10 Quick Jazz Chord Tricks That Will Make You A Better Player In 2024

Here are 10 simple ways you can interpret a II V I and make the Jazz chords sound great! You will learn examples of passing chords, playing fills, and adding suspensions. The stuff that makes it a lot more fun to play and helps you be a lot more creative with the harmony.
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Content:
00:00 Don't Be Boring!
00:29 #1 Make It Move Around More
01:52 #2 A Bluesy Detour
02:38 #3 The's not the II chord?
03:19 #4 The Most Beautiful Chord In C Major
03:57 #5 Italians Have Good Taste In Chords
04:57 #6 The Coolest Chord Fills!
07:00 #7 Country Chords?
07:30 #8 Walking into Minor
07:53 #9 Stairway To Heaven
08:21 #10 Diminishing Returns
08:53 Fix Your Thinking About Chords
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How do you work on chords? 3 Basic Jazz Chord Exercises That Will Change Your Playing in 2024 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWLViGyNqtaUgrs

[@damonshanabarger2604]

Dear Jens Larsen: I admit I get wrapped up in my own compositions and have figured out a way to utilize some bebop phrasing in my own compositions in a way that actually works for the mix that I am doing that doesn't sound pretentious or out of place. I think that it is important to maintain uniformity and continuity between the chords and lines so as not to cause an alienation of one's own integrity. I have to admit that there are certain ways about the teachings of Barry Harris that are undoubtedly well worth exploration. On the other hand I have to ask myself; what exactly compeled him? Through dark of storm and dead of night, never fail to do what's right. Duty calls.

[@damonshanabarger2604]

Sometimes I scare me.

[@damonshanabarger2604]

0:15:] Geez! He's French, I thought they liked Jazz.

[@Trombonology]

Yet another reminder (as if it were needed!) that you're the best jazz guitar teacher on YT. Thanks, Jens -- always love your chord-in-context discussions.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you, Elizabeth. Makes my day you think so

[@mclekrell]

Jens plays a pentatonic scale and it actually sounds like jazz lol

[@JensLarsen]

It's NEVER about the notes 😂

[@rodmitchell831]

Thanks so much Jens .....a big help to me

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ebookuncle]

No one mentions it, but you are really funny. 😂 Thanks for your work.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! 😁

[@eric_james_music]

Great Vid. I remember a couple years ago your vid on minor subdominants changed the game for me. I'm happy to see you linking it so other people can discover that. It's funny, I tried arguing your point (on reddit) that the ii7b5, bVImaj7, iv and bVII7 all serve the same function on the basis of the shared note principal. And they said I was wrong and downvoted me into oblivion! Also I really get a kick out of your video transitions when its you in the same exact seat but just from the left side instead of right

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks Eric! Not everyone is a fan of functional harmony 😂

[@jamescopeland5358]

Thanks Jens, very good explanation

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@papyslapet1]

Merci beaucoup !

[@thecountofsuede]

this is super helpful and approachable, thank you. It's all about having fun.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

[@mackermaldrill2656]

Thanks Jens. I'm not strictly a jazz player, but I do use what you teach to enhance my more rock oriented music.

[@JensLarsen]

Great that it is useful! 🙂

[@georgeknightley8828]

Jens, can't agree enough with everyone else's comments and want so much to thank you for all the time you put into your lessons and how you clearly and succinctly explain them! You are the G.O.A.T. of jazz guitar teachers!! 😊

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you, George 🙂

[@tomcripps7229]

Thanks!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you, Tom!

[@droopysuper2604]

Thank you very much !

[@JensLarsen]

You are welcome!

[@danqodusk8140]

Great examples and presentation Jens! Pentatonic scales; I thought they were blasphemy it the Jazz world. Now I guess I need to retain them.

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it!

[@EnigmaEuslam]

Great lesson.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@joshuachenault5171]

Another certified Lens Jarsen banger!

[@JensLarsen]

😂🙏

[@ricklaino6385]

Always informative....... thanks Jens...!

[@JensLarsen]

My pleasure!

