Jazz for Rockers - intro to jazz guitar soloing

[@XxHENDRIXxX1]

Wow the first "how to play jazz guitar" video that a beginner to jazz can easily understand, I'd give this a million likes if I could.

[@erics5245]

Blender room

[@juanhamilton_]

Great video. Extremely clear and complete. The way he says "tones" at 4:53 is hilarious

[@swiftlessons]

Thanks very much, glad your digging the videos. I'm a full time teacher, making these videos has really helped me to get lesson plans together, so there will be plenty more to come.

[@swiftlessons]

Hey thanks for the comment, and the inspiration to keep making these videos. With my hectic teaching schedule and my consuming effort to be a full-time artist, it takes a lot of valuable time to complete filming and editing these instructional clips, so its great to get some positive feedback. I'll check out that channel and will feature some more tabs on my videos. Backing tracks are my next endeavor, over-due for sure. Thanks again, happy picking!

[@RogerClough]

I watch hundreds of hours of tuts and you may be the best instructor through this medium. Thank you!

[@daoyang6055]

Roger Clough I've been looking up lead guitar tutorials for jazz and this guy explains it all. On an acoustic guitar hahaha!!! Damn man I adore this guy's teaching skills.

[@jonsutton7734]

I have been playing over 50 years ( rock, blues, country, acoustic stuff -in and out of bars and found this teacher to have wonderful skills to help unlock some roadblocks. Thank!

[@swiftlessons]

Skip to lick idea #1 5:25 lick idea #2, "The Staircase Arpeggio" at 7:55 Lick idea #3, 9:15 Demonstration of techniques instructed at 10:15

[@ashwinasokan]

This video actually deserves more views and recognition! Thank you so much, my friend. Just what I was looking for :)

[@bonginkosibuthelezi5698]

What a swift way of helping those learning to improvise for the first time, this is a AHA moment for me it’s genius😳 let me join those who have praised u on this video. All the best man 🤝

[@TheMourningPalace]

Finally I understand relative minors! Thanks. Also the relative major would be the third note in a minor scale I guess

[@mattjones8397]

thanks man you're a good teacher.. the use of 7th chords & slides definatley adds a jazz sound to my playing

[@stevedouglas7375]

Rob (swiftlessons), I'm surprised you took the time to respond to Jimmy Lee Van De Putte. He's not worth spitting on. I'm a long time fingerpicker (country blues, etc) who is interested in playing some things in the jazz style. Particularly the 2-5-1. Your lesson here is absolutely perfect for someone like myself. You have a very pleasing teaching style and I'm now a subscriber. Thanks for posting this. It's outstanding!!

[@alekzamonski1179]

Great video, really helped me understand in an easy way, got a decent amount better at jazz soloing just from this

[@roseblack6342]

I'm a rock musician who just joined my high school's jazz band because I wanted to broaden my musical taste and ability. This video was perfect for me. Thanks swift!

[@swiftlessons]

Hey Aidan McMurray, thats fantastic, i'm sure you will have a blast in your jazz band. So much of lead playing is done within the simple major scale...combine arpeggio patterns over the different chords in the progression to open up a wide range of possibilities that are easy to understand and recreate across all keys. Thanks for watching! -Rob

[@kirstyhale1497]

GREAT VID swiftlessons! Wish I had stumbled upon you first! Every other online tutorial is way too much chatter, not enough playing, if you know what I mean. They always say things like "so lets get straight into it", then proceed to to laboriously talk for another 90 seconds or so! It's so frustrating! Anyway, like I say, thanks again kind sir, I really appreciate your teaching method. Extremely helpful. Much love, Xx

[@profd65]

Words are really tough to understand, aren't they?

[@TomGoldsmithguitar]

Very useful topic! Great way to sell it too cos it's rock guitarists who really need help breaking out of boxes and into more flavoursome zones!

[@markusrose3940]

Hey swiftlessons, thank you very much for this helpful video. Very cool concepts. If I may give some constructive criticism: when playing the scales, make sure to mute your open strings. They keep ringing out. Just something I noticed.

