What is the best thing to begin with for Jazz? Most Important Scale Exercise For Jazz: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIvIY2V4g8und6M
@benkatof5852Ай бұрын
Best thing to start with is a healthy dose of patience.
@tomcripps7229Ай бұрын
Discipline
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
@@benkatof5852 indeed 🙂
@ADHD_GUITARАй бұрын
Probably listening to jazz as well. Its really hard to talk a language you've never heard. You may get the scales, chords and arpeggios but wont understand how to combine them into jazz phrases.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
@@ADHD_GUITAR certainly! Why would you try to learn if you don't listen to the music
@robertpeveler9570Ай бұрын
Best video yet. ALL beginners should start here! Just wish I’d seen this 10 years ago - how much of my life would have been saved!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Just go for it 🙂
@simonbratt9183Ай бұрын
KZbin is very overwhelming when it comes to “How to Jazz”. Your videos always focus on the foundations, which every house is built. Keep teaching and I’ll keep learning 🙌🙌
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Great! Go for it!
@JeffBetkerАй бұрын
40 years ago a drummer I had befriended invited me to a jazz fusion jam. I was so lost I could barely play a note! This lesson makes sense even to my 1-4-5 entrenched mind.
@RichardBaubau3 күн бұрын
Yes finding the right or wrong teacher can be the beginning or the end, this guy is the right teacher.
@Andrew-cs1tdАй бұрын
This material is exactly what I’ve been attempting to learn for years. Hopefully the scale exercise progression you showed will finally get me there. Also nice to see a video that doesn’t go that far over my head. I’m decent with theory intellectually, but have yet to fully connect that knowledge to the fretboard.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Go for it! 🙂
@Larrymh07Ай бұрын
As a former bass player, I'm pleased that Shell voicings leave out the 5th. Bass players are jealous about their 5ths! 😊
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
😁🙏
@markrollinger5366Ай бұрын
I agree with " best video yet" ! So much here! These ideas, I've arrived at myself after many years. We have to take a few wrong turns along the way. What am I missing? If you honestly listen to your own playing, along with feedback from players better than you. Making mistakes can be a great learning experience, if you are willing to admit it. Great work, Jens. Thanks so much.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Thank you, Mark! 🙏
@davidsonmickАй бұрын
Easily one of the best guitar tutorials I've ever seen! Everything you need to get started in one place, all explained clearly and simply. You should sell this teaching technique to the thousands of so-called guitar teachers who have no clue how to do it (and are often pretty average guitarists too). Thank you Jens!
@jho2646Ай бұрын
And this is why learning simple chords was the key for me. After learning the chords, the scales just seem to arrive much more intuitively.
@GamerGamer-ok6wuАй бұрын
All other beginner jazz guitar youtube videos overwhelmed me, this makes everything seem so in grasp and step-wise. I will come back here time and time again. Thank you.
@okenwaorji8418Ай бұрын
This just gave me the buzz I've been looking for to help become a better guitarist.. Thank you so much.. ❤❤
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Happy to hear that!
@jucabala95716 күн бұрын
What a masterclass. 10 minutes of content that can be translated into months of practice!
@JensLarsen15 күн бұрын
Glad it was useful 🙂
@DadPhone-vr7oqАй бұрын
I keep coming back to Jens Larsen 's videos. Jens is hip, and he can teach. Good job!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad you like them!
@reginaldparker3248Ай бұрын
Jazz, I have been self teaching myself for 6 months ,but I had no anchor. Thank you for caring at the right time. Appreciated!😊
@stevecrockett661920 күн бұрын
Excellent description of the shell voicings, Jens! This lesson really removes some of the confusion and difficulty about learning jazz guitar ❤ Thanks so much!
@JensLarsen18 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@brentwheeler2087Ай бұрын
One of your best here Jens. Very clear and plenty of practical sense - and its not flat out and chockfull..... so a slow brain like mine can tie things together. Very helpful. We are continually told to get foundations solid and "right" but in fact not that many teachers do that - they can't resist showing us that they are way better than us. Actually - we know that !! Tis why we're here... so this material you present is a genuine helping hand. Thanks.
@slowfinger2Ай бұрын
I agree. I didn't start with any theoretical foundation, but learning rapidly as needed. Kind of knowing the arp.'s, the scales, the triads, but struggling to get music out of it. The shell chord part with the 7'th was really helpful to pull everything together. Jens couldn't have picked better examples to play.
