The Biggest Misunderstanding About Jazz Chords And How To Quickly Fix It

The way you think about Jazz chords is most likely wrong, and that is because you have been taught to think about chords in the wrong way from probably the first guitar lesson you ever had. Joe Pass has some advice, and if you use that, then you can get VERY far!
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Content:
00:00 Jazz Chord Problems
01:06 Making Jazz Chords Simple!
02:55 Adding Melody Not Extensions
04:47 Making Chords Into Music
05:52 Chromatic Chords - Melodic And Visual
07:18 It Is Already A Chord Solo!
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[@affmusic]

I’ve been a professional jazz guitarist for 35+ years, have taught tons of guitarists, teach at a university, etc - and I want you to know that I have shared some of your videos with my students with the words “here is a very clear example of what I showed you”… thank you, you are a terrific resource, and you are appreciated.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! I really appreciate that, and it's great to hear that the videos are useful

[@Lepetitortu]

It is very usefull!

[@miguelhenriques3308]

Alright!!

[@5400bowen]

He’s a hack. I feel sorry for your students. If you knew what you were doing, you wouldn’t be “showing”, a dead giveaway that you are simply lording your advance playing technique over your students, not explaining the underlying principles as you should. You wouldn’t need to show them these videos to explain what you are “showing” them. My college theory instructors VERY rarely set their hands on an instrument. What you are subconsciously doing is trying to intimidate the next generation of players out of challenging your technique.

[@affmusic]

@@5400bowen first off - you know nothing about how I teach, or obviously what I mean by “showing”, which includes lessons that include teaching principles, techniques, bigger concepts, and yes, sometimes playing for and with them. I have no idea how good a performer Jens Larson, I don’t even care, but sometimes he puts things in a particular way, or arranges certain materials in bite size chunks, that has helped some of my students. I feel sorry for you that your teachers never played for you, you must be a poor sad soul as a result of them not feeling you worth sharing their gifts with you. Sorry.

[@stevenshorkey7271]

If I had the light bulb moment I think I had, this is the jazz version of rock "power chords"= two note chords played on the 5th and 6th strings. Instead, you play the jazz two-note cord on the 3rd and 4th strings, and add your "color" with the 1st and 2nd strings. Amazing!! Love this.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was useful! 🙂

[@CyrilleBriegel]

Interesting video! I agree with this concept. But here's my 2 cents about this: Any musicians should be able to understand that a C13 or C7b9 or C7#11 and so on is basically a C7. Any extension added in a chord chart is just a guide for anyone not familiar with the tune to avoid playing notes that would clash with the melody. Or sometimes the melody would require a specific extension in a chord. There are so many ways of harmonizing a melody. For example, when I see a C9, it doesn't mean that I have to play the 9th in that chord. That just tell me that I might want to avoid playing a flat 9th. When you see a chart with extensions on the chords, it just quickly helps to figure out the harmonic structure of a song (what scales the melody is based on, etc...). As I said, chord charts are just a guide. In the end, it's always the ear that decides what to play. When a chord chart is complete and accurate, it gives a better overview of the song's harmonic content. From this, it's up to the musicians to decide what to do with it

[@timothydaniels504]

Boy, did I ever need this lesson. I spend all my time fretting ( excuse the pun) about my fingers being too short. These more compact chords will help.

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it 🙂

[@zackguitar07]

Despite earning a degree in jazz guitar and music education, I’ve struggled with chord solos because I used to see them as thousands of individual ideas rather than groupings. That screenshot of the fretboard with 2 bass strings, 2 chord strings, and 2 melody strings is one of the most profoundly simple and effective approaches I’ve ever seen. I love everything about your recent videos after discovering your channel from the Paul Davids collaboration. Well done!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! That is really great to to hear 🙂

[@punky1534]

partial chord if it's jazz. power chord if it's rock. double stop if it's bluegrass. or an interval if it's classical. But they are all dyads(2 note chords). Is this correct?

[@JensLarsen]

@@punky1534 no not really. Are you referring to the same place in the video?

