Why Jazz is VERY important? - Song Analysis on " If I Ever Lose This Heaven "

[@MDarkus3]

21:47 I love how tomo start a sentence in English... stop for a sec ... and finishes the sentence with a guitar lick! So much more to learn ... ! I just finished the triads lessons on guitar wisdom and I am now able to play them all arround the neck (horizontal, vertical, shape). I guess the next step is to start the jazz lessons ... hypped

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you for pointing out. I speak with my guitar sometimes. Good job! More lessons for Foundation/ .... section. After I finish "Sight-Reading" section, I will add "Foundation/FUNK" I can't wait! And "Foundation/Jazz"

[@dfab8356]

I loved his comment, "But if you play solo over the vocal, definitely you lose the gig." Probably the top take away from this video. Thanks so much Tomo-san

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks so much! You're welcome!

[@1114gabby]

Jazz opens up a lot of doors. It's a great lesson!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Yes! Thank you!

[@taossmith]

I really like these weekly chat videos. Thanks for sharing!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Glad you like them! Thank you!

[@thomassawicki2065]

I worked many years on minor seventh flat five chords on guitar. So Dm7b5 going to G7 to Cm7. Can substitute Fm6 or Ab flat 5 triad for Dm7b5. This gives you a chord to grab anywhere you are on the neck. The other thing is, since Cm is relative to Eb major, color the G7 with the 3 flats Bb , Eb and Ab, that will lead you well to Cm. The 3 flats , of course being from the key of Eb . I practice this in 12 keys, really helped me play songs like "Black Orpheus"

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Good job! Thanks for sharing. That chord has 4 different functions.

[@matthewprimeau8552]

Just love your true enthusiasm......it is contagious......makes me want to try and play!!!! Thank you.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

So happy to hear that. Thank you!

[@jhavajoe3792]

Your talk on clear communication was ... very clear!🙂👍

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much!

[@MrBradWi]

I was so focused on rock and roll as a youngling that I completely ignored the "soul" bands like Earth Wind and Fire, and AWB, which always featured singers and saxophones and stuff that I was not interested in at the time. As I've gotten older, when I come back and listen to these songs, I think to myself, oh how foolish I was to "stay in one lane" for so long, focused only on rock music. It took a long time to come back to this music and discover its jazzy roots and how jazz harmony really extends many classical ideas and adds so much new musical vocabulary. (although it is very old now, like me ;) I think your enthusiasm for this shines, but you also show us just how much work there is to do and why it is important to take our time to learn it. Trying to expect too much too soon, always! I know I get lost in the forest, sometimes. I remember trying to work out fingerings for Donna Lee, but not asking myself anything about the progression, in favor of learning the written notes in the head. I tried to work out a chord melody for "My Funny Valentine" long ago, but gave up because I tried to squeeze ALL the chords and ALL of the melody together at once and had trouble placing it onto a spot on the neck that I thought it should go. The thing I noticed in this lesson is that EbM7 and Cm7 are two sides of a coin, and you can freely 2-5 to either of them! And I bet that happens a lot in the standards you cited in the end, so I'm adding those to my notebook. My question is this: the Ab/Bb chord-- is it functioning as a 4 or a 5? I think it is a 5, but when I try AbM7 (IVM7) in its place it sounds pretty good, too.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for sharing. Ab/Bb = b7 9 11 for Bb ... very popular sound in these soulful music. AbMaj7 = F-9 (b3 5 b7 9) and AbMaj7/Bb = b7 9 11 13... so Major7 chord is good!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You can learn jazz but you need to learn slowly. Before these 9 songs, I teach 8 songs first. Under 20 Jazz Standards are enough lesson!

[@rickyguitarman3839]

i have this video on my playlist, love it!!!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

So happy to hear that. Thank you!

[@danieljamesoconnor6800]

To me it's just joyful to watch you in your videos. Most of the time I'm smiling and sometimes laughing out loud. Great! That's what I'm looking for. And maybe a bit of good guitar teaching ✌️😄 Nice to see how you create your life. I'm happy. Thanks for sharing.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much! So happy to hear that. Guitar is a source of happiness for me! You're welcome!

