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[@DenisChangMusic]

Here's the link to my fakebooks. They are still works in progress and were done rather quickly so they might not be perfect. There are two of them, one shows how certain standards used to be played when they were first recorded. Another is my collection of suggestions for changes on various standards. I tried to include all the commonly used changes when possible www.dropbox.com/sh/sylgte3vw1qdwkg/AAAJ1eaTprifaX6RttMT16vBa?dl=0

[@GianCompuesto]

Thanks! I just downloaded them.

[@paulgibby6932]

@@GianCompuesto me too. Thanks Denis!

[@craigwolf7870]

Thanks Denis!

[@fabbro9999]

Thanks merci ありがとう

[@andyhaynes9457]

Thanks Denis!

[@sleimansalibi5580]

Bravo Maître Denis! Merci pour le cour super sympa! See you at Django 😊

[@jimbo3651]

I like the Hat!

[@nilkilnilkil]

Japan looks good bro. The good life

[@jimbo3651]

Thanks Denis! This is gold

[@Del_Puerto_Musica]

Very insightful talk. Keep em' coming man!

[@RobertMatichak]

Great talk. Very generous of you … as always! Thx

[@37BopCity]

Hi Denis --- I really like your videos. They are extremely educational and outstanding for your comprehensive studies of all forms of jazz guitar styles and players, and especially for your discussions of the history of the music and the great players. Regarding Frank Vignola --- I have the greatest respect for Frank as a teacher. I've been subscribed to his Truefire channel for several years. I've learned more from Frank's jazz guitar lessons than from anyone else because of his huge library of standards and practice techniques. He has over 150 jazz guitar chord melodies, which are designed for intermediate and advanced students. I've played them all many times and printed them out in a volume for reference. For beginning/intermediate students Frank is the best. Thanks again for you videos and I'll be looking into purchasing your lessons as well.

[@fouroutoffour]

Thanks Denis for the continued educational material! Always wonderful advice

[@rsb62rsb]

Thank you for being so generous with your time, advice and materials

[@jantjebee]

Cool Denis! I knew you were working on this. Great to have a list of songs, but your point of listening and really knowing the material is a life saver! Good work!

[@Marcosls2015]

Really nice comments and teaching! Really informative to listen to your insights and experience! Thanks for sharing!

[@DaveZula]

Great video Denis. I fully agree with your "harmonic direction" concept. ✌️❤️

[@barrytcook1]

great video lesson ....

[@julkitan3017]

Man thank you so much for putting out your Fakebook, I’m gonna check it out ! And greet videos as always.

[@richardsullivan6297]

Great video Dennis! Thank you for sharing your experience. The concept of harmonic direction of travel is particularly useful, as is looking at the basic structure of tunes. These concepts would never have occurred to me. To have you point them out so clearly is like being given a free gift - thank you again.

[@gospodine]

Thank Dennis

[@gurayozcana]

Thank you so much...

[@harrypalmer3481]

Kon'nichiwa Mr. Chang. Another great video, arigatō. I appreciate your appreciation of the old 20s/30s harmony, when was quite young I learned how to play to some reasonable degree by just trying to copy old songs off cassette recordings 'pirated' from vinyl records. I'm going to check out your Soundslice course. I enjoy your videos, playing & collaborations. Top draw.🤘

[@sarahgronquist]

Thanks!

[@molikam]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@markphillips1057]

I’ve found turning on the live stream on Facebook, instagram, etc and playing solo guitar to be a helpful way to mimic the feeling of live performance at home on the couch. Of course not the same but at least a step up from doing it alone!

[@lastho]

"It's not about how much APM you have" 🤣Yeah if you play Protoss

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

I use too practice in that very park.your hat us great , haha 喝闷酒

[@anitanuthurgun984]

30s' rock.

[@barrytcook1]

how do i open your fakebooks ....i've downloaded but it just comes up with a list?

[@DenisChangMusic]

Hello! You need the IRealPro app !

[@agentkerins]

What is the intermittent noise? Wind in the trees?

[@DenisChangMusic]

You mean the construction workers? They were pissing me off quite a lot! It was hard to find a spot to film. Osaka is a crazy dense city and hard to find peace and quiet. People also like to stare at me when I play guitar, and it ‘s very distracting for making videos, cause I feel like they’re expecting a concert from me. It happened a few times during the filming of this video :-(

[@alisonCNboy]

yoooooo

What is the name of the French song? My French is a bit rusty.

[@DenisChangMusic]

Do you mean Que Reste-t-il De Nos Amours? It has an English title too: I Wish You Love

@@DenisChangMusic Thank you!

[@benwhitaker5802]

Hi Dennis. Thank you so much for your videos. I have really appreciated listening to them. I have a question: I started learning jazz about a year and a half ago. I wanted to ask you about what really constitutes learning a tune. I’ve probably learned 10 or so songs throughout the year and a half but I forget some of them because I don’t practice them enough or sometimes I get frustrated that I just play the same licks over a particular section. Is it more valuable to learn a bunch of songs and just naturally absorb what you absorb, or is it better to focus on one song and try to “master it”?

[@DenisChangMusic]

Hi , i think that’s a very difficult question to answer. I kinda talk about different practice strategies in the previous videos, but really, i think the first priority is to just have fun playing tunes, and then to have as many opportunities as possible to actually play them. Most of the players I know learned songs because they loved playing them and also because they had so many opportunities to play them over and over again for long periods of time. It shouldn’t feel like a chore to learn songs! I don’t know if you have people to play with or if you have jam sessions in your area. That’s a good place to start. People often get good at what they do because of the environment they’re in.

[@paulgibby6932]

Just Friends = Menilmontant (without a B section)

[@benjaminholt6640]

I'm gonna know 200 jazz standards by Chinese new year! ...can I use my iPad tho?