learned what the actual names of the modes mean. Its so simple! Yet it sounds so complex and unapproachable if you're just starting out.
@milesjordandavisjrabraha-eb3sb
Жыл бұрын
Your teaching is really immaculate.....Keep it up brother 🥰🥰😍😍🤩😊😊
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
@wildwoodmusic7955
Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely the best jazz improvisation tutorial out there! Thanks for this...I'm off to practice!
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@hugoestrada2089
Жыл бұрын
This is so good. It shows step by step how jazz improv is put together. Almost like a mathematical proof. Thanks so much
@nickwillder
Жыл бұрын
Firstly, I will never be able to play this stuff, but oh, did that make a lot of sense. My only music education is 55 years ago at school when everything was 7 note scales in a major key (flattened third was just too sad). You have truly unlocked the other 5 notes for me.
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad it helped!
@denisrazumovicrazz2513
9 ай бұрын
Well done, bright clear, thank you for this video👍👌
@Learnjazzstandards
9 ай бұрын
You are welcome!
@noahtruth6554
Жыл бұрын
I've visited a host of saxophone sites trying to learn how to improvise. Your video has helped open my eyes/ears to the process. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Thanks!
@bevo65
Ай бұрын
Seriously good. Thank you.
@tuaiadarrell2899
Жыл бұрын
Youre an amazing teacher.. Simple but crystal clear for someone like me who love jazz but couldn't just understand.. Great job
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@GermarDerron
Жыл бұрын
Dude I have two music degrees essentially; I started playing in the 90s. I know all this stuff. And this was still absolutely amazing. And I know I'll play better now.
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, man! I appreciate it.
@onlygknows7793
Жыл бұрын
Awesome teacher.
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😃
@raymondlaracuenta746
Жыл бұрын
Very good!!!!
@uwegenosdude
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. This was a very helpful explanation for me. I like your videos.
@chrisnedbalek2866
Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@jixster1566
Жыл бұрын
Amazing video. I finally understand how its done
@liorwerz7678
Жыл бұрын
One of the best lesson i see about jazz and major scale! 🙏
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the feedback!
@RobHenx
11 ай бұрын
You're great! Thanks!
@Learnjazzstandards
11 ай бұрын
Thank you too!
@drywater4935
Жыл бұрын
Excellent and to the point for a beginner. Great job.
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@albertonavarroramire
Жыл бұрын
Excellent! But, for people who is starting, I think it´s better to call the single notes in Arabic numerals (2,, 5, 1) and the chords in Roman numerals (II, V, I). Only to avoid confusions! Thanks for your channel!!!
@nikigba
Жыл бұрын
easily the best tutorial
@annettesomers7463
2 жыл бұрын
Such a great lesson!
@Learnjazzstandards
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@64Golfy
2 жыл бұрын
Great explanation thank you. Keep up the great work!
@Learnjazzstandards
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Vocela
2 жыл бұрын
It's weird, I know the modes and can play them, and 2 5 1 chords, in all the keys on the piano, but I just never put it together that you play Dorian with 2 and Mixolydian with 5! Thanks for the enlightenment!!😁
@Clown321321
Жыл бұрын
A very cool video thanks, glad you're making them!
@mdg7214
2 жыл бұрын
What helped for me immensely, is to just learn jazz language, then make as many variations of it and apply it to the chord it is meant for in a tune. The best is when you learn ii-V-I lines, to just learn that piece of language for the ii, for the V and for the I seperataly (or how you spell it) Also when you do that, always sing
@MixolydianMode
2 жыл бұрын
Very good lesson and overview. Thank you.
@Learnjazzstandards
2 жыл бұрын
Very welcome!
@LorenScott69
Жыл бұрын
Secondly, great intro lesson. But... Firstly, DAMN, that is a great sounding guitar!!!! Holy moley!!!
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@timbrundage3745
Жыл бұрын
In the ocean of jazz, this is a beautiful boat launch. Thanks.
@paulcarestia3181
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Really well done! Thank you!
@Learnjazzstandards
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@larrybrown1597
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed your explanation. I would like to add something that I found to be helpful. If you are playing in the key of C major for example and you impose a G Major scale, you will shift into the Lydian mode. You're playing all the same notes except that the 4th note F is now #4 or F# and that provides a nice outside scale note that will pop out in the course of the improvisation. You can then shift back to the Ionian at any point to bring the whole thing back home. So when playing over a major chord try playing the major scale whose root is a perfect 5th above the key that you're in. Another way of accomplishing this and adding additional color tones would be to play a major pentatonic scale a whole step up from the key of the moment. (or the minor pentatonic a half step lower than the parent key). If C major is the chord, play the D major pentatonic (or B minor pentatonic - same notes ). When doing this, the notes that would be emphasized would be B which is the major 7th of a C chord. D which is the 2nd (9th), E which is the 3rd, F# which is the # 4 ( # 11 ) and A which is the 6th (13 ). Since the pentatonic scale has no leading tone like a major scale, it works great. A D major scale for example would have a C# in it and that note played against a C natural is likely to set one's teeth on edge. Playing the D major pentatonic avoids that minor 2nd interval. So, in the key of C, think major pentatonic a whole step up. Adding this to the arsenal of chromaticism that you demonstrated should get people visualizing jazz improvisation as something within their grasp.
