If you like this video then check out: *9 Surprising Pentatonic scale secrets on a Blues* kzitem.info/news/bejne/ka1t0mF9nIaQhH4
@NandoCorea
6 жыл бұрын
Man! This guitar you're playing is which model and brand? That sound of her is very good!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It's an Ibanez AS2630
@blacktridentgoods
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen what are you using as your Fretwrap? I've never seen one like that
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
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 practicing legato.
@afrolatina7626
5 жыл бұрын
I have an acoustic guitar will it work?
@Britmysta
5 жыл бұрын
I feel like I've free roamed into the area of the map where the enemies are like 5 levels higher than me, but I can't go back because I need the gear I came for.
@TotalBrandFails
5 жыл бұрын
Britmysta this is such a good comment
@seungkirishima7558
4 жыл бұрын
Literally me when I only have lvl 1 gear in a pubg match where the circle is two small and there are still 8 enemies
@JackJack-zy3wi
4 жыл бұрын
All talk no walk 🌍❤️😂😎
@jeffreyquinonez8964
4 жыл бұрын
Same 😐
@barrypike4498
4 жыл бұрын
This is such an apt description. :)
@christiansteingasser1200
4 жыл бұрын
I`m still confused, but now on a higher level..
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
That was what I was going for :)
@WRCStudio
4 жыл бұрын
That's kind of how jazz goes. It never gets easier the parts just get more complex
@igrieger
4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, you put in a very funny way
@pisnop
4 жыл бұрын
You are hilarious! But I feel ya!!
@Acekorv
3 жыл бұрын
If I learned anything from my 25 years of practicing guitar and some jazz is that if you are not hearing what is happening the theory might not be much help so never forget to practice your ear when learning new scales and ideas. If you can’t hear it it’s much harder to play as well.
@drewcook7967
3 жыл бұрын
I’m 3 years to late to this but thank you jens! I just recently have gotten into playing swing and jazz music and found myself struggling to not not sound like a blues player when jamming with it. Your lessons have really helped me understand some of the dynamics of this beautiful genre more. Thank you
@JensLarsen
3 жыл бұрын
Really glad to hear that Drew 🙂 Go for it!
@psicotic67
5 жыл бұрын
Dear Jens, i think that you are the only teacher that speak very clear the language of jazz guitar. With your precious video i'm gonna work too much with my guitar and at the same time i have a clear vision of my work. Thank you very much!
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Giuseppe I am very glad to hear that :)
@lambda494
5 жыл бұрын
Um, you just gave like 6 months of lessons for $1000s in a few minutes. Bravo, bravo, sir!
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Glad you like it! :)
@TiborRisko
6 жыл бұрын
A minor pentatonic over EVERYTHING and very very VERY fast ;)
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Right on! I usually prefer Em pentatonic though 😄
@TiborRisko
5 жыл бұрын
@@roosterball69 Yes, I know about all of these "musical ingredients", BUT...... "A-minor pentatonic over everything really fast" is just way cooler and very rock 'n roll ;)
@TiborRisko
5 жыл бұрын
@@roosterball69 :D :D :D :D Exactly! :D :D :D but Really really fast, like Yngwie, even during soft ballads ;)
@sweatycrabthailand4262
5 жыл бұрын
i prefere the cromatic scale over everything. i just say its advanced 12 tone jazz, so ppl dont know that i suck
@fredfunf3456
5 жыл бұрын
Check out Pat Martino.
@joet4348
4 жыл бұрын
Man, you have to have the absolute best music lessons on KZitem (or anywhere I've seen on the internet). They're super informative, avoid hyping up topics and give logical exercises and background for progressing. Thank you so much for all the work that you put in to these lessons.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome. I am glad you like them 🙂
@MrRFasters
3 жыл бұрын
You must be Jazz Cat already my friend, even to be able to follow this. And if you can follow this what is there to learn?
@cflowers69
5 жыл бұрын
#1 Get a looper pedal. #2 Play through a particular chord sequence, and hit "loop". #3 Work your scale over the top of the sequence, noting what works, and writing those bits down. That is what you practice and that is how you develop your voice in terms of using this stuff. Stay with it for numerous years, and then enjoy the applause from the two people at the bar who are listening to you play this elevator/on hold-with-the-bank, music.
@gib321
2 ай бұрын
My mission is to watch this video every day, practice some element of its content and to tease out some piece I did not understand. Thank you from a sax player.
@JensLarsen
2 ай бұрын
Go for it 🙂
@tenbroeck1958
3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most practical presentations ever for developing a "tool belt" to draw from when playing. Thanks- awesome lesson Jens!
@JensLarsen
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it 🙂
@justinwuwuwu
5 жыл бұрын
I tried watching this a year ago and couldn’t really follow along...now after a year of learning theory with you and beyond, I’ve come to rewatch and I can understand a bit more now! 😀
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
That's great! Most of what you need is to know a bunch of jazz standards. Then it starts to make sense 🙂
@ddrumcorner4682
6 жыл бұрын
1. I'm a drummer and bass player yet I'm 100% subscribed and will be sharing this content! 2. Mad respect for your insight and the way you approach teaching this subject amidst the sea of overwhelming information that is the Internet. 80/20 master! Peace
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much David! Really glad to hear that you like the video 🙂
@eliseoborrerobass
5 жыл бұрын
Reading some of the comments, I see that for some of us, this is way advance; however, you have to understand that he (Jens) is trying to pack a lot of information on these videos and it's actually to make it easier for us. What I do is WATCH IT AGAIN! AND AGAIN! Then one day I go "ooh!!!" Thanks!
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Eliseo! Glad you stick with it!
@mrjohnp555
6 жыл бұрын
Jens, thank you for this video. This lesson, for me, is one of the most enlightening jazz guitar videos I have seen. It is incredibly dense with great information, with no fluff whatsoever, and presents a comprehensive way of thinking about improvising.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Glad you find it useful! 🙂
@andreparoni
6 жыл бұрын
That's a million dollar lesson, Jens!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much André!