@rafa_guitarАй бұрын
As a jazz beginner this video is 100% useful and worthy to follow, thanks so much Jens!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@CarloMusicLessonsАй бұрын
Jens, adding subtitles (not auto generated) to your lesson is a game changer (for my personal purpose). Thank you very much.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Great! Glad that is useful 🙂
@1233farhanАй бұрын
Jens I want to say thank you very much on your videos. Now my phrasing is much better, forever thank you.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
That's great! Keep at it 👍🙂
@doubled53835 күн бұрын
I would buy Jens’s jazz course. It has this and a lot of other stuff. It’s great.
@JensLarsen5 күн бұрын
🙏🙂
@rickjensen2717Ай бұрын
Very helpful Jens - thank you. It's also really important to play the songs you like, and play solos with the melody in your mind to get the best sound.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@yuyutsusharma697718 күн бұрын
What an incredible teaching video
@JensLarsen17 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@ObedwardEdward4 күн бұрын
Your lessons are always clear and understandable thank you.
@JensLarsen4 күн бұрын
Glad you think so!
@markeggins8909 күн бұрын
Perfect combination of clear teaching with appropriate visuals - amazing.
@JensLarsen9 күн бұрын
Glad you think so!
@johanvermeulen7668Ай бұрын
Great advise, Jens. After playing years of pop and rock, my interest has schifted to more jazzy inspired music. Even theory has caught my interest as I want to know what I'm playing and when to play it . Playing over the chord changes is very satisfying to play. Keep up the good work and Thank you for sharing.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Great! Go for it 🙂
@YourguitarworkshopАй бұрын
Really fantastic video @JensLarsen , It brings back a lot of memories from when I was studying for my audition at Hilversum Conservatory
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Thanks André! Yes, it is all about getting started 🙂
@YourguitarworkshopАй бұрын
@@JensLarsen Yes it is :-) I'm visiting the Netherlands in August actually, from August 3-25 I'll be in the Rotterdam area
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
@@Yourguitarworkshop Nice! I am out of the country in a huge part of that period. but maybe we should see if we could grab a coffee.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
If you have time that is.. 🙂
@OneChartguitarlessonsАй бұрын
Yup. This is great practical stuff for us jazz dummies. Thanks Jens!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad you like it 🙂
Ай бұрын
This is a fantastic video, Jens! Thank you!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@whoguy4231Күн бұрын
Thank You Thank You 🙏🙏🙏
@JensLarsenКүн бұрын
You're most welcome
@haromartinezfernando18520 күн бұрын
Im actually learning jazz piano but this is gold thanks yoy
@JensLarsen18 күн бұрын
Glad it is useful!
@2mes2mains2 күн бұрын
Very helpful ! A pleasure to watch and listen to, and to work with ! 👍
@JensLarsen2 күн бұрын
Great to hear!
@thomasd9237Ай бұрын
Fantastic lesson. Thank you for posting this 👍👍
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@_____8106Ай бұрын
This is so useful even though jazz is not my favorite style still the theory of using triads this way is very useful when improvising
@jamescopeland5358Ай бұрын
Great lesson Jens
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Thank you James!
@drfunken7653Ай бұрын
Awesome stuff, really appreciated
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@fntsmkАй бұрын
Spectacular information presented here, in the most easily understood manner possible. Thank you Jens. I've been a long--time subscriber and appreciate the invaluable information which you impart here for free. Cheers!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@williamkeithfunderburk12577 күн бұрын
Great video. Thanks for posting.
@JensLarsen6 күн бұрын
Glad it was useful 🙂
@topisantakivi1512Ай бұрын
This is just - AWESOME! Thanks a lot 🙏
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
You're very welcome!
@mangolianАй бұрын
Elementary my dear Jezz Larsen. Thanks. 🙂
@annakaroly25 күн бұрын
Great video, advice and information. Thank you Jens!
@JensLarsen25 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@user-rq4bz1cz9uАй бұрын
Perfekt Teaching.! GREAT!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad you think so!
