3 Jazz Chord Exercises That Will Change Your Playing Right Now!

[@JensLarsen]

What lessons on comping are you looking for? A Stepwise approach to comping: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWS6qax7jdVpqMU

[@els1f]

I love how this is really the growth of learning an instrument. When we start we mostly all want to shred 🙃 then after a while that feel and having conversation with the music around you seems to becomes THE thing

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it!

[@tomcripps7229]

Thanks!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you for the support!

[@henrikduende]

I was lucky being born in an age where I had to comp as long as I wanted to solo. 12 choruses? Meant 12 choruses of comping. I also had a keyboard that could handle the drums and bass. But I had to play the walking bass for just as many choruses. You really learn a lot when you have to repeat the progressions that long, and on different instruments

[@ZachNa]

Do you think you could do a full breakdown of how to learn and practice a song? (assuming you haven't already) Like if a beginner wanted to start by learning "So What?" what should they start with, how should they learn the song, etc. Just an overview showing the steps to learning a full song as a guideline for people to follow?

[@JensLarsen]

I have older videos on this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5jbaYmGbLalb7c And the Roadmap is of course also that process with a lot of info on improvising

[@ricklaino6385]

Great lesson...... Thanks Jens......!!!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@bobcabo4509]

Great video, Jens !!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@lisandronunzio3864]

Excellent video

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it

[@paulreitz5]

thank you Jens! that was very helpful; you are right about getting bored with doing the same thing; a great way to stimulate finding new and interesting ways to comp

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MikeBouchard]

your comping course is excellent. everyone who's digging this video should really consider buying that course. I had to take a month or so long break from playing guitar after my left hand decided it learned too much. lol.

[@RaineyDaysStudio]

I think that tip about repeating til boredom comes from Monk! Good video.

[@diego_jazz_blues_backing]

I started recording my comping to exercise it and check. Then ended up sharing it on my channel too 😊

[@JensLarsen]

Great!

[@tomcripps7229]

I've been paying more attention to comping watching guitar duos lately. For most guitar players that is our first experience with jamming and holding it down for a solo.

[@geneshropshire4278]

Hey jens,,, I really liked this video. It's simplicity in breaking things down into "digestible " parts, measure to measure, is super helpful for comping but it also gave me some cool ideas in regards to chord melodies. Thx again!!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cbolt4492]

Late to the party on this one Jens.... Watching right now!

[@johnmarlin7269]

This was really helpful, thank you. I sort of came up playing nothing but Freddie Green quarters but that was the job with the band I was with. Then I heard Eddie Bickert and Jim Hall play this kind of comping behind Paul Desmond and I wondered, how did they do that? Then I heard Joe Pass behind Stephan Grappeli. Wow. So this is a big help in that direction.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you, John! That is great to hear!

[@wesleyc.4937]

Those are some good comping tips, Mr. Larsen.

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you think so!

[@GlennJimenez]

Hey jens, I’m playing. These examples on a semi hollow and I was wondering string gauge truly matters when it comes to jazz? Are roundwounds bad for this?

[@JensLarsen]

Hi Glenn, I don't think it matters that much. I am using roundwounds

[@patroche1266]

I liked that excerpt from Whiplash. Just watched that one recently, i liked it

[@JensLarsen]

I have never seen it 😁

[@JonathanTerryJackson]

Still working on Chord changes

[@mylesmacleod4306]

My fav pianist for comping is John Lewis.

[@jesustenes2]

I would love for you to make a video just on jazz album recommendations, and a few pointers to listen for for each album (like you did here with sonny side up and soul station). Thanks for the great video!

[@JensLarsen]

This one come pretty close: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJPRgHRpZaiDqsk 🙂

[@jesustenes2]

@@JensLarsen wow I didn't expect you to come up with it so quickly haha thank you :)

[@cbolt4492]

10:18 Rubato

[@ashikabbasali1836]

Cords are important love feedback on my original jazz guitar composition

[@thijs199]

I played a PRS CE24 semihollow. I think you should play one.

[@robbiehorowitz5039]

Thanks, Jens! Great lesson. I think that's Ray Bryant on piano, not Oscar Peterson.

[@rolyzyl]

Great lesson Jens. Can you recommend a similar app to Drum genius but for Mac OS?. I usually practice with MacBook, not with the phone. Thanks in advance

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! I don't have a mac so I am not sure what is available for them

[@robertpeveler9570]

Hi Jens - The pianist on the Sonny Stitt album you show (Sonny Side Up) is not Oscar Peterson, it’s Ray Bryant. Were you thinking of a different Sonny Stitt album?

[@JensLarsen]

No, I was thinking of a different Dizzy album 🙂

[@guitarhans]

Usefull lesson. However, I don't manage to download the PDF from my patreon page.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you, Hans! Maybe send me a message over on Patreon, I'll try to help 🙂

[@cbolt4492]

Hey Jens, do you have a Spotify/Apple Music playlist? It'd be a nice thing to have...

[@ThomasWitmer]

Listen. Listen. Listen! Check out Ed Bickert! Leave space!

[@robertbalogh1656]

Very good and helpful advice, however if there's a keyboard player in the band most of them get annoyed with the guitarist comping in this manner. When I play a jam with a keyboard I turn my volume off just so I can get the practice comping without annoying the keyboard player.

[@JensLarsen]

Well, if there are more people comping you should take turns, it is not so that keyboard players have more right to comp. I have a video discussing this with Aimee Nolte if you are curious about how we see it

[@mikeratledgeguy]

i take turns with piano players comping, or just adding tasteful additions to a pianist

[@JensLarsen]

@@mikeratledgeguy yes, it is possible to make it work 🙂

[@paulrhodesquinn]

@@JensLarsenGreat video! I’m a piano player and try to make enough space when comping with guitarists. If they’re using close voicings I’ll go more quartal. It’s all about listening and being sensitive to what everyone else is doing. Gilad Hekselman gave us some great advice on this when I was studying for my Jazz MA. Wynton Kelly is my favourite comper of all time. His work with Wes! ☺️

[@jy285]

KZbin is out to get you. A commercial interrupted your video every minute.

[@JensLarsen]

That's weird, how do you watch the videos?

[@jy285]

On my phone. Love your videos. Thanks for the lessons.

[@JensLarsen]

@jy285 that is strange, I thought YT limited that so that you only get one ad per 6-7 minutes

[@MilennialZero]

KZbin wants you to pay for Premium.

[@samkirby3775]

Who can tell us who that yellow shadow is?