Chromatic approach - 5 Jazz guitar Licks with chromatic notes - Guitar Lesson

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Chromatic notes and chromatic enclosures has been a part of jazz vocabulary since Bebop. For many people Chromatic approach notes are a big part of the sound of a jazz lick.
In this video I am going to show you how it isn't that difficult to combine arppegios with a chromatic enclosure and make some great sounding lines. I have 5 examples each with a different type of chromatic enclosure in the line.
In fact you can use your arpeggios and the chromatic approach ideas that I go over here to already build some really great chromatic jazz guitar licks. You will probably recognize a lot of Pat Martino and Joe Pass in the sound.
My examples are all on a II V I progression and I am using 5 enclosures and some other ideas to add chromatic passing notes to your lines in the examples.
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@aryotaheri7421 7 лет назад

Thanks again for this, Jens. A great and very useful video as always :)

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

Glad you like it! Thanks for the suggestion!

@aryotaheri7421 3 года назад

Damn, these bots are getting really desperate :D :D :D

@Cleveland_Chris 3 года назад

One of the best jazz teachers online. Thank you!

@George-nx8zu 3 года назад

I'm three years late but thank you for the explanation

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Better late than never? 😁

@robertcunningham1672 5 лет назад

I think you’re probably my favorite youtube jazz guy. Your videos are concise but full of depth and not super gimmicky. Beato has a lot of good content but tells more stories than I want to sit through. Adam Neely is awesome but as he said his channel is not really a “chords and scales” kind of channel. Ben Levin has really insightful and out of the box lessons but not a lot about jazz fundamentals. Jeff Schneider is good at teaching licks to help fake a jazzy sound in a pinch. Your videos actually help me figure out how to approach playing jazz and I’m not even a guitarist.

@JensLarsen 5 лет назад

Thanks Robert, I am glad you find the videos useful :)

@anthonydemitre9392 7 лет назад

Your jazz guitar channel is the only one that never gets thumbs down, that shows a lot about the quality of your teaching and personality, enclosures, can be strung together to get almost fusion-like lines.

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

Thanks Anthony! Ok. I don't really get the fusion idea, but I guess I don't listen to that much fusion :)

@anthonydemitre9392 7 лет назад

as you said simple Triads can cover upper and altered upper chord tones, my mind seems to work in reverse, could never learn in the 60s primary Brit. school system, dyslexia, I'm left handed but play a right handed guitar

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

Anthony Demitre interesting! It's quite common for left handed people to play right handed. I actually just found out that my oldest son is dyslexic. Over here they do make some things easier on him, but he still will need to work harder, or more.

@AlanHearnshaw 4 года назад

Another one here who isn’t a guitarist (pianist and jazz harmonica), but still find your videos concise and interesting. Thanks for the content. 👍

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad to hear that Alan! :)

@jorgeacastillo5202 2 года назад

Thanks for another lesson!!! Thanks so much!!!

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Glad you like them! :)

@Voxmanhank 4 года назад

Another phenomenal explanation of an approach to jazz lines of the masters! Thank you for bringing me more close to what I am trying to accomplish.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Go for it 👍🙂

@GJSsongsmith 7 лет назад

Really cool lines Jens , really helped my understanding of use of chromatics .....another brilliant video . Many thanks .

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

You're very welcome Gary!

@kendevries3212 5 лет назад

One of your best lessons.

@JensLarsen 5 лет назад

Thank you Ken! :)

@lluisalles 7 лет назад

Fantastic lesson as always, I love the ideas you expose in this video, thank you for all the work you do to teach us.

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

Thank you! I am glad you like it!

@andrewhart329 7 лет назад

Hi Jens, this video was incredibly helpful. Love the format you used (Concept and examples) and the content was great also. Keep up the great work!

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

Thank you Andrew! 🙂

@brad724p 5 лет назад

Great lesson, Jens. Glad you linked it.

@JensLarsen 5 лет назад

Really glad you like it, Brad!

@DanielVillamor67Jzz 7 лет назад

Man, this has really helped me out. Thanks a lot.

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

+Daniel Villamor I am glad to hear that! ☺️👍

@kamaismusic 6 лет назад

Thanks for this great ideas.

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thank you kamaismusic! 🙂 Glad you like it!

@leifhedman5486 3 года назад

Youre the best.

