This 1 Concept Can Improve Your Solos INSTANTLY

Today we're talking about a very special concept that composers and improvisers alike have been using ever since we could create - and this isn't limited to just musicians! Watch this video to find out how this special way of thinking about "phrasing" can help you make more sense of your solos and connect any ideas you have while improvising!
As always, PLEASE let me know if there's anything I missed, or anything that you'd like me to speak more about, in the comments! I read them, and some might even end up being a video idea in the future!
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[@AdventureAndySnM]

Tea for two? Ah yes, the theme that plays after that viral jazz KZbin video

[@tonybebop2247]

More like every viral Jazz KZbin video😂

[@SuperSaxio]

Great tune man

[@AdventureAndySnM]

@@SuperSaxio 🤩

[@bgorrell]

Dizzy said "I improvise a rhythm and then put notes to it"... Always loved that - great video and great playing!

[@eugene5987]

For anyone who wants more great videos similar to this: Jeff Schneider mentions that exact dizzy quote in this video about improving jazz soloing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3zKpGlpp9iLqJI This great Open Studio video by Adam Maness talks about the same things (practicing rhythm/its more important) with examples & exercises: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHbHpYiFfKh2pLc

[@Doodsrsly]

Thanks again for sharing your wisdom here, Pat. For those of us who don’t get the luxury of 1-on-1 sessions with you, these quick lessons are invaluable and so generous.

[@rozkaz661]

Damn, you got a double talent. Not only for being an amasing musician but also for explenation and forming your thoughts in easy to understand but super informative ways. That was great

[@silvermann6515]

He is an educator as well.

[@djmileski]

Changing the rhythm of the phrase is exactly why I love Sonny rollins, my main inspiration these days. He could solo on the same phrase for 20min then mention the original phrase at the end. Amazing

[@matildemarin4146]

I approached impro like 2 weeks ago and today I was really frustrated. 15 minutes, abracadabra, badaboom, I fucking played something that has sense. U MADE MY DAY MAN, thankusomuch!!!

[@thownage5023]

One of the things that got me really thinking of putting phrasing into my playing was listening to Christian McBride play with Cyrille Aimée over a blues. He started with a simple lick for majority of the chorus then played it again with a different rhythm and it was on if the best things I’ve heard. Great vid man love the knowledge you have to share!

[@timmyallan5041]

christian mcbride should work on his thyme feel

[@bentleymusic03]

@@timmyallan5041that’s a joke right? Right???

[@leowong2613]

This channel is way to underrated Best modern jazz artist being a hip and modern person teaching ONLINE. This is gold.

[@saxiroth6647]

i keep coming back to this video. so so SO wise. this needs to be taught to everyone as a baseline. at my university they just shove the altered scale and such into everyone's faces

[@gobot109]

What I get out of the Tea For Two demo is that energy, being playful ( no pun intended ), or letting yourself feel a little silly, like a kid. Break through inhibited playing and schmalz it up! Don't feel self conscious about it. I love the way you played this and it made me smile. I think it requires a certain amount of fearlessness and willingness to look absurd as you explore the limits of a performance.

[@subbbass]

Hip Hop and Jazz solos - that's what i was also thinking when i heared Quincy's "Back on the block" from 1989 with all those great rappers on it. It's the balance of offbeats and downbeats. the development of phrases.

[@maguffle]

I've never heard phrasing explained through rap before. As someone who used to rap, that made a lot of sense to me.

[@dr.rolanddavis]

I enjoyed the “In Walked Bud” quote! Thank you Patrick Bartley Jr. for your artistry and inspiration. I wish you health and joy.

[@itsahsah]

hobbyist here, but i love how your advice always pertains to all instruments because more than anything, it speaks on music and musicality.

[@LokiBeckonswow]

bro you blow horn like the master bird himself, such tone and phrasing and sensitivity! much respect to you sir, that's truly beautiful playing

[@timmyallan5041]

prove it

[@LokiBeckonswow]

@@timmyallan5041 only truly wonderful sax playing gives me that feeling, and so far, this fellow with his channel right here is the closest feeling I've ever had to when I hear Bird, it's simply magnificent, very happy to have found your channel

[@TheSteelDialga]

@@timmyallan5041 how could this dude prove it??

[@Alic4444]

@@timmyallan5041Prove you're human?

