The Secret to Bebop Jazz Guitar

[@ChaseMaddox]

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[@HendersonGuitar]

Hey Chase - I wonder if you'd consider making a video where you list solos that everyone should learn (Specifically covering Jazz, Blues, Jazz-Blues, Gypsy etc styles) that will improve your vocabulary? 100 solos should cover it !! (1 solo per player, no repeats!) haha!! Not guitar specific. I'd find it really useful to hear your thoughts on this.

[@phoe87]

Jokes aside, this is a great idea, maybe not 100 but there's certainly merit in having as many as reasonable, maybe explaining the vocabulary one can learn from that solo

[@jano3289]

I really need to go through this. Have had teachers talking about this as well, and it seems a bit like a hot fix for your jazz lines. Very good, no-nonsense lesson with clear practical application of the technique.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks! Let me know how it goes 👍

[@CVGuitar]

Super cool video Chase! Back in the day I knew a drummer that got me interested in Jazz and Bebop and he would always say "Bird is the word!"

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad you dig it!

[@MatthewDown-q3h]

My friend from jazz school told me to just play chromatically between the scale (on the off beats) and the more I learn about jazz guitar the more I realise that he was right. It's amazing how an understanding like that can be transmitted in a sentence and just clarifies the whole thing. I understand that there are a few caveats to that approach but as long as you have a decent ear it really does make improv relatively easy. Basically that's what I'm seeing in a lot of these videos in regards to chromaticism. I don't see the need for making it overly complex, I think you presented these ideas well without getting too theoretical. There are a lot of players who just know the fretboard and how stuff sounds, some of the greats included. I know my theory but eventually it became less and less important because I can just play what I want to play.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Your last sentence sums it up!

[@vyshawnforeman8384]

Fantastic lesson

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks Shawn! 🙏

[@bozakarlin9034]

Little secrets of the great masters, thank you very much.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching!!

[@davidgrech5176]

Thank you for this wonderful lesson chase.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks David, glad you enjoyed it!

[@jimmyc5498]

Nice idea and I appreciate how you used 3 different sources to get your results. Great post

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks Jimmy! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jimmyc5498]

@@ChaseMaddox btw, was it you who talking about some country material w/jazz or banjo w/ jazz or am I mistaken?

[@ChaseMaddox]

Haha I was talking about banjo jazz in my April Fool’s video 😅 I do play a little bit of banjo but I was joking about actually applying jazz to it…I think it’s a small audience that would care

[@jimmyc5498]

@@ChaseMaddox ok I’m not crazy. Well, I feel like I’m in the middle of the ocean with no help. I’ve been trying to develop pedal steel licks but blowing over jazz tunes, Cherokee, All the Things, Oleo, Impressions, you get the idea (poor man’s Buddy Emmons) If you ever want to discuss the banjo thing( I have a ganjo) let me know seriously. Jimmy

[@ChaseMaddox]

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[@suzannecoholic1467]

thanks for the pdf!

[@ChaseMaddox]

You're welcome!

[@JazzStrat781]

Awesome content as always Chase 🎸👍 thanks so much for all that that you do here, it's always appreciated

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks Doug!

[@donnycee]

Always, always, always a great lesson. Thanks!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thank you! I appreciate that 🙏

[@davidjohn8743]

super cool! Thanks.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching!

[@frankvaleron]

Very nice little lesson. And 'tache

[@ChaseMaddox]

Haha thank you!

[@johnjacquard863]

great video! also a shout out to louis armstong who was a master of embelishment! (bird loved him)

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks! Louis Armstrong's method of embellishment is interesting because it's pre-bebop, so the enclosures aren't quite as chromatic as Bird. Maybe something to get into in another lesson...

[@johnjacquard863]

@@ChaseMaddox I love how bird has this eternally modern feeling . ( and Coltrane )

[@danielanderson8502]

Wow! I’m glad I stumbled on to this video SUBBED!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Welcome! You have a lot of good videos to catch up on! 🤘

[@jzgtr100]

Great video!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thank you!

[@RickMcCargar]

Was watching Carol Kaye talk about playing jazz, and she was saying that those people never thought about playing scales over chords...they played chord tones over chords...what are your thoughts on that? Thanks.

[@ChaseMaddox]

I think she knows what she’s talking about 👍

[@RickMcCargar]

@@ChaseMaddox I'm new to all this. Played by ear all my life. So it's hard to know what's fact/fiction/opinion or a mix of all of the above.

[@ChaseMaddox]

You will hear lots of players talk about using scales but in most cases that’s because they think that’s what they’re supposed to say or they haven’t really introspected how they are actually improvising. Even saying that you play chord tones over chords isn’t exactly accurate. The goal is to play musical ideas and phrases like we use words when speaking.

[@RickMcCargar]

@@ChaseMaddox great, thank you!

[@hycus4292]

Chase, fine lesson, but the SECRET of Bebop is still uncovered 😀

[@ChaseMaddox]

Indeed 😄

[@Lotusblue777]

Ascending hromatic befor ? Descending hromatic above?

[@michaeldennisguitarlessons]

"Chromaticism is the improviser's best friend." - Gary Burton, vibraphonist, composer and jazz educator

[@kevinmaddox]

👏👏👏

[@ChaseMaddox]

Good job!

[@TimNelson]

Mmmmmmmonster!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching, Tim! 🤘

[@mugiwaranoDave]

Chase my man the way the camera zooms in and out every other phrase is somewhat irritating and makes the video hard to watch. Otherwise, great content as usual!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@Stephenloizos]

Chase I love what you do but you don't need to keep saying "the Secret."- mostly the people who keep 'secrets' do so because they are hoarding helpful information or hiding nasty deeds. We have too many of these characters in government, religion and yes...entertainment. I think you mentioned working with George Benson and I had the luck to hang out with him and asked him any question of my imagination and he was wonderfully down to earth and forthright in answering them. What you share takes days, weeks of applying your information. How many will absorb it and practice it until they have mastered it?; Thank you for your great videos- I would support your channel if I had the $ but things are incredibly tight right now. I am a huge fan of Benson's playing and you have been a great help. During the lockdown chaos, I had a couple of chance encounters with Ed Vanhalen in Los Angeles. He was so kind and down to earth like George...the best artists usually have the best hearts and they will help you anyway musically if they can. All the best!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for your comment Stephen! I use KZbin titles that are proven to get people to click and watch more often. I wouldn’t read into them too literally that I mean it’s a secret.