Jazz Guitar Improvisation Beginner Guide to Blue Bossa

[@plantagenant]

"Play a c minor scale and a D flat scale ...and hope for the best.".....my entire approach to playing the guitar in a nutshell.

[@patusanjeff]

Good job Denis, so many jazz musicians struggle to explain the basic approaches, which makes it really hard when you start. Key centres are a great way to get going on songs with structures friendly to that approach (and most are). Triads also great, but can lead to listener fatigue very quickly if you don't give them some personality :)

[@DenisChangMusic]

Yes indeed many are friendly to this approach to varying degrees. I really like Blue Bossa, because it’s not just one key and you fake your way around, there’s just one extra sudden key shift. Enough to force the student to be aware of when to switch. With Autumn Leaves, you can kind of fake your way in only one key since both keys share the same key signature. At the end of this video, I talk about different tiers of songs. I don’t think songs like Body and Soul or There Will Never Be Another You are appropriate for complete beginners. Those tunes are not too difficult but are part of another tier that requires the abilities that could be easily developed while working on songs from the Blue Bossa tier.

[@patusanjeff]

@@DenisChangMusic I was exactly thinking of Body and Soul as not great for the key centre approach

[@zulhilmyzulkifli]

As always, thank you so much for sharing with us. Have a good day, Denis.

[@terryrosenberg7396]

I'm learning so much! THANK YOU

[@wjmalcolm]

This the best jazz guitar lesson i ever saw on KZbin, concept are clear and you go straitghforward without getting too complex, its really good thanks a lot for your work.

[@nordinedjaouani1255]

Merci beaucoup Denis pour ce gros travail bien expliqué. ❤

[@otmanblues4138]

Hi Denis, I recently discovered your channel while learning to use SoundSlice. This must be the 4th time I’m watching this lesson, and will probably watch it a few more times. I like your teaching approach. I also your language approach to music. I started to learn to play the guitar in Jan 2022 at 70, trying out Blues and some Jazz. This year I want to focus on Jazz. I have learned the melody of Blue Bossa and now want to learn how to improvise. I will stay for a while and buy some of your courses at SoundSlice. Thank you for this lesson. There is quite a lot here. 👍👍👍

[@francklessagio1756]

sur D-75b jouer un arpège de F-M7 (AbM7#5) et sur G7 jouer un arpège de Ab-M7 (BM7#5) deux arpèges séparés d'une tierce mineure

[@wjmalcolm]

En tant que débutant / intermédiaire est ce que je peux me contenter de faire sonner la gamme mineure harmonique sur G7 ou apprendre a transitionber rapidement sur l'arpège de Ab-M7 vaut il le coup , est ce que cela apporte un vrai plus a ce stade ? Et est ce que sur cet arpège il faut rajouter d'autres notes ?

[@bradkauder5270]

Once again a very thoughtful and useful video.

[@wive4605]

Thanks for the vid! I really enjoyed hearing that spicy bebop licks

[@bradkauder5270]

High quality instruction from Dennis Chang.

[@NerdMusic3]

Very good video. It's nice to simplify things... Do you think a great jazz guitar player needs to be to able to transcribe pro jazz solos, like many teachers say?

[@jeremyhickersonsalem]

This might be a topic for another video but I particulary watched this one because this is a tune I've found difficult to negotiate on a solo, phrasing-wise, without ending up with all the lines sounding rhythmically the same. Probably because it's a groove tune. I'm always curious what different players will do with simple groove tunes like this, and say St. Thomas. And as I listen to some of the version, I see that even some of the great players end up with the same problem :) Others don't and handle it in a way that I think sounds great. Joe Henderson, for instance was great, and also the Pat Martino. and also a more straight Latin one I found (at least for the groove) Joscho Stephan and Peter Autschbach, and Joe Pass was great on the phrasing against the groove.

[@alexandrelima4584]

I think this is like a múltiplos exercícies ,I can’t hear some music, just my opinion.

[@Pepitogj]

😍👏 Great! Beautiful guitar Denis

[@andrearoncoli5239]

Thank you!

