Music Theory | Principles of Melody - Bebop Lines 3

[@jurisblues]

What a spectacular job! Is a real diamond. Rare and extremely valuable. Continue like this Master. Clear and easy to understand material. Please, never stop. Congratulations.

[@ohadcohen2]

I just wanted to thank you and to say how valuable this series is for me. I have been playing most of my life and not understanding why i'm applying myself and still sound like shit, analyzing my note choices from all kinds of angles and not getting what i'm doing wrong. experimenting with this simple advice of not using non chord tones on the strong beats immediately effected how i play and how i construct melody. it gave me a hole new reference point.

[@WillKriski]

Wolf Marshall has a great book on patterns for giant steps. Eg 2+ bar phrases and short two fives. Keep in mind you have to learn the lines ahead of time and get them up to speed. A huge misconception of newbs is that these guys did this on the fly. If you think this try transposing to another key and see how well you do.

[@Wulfuswulferson]

Recently started to play live and this series has helped so much. Thanks

[@innocentoctave]

Very informative - and a nice nod to Jaco's early playing. I hear a lot of country in Metheny's use of the major pentatonic - an unusual influence for a jazzer. It gives some of his early work a country/folk feel.

[@paulshields361]

Thank you for this series, it has helped me alot

[@Shuzies]

Love these video lessons....makes perfect sense...just what Iam working on....thank you....ron

[@zumasuma5489]

Super! very helpful. Thank you and greetings from Germany!

[@katana7xv]

The experience, work, knowledge, and passion afforded in these video series puts to shame those who provide teases and loss-leaders in there's. I hope the contribution helps.

[@SteamMikey]

So good! Bebop is starting to make sense to me now! 🤣

[@ZabalaGuitarrak]

This is pure gold

[@eranddroory9987]

Great mini series. Thanks Rick :-)

[@Osnosis]

For those really interested, check out Jerry Bergonzi’s first volume on jazz improvisation. A lifetime of Work!

[@FRODOPIANO]

Thanks!

[@radiozelaza]

Man, a month ago I stumbled half-drunk across a small blues/jazz club in my town, and the keyboard player cum bartender told me to play bass, so I did. Then he told me to play "Recorda-Me" and gave me chords. And I did. And my brain fried. Thank God he spared me "Giant Steps"...

[@noahmaillouxmusic]

Another great video! If we're talkin' classical music, maybe we can see some Rachmaninoff analysis sometime?

[@RickBeato]

Calmlands Piano I will get to it for sure!

[@noahmaillouxmusic]

Awesome! Looking forward to future videos!

[@petragaffney135]

I like the idea of a delayed resolution. Why doesn't John play back-to-back repeated notes and leap octaves within a phrase? The soloing seems very contained.

[@RickBeato]

Pétra Gaffney I think because the tempo is so fast and that it changes keys so rapidly he needs to rely on chord tones to describe the progression. I think there was only one bar where he did a delayed resolution. It was in A-7 to D7

[@petragaffney135]

Rick Beato I understand. I had considered the speed but not to do with describing the progression. Yes, the delayed resolution you described was the Am7 to D7 in bar 10. Thanks.

[@RickBeato]

Pétra Gaffney Let me know if there's something you want me to do a video on :) I am going to do a Pat Metheny one this week.

[@petragaffney135]

Rick Beato Thanks so much for the offer of suggesting something for a video. I'll keep it in mind. I'll look very much forward to the Pat Metheny video.

[@starrybenchstudios]

Thanks!