Infant Eyes - Improvisation Ideas and Tips

[@hakanozel6694]

I think I was one of the two! Many thanks for this!

[@GlennMichaelThompson]

I was the other one. 😆

[@rogerball6265]

@Mikko - taking a phrase from the tune is such a solid approach to creating your own solo over any tune. All the greats have used this approach. Thanks for emphasizing this approach.

[@robertgrippo5312]

Very helpful! I'm a traditional aspiring bebop player confronted all of a sudden with non functional harmony. Great little lesson!

[@markyachnin1901]

This is a excellent lesson. Thank you!

[@FedericoSablone]

Thank’s Mikko

[@fryingwiththeantidote2486]

ive also heard people sub the G for a d minor sound, kind of makes that Ab in the melody stick out a bit more w that minor 3rd move in the bass

[@Composui]

Thanks, interesting video, you have great method of explaining concepts and approaches. Fan from Italy.

[@Mikkokosmos]

Grazie 😎

[@j.r.goldman3279]

So glad I found this. I was hoping you would keep doing videos.

[@markovchains573]

Mindblowing intro!

[@fryingwiththeantidote2486]

as im going though the video for some reason a G# diminished scale is sounding best to me over the Ab9, kind of interesting as its kind of like a Barry Harris thing moving to the F# maj that comes after it in the tune. weird that the scale im using doesn't have in A in it though but its not very hard on the ears

[@GlennMichaelThompson]

Thanks SO much for doing this video Mikko. I love approaching these non-functional harmony tunes, and being a Wayne Shorter composition is a bonus! I was one of the many people that asked for a video about playing over Infant Eyes.😉 Great suggestions which are very helpful. Good idea playing stacked 4ths (& their inversions) and other intervalic structures over the root and 5ths. I find this type of tune to be very impressionistic sounding... like a tone painting...(?) Thanks again for sharing some of your approaches. 🙏🕊🎶

[@Mikkokosmos]

Glad you liked it 😃👍

[@GlennMichaelThompson]

@@Mikkokosmos Loved it! I've already watched it a couple of times and will be coming back as much as needed. Thanks again so much.

[@stasmaksimov9531]

Thanks a lot. Have been waiting video about W. Shorter music and how to approach it. Same goes to J. Henderson music. Sometimes its hard to decide what should I play on that kind of tunes.

[@fryingwiththeantidote2486]

I kind of think of this as being in the key of Bb, G is the relative minor, F is like a I b7 that leads to the Eb but I make the Eb lydian to get that color shift back to regular Bb

[@williamrobinson7061]

Thank you for persisting, Miko. The thing I like about your jazz playing is that everything you do is logical and precise. What I mean by this is that there are players who go very fast through changes, as in a solo chord melody piece such as your "Skylark," but they seem to be sloppier. Even Tal Farlow can sound "sloppy" to me, but I forgive him because I get the sense that he is "chasing" his musical ideas, and his technique has a hard time keeping up with those ideas. With you, I sense that you do not let your ideas overshadow what you are doing with technique. The ideas you have are always expressed clearly, and I like that. Also, guessing from what you are saying in this video and others, is that you have an extremely "good ear," in other words, an "ear/brain" which is able to instantly distinguish and interpret harmonic phenomena: roots, thirds, fifths and sevenths of chords, roots, root movement, chord progression, chord color. This results in a very pleasing effect for me; which is a harmonic, sensual jazz style, by ear not theory, an approach I aspire to as well. Jazz is weird, in that there are so many approaches to it. Your approach appeals very much to me. Your intelligence is also why you are such a great teacher; I first got turned on to you by your discussion of Nicholas Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales, and how these could be turned into real musical ideas to be played with. I hope you feel good when you read this, because you really are doing something very valuable for us guitar players.

[@Mikkokosmos]

Thank you for your encouragement. Not to be be modest, but I would not say I have extremely good ears. Maybe very good ears 😎👂

[@williamrobinson7061]

​@@Mikkokosmos Yes, without a doubt you do. I do too, and that's how I know. Aren't we blessed to have that gift? Who cares about perfect pitch, I'll take the ability to distinguish and name chords any day.

[@williamrobinson7061]

“There are only two things to remember. Number one...Don't Stop, and number two...Keep Going!” -- Frank Zappa

[@rynxlaneran]

Amen!

[@zorrg974]

thank's a lot Mikko ! As long as there is the #5 of the A chord , in the melody , in the fourth mesure , why not playing A7alt or A phrygien Dominant ?

[@robertgrippo5312]

Natural 13, flat 9 is SCREAMING diminished. But altered should work too just not as well (b/c of the 13th)

[@saschmato8307]

yo mikko! great video, noticed you are using the attack cutoff sound here. I have been trying to replicate that, using the POG 2. How do you compensate the latency? I tried multiple Compressors and it just wouldn't work. do you already have a video on this? if not, would be interesting if you made one or could give me a quick tip. greetings from germany! :)

[@Mikkokosmos]

hmm not doing anything special. I am using the Boss compressor/limiter 😎

[@JGCanning]

Beautiful tone! What’s the effect you are using here? Your tone hear reminds me of Rosenwinkle flute-like lines.

[@Mikkokosmos]

Thanks. That's the Pog2 😎

[@provocateur140p5]

Would you consider uploading your Nova Scotia Album? I can't find it anywhere...

[@Mikkokosmos]

I'm looking in to it but I'm not sure the label wants me to do that

[@provocateur140p5]

@@Mikkokosmos Maybe, but if the label cared perhaps it wouldn't be impossible to listen to online. I've been snooping around for it and I can only find physical copies going for insane prices (several hundreds of dollars last I checked) Also this is Bob Jones from the Spain video i think, (burner account, who would name their kid that lamo.) Anyways, after a year of waiting on med waivers and the pandemic, and switching branches twice (passed 3 different auditions), I am now a professional guitarist in the US Army. With the funds and benefits this allows me I will be able to pursue alot of personal music projects. Maybe I'll reach out when I have the time with my non gaming related actual KZbin account lol. I don't always comment, but I always appreciate what you do. thanks

[@Mikkokosmos]

@@provocateur140p5 The label went out of business a few years back but I still need their permission to put things online. I haven't seen any copies for hundreds of dollars but a few online stores seem to have copies for normal CD prices.

[@provocateur140p5]

@@Mikkokosmos I saw one months ago for unreasonable price, but I found some for about 30-50 dollars US. That is a little more reasonable....

[@Mikkokosmos]

@@provocateur140p5 50 bucks!? 😳😳😳

[@WBUSCH49]

HI mikko is it an idea to do a lessn about blavk nile joey callerazo s soloing ideas?

[@Mikkokosmos]

Hmm not sure I have heard his version. What recording is it? I'll check it out 😎

[@romoloborrelli1983]

Hi Mikko Hilden, your videos are very interesting, and I wanted to ask you something, when you play the motifs you change them according to the scale you use, right ???

[@Mikkokosmos]

Exactly. I have an old video called "my favorite Mick Goodrick cocept" where I explain this idea in detail 😎

[@romoloborrelli1983]

@@Mikkokosmos thanks mikko 😘

[@WBUSCH49]

MIKKO THAT is called the Big Scale....

[@christopheralley7123]

You misspelled phrasing

[@Mikkokosmos]

Damn it I didn't notice. Oh well too late 😆😆😆

[@christopheralley7123]

@@Mikkokosmos as long as the phrasing sounds good we will let you slide!

[@Mikkokosmos]

@@christopheralley7123 tanks 😉

[@WBUSCH49]

A patern being outside is called Cycluck Paterns... My Name is Ivor by anyways