Jazz licks with NO scales 😎

This is such a great way to create solid lines! 😁
-1 Foundation: The Triad
-2 Leading Note
-3 Enclosure
-3.5 Boring line
-4 Example 1
-5 Example 2
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[@JensLarsen]

The Barry Harris Exercise: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIqpppicabx_pMk

[@deldia]

I think it’s when you learn this you start to understand jazz isn’t necessarily complicated - it’s just a sound of flow toward chord tones.

[@JensLarsen]

Exactly 🙂

[@AlfredHugecokk]

I still don't get it 😂🤣

[@captainclyde5082]

That's an excellent way of putting it

[@eddierey5202]

eye opener 🤯

[@binjiling]

I don't remember who it was but a legend of a pianist said there was no bebop scale that it wasn't relevant

[@Remi-B-Goode]

"jazz licks without notes" soon lol

[@JensLarsen]

You never know 😁

[@travislee9662]

If anybody could figure that out, it would be Jens lol

[@ccaa7674]

"the notes you don't play"

[@rogeralleyne9257]

It's one of those concepts where it's easy to grasp; hard to internalize so you can pull it out at anytime!!!🙏

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you!

[@eddie11426]

Your content and playing is great. Thank you so much!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@dountoothers]

Awesome lesson!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@Australia__]

Awesome Jens. Thanks so much for that. 5.30am in Australia. Just got out of bed and gave it a go!! Works beautifully!!

[@JensLarsen]

Great t hear :)

[@dougbelford4796]

Dude, you are very useful

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you think so!

[@patandmacmusic]

You explain things so simply, I love it

[@JensLarsen]

I appreciate that!

[@sanavthecardist1666]

This is actually incredibly good ❤ thanks man!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it! 🙂

[@frankmonteleone5361]

Thanks Jens. This is helpful in many ways.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@donppricemusic9285]

This guy knows the guitar . Wow

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@SuperBromberg]

man can play too

[@RuptimusPrime]

Very cool. Found it really easy to implement after messing around with it for a few minutes, really lets you do a lot with very little. Thanks!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it helped!

[@Jamestele1]

Amazing how seemingly simply concept can fundamentally improve one's playing. Thank you once again Maestro!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you think so!

[@andrewkholowa1740]

Great tip. Thanks Jens

[@JensLarsen]

You're welcome 🙂

[@Cantbuyathrill]

Love this guy. Insightfully eye-opening.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@ABrookfire]

Love these quick tips. Very helpful for easy lessons. Thx!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@BuckJoFiden]

One of the best teachers on YT 👍🫡

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@brodiebehrmann9295]

Dang! Super useful! I have to try that!

[@mattgoldsworthy3278]

That's so fun. Awesome, thank you Jens.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@martymooney8099]

Great concept sir 🤘🤘✌️🖖

[@Tanauan]

this is the gold, thanks as always

[@JensLarsen]

My pleasure!

[@captainclyde5082]

Love these shorts!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like them!

[@antoniotraverso6462]

Thanks

[@JensLarsen]

You're welcome :)

[@mackermaldrill2656]

Simple, but brilliant.

[@alelaera13]

I am learning a lot of terminology by watching your videos. Many ideas, I already use in my soloing, but many others I am also picking up or refining.

[@JensLarsen]

Great to hear!

[@DoubleBassX2]

Just found your channel! Thank you good sir!

[@JensLarsen]

Very welcome 🙂

[@seraphym6764]

Now this is going to be a helpful concept to explore and apply to my solos.

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it!

[@stephenwoodring7839]

I learned chromatic steps into chord shapes in a country instruction book. One time I find it to be both beautiful and outside, sounding at the same time.

[@andymacksoundvision]

Thanks!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you for the support! I'm glad you like the video

[@pedroaguirreestrada408]

The enclosure phrase is like Joe pass chord melody in "when you wish upon a star"

[@TheBoondoggler]

This is essentially 20 years of guitar lessons in under a minute

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! I would usually feel that I am more efficient in lessons 😁

[@AngelGomezdelRio-qw3dv]

Great!❤

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it!

[@MindsEyeVisualGuitarMethods]

This is an awesome one

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! :)

[@davedave8608]

awesome ideas

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like them!

[@kevindonnelly761]

Wicked as !!

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks Kevin!

[@jamescopeland5358]

Cool Jens

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@torky1380]

if its not too much, can you explain which notes would act as enclosures? I know leading notes would be the 7th to each triad note

[@JensLarsen]

Try this video, around 3:30 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKPMkmethc6qmqM But be aware that an enclosure is anything that ends on a target note from above and below.

