Fixing Scattered or Jumpy Jazz Improvisation (Using Leaps Correctly)

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Pianist and educator Jeremy Siskind shares four ways to use leaps intentionally to give your improvisation intentionality even (especially!) when it leaps or skips.

[@ChessNoir]

that compound melody stuff is bananas!

[@JeremySiskind]

Yeah, it's totally one of the things separating "fake" bebop and the real deal!

[@CliffieVanR]

Hi Jeremy - the KZbin algorithm only recently recommended your channel to me, which is bananas, but I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your content and your style of delivery. I don't recall if you mentioned it here - I think you have done in another of your videos - but it seems to me noteworthy how many of these leaps take place on the off-beat.

[@JeremySiskind]

Ooooh, this is the most subtle use of bananas yet! Yes - you’re absolutely right to point out the offbeats. Thank you!

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[@JeremySiskind]

Yay, I’m so happy to hear this! Thanks, Allan!

[@kunzhiLiang]

Very great job!!!! This video makes me feel like I took a private course worth $150!

[@amrum01]

Most relevant lesson!

[@JeremySiskind]

Nice! I’m glad you liked it!

[@lennardbehnke3681]

Thank you for this great lesson!

[@JeremySiskind]

You're super welcome, Lennard! Enjoy!

[@brothercaleb]

Another yet unbelievable lesson on improv. It’s time for that book on improv, Jeremy. Honestly 😏

[@JeremySiskind]

I’m workin’ on it, bro! Things are coming…

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Jeremy, thanks a bunch for this ap-peeling lesson!

[@JeremySiskind]

Lol! You’re most welcome, Barbara!

[@joerimland]

Great lesson Jeremy! This has helped me understand how to get my lines to sound like jazz.

[@JeremySiskind]

Awesome!

[@francescomanfredi]

Great lesson not only on improvisation but also on composition and counterpoint!

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks, Francesco!

[@ef10s]

I'm going bananas over all your great ideas for practicing and improving improv lines. Thanks so much!

[@JeremySiskind]

Great, Eric! Can't wait to hear you improvise on Monday. 😉

[@marilynlowe6419]

Fabulous information that I can use! After I drink my banana shake.

[@joesauvage1165]

This is so very helpful and just inspirationally bananas!

[@JeremySiskind]

Thank you, Joe! 🍌 🍌 🍌

[@janiscrisch]

My improv feels so bananas, so hopefully this tips will straighten me out.

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Great stuff as always Jeremy! Did you know Beethoven's favorite fruit is Banana..na!

[@JeremySiskind]

Lol, well played sir!

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Another great lesson from the Top Banana!

[@JeremySiskind]

Lol, thank you, Dan! 🍌 🍌 🍌 🍌 🍌 🍌

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[@JeremySiskind]

Nice! I hope you enjoy it, Stephanos!

[@kristerman]

That's a five star lesson, really exploding on the last part

[@JeremySiskind]

Aw, thanks so much!!!

[@joerimland]

Bananas. Another great lesson Jeremy! It helped me to understand how to get my lines to sound like jazz.

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks so much, Joe! I'm so happy it helped you out!

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I need this so much I'm going bananas! It's not boring to watch you play btw. You could have kept on going forever and we would still be watching!

[@JeremySiskind]

Lol, well done! Thank you, Melius!

[@JefferyJMarshall]

Great video! I’m gonna go bananas practicing all this stuff! 😝

[@JeremySiskind]

Haha, don’t go too bananas! Orange you glad you watched? 😂

[@stuartheadey5240]

Banana. Really helpful stuff, Jeremy. Many thanks as always.

[@JeremySiskind]

My pleasure! And thanks for watching to the end. 😉

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Great video, not too garish and but for the banana.

[@stefanmiladinovic9020]

this is really helpful for a guitarist too, do you maybe have any guitar specific tips(in general) that come off the top of your head ?

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks, Stefan! Tips for guitarists…hmmm… learn to play piano? I’m only half joking. So many great musicians who play other instruments are at least competent on piano. Sorry I don’t have much more - I’m not a guitar expert at all!

[@JRiggs9]

Another great video Jeremy. Thank you. Also I like my cereal with Bananas! 🙂

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks, James! I hope all’s well with you in the Windy City!

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@@JeremySiskind Things are much better here in this very Windy City . . . Thanks Jeremy !

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Great Stuff ! I need a bananasplit now !

[@JeremySiskind]

You’re making me hungry over here, Tobbe!

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[@CharlesAustin]

An important video. The counterpoint rule: Leaps resolving etc. makes me think of Thelonious Monk’s ‘Epistrophy’ where the upward leaps in the motif resolve upward by a half step. Great references Re Oscar Peterson (very informative). Thanks again. I’m finding your two bar ‘mapping’? Single chords every two bars, very calming !! (Sorry to not name that properly). Love the ‘compound’ melody description.

[@JeremySiskind]

Mmm, that’s true. Monk just breaks all the rules, doesn’t he?

[@CharlesAustin]

@@JeremySiskind :) Monk makes new ‘rules’ ? :)

[@antoniolucero6910]

Your approach is bananas and I appreciate it. I purchased your book and follow along with your videos. Unfortunately, my copy did not come signed as I requested. Being that I admire you I was hoping for a signed copy.

[@JeremySiskind]

Oh no! There was no signature?!? Did you buy it from my site?

[@antoniolucero6910]

Thank you for your response. I purchased your book off of your website. Surely it was only an oversight. I happy you responded though

[@JeremySiskind]

@@antoniolucero6910 huh, that’s weird. Did you use a different name? I can’t find you in my list of folks who bought from me! Where do you live? Next time I’m in town I’ll be sure to sign your book!

[@antoniolucero6910]

@@JeremySiskind It’s under my wife’s account. Her name is Avedona Lucero. I live in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

[@JeremySiskind]

@@antoniolucero6910 huh, I still can’t find the order but I guess that doesn’t really change anything. I’m sorry your book’s not autographed!

[@bethanylowe8773]

Aha I did detect that several of your principles come from species counterpoint! - and Schenkerian analysis, am I right? That's helpful for me here as I used to teach that stuff :) Cheers for making melody comprehensible to nerds! 🍌🍌

[@JeremySiskind]

I've studied a lot of counterpoint. Never studied Schenkerian analysis, although I think I have an idea what the basic principles are. Those things are backbones of music. I'm not intentionally thinking about them, but they're everywhere. :)

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[@JeremySiskind]

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Banana! That was a very informative and helpful lesson.

[@JeremySiskind]

Awesome! I’m glad you liked it, Bengt!

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@@JeremySiskind Got your book - is there a list of KZbin sessions and clips that correlate to the book's chapters?