@KennethGonzalez
6 жыл бұрын
I like the way that you position which scales should be used. I think the key trick here will be to do as you've described -- play through the various changes to get both the fingering and sound underneath the fingers. Even good intermediate players may not be able to readily switch between the various scales on the fly. Songs move quicker than our ability to analyze->select->perform. Even if it's only portions of a second, you're still behind the song! Investing time to analyze and characterize the changes in a song helps get that baked in, so when you get "the move" down, you can focus on the finer aspects, not just hitting the right notes. Well done, Jens! Thanks.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Kenneth! I completely agree: You need to prepare songs and know the progressions well in advance to be able to solo on it!
@ChristianSYLVOZ
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Jens, In my opinion, this is by far the most effective synthesis you have produced to date. I do agree with the direction you give. Tkx again for everything you share.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
+Christian SYLVOZ Thank you very much Christian! I am glad you find it useful ☺️
@johnw.mcintosh4740
2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most straightforward and concise explanations of this stuff I have ever heard. I will be revisiting this over and over.
@JensLarsen
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it 🙂
@alistairtearne9518
4 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing lesson. If you find it confusing, as I did, I'd recommend watching his melodic minor video and knowing your major scale plus arpeggios. It starts to click into place at that point and you realise that Jen's videos pack in weeks if not months of tuition . You just have to watch, pause and rewatch over again.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Alistair! That's very nice of you to say so :)
@Taesian
5 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty lost. But it might be because I'm high.
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Well come back and give it a try when you are sober?
@Taesian
5 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Of course! The three chords in the beginning, Dm7 G7 and Cmaj7, it sounds dubious and different when I play it by the head. What are those chords you're playing?
@nicksmifso8071
5 жыл бұрын
the only way i play ,lost and high
@jasonkeith9317
5 жыл бұрын
Funny shit!!!
@oldgit4260
5 жыл бұрын
I thought you needed to be high to understand it
@lukebauer5495
4 жыл бұрын
I binged most of your videos pretty hard last year. Turns out it was still a bit over my head despite 4 semesters of classical music theory and one semester of jazz comping. Now I am going back through all of your stuff and find that I am getting a lot more from it. This is to say: very useful stuff, once you finally have the mental space to process it all.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Luke! Glad you are getting something out of them!
@titobattaglia7932
4 жыл бұрын
This is his foundational harmony lesson in my view. Refined and expanded in his Melodic minor, tritone, harmonic minor lessons. But this one is very important. And if anyone gets lost - start using a part of this lesson. Make friends with the major scale and its arpeggios. Then move on to melodic minor. Then harmonic. Easy does it.
@broncojonnes
6 жыл бұрын
my brain melted
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Oh dear? No lasting damage I hope 🙂
@ljr8819
5 жыл бұрын
I clicked the wrong page.
@ljr8819
5 жыл бұрын
I thought I struggled with maths.................... "Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music Any old way you choose it .................... :)" Do we really need to know this stuff to be able to play music?
@oldgit4260
5 жыл бұрын
@@ljr8819 no
@fattmusiek5452
3 жыл бұрын
You are 1000% in agreement with me rn. it was already mush, staying up late as hell, but this was just like...Straight up turned into mashed potatoes. If u watched this and were like "I literally understand everything he just said, 100%" I gonna have my "Bullshit" button ready to push. This was the most challenging video I've seen in a while for some reason. Time to sleep and if I actually have the courage to try again in the morning, THAT in itself would be an actual victory. Ded
@robsgirl6465
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Jens. You sure did pack a lot of info in 13 minutes. My jazz teacher taught me to use the major scale this way... He said when I see a II-V-I, just start the scale from the root note of the I-chord. That's pretty much what I've been doing since 2013, and it seems to work. But now you've given me more to chew on. At 52 years of age, and playing guitar since 1973 (but jazz only from 2012), you teach me something new every day. Thanks.
@robsgirl6465
6 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, Jens, I agree. Perhaps a lot of people, instructors as well, try to make jazz more difficult that it needs to be, to maintain the jazz mystery? They often use high-brow words like "sophistication", as if one scale or mode is more "sophisticated" than the next. To my mind, theory is just that... theory. The real test is whether or not your playing sounds good; does it sound musical; it it musically pleasing and satisfying? If not, then even if the theory is correct, it doesn't really work. I like your approach. It works!!!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jack! 🙂
@win232323
6 жыл бұрын
I've seen a lot of channels, but now its the first time that I have the feeling to get it to another level. You teach it very clearly!!! Thanks for that Jens.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂
@arthurchow2336
5 жыл бұрын
very useful, thank you Jens, you are a humble and generous guy who is willing to share your experience with us all, truly appreciated your efforts, learning music should be like this, thank you
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Very nice of you to say so!
@workidd6001
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best guitar lessons on youtube if you persist with it. Rome wasn't built in a day :) The section at 8:10 really brought it all together. Top drawer stuff, thank you for your work Jens
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Really glad you like it :)
@williamjensen7365
4 жыл бұрын
I just stumbled across Jens learning some new things, advancing technic while under Covid stay at home orders in Michigan. Great lesson, go through it slowly and write things down to get to an understanding. I like the use of C Major scale for the lesson, we should all get that. I need to get the the two minor scales here and use them as I have avoided them for some time. I have always been focused on the using the modes and scales associated with the chords. I guess that is diatonic? Thanks for all you provide.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome William! I am glad you like the video
@dkwvt13
6 жыл бұрын
Jens, you are the master of understatement with your titles... This is a great lesson, a system designed to use and modify rather than a set of "closed" rules. I continue to be amazed at the outgrowth you build into your pieces. Thank you again,
@dontgiveashit9678
5 жыл бұрын
I really like to learn from a guy that tells you "all you have to do if you" and then unfolds material I will need two lives to integrate completely. Respect man!
@dontgiveashit9678
5 жыл бұрын
But I am really annoyed by youtubers telling me to subscribe. I will tho, only this time. This shit has morr value than 2 years in an academy, am I rediscovering the wheel?