@PianoWithGuido
2 жыл бұрын
Why talk about modes when the tonal center is crystal clear C major? This confuses beginners. It's more suited to just talk about starting C major in the root of each chord, as it outlines the guide tones of each chord.
@jairoandrescontrerasquinte8490
Жыл бұрын
simplemente hermoso !
@darthvader0510
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. This is arguably the best improvisation video I have ever seen. No going up and down the scale. No copy/paste licks. Just musical theory and how to apply it. The most valuable thing is that the similar concept can be used for blues or any music, you just use a different note to resolve to the chord tones that's not chromatic.
@Johnny_WhiteMusic
Ай бұрын
Are the names of the chords in the intro are wrong or am i tweaking? not hating i just dont know whats going on?
@solomonson3994
Жыл бұрын
Wish I had this 30 years ago! This is inspiring me to pick up my instrument again. Thank you!
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
That's great!
@conradgnad
2 ай бұрын
holy shit, I finally start to understand jazz thanks to you. keep up the amazing work, you're a channel is a gem!
@Learnjazzstandards
2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@ValirAmaril
Жыл бұрын
7:21 'I always go to chord tones first before I talk about scales in general' not in this video though lmao
@MorningCarnival
Жыл бұрын
I can see (Some of) the light at the end of the first tunnel…
@Gman44044
Жыл бұрын
The amount of theory you covered in such a short time, in such a simple easy to understand manner was just mind blowing! You've got some serious teaching skills!
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@simonehanrath5991
9 ай бұрын
I play the flute since childhood improvising everything by ear. Recently picked up on playing the piano. Im trying to harmonize melodies now that i can play lore than one tune at the time but im getting stuck with having to find out each chord using only my hearing. I know how to read notes and thats about where my theoretic knoedge ends. Would any of you be able to recomend me a book or some video here to get a basic understanding of chords so that i can actually follow these great videos? (E.g. in this video i read G7 and a Cmaj7 arent they both major? How can i know what which sign means? Is it normal for chords not to start at the tune in which they are written down (e.g. cmaj starting on E?) Thanks in advance!
@cryptotharg7400
Жыл бұрын
So really, in jazz, there are no "outside" notes? I love it, and subbed!
@DominickODierno
10 ай бұрын
I didn't quite catch when the resolution is supposed to happen. Am I supposed to start each melodic phrase on a chord tone, or does it not matter where I start as long as I end the phrase on a chord tone?
@andrewm3934
Жыл бұрын
Great video
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@chironjo
Жыл бұрын
That C chord shape sounds pretty clunky in a nylon classical guitar if you strum it.
@JDubbs1965
Жыл бұрын
Nice approach!! in the last measure in the last example, the Bb-Ab-G-F pattern, I think it might be helpful to show how those "chromatic" notes are also upper extensions of the G7 chord though? That #9-b9 sound. Anyway, I like the overall approach again :)
@tudore_jams
5 ай бұрын
16:02 Great brakdown of the concepts but the Bb and Ab are not from the chromatic scale (every note is technically from the chromatic scale, so that won't suffice), they're actually from Ab melodic minor scale (Ab Bb B, Db, Eb, F, G, Ab)... the 7th mode of melodic minor is used over V7alt chords (in this case, Ab melodic minor scale starting and ending on G can be used over G7alt chords). The lick over the G7 starts "in" with 3-5-3-1 but then has more of that "out" sound by implying it turns into G7alt with that b3-b9-b7 lick resolving to the 3rd of Cmaj7. I know it's a beginner's video but it's ok to give people a flavour of the variety of scales used. After all, you've gotta master the scales to be able to play proficiently. Source: Mark Levine's Jazz Piano Book
@eugenelayton5231
Жыл бұрын
I'm learning this on chromatic harmonica. This video really breaks it down to where I can understand it. Thanks. New subscriber.
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@suga4all
Жыл бұрын
Wow! That was simple and effective. Even for a piano player who already has a bit of experience, this introduction was smooth as hell. Especially the transition from the more formal and rule based functional harmony to the free chromatic approach notes and enclosures was very educative also for me. Great tutorial 👍
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you like it
@01carbin14
Жыл бұрын
Very comprehensive yet highly understandable. One of the best lessons I've seen to date.