[@punky1534]

@@JensLarsen I don't think so. I kinda focused in on the 1:30 mark. I don't understand music theory very well.(self taught)☹️ but the idea of finding the simplest version of a chord and learning how to color it in to make it fit the context of the piece as a whole is the route I went. I started with rock and roll power chords and then figured out how to build triads off the root and fifth. Then I realized If I drop the fifth to a fourth and add a sixth it makes it more somber. Then I discovered that I can invert the triads to create interesting bass lines. And on down the path I went. I'm just trying to make sense of what I am doing. Thank you for your time.

[@JensLarsen]

@@punky1534 yes, that is all ok, but your attempt to force it on to genres is not so useful 🙂

[@petergraham9267]

LOVE this!! Use the Bass Player - he or she is there for a reason!! I have to say, having started to think like this - as a BAND member, not a guitarist - a few years ago has simplified and improved my playing noticeably! I used to think like a solo pianist - I have to play EVERYTHING in EVERY song. Then I learned to hear my band, to listen to what they were doing, to realise that the audience hears an ENSEMBLE piece, nit individual instruments, so started to focus on what I NEEDED to do to add to my spectrum of sound, if you will, and using the bass player was the absolute core to this. It totally freed up my playing and I stopped all worries about barre chords and even my bass string notes, and learned simple chord inversions like this video, to minimise me jumping all over the neck, and to add the right colour to the song in the right place! It's not perfect by any means, and does tax my amateur brain 😂 but I LOVE the results so far! GREAT video Jens 😎

[@nucleusmedicalmedia]

Thsnks for the inspiring lesson!

[@jorgtr8579]

8 concise minutes of good info, no filler. thank you for thinking more about music and not youtube.👏👏👏

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ericplummer4089]

Been playing bass in church for about the last 25 or so years, and put guitar (my 1st love way on the back burner). But this makes me want to pick up my strat and start learning diad and triad riffs! Moocho thanks.

[@CommunityArchiveRecords]

i've played jazz for 8+ years, but in these past 2 years it finally came together all the chords and scales etc. and now i can play anything and I can't get off the Piano its so fun.

[@irawhitlock1084]

Pure gold. I hope they’re paying you well cause you are an excellent teacher. My comments on here always sounds like flattery but I’m really being sincere. Ty so much Jens. You’ve really enriched the musical lives of me and my kids.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Ira! I am lucky to be able to reach this many people and be a part of this community!

[@cliberg]

Hear, hear!

[@gorz859]

Awesome video! Never realized how simple this was to understand.

[@jack6136]

Musicians! Pay very close attention! Larsen Is knocking it out of the park with this music lesson! Save the post ! This is the good stuff! 🎸😎👍

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you!

[@jessicasherman1510]

This is a wake up call!. Makes so much sense. Thanks.

[@Idontknowhoiamanymore]

The information is gold, but I also really appreciate your video production edits. Thank you

[@themotioncodemarc]

Truly a treasure of music teaching. Blew my mind. Much thanks for your continued contributions. Hope all is well!

[@Tanauan]

This, and learning to organize the chord by bars, was what made learning jazz easier for me.

[@isaiahmarquez9717]

4:45 “But you probably already know that.” Oh…Sir….you give me too much credit! Just when I think I’m a pretty good guitarist, I come here and you thoroughly dissuade me of that notion!

[@Zguegon]

Jens, thank you for this video! I'm not a jazz guitarist (I really like Joe Pass, but I'm more folk/rock, classic rock), but my quest for harmonic enrichment and phrasing brings me very regularly to watch your videos. And this one, I think it unlocked something huge in my play, and only in 8 minutes! Thanks again Jens!

[@milaortiz]

It makes me really happy to still see your videos Jens... Nice editing :)

[@andrewgarner3428]

I’ve been taking more a dive into music theory, and have been working through a book called “Guitar Chords in Context”. This video nails some of the concepts I’ve been working on in under 10 minutes! I love music in that it can seem so complex until you look at it in a different way and BLAM, it just makes perfect sense. Superb video, thank you so much!

[@AlexanderDekhtyar]

Great lesson. This makes reading chord progressions much easier, indeed, as there is no longer a question of "why is there this extension in this place?", but rather - an indicator of how the melody is built. Very useful!

