An Amazing Exercise For Jazz Chords (And Your Playing In General)

[@JensLarsen]

How Do You Work on Jazz Chords? 👉Comping A Jazz Standard - This Is How To Get Started 😎 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWS6qax7jdVpqMU ✅ 5 Basic Jazz Chord Exercises You Want To Know: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHmXpoSPnKmiqq8

[@boredflamingo1313]

By Far The Best Jazz Guitar Learning Channel on the Internet! Thank you, Mr. Larsen.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! 🙂

[@jumemowery1050]

Jens is indeed the master. I have sooooo much to learn

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you, Jume 🙂

[@jamescopeland5358]

Thx Jens for another great lesson

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@GypsumGeneration]

I've been so frustrated seeing reharmonization from piano players that is great but that I simply can't play on guitar. It's been demoralizing actually, but this lesson gives me hope. Thank you!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was motivating! 🙂

[@LooMinn]

An extremely satisfying and awesome lesson.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rickjensen2717]

Another gem from Jens - guitar chord melody is always something special; Joe would be proud 👍👏

[@JensLarsen]

Many thanks, Rick!

[@enterprisesoftwarearchitect]

Yes, one of his BEST videos! BEAUTIFUL song, indeed!

[@JensLarsen]

@@enterprisesoftwarearchitect Thank you 🙂

[@bradreinhart3183]

You are a GREAT teacher!!! The BEST!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! 😃

[@richprincipe749]

You Sir are a genius… thank you

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@insidejazzguitar8112]

You really have turned these jazz guitar lesson videos into an art form

[@JensLarsen]

Haha! Thanks Adam! :)

[@derekdodson5623]

Wonderful ideas I can immediately plug and play. Thanks, Jens. We miss you at TGP.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you, Derek! not sure what TGP is? 🙂

[@derekdodson5623]

@@JensLarsen the Gear Page

[@JensLarsen]

​@@derekdodson5623 Haha! It is indeed quite sometime ago that I was there :) But if you feel this is good enough you can always post it over there. That is a huge help for me!

[@derekdodson5623]

@@JensLarsen I mention your YT page in the playing and technique section often. I do post your content from time to time. I hope you are doing well. I always enjoy your videos.

[@JensLarsen]

@@derekdodson5623 Thank you Derek! I am doing really well.

[@marcosfortuny9945]

I needed this lesson so much Thanks!!!?

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ricklaino6385]

I always learn something from your videos... Keep ' em coming.... thanks Jens...!!!

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks, will do!

[@mwicks1968]

Donna Lee Chord Melody - now I’d love to hear that!!! 😂

[@JensLarsen]

Consider it homework!

[@ShaneHennessyMusic]

Great lesson again Jens - I love your channel !

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoy it, Shane!

[@luigig867]

Hello Jens. This is magic, and the goal is high but rewarding. Thank you ALWAYS for your free stuff. I am only a bit confused on all the items and ideas quickly shown in the video. Probably it's my problem, but at the end of the video I got the main theme, but I don't know where to start and wehere to go. But thanks again, Luigi

[@fezzypepper8525]

Good job. I'm a long-time keyboard player with a focus on mixolydian (Blues, Gospel, Country), Ionian (Pop, Contemporary) but I've always wanted to dabble in Jazz, but as far, few sites explain basic Jazz adequately. I understand the 2,5,1, the 9ths and 11ths...but what I put out still doesn't sound like improv Jazz. That's what I'm looking for. Best, Fezzy Pepper

[@JensLarsen]

It is difficult to give too specific advice because everybody is different and at different levels, but maybe check out this post: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-jazz-guitar-suggestions-to-begin-studying/

[@fezzypepper8525]

Thanks Jens. I will do so. Fezzy

[@deanc.5984]

No wasted words, pure Education. Excellent teaching, PERFECT adding the tabs-chords so we can play what you are doing! Would love to see some of your old concerts that you played in🍺 I will keep learning, listening, reading, watching Jazz guitar.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! Glad you like it! Most people are not interested in concert clips so I don't post them, but if you go to the channel you can still find quite a few :)

[@fer18433]

Thanks, God bless you.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it!

[@JohnHorneGuitar]

Great ideas here, Jens. Thanks for continuing to share your gifts.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you, John 🙂

[@rocketpost1]

Great lesson Jens with clear advice on forming a chord melody. Some absolutely beautiful chord movements here. I will watch this many times. I don't usually go for longer lessons but in this case, I think maybe a 20 minute expanded lesson would be good. Thanks very much.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JiriPrajzner]

well, this one packed! (with good info)

[@JensLarsen]

You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂

[@jimtessin4130]

Excellent Thank you

[@JensLarsen]

You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂

[@jonwill]

Well presented; thank you for sharing.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JimHabash]

Just beautiful. Thanks so much for the ideas.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like them!

