ONE of the COOLEST ways to PRACTICE jazz standards? (On 'Bye Bye Blackbird')

[@music_magus]

This was simply a short introduction to this wonderful method of exploring tunes, so please let me know in the comments if you'd like me to go a lot deeper in a future video(s). Yours truly, AjC

[@samgraham1111]

Always happy to hear about stuff like this in greater depth, I find your explanations well-presented and easy to understand

[@music_magus]

@@samgraham1111 Thanks a lot Sam - I'll see what I can cook up. 🤠

[@rewtaah]

There is no sound. 😢

[@music_magus]

@@rewtaah hope you figure it out. 💚

[@neilbertuk1]

Really enjoyed this one, look forward to any deeper dive you want to do.

[@AlchemyMelbourne]

Nice intro!!! And another great lesson mate 👍Thanks for posting these videos its a great resource. Love your chord voicing choices 😀

[@music_magus]

Thanks for the kind words, as always my friend! Much appreciated.

[@fretworks9692]

Awesome video. It's essentially the way people learn to play a jazz blues: initially we have four bars of the I chord leading to the IV, then we learn to add the IV chord for bar two, maybe eventually adding a ii-V leading to the two bars of the IV chord, then adding a #IV diminished chord for bar six, etc. I like this a lot. Once you have the basic bare bones structure down, you can add all the substitutions you like, rather than memorizing someone else's. The rubato method is great too. That's how Jeff Berlin advises how to learn new phrases, and it made a huge difference in how I learn other people's solos or more complicated heads. Well done!

[@music_magus]

@@fretworks9692 thanks for your insightful comment. I completely agree. Ive been trying to do the same thing with Giant Steps lately. I might do a video on it at some point. Cheers, AjC

[@fretworks9692]

@@music_magus I'd love to see that! I was taught to learn Giant Steps as a slow bossa, which worked very well. It was comparatively easy to get it up to speed after doing that for a while. I look forward tog seeing more of your work!

[@music_magus]

@@fretworks9692 Absolutely a great approach. I spent years trying to run before I could crawl.

[@uberjam-sam8512]

Really enjoyed this lesson and your playing. I know this tune as a listener of Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett, never seeing it from a musicians perspective, which I found illuminating.i like the idea of stripping a tune down to its essence. It creates a different way of knowing.

[@music_magus]

Thanks so much for you comment! I've heard Miles play it a bunch, but not so familiar with Keith's interpretations. I must check it out.

[@blueeyedsoulman]

Goodness. That's quite a jazzy sound for a solid body. What model pickup is in the neck position? Pick gauge? String gauge? Lovely sound and playing.

[@music_magus]

Thanks a lot! That's a Seymour Duncan Little 95. I'm using 1.1mm Celluloid pick, and just a set of round wound 10-46.

[@johnstephen7610]

I'm not clear on what exactly it is, that transformed your playing. Is it playing the tune slowly? Is it mapping out the chords beforehand? Is it playing more, rather than taking lessons? I didn't hear you explain what it is that transformed your playing. You play very, very nicely, I enjoyed listening to you, but I could use clarification on what exactly the "thing" is that transformed your playing.

[@music_magus]

Thanks for your feedback, John. Spending time moving through the tune(s) in a relaxed, almost rubato way. Rather than using backing tracks. a metronome, or any other method that involves keeping strictly in time. Working from the simplest version of the chords certainly helps, too. I recommend checking out the original Joe Lovano lecture for a more eloquent explanation than I could ever hope to give... 🤠🤘

[@johnstephen7610]

@@music_magus Thank you so much for providing this clarification. Very helpful. I am always looking for ways to improve my playing, particularly for jazz standards, so I will give this a try.

[@music_magus]

@@johnstephen7610 Happy to help! I hope it provides you the results it has for me.