Bebop Major exercises you need to learn to sound like a pro

[@robbes7rh]

Another big reason to practice these exercises, especially when you’re at the intermediary stage of artistic development, is these exercises sound like actual music. So when a relative or friend prods you to play a little something you don’t have to be bashful and demure, you can confidently demonstrate some of these exercises and produce smiles and encouragement from those listening. It’s best when the qualities to get there match the qualities of being there.

[@billionaire51]

you just explained a mystery that people with big egos never share with students , I have been playing at the tenor since 4 th grade and no teacher ever made this so approachable . Thank you and i’ll look forward to buying the book . Now i’m my sixties I finally have a clue . As you said , one is never to old to learn and have fun ❤😅😮❤

[@JazzDuets]

thank you!!!

[@LemohangMollo]

​@JazzDuets May please assist me with tonic solfa, I'm struggling to read the staff...if possible

[@anthonysilva5312]

Amazing content. You continue to produce some of the best jazz instruction on the internet. 🇨🇦

[@JazzDuets]

thanks!

[@DavidThackerMusic]

you're channel is one of the most useful i've ever seen. Thank you so much for these.

[@anneonym7346]

Nick Homes : Wise man, great musician, awesome soprano sound, great ability to transmit and share musical concepts, even sophisticated ones, always related to music, feeling and sound. I share your channel with some of my music buddies, they all love it ! Congrats bro, keep the great vibes and be well !

[@unapasadadevara5147]

Fantàstic..

[@ruby_gleyzes]

Very nice video! In my opinion the 2 main tricky things about enclosures are to get them (automatized) under your fingers... AND to know how to (rhythmically) make good use of them/put them in context properly: your examples demonstrate how great these devices can sound!

[@aggelospikrakis5201]

Very nice video from a great teacher.

[@aristevons]

You are a genius cause absolutely no one teaches this stuff it's only you. And thanks for making them so affordable!!!😊

[@alessandroferrarachitarra]

In your channel I always see high quality content! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@halhosmer1820]

I have so much to say about these exercises but I broke it down to this: Smooth Let's get started.

[@fonegnacopie2977]

So relevant. Thank you for sharing and breaking it down

[@glenntomassi3442]

Excellent! Thank you! All your post and methods are great!

[@JazzDuets]

Cheers Glenn, really appreciate this!

[@SombraDeLaMosca]

Awesome demonstration, great to see the progress of adding more spices making the dish more "bebop"like tasting=)

[@zombeats2160]

Awesome patterns! Ill definitely work on some of these!

[@gerardbarrett8369]

Great job Nick

[@emmomartins5383]

gotta luv choro! s2 s2 cheers from sao paulo, great content!!

[@leonardvanbiljouw5330]

I was, and still am a non genius musician who struggled for many years to find out the secrets of jazz improvisation. Recognize myself completely in this statement, except for the acquired level of playing. Bought the book to expand the fun I nevertheless have in trying.

[@fofigomez1]

Excellent Video Nick thank you so much you are amazing teacher and player have a Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 🎉🎷🎷🎷

[@davideannese2813]

Fantastica questa lezione 🙏👍💯

[@mellodc]

Terrific video!

[@ricaard]

I disagree; the work that you put in, and the help and invaluable information you provide qualifies you as a genius in my book.

[@JazzDuets]

I appreciate this!

[@jkris2361]

Here now...this is an awesome video!

[@HollyFayHolverson777]

Great info. Thanks For sharing

[@rickjensen2717]

Best jazz instructor I've come across on youtube. Thank you for all the time and hard work you must put into these videos 👏. You have an interesting accent - are you South African?

[@JazzDuets]

no. I am from Blighty

[@rickjensen2717]

@@JazzDuets 👍🇬🇧

[@comesee989]

Too cool. Thx

[@rd40082]

You are a Master

[@bozakarlin9034]

Great video, thanks.

[@robbes7rh]

Excellent suggestions. I think the student benefits a lot more doing these things than he would playing major and minor scales straight up and down.

[@JazzDuets]

me too!

[@HollyFayHolverson777]

Indeed.

[@SmogandBlack]

Sounds intriguing... like a useful skill... and at the same time like a lot to learn (on Piano we have 12 keys...😊 and I already have a lot to study 🙄...). I guess I'll give it a go and come back to you. For the moment, thanks for your time (and for the teaching) 🙏😊.

[@JazzDuets]

Enjoy the journey! Everything has its time

[@SmogandBlack]

@@JazzDuets 😊

[@fallenleavesfeedtheroots]

This is so awesome

[@benoitmercier7592]

Thank you sir

[@jdjones7065]

Hey Nick are there videos where you're performing with a group?

[@andresdelafuente3783]

Master!!

[@SaxPracticemanJazz]

great job!!!

[@Almudenalongares]

Es posible aplicar estos ejercicios al piano? Suena fantástico! 😍

[@JazzDuets]

obvio!

[@gabrielmirandamartinez8451]

Great!!

[@HollyFayHolverson777]

Question: What would be the best way to practice this over say a tune like Clifford Brown's Joy Spring?

[@cesarbustosp]

Gracias

[@mrmorimaq]

Toca demais. Quero chegar nesse nível

[@lancegoerner1719]

I learn all licks in "C", then hit the transpose button on my synth...and Pow!, I can play them in all 12 keys!

[@davidrinaldi77]

I need this lesson in guitar tab😢

[@pacific6858]

As a person who is skilled, but not as skilled to play it at that tempo. Should I gradually increase speed, as I understand I would not be able to play that fast. And also for counting, should I play with metronome?

[@davidjordan5175]

The Improvisers Guide to Melodic embellishment by Bob Hinz 70pgs on triads &7th chords .

