Playing Jazz on Cello: Quick Tips with Mike Block

Mike Block teaches cello online at ArtistWorks. Click here for free sample lessons: bit.ly/2bCEmSu
In this quick tip, Mike teaches the popular song form of 1-6-2-5 as an entry point into playing jazz on the cello.

[@davinci9571]

isn’t this the dude who stole those chipmunks

[@Ed-ry1kj]

Bruh

[@Wessex90]

I am looking at doing some Jazz Cello as I am classically trained and want to try something new. Great video!

[@winwinnie4905]

me too!

[@rosecynthiamegyola]

Same here!!!

[@daisycelloflavor]

Same here2!!!😄

[@rordrom3234]

Wow, he is very good at the cello.

[@AlamoCityCello]

Mike Block is a GREAT TEACHER!!

[@sonamlama6259]

mike block is an incredible artist and very well versed in music theory.

[@vithefiddler]

Who doesn't need a 1-6-2-5. ;) I like coffee, I like tea. I like the java jive and it likes me.

[@user-zb6gt7og9q]

Masterful explaination with great practical example!

[@brandonchai9318]

Thanks for breaking it down so well!

[@michaeljerome6591]

Where have you been all my life

[@robertlee4209]

thats what im saying man haha

[@RockyLParsons]

Was waiting for the Block Bridge Push customarily used for added emphasis, which showed up at 2:41.

[@magicdaveable]

Great Advice.

[@jonasberinger8733]

Mike block is great!!

[@nikornron]

Just a wow!

[@cheylloxo]

Incredible video. thank you so much for inspiring me to try something new

[@carlaxavier2329]

Thank you so much! This video is helping me to improve my skills with cello!

[@marianaalmeida8617]

So cool, thanks!!!

[@shirleychen4818]

Thank u so much, it helps a lot!! I am a cellist in a jazz club and don’t know what to do😅

[@ottodude555]

I knew this was over my head when he played chords lol

[@KellenAdair]

They're how you cheat on guitar and uke. 😅

[@KellenAdair]

DBL ones, I'm screwed, too.

[@emilythiele2146]

How does he do the fancy pizz-ing?

[@skillnetwork4137]

Большое спасибо!))))))

[@potaylo]

is your G string tuned down an octave?

[@dhu2056]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@williamyo8821]

Lastima Mike que no está en español

[@RonCarterBassist]

👍🏾👍🏾

[@jimwrathall5323]

Mike you are correct on connecting the 1-6-2-5 progression with "I Like Coffee" but you aren't connecting it correctly. The intended reference was "Java Jive": kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4GZeoinp6t7oNk

[@agustinrios7809]

This video should just be called "improvising for begginers". Thank you so much!

[@dmscjf88]

What is music ~4sec?

[@twat9954]

노은철 yo mama!

[@VGO527]

​@@twat9954what song?

[@jamesmcdermott1205]

Do I need a receding hairline to do this correctly?

[@dingusmoped]

The register and the projection of the cello is a bit stuck. This is an honest critique. It's a basically a mid-range instrument. It's too mid-range to cut through a group, and too high to function as an adequate bass -- no body to the low end. It just gets lost in the mid-range mud of ensembles. Takes a lot of catering by other instruments to allow the cello to shine through. It just can't come through on its own for jazz. For solos, you have to do some serious EQ cuts of other instruments to make the thing be heard which shows how its versatility is limited within jazz contexts. Even trombones out perform cellos...that's saying something. At least trombones have some projection power. The end result for jazz cello really just feels like a lot of mid-range scratchiness...which is what DJs are already doing anyways.

[@inyokutse]

Ray Brown did an album called Jazz Cello and he sounded amazing. If it ever doesn't sound good in a jazz setting it's the player not the instrument