[@andybaldman]

@timmyallan5041 Look up Bartley’s iconic performance here of After You’ve Gone. There’s your proof.

[@CentreLine2]

I don't know if you or your pr agent reads these comments, but as someone from a generation older, I'm fucking glad you're around Pat, it's a relief to know the new generation have a voice of no bs and truth being delivered in words and playing alike. I support you 💯 don't stop.

[@KwakuAbla]

It’s not about copying other artist but understanding how music works then applying your own personality on it because these modern artists sound the same

[@blvcksandblues]

I'm a drummer and this is why I like watching content from people who play other instruments. Rhyme is such a good concept for explaining how the solo relates to the melody. I also try to think about enjambment so the phrases don't feel so strictly delineated. Just subscribed.

[@alx8912]

I actually started learning jazz after learning a lot about hip-hop, and I remember making that same association between solos and verses! Great to see you talk about it, and exploring it way further than I did!

[@Akwilliams_97]

This is the second time I’ve heard a jazz educator talk about this exact subject. I’ll take it as a sign. Thanks Pat!

[@troys8709]

I've asked 3 different teachers of mine about this during this past semester. I've been trying to find information about phrasing and your insight is amazing as always. You spoke about studying some of the modern players that are masters, and I was wondering who you would recommend listening to on the music scene right now.

[@jubnx2781]

The way I see it, anybody who you can listen to over and over is a master. Start with your masters But yeah, Pat, please turn us on to more masters

[@chrisinglik4115]

Another gem. Thank you. That's what jazz education should be speaking about. Not about chords, scales, changes... this is easy stuff. But these topics you have here, once again: PURE GOLD. Thank you.

[@dannytwitch3276]

Best tips! Bro @12:30 had me ROLLING! 😂😂🤣🤣😂 yup 😂😂😂😂😂 I felt that

[@TheSteelDialga]

The more I pay attention to what's interesting in music, the more I notice that it really comes down to tension and relief a lot of times. Like ending a phrase on a non chord tone, then playing the same phrase and ending it on a chord tone. Or having a really syncopated phrase lead to a really straight phrase that lands on the downbeat

[@Alic4444]

Love the Monk quote at the end :) Also this is some of the best concise advice for playing music that can reach people I've ever heard.

[@haroldwatkins6655]

I 'm a Bone player from Philly affiliated with the Clef Club of Jazz.I like the way you deliver.

[@robertgreen3702]

Thanks Patrick.... very helpful.

[@dominicquick107]

A true genius, in music and in teaching

[@klimatwav]

Thank you, so simple and powerful!

[@nmonye01]

Your tone is lovely. I really appreciate your playing.

[@not_another_muhammad]

Man love your style.

[@tp33333]

What should I start practicing in order to transfer what's in my head to what comes out of the instrument? I often feel like when I get up to improvise I have an idea in my head that I just don't know how to play on my instrument. Great video and your sound is just incredible! Would love to see you in live performance!

[@TheSteelDialga]

The more you sing those ideas the better you'll get at remembering them and integrating your voice as a part of your horn playing. The horn is just a barrier between the ideas in your head and the physical sound. This is what Wycliffe Gordon says he does when learning phrases. Sing it!!

[@nerdycatgamer]

@@TheSteelDialga This is good advice, but I don't think that's @the_tp3719 's problem (respectfully). Here's some different advice if you're still struggling: Practice scales and arpeggios. Even just your chromatic scale, but also all your major scales. This will create a direct connection in your mind between the note (the sound that you're hearing) and the physical feeling of *playing* the note. If you're already hearing the notes in your head, you just need to coordinate your body to get them out of the instrument, and if you have a direct mapping between the sound in your head and the note on the instrument, you'll be able to play (about) as well as you can sing.

[@nicolabonetti4384]

expand the concept expand the concept pleasee (this video is gold btw thank you so much )

[@brycestpeter]

Dude, one of my good saxophone friends from back in the day hipped me to your playing and content. I've learned a lot as a sax player myself.

