IMPROVISING ON AUTUMN LEAVES

[@cryn]

I am a beginner jazz guitar improviser. I learned so much from this video. Thank you!

[@chasesanborn]

Glad to hear that! You (and others) will likely find many of the videos in the Jazz Tactics playlist similarly instructive. kzbin.info/aero/PLdkYbUyqvkhSJJ4IJFoNYBtNaxiMZgNlg

[@derycktaylor3677]

Thanks for a very informative video.

[@chasesanborn]

Thanks for saying so!

[@MrDavidFitzgerald]

Really well structured video covering familiar concepts but with some excellent insights added

[@chasesanborn]

Thanks for that. I hope you feel the same way about other videos in the Jazz Tactics series!

[@louramoreira]

I’m a huge fan ! Thank you and congratulations for the objective, simple and efficiency attitude of REALLY explaining all this. Because I’m in, I need to say, that folks don’t care and appreciate the awesome honesty & knowledge of all this unique Masterclass. Years have passed, if I have had a Teacher like You, probably nowadays I’ll be a old cat 🤪 Thanks for all your huge effort in making and bringing all of this to the community. Love it ! Cheers and keep this 👏

[@chasesanborn]

Thanks Nuno. I'm happy to know that you are getting value from the videos.

[@chasesanborn]

This is the 25th episode in the Jazz Tactics series, offering information and advice for those learning to improvise. You can find the entire series in a playlist and it will be of the greatest benefit if you watch them in sequence. Please remember to leave a LIKE (and if you REALLY like it, a tip!), post a comment or question here and consider subscribing for weekly content from the mind of a jazz trumpet player!

[@GDM223SR]

Happy 25th, Chase!

[@chasesanborn]

:)

[@alanhirayama4592]

Excellent! I'm 60 yo and been playing for a while. Still a beginner in jazz improvisation, but trying to improve every time I touch my horn! I am slowly incorporating chromatic approach notes to my playing. Subbed! Thank you!

[@chasesanborn]

We are all trying to do the same thing. Glad the videos are helpful!

[@JeannieSargent]

Great video - and really nice playing there! Sounds like butter on that flugelhorn :)

[@chasesanborn]

That's a lovely compliment, thank you Jeannie!

[@MrDavidFitzgerald]

Thanks

[@chasesanborn]

Thank YOU for the tip and especially the vote of confidence it represents.

[@FemisMusic]

this is unbelievably helpful. gotta practice slowing down and getting from chord tone to chord tone...

[@chasesanborn]

That is great to hear, thanks!

[@NadavHbr]

Beautiful tone !

[@chasesanborn]

Thank you!

[@whugheswhughes98144]

Great video. The theory was hard enough to make me sweat a little but that's perfect. One thing that would help is to transcribe the improv you play and go over what you did, using the theory you just explained (because ... alas, I couldn't tell from hearing it). Really enjoyed it!

[@chasesanborn]

You'll learn even more from doing that yourself!

[@jazzpedals]

With that tone and swing feel, you could play the chromatic scale and everything would be fine

[@chasesanborn]

With good rhythm there are no bad notes. Thanks for that!

[@lukejuras8024]

I understand using the bebop scale with running eighth notes, but how do I take running triplets and try to play chord tones on the beat? It seems almost easier to improvise 16ths than triplets for me.

[@chasesanborn]

For triplets one would commonly use pairs of approach notes following and preceding each chord tone. For example: here are four groups of triplets each of which begins with a chord tone of C7, including the passing tone of B in the bebop scale. Bb-F#-A G-D-F E-C-B Bb-F#-A G

[@lukejuras8024]

@chasesanborn Oh boy, time to crank the metronome back down to 40! Thanks for the quick reply.

[@doctoraardvark190]

I'm trying to learn to improvise and this is a good tune to start with. But I'm confused. Here, and in the Miles Davis transcription, and in the Chet Baker transcription, you're all playing it in the key of Bb major/G minor. But the original key - and the one in my fake book (now called the 'Real' book) - is F# minor/A major=3 sharps. I suppose I could try to learn it in every key, but why the change? Just because it's easier for us trumpeters to play in a flat key? I'm not going to convince the rhythm section to change keys just for me!

[@chasesanborn]

While most tunes have commonly used keys, there is no 'correct' key for any tune. Learning a tune in more than one key (twelve is great but two is significantly better than one) helps you recognize the intervallic relationship of the melody notes and chords. If you work with singers--females especially--you'll rarely play in the keys you typically find in fake books, and a professional level rhythm section can play a tune in any key.

[@jplpagan]

the Cliffordizing video, referenced here, seems to be gone.

[@chasesanborn]

It's scheduled for a redo.

[@johnfortune1876]

Thanks for your adds😩

[@chasesanborn]

If you are referring to advertisements, I have nothing to do with them--KZbin inserts them regardless. You can pay a monthly fee to eliminate all advertisements on every channel--it's money well spent, IMO.