[@-Atmos1]

You play great , thanks for lesson .

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@-Atmos1]

@@JensLarsen Especially the three note Pentatonic trick 🎸

[@jafferscakes7063]

Thank you Jens for the time and effort you put in to these videos

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like them!

[@analogalien]

Fantastic as always, Jens.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you!

[@bozakarlin9034]

Always great lessons from Jens, thanks.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like them!

[@saltedpopcorn]

Such a great lesson as always! Love how you keep it simple and big thanks for visualizing the tabs and notes, appreciate it!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like them!

[@RobKandell]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="248">4:08</a> - You see yourself as a mandolin player? 😎 Great tips. Still working everything in. Jazz is work, but it helps to have someone explain it clearly without over explaining. Thank you for these videos.

[@michaelstevens8]

Outstanding Video as always Jens. What's great about these Chord Phrases is just how versatile they are. They can be used for Comping, Chord Soloing, and Chord Melody. For anyone that's interested, please check out the Chord Phrases books by Ron Echete, Alan De Mause and Tim Lerch. Thanks.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it!

[@WiebeMusicClass]

Can you post a video on sight reading tips. I recently joined a jazz stage band and they can sight read new charts at tempo. I'm a guitar player that knows a lot about the theory you're talking about and we could talk ad nauseum about that but it doesn't help when you have a chart put in front of you and 5 seconds later the director is already counting in. Help!!

[@user-zv2gp6gh2g]

太牛了，学习到了

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! That is great to hear 🙏

[@flywithoutwingss]

Why some times he doesn't play the fifth, for example <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="93">1:33</a>, que plays Dm7 without the 5th and the he plays it the second time. I'm new in jazz. Thanks

[@user-tu7uh3xj3r]

Йенс, спасибо! Данный урок как раз вписывается в тему! Есть реальная песня, которую мне предстоит сыграть! Хочу, чтобы она звучала методично и красиво!

[@JensLarsen]

Great that you can put it to use 🙂

[@user-tu7uh3xj3r]

Извиняюсь за опечатку, не методично, а мелодично!​@@JensLarsen

[@JPMGuitarPicker]

Is the Neapolitan Subdominant chord just a major 7 chord 1/2 step away from the root?

[@JensLarsen]

In Jazz, yes that is pretty much it 🙂

[@DeadbeatDadcore]

Hey Jens! Do you have any videos on turnaround techniques and styles? I'm finding I'm doing well ascending or descending in my chords, but getting back to my starting chord is troublesome at times.

[@JensLarsen]

Maybe some of these: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH3MnH-MasemaZI

[@DeadbeatDadcore]

Thanks you so much! @@JensLarsen

[@kencutter1094]

As always great tonal progression I don't Play jazz but use these chords through Coral effects or I break the cord down note buy note when I use sound on sound looping I'd like that you show the cord in diagram Peace ☮️

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you, Ken!

[@MegaGameHunter]

very odd to see Jens Larsen play this chord <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="180">3:00</a> 😄

[@JensLarsen]

🙂🙏

[@damonshanabarger2604]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="126">2:06</a>:] I like your rendition of Mr Crowley by Randy Rhoads. I can already hear where you're going with that.

[@RobKandell]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="510">8:30</a> - I’ve actually found examples of these suspensions, albeit mid-progression, in music as “conservative” as Dean Martin. More swing than bebop, but how do they not exist?

[@JensLarsen]

I talk about that in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJi6h4aXr62UkNU 🙂

[@atomicflash1753]

Talker

[@RobKandell]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="422">7:02</a> - You’d be surprised how much country and bluegrass use ii-V-I, though that largely went out of style decades ago.

[@falsenotefest]

Ratatouille is FRENCH food

[@JensLarsen]

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[@falsenotefest]

@@JensLarsen Yes sorry, I don't understand myself what that was supposed to mean, that was pure improvisation. You are great Jens, thank you.

[@JensLarsen]

@@falsenotefest no worries 🙂

[@josephguitarist925]

neapolutan...NO THANKS