[@magnuspalsson5139]

Really cool video. I had this problem the first time I tried to get into playing Jazz but not on my second attempt a couple of years later. The reason is pretty simple I think. In the meantime I started dancing Lindy Hop. Immersing myself in the music in that physical, visceral way for a few years just made the problem a non-issue. I sucked in almost every other way, but not this one. I think there is probably a huge difference in how this problem manifests depending on your connection to this whole tradition. Especially for people who aren't from communities where the broader musical tradition is alive. I mean, I live and grew up in an entirely different country. I really needed to put in a lot of work to connect with the tradition in some way before I could play the music right. Where I'm from there seems to be a lack of understanding of this problem which frustrates me to no end. So many students spend a whole bunch of time learning and playing "jazz" with a great deal of competence but it never sounds right. Something always feels... off. They think they can play swing but if you try to dance to their music it feels wrong. Some of them do end up picking it up along the way but many don't. I'm kinda glad I gave up on the first attempt and ended up going for the self-taught route later. The reason I ended up having another go was cos I was in charge of organising live music for dance parties and it was just simpler to front the band myself. You can get away with being surprisingly bad at improvising so long as you can play the head convincingly, your rhythm is good, and the rest of the band is solid. You solo on the tunes with easy changes or the ones you've practiced and leave the harder ones to the others 😅.

[@Coocoocachoo809]

Fantastic. Thank you, Mr. Bartley.

[@luxolontamo4440]

I have been thinking about this concept for a long time, even went on to use each melody's intervalic structure, taking it from different scale degrees. I think jazz improvisation is when everything literally comes in full circle because not only do you get to hear melodic, harmonic but rhythmic combinations that sound like other genres that have nothing to do with jazz coming into play. Thanks for the video man this profoundly useful!

[@kevinburkett6121]

...um, awkward... this is tea for two. bud, you can't just walk in here and expect to be served! great video!

[@akcoope]

Great teaching … thanks for making so simple

[@judeDeit]

great info, just learning Sax (still playing Clarinet). This is the understanding I needed. Thankyou.

[@Jayscores23]

Boutta keep watching this everytime before I practice till I feel it's helping😂

[@JazzBlissBrazil]

Valuables ideas & insight! Thank you!

[@chipbenson8078]

What a talent for communicating! Please keep all that you do as open as possible.

[@ぺろんぺろんちーの-g2p]

I love your playing! ありがとうございます！！

[@johnminkishere]

Sh$t… people ask me who I listen to for jazz for years when I do solos. I told him I rarely listen to jazz.I listen to mostly hip-hop, great rock guitar solos, alternative rock, just about anything but. Never made the connection to phrasing, but now I see it.

[@future62]

Thanks for this Pat. I have heard similar thoughts from others (not to take away from what you're saying). I feel like theory and complex harmony are the flavor du jour in the beginner jazz world today. But good rhythm/phrasing/feel can carry simple harmonic/melodic ideas way further than the opposite.

[@LafayetteHarrisJr]

Killin’ B!

[@PatrickBartleyMusic]

Thanks, Lafayette!

[@clivecolledge4191]

Fabulous. Thank you.

[@ericperry1861]

Yo this is huge. Your solo on Corridors with Dom is amazing and the melodic content is overflowing. Ill always go for a melodic solo over anything else. IMO Shaun Martin’s solo on Thing of Gold is the best anyone has played in Snarky Puppy.

[@TheSteelDialga]

I agree, that solo completely sold me on how incredible Patrick Bartley is. Goddamm, what an insanely beautiful solo.

[@StormyRessurected]

Definitely helps, really on any instrument. I’ve found myself using these methods a lot more, and with my basic understanding of improvising, it’s actually shockingly impressive how well this lesson can apply. I do jazz trombone, so I may not be ripping solos a ton, but it’s still common sense that is definitely nice to have. Thanks!

[@planb2498]

Great vid! Looking forward to hear you speak about the construction of lines in bebop

[@jashajazz8646]

Patrick! You are fantastic! Thanks a lot!

[@JordanCall]

Love this! Never thought about "rhyming" on my instrument before but definitely going to think about it from now on.

[@co7013]

Great video. One of the ideas that helped me: think of what you just played more than just of what you will play next. Be very aware of the motive you just introduced and then develop it. Don't focus on the next cool thing, focus on the development. And don't be hesitant to repeat the motive. The development will come.

[@ralfbettker-cuza7432]

I actually think repetition of a lick or phrase is key if you are playing for an audience and not just for yourself. Repetition gives the listener a short rest - and if you incorporate a specific phrase and repeat it after a while, the listener will feel at home and at ease.