@nebraskanate7417Ай бұрын
Another great video for us aspiring jazz guitar enthusiasts! It is so rich in information I have to slow down your video to 75%. 🙂 Could you recommend a course or book that carries forward the information in this video and that includes exercises and suggested backing tracks? I always appreciate your perspective and the music theory, history lessons, and what to avoid.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Thank you! I would check out the Jazz Guitar Roadmap if you want to get some stuff figured out and internalized. There's a link in the video description
@deltavistastudio124Ай бұрын
Thanks again Jens. I love how you "put the cookies on the lower shelf" for us. (+1 for REAPER too!)
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Great that it was helpful!
@alchemysticgoldmind4164Ай бұрын
I play in a Jazz Big Band .Great lesson..wish I had this when I started
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Thank you! Glad it was useful 🙂
@antigoti8 күн бұрын
Soooo glad I just found your channel :)
@JensLarsen7 күн бұрын
You are very welcome
@CrazyQ6930Ай бұрын
I'm self-taught. Surely it has an advantage but I can't tell what it is and if I'd learned this early I'd surely be way ahead of where I am today. Jens is a great teacher.
@JeffBetkerАй бұрын
Major scale has always felt better to my fingers than pentatonic, which for me almost always turns into a relative minor scale when improvising. I think I could hear how it’s the way we move through the major scale that distinguishes the progression of notes as jazz. I see it sort of like the ocean tide that ebbs and flows regardless of whether the tide is going in or out.
@gups197916 күн бұрын
very useful, thanks 😊
@JensLarsen16 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@jolijnboland3333Ай бұрын
Dankjewel! Ik ga dit ter aanvulling oefenen naast de 12 most important voicings les van je die ik stap voor stap doorneem. Ik ben de gaten in mijn kennis aan het opvullen en ben helemaal weer bij de basis begonnen. Er is zo veel op KZbin maar ik focus me nu op de voicings en de 'methode' van tom quale wat ook al ontzettend heeft geholpen.
@EduardoRaulOlivero27 күн бұрын
thanks Jens! your the real gps on our jazz guitar road!
@JensLarsen26 күн бұрын
Glad you find the videos useful 🙏
@edd166Ай бұрын
Thank you.
@aberraalemu2866Ай бұрын
Very clear and helpful explanation. Thank you!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@awol2602Ай бұрын
nailed it !
@SiRgrEEns2 күн бұрын
any chance you have a video on these shell voicings? specifically lost on how you determine which ones are major, minor, or other
@JensLarsenКүн бұрын
Here are a few: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHmXpoSPnKmiqq8
@myname14696 күн бұрын
You are a god.
@JensLarsen6 күн бұрын
Maybe, that is (slightly?) overstated? 😂
@thtborges7512Ай бұрын
Very good vídeo.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Thank you
@nicoluminousАй бұрын
wow super good!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad you think so!
@ryantotten501128 күн бұрын
Great lesson!
@JensLarsen27 күн бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@IggyPelmanАй бұрын
This has to be the most useful video on the subject that I've ever seen.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@safraАй бұрын
I've needled this. I can play the guitar, but my improvising sucks.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Go for it 🙂
@thomasd9237Ай бұрын
@safra You & me both my friend ☹️
@UHF44eppАй бұрын
Yes, good stuff!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Thank you!
@jimcadorette1140Ай бұрын
This video is pure gold for me. I’m not into bee-bop yet so what do you recommend for the most basic tune for listening and learning?
@johanngregory3499Ай бұрын
Wonderful lesson this’ll take awhile to master! Vielen Dank
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Go for it 👍
@ericstrauch3215Ай бұрын
Great lesson Jens! I always thought the three most important scales in jazz were Major, Dorian, and Mixolydian..Jamey Aebersold pushed these 3 in his play along books. What are your thoughts? Also, can you do a more in depth video on the 3 scales, Major, Harmonic, and Melodic?
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Modes are not the answer. I have videos on those 3 scales, it's just not in one video since each is a fairly big topic. maybe start here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZPRaZWqa8iAfqs
@diegobocco1035Ай бұрын
Asking for authenticity to the most, would you consider doing a whole video in danish? Would be great as a special one
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
I am not sure I see the point in doing that, I think Danish is the language of the 3 that I have taught the least in. Why would that be more authentic?