[@chrisr530]

This may be my favorite lesson you’ve done in awhile. I’m trying to figure out how to combine melodies and chords and this was a huge piece I was missing. Definitely going to take some time breaking down this video. Thx for all your hard work my friend - much appreciated!! Also curious if you ever checked out Jonathan Stout, he does great chord work. Take care!

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it :)

[@jneily6074]

Great idea for a lesson, Jens. Chord melody can be intimidating. I like the thought process of establishing the "normal" basic melody and shell chords and then look to expand and reharmonize to make it more interesting. Well done.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@analogalien]

Awesome lesson Jens!!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@MattWGAllan]

Nice, I've always been pretty decent at chord melodies, but I like this more systematic approach to it, I'm sure I'll learn a lot by trying this method. My teachers at uni kind of just told me to do it or showed me their chord melodies. Thanks!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it is useful!

[@enterprisesoftwarearchitect]

Likewise - been taught to search through a chord dictionary to find one instead of start with shell voicings which makes so much sense now!

[@thomasradcliffe298]

A life time of guitar playing enjoyment. It’s all here in a 6:51 lesson! Amazing, well done.

[@JensLarsen]

You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂

[@patchpittman4981]

Jens, great lesson and content you just gave me a really cool approach to help my solo jazz guitar playing move in a different direction Great Video as always Thanks!!!

[@JensLarsen]

Great to hear! Go for it :)

[@Aaabii]

I love how these lessons start like "thats cool" and after 4 or 5 minutes it evolves to "maybe i should stick to trash metal"

[@JensLarsen]

Haha! Well, you need to know what is possible :)

[@Trombonology]

Beautiful examples, Jens. Your ideas have made a hugely positive difference in my solo guitar playing.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad to hear it Elizabeth :)

[@stylo90]

Your tone sounds unbelievable in this video. Are you doing anything different? What's the gear? Secrets please!

[@JensLarsen]

Nope, same as always 🙂

[@Mizzdr111]

Thank you Prof Laren

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it!

[@trevortimoko7512]

Awesome Jens Thanks!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@Domitianvs]

This is very good! I actually set myself the goal for this year to make or learn a chord melody arrangement of one jazz standard each month to improve my playing in 2022! Started out with learning and revamping your arrangement of Autumn Leaves, then moved on to doing a version Paul Davids' arrangement of My Funny Valentine, and now I'm doing my own take of All The Things You Are (not so very subtly "inspired" by the Joe Pass recording on Virtuoso). Great to get some fresh input on how to do this!

[@JensLarsen]

Sounds great! Go for it :)

[@bhaanusingh6371]

Great . I will spend time with this video 💯

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it :)

[@Grant-nm2nv]

Good stuff

[@JensLarsen]

🙏🙂

[@infinite-guitar]

Great lesson as always, thank you. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE the sound your are using and wonder if you would mind sharing your chorus, reverb and delay settings

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! It is just reverb and delay. I am not 100% sure anymore, but I think I used a plate reverb and an analog delay with some pitch modulation, that is probably what you hear as chorus since I am not using chorus :)

[@infinite-guitar]

@@JensLarsen : ) thank you Jens

[@basildog007]

Nice!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@savagetofu1]

Good Show. Now to watch the next video... I guess comping in Jazz isn't similar to Compas in Flamenco. Just counting to 12... Thank You!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! I have no idea since I don't play any flamenco :)

[@savagetofu1]

They sound similar. haha.

[@coppertime]

Amazing

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@johno2926]

Beautiful

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you, John 🙂

[@timothyj.bowlby5524]

Ah, yes. Variation technique. Worked in the Renaissance, and it works today.

[@rivers9135]

I ❤️ how in every jazz tutorial video they’re like don’t start on bebop (insert any Charlie Parker tune) rip bird

[@rivers9135]

Also I wanted to ask about what comping do you suggest but you answered with a blank video ?

[@alessandropintus]

This is awesome Jens! I'd love to hear your breakdown of Wes Montgomery's version and the way he uses chords to introduce the theme.. Maybe an idea for a video? ;)

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! Those very specific videos on artistst rarely do well. I did stuff like that for a year and it was really just bad for the channel, so I am unlikely to do a video like that.

[@benkatof5852]

Excellent! Could this be the condensed Road Map for chord melody? I can hope.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Ben! Yes, it is certainly the core principles for chord melody and how that teaches you about harmony :)

[@JohnGribbin]

awesome!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you think so!

[@Pissarrio]

can you please do a video or two on learning how to figure out the chords. like if someone asks you play D sharp major 7. how do you find that chord on guitar?

