Jonathan Kreisberg - Great Arpeggio Ideas

[@JensLarsen]

A look at some arpeggio ideas from Kreisberg! As always : let me know who I should do a video on (and maybe why?)

[@Thomas0081]

Julian Lage!

[@lasse1106]

Kurt Rosenwinkel!

[@HoratioLindez]

Kurt Rosenwinkel sequences and comping

[@yourpokemonguy]

Corey Christiansen on comping while soloing

[@only4crap]

Barney Kessel and the difference between his own version of Speak Low and the one where he comps for Billie Holiday. I find it amazing that it's the same guitarist playing such different but great versions

[@allengoyne]

I was just hipped to Kreisberg from my jazz ensemble instructor. We are doing Sweet And Lovely for our ensemble audition piece and checking out different versions his on Trioing came up. Also there is Kreisberg playing on the same song with Dr Lonnie Smith on the Spiral album.

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

I didn't know Kreisberg. A valuable addition!

[@JensLarsen]

It certainly is! Really great player👍🙂

[@evinobrien]

This video has been a really great help! The way you've broken down the individual concepts and explained how Kreisberg combines them in order to create melodic lines is very educating. It's inspired me to try combine different concepts I already know and try to create something new with them. Thanks again.

[@JensLarsen]

That's great! Go for it :)

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

Kriesberg is just too good, he's gotta be an alien. His version of '50 ways to leave your lover' is beautiful and reminds me of Hancock's ''New Standards''

[@JensLarsen]

Kreisberg is indeed a monster! :)

[@letsdanceonhere]

I had a lesson with JK while visiting NYC and not only is he a guitar giant but also a heck of a nice guy too!

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

@@letsdanceonhere I can imagine he's quite humble too.

[@freddygildersleeve1012]

Thanks Jens! I am a huge Kreisberg fan. He is truly one of "the next great" flock of guitar players to go down in history. I use these stacked fifths to warm up my fingers but Kreisberg really knows how to make them musical instead of sounding mechanical and "showy". Keep up the good work my friend! Looking forward to jamming with you in person some day.

[@JensLarsen]

THanks Freddy! He does indeed know how to use those arpeggios 🙂

[@j_wah3084]

JK's version of Autumn in New York....soooo beautiful... < 3

[@MrJimzovich]

Eric Dolphy is well worth listening to for ideas using compound intervals. It's outside of orthodox bop language, more in the style of free jazz, but it's worth exploring.

[@JensLarsen]

True! Dolphy is really something else! I actually don't know his playing that well 🙂

[@rieske2000]

This is great. I have all the stuff from Kreisberg. Also love Rosenwinkel and Gilad Heckselman!

[@gerardogodinez5144]

Thanks maestro! I've learned so much with your lessons. Gracias saludos from México city

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Gerardo! Glad to hear that!

[@cobrastriesand7693]

I’ve been waiting for a video on the this subject for a long time

[@JensLarsen]

Then it is a good thing I made this video 2 years ago 😂 But thanks, I still appreciate it!

[@cobrastriesand7693]

Jens Larsen I know that sounds weird. I guess I didn’t know your channel.

[@JensLarsen]

@@cobrastriesand7693 No worries :)

[@JensLarsen]

@@cobrastriesand7693 But it was cool that you commented exactly two years after I published it :D

[@ashevilleguitar]

Kreisberg probably got a few of those ideas from Scott Henderson, of course it all comes from somewhere. Joe Diorio probably inspired it originally in his intervallic designs book from 1978. Not meant to take away from Jonathan, he is a great player ! And I love what your doing here Jens 👍

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you :)

[@JamesSeaberry]

Spectacular lesson. As always.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you very much James! Great to see you still come by to check :)

[@JamesSeaberry]

I come by and look at every lesson; I just don't always comment, but every one is fantastic.

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks James! You don't have to, I just realized I hadn't seen you for some time 🙂

[@rdpatterson2682]

great stuff!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@DESIENASHOES]

I like it !!! fantastic lines - done with this lesson .-)

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks! Yes you can do a lot with these types of arps. I have another video coming up on some Herbie Hancock stuff that you might like 🙂

[@jordansee6143]

Hey Jens, would you mind doing a video on some of Nelson Veras' lines from Kreisberg Meets Veras? would really appreciate it

[@JensLarsen]

I know I did 50+ videos in this series, but they pretty much all completely failed and did not resonate with the audience of the channel, so it is unlikely that I can do a video like that on Nelson Veras

[@jordansee6143]

@@JensLarsen darn, anyways this is one of the best vids ive seen about kreisbergs playing since i recently discovered him so thanks!