[@normalsalad3429]

you are a masterclass! amazing.

[@椋_りょうノビシロ]

Wooo, very great concept！

[@ksellers711]

Thank you man!

[@thurston-leemay1554]

This video was really intuitive. Thank you, Patrick. Keep up the good work.

[@SketchPLAY1]

Hank Mobley, simple at times but oh so melodic.

[@ralphdelgadotossas]

Exclusivo Excellente , I play by ear , once someone from another band came up to me and said Man you left me nothing to Blow , Nicely done , Respect , oh have a great year coming towards you

[@alisonCNboy]

This is great! Thanks a lot.

[@TheRealG2024]

Very well explained .

[@jwalker7277]

Yes I listen to Public Enemy...one day I listened to Chuck d on that rap called war at 33/3 and automatically I heard the bebop rhythms as he rapped!!!

[@lejazz6938]

Great solo, with the In Walked Bud ending ;)

[@skimanization]

This video is really impressive and simply awesome!!!

[@TonyAguirreJazz]

New hero, thanks, Pat. Gold!

[@neilable8105]

This feels like forbidden knowledge. Wish I had known this before. Thanks Pat!

[@rudolfboukal1538]

You are so enjoyable, accessible, and simply brilliant!! Thank you!

[@manudague]

Great, just great explanation.....thanks from France

[@ritofuturito]

It’s amazing how much info you packed in 15 min! Good luck with the new studio! 🚀

[@toddjones6946]

7:10 Oh that's what Emmet Cohen uses for his outros

[@NeoSoulquarian]

Such good stuff. Just two of your videos have been very eye opening! Thanks for sharing

[@joy1ess]

every idea in this video is absolute gold.. you nailed it with "phrasing". It truly is everything in jazz. thank you so much. I've subscribed

[@emmywillow6599]

i see u with that In Walked Bud quote at the end

[@brothercaleb]

This was a masterclass in phrasing 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@nickpilgrim1966]

Loving your work man. Makes beautiful sense... now to shed and face the reality :)

[@Javyy89]

Your the Goat!!!

[@gitarmats]

Thanks for making these videos!

[@johnmarkconnolly6414]

Great video. Love your playing. So much language and so well phrased. Thanks!!

[@derycktrahair8108]

Great video. Know the lyrics of a tune. Tea for Two is about a couple seeking privacy. It's an awkward love song with melody built on descending 1 tone in various keys. Everyone impros on that, but if you play the story the phrases will be longer Your vocal approach is spot on with voicing Check out King Pleasure who put words to solos Thanks for sharing ideas, that's how we all learn from each other

[@champanachampana4881]

Great perspective. Thanks for the share. You’re a monstah , Man!

[@bluessax5089]

LOVE your content! 🙌🏽💯 would be great if someone accurately covered the subject of “proper embouchure”. Relaxed jaw, tight on the sides?? No one talks about that stuff

[@RBC2_]

Great Lesson!!

[@rickalan4059]

Great video, beautiful explanation and super examples. This is a point I try to get across to my students and I will share this with them. Cheers..!

[@Jugglevision]

This is awesome

[@SHAWVEE]

Fantastic video and concepts.. many thanks.. rang home hard for me 🙏 bless

[@martinmilan3169]

Excellent concept. Fresh approach, and entertaining presentation. Thanks

[@roger65er]

Thank you, Sir! Super relevant and pedagogical. Everything you talked about and demonstrated on the horn was really helpful. That’s very generous of you. 🙏

[@thecodshow5]

I love you Patrick Thank you so much

[@harpsarp66]

Incredibly useful information and your presentation is phenomenal!!

[@robertgrippo5312]

You have some great information for us Thanks!

[@richardcasey7521]

Patrick. Thanks for making this video.

[@Sayonara_Andres]

Thank you for the extremely helpful advice!

[@TheDanSebastian]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge man! Cheers!

[@thomasishida3657]

Love your content, very insightful and also fun to watch, thanks for sharing!

[@deniskesiov3594]

Great video

[@KrimsoMusic]

Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us always Pat!!

[@ChipTheMusicMan]

I'll think about that when I practice later. Thanks, Pat - really diggin' the new content! 👏👏👏

[@adrianemaden477]

This was really good😙👌

[@diesturbed1]

Wow, this is extremely valuable and useful for musicians at any level. Thank you for doing this 💜