[@dannyhood8857]

I have always assumed classical music the foundation for understanding music theory. But never assumed I could be wrong. Thank you Tomo. This lesson amazing.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

I never assume anything. Thanks for sharing.

[@mikem668]

I'm a little confused. Leaving aside that different world cultures have different music theories and that Western culture has changed over the millennia, I not sure what you mean by foundation. The way I understand it - I'm no expert - classical theory is the foundation for jazz. Of course jazz also pulls from the blues. Early greats like Jelly Roll Morton played French classical opera because he lived in New Orleans. Later, IIRC Charlie Parker studied a French composer (I forget his name) to "invent" bebop. And Brubeck studied with Darius Milhaud. And Miles went to Juilliard. His mother wanted him to go to Fisk and study piano or violin, but he wanted to be in NYC. To the extent that the great American Songbook is central to jazz history classical theory is also there. And Ragtime, might be more like classical or marches than what we think of as jazz. Yet Debussy was influenced by ragtime, the Gollywog's Cakewalk, along with Asian music, and influenced Bill Evans. I'm not disagreeing that that you can use jazz harmony and theory to bootstrap your way into understanding a great deal of music and becoming a better guitar player. But Tomo's lessons on triads aren't jazz per se. I learned that theory in college 50 years ago. I just no idea how it worked on a guitar until I discovered Tomo's channel. *** www.georgerussell.com/lc.html GEORGE RUSSELL'S LYDIAN CHROMATIC CONCEPT OF TONAL ORGANIZATION, first described in a self-published pamphlet in 1953, marks a radical expansion of the harmonic language for both composition and analysis and also marks an abandonment of the major-minor system which dominated Western music for over 350 years. Radical as it may be, the theory is more than one person's eccentricity, having considerable precedent in the work of Ravel, Scriabin, Debussy and in some of the learned works of Bach. The word "Lydian" is here derived from one of the classical Greek scale modes. Russell's root scale follows the natural overtone series and runs from C to C with F sharp, rather than the customary F natural of the major scale. For searchers like Miles and Coltrane and Bill Evans, and many in the generations that followed them, Russell's theory provided a harmonic background and a path for further exploration. It also gave rise to the "modal" jazz movement that enjoyed great popularity in the 70's and 80's for better and for worse. We should not underestimate the extent of Russell's enterprise. His work stands head-to-head with Arnold Schoenberg's "liberation" of the twelve-tone scale, the polytonal work of Stravinsky, and the ethnic scale explorations of Bartok and Kodaly. If you've listened to jazz during the last fifty years, you've heard a good deal of George Russell's ideas; he is one of the 20th century's great originals and one of its bravest innovators

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@mikem668 Thanks for sharing.

[@stanphillips7277]