[@manimusicka2]

Love how simple and practical your lessons are! Thank you so much

[@JensLarsen]

You're very welcome!

[@randallwimer]

I remember sitting down with a Joe Pass LP in 1975 and trying to figure out this cool sounding move he used on the IV chord in a Bb blues. Took me FOREVER, at least in my memory. The melody was just C, B, Bb with a chord on each note. After exhausting my recently acquired knowledge of "jazz chords" I stumbled on the actual line: the top 4 strings of an Eb13, 5th fret, moved the chord up a fret, released the 4th finger for an E9 and moving that back a fret to an Eb9. It was an excellent way to internalize the keep it simple principle. Thanks for the reminder and your extremely clear explanations.

[@JensLarsen]

Figuring it out by ear was probably still worth the work though! Glad you like the video 🙂

[@darinbland6526]

Back in 1994 I met Joe at the Sheraton on the beach in Waikiki ! At first I didn't recognize him. Very wise man!

[@skiadikt]

an amazing lesson! i've been playing for almost 60 yrs. these principles are so basic and simplify everything. certainly will take my playing to the next level. thank you!!

[@kevindonnelly761]

Thanks for this video Jens ! A lot of great stuff here. There's some homework for me - in playing chord voicings without playing the Root. It makes Musical sense and keeps the Bass player happy. I especially liked the 'Chords with melodies on top' and 'Chromatic Chords.' I always have a number of Music projects on the go - and 'Chord Melody types of things' get placed on the back burner. This video will help chip away at my 'Chord Melody Phobia.' Cheers Jens. 😁

[@user-wn6kp8xd1w]

These videos are amazing lessons. My main instrument is the drum set, but I have been playing blues/metal guitar as well as for around 10 years and have always loved studying theory. Your videos have changed the default setting on my amp to a much cleaner, jazzier tone. Thank you for making these lessons. They are very appreciated.

[@leem1914]

This is Clarity and the first time I’ve ever been able to access Jazz chords on a guitar at a fundamental level. Thank you !

[@AlexTuble]

This was one of the first lessons I stumbled upon as a classical guitarist studying jazz arranging during my undergrad. Man, did it make playing chords easier!

[@fencore]

As the floyds said once, "the gold is in the" Jens Larsen's channel. THANK YOU !!!

[@brennanlable]

Awesome video as always Jen! Thank you for the many years of lessons 🙏

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@GregoryPearsonMusic]

Thank you Jens! Very useful. Going to start using this right away.

[@green323turbo]

You are a great teacher . I've actually learned a lot in the last 10 days from watching you videos.

[@robertjamesonmusic]

You are the best jazz teacher on KZbin!

[@wondervalleyexperimental]

Wow, what an action packed episode! This is all stuff I have been waiting to hear! Thank you so much for such a strait forward approach! This info is golden!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@j37v]

This! the first 3/4 of this video (i’ll learn to get used to the chromaticisms, later) came at a great moment in my getting reacquainted with the guitar. It’s so simple and feels refreshing to see chords this way. One of the few music ‘tubers that I welcome flooding my feed, especially with Joe Pass thumbnails.

[@HHGilean]

You explained this concept so clearly and simply that I know it will stick with me forever in my guitar playing. Great teaching.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@michaelr.landon1727]

This is exactly the video content I needed to progress my playing. Thank you!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it helped!

[@milesmcgeoghegan2727]

I love you!! You are so wonderful to share such knowledge!!

[@JensLarsen]

You are very welcome

[@MrZootalores]

"get to the main sound of the chord, envision the chord without the bass strings"...a lot of good information here for all players even if they're not playing Jazz

[@bassyey]

I learned this from your past videos! I used to do that, looking at chords and colors individually. But following your advice, I actually find it easier now to be more familiar with the chord changes and the flow of standards, because it's simple!

[@JensLarsen]

Wonderful!

[@davegarski1548]

Been trying to find new ideas for my intermediate guitar students learning basic jazz improv. This lesson will be an interesting direction for us to explore. Thanks!

