Focus on Less, Achieve More: Real Jazz Improv Practice Explained

[@Sherri_Lynn]

Hi Shan! This particular lesson has become my new warm-up 'exercises',,, love the swingin' variations & energetic presentations!! Many thanks for the good Vibes👍🎹🎶🌞

[@paulr494]

100% the approach that is working for me. Don’t take on too much, drill until things are second nature. Aim to play simple stuff well, not think that some exotic thing has the answer. Squeeze the juice as you say. As always inspiration comes from your clear instruction.

[@JazzSkills]

Thank you for your belief and dedication. I can't wait to hear what's next in your playing.

[@JL1308]

Love this.

[@tzahim441]

Thanks Shan! I have to say that this scale practice is the most fun thing in the world. Really.

[@JazzSkills]

Thank you. I agree. I love doing it! 🙂

[@louismaiden8360]

These videos on taking something simple and getting the most out of it are incredibly helpful. I've seen similar stuff from you and would love to see more applied to other concepts, thanks Shan!

[@dananthony6258]

If you’re your a guitar player, you should be watching all of these videos.

[@jimmyhay47]

I am , and I do.

[@seanmchugh1640]

Imagine if you’re a piano player

[@mariapalacios2195]

GRACIAS.Your the best teacher.¡¡¡¡¡

[@JazzSkills]

You're very kind. Thank you and all the best.

[@davidcarranza8636]

Thank you Shan

[@JazzSkills]

Any time!

[@saysomestuff]

so are the dominant scales just a major with a flat 7?

[@16sumo41]

your timing with these videos is impecable! Its like you know exactly where Im at in my practicing. I've had this exact problem for at least a week now. Ive been learning the chord changes and melody to fly me to the moon and would like to practice improvisation on the chord changes over the first 4 bars. Would you suggest doing a similar thing in this case as you're doing in the video? Starting with scales, chord notes, etc?

[@JazzSkills]

Yes, practicing like this would be fine. However, make sure that the tune and the comping are already super easy for you (without having to think about them), otherwise all improv will feel much too hard.

[@16sumo41]

@@JazzSkills cool! Yes. The comping part feels kind of solid (would probably be worth spending more time on that though). Im playing shells in the left hand and been experimenting with emphasizing different parts of the measure with the left hand. So for isntance not always playing the down beats but also playing the "ands", etc. While playing the melody. Also! I've been improvising around the melody. I guess ornamenting the melody? Well, I've hade my practice for today and just working on putting det start of a phrase on different parts of the beat makes a huge difference.

[@rickrocketts183]

This sounds like a great idea and exactly what I should be doing. Will I do it? Sure will until I get distracted by a shiny new scale.

[@JazzSkills]

😂 A bit of focus will really help you!

[@jbachman01]

Try the the neo-interdominant diminished 17th scale? Works great over altered 11th sus4/5 chords

[@rickrocketts183]

@@jbachman01 Especially if you accent the beats with a Phillips-Wagerman timing approach.

[@kaptnkirk2740]

Hi Sean, is there any Book, which uses the REAL (often more simple) chords of the original records? You often mentioned, that in Realbooks are often too complicated harmony is written.

[@u3434-b4v]

You can still shed all this as a horn player btw (you should be shedding keys as well because all cats should) but there isn’t a single piece of information about chords, lines, and phrasing for piano that isn’t also incredibly useful for horn players.

[@brucejeric6701]

Very familiar. KZbin overwhelming