What is your advice for beginning Jazz? 🙂 The Most Important Scale Exercise For Jazz: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIvIY2V4g8und6M
@DerekLam-fx6sp2 ай бұрын
hands down the best jazz teacher on the internet
@citizen3037 ай бұрын
Jens Larsen's lessons are the best I have found on the interwebs. He's not only a wonderful jazz player and teacher, his lessons have perfect (for me) pace, clear explanations and useful visuals. Jens also has an ineffably positive energy that says, "you can do this!"
@damonshanabarger26047 ай бұрын
I listen to your videos at least on average three hours a day. I've gotten to the point that when I listen to lines like these, that I can hear the chord changes and other lines also. Although I haven't been able to use all of your material in my compositions, it is very exciting when I can alter functional harmony and melodic phrasing to join various music genres together to form different kinds of music. New and exciting musical ideas. Although I have become more knowledgeable in so called technical terminology in music, the vast majority of the time I still rely on my ears. I get in pretty deep and find that stopping to try to explain what my ears are telling me just slows me down. This particular video does seem to go a long way towards a simplified approach to using my ears. I can't possibly imagine how anyone could write the lyrics to popular music without studying Jazz. Jazz is pretty much everywhere you could possibly look over the last sixty or seventy years in popular music.
@OnkelORK7 ай бұрын
Lyrics to pop music and studying jazz!?! What am i missing?
@daynemin7 ай бұрын
A little bit of jazz theory helps with any genre. I like to dedicate about 10 mins to direct listening, so playing a scale or arpeggio, chord etc and allowing my inner ear to be fully focussed on the sound/vibration. It seems a little boring and tedious but it definitely creates usable connections in the brain which come out during playing. 😎🌌
@damonshanabarger26047 ай бұрын
@@OnkelORK I don't know. It may be a matter of finding what your good at.
@damonshanabarger26047 ай бұрын
@daynemin It isn't just Jazz, but also Blues, Classical, Country, and World Music etc. The flow and ornamentation of the melody, particularly in Jazz, does seem to be well played upon in modern pop music vocals. It's not that I don't put the work into going over the material; it's that I find myself doing other things around the house and am inclined to listen to my KZbin list. When I don't have the time to practice my guitar and mimic the notes with my voice, I plug an 1/8" cable into my tablet and play through auxiliary on my boom box.
@mindcontrol677 ай бұрын
There are no chord changes here,It is a static G7.
@CrispySonOfA3 ай бұрын
I can’t explain how much you have helped me along expanding into jazz!
@JensLarsen3 ай бұрын
That is great to hear 🙂
@Boston_Matt7 ай бұрын
Great lesson Jens! I can see myself replaying this video many, many times. Full of great ideas yet so concise.
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Thank you
@BrandochGarageАй бұрын
Great Lesson!
@JensLarsenАй бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@willygambe77364 ай бұрын
I have great respect for those who can do a lot. But I have even greater respect for the way of working to make a lot out of a little.
@LikeaRolandStone7 ай бұрын
So grateful for these lessons mahalo Jens and mahalo Barry
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@LikeaRolandStone7 ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen ❤️❤️❤️
@benkatof58527 ай бұрын
Great lesson Jens. Advice for begining jazz... Be patient, good things take time.
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Thank you, Ben! That is indeed solid advice
@jmoses5806 ай бұрын
Thin guy is the very best! If you're a jazz beginner like me he is so great to listen to! Some stuff is way over my head but I ALWAYS get something out of his videos I can learn and then go back later for more!!! Fantastic playing and puts it at a level that even I can understand! I may not be able to play it yet, but I understand exactly what he is trying to teach! GREAT STUFF!!!
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Thank you very much 🙂
@ericstrauch32157 ай бұрын
Great lesson Jens! You've taught these concepts before separately, but seeing the together, here and how you can connect them is very instructive. Thanks!