@jimsaintamour2
2 ай бұрын
Hey Brent, thank you for this! I've been going to jazz jams in my local town and have been feeling stale. I really appreciate this, and I'm off to practice your ideas now!
@markfreemantle7608
Жыл бұрын
While no where near as convenient, I just experimented with Band-in-a-Box and I can do the same looping, slow-down, transpose, etc. My "guitar-practice computer" is too old to run SongMaster, so this alternative will work in the mean time. Still, Thanks What's-Up-Brent. ;-)
@chrisnedbalek2866
Ай бұрын
This video has cleared up 30 or 40 years of confusion for me. Holy cow, dude. Thank you!
@Turtlpwr
Жыл бұрын
If someone told me 15 years ago to just find the modes that match the chord you’re playing, then flavor with a bit of chromatic spice…I wouldn’t still be watching these beginner videos 15 years later. God I feel dumb now 😅 Then again, never got to have any formal training and I’m a lifelong self-taught musician that always had to learn by ear and find whatever resource I thought useful at the time
@OgunsolaOluwatosin
Жыл бұрын
You have a gift for teaching!!! By the way, the Dmin7 chords sound like Dmin9 when you play the guitar. Is that correct?
@awol2602
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant exposition. I love understanding this from the bottom up, even though I'm not instinctively a jazz lover. I discover through this that I don't like enclosure at all, and that is an obstacle for my liking jazz. Nevertheless it's very satisfying to have the jazz language demonstrated and explained .
@arthurmee
Жыл бұрын
Yeah but what happens when you need to play in Bb mixolydian or G Dorian for example? I know the answer but for someone who doesn't you've only told half the modes story.
@nadaqelana9684
Жыл бұрын
You're indeed the best online jazz insructor. Your explanation is easy to understand. Thank you for sharing your skill and knowledge
@tolga1255
Жыл бұрын
Now it makes sense to me how those jazz guitarists utilize all those chromatic notes without sounding totally weird and off. This is one of the most valuable beginner jazz guitar lessons on KZitem. Thanks a million! :)
@olschool3740
Жыл бұрын
What guitar are you playing? Very nice tone.
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Here is a video where I talk about its specs: kzitem.info/news/bejne/2qNovpZ3j3ZqeJg
@JAPIKOKO
Жыл бұрын
Very pedagogical approach.. understandible and simple as anybody can progress it's skils..Thank you
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
You are welcome
@diggeroldmate8122
Жыл бұрын
This is bloody brilliant. Well done. Exceptional.
@casparuskruger4807
Жыл бұрын
Knowing it is one thing. Knowing how to explain it is something else. You lost me after about a minute and a half.
@gawayategulle6272
Жыл бұрын
Certainly the best jazz 🎺 lesson I've met online. You're a fantastic teacher. Greetings from Kampala and God bless. 😊😊👌👌👌
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😃
@Mynameismonty
2 ай бұрын
This is the grammar of music and this is where I fall
@FunkiGLoungeCafe
Жыл бұрын
WIsh KZitem had a "love" button!
@danjbrown78
Ай бұрын
Well done. I know all my scales and chords, but have been having difficulty starting with jazz theory. This is a really good introduction which demystifies what's going on with the licks.
@Learnjazzstandards
13 күн бұрын
Glad it helps!
@Deckers-zf9mm
5 ай бұрын
this was a good video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@coloaten6682
2 жыл бұрын
Such a great explanation. I'm a (new-ish) piano player who didn't want to learn classical, just Jazz and improv. I found this covered a lot of detail that others miss out. I'm assuming a good way to learn/practice this would be to do this exercise in all 12 keys?
@Learnjazzstandards
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Thank you for your feedback
@QBRX
Жыл бұрын
Wow, this was just great. You demystified jazz for me.
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@MVos-md3rp
Жыл бұрын
Like others, we know this, but reinforcement is never done!
@ljroe53
Жыл бұрын
Great lesson, so much to learn here. Thank you Brent!
@MM-rr1kp
Жыл бұрын
always even numbered notes to slide up or down to odd numbered notes ?
@snappylizard
Жыл бұрын
So do you just play the important notes in the chords scale
@m.c.lippsss
8 ай бұрын
I must be dumb, because I still don't understand. The thirds, halves, naturals... too much nomenclature for me.