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Be careful though, most of my videos will require you to think for yourself and work on it and I ask people to subscribe in most videos. 🙂
@smileswrappedingauze
5 жыл бұрын
that Bø E7(b9) Am6 is so good... like, people don't understand there are different voicings to play the same series of notes, but that one is especially nice... i also love how we both love harmonic minor, (b)9 of all the altered 7 chords, & minor6 chords.. which i figured out myself recently, then have been noticing you making the same kind of choices in your writing as i do in mine, & i'm like "hmm, maybe i'm( or should i say /we're) really actually onto something here..." ha.
@guitargarrett1
5 жыл бұрын
Basically what he is saying is master diatonic scales/chords. Maj, min, min, Maj, Dom, min, dim, Maj. Play the arpeggios and practice soloing over each chord. Then do the same for Harmonic Minor and Melodic. Great way to practice! Because im more of a rocker, I study more of the sounds of Modes, but for Jazz this really keeps things simple.
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly! 👍😎
@carlosenriqueguitars
5 жыл бұрын
This is pure gold. Thank you so much for this! All this chords, scales and even the way you talk ... It´s just great. (I can´t believe videos like this have 312 dislikes! Millennials have nothing to do these days.) #Guitar #JazzIsNotForEverybody #UntilGrowUp
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Carlos! I think some people click on it expecting to learn jazz in 10 minutes, and that is of course not what it is about 🙂
@larrylorenzen2449
4 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video jam packed with info! I'm getting to work right away. It was really freeing for me to realize that all the modes ( Ionian, Dorian etc.) are just the common major scale starting on a different degree of the scale. So, if you learned the major scale, you've also learned the 7 modes. Also, A tri-tone substitution is just an exremely altered dominant and can be treated that way instead of thinking of a chord a tri-tone away. eg. B7 is really F7 flat 5 flat 9.
@rogerfrancomb5686
5 жыл бұрын
Great video. For non-guitarists watching this it should be pointed out that you still have to learn the 3 scales in all 12 keys! - due to the 'graphical' nature of a guitar fretboard C Major (and the 2 minor scales you mention) can easily be transposed to any of the other 11 keys, so one scale 'shape' fits all keys (you just need to know where the root notes are on the fretboard) - not so any other instrument
@stevek3984
6 жыл бұрын
Those are the big 3, no question. - hats off to Jens for very clearly setting out the "Pareto Principle" for jazz soloing - 20% of the possible input producing 80% of the gain. Students need to know what to put on the priority list and why - it's amazing how much of the study material out there doesn't make it sufficiently clear and that's a crucial failing - jazz is hard and if you don't direct your energy where it's most effective, its going to be a very hard and long road.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Very true! This is indeed what I am trying to get across! Thanks Steve! 👍🙂
@thomaspick4123
5 жыл бұрын
Steve Cadge No wonder most people do not like jazz. Does one have to drink, smoke, take heroin, and commit adultery to like jazz?
@AndreGhozland
6 жыл бұрын
I I had a very nice moment following your demonstration .Thank you Jens
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Andre! Very happy to hear that!
@michellepackman1484
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for making this video. I'm a classical musician coming to jazz now and it makes me feel better that all the scales I already know are useful. 😛
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Michelle! 🙂 Yes you should be fine with those 3, just don't forget that we play the ascending version of the scales all the time 😁
@michellepackman1484
6 жыл бұрын
Even better!
@javiervalles9782
6 жыл бұрын
The BEST breakdown of chord scales on KZitem.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Javier!
@elvispresleyglance
6 жыл бұрын
First of all, what you are doing is a great service to those who are trying to get a firmer grasp on the jazz vocabulary. I confess that I was seeking 'short cut" methods and was enticed by the promise of only having to learn 3 scales to communicate competently as a jazz guitarist. There are areas that were over my head and that is on me. However, the example you give on playing a C major scale over an Fmaj7 only left me equipped for that chord and scale as you don't equip me with the tool or method to know that what appropriate scale to grab over that particular chord. (Translation: Any 4 chord I play the root scale?) I suspect that your target audience is a more advanced player but then learning only 3 scales seems pointless when in all certainty that group learned all of the relevant scales and then some. Again, I am grateful for what you are doing but this was hard to digest.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
The point is not to teach anybody to play jazz with only three scales. It is to show people who already work on playing jazz songs that they actually don't need anything else. I think I state that fairly clearly in the beginning of the video already? And that is why the video is this way. I am not trying to teach you to play over changes. The scale of the tonic usually goes over the IV, but you have to emphasize the chord tones of the IV not to sound like you are playing Happy Birthday in the wrong key :) I have lots of other videos teaching how to play changes, make melodies that sound like jazz or play chords with extensions but You need to go find them on the channel :)
@tinktinkputra2316
5 жыл бұрын
elvispresleyglance haha me too..
@alexanderpotts8425
6 жыл бұрын
nailing it lately with material that makes jazz feel a lot less daunting to beginners!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Alexander Potts! 🙂 I am glad you can use it to see the bigger picture!
@jeffd8597
5 жыл бұрын
Lot's of great info here. STEP ONE: Listen to as much jazz music as you can. Scales are only the building blocks of melodic ideas. You must know what "jazz" is supposed to sound like before you employ scales etc. You must learn the jazz "vocabulary". Many people seem overwhelmed and rightly so. If you are not familiar with jazz tunes you're gonna be lost.
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Very true! listening to jazz is essential! 🙂
@JazzgutsVGvanKampen
6 жыл бұрын
Jens, you're a fine dedicated teacher. I agree on what you said about the 3 basic scales covering a great range in Jazz. I use these a lot myself. Further I study the octotonic (sequences) and pentatonic as altered scales as wel. Like playing Bb mi penta over G7 alt.Keep up your fantastic work, loved your lesson on the drop 2 voicings, very informative, greetings Vic.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Victor! Glad to hear that you find the videos useful! 🙂
@The314moses
5 жыл бұрын
Man, this guy is no joke. That was a wealth of knowledge in a short amount of time.
