Grant Green's Guide To The Blues | Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Improvisation

[@RobertBergman-jt8nx]

I've been playing guitar and studying Jazz for 50yrs. and I'm finding new ways of looking at things thru your videos, Keep up the Good Work Nathan !!

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks so much Robert! That means a lot

[@phretbord]

Jazzy AF and one of the best jazz guitar lessons here on KZbin and it's Grant Green he's the holy grail of all jazz guitarists! 🏆 Definitely a phenomenal subject! 😊🎼🎸🎵👏🤣

[@spencerpaulson9003]

For a long time I felt like I was the only person left who appreciated Grant Green and Hank Mobley. Glad I found your channel man, keep it up.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks Spencer! Grant is the MAN!

[@zanderjam9111]

Soul Station is what started my jazz journey as a guitarist.

[@johnkeogh8601]

@@NathanBortonMusic he sure is !! I'm still trying to nail that 'concentrate on you ' solo 😀 great vid man. Keep it up

[@macjam9090]

First time here and I really enjoyed it. Learned a lot. Thank you i will definitely be back.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks so much for your support Mac! Glad you enjoyed the lesson

[@vendome6846]

Grant is one of my very favorite players. Thank you for the wonderful insights.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@rdrusty]

Brilliant! Excellent explanation for a blues player dipping his toes into Jazz via Grant Green! Thanks

[@NathanBortonMusic]

So glad to help!

[@SamLarsen2]

The only thing wrong with this video is that I didn't discover it sooner. Nathan does a phenomenal job of explaining Grant's licks and tricks here. This is an essential video for appreciating Grant's genius, both when it's simple and a bit tricky. The knowledge in this video can be used in so many standards and is a must for anyone's jazz vocab in my opinion. Awesome job Nathan!!! Thank you for your hard work here.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks so much Sam! Glad you're enjoying the channel and finding information to help you... that's what it's all about!

[@locarnese5598]

Ah, Grant Green. His more bluesy pieces are my favorite... Like this one, or California Green, or Blues for Willareen, or A Wee Bit of Green...

[@rmarlia]

I saw you last night at Cliff Bells. You and the group did a great job. I hope you will return soon. Thank you for telling me about your KZbin channel which I subscribed to.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Hi Richard! Great to see you on here! Thanks so much for coming, was great to see you cool guitar photos. Have a good one and hope you enjoy the KZbin lessons

[@steveprager7862]

Thanks!

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Hi Steve, just getting around to comments I missed. I just want to say thank you so much for your tip and support!!! It really means a lot and keeps me going. Thanks again :)

[@fouroutoffour]

I like that you clarified to learn the solo by ear first and only use the PDF as a guide if needed. Time and again, I find that learning by ear takes longer but produces vastly better results.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Yes! Learning by ear is the best way for sure. It is also the hardest, which is why I think a lot of people don't do it.

[@cuppajoeman8569]

Thanks for slowing down the examples, it lets me understand what's happening and play along!

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Of course! Thanks for watching!

[@wildwoodmusic7955]

These videos are helping me so much! Excellent work...thanks! Can't get enough Grant lessons. I've been trying to track down a tab for Bedouin but haven't had any luck yet...slowly working through it at half speed.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks so much for watching! Glad it helped you! Make sure and check out my grant green "minor" blues guide as well :)

[@zephaniarutlokwana2891]

I suspected that you are highly educated in music besides that you are very good in teaching and analysis of this artform Keep up the good work

[@insidejazzguitar8112]

Great approach!

[@alexannan2778]

You're the man Nathan! Thanks for all the great videos!

[@NathanBortonMusic]

I appreciate that!

[@stevengrinold7631]

Glad I found your channel Nathan! Real good content you are sharing with us

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for your support :)

[@4gcole]

Really good lesson Nathan!

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks! Grant is the man!

[@curransguitar]

Love Grant’s G altered phrasing over the 6th on the 8th bar of his blues. Thanks for covering this. 👍

[@NathanBortonMusic]

That’s a great one! Use it ALL the time haha 😂

[@colingardiner6516]

Thankyou very much Nathan for this lesson. Very Cool indeed. Cheers

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@salvadorgarcia8661]

Como siempre, excelente lección. Muchas gracias maestro.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks Salvador!

[@kaspafischer]

another fab lesson, Nathan... really dig Grant Green

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thank you! Grant is amazing!

[@maxischebeck8223]

great lesson!

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Appreciate you watching!

[@mauricioalfaro9406]

I have learn a very valuable point with this lesson. Thank you Nathan!

[@NathanBortonMusic]

No problem!

[@MrFractalito1]

Great video ,,,, thanks ..... Grant rules ¡¡¡

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@Jameskegler1]

Dr, Borton is bring some light to the study of the Jazz Language fasten your seat belts going for a ride

[@GlennInLaguna]

Bradley your lessons like this are deep. You obviously have a complete understanding of musical theory. You most likely are also a proficient reader of music notation. And a good guitar player 😎

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Appericate it Glenn! I however, am not the best sight reader haha!