[@JensLarsen]

@@jordansee6143 Glad it was useful :)

[@dsaashley]

Jens can you also do a segment on Julian Lage please. Would be great

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you. I actually stopped doing these because people were not watching them.

[@dsaashley]

@@JensLarsen Thanks for your videos. Your channel is an inspiration for a lot of us starting to get into jazz.

[@elilewis1170]

@@JensLarsen Please do julian lage. we all want it so so badly.

[@anthonydemitre9392]

never listened to him much because players can sound so different when playing for other people's albums, but I like this! I'll check out more of his own albums now, Thanks, and have thought of doing something on Ben Monder

[@JensLarsen]

Ah Ben Monder, is indeed something to consider. I thought he might be too obscure, but I do really like his playing especially the rhythmical part of his soloing. I have transcribed some stuff that is also on my website 🙂

[@kpewn]

amazing quality and way of teachinng Jens, as usual! The third example I believe has a typo: the last arpeggio shows 13 fret instead of 15. for the rest... WOW ! thanks a lot

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! I can't change things in the videos once they are online 🙂

[@eternalrainbow-cj3iu]

I would Highly recommend Wim Overgaau w 1st two chorusses of Afternoon in Paris or his version of Round Midnight...

[@luigicannizzo2669]

Thank' s You for the Special Lesson ... ☺😊😀/👍👌👏

[@johnbeddoe782]

great stuff! Can't find the pdf on FB patron page!

[@JensLarsen]

It's in the FB group. I tagged you in a comment 🙂

[@bhelgerud1]

Good video, but Isnt It also possible to see that ab minor chord as a II minor to the backdoor dominant db7 which goes into ebmaj7 chord? Then you can just see that abm as a Bb7 and use the Bb7 half whole scale?

[@JensLarsen]

Not really, that is a completely different sound if you use the dim scale. Try comparing C Fm C to C Fdim C

[@bhelgerud1]

Jens Larsen thanks for fast answer! I will check that out. Great channel you have here👍

[@JensLarsen]

@@bhelgerud1 Of course you can reharmonize the chords play Bb7(13b9) or Bb half whole, and that sounds fine but your analysis doesn't really make sense, since there is no real reason to you diminished scale on a backdoor dominant.

[@bhelgerud1]

@@JensLarsen Well, I´m not totally agree on that. Db7 is a minor third from Bb7 and take the same scale (Bb half-whole) It´s more easy for me to analyze that Db7 as a sub for Bb7. The half-whole scale repeats in minor thirds and so thus the scale. For me the Db7 has the same function as Bb7. And it`s more easy for me to treat Db7 as Bb7 since they come from the same scale. Visually it`s complicated for me to resolve and Ab melodic minor scale into Ebmaj7. Well, this is really interesting and i guess i`m always after simplifying chord changes especially on dominant chords.

[@JensLarsen]

@@bhelgerud1 To me making it a dominant instead of a subdominant is really making it a lot weaker. There are so many V I cadences that if you start forcing that on the IVm chords as well then you are really losing a lot of the beauty of the harmony. If you listen you can hear how Db7 is something completely different from Bb7 in the key, and playing IVm I is something you have to be able to do anyway. Starting to make it into diminished dominants (which is even further away and more theory than ear for sure) is only making things more complicated for your ear and for your theory.

[@graysonaskew1406]

Jens, I think Jonathan is the most technical jazz guitarist I've heard. I just think his compositions are the most cerebral. Not saying he is favorite bc he is not by a long shot. But i just want to know if you agree?

[@connshawnery6489]

Ever listen to the newer generation of jazz players, such as Julian Lage?

[@optimasprime377]

Can you do a video on john mclaughlin????this one is very useful

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! Glad you like it! I haven't really found some Mclaughlin that I like and also is good as an example in a video like this 🙂

[@taufiqandikajazzer]

My fav jonathan kriesberg 😇

[@JensLarsen]

Not a bad choice!

[@guygrumach7105]

Hey Jens , amazing video as always . can you explain how is it theoretically correct to play Cbmaj7#11 on Abm6 as the notes are not in eb major ? Thanks a lot !!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! In this case he is probably thinking Ab Dorian over the Abm6 which is a IVm chord?