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@jakestewartmusic
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I love this approach. I've started to discover that it's better to know how to use a couple of things really well and be able to really speak with them than know tons of modes. Too many modes can be difficult to wrap your head around because you have so many options for each chord and you're often thinking more about the roots constantly moving (prescribing a mode to each chord) instead of building a melody in the key that moves through the changes. By simplifying the thinking, you can focus on being genuine and creative with your melodies.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Exactly Jake! 🙂
@MoNsTa4DuB
6 жыл бұрын
everything breaks down to the Major Ionian scale/mode it's even constructed in the last octave of the Harmonic series! Forget about learning 1000000 different Lydian scales in my opinion understand submediants counterpoint and develop an ear for tension notes like b9 #4 b6 etc. played over various chord progression settings! great lesson!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Andrew! 🙂
@JulianLambert
6 жыл бұрын
Agree - absolutely.
@controversialchristian2378
5 жыл бұрын
What do you mean?
@tecnolover2642
5 жыл бұрын
I agree and disagree. I agree with having an ear for hearing tension notes. I disagree that ionian is all you need. You need to learn the others too and in every position if you want to become proficient in jazz guitar.
@richardmcnulty6934
6 жыл бұрын
My dude Cookie Monster chillin on the nut
@kenlee7954
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for clarifying what approach I should take to fast track my learning so that I can play without spending so much time on practicing each mode!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
+Ken Lee You're very welcome Ken! I am glad you found it useful ☺️
@dylanriner
5 жыл бұрын
Hey Jens, I just wanted to say thanks for putting out these videos! I’ve been playing guitar for over 15 years, and I’ve just recently started to divulge into the music theory behind it. You definitely know how to make your lessons to the point about everything, and you don’t dance around the idea of what it is. Keep making great content my friend! 🎼
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Dylan! That's great to hear! I will do my best to keep making videos! :)
@pixelatedparcel
6 жыл бұрын
Well, this is somewhat of a relief to me because, being new to guitar and music theory (1 year, self-taught), I was beginning to feel pretty apprehensive about the time investment required to learn scales/modes beyond those we first learn in association with the major scale, let alone reach technical proficiency... Don't get me wrong, I'm totally into just enjoying the journey but as I have no serious musical ambition and really only want to be conversant in the medium this approach seems like a healthy compromise. Happy Holidays!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
+pixelatedparcel Glad to hear that ☺️ Potentially this could save you a lot of time. Hope you have a nice Christmas too!
@martijnvanspaendonck7989
5 жыл бұрын
I see a lot of comments bellow about the theory in this video being too difficult and going at a fast pace. I disagree and I'm actually happy that there are video's on KZitem like this, that are not aimed at total beginners and don't last 30 minutes to explain 4 chords. I'm a professional player, but play mostly everything pop and easy standards, if needed. I'm always looking to upgrade my jazz skills, but never really have the time or motivation, since there are so many fun things to do in music.. And life : ) But when I do have the spirit, videos like this help, because it's an easy and quick overview. It's stuff that I mostly know, but sparsely use, so it's good to have it summed up like this and have 'ahaaaa, I forgot about that' moments. The only thing that would have been better is have short melodic lines or licks for every example. Now you're just stating the facts and move on. Let's hear some playing with the theory. Just one or two simple examples per cadence. No tabs needed.
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Martijn! 👍🙂
@maxmustermann-hf7vw
5 жыл бұрын
well the thing is... the title is kinda misleading thats all.
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
@@maxmustermann-hf7vw I don't think I agree with you, it covers 99% of the chord progressions you will encounter in mainstream jazz and shows how you cover those with 3 scales and the diatonic chords in those. That's also what the title promises right?
@micheldindaine8403
5 жыл бұрын
I agree to your comment, some videos are not aimed at total beginners and we have to be clear on that.
@cheopys
4 жыл бұрын
major, harmonic & melodic minor are the primary scales in Baroque music too
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, they are the basis for pretty much all tonal music 🙂
@cheopys
4 жыл бұрын
You’re right of course but I can’t recall seeing the pure minor / Aeolian in Baroque; renaissance music used it. I love your videos.
@hahabass
6 жыл бұрын
I think most of the players who are confused with this probably tuned out half-way through, which is tempting, although interesting if you have at least a little knowledge of jazz chord construction and usage. The gold is in the summing up. I'll come back to this again to make sure it's embedded, but this was great. Thanks Jens.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Really glad you found it useful! 🙂
@pipeh3e8
5 жыл бұрын
This video is amazing, the real meaning of youtube overhere. You encorage me to learn the basis of jazz after long time running away from the music theory behind it, you know, there are lots of people like me that havent studied ever the musical theory, it would be years of learning and you just give all of us a 13 min video with a solid basis to start a concrete learning to the magic behind music :) Thank you so much
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome, Felipe! Glad you can put it to use and make some music 👍
@PhrygianPhrog
6 жыл бұрын
I can't play guitar any more (carpal tunnel syndrome), but this actually helps my sax playing.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alex! That's great to hear that you can use it on another instrument! Of course sorry to hear that you can't play guitar anymore, but the change to sax must be nice as well?
@PhrygianPhrog
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, yes it's fine. The "inner jazz voice/line" is always developing, just have to use a different expressive tool now!
@martinrooms3084
6 жыл бұрын
Me too
@tecnolover2642
5 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear about the carpal. Could you elaborate a bit on how it happened for all us guitar players could find it very useful. I have often wondered why not more guitarists have carpal. Is there something you did wrong in your technique or maybe stretches that can help prevent this?
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Down with the flu today, but I am really curious about how you work on and see this? I find this approach much more useful for jazz than modes at least...
@Yourguitarworkshop
6 жыл бұрын
great videos Jens! Love your approach. In regards to diminished chords, in what situations would you use the symmetric diminished and dominant scales? Do you prefer to use harmonic minor? Thanks, André (ps hope you get well soon!)