[@spoocyguy]

Ha I'm sure you're hella busy! Your vids are already perfect man just thought I'd share my comment. Keep on rockin' brother you're awesome thanks again for the rad vids, take care, peace.

[@stephenk.donnelly9034]

Great info thanks. Helped get me out of country-rock zone right away.

[@mirkomisic5884]

Best lesson ever made,thank you so much.

[@Stevengomez-j6q]

this was so nice...a separate video on the solo notes would be lovely...awesome video all together YOG

[@swiftlessons]

+Samuel Gyamfi thanks for the positive feedback, and the lesson idea. Making more videos to come. -Rob

[@swiftlessons]

I do have a video called "How to play a solo on guitar", it sounds like a basic title but its more in depth. Thanks for checking out my stuff, good luck.

[@KevinSmith-uj5ev]

What a brilliant lesson. Thank you.

[@wimbanu98]

Wow,..this video just save my life ....

[@ti4236]

Great beginner jazz guitar lesson!

[@evanharnett]

Nice intro lesson to jazz, bonus that you also found the same chords to the welcome back kotter theme :)

[@spoocyguy]

Yo Rob, first off THANKS for the awesome videos. You're really good and your passion for music shows and you make me pick up my guitar and just start learning what you have to teach. Not many people can do that. Anyways I just had a couple ideas for you. Check out cifraclub on youtube and watch how they show the tabs in real time as they play the music. Also consider just having a tutorial where you play just rhythm for a few minutes so we can jam along with you with what we've learned! Peace!

[@robguitarwizard]

Great video. Nice acoustic sound - very Django Reinhardt!!

[@mikeros22]

Hey man, this vid is great. You have a great style of teaching. Subbed.

[@timothycorrey2154]

I appreciate this video I learned a lot thank you

[@rockinmyroom]

This was really helpful thanks!

[@downhill240]

Always great lessons here!

[@johnfraserlongley]

Essentially you could have just said "hey rock dudes", you can anchor to A Minor Pent, C Major or D Ionian. Adapt your phrasing. If you can find the key of the song and switch to Minor Pent in rock, you can in jazz. The times where this fails you, is where we get key modulations and have to navigate gracefully in those transitions. Sticking to a single ii-V-I isn't going to cause issues until that progression slips into another ii-V-I, that is when we all first realize we are faking it.

[@pankajjoshi8292]

Thank u sir. Its aw sm to kick start. Do u hv any other lessons

[@Sk1tch4]

What an amazing video! thanks alot.

[@swiftlessons]

+Sk1tch4 thanks, I haven't watched this since I posted it, might be time for a follow up.

[@douglasthompson7464]

thanks for not doing the whole put this finger on that string on this fret thing and not referring to the 6`th string as the top string...I hate that..also I`ve found the poster behind you very helpful when I get confused which is a lot..I don't look at it all the time just when I get hung up on a specific chord..thanks..nice video

[@ivanrr3678]

Awesome! Thanks a lot fo the lesson, realy love rock and also even more jazz! lml

[@pjokivuo]

Great lesson, thanks!

[@swiftlessons]

+Pertti Jokivuori My pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@neils68]

When jazz teachers say "simply" I run.

[@swiftlessons]

+Neil St ha ha ha, I couldn't agree more. -Rob

[@longwalkhome2010]

fantastic lesson. do u have any more soloing lessons?

[@voltaire3001]

Well done !

[@emlyngriffith5846]

Great lesson.....thanks a lot!

[@swiftlessons]

+Emlyn Griffith hey glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for taking the time to comment. Be well. -Rob

[@raybk9677]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@Ready_for_apocalypse]

Thanks for the info man.

[@jackelshaw]

Hey man! I'm going into my second year of music and we are studying jazz as part of the course. Any chance you could do a lesson in jazz chords and jazz licks please? Peace man.

[@Guitar92player]

Great video! Thanks! Quick question... During your soloing example using the A minor notes, you did a little slide from A# to B to add a little jazz style to it. Can that be applied to any note in any scale? Say I was soloing in the key of C major; if I was going to play a D note, can I slide from C# to D to make it sounds more Jazzy? Thanks

[@mikkelsvendsen7755]

Yes, you can slide from a half-step above or below the note you want to land on. Sounds pretty sweet!