[@TomasMikaX]

4:29 Why does the low Ab sound an octave higher?

[@JensLarsen]

Are you watching on a phone?

[@TomasMikaX]

@@JensLarsen No, I'm on my home speakers. It's really weird. You hear it correctly?

[@JensLarsen]

@@TomasMikaX OK, now I actually checked (I get a lot of nonsense from people who play videos on iPhone 4 speakers..) You are right the first one really sounds like it is an octave higher. It has to be the audio plugins I am using, probably the noise reduction since this is just a recording of me speaking and the guitar in the room with one mic. A few seconds later it sounds normal.

[@TomasMikaX]

@@JensLarsen Right? I thought I was crazy :D

[@JensLarsen]

@@TomasMikaX Yeah, sorry about that :D

[@xingui1231]

great! And that's why he sounds 'modern' (instead of 1960s or so) ? i wish you could make more videos like that :-) thank you!

[@JensLarsen]

Yes! I think it is. I will make more videos on Kreisberg 🙂

[@meowtrox1234]

Jens, is there a reason why Most jazz piece are written In Eb Bb. And Not in C ? I find c key Easier. As there are less black keys

[@JensLarsen]

It is because of the horn players. Eb is C major on an Alto sax

[@JohnKasarinlan]

Kurt Rosenwinkel next?

[@JensLarsen]

Maybe 👍🙂

[@JensLarsen]

Kurt Rosenwinkel - This Is What Makes His Style Unique kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6TKfKp9ot6oZpI&index=24

[@grzegorzdoro7768]

great video. but i think it would be a lot easier and clearer when you play Ab melodic scale starting from a root and and ending on it as well. it can be confusing when you start on note G and end on Bb. Regards

[@JensLarsen]

Ok. For me that was never really making sense because I want to demonstrate all the notes available in that position, so I almost never do that.

[@knotty.rancour6187]

Very nice analysis. Thanks. What kind of guitar are you playing?

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you very much! My guitar is an Ibanez AS2630 🙂

[@dogmatronic]

Seems like that the wide interval arpeggio was inspired by The Mystical Potato-head Groove Thing by Satriani

[@JensLarsen]

I think you might find that a lot earlier than a Satriani album from the 80s :)

[@mr.fabian8471]

the best!!!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Fabian! 🙂

[@allanbolarsen1205]

Fint arbejde! Meget interessant for en doven mand, som i mig selv ;-)

[@JensLarsen]

Tusind tak Allan! DU må jo sige til hvis der er en guitarist som du synes jeg skal lave en video om 🙂

[@allanbolarsen1205]

Jens, du kunne beskrive Doug Raneys lyriske kromatik eller Oz Noy's hidsige ditto..... ;-)

[@JensLarsen]

Doug Raney skal jeg nok prøve lave en video om. Oz Noy ved jeg ikke rigtigt... Jeg kender ham ikke så godt og er ikke så meget til blues-fusion.

[@allanbolarsen1205]

Så er der jo også den godt gemte René Thomas, især albummet "Guitar Groove". Han spiller også fantastisk lyrisk på det album.

[@JensLarsen]

Fedt! Ham kender jeg ikke så meget til. Jeg ser lige om jeg kan finde den plade! Tak 😄

[@eternalrainbow-cj3iu]

it is obvious that this guy Kreisberg did work a lot on Arpeggio's

[@Shuzies]

Hot........I like the sounds of this....nice job..............glad you had a Great Gig

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Ron 🙂👍 Kreisbergs ideas like this are indeed great 🙂

[@evinobrien]

8.15...."if you want to check out some more melodic ideas using Lage intervals from another modern player"....

[@JensLarsen]

Haha! Indeed 🙂

[@evinobrien]

I know it's dry but I couldn't resist!

[@antaznakarmi8278]

I dont have this kind of tone

[@JensLarsen]

Archtop? There is a fix for that 🙂

[@antaznakarmi8278]

Jens Larsen archtop mean?

[@JensLarsen]

It is a type of guitar 🙂 Kreisberg plays an ES175

[@antaznakarmi8278]

Jens Larsen i will search thank u

[@mcrestwood7378]

oops,i thought this was a Jonathon kreisberg lesson,,misleading.

[@JensLarsen]

Jonathon Kreisberg? What does he do?