@DavidBostock-ti2fv
6 ай бұрын
No you're not dumb, you were never taught the language of music "theory" that is almost entirely Twelve Tone Equal Temperament SYSTEM, and they start teaching that in the middle too. Music edu is like getting spelling tests for 3 years and then they teach the letters of the alphabet and even worse there's about 4 skills to learn simultaneously treated as 1 skill instead of learning the 4 skills 1 at a time, good for extra misery IMO. See phone apps for; Sight Reading, rhythm training, ear training. SEARCH: Music Theory (12 TET is a language system like English or Japanese or German, no one calls any of them theories.) SEARCH: music interval names, know that a "third" is not a fraction, but a distance between 2 notes that is a count of tones between them that includes both ends. A "third" is 3 notes and a "fifth" is 5 notes and that is further complicated by accounting for different amounts of half tones between the two notes, terms like Major, minor, augmented, diminished, perfect, deal with those counts of half tones between two notes. I've left out the basis / inspiration of 12 TET of super simple Overtone Series as every one does out of extreme cruelty. There's also physics of music, few ever talk about the obvious and most important feature of knowing what is going on.
@Allan-et5ig
Жыл бұрын
Learn Jazz Standards Nice video, thanks! This is a real, not rhetorical question. I can play rock and some classical stuff and luckily had lessons at a formative age - really no substitue. But jazz has always been hard for me. BUT - I can hum or sing jazz riffs - convincing ones, with ease. Is it a good idea if I stumble finding the notes on my guitar, to merely hum the solos and then find the notes on guitar, on the theory that "anything you can hum or sing you can play?" Thanks.
@RobertParedes-kl2el
Жыл бұрын
I am a musician guitar 56years piano 25 I've been trying to break jazz no matter what I do you go to far from the rules it will be dissonant unless we wake up beatovin
@pandarojo1232
Жыл бұрын
Those are not fancy names they are Greek scales.
@tmwalrus
6 ай бұрын
This was great! Absolutely clear. I learnt a lot. Thank you!
@Learnjazzstandards
6 ай бұрын
Great to hear it, thank you!
@yeahyeahyeah5089
Жыл бұрын
So if chord progression is C, F, G , C Then we can start playing C note and find a path (using diatonic or chromatic notes but emphasize scale tones) to get to F note when the chord changes to F... then do the same from F to G and so on... would this be a correct way to think of it as a starting point? Basically play the root of the chord being played and find a way to the root of the next chord?
@markusfrey4256
Жыл бұрын
...the best kick off jazz impro tutorial I've ever seen, even it's so easy. That's maybe because it's braught out just simple and straight.
@peterthart531
Жыл бұрын
I like this approach quite a bit to 'understanding' these concepts. That being said I feel one thing what is left out is...LISTEN to a lot of Jazz to burn it in. All the ideas and theory in the world won't help you if you don't feel it. It's like knowing all the English grammar in the world without being exposed to English speakers. Similar to language, the rhythm of the music is what makes it unique to other forms. This you only get by listening and absorbing.
@오리아들
Жыл бұрын
are you a genius or what?👍
@vampiroangelico
Жыл бұрын
You're doing a great job at breaking it down for beginners, I love that! As a jazz-fusion guitarist myself I just wanted to point out that the Cmaj7 chord you're playing in this video is actually a Cmaj7/9 (because in the chord you're also playing the D note, 3rd fret of B string), also commonly known as Cmaj9 chord, if I'm not mistaken. Whatever, small details, probably irrelevant to the great points you explained in this video. Great job! 🙂
@Learnjazzstandards
Жыл бұрын
Hey George, glad you enjoyed the video! Something to be aware of is that if you look at a lead sheet for a jazz standard, usually you will just see chords labeled as 7ths, because it's assumed in jazz that you can add any of the possible extensions or alterations to those chords - the 9th being an acceptable one over a maj7.
@vampiroangelico
Жыл бұрын
@@Learnjazzstandards Very true, great point, but most beginners are probably not aware of it. ;-)
@dorianvedel1910
3 ай бұрын
4:08 yeah it's me ! what do you need ? :)
@mykhelderian
Жыл бұрын
Excellent, It really does give a good starting point to explore from. Can you tell me if it is preferable to resolve to the third on the downbeat? on the first beat of the bar? other beats of the bar? Thank you.
@Edunvalvojat
11 ай бұрын
Brilliant explain👌👍👍💪 Thanks!!
@antoniorodolpho6835
Жыл бұрын
Congratulations!
@cmdreffietrinket
Жыл бұрын
Try as I may, I somehow just can’t get myself to sound wrong enough to pass for Jazz. 🤪
@ahavriluk
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! It’s a great lesson. Would that principle when you are not thinking about what scale to play but how to resolve to the nearest guide tone apply to any chord progression or it’s only for 2-5-1s?
@ahavriluk
Жыл бұрын
If chromatic scale could be used over any cord why do musicians even talk about any other scale?
@stevemaranza
Жыл бұрын
Really great synthesis, maybe some purist is disturbed when you reveal his "secrets" ;-)
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