3 Jazz Phrasing Problems You Need To Fix In Your Playing

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You probably already figured out that knowing scales, arpeggios, and Jazz chords are not really enough to be able to play a great Jazz Solo.
It can be frustrating and seem like magic when you listen to great jazz phrases like Wes or George Benson but there are ways to work on this, and it is not magic, it is just a bit of work.
But you will sound better if you fix it!
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00:00 Intro
00:23 The First Thing You (Anyway) Should Start Doing
01:09 How Swing 8th Notes Sound
02:33 Make Your Phrases And Phrasing More Interesting
04:34 Overdrive/Distortion in Jazz - Here's the problem
04:48 Don't End On The Beat All The Time
05:53 Ending On Long Notes.
06:54 The Types of Practice That Helps Phrasing
07:30 More Exercises for Phrasing and Swing-feel
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@JensLarsen 3 года назад

What is the best way to work on phrasing? Check out more videos on Jazz Phrasing! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l2X8-sRu_uc.html

@pickinstone 3 года назад

I liked the video, especially your attention to accented notes--mainstream articulation doesn't always sound as good on saxophone as it does on guitar--different beasts. What really helped me work on my phrasing? Find a metronome slow enough that it that clicks once every 8 beats. Or once every 16 beats. Landing on the downbeat can definitely sound boring, but rhythmically ambiguous solos sound worse. Jazz, Funk, and R&B musicians seem to agree on the importance of knowing where the downbeat is, even if you avoid playing on them.

@connshawnery6489 3 года назад

Transcribing is very useful and recording yourself playing the transcription afterwards works well.

@ainsleystones4600 Год назад

Thanks Jens. :) I've been a full-time guitar teacher for 25+ years, and your Jazz lessons are my go-to for a quick, clear, well-explained reminder and/or further study. Good man.

@JensLarsen Год назад

Great to hear!

@ckillion900 3 года назад

I’d love a list of easy to transcribe solos!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you, good to know 🙂

@Khayyam-vg9fw 3 года назад

The first solos I was given to transcribe by my teacher (over 40 years ago!) were Charlie Christian's on "Till Tom Special", Lester Young's on "Lady, Be Good" (the famous small group version from 1936) and Remo Palmieri's half-chorus on the Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker version of "All The Things You Are". I know these might strike you as ancient, but there's some good jazz language in them.

@leftypride126 3 года назад

Seconded!

@lgoler 9 месяцев назад

@@Khayyam-vg9fwthanks for mentioning my teacher Remo Palmieri. Not well known, but he was an incredible arranger and teacher. I’ve been digitizing hundreds of pages of his chord melody arrangements which will eventually get online for all to utilize.

@Khayyam-vg9fw 9 месяцев назад

@@lgoler That's a great project! I'll definitely check it out when you've posted it online. Thanks for your reply!

@dtrio3996 3 года назад

Wow! Everytime Jens uploads a new video I can already tell by the title that its gonna help me a lot and it‘ll be an amazing video, and it always is! Thanks Jens

@ZeBurck 3 года назад

Excellent pieces of advice, thanks.

@daxcartar5667 3 года назад

Awesome lesson - really helped my thought process Jens!

@yrvindell1499 3 года назад

I would love that list of easy solos! I'm just getting started, and I'll definitely need it!

@northbayguitar 3 года назад

Great information and advice all around. Thanks!

@ZalMoxis 3 года назад

Always excellent Jens, thanks.

@giuseppefoffi1226 3 года назад

Brilliant as usual.... your really helping me connecting the dots and going to the big picture. I'd love some easy solo to start with trascription and play along...

@TeariiDeflesselle 3 года назад

Jens you're an amazing teacher!

@adamvesely7550 3 года назад

I really kinda struggle with playing nice solos. And this opened my eyes! ❤️

@HeinzDuschanek 3 года назад

Happy quarter of a million subscribers, Jens!

@anfiorsceal 3 года назад

Thank you - you've outlined essential issues in this lesson.