[@renjay3743]

Your staircase is a cmaj7 chord.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Exactly what I was thinking. LOL!

[@beeastman1235]

Got the Cat Stevens look going

[@paperclipsandhighlighters8292]

hey man. it isnt showing that little window which shows extra comment added by the uploader, so when u were showing what transposed chords u were playing, it wasnt displaying the chord. can u please write all the chords we can use, sorry for the trouble, thankyou for ur contribution!!

[@hdeline]

What chord and corresponding mode could you add to that to make it sound little outside 4 6 7 ???

[@mikeros22]

Sweet!!

[@Berna-k8l]

How to apply this idea to other keys

[@FURDOG1961]

3:50

[@usernamesolomon]

The chord progression sounds like Sunday morning from Maroon 5

[@daddiojones238]

Solomon Angom it's a 1 6 2 5 progression, very common i/e " body and soul" plus every doo woo song that ever was

[@filipgnesin2055]

Michael Doto The chord progression in "Sunday Morning" is in fact II, V, I. But it's true that the progression you're referring to is also a jazz standard.

[@DetVen]

Jesus Christ, you look like Jesus Christ!

[@jensclarberg6419]

But Jesus was black?..

[@DetVen]

Jesus was an African American?? Ya don't say...

[@jensclarberg6419]

No he wasn't

[@DetVen]

Ok, so Jesus was a black Jew?

[@gavinreid8351]

Geo B arabic style

[@stefan_hauk]

Don't mean to be 'that guy' but I think you'd sound better if you muted your lower strings when you're playing your top strings. I can hear them resonating when you play up high, if you work on your muting your tone will be clearer.

[@Christiansyoutube]

dont be that guy

[@profd65]

Lol, STFU you clown.

[@duckgoduckgo]

Stefan Hauk its quite sad how having an opinion=stfu u clown

[@brandonbock1825]

Yousician ads actually prohibited me from mastering "the guitar"

[@swiftlessons]

+Brandon Bock they are mind numbing...

[@brandonbock1825]

great vid though thanks for uploading man!

[@anttt___]

Oooooohhhhhhh.....😁

[@nicholasshapiro8439]

You rule so hard

[@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss]

Nicholas Shapiro Sounds pretty gay of you.

[@garygoudeau8346]

I'd like to share a lesson book that took me from a blues rock player to a jazz player and fluid soloing up and down the neck. 84 JAZZ GUITAR EQUATIONS by STEVE CROWELL.Jazz science guitar institute.com

[@JimmyLeeVanDePutte]

First thing I profess to children is there are no rules in art! Music especially. I do not agree with a word you are trying to profess. PS: Been playing around for over 50 years.

[@swiftlessons]

+Jimmy Lee Van De Putte you can call them rules, tropes, musical norms, these things absolutely exist. Example: you can go ahead and play the A Ionian scale over Am, but it's going to sound like shit every time to almost every person who hears it. The human ear has evolved to appreciate specific things, the best we can do is learn to work with it, and intrigue our listeners by offering unique combinations of musical devices. The possibilities are still endless, but there are things that clearly do not work.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Yeah to say there are no "rules" in music is rather absurd. Actually the brilliance of a great musician and ESPECIALLY a great jazz player is how they manage to sound unique even within the rules. "Theory" is really sort of a bad name for musical formulas because it's really more "facts". It's a fact that if you play a whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step that you've played a Major Scale every single time you do that. That is a "rule". It's not subjective. That's just one example.

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

There are no rules in art. Agreed. You can record fart sounds and mix them with echo and call it a piece. I'm being serious. It's what I teach to remove the stigma of inadequacy. In other words, whatever floats your boat. Art is what you make it. However!!! There is a system in place that has been evolving for centuries that contain the vast majority of what people hear and enjoy as music. Music is a science as much as it is an art form. I know plenty of people who passionately disagree with that statement. Doesn't change the fact that for most, minor will be sadder than major, for example. Also, fun fact: much of harmony is actually a discovery and not human invention.