[@abuyco]

This was the first one I learned when learning to play jazz. Very nice lines 👍!

[@justinnguyen203]

Denis Chang! Nice!

[@MrHeSeYe]

Great stuff again. Thanks for doing this.

[@mikegeld1280]

Geez ,4 min + until you actually got to the content,👎to much talk, I'm out

[@davidlibolt1264]

This guy just babbles about how much he knows and how good he is.

[@michaelcollins9698]

I like your approach but your intro is tooooooo long

[@dennispors5065]

Which amp and pedals you are using😊

[@2good2betrue3]

Thanks Denis!, new to Bossa style and I think this lesson is the best beginner lesson there is. Like what you said in the beginning I just want to help by commenting and subscribing. So here's some support for ya...commented and subscribed for more awesome lessons like this. Cheers mate! :)

[@davidfreel1451]

Make the one soft and long.

[@DiariosdeHyle]

Just amazing!! i loved this song-focused approach. Lets pump di algorythm!

[@DenisChangMusic]

Thx so much!!

[@WawauAdlerJazz]

What a sound ❤️

[@neosdioniesis]

thank a lots... denis

[@nabeelahmed6803]

Keep up the good work

[@mokebsonii6101]

Thanks!

[@b10129]

Thanks Denis!

[@galocego5823]

top

[@taylormusicfriendskoblenz7785]

nice denis 🎶🎸❤

[@harimathur2191]

1st 10 min are loooong. Yet... essential and so true for beginners. Thank you Denis. Im hungry for jazz...

[@victorclip8571]

yeah

[@jazzed2b]

You are the best of the best! Thanks, however, when you improvise, do you see lick patterns, chord tones, or just a ton of note choices when you solo?

[@Wyrdo999]

Good video Dennis. I notice you, like me, use your pinky finger as much as the others. I have found that a lot of the Gypsy jazz players, like the rock players, like Eric Clapton for instance, don't use the pinky that much. I'm wondering why?

[@arosalesmusic]

Great video Denis! Another cool thing I like to do is instead of the Ab7 alt, I use a D#9 before the DbMaj 7, and I like playing the B nat over the G alt. in the head, although I get strange looks, it sounds cooler.

[@mainsblanches8793]

We have this idea that those great players improvised all those cool lines, but I'm pretty certain they worked some of them out on piano, or composed them using notation and then practiced them to incorporate them in their playing!!...those guys practiced 10 hours a day minimum and jazz was the "hip" thing back in the days!!...

[@paulgibby6932]

nice playing!

[@mainsblanches8793]

I did the same for traditional québécois and irish music, going out to sessions and learning from the expert players!!...

[@vaughan9829]

👍

[@gunnar7902]

love the video! please make more like it. I checked out DC music school and its the best thing I've found for learning Gypsy Jazz the authentic way not living in a community. I learned the basics of Sinti music from my family but sadly I'm cocoro. What artist lessons stand out to you as being full of great lines to learn from? I have yorgui, Tschavolo (i love watching him), stochelo and a few of Angelo Debarre.

[@alexmarkowski3859]

You do talk a lot, you go round in circles repeating which is good for lectures but not everyone is up for a lecture hahaha.

[@GRANT-W-NEALE]

Thanks 🙏. What guitar are you playing and what would you suggest for a jazz beginner ?

[@kennyfrank2901]

So Great Denis! Can I ask, How do you get the sound from of your guitar--any pedal etc. I can get my hands on? Sounds so suite! Ken, NY

[@mainsblanches8793]

Blues approach = Grant Green and Kenny Burrell!!...

[@victorrivera5762]

Thank you for so many great tips and direction 👏👏👏

[@briantyhy4880]

Please come back to Pender Island and play another concert. cheers

[@dorbabaellen2558]

U don’t even sound jazz 🤣

[@DenisChangMusic]

Kenny G and Nick Jonas say I do!