I love these talking (a little playing) videos. That's a great song right? I'm always impressed by your ear for just picking up the chords so easily. Years of music playing and teaching, the repeating patterns that are part of you always amaze me. I love that you teach from those old standards too . My Funny Valentine etc..such great music that I grew up listening to with kinda' complicated chord progressions. I took my mother to see Frank Sinatra in 1988 or so and I still have the song list with that one on it! She loved Sinatra and now Harry Connick Jr and Michael Buble are still out there keeping that "Crooner" style and those great song alive. I learned "Ain't Misbehavin" when I started guitar playing from tablature and I learned so many chords from that one song it helped me to break out of open cowboy chord and into bar chords and I think it was important to my developing. That and pentatonic helped build confidence. I learned Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven because Jimmy Page was my hero since I was 11 or something and my first alternate tuning from tablature too was "She Talks To Angels" by The Black Crowes. It was simple in it's chord structure but the timing of the picking was (is) so special and beautiful. Just open E tuning but for me back then I think tuning was as difficult as playing 😂 I was trying to think of the joke my friend told me. Something like "Rock and Roll players play 3 chords for 20 minutes and Jazz players play 20 chords for 3 minutes" 🤣 It's not always true but it's still kinda funny and kinda true right? It's been a hard couple of months for me so I haven't had too much time for relaxing but, almost everything has improved so I'm able to really enjoy your video's again. I watched a few but something would come up to prevent me from commenting so (I even recommended your channel and quoted your mottos for a beginner over on Tyler Larson's channel I think. I mentioned that you're the only teacher in the guitar community that always responds to comments (he was worried about how fast his progress was going so I told him what you say about "Don't Expect Too Fast", "Don't Worry", "Don't Compare" (He was comparing and just started a couple of months ago) and "Be Kind To Yourself" I always say things like "No offense to Tyler or Rick Beato or whomever but , you really should check out Tomo Fujita's channel. I tell them where you teach and how you taught John Mayer etc ... I think that's a Kerry guitar right? I used to have a Fender lead II that was identical except for the headstock and it was the best guitar I ever had. I was improving so much because it fit so perfect I wanted to practice more and the beautiful Red Sunburst and Red tortoise shell scratch plate were so beautiful I loved everything about it. I bought a Squier Affinity SSS but, it's not the same. The neck is much thinner and, although I'm grateful to have it I really miss the other one. Someday hopefully I'll find a similar one. I'm just rambling on but, it's always a pleasure talking to you. Thanks for the video Tomo, as always I enjoyed that and when you're having fun we're all having fun too if I can speak for everyone who watches ...and listens! ✌️♥️🎸🎶🙏

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much! I had chances learning many songs & jazz standards so I know those chords from my experiences. Those 9 Jazz Standards are very important. Thanks so much for your words. I love reading everyone's comments. It means so much! I love people care about others. Hope you enjoy your new purchase! So happy to hear that you enjoy my talk video!

[@stanphillips7277]

@@TomoFujitaMusic It's always a pleasure and I'm going to remember those 9 songs but, my Squier is from 2020 😂 and I'm enjoying it as much as I can but , if I'd make a new purchase it would be the Ibanez Az 40 . I didn't know in 2020 about the AZ 30 or I would have gotten that one and I'm sure I'd be happier with that guitar. I love that it comes setup to your preferred 2mm string height too because mine needed a setup. The intonation was way off and no continuity across the strings meaning the B string was more difficult to bend than the High E string and so on . I'm so interested to in trying the AZ 40 I'd trade mine in if I could without thinking twice about it. Thanks Tomo ✌️♥️🎸🎶🙏

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@stanphillips7277 Hope you will get the AZ40! Thank you so much!

[@marcossastre1126]

More great work! Thank you.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@johndavis9034]

Tomo you are awesome!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!

[@thomassawicki2065]

Great lesson Mr Tomo I never heard this cover before, and it is terrific. You filled in the subtle chord changes. I didn't get the Gm7b5 until you showed me, then the whole song came together. Thank you so much !

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Glad you liked it! Thank you!

[@garrettbaxter7869]

Hi Tomo! Would love to see you bring back some Song Analysis videos again! I found those to be so helpful in understanding chords/degrees and theory.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Yes. That could be possible. There are so many songs! This is HOW I teach in private lessons. I can analyze any songs as long as I can hear it clearly. Thank you!

[@JDavidChilders]

I am so grateful for your instruction. This is one of my favorite tunes (and bands) of all time. Thank you so much!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're very welcome! Thank you!

[@katsunori.bb.kawai.6633]

Thank you Fujita san. This session show us,melody and chords progression. (Jazzz and good song and basic foundation are important to understand and learn.) Then we can acheve good improvisation playing. Thank you again.😎

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@danieljamesoconnor6800]

I just made up my mind. I wanna play guitar as nice as you do Mr. Fujita. ✌🏻😄

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Go for it! Yes!