@charpentierniko4613Ай бұрын
Tellement clair toutes ces bases merci pour le partage.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad it was helpful
@vlazed4809Ай бұрын
you give this exercise for free to everyone? SHEESH thank you so much 😭
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
If you can put it to use then that is great! 👍
@cbolt4492Ай бұрын
6:53 Nice playing
@musicaleltdАй бұрын
this is a wonderful lesson! extremely useful
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad you think so!
@muddywolfking24 күн бұрын
I have often wondered if the total of all the "Do this every day" "do these 5 exercises every day" "do this for 10 minutes every day" etc wpuld add up to more than 24 hours :)😬
@JensLarsen24 күн бұрын
In this video it wouldn't but if you take enough videos....
@gorz85929 күн бұрын
Awesome video
@JensLarsen29 күн бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@Pablo-ft6unАй бұрын
Danke!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Thank you for the support, Pablo!
@matteolatinov6630Ай бұрын
Excellent video, thanks for sharing! I'm wondering though, how do you know when you've got the scale down well enough (third intervals, triads and arpegios) and when should you move to other exercises?
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
When it is easy to play in any key and position? But once you have it in your system then it doesn't take more than a minute to play
@domi2125 күн бұрын
Super, avez vous prévu les sous titres en français ? Merci !
@JensLarsen25 күн бұрын
You're very welcome 🙂
@Oi-mj6dvАй бұрын
Yes. 100% of the top of my lungs yell volume YES. The thing that kills the drive to learn the most is not lacking study material or advice but not knowing whats "the path" what works and why it works and how to implement it. Nothing is more frustrating than being self taught and go out on a limb with something you think will work but finding later down the road you just wasted time when there was a much more streamlined and simple approach. Simple but not easy is what wins the race. Not strange detours, which abound in the online guitar teaching world
@rockstarjazzcatАй бұрын
Always entertaining and musical. Cheers, D
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Thanks Daniel! 🙂
@tomcripps7229Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@MrDogfish8329 күн бұрын
Jens, do you ever come to the US? If you ever plan to come to Kansas City I will personally chauffeur you around. We have a great jazz scene here!
@JensLarsen29 күн бұрын
I don't have much chance to travel to the US, mostly just LA for NAMM
@cbolt4492Ай бұрын
7:49 Mega helpful
@belindadrake5487Ай бұрын
Sal Salvador’s book has all these exercises that are VERY Useful & used as riffs. You’d know JENS!! It didn’t have tab in it, so lots of dudes would have avoided it. It was my ‘Bible’ for years. It’s really beaten up now!! How would you read a lead sheet if you didn’t know ? These guys are the GREATEST MUSOS. They’ve since re-released it with tab. 🙄 lt’s just my opinion, but you should be able to READ MUSIC. In doing that, you get so much more from reading. And why does everyone always refer to Joe Pass? There’s heaps of other jazz greats. Although, l had a brilliant start in jazz ( & classical). My DAD💔 had a jazz club when he was 17. ( no trad, no ‘3rd stream’; ). DADS💔brother, was into trad big time. When DAD💔& l listened to it ( 24/7) my Uncle Harry DADS💔brother was the trad lover. I remember him getting up & walking out back to his room; he used to say to us, ‘ How can you listen to that crap? They all sound like they’re playing in different rooms! ‘’ 🤣🤣🤣 So, you’d get music blaring out with 2 different styles. So funny to hear & see. Both had a wit equal to Groucho Marx; which thankfully l got from them along with my big brother. ( who isn’t into jazz). FUN TIMES!! I miss my DAD💔soooo much. He was my best friend. 😔 He was never a muso; when l asked why, he said he didn’t want to know how it was done. Understandable. He taught me so much of jazz history. Sorry for the novella! Have a good one. 👊🏾😃🎸🎹✨
@mr.k905Ай бұрын
Ok, nice! But what about rhythm?
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Are you asking for links to other videos? You could also learn a solo by ear.
@mlaporte74Ай бұрын
Jens, why are for you the 3 scales major, melodic minor, and harmonic minor, and not the natural minor instead of the major? Just a permutation of the same scale, right?