[@fede_ricomarchimusic5974]

Benn following for years but never commented because I'm not used to ... but this time, man ... unbelievable lesson, super clear, excellent examples, super inspiring material. Well done. Thank you Thank you !

[@RLP69guitar]

I like your way of simplify Jazz into essentials that makes Jazz to living music that returns joy for musicians and auditors, unlike than theoretically music stuff that musical institutes are often using that overloads the brain and take out any joy…

[@sumtin05698]

You have been posting some amazing stuff recently as always, but recently there has a been consistent quality uploads with loads of jazz guitar wisdom and I would confidently say your the most reliable and seemingly caring jazz guitar teacher on all of the internet. It’s easy to tell that really want to help people learn without any ego.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like the videos 🙂

[@johnmarlin7269]

This one is really helpful, thanks. So when I was a teen about 50 years ago I played guitar for my high school jazz band and was really in angst about charts that had lots of chromatic passing chords. I learned then that really, you let the bass and piano handle those and then you just keep up the Freddie Green quarters (we had a lot of Basie-type charts) with shell chords. Now I see from this presentation how I can move this into higher level comping, if I live long enough.

[@guitarolm]

great video, Jens. the more sensational editing (I imagine it’s mostly for making shorts and good soundbytes) didn’t jive with me before, but I’ve come around to it and this video strikes a great balance of information and humor. Thanks for your work!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SquifiMcDougall]

Brilliant, thank you. This information helped me greatly in understanding why some chords suddenly fit into songs so well. Will have to get you a coffee, Jens. Have a great Sunday.

[@jasontylervaughn]

This is so great. This is one of the best videos on chords I've seen in a while. I love chords. Thanks for this!

[@JensLarsen]

You're very welcome!

[@eric_james_music]

been watching your channel for 3 years. i've played guitar for 18 years self taught since i was 8 and always thought jazz was out of my grasp. with your help, some great books (Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry, and Tim Pettingale's Modern Jazz Chord Concepts), and my ear I've finally just finished learning Chet Baker Sings in its entirety. Thank you so much for your free lessons, I hope to pay it back to future jazz guitarists of my generation. Joe Pass's assertion that the ii chord doesn't exist was mindblowing. Then I picked up my guitar and realized the ii chord is just the V suspended with a 9 and 11!

[@josephanthony1971]

Brilliant! That is hands down one of the best guitar tutorials on KZbin 👏🏻

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you think so! 🙂

[@rebeccaabraham8652]

I must remember to slow down and take some deep breaths! Your last couple of videos have been pure gold - concise, simple explanations of things that have ‘worried’ me for a long time; it’ll probably take months to get comfortable with them… but that’s better than the alternative. Please keep them coming - I now have something to look forward to each week!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Rebecca! Once you get started it gets a lot easier 🙂

[@Fagleboo]

This took me so long to figure out on my own! My musical upbringing was mainly theoretical and it's only in recent years I figured out that a lot of things that are really complicated to explain with theory are really easy if you just go where your ears tell you.

[@Schmebulock14]

Hey, I'm so glad I found your channel. I play on 10 dif instruments since my childhood had students myself and never really went for learning jazz, cause everytime I tried to do it on guitar, I had an anxiety thinking about chord shapes and concept, but your video just opened up my mind and told me to trust my ears and take it easy and slow. Thank you for your lessons and wisdom, everytime I see your video, I actually learn something new and this helps a lot ❤

[@JensLarsen]

Glad the video was helpful 🙂

[@DocRock1007]

A pearl indeed!

[@williamrobinson7435]

Excellent wisdom. Also getting used to recognising when the added notes are extant in melody (so you don't have to worry about playing them).

[@trevor807]

The clarity in your teaching has gotten so good! Stuff that can be directly used and also transposable with minimum brain and maximum fun is hard to come by and harder to articulate sometimes. Thank you for this excellent video and I'm looking forward to all your upcoming videos!

[@JensLarsen]

You're very welcome!