[@JazzDuets]

Never heard of it. Any good? My major compendium is 135pages. jazzduets.com/products/compendium-of-major-approaches-and-embellishments-digital-download My Minor compendium is 147 pages: jazzduets.com/products/compendium-of-minor-approaches-and-embellishments-pdf

[@douglascarvalho7024]

Sometimes with the Synth Pad Chord on the back, it sounds lydian.. I love this mode and Joe Satriani too! 😅

[@chinweGideon]

Change to solfa please

[@reinaldolima8116]

cool !!!

[@EliZevin]

Muy bueno

[@nicohauptmentalist]

great! you offer a major and a minor lecture about embellishments... is there any specific reason you don't offer a dominant scale lecture?

[@nicohauptmentalist]

ok, sorry. found the answer by myself: this is about triads not 7 chords.

[@estelaestelita6330]

Hola Nick. Felicitaciones por tu canal súper didáctico. Quería comprar los ejercicios pero primero saber si los puedo aplicar en flauta traversa. Estoy aprendiendo a improvisar y soy amateur en todo lo que es música. Y algo mas. ¿como es el envío? ¿por PDF? Saludos.

[@JazzDuets]

Si, van de 10 con flauta travesa! Aca : jazzduets.com/products/compendium-of-major-approaches-and-embellishments-digital-download

[@saintbees2088]

The first lick is from "hey jude"

[@normalizedaudio2481]

The Joe Viola book has all this. Play all this and save a trip to Boston.

[@roderickberry2508]

Yes this is true but the book doesn’t have Joe ! He was a Top dog teacher one of the masters. He was a king amongst men. Much respect to Joe Viola

[@JazzDuets]

Funny, I studied with Joe, but it was all about sound, he made me improvise stuff

[@miksavichev]

cool👌☺

[@user-2Hteyasizyc]

I love your playing, channel and teachings but god i wish it was in tab! Im on guitar.

[@ziggyzaagsma473]

Try it by ear with if necessary playback speed a bit slower!

[@stevebadachmusic]

if you're getting this deep into jazz, learning how to read notation will blow up your whole world! well worth the time investment.

[@thomashightower7881]

@@stevebadachmusic notation is very useful, but it is still limited compared to learning by ear. Personally, I can read and understand sheet music, but whenever I learn something, I do it by ear. The notes and rhythms are great to read, but things like phrasing, accents, swing, and timbre are hard to get right from a transcription alone. Reading music is still great though, since it condenses tonal and harmonic relationships between notes into an easily digestible image

[@stevebadachmusic]

@@thomashightower7881 I never said anything bad about learning by ear. I have nearly 1800 bass covers on youtube and they were all learned by ear. I'm a big fan of learning this way. But having said that, knowing how to read notation is incredibly valuable and I have got so many gigs simply because I was a bassist that could read music.

[@thomashightower7881]

@@stevebadachmusic I wasn't accusing you or anything. I just feel like it's easy for guitarists who are new to jazz and using functional harmony to become fixated on reading all the time, and I found your comment a good platform for others' awareness. I agree with you 100

[@migueldiezesnaola]

🔥🔥🔥

[@bronzewand]

The more important thing is what beat you place each note on... the rhythm of harmony exists

[@JazzDuets]

yes! I agree!

[@ryanreeves8931]

Damn damn damn damn damn. ❤❤❤💡💡💡💡🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ksiazepaweek1064]

Question to all guitarists!!! In which position u play these exercises?

[@Poodleoop]

Hey I hope you get a chance to see this. I’m a long time professional and guitar teacher and my advice is start with the 5th position or 7th if you’re working in the key of C. Make sure that you know the major scale really well in those positions and make sure that you know the Arpeggios really well in those positions. I hope this helps

[@ksiazepaweek1064]

@@Poodleoop Thanks for reaching out dude! Thta helps yup

[@estudofino]

Fuck great class , bro

[@noahtruth6554]

It's like listening to a human pattern machine. He doesn't miss a lick!

[@stevespears-ss]

2:23

[@FabioMariani]

❤

[@skineyemin4276]

I really dig most of your content, but, I just can't get on board with this one. Also, why wouldn't you use a F7, B7 or a C7? I mean, since every thing is influenced by the blues (give or a take a few different turnarounds), why wouldn't you just go with something more tangible like that? Barry Harris was probably the last true living teacher of traditional Bebop improvisation a la Bird, Bud Powell, T. Monk, etc.

[@JazzDuets]

I wanted to make a simple class, not too complicate with 7ths etc, as I have already made videos approaching 7ths and 9ths etc

[@skineyemin4276]

@@JazzDuets Well, I cannot proclaim to be an expert in Bebop as far as complicated theory and phrasing, but, I grew up with a father who was a jazz musician and Bebop purist (perhaps to a fault) and he was working on this book on jazz improvisation and he wrote out 2 examples of phrases that were so directly to the point in terms of feel and taste; one could even use those 2 phrases within a solo and very few would be able to tell the difference in terms of its seamlessness and not sounding too clinical. I wasn't even suggesting that about your approach, not even remotely, I just made my personal observation from having heard Bebop played in the house for the first 20 years of my life. Also, the post Miles "Kind Of Blue", and even more so.... post Trane "Giant Steps" and that live trio recording of "Chasin' The Trane" Hard Bop evolution in a way [still] does a bit of disservice because the Bird-Diz-Powell-Navarro era was created during a period of strong melody and show tune standards which forced those types of musicians to stick to those harmonic structures and create some ultra hip shit to play over that corniness. Well, again, I have found a few of your videos very helpful for what I need for my instrument.

[@davidbaise5137]

Sounds like Sidney Bechet to me.

[@vannigio6234]

🐻👍👍👍 🌜🎷🌛

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Sounds weird on soprano!

[@marioarturocarrera]

😬✌️