[@efoo66]

Tomo is like the Neo in Matrix. Neo sees the source code in Matrix while Tomo sees the chords in a song.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@efoo66]

@@TomoFujitaMusic I am also a self-taught guitarist. In your opinion, what are the stuff you need to master before you can "hear" the chords in any song? Ear training I guess? A good knowledge of chords construction? It's like before you can bake a cake, you need to gather all the ingredients, so what is the ingredients needed to "hear" chords in a song? Thank you for your tireless efforts to educate the public on guitar playing. No hurry on my question though. I hate to impose on pros like you and expecting a lot for free. I will be grateful if you can give some pointers. Just need someone to shine the light in the right direction for guitarist who want to acquire your Neo skill for chords.

[@victorb6293]

Thank you for these great and very knowledgeable insights insights Tomo! You have asked many pertinent questions, addressed lots of fundamental concepts and created great curiosity which can ultimately lead to the development of new ideas and music. Thank you!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

My pleasure! So happy to hear that.

[@vincentchen5341]

Tomo, this video is so so so good!!! I love how you put this smooth jazz funk tune and the relevant standard together, and your playing is so good, I really enjoy it, I’m gonna rewatch this lovely lesson more times and try to steal some ideas to practice tomorrow!!!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

So happy to hear that. Thank you so much!

[@fulrayproductions7980]

That was always one of my favs AWB did it back in the day...I came across your channel 3 or 4 weeks ago and I was like wow. where has he been hiding lo l. Your approach and personality is so genuine not to mention your skill and style . I plan to sign up for guitar wisdom but i am taking your advice and going slow. Still absorbing your triads lessons and it opened my eyes like nothing else. I took a guitar class my junior and senior year and wanted to go to Berklee out of high school in 1977 but I ended up in the Army. This is the next best thing to being there finally...better late than never Thanks for your sharing Yes Verdine is still THE Man

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for sharing. Glad you like my teaching approach. I do teach super slow & deep at my Guitar Wisdom. I really want to experience my way of Music Theory (24 lesson videos) and foundation series (Triads, 4 note chords & more!) You don't have to wait to join. You can learn so much with slow pace. Thank you so much!

[@naturligfunktion4232]

This is a great video Tomo! Thank you for uploading, and for playing the song in question. Really helps me to "hear" what we are talking about :)

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@Oliver-uh5ze]

Thank you for these generous masterclass-like videos, Mr. Fujita. They are amazing and very enlightening. Much obliged.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're very welcome! So happy to hear that.

[@gregoryashumate848]

No end to what we can learn that's the best part!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Yes! Thank you!

[@suzannecoholic1467]

Tomo, you just have too much fun! This was an inspirational lesson. Thank you.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JulieStarlingMusic]

Great tune list! Thanks!😊

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Glad you liked it!

[@alonzowhite3046]

Wow!! I learned a lot watching you break down this song. This is the type of music I enjoy, but I have no clue how to play It, so it was wonderful checking out how you relate and bond to such music. Thanks so much!! 💙💙

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome! You're welcome!

[@FunkymetalBL]

Awesome Tomo! That’s a great tune. I love playing along with you during these lessons and trying to pick chords and licks out by ear. It’s great training, and a great feeling when your ear guides you and you can just close your eyes and let your fingers find the notes. Doesn’t always work out that way when you’re first learning a tune, but with a little work and some theory from Tomo, you can do it if you really want it. Thanks for sharing your vast knowledge, it makes all of us watching better players 🎸🙏🏼

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much! I have learned so many great songs, classic R&B, Jazz Standards... these experience really my ears strong! You're very welcome!

[@gastonruiz10]

Thanks again for another wonderful lesson, I'm so lucky to have found your channel and your music. Now I know which jazz standards to learn, I can never decide which ones to go for 😅. I'm gonna go at it slowly and patiently like you always say!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're welcome! For learning jazz standards. Please check 20 Jazz Standards lessons at my Guitar Wisdom. Good job!

[@Kept_Crude]

How quick you are at picking it up, it's mind blowing to me.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

That is the level = Pro Musician who just listen any songs and know what's going on! Thank you! These chords are all came from other songs!

[@Kept_Crude]

You're an absolute star Tomo!😄

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@defendero7]

Really luv it❤❤❤

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!

[@bhurberri9106]

Lovely song

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Yes!