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you André! I almost never use the diminished scale on dim chords, and when I do it is a some what conscious "reharmonization" The diminished scale is not really a part of tonal music so if you go by what you "naturally hear" then that isn't it (of course we should not always limit ourselves to what is "natural" in our culture etc. but still..) I use dim scale a lot on dom7th chords, but it is again a special effect or sound on top of a song.
@mrsunlite
6 жыл бұрын
Hello Jens, I use the modes to play out of the chord shapes to get the flavour of the chord. I understand that all modes relate to Ionion, so playing out of the Ionion scale are you saying arpeggios are more useful than modes? I thought that was how jazz used to be made before modal jazz arrived?
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
+mrsunlite if you are playing a song with chords in progressions then it is more useful to understand the chords in the key than assigning a mode to each one.
@mrsunlite
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen Thanks, just trying to get the distinction between modes or arpeggios within the major scale. I guess I play off the chord tones and sometimes add parts of the scale for whichever mode of the parent Ionian that may be. Are we talking the same thing?😀 If I played phygrian or lydian over a Ionian I would consider that modal.
@davidespinosa1910
3 жыл бұрын
Since major is a mode of natural minor, we could say there are three scales: * Natural minor * Harmonic minor * Melodic minor
@JensLarsen
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, but that would be a bit superficial and not really help you describe the content that I cover in the video
@a2ndopynyn
3 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen I was taught that there are three master scales: The major, the harmonic minor, and the fixed melodic minor, which is really just a major with a flat 3rd. The modes from all of these will give you 98% or more of what you want for melody and lead lines, particularly the fixed melodic.
@MastanehNazarian
4 жыл бұрын
It's late at night and I could honesty follow the content of this video very easily because it comes from the experience of playing music! You may not realise but after a while of studying with your expertise and delivery style your videos calm me down and then if I wake in the middle of the night I'll just run a part of the info over a set of changes in my head and I'm a better person in the morning. True story!
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mastaneh! That really makes my day 🙂
@fretlessblunder
6 жыл бұрын
Jens, this is extraordinarily helpful. You have started with an endpoint: "here's what you need to play *most* jazz" and reverse-engineered the requirements to do so. This gives the jazz-student, like myself, an idea where I fall on the continuum of knowledge needed to get to the endpoint, and what to spend time working on. I often find myself mired in the minutiae of technique and arcane theory only to realize that I'm missing the bigger picture: developing a coherent and sensible method of study that will give me the most useful results and benefit my actual playing. Thanks for the great work!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
+Rob B Thank you Rob! I am glad you find it useful! ☺️ it is indeed very easy to get lost in some small set of details
@joyfullmusicexploring-thom5093
5 жыл бұрын
But: i guess i could profit a lot going to understand your system better. Have to learn it in small piecec. Thanks a lot for this vid. Its great advice !!!
@Hexspa
6 жыл бұрын
I've just organized my scales according to Joe Pass as: major, minor, and dominant. Major and minor each have two structures, maj7 and maj7+ then mi7 and mi7(b5) respectively while dominant has three structures: x7, x7+, and xo7. I figure that covers everything so I'm just going to learn those chords with the sound of all available tensions and I should be good.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
You should do what you think works for you 🙂
@CMM5300
4 жыл бұрын
I think you forgot min/maj7... It's good to organize your scales that way. You lost me with xo7. Assuming + is augmented. Dominant7, dominant7 augmented 5, sooo dominant 7 dim5? Like 1 3 b5 b7?
@Hexspa
4 жыл бұрын
@@CMM5300 x is any letter. xmin(maj7) is minor - it's a harmonic variation in minor, at least that's from where it's derived. I see what you mean in that dominant is neither major nor minor but you can't call min(maj7) major nor mixolydian so it has to be minor. It's not worth a whole class on its own. Edit: I just realized that you're right - I didn't mention that variation. Really, there are probably dozens of variations I left out. xo7 is diminished. Diminished is often a substitution for dominant. You can build a diminished from a dominant's b9, 3, 5, or b7. Often, when theory/jazz guys see a diminished or x7(b9), they'll interchange the two scales. Sometimes diminished is used as a chromatic passing chord too, or just for suspended effect as in the intro to "Volare". + is augmented because the whole tone scale gives you a major third and a minor seventh - dominant. It's a variation of dominant just as the major seventh in harmonic minor doesn't make the scale not minor. x7(b5) is not fundamentally different from x7+ other than the melody is probably emphasizing the lower note. The whole point is to make it simple for yourself. Its easier for me to think of three chord families than the other extreme of even calling inversions separate 'chords' like some websites will have you think.
@Hexspa
4 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Sorry, Jens, didn't see your reply. Thank you for your videos and inspiration. Believe me, I'm still learning what works for me! Cheers.
@CMM5300
4 жыл бұрын
@@Hexspa I was unsure how you was labeling the chords and organizing your scales. I personally think of min/maj7 as a different scale category with different sets of pentatonics. (1 b3 4 5 7) for example works great for melodic minor harmonic minor.... you had 3 different dominant7's listed. That's what confused me. I've been doing just one category for dominant scales. Altered dominant 7 of coarse. I have ran Into unusual dom7 and dim7s before with not so common chords scales. Dim7 natural3... dom7 b5.... i didn't know if you had other categories for reasons I didn't know. I tend to categorize chords in this way. Dim7, min7b5, min7, min/maj7, dom7, maj7, aug7 And have my scales arranged to play over each chord category. Most people think of major and augmented as the same category. Same thing with diminished and minor. Maybe I should simplify things....
@sanderrygaard8878
6 жыл бұрын
Seeing Danish/ English KZitemrs is great.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Tak Sander!
@trapOrdoom
5 жыл бұрын
I literally cannot stop watching your videos. Too good man.