[@DatHombre]

You should firstly know the intervals of the chord. Like for example how all maj7 chords have a maj3rd and maj7th, and how min7th chords have a min3rd and min7th, etc. Then you should start learning the intervals on the fretboard. Like going (except for the g string since its a half step higher than all rest) one string down (down as in to the lower note thicker string, not "closer to the ground") from the root note is a 5th, or one string up+one fret down is a maj3rd, etc. Learning arpeggios can help cement your interval memorization. With that, you can hypothetically make any chord you'd need. You should also lookup "jazz guitar licks maj7 inversions (and min7+dom7). Definitely not an expert on this by any means nor do I know if that was all obvious to you n you were meaning something different/more specific, but I triiiied

[@sgazzz]

Amazing how many things you're working on and learning when doing this, and you're making music and not really "practicing"

[@ThePavelAntonov]

Thank you?

[@JensLarsen]

You're welcome

[@codydafoe2951]

hi jens hope you are doing well.i was wondering if you could tell me some jazz songs that have a cmaj6.i am amazed of how hard it is to play it and like how it sounds.

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks! Anything with the root in the melody on the tonic, so All Of Me, Pennies From Heaven, How About You will work well with a maj6 chord. It is of course also useful at the end of most standards since that is also the root note of the key.

[@johnjacquard863]

there is an abstract level of detail i like to thin in as a type of scaffolding to build upon. ( example in key of C major) D6- C#dim7 C6 - Bdim7 -------- Bmin6---C#dim7 Amin6---Bdim7 so how it works is C6 is the center focus and you have your 4 voicings per octave. D6 is the next level of detail and these are upper ext. they can resolve down to C6 also Bdim7 is the dominant function C#dim7 is the dom function but can resolve down to Bdim7 also that all maps to the fretboard centered around C CEG next portion is the relative minor Amin6 in 4 voicings per octave \ Bmin6 is 4 voicings per octave of upper EXT but can also resolve down to Amin6 and finally we have the same identical Bdim7 with C# dim7 upper EXT. this whole structure is centered around the C6 it perfectly attaches to the more simplistic scaffolding of A minor pentatonic . its not that these are strict rules, more like a relationship scaffolding for example on the portion of Amin6 instead of the ordinary Bdim7 - C#dim7 dom portion to go with it. if we treat Amin6-Bmin6 as a Cmaj13#11 then insteadof Bdim7-C#dim7 we can use Abmin6 - Bbmin6 as a dom function that wraps around Amin6 so these things are malleable. a type of scaffolding . ( at the most detailed scale of detail all 12 notes connect back to C major - A rel minor) the simplest scale of detail is the C6 across entire fretboard ( reason is becuase C ceg, A ace) major and its rel min

[@hycus4292]

Jens, do you have these beautiful arrangements of "Days of Wine" for sale ?

[@hycus4292]

OK, one I have found in a video from 2016 (kzbin.info/www/bejne/movEYXaMgb9qoac)

[@JensLarsen]

No, but if you follow the link in the video description you can download a free PDF of what is in the video :)

[@CageyLeigh]

Nice lesson. What model of Ibanez are you using?

[@JensLarsen]

It is an AS2630 :)

[@ZeroFretGuitar]

What key is Days of wine and roses in? F Major? Or Bb?

[@JensLarsen]

It is in F major.

[@raymonddegennaro3097]

If there was ever justification for a way to double up-vote a video, this is it. So many things clicked while watching it.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Raymond 🙂

[@joshuatavares2384]

Hello. I’ve seen chords written out like this Dm7(b5 b13) Can I write it out as a D% I can’t figure out how to put the circle with the line through as a min7b5) on KZbin I’m looking at the shorthanded aspect as opposed to writing it all out Any help is appreciated sir

[@JensLarsen]

How about Bb7/D?

[@joshuatavares2384]

Thank-you

[@joshuatavares2384]

Thank-you

[@consequenceable]

floating

[@marcaskew61]

Great! How can I obtain your sheet music Jens?

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks! There is a link in the vide description :)

[@igorperic5232]

In order to play well jazz how large should your 'database' of chords, inversions, arpeggios, inversions of arpeggios, triads, inversion of triads, scales, modes be? 😊

[@JensLarsen]

It is not about how many chords you know. It is about what you can do with them. Thinking of them as separate things and not being able to put them together in music is just holding you back from getting there

[@larryhall2805]

To me, chords have their own personalities. I must be weird, but I think Pythagoras felt that way about numbers.

[@JensLarsen]

Each voicing will have it's own sound. Your perspective only gets in the way if that stops you from hearing the context they are in.

[@larryhall2805]

@@JensLarsen Thank you Jens. Maybe I'm only slightly crazy.😁

[@elrafa782]

So many topics in these videos, maybe too much. My brain in overheating. 5 minutes vidéo = 5 months work

[@kevindonnelly761]

Does Hay Cause Runny Noses ? 😑