[@SamCo99]

youve done it again! :) Amazing stuff

[@lenalennon8746]

Delightful! Great vibes here. 💓💓🙏🙏🎸🎸

[@kitsunepicard1111]

High quality lesson ! Thank you for sharing

[@alexborreca8195]

great video Denis thank you for sharing.

[@joemacedo782]

So glad I found your channel man! WIll be buying some courses for sure.

[@petpuu]

"Stay awhile and listen". There's another DC who likes to say that alot too.

[@DenisChangMusic]

Oh! A connoisseur! That means you are familiar with the Asus2 sound!!!

[@neacht]

Brilliant clear teaching - and even better, builds on the version I know.

[@jeremyhickersonsalem]

very helpful, thanks!

[@KevinSmith-lt4qf]

Very inspiring and musical thank you for the lesson.

[@JFMatte]

Excellent, and beautiful Godin !

[@buziaczek52]

Hello Denis, do you think gypsy picking and rest stroke is a trick now because alternate picking is more efficient. REGARDS.

[@DenisChangMusic]

Hi. Hmm I don't know hahaha I think on acoustic guitars there is a very distinct tone with that technique, but on electric guitar, it's not as easy to hear. Using that technique also makes certain phrases that were made with that technique a bit easier to play. I guess it's just different. I think for sure that modern technique is more versatile in general though. It's a very hard question to answer. But also, different people mean different things from "Gypsy Picking". Like it does it mean using rest strokes, or floating the wrist. If it's floating the wrist, there are some players who alternate pick using a floating wrist, like many jazz guitar players in Hungary

[@jeffholmgren8851]

Thanks for my first jazz song!!

[@filipcapalija454]

Thank you Denis , great lessons .

[@kevinhornbuckle]

This is helpful for trombonists.

[@davidmccormack]

Great lesson, Denis. Thank you

[@javiergramajo8226]

Thanks for doing these videos!

[@jimmymahone5420]

Olé, maestro Chang!

[@shelliecurry6052]

Thank you for a great lesson. Could you perhaps give us more ideas on which songs would be in which tiers of learning to help guide practice?

[@DenisChangMusic]

Sorry, just saw your message! That’s a good idea, and i’ll think about this topic, and hopefully make it in the coming weeks!

[@arthurmassanes7262]

thanks you're the best

[@davidkelly1220]

👌 super thanks for 📫

[@kenkarn361]

Whatever you paid for that guitar, it was worth it. NICE sound.

[@DenisChangMusic]

It was a very good price! I just paid for shipping 😂

[@CliffieVanR]

Great lesson - than you!

[@flashkatwillie7657]

Great lesson. Thanks

[@AndreGhozland]

Nice .I will Work on it but Ain’t enough dough Feeling !

[@AndreGhozland]

J’y ai mis 2 mon English

[@buchetolivier4377]

ce n'est pas de la vraie impro c'est appris par coeur

[@teddydeebass]

I enjoyed this.

[@burtmantooth8913]

Underrated channel

[@piotr.soton88]

Thank you DC!

[@markrode4530]

Thanks Denis.

[@boliston2354]

Excellent

[@Eitavonni]

Thnx Denis

[@MicahStott]

You have got to be my favorite educator on KZbin for jazz. Thanks for all the content, keep it coming!

[@jazziergf927]

Hey ! Denis thankyou for another great lesson ! love what Rocky Gresset does great ability awesome player ! one of Selmer's 607

[@DenisChangMusic]

ya Rocky's not only a great player, but a great person as well. He's someone that I also consider a friend.

[@jazziergf927]

@@DenisChangMusic Nice to hear it ! I've just seen videos of him and other top names playing in Paris

[@basti5057]

nice!

[@NUJAKKCITIE]

have you ever transcribed a drum solo?

[@DenisChangMusic]

not solos but i've paid careful attention to how drummers play different styles!

[@benjaminholt6640]

Great advice!!

[@jeremyhickersonsalem]

you just made me go down a Blue Bossa rabbit hole with those recordings you mentioned. And I found some other good ones too! Thanks again!