@PaulHofreiter
6 жыл бұрын
Very insightful info. Regarding how I work on it (and how I teach it) I usually heavily emphasize the order of learning these. Diatonic mode mastery takes the front seat, learning pitch collections all over the neck in 12 keys in at least 5 scale shapes. That gives you major and minor and the rest of the diatonic modes, which while plain sounding are functionally usable for almost any chord change. After that is the same process for melodic minor (ascending version, jazz minor, real melodic or whatever you want to call it) with the same importance of learning it as pitch collections so that you can easily extrapolate the modes rather than learning root to root melodic minor fingerings. The modes of melodic minor are incredibly useful and basically you could stop there since those modes will give you something for diminished and augmented sounds. Harmonic would come last but I don’t emphasize it as much mainly because I don’t want to dilute students’ focus on mastering diatonic and melodic minor modes. This way (and what you are talking about) is great because you have to learn the theory to be able to apply these instead of just endlessly memorizing fingerings, and after memorizing them a student will still not how to use them musically which is then another layer of practice and time being taken. For melodic I like to emphasize putting a drone on the root or using a freeze pedal to hold a root or a chord and playing the mode of melodic minor that they are working on so they can start hearing how you could practically only use melodic minor just through good knowledge of its modes. Hope you feel better soon and keep up the good work - it’s a really great thing and a wonderful public service that you are doing. I have been tempted to do something similar after making a video for some online friends about the 5 scale shapes and seeing that it helped them was rewarding but I need to think about it.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
I actually find that teaching modes slows down the process of learning to improvise. The way modes are taught it becomes chord scale/theory which is a very poor approach to learn how to improvise over chords. When you play jazz the important aspect of the progression is that it moves, and modes don't teach you that (think of a II V I, the modes don't tell you how the voices move, the fact that it is a II V I in a key does). Another thing that is really unpractical is that the defining notes of a mode are not very often the chord tones (at least the way it's taught) so if you see Ebmaj7 in Bbmajor and think "it's lydian" then you want to play an A, but actually in that context the A is not helping you get the sound of the chord across, so what you have been taught is working against your ears. My approach is to work more on teaching how to improvise and bring out an arpeggio in a scale or key. This way of working makes it a lot easier for the student to paly over songs with several chords and because the skill is more general it actually makes the process a lot faster. Once you can emphasize the chord tones it also becomes really easy to emphasize the defining modal notes because the skill is much more general.
@PaulHofreiter
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen I agree with you there, the names of modes and applications are basically theory knowledge with how I present them. I have a hard time explaining it in a nutshell and not going through it in lessons but mainly I meant that they have to learn at least 5 fingering of diatonic pitch collections over the neck and try not to play anything starting and ending on the root since it is rare to need to do that in actual improvisation (or else it sounds like they are playing scales). But then they have to hear how those pitch collections sound over different notes in the bass, so it becomes like they are hearing the pitch collections become Dorian or Mixolydian or whatever. I find this particularly important with melodic minor since they might be used to playing melodic minor root to root but then applying it to an altered dominant is unfamiliar since their ear wants to make them hear the root of the scale rather than the root of what would be one of its modes, like using the pitch collection of Ab melodic minor over a G7 chord for an altered sound. I definitely agree that the chord scale method where you assign modes to chords will slow people down in terms of making musical ideas if they try to do that in their improv. In conjunction to that the top priority is always knowing where in each pitch collection they can find the 3rd and 7th for each chord that is passing by (and that is always the first step). All of that usually leads to them being able to play modally, at least in terms of how it all ends up, even if they are not thinking of just putting modes over chords one by one (if that makes sense)
@Roymunson_
6 жыл бұрын
3 minutes in and hes gone over about 12 chords with less than a second of attention to each - good sign it's beyond my depth. I'll check back in a couple years for the next 3 minutes.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
True! Roy, this will only make sense to you if you are already trying to learn jazz songs 🙂
@Roymunson_
6 жыл бұрын
Hey no problem, not everything is for beginners. I am between beginner and intermediate. I have the major and minor chords and positions memorized and can calculate (but not muscle memory) the 7th and maj7th chords but lack the technical ability to fret them as fast as I visualize on the fretboard. Where would you suggest I look for help with this hurdle?
@amphibian87
6 жыл бұрын
buy a keyboard! you learn much faster. guitar is a more complicated fractal piano. if you know your major chords, it's just a matter of learning minor, extensions, altered, dominants/7ths. It's really not bad. The harder part is committing them to muscle memory and being able to play them intuitively, instantly, and in succession in time.
@slickrockcreek1
6 жыл бұрын
The keyboard is an excellent idea - anyone who wants to be serious on any instrument should have some familiarity with the keyboard which lays it all out in a very linear and visual format. Doesn’t need to be an expensive keyboard to achieve this purpose.
@Ronno4691
5 жыл бұрын
@@amphibian87 This is good advice, for anyone. Jazz Piano is literally slowed down Blues piano.
@benhurdamaso
5 жыл бұрын
Grande aula! Parabéns e obrigado por disponibilizá-la. Um abraço
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! I am glad you like the videos 🙂
@sammydolgin
5 жыл бұрын
why do you use harmonic minor over dominant 7th and diminished chords if neither of those chords have a major 7th in it (like harmonic minor does)?
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Because I am not using it from the tonic. I am using C harmonic minor over G7(b9) and B dim 🙂 Does that make more sense?
@sammydolgin
5 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen I see, the major 3rd of G is B, which gets you the major 7th sound found in C harmonic minor. B dim has B, D, F, Ab, which are all in C harmonic minor.... Crazy that you can improvise with this in real time but it's starting to become clearer! Thank you for your quick reply.
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
You need to practice it until you don't have to think about it :) It's not that difficult actually.
@zardeh63
5 жыл бұрын
You deserve more thumbs up for asking an actual question based on the actual content covered in the video, bravo to you Sammy!
