Maj7 Chords - 7 Great Solo ideas!

[@JensLarsen]

Hope you like it! Do you have a great idea for soloing over a Maj7 chord that you can share? Leave a comment! 🙂

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

B minor pentatonic. I nearly always include stacked 4ths and of late have tried quartal harmony as well. I'm surprised so few people know it.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Hubert! I actually have the impression most people know about that one 🙂 main reason for not including it

[@MrTubularBalls]

+Hubert Van Calenbergh B min pent includes a F#, so I guess it works when Lydian is appropriate?

[@JensLarsen]

Yes certainly :)

[@MrTubularBalls]

Thanks. It doesn't include the root though, I guess it can be used to build tension.

[@СергейПротасов-к4ъ]

Straight what I was seeking for! Many thanks!

[@Chamca-Designs]

This (and your video on 7 levels of Cm7 soloing) have been my favorite videos so far. I find the structure of these particular videos really helpful. Thanks Jens

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you very much Michael! I am glad to hear it! These are very similar in format to some I did a year or so ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWOsdn6No9x3fZY You might find them interesting as well :)

[@geetarsush]

agree completely

[@matthewhack6510]

I'm a metal guitarist, but I love jazz. Your videos are second to none, and taught me everything I know about jazz and improv soloing. I use these concepts every day, thanks to you.

[@JensLarsen]

You're very welcome Matthew! I am glad you like it! 🙂

[@jumemowery9434]

Thanks Jens!! Two thing surprise me when I watch your videos. The first is how much I don't know. The second is how much I can already do intuitively on the guitar . I think you are a great teacher.

[@JensLarsen]

You're welcome! Great that you also recognize and are aware of what you already know!

[@dkwvt13]

It is refreshing to see you play and emphasize learning (and playing) slowly and thoughtfully. I am old and my fingers don't go so fast any more. That does not mean there isn't still a great deal of good music in them... 😎. Thank You!

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks, Donald! Music does not have a minimum speed :)

[@dkwvt13]

Jens Larsen or a maximum age... 😎

[@jeffmoppi]

Really helpful lesson, to the point, and digestible. Great work, Jens.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Dave! I am glad you found it useful! 👍

[@GJSsongsmith]

Really cool lesson Jens , many thanks . Although I’ve been playing for a long time my style has changed enormously since I’ve been watching your videos . Keep up the excellent work . All the best Gary

[@JensLarsen]

THank you so much Gary! Really great that you can put the stuff to use!

[@BartGmusic]

Best lessons ever. I can always count on learning something new from you!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you very much Bart!

[@xxczerxx]

Just the best. Jens you're a saint, truly!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Mac! 🙂

[@anthonydemitre9392]

I like the shell voicings, drop 2 inversions rather than my old up or down in 3rds, this I play and practise these days and your videos have had a real impact on my playing in the last 2 years

[@JensLarsen]

Me too! I have also been using that more and more through out the last years 🙂 Glad you feel you get something out of the videos!

[@pallhe]

Thanks so much, Jens. This is already doing wonders for my playing.

[@JensLarsen]

You're very welcome! That's great to hear!

[@MultiLakica]

Thanks a lot Jens...You are are a great teacher ....

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! :)

[@richardsorice4509]

I will try these, Jens. Typically, I use Em pentatonic and Bm pentatonic. I use Cm pentatonic or C blues scale sparingly. Occasionally, I'll use C major pentatonic adding an Eb between the D and E. It sounds a little country, but sometimes adds little different flavor. The last is pretty elementary, but can be effective. Thanks for another great video!

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks Richard! The C "Country scale" is indeed good. You should try to mess around with an E Blues scale as well 🙂

[@johannesaxelsson687]

Very usefull and inspiring, grettings from Sweden.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Johannes! I am glad you found it useful! 👍

[@Shuzies]

Jens....Monday is anything "C" day so this video fits perfect...keeping the learning going...ron

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Ron! Keep at it 🙂

[@AlexIspaCowan]

You played so many great ideas in this 😁

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks Alex! 🙂

[@pierregalt3232]

Je joue avec les doigts et vois la différence mais je persiste et termine les décompositions d accessoires en faisant sonner les notes de chaque accord ensembles mercis

[@tasossimeonidis3275]

Quintal arpeggios are really interesting and also sus4 and sus2 triads on Cmaj7. You have great lessons on both! :)

[@JensLarsen]

Thansk Tasos! :)

[@salimbaghli8040]

Another great video. I am happy to see that I can mix the Em pentatonic scale with C maj 7 scale. It gives more options. Adding the A min 6 scale here is like out of the world as I did not even knew it. Thank you for teaching us how to mix different scales. Is there a rule to follow ? Thank you again boss !

[@OrganicFaithFactory]

great thanks

[@JensLarsen]

You are welcome!