@sebastianlaraochoa3140 3 года назад

amazing as always, thankyou so much!!!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you find it useful 🙂

@jackmeginniss6327 3 года назад

That was another great video, Jens. LOL, I never knew the reason for the name Bebop. I really like that. Yeah, I really need to get into the habit of recording my practice sessions and any ideas that I stumble onto.

@3r1cratpool22 2 года назад

Thank you

@terje6522 3 года назад

A really great production of the movie. High quality, fun and entertaining and seems like good advise to me. Recording ourself on a regular basis can have the draw back that one get used to bad habits - or that we develop our own style and are happy about it, even if others may think we suck.

@biglarry2439 3 года назад

Great video as always Jens. Cheers from Wisconsin!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you, Emilio 🙂

@salimbaghli8040 3 года назад

Excellent. I played lots of rock and Hendrix solos but never thought we could do the same with Jazz. That’s exciting. Pls send us a few 2-5-1 C maj 7 easy solos to play and practice ! Thank you again Jens.

@johnd942 3 года назад

Thank you!

@LenProbert 3 года назад

A list of easy solos to transcribe would be great. Also any advice for transcribing for those of us who have little experience would also be great.

@jcleary1945 3 года назад

Hi Jens, I'd love to see videos on solos like you suggest - perhaps some more advanced examples too? Nothing like getting down some challenging songs to up your chops!

@xoxb2 3 года назад

Really useful, thank you. I like your shirt, too!

@patjevandevelde7294 3 года назад

Hi Jens, Good idea to make a video on witch solo to learn from others! Keep on doing the good work!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you, Patje! Good to know 🙂

@gengisokhan 3 года назад

Jens - yes a list of transcribable (?) solos would be invaluable - both as practice and jazz vocabulary too. Thanks for all your work.

@rockguitarmodes 3 года назад

I learned a lot from Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith’s version of the ‘Road Song’. Wes’ solo on the form before the octaves kick in is mostly single note lines and really shows you how he plays the changes

@nujazzique 3 года назад

I'd assume you mean the one from the 1966 album "Further Adventures of Jimmy And Wes" - it's fantastic! I sing along that solo pretty much daily while driving :-)

@rockguitarmodes 3 года назад

Megalith Yep that’s the one! The whole album is brilliant

@flamulated 3 года назад

I think it is safe to say you are a big fan of the sunburst finish, eh? Another great lesson! Lots of solid info but not so much in one chunk as to be overwhelming. Sign of skilled teacher. Gives you plenty to go off and chew on for awhile without melting your brain entirely during the lesson.

@jayspicer2259 3 года назад

That's me in the corner // that's me in the spot...light...accenting downbeats // and I don't know...why I do it (oof that example of what not to do was absolutely me. Glad I know this now, thank you Mr. Larsen)

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Haha! Good one :)

@Fwhole 3 года назад

Yes please. Point me to more easily transcribed solos! I've earned my living from music for over half my life, but I've never felt confident enough in my transcribing to really developer my soloing.

@miguelangelverduragago9142 3 года назад

Muchas gracias maestro

@greenman7062 3 года назад

Another great video. The only problem I have is keeping up with and somehow incorporating all the wonderful stuff you are putting up. It is like drinking out of a firehose. I think that this advice on accents goes back to what the early jazz players did -- find a groove that sounds good and go with it.

@nivrox95 3 года назад

Very good advice but you get all this from transcribing solos .thats how learned jazz phrasing mostly.thats very important and a fun way to learn from the masters,and better in my opinion for guitarist not to transcribe only guitar solos! Trumpet and sax solos are great on guitar and expand your musical vocabulary,time feel and all. Also, about ending a phrase with a short note,it feels kinda old fashioned if you play it the way you played it and for me the long note sounds more interesting and doesn’t hurt the groove.its common in modern jazz guitar players.

@adhoc37 3 года назад

Really useful stuff. Thank you. Am I the only one who can't manage these 'i' notifications? Recently improved so they don't link to the video directly but there's no way to save and 'watch later'. Kinda clunky of RU-vid not to have worked this out. Have your subscribers recently increased considerably? Certainly you deserve the widest possible audience for your great teaching.