[@GlennInLaguna]

@@NathanBortonMusic Not necessarily related to this video, but, just curious, have you ever looked over the guitar instructional books by Chuck Wayne? He put out three books. The first one called the Arpeggio Dictionary which is out of print, then two others later on Scales and Chords that are still in print by Hal Leonard.

[@jerrymcdrake]

So good! So important and again the way of your presentation is quite clear .Thanks for the lesson..The missing part in videos on youtube jazzers is that not telling how to put these stuff into our practice or the practice method of these. So we are here couse we are mostly beginners and we need some guidance. Your videos short but effective .Thanks again.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Yes! It’s definitely hard to put language in your playing. I always like to write out solos using language that I’m trying to get into my soloing. Maybe I could do a video on different approaches?

[@jerrymcdrake]

@@NathanBortonMusicYessss, Please do it!

[@AManCalledAidan]

Lovely, articulate, clear presentation... just like Grant Green's lines!

[@AManCalledAidan]

Also incredibly generous, especially so with all of the downloads. Please consider a tip option or Patreon page. Thank you!

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Yes... I need to get on that. Maybe over Christmas holiday if I get time. Appreciate you mentioning it! PayPal is [e-mail] if you’d like :) sharing the video on social media always helps as well! Thanks!

[@AManCalledAidan]

@@NathanBortonMusic Tip coming your way! Cheers!

[@lsilvaj]

amazing content, sir. Liked and subscribed. Thank you.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Awesome, thank you!

[@iamtonymata]

awesome..

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks Tony! Great to see you again!

[@grahamriach3297]

Great video, thanks!

[@NathanBortonMusic]

No problem!

[@pan-k5o]

thank you for this great analysis, thanks goes also the people who voted for this lesson! Grant is such a unique player, I try to pick up bits from his solos to incorporate in my own playing, I put some examples in my YT channel. I will have to dig deep in this video to understand better what he was going for.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thats great! I'll check out your clips. Thanks for your support!

[@JoeCandidoGuitar]

Very well done!

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thank you very much!

[@jakethesnake58]

i would love to hear you do grants dracula

[@NathanBortonMusic]

I'll check it out!

[@siglo2155]

Super muy bien

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks siglo!!

[@RROBBIE3]

Great stuff thank you. Do you know the repeating intro lick that he plays for the first 30 seconds?

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Here's the link to Part 2 (Grant's Guide to MINOR Blues): kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH2lXnWIiLl-bqM

[@charlesenglebert8226]

So much going on here

[@JazzCatzs]

Great lesson- but two questions 1) when you use the V to l method- how do you know when to use it ? You used it in bars 4,6,8,10,12, what is special about those bars that allow you to use it ? 2)in your 12 bar example of using V to l there is only ever one bar of F7, but your lines for F7 requires 2 bars to play it all. Meaning it would all need to be played as 16th notes. Thanks for clarifying

[@IVWilkinson]

Did you get any answers? Bar 4 is Bb7 to Eb7, V to I. Traditionally bar 6 is Eb, but F7 shares enough notes with Eb. Also you can just super impose this change onto the form. So you can simply play the V of any chord as you approach that chord. Which should answer the rest of the questions, but if not. The concept is that anytime you are approaching a new chord you can imply said chords V chord. Really you are targeting bars 5, 7, 9, 11, and 1 with their own V chord. 2) I'm fairly certain the examples used were stand alone examples. Not examples used over the form. Just examples of V to I that Grant Green has played. So that's why there is 2 bars of F7 on some BUT you could also play F7 or Cmin, in bars 9 and 10, on the blues form. Hope this helps.

[@charpentierniko4613]

Cool

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Thanks for watching! Hope you found something that helps you!

[@charpentierniko4613]

@@NathanBortonMusic yep very helpfull big up and blessing dude

[@zanderjam9111]

Hey man, could you do a Soul Station analysis as a guitarist?

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Do you mean the song or the record?

[@zanderjam9111]

@@NathanBortonMusic I mean the song. It seems perhaps the most approachable for a beginner jazz guitarist

[@RROBBIE3]

Any chance you can tab the 30 second intro before the solo? Thank you!

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Do you mean the melody? Sorry confused

[@RROBBIE3]

@@NathanBortonMusic Yes, I believe it's the melody. Sorry about the confusion

[@algirdasasadsadf2344]

👍

[@karlsmith3281]

You pick the George Benson way, is that an accurate observation? I hope so, i tried before with just thumb and one finger, you seem to use thumb and two fingers. Well thats the way i'm playing now.

[@NathanBortonMusic]

Yep! It honestly wasn't intentional, just what felt best for me!

[@thejamnasium6447]

I just want to play guitar exactly like GG does on Live at the Lighthouse. is that TOO MUCH TO ASK!? (yes... yes it is)

[@NathanBortonMusic]

I understand… haha 😂