[@railcar123]

Great useful lesson as always Jens. F#m7b5 pent gives a cool Lydian sound as well. (F#-A-B-C-E-F#)

[@JensLarsen]

Yes, and if you want to go a little outside you should try the one a whole step higher 🙂

[@railcar123]

Jens Larsen Whhooooa. That's cool i like it a b9 and a #5. That'll turn some heads. Thanks Jens

[@JensLarsen]

Well, there's no b9 in there but there is a G# 🙂

[@luoshengying]

thank you

[@Ald4ron]

I was struggling making a solo for a song my friend made in maj7. This was very helpful! Thank you very much! :-)

[@JensLarsen]

Glad it helped!

[@qdj252]

I am having a lot of trouble with the Emaj7(b6) idea. I am on a trumpet, but I'm really struggling to make it sound sensible.

[@JensLarsen]

The stuff you play or the theory?

[@qdj252]

@@JensLarsen mostly the content I play. I'll watch the video over a few times and do some more practicing, and come back

[@JensLarsen]

Keep in mind that the sound of that scale is a Cmaj7(#5 #9 #11) so it will sound pretty spicy against a standard Cmaj7 chord 🙂

[@michaelwenzel1715]

Hey Jens, like your SRV Strat.....

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@JonAadneAadnesen]

Thanks for an interesting lesson. When using the triad pairs for am and bm, would it be correct to use the flat 5 for the bm?

[@JensLarsen]

This is an old video. Is it Am and Bm over Cmaj7? Then Bdim doesn't really make too much sense since it is sounding like a different chord: G7

[@minggamratan8921]

jens sir can u plese give me the link of ure arpeggio lessons ??

[@JensLarsen]

Arpeggios are a bog topic. Maybe start here?

[@JensLarsen]

I forgot the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4XYZ4OMnMlshpo

[@brads4606]

Thank you! I loved the sound of the Emaj pentatonic b6. Have you ever used B minor pentatonic over a C maj7? It’s pretty much just like the B min A min chord pair example you did. It gives you the maj 7, 9, 3, #11, 13, all in one easy to find scale - minor pent. a half step below a Maj7. Great videos!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Brad! I k ow that B minor pentatonic over Cmaj7, I mostly left it out because it is so often mentioned and I could then include something else 🙂👍

[@NelsonRiverosMusic]

Do you have improv over 7#9 chords? thank you

[@JensLarsen]

It depends on the context, it is either blues or altered scale. I have a lot of videos on the altered scale and the internet is full of blues lessons :)

[@NelsonRiverosMusic]

Jens Larsen Yes I play all that :) its actually in the context of this progression: Fmin9- D7#9 - Dbmaj9 - C7#9

[@JensLarsen]

@@NelsonRiverosMusic Go search for altered scale on the channel. There should be 10-20 videos :)

[@franckcebret4021]

Greats ideas for new lines ! The Emaj (b6) pentatonic is terrible... Thanks Jens, you’re a really great source of inspiration 👍🏽

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it Franck 🙂

[@plopzoppers3921]

using the strat as a capo hanger is awesome 🤣

[@JensLarsen]

With Capostrofic Consequences!

[@Dolores5000]

Nice

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it!

[@sprenzy42]

What kinda advice so you have for me. I want to really train my ear well and I've been practicing scale degrees chord qualities and intervals I mean I can hear the qualities but when I listen to music Its hard for me to hear the qualities. Especially extensions and intervals. People can listen and say this sounds like a sharp 11 chord or a major 13 Or even in scales, this sound like the dorian. Even though I can sing the dorian scale I won't be able to tell when listening to music.

[@JensLarsen]

Sight sing a lot of music and scale exercises. That will help you learn to hear it as well 🙂

[@kidpoker007]

No PDF?

[@JensLarsen]

No not for this one :) There are not specific examples in it 🙂

[@AshishGershom]

Just superb.. It is very helpful

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Ashish! 🙂

[@eternalrainbow-cj3iu]

Hi Jens!!! Please Check out: The Solo of eef Albers playing over Zeg 'ns Aaa at the eniding of the weekly program Dutch Broadcast Phara television it is is a Fmaj 7 arpeggio mutating into a Cmaj9 9(Em79) as you say it resolves realy nice and changes into a Cm7 chord and than he uses just the Pentatonic minor scale(Whats new?/ but it soiounds realy refreshing!!!!In 16th E F A C - E G B D - B G E C - B C E G - now the minor 7 Cm7 starts in straight 8ths : C G Bb D-C...(okay a 9 so you could see it as Gpentatonic too!!1

[@BoughtInBlood82]

Can you include the tablature?

[@JensLarsen]

I always do if it makes sense for the video 🙂 I guess I didn't think so with this video if it doesn't have any

[@jeremiahsalvadorjuarez553]

12:55

[@zu0832]

Good lesson...prefer a walking backingtrack though...thanks!

[@JensLarsen]

You're very welcome! Most of the time I find these grooves a bit clearer than a walking bass/swing modal one 🙂

[@brandex2011]

Jens - Do you have certain chord tones you prefer for resolving phrases?

[@JensLarsen]

I guess I do. The 3rd and the 5th are the strongest in terms of connecting to the chord. Moving higher gets more and more vague and can be used less often for that reason.