@benkatof4240 3 года назад

Such key information for jazz beginners like me. Practice time! Question - I find using a leading note on a triplet throws my timing too on the beat sometimes. Are there different techniques or practices using a leading note before the 1 or on the 1 beat?

@BisquitGecko 3 года назад

Love the bebop origin story. Like most jazz tales it doesn’t matter if it’s accurate. Makes me think of Parker’s Koko.

@tonycoombes2281 Год назад

moor brill imfo .thanks u have helpt me play lot beter ,i was stuck in a rut , now u have opernd lots of doors ,thank u ,u no your stuff ,

@RC32Smiths01 3 года назад

Phrasing is important to making interesting solo indeed!

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thanks RC!

@RC32Smiths01 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen My pleasure!

@fouroutoffour 3 года назад

Yes, Jens, I would appreciate some suggestions of solos for beginner transcriptions.

@ariefsambada7356 3 года назад

Chet baker- it could happen to you solo

@dsargeant 3 года назад

1:25 is Ornithology by Charlie Parker in case anyone is wondering.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Very true :)

@BL55 3 года назад

More information you may (or may not) find interesting.. "Ornithology" is a contrafact - a newly created melody written over the chord progression of another song, in this case the standard "How High the Moon".

@thijs199 3 года назад

I always am about the downbeat. Indeed not too hard to get around. good one

@davidmoutard2276 3 года назад

How do you get the tone? I recently bought a similar guitar (the Ibanez as73) and short of switching to the neck pup and rolling tone back I’m a bit shy of a jazz tone I’m happy with. I have a spring reverb pedal, and I hear a bit of reverb here, but maybe also a bit of drive? Also, flats or rounds? Sounds like rounds to my relatively untrained ear. Thanks for the great videos! Been playing more guitar lately (mostly a bassist) and your videos have been a huge help

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Hi David, I almost never roll back my tone-knob unless I am stuck with a very bright amp. I do use reverb and sometimes delay, but not spring reverb, I don't like those. There is a link to the Sonotone strings I use in the video description :) Since this is as much about the amp as it is about the guitar then maybe check out this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SlV9zjmEUQM.html And see if you can get some inspiration for settings that fit your amp.

@Atlanticmoonsnail 3 года назад

Jim Hall, Wes and for the last few years Bill Frisell.

@cosmoduemila 3 года назад

Hi Jens, what level should be reached before starting to take jazz improvisation lessons? Thank you for your time. 🙏

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

That is hard to say, I have taught several students who were really new to the instrument, and that is certainly possible. You could try to check out this post: jenslarsen.nl/how-to-learn-jazz-guitar-suggestions-to-begin-studying/ to get some suggestions!

@cosmoduemila 3 года назад

Thank you so much, Jens.

@pauldecoster 3 года назад

Could you make a video on easy solos for beginners to transcribe or have you already?

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

I will make one 🙂

@jean-pierretartary2657 3 года назад

Révélation!

@shipsahoy1793 3 года назад

Jens, could you do a video on how, after learning a melody on guitar like Yardbird Suite, I could convert that into a slowed down chord melody arrangement ? My biggest problem with Jazz is finding harmonizations that I find pleasing and easier than what I usually what I can decipher from what’s written. I saw a video where someone broke the harmony down to very simple arrangements for singalong, but I want to roll like Tal Farlow was doing in his later years, I saw him play before he passed away and I was deeply moved. I prefer chord-melody arrangements, but I only seem to be able to play chords or melody separately if I’m lucky lol I think it’s a matter of knowing what to practice to achieve this .. I’ve got time but no money 😩👨🏻 your channel is 😎

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

If you want to learn chord melody then start with less active melodies instead of Yardbird suite. There is no reason to shoot yourself in the foot as the first thing you do 🙂

@shipsahoy1793 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen Hi Jens, understood. I have hundreds of hours of great jazz audio in my library, but that’s the problem. I can’t tell what’s easy and what’s hard, most of it seems hard. If I work on a melody or a bassline long enough, and I figure it out, but it’s all so very difficult. Also, my time is fragmented to other musicalities. This is something I’d like to do just for my own enjoyment, while I’m still able bodied and with us here in my later years..I’m also stuck with a solid body guitar with a humbucker to do it on; not sure if that’s having an effect on my psyche, but I have amplified it appropriately, and when I figure out some lines, I could pretty much tell if it’s right or not, so know when to keep going or write it down. Unfortunately, I’m lazy, so I end up having to learn the same thing more than once. Anyway, good lick to you and always enjoy your perspective on jazz in general.