[@narudraw312]

You're such a legend and you articulate so well. Beautiful

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you very much! 🙂

[@djbradshaw3390]

your great Jens .... what a great channel you have created ..TY

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@someguy2417]

I am a grunge player by heart, soft acoustic player when i go acoustic... However, i always try and experiment with chords, sometimes i figured out jazz chords just by experimenting... I just cannot do a bar, with a string pushed 2 frets up, completely impossible for me. However. Bossa Nova has simple and nice chords! I love jazz, i just cannot play it sadly :/

[@thekingofcredit]

Man I love your stuff. Thanks for all the effort you put into your work.

[@JensLarsen]

My pleasure!

[@mr.fenderb.bender512]

What a well edited, well done, well instructed, video. Thank you. Such great info.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@peskyfervid6515]

It is important, when accompanying a singer, to be very careful about passing tones. As a singer, I've had keyboard players who were fond of their ability with passing tones drop them while my ear is trying to hear another tone. That's a bit like hitting a giant pothole in the road at high speed. It's also true that often the chord extension is really just the melody note added to a simpler chord. So you don't necessarily have to play that extension as long as the chord you play doesn't interfere with the singer. And one last thing; if you are accompanying yourself on guitar, as a solo performer, you do need that bass note in the chord (most of the time).

[@JensLarsen]

Yes, you have to listen to the soloist when you play chords, also when it is a singer 🙂

[@5400bowen]

You shouldn’t be distracted by passing tones. It mistakes by other players, which are much more distracting. You are focusing on controlling the other players. Pay attention to your own parts, then you won’t be distracted by incidentals.

[@timg.8656]

Brilliant! Very helpful. I was already somewhat familiar with most of these concepts, but this is explained in an easily understandable way. 👍

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alexdotdash7731]

Such a simple concept, but this has so much insight! Thank you!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Zzeek]

One of the best explanations I’ve heard. Thank you!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@clausmohrmusic]

great, these tips are very helpful for me as a non-notist and autodidact. thank you!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@justinludeman8424]

Jens, you are a great pedagogue and musician. Bless you man 🙏🏼🇦🇺🖖🏼 This is a perfect crystallisation of my recent forays into chord-melody solo playing and accompaniment, either as as duo or with a larger ensemble; trying to sit back and play less and more paradoxically - targeting colour tones and voice leading with harmonic sophistication. Yes, keep out of the way, use some internal motion to complement the bass and breadth of the pianist; compliment - never saturate. This was for me, one of your most elegant lessons.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! Glad it was useful! 🙂

[@jimparfitt2330]

super useful stuff, thanks Jens!!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@deantehw]

Excellent breakdown. Keep ‘em coming!!!

[@JensLarsen]

You got it!

[@FreddyJ120]

You just changed my world of guitar - the simplicity of this idea is one I can easily apply, and I’m excited to put it to use. I’ve been playing chord to chord, trying to figure out how to introduce solo notes into the mix while keeping the chords in rhythm. Thought my problem was not enough fingers - turns out it’s too many notes on each chord! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was useful!! 🙂

[@mikeljmcphee]

Nice! Gonna try to work on this in the future as I get more into guitar. Thanks for the great video.

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it 🙂!

[@cbolt4492]

Awesome! Lots to unpack here Jens 🏆

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Christian!

[@DannsTheMan]

Brilliant simplification Jens. Heading to the woodshed!

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it!

[@user-pf9tg3rs2d]

Man! I've learned more in this video in 8 minutes than I learned on my whole jazz degree!!! THANK YOU Jens! ❤❤

[@JensLarsen]

Great that it was useful 🙂

[@bernieheveron1929]

This is great Jens! I’ve been playing with a piano player lately and I didn’t like the sound I was adding by playing a lot of extensions. I started playing just the 3rd and 7th and it sounded so much better. Now to work on adding some melodic material. Thanks for the affirmation and heading me (us) in the right direction!

[@JensLarsen]

Great! Go for it 🙂

[@krokovay.marcell]

This is so mindblowingly simple…I’ll start with that right away!

[@JensLarsen]

Go for it! 👍😎

[@RotemSivanGuitar]

Man, i love this video

[@rivers9135]

Your best lesson yet! Thank you Jens!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you think so!