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@jasonhaberl48487 ай бұрын
Discipline yourself to become as good a music reader as possible. There’s so many great books to read 📚
@kevindonnelly7617 ай бұрын
Definitely ! Reading opens more doors than most people imagine.
@GGutierrez7 ай бұрын
Thank you. So much to work on starting with basics. Ties in with bass basic patterns.
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@ssk59316 ай бұрын
This is the essence of basic jazz approach, thank you for great lesson
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@davidtardio98047 ай бұрын
Always good to come back to the basics. Love the idea of just sticking with the arpeggios and work on making your lines more rhythmically interesting
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Glad you like the video, David
@leroynkang60415 ай бұрын
God Bless You Jens. You’re an inspiration.
@JensLarsen5 ай бұрын
Glad you like the videos 🙏
@paulpmanhowland78187 ай бұрын
Another great video. Thanks!
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Glad you like it Paul!
@neiles335Ай бұрын
This is awesome stuff Jens... I can play all the arpeggios, but didnt know what to do with them! This gives me a basis to work from. ThankS!
@tomcripps72297 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Thank you for your support, Tom 🙏🙂
@davedave86087 ай бұрын
fantastic
@throckmortensnivel28503 ай бұрын
More than good lessons. I find Jens Larsen's videos inspire me to try harder, and learn more. I always find something in the video that I haven't tried, and that prompts me to work harder on my playing. Thanis, Jens, for giving me this knowledge and inspiration!
@JensLarsen3 ай бұрын
Great to hear! Thank you!
@feedbackbro7 ай бұрын
This is pure gold! Thank you sooo much!!
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@francismontocchio99107 ай бұрын
Thanks, Jens this is a great addendum to the roadmap course!
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@outinacornfield4 ай бұрын
Ah, bless you, Jens!
@JensLarsen4 ай бұрын
Glad you like the video 🙂
@billa6348Ай бұрын
This is a marvelously topical supplement to Jens' "Jazz Guitar Roadmap." It's easy to be consumed by KZbin "Learn Jazz" rabbit holes. I strongly recommend saving time and money by getting Jens' "Jazz Guitar Roadmap." Do that first and his "KZbin" videos will really resonate. Cheers!
@RobSmith-rn3ie7 ай бұрын
6:09 That lick has got a lot of character.
@AnneMcCueMusic7 ай бұрын
Incredible lesson, thank you! :-)
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@brentwheeler20877 ай бұрын
Very strong lesson Jens. An absolute pile of work and applications here. I know from experience its critical to get slow in learning this stuff, try to really hold your enthusiasm and take it slowly. There is so much music and potential in each of the segments. As always many, many thanks.
@user-tu7uh3xj3r7 ай бұрын
Спасибо!
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Glad you the video!
@mattg6293 ай бұрын
Jens. I am so thankful for your videos. You are keeping this dinosaur active and learning new things! Going to become a Patreon!
@JensLarsen3 ай бұрын
Thank you Matt! Great that you find the videos useful!
@zantonz7 ай бұрын
I also recommend everyone to check Jens' book on modern jazz guitar concepts, it gives a lot of material in very clear and concise way. Works great together with this channel :)
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@user-sf3ui8sf6o7 ай бұрын
Thank You…Awesome as always:)
@HaoXiaoXi6 ай бұрын
Very helpful!
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@WiebeMusicClass6 ай бұрын
Good advice for a specific style of jazz
@barrymaher3922Ай бұрын
Christian McBride once said “The language of bebop IS the language of jazz” so maybe not so specific. Cheers!
@raphaelfederspiel27876 ай бұрын
Dear Jens ! Thank you so much for this very rich Yt channel ! About this video, just on question about the BEST arpeggio exercise (3:12) : what if the tonality is in minor, should we adapt the same arpeggio exercise like this : A-7, B-7b5, CM7... etc ? Thank you !
@JensLarsen6 ай бұрын
It's the same scale, so I would not practice that separately.
