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Don't you think it's time we all got away from these old standards?? Why do we keep playing these old songs that are from the 1930s etc?? Some of them are quite good they were good at the time but now they're just old fashioned songs. And some of them never were that good. Just little songs from shows etc. I hope people are not playing popular tunes from these days In a 100 years!! It's time to abandon these ancient old tunes. You should all be playing more modern stuff. And if you haven't got a lot of modern stuff then get some writers onto the job.. I mean really! Come on!! It's very "Amish" of you all. Stuck in the past driving about in a Ford model T. Get with the times, cat! 😂 You gotta be more hip to the beat (Man)
I think you're completely missing the point...the key phrases to understanding this is 'harmonic analysis' and improv . The journey to the present and thence the future, begins in the past
@@grahampearcey626 I think that sounds like absolute bollocks 😄 we've been regurgitating these old tin Pan alley tunes for far too long. When the Great Bebop musicians were improvising over these chords to popular songs they were current songs in the main or not particularly old. But now they are particularly old and we go over and over and over them as if there was nothing else in the world to play over. And there's nothing special about a lot of these songs and their tunes. We can't keep on playing the same old rubbish. We can do our "harmonic analysis" a million other ways. we don't have to do it by looking at 2 5 1s from Broadway circa 1940. It's as if we were all stuck playing early Beatles tunes. And nobody was going to look at anything that happened afterwards. It's the same structure of western music you don't need a certain set of tunes written at a certain time that have become somehow essential for musical progress. "Path to the future"? That's just rhetorical nonsense if we haven't forged a musical path to the future by now we never will!! As for "Journey to the present", ...... Well, 'no comment' is the politest thing I can say there.
@@Ana_crusis Really? So nothing's happened since then? I could rattle of a shedload of names to illustrate the point, but I doubt that you have and interest in getting the bee out of your bonnet because you obviously enjoy stewing in your embitterment.Your obviously a virtuoso on higher plain from use earthlings striving to rise above our mediocrity and fly a little higher, even if we never reach your height. It's about LEARNING how to use this old stuff to get to a better place and not only enjoy the destination but the journey. We're just people...we can't all be Rozenwinkels, Kreisbergs, Lages or Halls, but we can become competent jazz guitarists if we plug away at his stuff. This thread is obviously too lowly for you -- solution? Leave
Very helpful. Thank you. Love the new Standards Navigator approach. Maybe you could do the same for comping: I always spend so much time on my soloing that I never seem to work on interesting comping strategies for standards. Again, many thanks!
I don’t transcribe anymore. Instead, I only strive to play what I hear in my head. This made me realize a very important and sad reality. I have nothing to say. I then decided to only play if I had the impetus. Life changing.
if you don't transcribe you'll never be able to play something that sounds remotely good/remotely like jazz (ie idiomatic). Does the cost benefit ratio sound worth to you? You decide.
@@jfar3340 Listening attentively to recordings by the greats and echoing their vocabulary (licks), phrasing and scale choices has helped me much more than note-for-note transcription to a piece of paper.
@@MyJ2B who said note for note transcription to a piece of paper? That's not what transciprtion has to be (did you watch the video?). Echoing vocabulary and phrasing is transcription. Cheers.
@@jfar3340 "Old School" jazz educators insisted on seeing a full transcription on paper. As Marc points out, times have changed and there are modern ways of gaining the benefit without slaving over every single note.
Great video! I love transcribing. Once I stopped writing it down I started to really enjoy it. I agree with your point about learning the head from recordings. Often times Miles, Chet and others really build their solos from the head. For me the best bang for the buck in my practice time is transcription it checks a lot of boxes at once, phrasing, timing, language, ear training…
The old skool was the best skool. Ears & muscle memory…. Then l transcribe.. DEPENDING. SO MANY ways to learn. Yep, l love Jazz, Classical, GOOD ROCK; -which is easier to transcribe. Music is also mathematics with FEEL. 🎹🎸😆👊🏾✨
Awesome stuff, Marc! Even after all these years since graduating in music, your approach is still helping me grow my playing and keeping me motivated to bridge the gaps that traditional training couldn’t fill when I was younger. Honestly, I’ve never enjoyed practicing and playing guitar as much as I do now in my 40s. Really grateful for that :)
No foubt a very good program for any aspiring jazz guitar player. I’m an old hick (hopefully turning 78 soon!) and I played guitar in my younger days. Due to pain-stricken joints I stopped playing for some 40 (!) years. Now enjoying life in Colombia and recently I bought a hollow body Ibanez guitar and a BOSS 50w gen 3 amp. My wish is to learn to play jazz but even though this offer is crazy cheap, it’s way out of my reach. That being said I do encourage all you younger aspiring guitarists to join this program. Good luck on your journey!
Thank you encouragement! I completely understand how life (and joint pain) can get in the way, but it’s amazing that you're picking it up again with your new guitar setup. While this program may not be a fit for everyone, the passion you’re showing to keep learning is what jazz is all about. Wishing you all the best Rolf
Wow great video, great system. I kind of disagree with your point ''we don't need more Wes transcriptions''. I think we do. All the players I look up to have transcribed a lot. People like Dennis Chang and Christian Van Hemert talk about the power of transcriptions. When I listen to jazz, I want to recognize the phrases, not listen to something completely new. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.
Hey Jeremie, you're absolutely right. Transcriptions, and transcribing in general, offer many benefits, especially for serious guitar players-I've done plenty myself. What I meant to suggest is that there's a more efficient and complete way to master jazz guitar, beyond just doing another transcription. 😉 By the way, I’ve got a video about transcribing coming soon, so stay tuned! :)
Thanks again. I need to be clear with the 99 coverage. Only level. I have a personal ‘situation’ I don’t want to post public and in the future things may open up. (have 7 guitars so it’s is a passion to a degree) I will look for a more private contact to move forward if possible.
Very interesting and thought provoking. Comprehensive. I am just new to forScore and next to novice player. I am wanting to learn the instrument and not just songs …. This being consistency is what I lack. I want to write and compose and not really play in clubs or even become “well known’… I am glad I tuned in today.
@@jfar3340 I can see the use of learning songs as a learning tool. So I am not opposed to such. … And I can see where learning some to play with other people and even entertain others in small settings for fun and enjoyment (both for them and myself) would be nice to do. I have dabbled with the instrument for some time and am finding I want to express sounds and create songs from myself. This ability to understand and play … I guess … will help me write … this is where and when I feel better ‘in touch’ with the music inside myself. I have some short arrangements but hang not knowing where to find the sounds/feelings … and often loose it trying to find it. Scales and ‘fast playing’ never really connects with me (rarely does) … and I have never liked distorted guitar … ever. I sometimes thing I’d like making arrangements.. augmenting my sound/tune.
@@davidpatrick1813 well it's not ''the use of learning songs''; for most people, learning and playing songs is the main goal. Maybe you want to be a free creative song writer, writing stuff from scratch and inventing your own genre. You're in the 0.001%.
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Hello! I’m an absolute beginner wanting to play Jazz. Should I first be familiar with the basics and then come to this course? Or does the course start off with basic chords etc.?
it's funny that in most of my preferred pregressive intelligent music lesson channels, I subscribe to I detect a slight Quebecois accent. (Was Maneige's Les Petoncles so everyone to igraduate from UdeM ?)
I would love to hear an update on how you feel about the Strandberg after having it for a while. I’m considering the Boden Essential as the Salen Jazz is out of my budget. Wondering how the 20” fretboard radius is for chording. Thanks for your great videos.