[@justinidems8178]

Wow! Great lesson, immediately digestible and actionable. Thanks!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@RobyEdwardsMusic]

By Far, the best harmony lesson out here. As a seasoned, Saxophonist who is switching over to guitar, this is exactly the information I need to make the transition. Many thanks and congratulations 🙌🏿🙏🏿💯🎶🎸

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate that 🙂

[@samfoot7554]

Wow. This is absolute gold.

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

You are the best, I have done these things before and questioned how I ended up with these sounds. This just gave me the understanding and I am gonna run away with it!

[@JensLarsen]

You're very welcome! Go for it!

[@luke-xz1gb]

this is a really good video. Thanks Jens

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@DepressedCapitalist]

Jens, the clarity and the visuals of your videos are top notch. This approach is pure simplicity (although it takes practice and musicality), but it is very very musical. So long complex chord diagrams! Thank you for sharing. Cheers from Argentina my friend.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful 🙂!

[@DepressedCapitalist]

@@JensLarsen It was. And will be for many many years! haha Cheers

[@mat992]

So much to learn. Thank you so much Jens. Love your accent too. It’s awesome

[@JensLarsen]

You are very welcome 🙂

[@JiMMY-my1ds]

Absolute brilliant lesson. Tied some great ideas together to get a lot of great voicings.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@belascialoja4812]

When I was learning to play, once it was just a fiddle player (very good one!), with me, trying to provide chord accompaniment, with straight-ahead solos. I remember trying to play "Take the A Train," and _The Real Book_ showed the Dm7b5 in the ii-V-I sequence. But it sounded horrible! I was playing acoustic archtop, with no bass player. Eventually I began leaving out the b5 note, the Ab in the Dm7, and WOW!!! It worked! Sounded much more musical -- and a lesson was learned!

[@TwentyMinuteGuitarPlayer]

This is a great video Jens! Thanks sooo much!!!!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@reubentrapp]

Mind blown Thank u for the great videos And especially for demystifying jazz 🤘

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like them! 🙏

[@stallionstudios]

Glad I have the right thinking but had a good jazz teacher previously. 3rd and 7ths for Jazz is what I think and then add some extensions here and there if you want but only if its convenient and whatever extension it may be, not exactly think about it deeply theoretically.

[@oliverdunskus8859]

woooow, your best video so far! (to me). extremely helpful.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@40yearoldman]

I comp by leaving off the 5th usually, but i never thought to leave off rhe root. This is very useful.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@philiponcale1820]

I play keyboards but I tried this technique and it's terrific. Just played a simple one note walk-up and walk-down in my left hand with the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th in my right and I love it. (The high 13th is a stretch for me). Thanks for a simple yet great sounding tip!

[@JensLarsen]

Sounds great!

[@tomcripps7229]

I often like to practice that 2 note 7th voicing from the D & G strings on a 12 bar blues. It's tricky when you start moving it around and helps me wake up.

[@Eric1396]

Great teaching skills!

[@georgeknightley8828]

Jens, every time I see your videos I learn so much! I usually want to say, "Wow, this was the most insightful video..." And then, I watch your next video, and it's somehow even more inspiring!! This video is SO GOOD --- I probably SHOULD toss out my several dozen books on jazz guitar; but I won't because I love books! ( I know I'll donate them to my local library, though, because you've given us so much to work on). And I've never specifically mentioned this but you're also an awesome filmmaker/editor! Your videos come off as simple and breezy, but I know you've put a lot of work into them. Thank you so much, Jens, you're such a great teacher!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you George! I actually wrote two books as well 😁

[@georgeknightley8828]

@@JensLarsen Wow! Just assumed you hadn't! Two more books to happily add to my collection.

[@JensLarsen]

@@georgeknightley8828 Thank you George 🙂

[@bebop425]

I played in a three piece and tried to leave out bass notes whenever possible. This is a great tip, especially for piano or keyboard with live bass

[@sector13studios]

Been trying to learn some jazz cords for rockabilly and psychobilly. Due to the damage on my left hand I was having a hard time holding and moving to the next cord, until now, thank you so much. This way is a lot easier and cleaner.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you can put it to use 🙂