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Because there is a lot more music in a major key and it is far less complicated for beginners
@mlaporte74Ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen Agree there, but... isn't it just a matter of convention/preference that we want the I to be the tonal center? When Holdsworth is explaining how he thinks of scales he's saying that he doesn't concern himself with modes. If you then see how he looks at the C major scale, he sees it as a D minor with a flattened sixth, so effectually as a minor scale, and not major. So a II-V-I on a major scale is the same as a IV-VII-III on a natural minor scale. Yes, it doesn't resolve to the I, but that is convention as the chords and harmonic intervals are the same. Just the numbering is different... (I know, it's more a philosophical look at it -- sorry😉)
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
@@mlaporte74 No, it is a matter of how you hear it, not just a choice. You can't just try to use theory to ignore your ears (or at least I would not advice you to do that).
@mlaporte74Ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen I hear you 😉. And you are right. Theory is one, but music is hearing and feeling. Yet looking at the modes of the major scale they are more minor than major. So I guess it all comes down to where we hear the tonal center, right?
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
@@mlaporte74 it comes down to what the melody tells you. They are usually clear and have very little to do with modes.
@ThaKKattАй бұрын
I can jazz cheezburger?
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
?
@simonbratt9183Ай бұрын
Jens doesn’t know the deep cut
@DoctorHobbyАй бұрын
Kek
@thierrymace4735Ай бұрын
Au PrivaTe 😊
@cbolt4492Ай бұрын
I don't feel like I'll get beyond the basics sometimes... 😊
@randykalish7558Ай бұрын
You can get there from here
@user-by8gk9rm6nАй бұрын
6:56 Excuse me, in the second measure that is written are they heard on the guitar?
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
That is just a typo in the rhythm. Just go with what I play 🙂
@user-by8gk9rm6nАй бұрын
@@JensLarsenThank you very much. I wondered if I was so wrong. Again thank you very much! God bless you.
@cbolt4492Ай бұрын
10:05 This
@S2BАй бұрын
Bitly link for transcribing just goes to an empty cart, with no indication of what the software is.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Which bitly link exactly?
@S2BАй бұрын
The second link in your Gear list: Software for Transcribing: 👉 Trnscrib
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
@@S2B Ah, yes that is a pretty old link. The software is called Transcribe! mad by seventh string
@musicalgear1024Ай бұрын
You really love appragios. I use them as well but not a lot. When you use appragios too often during a song it becomes very robotic like. This is why I choose Robben Ford over most all guitarists. He doesn't play 39 notes per second, he uses many different technics which creates a tasteful sounding solo. Of course it took him years to establish such an approach but his approach is very easy to listen to. I am about to create a video which will be very controversial because I am going to explain something about scales, modes, appragios, etc. that I have never heard anyone say. It is something that has been on my mind for a long time but I just struggle to figure out how to explain it.
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Arpeggios are only as robotic as the people playing them, but it is fine if you don't like them. Same goes for Robben Ford, that you consider him tasteful doesn't mean that everybody thinks the same.
@HenriNaila29 күн бұрын
Where’s your truss rod cover?!
@JensLarsen29 күн бұрын
For this guitar I don't know. I never had it
@PlaysinvainАй бұрын
Aren’t there many major scales and not “the” major scale?
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
There is only one major scale, but you can play it in different keys.
@PlaysinvainАй бұрын
@@JensLarsen so E major scale is the same as A major scale on the fret board for example?
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
@@Playsinvain no, they are in different keys, but they are both major scales
@PlaysinvainАй бұрын
@@JensLarsen I’m sorry. I’ll never get this I guess. “Both major scales” says to me there is more than one “major scale”.
@randykalish7558Ай бұрын
The one scale is one pattern shifted up or down the neck to correspond to one of the 12 keys possible on the instrument. The pattern covers the whole neck. The position involves a particular part of the pattern. Knowing the scale in all positions reveals a working knowledge of the scale pattern on the instrument. This takes time. But then shifting the pattern up or down to accomodate the key is child's play compared with negotiating key changes on say, the sax, where you encounter 12 unique finger patterns that must be known well to run keys.
@JonasDarvin-oh7fkАй бұрын
Jeg kan ikke vente Jens 😊
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Vi er der næsten... 😁
@buddysims1366Ай бұрын
do what every day ? listen to you talk ????????????????
@quizblogАй бұрын
FU and Die is a German metal band and their name fits well into the message for you for commenting that on this wonderfully insightful video from this Gentleman who put so much time into making this for us for free✨
@xylogloss5905Ай бұрын
Too much bla blabla man ! Is tiring really
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
No problem! I am sure you can find other channels that fit you better