A Beautiful Warm-Up For Jazz Chords

[@JensLarsen]

How do you warm up for chords? 🤔 3 Basic Jazz Chord Exercises That Will Change Your Playing in 2024 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWLViGyNqtaUgrs

[@snecko]

Jens, you're the man. After 20 years of playing guitar (on instinct alone i.e. badly) and 10 years of listening to jazz, I decided to finally learn jazz about a month ago. Been drilling your diatonic exercises, a few heads, been learning scales, thinking about finger positions. And honestly my playing in the last month has improved more than it has the last decade. Then just when I'm thinking about getting into chords/comping I see you've dropped this video. They call that serendipity. Thanks my guy, because of you I can see a future where I'm ripping hard bop solos over Donna Lee, a future that until recently seemed out of reach🐱

[@MusicMotivator]

No, we call this "The algorithm." ;)

[@emel7472]

First, I'd like to thank you from all my heart for your continuing effort and commitment to provide these invaluable tutorials for us. It is your kind of people who make life such an amazing thing! Thank you. Personally, I'd like to tell that your tutorials have been a wonderful gateway to discover my true musical direction. I was for years a hard rock driven guitar practitioner, and never got any good at it, but the change of direction to jazz music brought me home, at last. Learning, by your tutorials, the fretboard and chord structuring, and the ability to utilize this understanding, brought me to my biggest goal, and I'm almost there: the ability to achieve confidence of playing without having to worry about losing track in the middle. Improvisation, among other things, has become a joy instead of a fright. There’s more, but the story is already prolonging, so, a BIG hug, and thanks Jens!

[@JensLarsen]

That is so great to hear! Glad you can put it to use 🙂

[@JMKer]

Vraiment une très bonne vidéo, très progressive , très claire, vraiment très importante. Merci pour votre travail qui nous permet de mieux comprendre les liens entre accords, basses et mélodie. JM

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@brandonbaker3063]

I just want Jens Larson to acknowledge my comment. I have played guitar off and on for about 10 years total. I nearly earned a minor degree in jazz bass guitar at Washington State University in 2007. I stopped playing jazz, and joined a rock band after I graduated from college. Most of my bass playing was improvised in that rock band. It was fun, and I got paid to make music. 16 years later, it's 2024. I have 2 kids, I'm engaged. But I can't stop thinking about those 2-5-1 progressions I learned in college. I must learn jazz music, it's on my bucket list. Particularly jazz guitar. I used to know how to play all 5 minutes of Wes Montgomery's West Coast Blues note for note. I played it in front of about 150 Korean Middle Schoolers in 2019. However, memorizing is not the same as improvising. I'm learning piano to help me learn harmony. My bass professors encouraged me to do this in college. I can't afford to go back to college. So Jens Larson will be my jazz guitar professor. I've watched these videos every now and then for the past 6 years. Now I'm going to get serious about it, and learn jazz guitar improvisation. I like Larson's content. It's all about getting players to improvise. I like the concept of target notes. I'm going to work on that.

[@cbolt4492]

You're philosophy is fantastic! Thanks for your amazing contribution to music education

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you!

[@markslist1542]

That guitar sounds very good. Good choice for video lessons.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you!

[@jfitz458]

I watch a lot of your lessons, and at first I resisted many of your teachings, I don't know why. Anyway, I am noticing now that my practices and when I am learning a new song, Jens is in my head saying thungs like "Learn Jazz, Make Music ..." Seriously though, I have been incorporating these ideas and exercises etc., into my playing and I must say I am listening and trying so much more of your teachings. Thanks Jens.

[@JensLarsen]

Makes my day to hear that! 🙂

[@paulking283]

It's more than just warm up exercise. With my limited knowledge, It's what fingerstyle guitar is all about. Excellent tutorial !

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was useful!

[@robertcosio6783]

Nice to see the Epi!

[@JensLarsen]

Stick around, It's in a lot of the upcoming videos

[@benkatof5852]

For the past few years I've been warming up with slow tempo songs i know well. Roll out of bed, make coffee, play a song. Figured at jams/gigs there's often little to no warm up time, so I ought to be able to play tunes cold.

[@newgunguy4176]

Marco Tamayo agrees.

[@ricklaino6385]

Always helpful and informative......thanks Jens...!

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks Rick!

[@johnpereira2910]

Making the text of each video available as text is very helpful for reference. Thanks

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tooselfish]

Hello Jens Larsen, thank you very much for this video and sharing your tips with us

[@JensLarsen]

My pleasure!

[@munch_muzak]

And all that for free. Thanks ❤️

[@emlyngriffith5846]

A very useful lesson…..thank you 👍🍷

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@RogerBolt]

Most excellent! Thank you!

[@JensLarsen]

Great it was useful!

[@jordivrolijkanimation]

Echt fantastische les zoals altijd 😌

[@JensLarsen]

Graag gedaan!

[@MrDSchaller]

AMAZING JENS - HI CLASS IDEAS! Dolf

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Dolf!

[@BuckJoFiden]

Great lesson Jens 🏆

[@dadudezpr]

More like this !