@335gerard 7 лет назад

Merci Jens.

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

de rien Gérard!

@YuTyuberful 6 лет назад

very good.... thanks!

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

+YuTyuberful You're very welcome! I am glad you found it useful 👍☺️

@bloodcutterscrewmusicandga3830 4 года назад

Excellent lesson thanks very helpfull .😆

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you like it! :)

@CurtisMcLeodMusic 6 лет назад

Gold

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thanks! Do let me know if there is something you are looking for!

@lee95757 7 лет назад

I'm trying to master digital patterns (1235). These chromatic approaches seem to work really well with the patterns. Helps to break them up and not sound like patterns. Great idea. Sounds more like bebop. Thanks.

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

Glad you like it! Yes this is really a huge part of the bop language!

@iainctduncan 6 лет назад

I credit shedding enclosures on dominant seventh chords with being the single thing that most improved my horn playing for jazz. These are the bomb!

@iainctduncan 6 лет назад

Would love to see more videos on your approach to them too! It's such a rich topic.

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Wow! That's something. I actually don't use enclosures that much. I use the ones I talk about here but sparingly. I will think about finding more ways to talk about this though!

@iainctduncan 6 лет назад

That would be great! I suspect it's also a bigger deal for horn players because it's hard on the horn, so they're a killer technical workout. But my (much more) limited work on the guitar convinces me they would be a great way to get people out of thinking in scale positions. They make you think about the fingering that gets you *where you want to go next*. What do you think?

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

To be honest I sometimes hear Horn players turn to playing only arpeggios with enclosures and that does make their language a lot weaker because it completely ignores the key which in most music is at the very core of the piece. It does indeed help with targeting notes though!

@iainctduncan 6 лет назад

I certainly agree that every instrument has what I call its "traps" - the things the instrument makes you want to do whether or not that's the strongest line. One of the reasons I've really gotten into guitar is because the things that easy or hard (the traps!) are so different on guitar vs horn that it makes me think about lines better and more deliberately. But back to enclosures, to me at least they are one of the best ways to create tension and geometric interest while still really bringing out the underlying harmony and keeping the key clear. I think the key is being selective of where they are used and then making the resolutions clear. The West-Coast guys like Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins, and Phil Orso were all masters of this. I've very much a "song first" kinda player so I think we're on the same page there! If you don't know it, check out "Tenors Head On" by Perkins and Kamuca, amazing album!

@dariosutter1252 3 года назад

I've been learning from Jens for a longer time now, but I haven't noticed the coherence in guitar coloring till today haha

@thunderrosa2258 7 лет назад

i hear scott henderson using the pattern from the first example in his lines all the time. nice lesson Jens, thanks!

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

+jayden wiggins Thank you Jayden! What Scott Henderson albums do you listen to?

@thunderrosa2258 7 лет назад

I've got tore down house, dog party, well to the bone and the fantastic vibe station. i think i have a tribal tech album or two somewhere too.

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

Ok! I will try to check those out! Thanks! 👍

@chrish3694 7 лет назад

These are some great lines! I think a lesson on playing over the bar line would be an interesting topic for you to discuss in a future video (if you want).

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

Thank you! Glad you dig the lines! I will keep that in mind. The across the barline aspect is related. In fact the Patreon Extras video on this topic is also around that topic and how it connects to these enclosures! I will put it on the list!

@dylancoover4988 4 месяца назад

Hey Jens. First of all, I love your videos! They’re always very helpful! Question though… In the first example you say you’re resolving to the “3” but it appears you’re landing on the note G which would be the 5 of CMajor? Am I misunderstanding that misspoken because so much of the time our target note is a 3? Are you saying you’re using that enclosure “ending on the 5” to resolve and “target” the 3?

@JensLarsen 4 месяца назад

This is an old video, so I don't remember exactly what I said. Can you give me a timestamp in the video then I'll have a listen

@dylancoover4988 4 месяца назад

@@JensLarsen The example from 0:59 to 1:08. Are you saying you’re going to the 3 or am I mishearing that for G? The note (unless I’m mistaken) is actually a G before you play the CMaj7. I’m just confused by that part and if I’m thinking about it right, are you saying that phrase stopping on G is targeting E (as the 3rd of CMaj7) or are you saying G (which from what I can tell you’re enclosing) is the “target” or resolve note? I hope that makes sense. Thank you so much for replying!

