Stop Forcing Licks Into Your Solos: Use The "Ramp" Method Instead

[@barryhunt8527]

Hi Jeff. I bought your lick a day programme, a few months ago. Ain’t that easy. I been playing trumpet 4 years, I’m 79, practice every day but even the so called easy ones take a lot of learning. This vid now is great, ta4 the free lessons. Brilliant stuff. I’m in South Dorset UK 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@zorranism]

You can also push the lick on the 2nd beat and make room for adding notes before in the same bar. In that way you are not bound by the harmony in previous bar.

[@ariel100531]

‘Davis coltrane, be bop,’ is a more memorable mnemonic for me😊. Thanks a bunch!

[@jeffgomez88]

Very interesting to see how to take a basic lick and watch it get transformed into another longer idea. Keep making these type of videos, please.

[@bennewman5154]

Shout out to Indiana School of music! Rest in power David baker

[@SaxophoneDanLive]

Great video man!

[@oliverwarren1074]

Isn't this basically just turning short licks into longer licks, not necessarily helping you practice the transition from "natural playing" to "lick playing", which would be achieved from lots of alternating between licks and improv? Or maybe instead of learning a lick one time, you learn like 10 different rhythmic versions of it, on different beats and with slight variations? Basically just stretching and pulling the lick apart so that you have a much wider palette of ways to play it? Anyway great video as always, you are a great educator.

[@martinvo981]

A Simple Lick turned into a short riff, i like that

[@glitchgatsby4290]

Wait, did you study on David Baker at IU? 😮

[@matttorrence2900]

Jeff is turning into Woody Allen!

[@OdaKa]

lick it good

[@sdwdwdw]

Nice idea .. but the end result still becomes a forced lick ..

[@brucejeric6701]

I guess licks are ok? But for me, whatever you play must be melodic. That makes the tune. That makes the improvisation along with good rhythmic ideas sound good. Licks, patterns,sequences, chromatic lines, that are stuck in when you aren’t thinking and playing melodically, just don't for me. Sounds like patch. Listened to a group play have you met miss jones, and the sax player started out. All players were very good technoly , but not one played the melody straight. All played lots of notes and patterns to show their chops. I did not like it at all. Just my opinion. Not my cup of tea.

[@AMusic369]

Agree 100%😀

[@brucejeric6701]

That said, I think you must practice scales, modes, diminished half- whole, whole- half, whole tone, and altered scale. All these in cycle of 5ths or 4th. Also stepwise and chromatically. Then 7th chords as block chords,then arpeggios, with chromatic approach notes and enclosure. Then apply to tunes, knowing the pitch collections available on each chord understanding the harmonic progression and analysis it. Then play what you hear, what sounds good to you. Patterns and sequences etc will evolve naturally. I hope??!!!!! 🤞

[@pelonete5000]

Ok. Then you ended with another larger phrase that you will need to see how it is NOT sound like being forced into the solo !!!🤣🤣🤣. Regards from Mexico