Building a Rhythmic Vocabulary for Jazz Improvisation

Pianist Jeremy Siskind demonstrates how to improve your swing feel by consciously practicing typical jazz rhythms.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:55 The Perdido Rhythm
05:25 Using Displacement
08:30 Cycling through Rhythms on a Tune
09:05 Using a Five-Note Group
12:40 Mixing in Quarter Notes and Eighth-Note Triplets
15:50 Using Quarter Note Pickups

[@davidgaughran5450]

I'm a guitarist and I love this channel, so clear in your teaching.

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks so much, David. Even guitarists are accepted here, believe it or not!

[@federicomelo1853]

A Part 2 would be great, Thanks.

[@JeremySiskind]

Good suggestion. Thanks!

[@strat1227]

More rhythmic content please!!! I feel my musicality improving waaaay faster when I practice rhythms!

[@JeremySiskind]

Great note! I love it! Yes - rhythms are at the center of everything, right? Notes are sooo overrated. 😉

[@edzielinski]

A concept that's as important to beginners as advanced players, explained lucidly and eloquently. It cannot be overemphasized!

[@JeremySiskind]

Agreed! Notes without rhythm ain’t much, right, Ed?

[@Kelliancamus]

Sooooo good more on rythme please it's amazing 😊

[@JRiggs9]

Another "Great" video very clear and to the point on this topic . . . doo vah doo vah dit 🎼

[@brothercaleb]

Im up for Anything Bebop improv 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@bradleysowash]

Great demonstration of rhythmic displacement; just the ticket for any improviser feeling stuck in a rhythmic rut.

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks so much, Brad! I think it’s an under-discussed topic!

[@bradleysowash]

@@JeremySiskind ...and a hard one to teach than say, note choices.

[@toonwijnands]

Great lesson! Have been looking for something like this for sometime. I would suggest calling the five note pattern: per-di-do-di-da. You can scat it with the samen accenting

[@tears_of_heck]

This is great Jeremy, thank you!!!

[@tempgig]

Yes dry but absolutely important, needed lesson for me!

[@JeremySiskind]

Nice! I'm glad you found it at the right time!

[@mickcarpenter2963]

I really like your videos, your good humour and well structured presentations - good for all jazz musicians not just pianists

[@sebimnzo9214]

great video, you're a hell of a teacher

[@carolynrugh768]

Great lesson, Jeremy! I love how you break things down so thoroughly in manageable chunks of information. I shared your video with three of my students who have expressed an interest in jazz. Keep them coming!

[@JeremySiskind]

Awesome! Thanks, Carolyn!

[@edwardarling3387]

Thanks Jeremy, such an important topic that in itself adds so much to playing jazz solos.

[@JeremySiskind]

Agreed! This is a hard and under-recognized element of learning jazz!

[@jahoopyjaheepu497]

Another great lesson on an important topic. Thanks!

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks so much, JJ!

[@DamoOne]

Great lesson Jeremy. Will definitely check out your book! Thanks.

[@JeremySiskind]

Awesome! Enjoy, Damien!

[@brantgutierrez5580]

Best leason ever! Thank you so much!!👏👏

[@JeremySiskind]

Wow, thats so nice! Thank you!

[@martinclowse8121]

I'd call that second (five note grouping) the "Tricrotism" Rhythm (after the first phrase in Oscar Pettiford's tune). Great content, Jeremy. Thanks!

[@martinclowse8121]

Or maybe the "Straight, No Chaser" Rhythm!

[@JeremySiskind]

Nice, I love both ideas!

[@don4476]

This is gold. Thanks Jeremy.

[@JeremySiskind]

I'm glad you dig it, Don!

[@SharadShakya]

Very useful and important. Thanks for the lesson.

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks so much, Sharad! I'm glad it was helpful for you!

[@gr8tbigtreehugger]

Thanks for this!

[@JeremySiskind]

You’re so welcome!

[@bluemonk9480]

I bought this book like a week ago and this showed up in my recommended lol. still waiting for it to arrive though, Guess i'll save this video until then

[@JeremySiskind]

Lol, I guess the algorithm’s doing its job! Thanks for buying the book! I hope you like it!

[@adrianfung999]

Very useful thanks

[@JeremySiskind]

Nice! I’m so glad you found it useful!

[@kidpoker007]

I'm a guitarplayer but like this video, would like to see more on how to swing jazz lines

[@JeremySiskind]

Cool! Sounds good. I don’t know if you’ve checked out my video called “3 articulations for better jazz feel” but that’s a great place to start.

[@kidpoker007]

@@JeremySiskind no I haven’t but will … ty

[@MrGrandeFrancisco]

very good material

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks so much!!!

[@kkguitarlessons]

Very good tutorial, thank you. You can name the 2nd rhythm pattern 'Straight, no Chaser' after Monk

[@JeremySiskind]

Ooh, I love it! Thank you!

[@trankil_web8529]

Really interesting video to increase solo jazz

[@JeremySiskind]

Great! I'm glad you liked it!

[@joegass6231]

Thanks

[@JeremySiskind]

You’re so welcome! Thanks for checking out the content!

[@Gerard_2024]

The content is always great in all your lessons, but there have been problems at times with the volume. Whatever set-up you used to record this, there was a big improvement on the volume. Just trying to give you the positive feed-back that you deserve. Thanks.

[@JeremySiskind]

That’s great to hear! Thanks for positive feedback. It’s very appreciated!

[@MoneyAli75]

Nice gonna but the book 📕!

[@clementbronner7596]

Hi Jeremy, for the 2d rythm, what about calling it the « straight no chaser » rythm?

[@JeremySiskind]

Yes, thank you! I think some other folks actually suggested that in the comments as well...so I think you're on to something!

[@creatingbeautifulsongs7946]

Perdido-dido

[@JeremySiskind]

Yep - like a Paradiddle-diddle

[@jamjar4553]

jeremy i got a question. If I transcribe a Solo and I take a little Snippet, smiliar to your 3-Note Perido Rhythm, i could do the very same thing as you did with the Perdido Rhytm( placement, phrasing? , couldn't I? That's the main aspect of transcription isn't it?

[@JeremySiskind]

Totally! I don't know if that's the *main* aspect of transcription - there are lots of benefits of transcribing, but that's definitely something great to do!

[@EdoardoRavaglia]

9:22 Cruella de Vil 😊

[@JeremySiskind]

Haha it wasn’t intentional!

[@robbarronmusic]

Hi Jeremy .. great video... but what is your reason of not accenting the downbeat in a rhythmic phrase and giving less weight to on-beats? It doesn't make sense to me and the whole phrase sounds less grounded if I don't emphasize the downbeat....

[@bongakhumalo6141]

the second phrase is 'Cruella de Vil'

[@JeremySiskind]

Lol, you caught me!

[@guitarinmartin]

Extended Perdido?

[@JeremySiskind]

That definitely works, Martin! Thanks!

[@brendaboykin3281]

Totally sexy topic, Maestro 😎🔥🔥🔥🌹

[@JeremySiskind]

Lol, the sexiest!

[@davidkissinger3456]

The five note form of perdido should be called “muy perdido”

[@JeremySiskind]

Lol, love it, David!