[@ArnyMAN]

Thank you, Tomo for the awesome lesson. In a chorus section after Csus4-C could we play F9 instead of Fm7? It sounds better to me.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're very welcome! Please chose better sounds to yourself!

[@sylvesternicholasofficial6273]

Good one !

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@raw5069]

Thank you so much for your videos, I'm learning a lot from watching !

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're very welcome! So happy to hear that. This video is good for my students. Review lesson.

[@efrainsumano2474]

Dear Tomo, would it be possible to guide us on how hear those chord changes ( min 3:04 - 4:28). Maybe doing a 3 level would be great. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Pretty basic on that part. Maybe I can use different song (similar) Song Analysis type video. Possible! Thank you so much!

[@efrainsumano2474]

@@TomoFujitaMusic Thanks🙏

[@terrybanks5063]

hi tomo, i love your lessons so thankyou for everything. would you tell me which strat type guitar you have that is the best build quality and player? i want a strat that i dont want to put down but havent found "the one" yet.. maybe you could help me? i am trying a mb guitars strat soon, i know you have a 52 backguard tele that you love built by him.. im in the uk too so i would like to support a builder from my country. but i dont actually care where it was built or the cost, your opinion means a lot to me! thankyou if you can answer my friend, hope all is well ❤

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much! My favorite guitar is Kanji Guitar by Kanji Kawabata. That is the best quality guitar. Really amazing! Yes. M.B. Guitars. Mike's Blackguard is wonderful too. The best one is Kanji Kawabata.

[@robertapostol1716]

This is nice

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@永野啓三]

Wow. My favorite Song!♥最初に聞いたのはQuincyです。Viさんのイイですね。Jeff Golubのもゴキゲンです。コードシートがとても欲しいです。

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

ありがとうございます！インターヴァルを学ぶので書くと効果ないです！

[@benjigault9043]

Oh man this is great! "If you play a solo over the vocal, youre definitely losing the gig" Hahahahha!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it! Funny part!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks so much!

[@jimc6687]

Finally!! Demoed that classic Fender 12-string for me..........and nearly got demonetized ......or even sued by Spirit (Taurus) but not quite!! Next time Tomo: Eight Miles High!!! Jim C.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!

[@colinnolan2212]

Is this KZbin channel actually for your enjoyment, or is it just advertisement for guitar wisdom? I can't afford nor do I feel Id use it correctly if I purchased from you. If I treat guitar as a discipline, it becomes less fun. I hope you know that you have people here on KZbin that are very grateful for your generosity here and you appreciate the benefit you provide on this platform as much as I do :) Edit: the reason I'm asking is because this is my heaven given that guitarwisdom or Berkley are right now out of my grasp. I hate to pressure you, but I hope it never goes away.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Yes! Totally its all my joy learning, teaching, playing guitar! I cannot just hold this joy myself. Guitar Wisdom is another passion that I want help anyone who cannot afford music school or taking private lessons. I get so many emails & DMs... so I just want helping people. Look up my Guitar Wisdom. tomovhxtv.vhx.tv Don't worry! Don's compare! Don't expect too fast! Be kind to yourself! Please keep your pace & enjoy guitar playing!

[@vadimlopatko6516]

AWB великая группа. Слушаю их с 1972 года. Тогда они были для меня на 1-м месте.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Yes! What a great band!

[@ayonsarkar6218]

💛

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@mattya1133]

Hey do you have that sheet available anywhere? Thanks 🙏🏻

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

This page is from a real book

[@theartistformerlyknownasje6358]

👍

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@SRSR-pc8ti]

Dear Tomo, please have PayPal as a payment option for your guitar wisdom course 😊 thank you 🙂

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Only credit card! Vimeo cannot have other options! Thank you! Many got a prepaid credit card.

[@SumwunzKid]

Average White Band Cover lol the original is the best

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome!

[@manolito3752]

Good to listen to you, even I am not a musician, I just start learning guitar. Every time I watch your videos, I have better mood. 😉

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

So happy to hear from non musician people! Thank you so much!