why I didn't practice ANY SCALES to play JAZZ

[@jimmychi6193]

Christian, your channel is one of the best on gypsy jazz. Don’t change a thing. Your approach to improvisation makes all the sense in the world for those of us “who get it”. The only thing I would ask is more explanation and breakdown of your fingerings. Many players such as I are trying to adapt to traditional gypsy guitar fingers which avoid the use of the pinky most of the time. It makes all the sense in the world and I would really like to master it. I’ve been playing guitar for 40 years and the “more I learn , the less I know”. Keep up the great work!

[@CharlesK441]

Ramble on. Your channel is awesome. Wished I'd found it sooner 😊

[@wighatsuperreggie]

I don't agree with those who tell you you talk too much. I say keep your videos as they are. You're actually super efficient with the information. People just need to chill.

[@absurdtheatre]

best teacherrr everttt!!!

[@rynxlaneran]

Indeed, the personal insights you include in your videos are priceless!

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Thanks Rynx!

[@richardsullivan6297]

Beautifully philosophical and worth listening to. The Sinti example illustrates these concepts wonderfully! Thanks for posting this Christiaan.

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Thanks and you're welcome Richard!

[@alisonCNboy]

thank you Christiaan

[@thebends6580]

It´s the magic of "La pompe" that boosted those subscribers. lol. coolstuff

[@nicolajdam]

very good points!

[@skullboy1967]

I recognize this a lot .. I am a drummer ..and autodidact I play guitar and dont know scales and chord names enz I use my ears and look at friends and other musicians 😜 and most of it all .. I enjoy it and play with feel and not as a machine like some musicians who know all the notes scales chords enz. Geweldige video weer Christiaan 🙌🏻

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Thanks, I do however still recommend learning the names of the chords because it will greatly ease communication during rehearsals!

[@skullboy1967]

Christiaan van Hemert totally true .. Im trying but it is to time consuming at the moment ..I know a few already But for now I have to learn the songs to accompany the solo player in the trio i am playing in ..and I pay drums in a band .. and I sing and play electric guitar in another band .. so there is so much things I have to study at the moment .. but you are right .. ill do my best 😊 I find it quit difficult to play these new chords and fingersettings .. Ilearned more then 20 jazz songs and due to so much practicing I have even pain in my thumb now for 9 months also 🥵

[@DovidM]

The English equivalent of the Dutch phrase would be woodshedding. Woodshedding means honing your skills until they’re perfected.

[@marcus2515]

thank's woodshedding applies with other art's. Drawing and painting can claim the same, the more you woodshed the greater one's skill becomes. I'm a painter first and love music, so the more I work with and mix colors and texture the more I see the world in more color., but this comes from miles of working with it. Just saying

[@ricardbennett6487]

I totally believe in you!

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Thanks Richard!

[@TypingHazard]

I like everything about this video. I do have a question though about the "all 12 keys" thing though. As guitarists you're right, it's a fool's errand to practice in all 12 keys. I do find it helpful to practice things in different positions though, like if I can play something from the 5th fret of the E string then I'll go up 3 frets, play it again, go up 3 frets, play it again, etc. I do find there to be a big difference between the 5th fret and the 15th fret when playing a line, maybe you feel differently? I also like to know riffs on different sets of strings if they're small enough, but I feel like a lot of gypsy jazz stuff crosses so many strings that it's less useful to do that. But if there's an idea that maybe just lives within an octave, then I might like to see if I can play it on the GBe strings, then the DGB strings, then the ADG strings.

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

I do usually take phrases through a couple of tunes in different keys so I'll get used to playing it starting in different frets. However I rarely practice phrases on different string sets. Might be useful though!

[@krumpelschtiltzkeen]

I think the American English term for that is 'mileage'.

[@bernieriegger7447]

Great video.

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Thanks Bernie!

[@nickcaldwell9528]

Gold! Thank you, a big help 👍🎶

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Welcome Nick!

[@nickcaldwell9528]

Christiaan van Hemert This will change the way I’m approaching gypsy style. It gives me a real focus for progression. 👍👍

[@timparetti1944]

I think your style is great and adds the personal encouragement element. People can simply used the time line to fast forward and rewind if they want to get on with it. Considering most people are watching a FREE master lesson they shouldn't waste their time coming up with critiques. In regard to this video's theme if people were to sit down and transcribe for themselves they wouldn't question what your'e getting at. By the way, what is that little speaker?

[@djmileski]

It’s like how Bruce Lee couldn’t create his own martial art without studying other martial arts first.

[@bricemadden5717]

Love this! I want to buy your book in a physical copy....how do i do this?

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Thanks! Book is here: www.indiegogo.com/projects/van-hemert-system-book-jazz-guitar-method-book#/

[@j.garnergtr]

This might be your best video. I agree with 99% of everything you said. It's the smartest way to learn fast. After this though, I think it's good for the player to check out some other concepts on their own and see what develops. Only part I disagree with is learning in other keys. If you back up a lot of singers, which i often do, you have to be able to transpose and play other keys well. I even had to play Come Rain or Come Shine in B major last week. Random. Anyway, Great vid!