[@firminEmmanuel-lb7dh]

thank you Jens Larsen

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was useful! 🙂

[@jamescopeland5358]

Thx Jens this is great

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 🙂

[@DLK_FOXX]

Super helpful thanks a lot

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was useful!

[@boydross]

Very nice thanks for sharing

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it!

[@القرشيالهاشمي-ه1ف]

Thanks a lot!

[@JensLarsen]

You're welcome!

[@alejandromontepeluso626]

Hey Jens and comunity! Thank you very much for all this educational content, it really usefull. I like practicing with a drum kit, and I use the ones that I can find in KZbin. Is there a drum loop you or anyone in the jazz guitar comunity recomends? Or is it better to practice without a drum loop backing track? Thanks again! Hope you are doing well

[@JensLarsen]

Hi Alejandro, Maybe check out DrumGenius, it's a phone app: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2Wlgqmpo5VlY7ssi=OAaZEy2Qe7N8Mz81

[@alejandromontepeluso626]

@@JensLarsen Thx! I'll check that out.

[@tomcripps7229]

Thanks!

[@grantdeniso6458]

Great advice,,,,,you never mised a note....I'm too sloww....I'm firing..everybody.. Actually slow jazz sounds better most of the time...

[@dannop8795]

Jens I love the tone you're getting out of your Sheraton. What pickups do you have installed?

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! That is a long story, and it is in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooC0Yqabir6FgcU

[@dannop8795]

@@JensLarsen Thank you so much for your kind reply. Very informative video on the pickup comparison! If I understood you, you have no doubt that going from the stock pickups to - was it the Bare Knuckles? - was a real change for you but the comparison between the Bare Knuckles and the Ellis was far more subtle to your ear. Did I get the right? Because I feel that my Sheraton (stock pups) is muddy and I'm looking for that incremental change to more clarity without sacrificing that sweet tone. Maybe a pair of Gibson Classic '57s? Anyway, thank you so much for all your hard work in making the videos. Truly inspiring to listen to your playing!

[@JensLarsen]

@@dannop8795 yes, that is pretty much it. I would look at the Seymour Duncan Seth Lover pickups. I have one in my Ibanez

[@ront2457]

I've been watching a lot of your vids about chord progressions and subs. I get how that works if you're playing by yourself like Joe Pass but if you're in a ensemble with bass and keys are you that free to sub some of these chords if the bass and piano are following the changes? Will it cause clashing or color? Thanks...great vids!!

[@JensLarsen]

That depends on a lot of things, the style of Jazz you play, how you play the extra chords and how the rest of the band reacts to this. It is not something you can describe in rules.

[@issaranukrit]

❤️❤️

[@rockstarjazzcat]

Jens knows.

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks Daniel!

[@brusdaar]

You may have explained this in another lesson but I'm curious why the A7 is a dominant chord in this progression. My understanding of the Diatonic Harmonized Scale will have A7 in the tonic category which tends to be a Am7. I think it sounds good I'm just curious why we'd choose that chord in Jazz vs the Minor Chord. If I was to analyze this myself I'd think that the A7 is borrowed but I'm probably way off.

[@JensLarsen]

Check out this kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpXTYqimmt16ebMsi=HdBazinQWBxmn5v-

[@brusdaar]

​@@JensLarsenThank you. I think I get it now. A is a fifth of the D so we inject the A7 dominant chord to create tension and lead to a resolution on Dm7 and then follow up with an even more pleasing 5 to 1 resolution. Thanks again Jens!

[@VitalBigras]

Hi, what is with the A7 ? Following the Cmaj 7…

[@JensLarsen]

It is a secondary dominant. I explain those here kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpXTYqimmt16ebM

[@VitalBigras]

@@JensLarsen thank you 🙏

[@stevecordes3039]

Whilst warming up with the simplest of these exercises I payed a chord made of F, B and E but I wasn’t able to name the chord, any ideas? The F was a substitute for the C in the Cmaj7 chord

[@JensLarsen]

Often F, B, E is a rootless G7(13) but it will depend on the context of course

[@cbolt4492]

7:55 Joe Pass's "illusion"

[@ianparisey4760]

Does he use roundwound strings still?

[@JensLarsen]

Is that against the rules of Jazz? 😁

[@Ruvfua]

No entiendo como no usas los dedos 1 2 y 3 para hacer los menores y los séptima mayor ..de hecho para pasar de menor a séptima es más orgánico…tu lo complicas usando una posición típica de menor 11 con los dedos 2 3 y 4..

[@erikskupce4566]

too much talking…

[@JensLarsen]

Too little motivation?

[@erikskupce4566]

@@JensLarsen if there was a button to exclude comments, Utube would be so much more useful. The exercises are cue and interesting, but do I want to waste so much time listening to comments about what I already know? Of course this does not necessarily apply to everybody, just my very personal wish.

[@JensLarsen]

@@erikskupce4566 if you already know what I am saying then you don't need the exercises...

[@erikskupce4566]

@@JensLarsen yes, but I like it.

[@JensLarsen]

@@erikskupce4566so in fact you are just looking for something to complain about.