@ramilak7 ай бұрын
Darn I missed The premiere! Great video jens!
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
No worries! The video doesnøt go away 🙂
@ramilak7 ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen lol for sure. I just like the live banter 👍
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Thats great to hear! There is always next week
@bassyey6 ай бұрын
It's better to start with arpeggios in the sense that it's easier to make pleasant sound and lines for a beginner. Resulting in a satisfying studying hours. At least that's my experience.
@torstencoelfen21547 ай бұрын
Allways enjoy your Lesson. I saw you have a Book in Paperform, is that easy to handle? I think to buy this one
@johnjacquard8637 ай бұрын
fun!
@ericstrauch32157 ай бұрын
Jens, you recommend not learning full arpeggios, what about learning arps on sets of 2,3,4 strings?
@mer1red7 ай бұрын
It always puzzles me that somebody says that bebop scales are a waste of time, but at the same time uses Barry Harris as a reference. For example. Take the Barry Harris sixth diminished scale, something that is often given to beginners before his chromatic scale. Now guess what this scale is ... the bebop major scale! If you know that Barry Harris and David Baker are closely related and the main forces behind a similar bebop theory , that shouldn't surprise you. David Baker relied heavily on Barry's idea's. After reading a lot about David Baker it was clear to me that this would be not my cup of tea. Although Barry gave a lot of nice melodic idea's, once it goes deeper/more advanced I have the same 'no' feeling.
@guitarcoyote7 ай бұрын
Transcribe your ❤ favorites.
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Always solid 🙂
@diegobocco10357 ай бұрын
Pivot arpegios from Barry Harris, could be called kinda "drop arpegios"?
@lascellehewitt35427 ай бұрын
I would like to see him slowing over a jazz standard.
@JensLarsen7 ай бұрын
Like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJi2qqOYbtR3r6M
@thijs1997 ай бұрын
and you would need to come up with just random stuff you like the sound of and hardwire that into your brain, and try not to become repetitive somehow. But that's like yeah.
@thijs1997 ай бұрын
so, we all know we don't really wanna play like systemetically arpeggios and scales belonging to the chords, right. and do chromatic stuff and whatnot. But it kinda gets messy this way for me to organize.
@thijs1997 ай бұрын
also I feel like it doesn't really work
@southoftheborderr_25 күн бұрын
Why he sound like Giorgio by Moroder
@thijs1997 ай бұрын
probably I should just stick with the systemetical approach, get that down really well and then deviate from it. But that's like mind numbingly boring
@slicksalmon69484 ай бұрын
Arpeggios are melodic, but they’re not melody. Arpeggio solos are difficult and, frankly, boring.
@JensLarsen4 ай бұрын
Moonlight Sonata, Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, All Of Me, The Theme From Mission Impossible, The Imperial March?
@slicksalmon69484 ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen Autumn leaves? Still Got The Blues? A million other memorable tunes? Nobody walks around humming a Joe Pass or Robben Ford solo.
@JensLarsen4 ай бұрын
@@slicksalmon6948 There are 1000s of melodies based on arpeggios, to insist that arpeggios are not melodic is silly. I don't think you know what you are talking about, but feel free to explain why Moonlighe Sonata and Eine Kleine Nacht Music are not melodies, because they are both arpeggios.
@slicksalmon69484 ай бұрын
@@JensLarsen I said arpeggios are melodic, but they are rarely by themselves melody. Play the arpeggio progression for Autumn Leaves, for example, and the melody doesn’t come falling out. BTW, I’ve been playing for 61 years, so lighten up on the name calling.
@JensLarsen4 ай бұрын
@@slicksalmon6948 Just because you don't sound like a melodic masterpiece the first time you play a few arpeggios doesn't mean that all "arpeggios solos" are boring and difficult. Most likely some of your favorite solos are "arpeggio solos" you just don't realize. That is like saying bricks are not great building materials because if you throw 500 bricks in the air then they don't come down as a perfect house every time.