@JensLarsen 4 месяца назад

@@dylancoover4988 I am talking on beat 3 🙂

@dylancoover4988 4 месяца назад

@@JensLarsen Ok, that makes so much more sense! Am I correct then, that that target note is the 5th (G) for that example? Sorry for all the questions… I just want to make sure I am understanding that correctly.

@JensLarsen 4 месяца назад

@@dylancoover4988 if it is a Cmaj7 chord then yes, it is the 5th

@hsnopek 7 лет назад

There is also excellent book by Don Mock called Target Tones if someone is interested. Great lesson and keep up the good work!

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

Thank you! I will do my best! Don't know that book though but a lot of Don Mock's stuff is good!

@iainctduncan 6 лет назад

Thanks!

@hutomo01 5 лет назад

nice lesson , you should make further enclosured note lesson 👌

@JensLarsen 5 лет назад

Thank you! Maybe one of these: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qtYiir55F7o.html

@hutomo01 5 лет назад

Thankyou!

@JensLarsen 5 лет назад

You can always ask if there is something you are looking for :)

@joshshaman6204 4 года назад

Hey Jens i've been following your page for years now. Thank you so much for the insight and knowledge! Just to clarify/help at 1:05 you said you "resolve on the 3" but play a G on the C chord. Is this a mistake or am I looking at it in the wrong context of the progression?

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

HI Josh, I say resolve on the 3 as in beat 3 of the bar :)

@joshshaman6204 4 года назад

@@JensLarsen Thanks!

@taylorjameschris 7 лет назад

hi there i noticed your epiphone es335 and wondering what you think of it. i want a semi hollow body guitar and am also looking at the ibanez JSM

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

The Epiphone is a Sheraton, it's a little heavier than an ES335. The sheraton is a good guitar, My Ibanez is certainly a better instrument but it is also much more expensive.

@dom6023 2 года назад

4:27

@dom6023 2 года назад

5:27

@545parsa 7 лет назад

Hey Jens unrelated question, but any tips on how to sound outside on a I-IV-V blues background? I find it difficult to sound original and outside on backing tracks with simple chords and I was wondering if you have any tips to help with that. I've already been putting in the whole tone scale in some places to spice it up along with the altered scale, while using Mixolydian b6 instead of normal mixolydian. Do you have any recommendations?

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

I am not sure I think the really simple progressions really call for outside stuff to be honest. The way I mostly think about outside playing is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QYhfyDtShgs.html I don't really just think another scale, I like to have the idea of a chord sound in there to hear what the melody I am playing sounds like.

@545parsa 7 лет назад

Alright thanks for the insight Jens, can always count on your videos

@JensLarsen 7 лет назад

You're very welcome Parsa!

@blacklonggadogg 5 лет назад

Hi, Maestro Jens, In your opinion with enclosures, which is the better approach note from above, chromatic or diatonic? Please advise. Thanks.

@JensLarsen 5 лет назад

That is purely a matter of context. Sometimes one sometimes the other, it depends on the chord, the key and line you are playing :) Use your ears, you'll get there! Jens

@blacklonggadogg 5 лет назад

, thanks, Maestro Jens. More power to you and may the Good Lord Bless you.

@HomeMadeLicks07 Год назад

Hi Jens, Im currently going through your book Modern Jazz Guitar Concepts by Fundamental Changes, I am currently studying two note chromatic enclosures and I have a doubt. In the two note enclosure exercise, when starting on C major (playing all chromatic notes in the scale), why do we slide from B-C to begin with? B-C is a half step and as per theory for half step we play the next higher note of the scale as the chromatic note. So shouldn't we start with B-D-C, instead of B-C? I had the same conceptual issue in the following examples of the book and I must get this clarified because Im not able to make sense of it. Thanks for helping me out here..

@JensLarsen Год назад

Can you give me a timestamp in the video?

@HomeMadeLicks07 Год назад

Hi Jens, I am referencing exercise 2c from you book, Jazz Guitar Concepts by Fundamental Changes, not this video. I just asked the question here because it is the same topic, I apologise if this is not the right forum.

@JensLarsen Год назад

@@HomeMadeLicks07 B is the approach note for C, I am not inserting a note between B and C.