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Thanks. Learning songs in all keys can't hurt but I'd still recommend learning a new song instead of transposing. Just because I think in the long run that will be a more fruitful use of time. If I have to play a song in a really weird key I would just use a chart or sit out ;)

[@MetaphysicalMusician]

How do get these phrases into your playing...?

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Start here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKXZeX5_qbejjJo then check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJDFZ36ehMSasLM

[@jesseascriven]

LOOPING VARIOUS LICKS HAS BEEN THE MOSY USEFUL VIDEOS MYSELF.

[@Miarchieve]

4:10. 6:55

[@PabloCardonaMusic]

Omg that thumbnail bro lol, really roasting Mr W.A Steoftime

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Finally, somebody noticed! :)

[@PabloCardonaMusic]

@@ChristiaanvanHemert You're the best man, thank you for granting us your knowledge

[@steampunkvampyre]

Love you channel and your approach, I think you have inspired me more than many educators but I bet you ain't popular with the jazz snobs

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Thanks. I think it's a mixed bag. I have gotten private messages from a couple of really well known jazz musicians that they love my perspective. I have also received harsh criticism ("You're not a real jazz musician", "You're a fraud", "You're poisoning the minds of young jazz musicians"), but mostly from jazz educators, not so much jazz musicians!

[@steampunkvampyre]

@@ChristiaanvanHemert yeah I have been told "OK now go and learn that in all 12 keys" grrrrr

[@n00bie96]

Okay, you gained the most views and subscribers in videos where you talk the most. But, is thers any way to look at how *long* do people actually watch these? Honest question because I find it too hard to follow these types of video. Anyway, keep up the good work!

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

It's pretty ok, but I'm more concerned right now with subscribers per day and these rambling videos are very beneficial for that. Anyway, I have no plans to stop my other series. This is just one of the series I'm doing and people can skip it if they don't care for it!

[@n00bie96]

@@ChristiaanvanHemert Do you have any plans for series of shorter videos?

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

No, not really. Shorter videos means scripting and lots of editing and that would mean I'd lose motivation fast!

[@eduardocampos4808]

🎓👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙌👍

[@ois-jy9kl]

I've been plaging guitar for 30 years ... I never practice scales on guitar and played countless shows and did some recordings... But I know them by name because of harmonny theory that I've learn on the sax alto where scales are absolutly necessery .. I guess the guitar is alot more intuitive... On the guitar my assumption was always seeing guitarist plating scales in their solo's it always sound like sh*t... its like if a singner would sing the alphabet

[@Wyrdo999]

Anyone who makes the comment you are copying others phrases don't know much about music history. Dizzy Gillespie admits on video that he copied and wanted to play like Roy Eldridge, and how he/ROY wanted play like King Oliver, and Dizzy outright says, Miles tried to play like him and that Everyone has their heroes. Joe pass says he copied Charlie parkers lines and Art Tatum's piano lines. Listen to Joes phrasing not just the lines, the chords and line together, it has Oscar Peterson ALL over it. Its Great to copy from your hero's and learn their lines cause no matter what, its always gonna sound and come out like you. I've been copying my whole life. I'm 57 and have been playing since 15, and WAY before youtube and online chord give aways, I would have to sit with a Vinyl copy, and take the turntable needle and listen over and over to players licks. What happened was, I figured out intricate diminished arpeggio runs in different positions. This was for Neo Classical style guitar. This developed for me what came to be known as slant picking and string skipping. I knew NOTHING about that. The bottom line is, What Christian is doing for young and new players is GREAT!!! Maybe young people take for granted how easy it is now to become VERY GOOD VERY QUICKLY if they practice. And they should thank people like Christiaan who have put so much work and effort into what they do. THANK - YOU Christiaan for ALL you've done and keep up the great work!!!

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Thanks for the postive feedback Lorne. I don't think I need to say that I agree completely :)

[@Wyrdo999]

@@ChristiaanvanHemert two years into gypsy jazz now and I thank you again, not only for your lessons, but your WHOLE philosophy of the genre, and Music in general, has taught me everything I've learned about the Gypsy music. And I have SO MUCH more to learn everyday. Thx again.

[@DaddySantaClaus]

im so broke i had to sell my guitar to pay rent

[@BrunoNeureiter]

:(

[@marin4311]

Players who practise scales and arpeggios cannot avoid playing little bits of them during their solos and this is totally boring and anti-musical.

[@rockychieng88]

because you are basically playing scales hahaha

[@johnpauldeguzman823]

First!

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Hahaha, I'm flattered but I'm getting nowhere enough comments to be proud of being first. Thanks though ;)

[@displaychicken]

john paul de guzman second!! Or should I say Dorian? Wait I’m confused again

[@nhklog674]

Too much talking .. unsub 🤣🤣🤣

[@ChristiaanvanHemert]

Can't argue with that logic!