Grant Green's Guide To The Blues | Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Improvisation

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Improve Your Improvisation with Grant Green's solo on "Cool Blues." Grant shows us different ways to approach playing the blues and in this lesson I'll cover all of them!
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Комментарии : 91

@spencerpaulson9003 2 года назад

For a long time I felt like I was the only person left who appreciated Grant Green and Hank Mobley. Glad I found your channel man, keep it up.

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Thanks Spencer! Grant is the MAN!

@zanderjam9111 2 года назад

Soul Station is what started my jazz journey as a guitarist.

@johnkeogh8601 2 года назад

@@NathanBortonMusic he sure is !! I'm still trying to nail that 'concentrate on you ' solo 😀 great vid man. Keep it up

@RobertBergman-jt8nx Год назад

I've been playing guitar and studying Jazz for 50yrs. and I'm finding new ways of looking at things thru your videos, Keep up the Good Work Nathan !!

@NathanBortonMusic Год назад

Thanks so much Robert! That means a lot

@rdrusty 2 месяца назад

Brilliant! Excellent explanation for a blues player dipping his toes into Jazz via Grant Green! Thanks

@NathanBortonMusic 2 месяца назад

So glad to help!

@phretbord 3 месяца назад

Jazzy AF and one of the best jazz guitar lessons here on RU-vid and it's Grant Green he's the holy grail of all jazz guitarists! 🏆 Definitely a phenomenal subject! 😊🎼🎸🎵👏🤣

@insidejazzguitar8112 Год назад

Great approach!

@macjam9090 2 года назад

First time here and I really enjoyed it. Learned a lot. Thank you i will definitely be back.

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Thanks so much for your support Mac! Glad you enjoyed the lesson

@vendome6846 2 года назад

Grant is one of my very favorite players. Thank you for the wonderful insights.

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@curransguitar 2 года назад

Love Grant’s G altered phrasing over the 6th on the 8th bar of his blues. Thanks for covering this. 👍

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

That’s a great one! Use it ALL the time haha 😂

@SamLarsen2 Год назад

The only thing wrong with this video is that I didn't discover it sooner. Nathan does a phenomenal job of explaining Grant's licks and tricks here. This is an essential video for appreciating Grant's genius, both when it's simple and a bit tricky. The knowledge in this video can be used in so many standards and is a must for anyone's jazz vocab in my opinion. Awesome job Nathan!!! Thank you for your hard work here.

@NathanBortonMusic Год назад

Thanks so much Sam! Glad you're enjoying the channel and finding information to help you... that's what it's all about!

@mauricioalfaro9406 2 года назад

I have learn a very valuable point with this lesson. Thank you Nathan!

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

No problem!

@salvadorgarcia8661 2 года назад

Como siempre, excelente lección. Muchas gracias maestro.

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Thanks Salvador!

@alexannan2778 Год назад

You're the man Nathan! Thanks for all the great videos!

@NathanBortonMusic Год назад

I appreciate that!

@colingardiner6516 2 года назад

Thankyou very much Nathan for this lesson. Very Cool indeed. Cheers

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@wildwoodmusic7955 Год назад

These videos are helping me so much! Excellent work...thanks! Can't get enough Grant lessons. I've been trying to track down a tab for Bedouin but haven't had any luck yet...slowly working through it at half speed.

@NathanBortonMusic Год назад

Thanks so much for watching! Glad it helped you! Make sure and check out my grant green "minor" blues guide as well :)

@stevengrinold7631 8 месяцев назад

Glad I found your channel Nathan! Real good content you are sharing with us

@NathanBortonMusic 8 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for your support :)

@cuppajoeman8569 2 года назад

Thanks for slowing down the examples, it lets me understand what's happening and play along!

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Of course! Thanks for watching!

@JoeCandidoGuitar 2 года назад

Very well done!

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Thank you very much!

@kaspafischer 2 года назад

another fab lesson, Nathan... really dig Grant Green

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Thank you! Grant is amazing!

@4gcole Год назад

Really good lesson Nathan!

@NathanBortonMusic Год назад

Thanks! Grant is the man!

@grahamriach3297 2 года назад

Great video, thanks!

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

No problem!

@lsilvaj 2 года назад

amazing content, sir. Liked and subscribed. Thank you.

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Awesome, thank you!

@fouroutoffour 2 года назад

I like that you clarified to learn the solo by ear first and only use the PDF as a guide if needed. Time and again, I find that learning by ear takes longer but produces vastly better results.

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Yes! Learning by ear is the best way for sure. It is also the hardest, which is why I think a lot of people don't do it.

@maxischebeck8223 6 месяцев назад

great lesson!

@NathanBortonMusic 6 месяцев назад

Appreciate you watching!

@steveprager7862 2 года назад

Thanks!

@NathanBortonMusic Год назад

Hi Steve, just getting around to comments I missed. I just want to say thank you so much for your tip and support!!! It really means a lot and keeps me going. Thanks again :)

@MrFractalito1 2 года назад

Great video ,,,, thanks ..... Grant rules ¡¡¡

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@AManCalledAidan 2 года назад

Lovely, articulate, clear presentation... just like Grant Green's lines!

@AManCalledAidan 2 года назад

Also incredibly generous, especially so with all of the downloads. Please consider a tip option or Patreon page. Thank you!