[@wehaveasituation]

Aw man, you make it look so easy, like Bob Ross painting a mountain lake.

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks! It isn't that difficult :)

[@wehaveasituation]

@@JensLarsen Just kidding, but you've really smoothed it out. I particularly like your vid on applying chords to the melody (Someday My Prince ..)

[@babylemonade2868]

George Benson is awesome

[@kamrankerim636]

What is an enclosure around a note? I dont know and I want to learn. Thanks in advance!

[@JensLarsen]

Try this kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqu7Y5adg7SprqM

[@kamrankerim636]

Thanks a lot, Sir. I am sitting down to practice it right this time!

[@brodiemiddleton8396]

Hey Jen Larsen can you play other instruments or tried other instruments

[@JensLarsen]

I have played a bit of piano but that is about it

[@kyleoberhauser9349]

Is an enclosure always a half step below to a whole step above and then back to the target note?

[@JensLarsen]

No, there are a lot of great options: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqu7Y5adg7SprqM

[@LeonardoZundo]

how do you know which enclosure shape to use?

[@user-ov5nd1fb7s]

George Benson was always a monster. Can you do a video on the 'stuttering' he does?

[@malaquiasalfaro81]

I have a question. I’m a very basic blues player but I’m always found playing three frets up of whatever note I’m actively playing sounds cool. (Minor 3rd I believe) Am I applying this principle because I’m not following a particular scale of notes? For example if I played these notes on a single string 7-10-7-10 5-8-5-8 0-3-0-3 I know the “8” isn’t part of the minor pentatonic scale but it sounds cool when I throw it in. So am I ignoring scales when I play a note and then three notes above back and forth?

[@JensLarsen]

Depends on the context, so I can't really tell in a comment, but if it sounds good then that is enough

[@za4310]

If played on the high e, all of the notes listed belong to both the g major scale and c major scale, both very common keys for guitar based music. G is the relative major for the key of E minor and therefore contains all of the same notes, and C is the relative major of A minor. E minor and A minor are two very common keys for guitar based blues music. Theres a good chance you're playing in those keys when you're playing blues, and the minor thirds you're choosing to play fit into the scale. There are other minor thirds you could play that would not and they might sound a bit sour. For example, if you also added 3-6-3-6 to your set of minor thirds... Neither E minor nor A minor contains that note on the 6th fret of the high E string. You will have a minor third that brings you outside the key. Thats a valid choice if you like the sound! But it would be much more consonant to play a major 3rd in that situation, going from 3rd fret to 7th instead. I recommend you look up the c major and g major scale on google. Find a diagram that maps the scale across the entire fretboard, and you will be able to see where your intervals fit into it like puzzle pieces. The notes from your pentatonic scales will be there too!

[@jefferychen8129]

Playing a major pentatonic scale 3 frets higher moves you to the parallel minor pentatonic scale, which often works in blues since the key is dominant

[@anilmertkinay]

Rookie question, what does "enclosure" actually mean?

[@JensLarsen]

A short melody moving towards a target note from above and below

[@jwal1992]

👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻

[@scottkelly7512]

You are amazing and really know your stuff if you pray pls prY for that i could focus with life long adhd played guitar 50 years and still stuck in pentatonic - I love what you do I've always dreamed to be a real jazz musician scott kelly you tube

[@francescacarcassi116]

Seems like when the classical appoggiatura is taken to the extremes you start speaking bebop:)

[@rayhairston7582]

Technically it's still from a scale but great video

[@JensLarsen]

In that sense, technically, everything is from a scale as soon as it is in any type of context :)

[@daveleoni2683]

👍

[@carlosvasquez5851]

You are using scale theory to construct these licks bro

[@JensLarsen]

No bro, I don't think I am

[@groovykev]

What is an ‘enclosure?’ - anyone……..

[@JensLarsen]

A short melodic phrase resolving to a target note. In this case E and C# resolving to D

[@groovykev]

Aah - got it! Jens, I’ve just moved to NL from U.K.- are you accepting students? If not - love the clips you put up!!

[@JensLarsen]

@@groovykev Thank you! :) I don't take on students, simply don't have time. The best I can offer is my online course.

[@pleximanic]

I know all the scales but i never PLAY them !

[@JensLarsen]

Well, here's a way to also never play them 😁

[@mbbag1980]

vedt

[@erickmatthewlynch2058]

Typical gypsy method. Best method too.

[@janonjoshua]

What in the World are enclosures?!???!!??

[@JensLarsen]

Short melodies that move towards a target note like E, C# to D