@sammydolgin
5 жыл бұрын
@@zardeh63 :)
@hbalexander5742
4 жыл бұрын
I am a bass player and this is an excellent lesson. I am studying with a world-class teacher. One thing that I am finding out is that you have to have the basic knowledge to understand what is going on. Therefore I write out my major scales, major chords, and II, V, I in every key (every morning). I will soon add the minor, dominant, and minor 7 flat 5 chords. This is all without picking up my bass. As my knowledge increases everything I see starts to make more sense. Sheet music, chord progressions, note selections, arpeggios. You must understand the basics of music cold (as in instantaneously). Try doing algebra or advanced math without having a firm grasp of addition or multiplication or fractions or decimals. Work on your BASICS and watch your understanding of every aspect of music grow. Blessings
@eduardolaudares
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. I NEED TO HEAR THIS. I'm a flute player and a keyboard player. He was stuck. How to turn my knowledge into good phrases on the flute. Very good!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! I am glad you found it useful 👍🙂
@adam__mark
5 жыл бұрын
8:40 what you need to work on
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
True! :)
@Da_Xman
6 жыл бұрын
My last remaining brain cell just went into a coma - "If we summed this up..." 8:11 Thanks, Jen's⚡👍⚡😀⚡👍⚡
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 😁 Hope you don't get any lasting side effects!
6 жыл бұрын
Thank You, wonderful video
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it! ☺️
@CookingwithRobs
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing tutorial 👏👏 Please post a video as a beginner step to Jazz music , how to understand the chords , voicing ,and to get the feel and to play and song writing . Thank you😊
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You could try to check out this post: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-jazz-guitar-suggestions-to-begin-studying/ to get some suggestions!
@CookingwithRobs
4 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen thank you so much ...🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
@jamescopeland5358
3 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to work on the ideas you present and trying to incorporate in to all the types of music I play.
@13thAMG
6 жыл бұрын
Jens, can you explain what is minor major???? How can a minor be major? ("FmMaj"???)
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
+13thAMG Yes. The tonic chord in F melodic minor : F Ab C E. An Fm chord with a Maj7
@Waltriani
6 жыл бұрын
I had the same thought as 13thAMG. Looking at the explanation of Jens and Lunar orbit I recognize the chord, very much used in brazilian music, just don't think it is a good way to write it. FmMaj lead me to think in a minor third together with a major third, not a major 7th. I've seen written as FmM7 and Fm7+, which I think are more explicit. But anyways, great lesson Jen and lots of information to digest. Regars from Brazil.
@philipround9334
6 жыл бұрын
Once you are beyond triads in your understanding of chords, Maj is never referring to the 3, but rather the 7. Minor always refers to the fact that the chord has a b3 in it. Maj is telling you that the 7 is straight out of the major scale (as opposed to the b7 when it is NOT qualified with the Maj adjective). mi always refers to the type of 3, Maj always refers to the type of 7.
@tamwar3
6 жыл бұрын
Its a minor chord with a major 7th. So for example an A minor major would be A ( root) C (minor 3rd) E (5th )and G sharp ( major 7th )
@charleshoernemann8661
6 жыл бұрын
Listen to the final chord of the James Bond Theme 😉 (it has even an added 9th... FmMaj9). The recording is in Em btw...
@downhill240
6 жыл бұрын
Great lesson!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 👍🙂
@TheStrataminor
6 жыл бұрын
Jens I really love your stuff, and after years of wondering what music I want to put my heart into, this style (as represented by you and your interpretation) makes me feel like musically I am home! Thanks for your efforts and some heart in a world that can be a bit heartless and full of hate! Keep it up and blessings to you!
@nlmal4
6 жыл бұрын
You read my mind. 👌🏾👍🏾
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
+Mike Allen Thanks Mike!
@alexeyklochkov2275
5 жыл бұрын
One of the most helpful lessons on jazz soloing basics. Many of these things I found myself from practice, but you explained it all very clearly and systematically. Thank you!
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, Alexey! I am really glad you find it useful!
@dagfinnlyngstad
5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic lesson, love it when it is so spot on and fast, no outside and unessesary talking! 👍👍🎸🎸
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Glad you find it useful! :)
@BetterWokeThanAsleep2
4 жыл бұрын
It would be really helpful to show the tabs of the chords to make it easy because some of the chords are shown differently in different places...
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Well, instead of trying to watch a video on Jazz theory and chord analysis where you want to learn the chords then maybe check out this study guide for Jazz chords: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-to-play-jazz-chords-study-guide/ That might be exactly what you are looking for :)
@filippomarangoni5402
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Jens thank you for this clear and great lesson only a question:the work you suggest with the major scale ( diatonic thriads and arpeggios) is the same method of study to apply to the melodic and the harmonic minor? I ask you just to organize better my study
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Yes I practice the same things in melodic and harmonic minor as I do in major. Usually I will spend a period just focusing on one of those scales and then use that when I practice technique/warm up
@filippomarangoni5402
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen thank you .. i will adopt the suggestion.. 👍🏻
@pixelatedparcel
6 жыл бұрын
Money shot: 8:35.
@Hexspa
6 жыл бұрын
This is what I came for
@allenmayers3642
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, 12 minutes of my life I could have saved if I had read your post first :) Too bad he couldn't have started out with this and avoided the verbal diarrhea altogether. This is how you separate the best players from guys like Jens that are just good, the best don't droll on, they just cut to the chase.
@tecnolover2642
5 жыл бұрын
@@allenmayers3642 You are an ass hole. He's teaching a lesson and most of us want to know the logic behind why you would use a certain scale and any other knowledge Jens has to impart along the way. You obviously are also a beginner trying to learn or you would not be watching this lesson so who the hell are to be judging? ! And the best players are often incapable of being good teachers. Jens is. Cutting to the chase as you put it without explaining the concepts is not useful to a student.
@nicolasmecaj
4 ай бұрын
i think i rewatched the video tens of times in the last week, really thanks for being open with your knowledge
@naserazarnejad228
4 ай бұрын
With these 3 scales we actually learn 21 scales! And that's amazing!
@Blueguitar007
6 жыл бұрын
You’re throwing out rapid fire chord theory with a name of a scale at the end. Anyone who can grasp this probably doesn’t need to watch this. Try helping us who aren’t music theory majors.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Well, seems to me that anybody who is trying to jazz pieces will know what it is about, but if you are not then it probably won't make sense to you?
