Barney Kessel Progressive Concepts: Lesson 1 - Chord Formations 

Maybe the best Vocal/Guitar tune ever

That’s all is hear 😫

- michael scott

sure...i grew up listening to him...and learned a lot till i listen George Benson...lol

Indeed! We were lucky to have Dave available to join Barney.

@@rumarkvideo I heard Dave backing Gene Bertonncini in a small club in Toronto about ten years ago. Guitar and bass in a small room is perfect. Unfortunately, I wasn’t clued in to jazz guitar when Barney played Toronto, I’m sure he played here. Great video, many thanks for sharing.

We're happy you liked it. Hope you enjoy them all!

You are most welcome. Check back each Sunday as we are uploading the entire series!

It's our pleasure. Enjoy the lessons!

Use the practice tracks and jam along with Barney and Dave too!

I find many jazz players use all downstrokes. Check out Frank Vignola, Vinny Raniolo, and Bucky Pizzarelli. I was taught alternate picking but I'm exploring this style now.

Singing or humming exactly what you are playing is the absolute best way to learn to play the best jazz solos.

Play what you hear.

Most jazz players do this (the ones who don't have a horn in their face anyway)... Actually them too. They really could have turned his mic off though lmao. You could hear herb Ellis on his things too

yeah, but its disturbing that his pitch is totally off from what he's playing.

That's for sure

bennryan2 -To those seeking videos or printed materials. Make sure Barney Kessell or whomever is playing the music receives the majority of the wampum or $. Not just the publisher. Hello Barney, played with you in FL!

Honestly didn’t think he was into scat and I’m kinda grossed out too

Currently there are none available for purchase. The good news is that everything was made to be watched and read in the video. The booklets (although they sometimes contain additional info) are really there for offline practice. We will update when we have them available.

Rumark Video Thank you!!

Thanks so much, we're glad you enjoyed it. More to come!

Really looking forward to see your new videos And the booklet that Barney mentioned on the video is very fascinating too!! But it seems like not easy finding it..

Check out the first series "Jazz Guitar Improvisation" and soon to come, "Chord-Melody Style". We are also looking at how to bring the booklet online. Stay tuned.

You're welcome! We're happy that so many musicians are enjoying seeing them! The booklets do exist and we will look into how we might be able to provide them as well. Stay tuned for that and more.

Thanks for sharing these videos. If you do find a way of sharing the booklets, that would be amazing too! :)

You're welcome. Enjoy the videos and we'll post when we have the booklets available.

Post them to Scribd.com?

Any update on the booklets?

Glad you're enjoying learning. The booklets will come sometime in the future. Rest assured that we produced the videos with everything you need to learn on-screen. The booklets are nice to have for off-line practice and yes, there is some extra information, however, there is lots to practice with the 3 complete series posted until then. We'll post when they are available.

Thank you for your efforts!

@Some Phaggot Frank vignola says to sing the melody when you're learning the changes. It really does help.

@Some Phaggot yeah, you got that right. My ears don't hear fast enough to get anything like that. If you can transcribe even the first few bars of the eternal triangle you get my respect!

this video looks like it was on vhs

hes' dead but maybe an email ?

mosrite60 $70 back then was like 300 now. Today its free, kids today are in the free information age. There's no more excuses to be a bad player lol.

@@luvpants2012 Agreed so much FREE lessons on RU-vid. Just have to apply themselves. Circa 70s, no such freedom. Today many lessons from great players. FREE. And can replay many times.

mosrite60 when I was in my late teens in the late 80's everything was Hot Licks videos lol. We rented them from the local music store. But the people that get really good on guitar seem to have the ability to go beyond what they're taught. They work things out and say "hmm if I can do this, I can also do this and this and this." I'd be like ok I learned this, show me something else lol. I only ever got half as good as my teacher. I'm 50 now and still learning. But these kid prodigies today are nuts. But anyway, I always had the ear to make music enjoyable. It was never drudgery.

@@luvpants2012 Yes, all good players have the natural talent with them. I know guys who attended GIT in LA and studied with the best, but somehow weren't better than the farm boys who had talent. For sure the present instructors teach how to sight read better. I read about one dude from UK who attended GIT for 2 years. But sadly on return he found that he couldn't play with other good jazz guys because many played by ear only. He was lost as needed the sheet music. ! But things much different now. Young kids 14 years can listen to James Burton licks and pickup quickly. Different world out there. Certainly. Thx.

Not yet, but hopefully sometime soon.

I agree - I just cannot understand the minds of some people !

James Magana don't do it!

Just don't quit your day job too.

That’s just what I did about 3 yrs ago. Decided to look into bebop piano.... haven’t looked back!

@@brothercaleb I did the same thing with guiitar some years back after hearing Wes Montgomery with master Jazz pianist Tommy Flannigan. Check out Tommy Flannigan! Especially the tracks with Wes - especially Airgein, Polka Dots & Moonbeams, Mr. Walker

Once i started listening to jazz and classical everything else started to sound like crap-

You might enjoy Howard Alden.

You ice cream man’s a good guitarist is he?

Only David Lee Roth plays Ice Cream Man the right way!

He says quite clearly that they are not the chord form tones but within chord form range (between the lowest and the highest notes of the form - including chromatics).

We're working on it ;)

No paper booklet needed. Just retain what your ear likes. Your brain will contain everything you need. Jazzers refer to this as “chops”

Get off of Welfare and buy it.

Yeah this Barney Kessel guy must be some kind of amateur, I don't suppose he played with anyone notable or made any records .

Rationalizations? Someone doesn't know or appreciate theory.