Beyond Jazz Guitar - The Language Of Jazz (Playing What You Hear)

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[@Wyrdo999]

Wow, you're a multi talented guy. You should move to Toronto, and open up a bricks and mortar music school, and music store. My city needs a person like you here, spark and ignite the Gypsy jazz swing scene. Montreal's great, my wifes from there, but Toronto needs you Dennis.

[@DenisChangMusic]

I can't afford Toronto lol

[@DFish111]

'Out of Nowhere' from out of nowhere. Nice!

[@gaillipfert9606]

Very inspirational. Thanks!

[@landonskalsky735]

Philosophical videos are my favorite! Thanks denis ❤

[@asuryan]

Yeah, I've been working on learning Miles Davis's solos in "So What", probably the easiest jazz song harmonically, but the phrases are just amazing.

[@BenSchifman]

Great points!

[@gibful8671]

Merci Denis❤

[@darrenl9355]

Your videos have always been so inspiring for me, thank you so much!

[@paulgibby6932]

Thanks. Your language analogy with music makes sense.

[@andresantana516]

Obrigado Denis! Muito bom como sempre

[@xxbstpagexx]

I found this explanation of the process invaluable, especially the analogy with learning language and the revelation that very few, if any, “masters” have short cuts. “You have to do the work yourself.” Thank you.

[@DenisChangMusic]

I have had a lot of big name players come to my house for extended periods of time or I've hung out with them elsewhere for extended periods of time so I've got to witness a lot of this phenomenon first hand! While some people may be more talented than others, behind it all is a looooooot of work and patience

[@vinceotto5163]

Thanks!

[@DenisChangMusic]

wow thank you so very much

[@alisonCNboy]

❤❤❤❤

[@HawaiianSteelGuitar]

Wow, dein Deutsch ist doch super, Respekt !

[@DenisChangMusic]

nono , my vocabulary is very limited haha, but I can understand way better than I speak it!

[@aitorgonzalez1359]

Really intersenting video as always. Thnk you Denis. I tend to feel more confortable whith an acustic guitar than the electric. They feel like completly diferent instruments to me but I suspect that the problem is that Im just not good enough at music lol

[@DenisChangMusic]

nah, don't think that way. My philosophy is just to enjoy what you do and know what it is you want out of music.

[@Pete_B_773]

So what do you think of GJ players like Josho Stephan or a lot of Dutch player's like Jimmy Rosenberg who do seem to play a lot of links and same ones over and over?

[@seanquinlan6887]

The majority of people playing Gj are not genuine improvisors in the true sense. They know all the cliches and can navigate through the repertoire.

[@user-bdie6ikhd55w73hwg]

GJ without linked licks does not sound like GJ unless you are playing true Django style hot jazz like Django, which is quite rare. Modern players who actuall improv like Adrien end up sounding like bebop over la pompe.

[@DenisChangMusic]

@@user-bdie6ikhd55w73hwg I think they do improvise but it is true that a lot of them are using "longer musical cells" than others who "seem to improvise more". I made a video about this last year I think.

[@arsaytoma]

Heyyyy…. What’s with that flamenco thumb! Great work brother, thank you so much

[@DenisChangMusic]

it's a Wes thumb!

[@arsaytoma]

@@DenisChangMusic oh, my bad…it looked flamenco to me for a moment

[@user-er3zw8ti9c]

As the Jazz language beginner,which course of your sound slice would be suggest?The bebop vocabulary series or the Gypsy series.

[@DenisChangMusic]

Bebop and Gypsy Jazz have different vocabularies. I think the best is to find players whose playing you like and start to find out what they are doign with a teacher. If you find that you love Gypsy Jazz, then of course, you can check out Gypsy Jazz, if you think you like bebop, then of course, my bebop course will teach the basics of how bebop phrases are created. But there's more to jazz than just Gypsy Jazz and bebop! Find out what you like!

[@vvvvaaaacccc]

I think that it makes sense to learn vocabulary from the community at large. however, I feel that jazz solos are often too fast for me to hear what's going on. can you speak at all to what a musician might do if jazz solos sound too fast to perceive clearly? I know that we have the luxury of tools that can slow music down, and many publicly available transcriptions and video performances, but I'm wondering what else can be done. maybe it just means that I haven't spent enough time being a beginner, learning the basics.

[@DenisChangMusic]

In the beginning, I learned simple phrases, and/or I had people show/teach them to me. I studied the stuff that I could easily digest. Overtime, my ears got better and better and I was able to digest more complicated stuff. When I mean that I don't need my guitar to understand what is going on, it doesn't mean that I can figure out each and every single note accurately, it means that I understand the general concept being used.

[@benloper5727]

Is that the music studio "hidden in the leaves"? Ha ha

[@DenisChangMusic]

Oh, a fellow connoisseur!

[@El-Kurdo]

Is that a flamenco guitar?

[@DenisChangMusic]

yes, a very cheap one. Maybe 300 US or so