@benjamindragon598
6 жыл бұрын
just pause the video nerd he has all the chords on the screen
@Marmelademeister
6 жыл бұрын
I disagree. I found the information in the video extremely useful.
@tylersmith6908
6 жыл бұрын
Learning the language of jazz demands hard work. Progress in this style of music cannot happen unless we accept the enormity of our ignorance and embrace each small piece of progress. You don't need a degree, you need discipline.
@BroscoWankston
6 жыл бұрын
It's helpful to us because it's a technique for limiting the multitude of information to 3 scales, and where they fit. There are obviously other ways to handle these progressions, but the method in this video WILL work and will get you there quicklyish. But obviously there's more to music than what's here. This is just a way to limit the information to crucial things within the method. It helped me because I never used the harmonic minor stuff over diminished, never thought of them that way... I also wasn't aware of a few of the melodic minor subs he used, had been playing those sorts of progressions differently, it worked, but i want to try his way too for some sightly different notes.
@karlsotto7580
6 жыл бұрын
Teach us more on bebop please.... 😇😇😇
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Maybe browse through this playlist: kzitem.info/news/bejne/15yAsZNuipWEaI4 Or let me know exactly what you are looking for! 🤔
@nunolance23
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, would love to see the tabs for that lick on 10:19 :)
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Haha! Congrats on making it that far in my video! 😁
@nunolance23
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen Haha, of course man, I'll actually learn it when I can, no need for tabs! Thanks for the video, man!
@guitarristadequarto2937
4 жыл бұрын
The best Channel on the KZitem. Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ricklanders
5 жыл бұрын
This is super helpful! I've been kind of "stuck" on just using the modes of the major scale for everything, which at least works pretty reliably over a basic ii V I, if not a little bland or basic. But it's hard to know where to go from there, aside from working on arpeggios more. This not only gives a good direction to take the next step, but provides the assurance that you won't be wasting your time in doing so. Thank you, Jens! Can't wait to start diving into these minor scales.
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Go for it Rick!
@benjamindragon598
6 жыл бұрын
Can I get the tabs for that happy birthday
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Haha! No, sorry 🙂
@benjamindragon598
6 жыл бұрын
*plays happy birthday randomly in the middle of a jazz gig* lol
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't be the first 🙂
@guitardev9399
6 жыл бұрын
Get well soon!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
+Guitar Dev Thank you very much! I did manage to recover in the meantime ☺️
@juanmanuelmedinaherrera7798
6 жыл бұрын
Guitar Dev ññ
@ShyanTheLegend
6 жыл бұрын
I wish I could understand this.
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
I guess this will only make sense to you if you are already trying to learn jazz songs 🙂
@ShyanTheLegend
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen I've been playing guitar for 3 years but I have a very basic understanding of theory. But lately I've been trying to get into jazz. Can you suggest any gateways to learn jazz as if I were a beginner? Thanks
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Learn the major scale in all positions and keys, learn the diatonic seventh arpeggios in each position and all the notes of each scale by heart (that's obviously a long project) At the same time start learning simple songs like Blue Bossa, Take The A train etc. I have a beginners playlist on the channel if you are interested?
@ShyanTheLegend
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen thanks, and yeah I'll check it out
@shredgod6394
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen You are the most condescending person I’ve ever seen. I know ALL of that. That does not mean I understand chord theory in depth. This IS me trying to learn jazz. You are not teaching. You’re spouting out the things you already know. And you’re so self righteous and stupid that you talk down to everyone when your teaching methods fail
@heinvanmaarschalkerwaart9799
4 жыл бұрын
Very good, To be able to follow this you must know the triads and 7th chords on the steps of the diatonic and minor parallel scales (natural, harmonic and melodic )
@TubeBJYou
6 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen's videos are always very good, but this is undoubtedly one of the coolest videos I've ever seen !!! Extremely relevant information, presented in an objective and clear way !!! Very nice to have the subtitles in Portuguese !!! Your Brazilian fans thank you !!!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! I am glad you found it useful! If you have any suggestions for topics or things you are looking for the feel free to let me know 👍
@TubeBJYou
6 жыл бұрын
It is an honor to receive, in response, a comment from Jens Larsen !!! Your videos cover a number of key subjects for a musician of any instrument and any musical genre !!! I searched your channel and did not find a video on slash chords. This is a suggestion: video about slash chords, if possible with portuguese subtitles !!! In advance thank you for the attention !!!
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I actually have a video on that: kzitem.info/news/bejne/tKGny3x5r4aAZGk It's a bit old and doesn't have subtitles. Sorry about that 🙂
@unetfg
6 жыл бұрын
I think i’ll stick to the blues lol
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
Haha! Well, if you start looking into some jazz pieces you will get there quite fast 🙂
@jasonkeith9317
5 жыл бұрын
Can't we just play the arpeggios and throw in a little chromaticism? Isn't this how the old school players played?
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Not the bebop guys at least 😁
@clickbisi7016
6 жыл бұрын
What language is this ????
@JensLarsen
6 жыл бұрын
I was going for English? 😀
@bigji06
6 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@edfrederick72
5 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Great job! I appreciate that you speak multiple languages, unlike most of us Americans.
@controversialchristian2378
5 жыл бұрын
Jazz speak, maaan!!!
@Cleveland_Chris
5 жыл бұрын
Lol!
@warrenwilson7836
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks yet again for simplifying a topic and creating an effective strategy for approaching such a huge topic as jazz scales. Coming from a “classical” background and directly encountering the endless scales and modes with the underlying theory can be intimidating to say the least. I appreciate the way this vdeo - like so many of yours - pulls key essentials out and creates a way of looking at the theory of jazz scales for improvisation that is not only clear and readily undertstood but very practical. Still - gonna take a LOT of practice! (Thank goodness it’s great fun).
@JensLarsen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Warren. That's really encouraging to hear! Glad you also enjoy the journey!
@punkrawkgangsta
3 жыл бұрын
Jens, I really like your teachings and style. Most videos I have to speed up, yours I have to slow down, so much info to mentally download!
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