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Yes... I need to get on that. Maybe over Christmas holiday if I get time. Appreciate you mentioning it! PayPal is nkborton@gmail.com if you’d like :) sharing the video on social media always helps as well! Thanks!

@AManCalledAidan 2 года назад

@@NathanBortonMusic Tip coming your way! Cheers!

@iamtonymata 2 года назад

awesome..

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Thanks Tony! Great to see you again!

@delpanos 2 года назад

thank you for this great analysis, thanks goes also the people who voted for this lesson! Grant is such a unique player, I try to pick up bits from his solos to incorporate in my own playing, I put some examples in my YT channel. I will have to dig deep in this video to understand better what he was going for.

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Thats great! I'll check out your clips. Thanks for your support!

@rmarlia 2 года назад

I saw you last night at Cliff Bells. You and the group did a great job. I hope you will return soon. Thank you for telling me about your RU-vid channel which I subscribed to.

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Hi Richard! Great to see you on here! Thanks so much for coming, was great to see you cool guitar photos. Have a good one and hope you enjoy the RU-vid lessons

@GlennLaguna 2 года назад

Bradley your lessons like this are deep. You obviously have a complete understanding of musical theory. You most likely are also a proficient reader of music notation. And a good guitar player 😎

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Appericate it Glenn! I however, am not the best sight reader haha!

@GlennLaguna 2 года назад

@@NathanBortonMusic Not necessarily related to this video, but, just curious, have you ever looked over the guitar instructional books by Chuck Wayne? He put out three books. The first one called the Arpeggio Dictionary which is out of print, then two others later on Scales and Chords that are still in print by Hal Leonard.

@jerrymcdrake 2 года назад

So good! So important and again the way of your presentation is quite clear .Thanks for the lesson..The missing part in videos on youtube jazzers is that not telling how to put these stuff into our practice or the practice method of these. So we are here couse we are mostly beginners and we need some guidance. Your videos short but effective .Thanks again.

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Yes! It’s definitely hard to put language in your playing. I always like to write out solos using language that I’m trying to get into my soloing. Maybe I could do a video on different approaches?

@jerrymcdrake 2 года назад

@@NathanBortonMusicYessss, Please do it!

@siglo2155 2 года назад

Super muy bien

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Thanks siglo!!

@RROBBIE3 2 года назад

Great stuff thank you. Do you know the repeating intro lick that he plays for the first 30 seconds?

@locarnese5598 2 года назад

Ah, Grant Green. His more bluesy pieces are my favorite... Like this one, or California Green, or Blues for Willareen, or A Wee Bit of Green...

@zephaniarutlokwana2891 Год назад

I suspected that you are highly educated in music besides that you are very good in teaching and analysis of this artform Keep up the good work

@Jameskegler1 9 месяцев назад

Dr, Borton is bring some light to the study of the Jazz Language fasten your seat belts going for a ride

@charpentierniko4613 9 месяцев назад

Cool

@NathanBortonMusic 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! Hope you found something that helps you!

@charpentierniko4613 9 месяцев назад

@@NathanBortonMusic yep very helpfull big up and blessing dude

@jakethesnake58 Год назад

i would love to hear you do grants dracula

@NathanBortonMusic Год назад

I'll check it out!

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Here's the link to Part 2 (Grant's Guide to MINOR Blues): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RLB-BRSTK8A.html

@algirdasasadsadf2344 8 месяцев назад

👍

@JazzCatzs 2 года назад

Great lesson- but two questions 1) when you use the V to l method- how do you know when to use it ? You used it in bars 4,6,8,10,12, what is special about those bars that allow you to use it ? 2)in your 12 bar example of using V to l there is only ever one bar of F7, but your lines for F7 requires 2 bars to play it all. Meaning it would all need to be played as 16th notes. Thanks for clarifying

@IVWilkinson 8 месяцев назад

Did you get any answers? Bar 4 is Bb7 to Eb7, V to I. Traditionally bar 6 is Eb, but F7 shares enough notes with Eb. Also you can just super impose this change onto the form. So you can simply play the V of any chord as you approach that chord. Which should answer the rest of the questions, but if not. The concept is that anytime you are approaching a new chord you can imply said chords V chord. Really you are targeting bars 5, 7, 9, 11, and 1 with their own V chord. 2) I'm fairly certain the examples used were stand alone examples. Not examples used over the form. Just examples of V to I that Grant Green has played. So that's why there is 2 bars of F7 on some BUT you could also play F7 or Cmin, in bars 9 and 10, on the blues form. Hope this helps.

@RROBBIE3 2 года назад

Any chance you can tab the 30 second intro before the solo? Thank you!

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Do you mean the melody? Sorry confused

@RROBBIE3 2 года назад

@@NathanBortonMusic Yes, I believe it's the melody. Sorry about the confusion

@zanderjam9111 2 года назад

Hey man, could you do a Soul Station analysis as a guitarist?

@NathanBortonMusic 2 года назад

Do you mean the song or the record?

@zanderjam9111 2 года назад

@@NathanBortonMusic I mean the song. It seems perhaps the most approachable for a beginner jazz guitarist

@karlsmith3281 Год назад

You pick the George Benson way, is that an accurate observation? I hope so, i tried before with just thumb and one finger, you seem to use thumb and two fingers. Well thats the way i'm playing now.

@NathanBortonMusic 11 месяцев назад

Yep! It honestly wasn't intentional, just what felt best for me!