@jimkangas4176 3 года назад

@@shipsahoy1793 Start by taking tunes that have a lot of space in them. For example, the melody in Autumn Leaves has whole notes or spaces depending on how you play it. He didn't go into it here, but phrasing is really important and one thing that beginners don't get early on. If you can control phrasing, then you can work the melody and bass in more easily.

@shipsahoy1793 3 года назад

@@jimkangas4176 - Yes, that’s what I interpreted Jens to mean when he said “less active melodies” i.e. more space.. thanks for the ‘confirmation’ (pseudo pun intended lol)

@bongalist 3 года назад

You are a great teacher. Do you have a medicine for laziness?

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you! I could send you wife a whip? 😁

@demoure1680 3 года назад

i like studying charlie parkers decorative voice leading also

@serseriherif9530 3 года назад

Simplify simplify simplify... the less notes i play, the more i have to make them count and the catchier the melodies can be. Thankfully i'm playing sax now so i can be more of a storyteller with depth of tone/dynamics

@adhoc37 3 года назад

You mention how legato is often used in jazz... I was wondering if you might plan to do a video or have done one which explains a particular facet of this technique or other ones. For example, I'm staring at a ballad arrangement which has 2-4 chords per bar. It is very hard to arrive at emulating how a voice could so beautifully sing the melody in creating a smooth articulation of the chord sequence when one is chasing them up and down across the fretboard. Maybe you could outline how one could do that so that the disjointed sounds between the chords sound more joined up? I guess George Benson is a great example but what exactly are his technique(s) - I suppose legato slides... Are there other techniques? I guess phrasing, such as emphasising beats, helps to draw attention away from spaces but there is such a strong tendency to emphasise every chord when you get there - " jump! yeah, I got there ! Now for the next one !" Sounds like a British commuter train shuddering to a halt at a station.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you! To me it just sounds like you are trying to play something that is technically difficult, and it has nothing to do with legato in Jazz lines. It sounds like you are reading a chord melody transcription?

@adhoc37 3 года назад

Yes that's exactly what it is. Are their 'tricks' to maintaining the flow.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

@@adhoc37 Practice? Maybe not working on pieces that are too difficult? Keep in mind that he is using voicings that he has played 1000s of times before, so if they are new to you then there is a lot of work required for it to become easy for you.

@adhoc37 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen of course, but it is such a beautiful piece of music I want to play it ! It's easier to practise something you want to play.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

@@adhoc37 that's fine, but you might need to be patient and thorough if you want to really learn it

@CarlitosMayo 3 года назад

Play what you want, but end the phrase with a b5 interval down .... 😎

@dimmmmmmp 3 года назад

ooh spicy

@connshawnery6489 3 года назад

Not all of us are as lucky as Wes Montgomery, who I believe had no musical training or theory knowledge at all.

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

He may not have had formal training, but he did clearly have knowledge.

@connshawnery6489 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen He did. His incredible talent and natural creativity are a rarity.

@adamguitar1498 3 года назад

Well now I'm not going to be able to unhear "bebop" when I listen to music

@thijs199 3 года назад

kort eindigen. Ja gaat wel tegen me gewoontes in.

@rayladeojen1594 3 года назад

Transcribe a solo ... ugh ... not enough time in a day .... 😩

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Kenny Burrell, Chitlins Con Carne.

@captainkoo 2 года назад

Yes I know what you mean ! Transcribing is very time consuming but worth the effort. I have found that transcribing even a portion of the solo is still very useful, like one 2-5-1 phrase or even just one measure !