0:43 The "Secret" 2:35 Targeting The Chord Tones - The IIm7 Chord - 5:26 Example 1 7:00 Example 1 w/playback 7:18 Example 2 9:01 Example 2 w/playback 9:17 - The V 7 alt Chord - 13:10 Example 1 14:16 Example 1 w/playback 14:31 Example 2 15:44 Example 2 w/playback 16:00 - Resolving To The Imaj 7 Chord - 18:51 Example 1 20:10 Example 1 w/playback 20:23 Example 2 22:27 Example 2 w/playback 22:40 Creating An "Arc Of Suspense" Example 1 24:23 Example 1 w/playback 24:40 Example 2 26:49 Example 2 w/playback
Playing rock and roll, blues and classical for most of my life, learning jazz-and becoming fluent-remains the greatest musical challenge I’ve faced. I’ve studied altered scales, chord tone soloing and arpeggios for so long, and it’s still a challenge. This is one of THE clearest and best lessons on the whole deal. Awesome! I’d love to come play in Austria with you sometime! Greeeeeeetings from the USA.
Your beginner’s guide to chord tone soloing video, and this tutorial are so important to me. To be completely honest, I was always intimidated by the complexity of the jazz guitar soloing process; but your excellent method of teaching is opening my eyes to new horizons and now I’m really encouraged and motivated. I love the way you interject clear and easy to understand music theory explanations in your presentations. Your videos are more precious than gold! Thank you Sandra, you are definitely making an impact on so many people all around the world!
I'm glad you found this video, bc it's a perfect match with the other one (but I have it a mor click-baity name 😁). It's such a pleasure to read through your comments, Luis, and see that I can guide you on your jazz path. You rock, no, you swing actually 😊🎸🎶
I like to practice arpeggios. I was doing some chores around the house and happened to come across a part of the video where you are playing a C Major 7:) This is absolutely totally useful since I often don't play certain positions because they seem impractical. It's nice to see a practical way around that issue. I look forward to seeing the rest of the video and introducing these new ideas into my musical vocabulary. Fantastic video. Thanks 16:35
I don't think you fully understand on how good you are a teacher on jazz guitar.Sorry for all those people who try to teach .But be real you are and have a very fantastic way to teach.Please keep doing what you are ,because you have a talent in teaching behond compare.CHEER Sandra and have a very nice day.Thumbs up...
The Time goes by ,by it's self but your beatiful face and lovely voice ,Make me study better ,love your class,wish You the Best ,You teach me a Lot ,THANKS 😀🌷
So nice to see a notification of your new lesson pop up. So frustrating that I'm at work and can't pick up my guitar... particularly when I see this lesson has the potential to motivate me and bring my skills up a notch. Many thanks!
this is great never could really do jazz but this helps I'm hear not to be a great jazz player but to get a knowledge of cords and theory and I'm placement what I learn in my style of playing . Your teaching opens up all kinds of possibilities that I can undestand...Thank you.....Roland from Magdalena New Mexico usa.
For the last 3 weeks, my cell service has blocked me from RU-vid. I've been having Sandra withdrawl! I'm so happy to see your new lesson! I was working on your moon river lesson, i was 15 bars or so in...then Darn!!! I couldn't even find out how you resolved the first A section. I'm so happy to see you again! 😁
I really enjoy your posts, Sandra. Not only are they well done, concise and easy to understand but your personality and delivery is delightful! Very entertaining and helpful, please keep going.
1: Learn the chords 2: Learn the major scale 3: Learn chord tones (arpeggios) 4: Learn jazz lines (transcribe from the masters or learn them from videos) to get the typical jazz sound Don't forget to take it to practical use from day 1. Learn your chords over standards, scales the samw, etc. Always apply it to a song after a few days of practicing "dry".
Good lesson, congratulations. A video about a whole form solo could be a good idea, I mean, three chorus of soloing, how to do direction in the solo, where to do the climax, how to start, how to finish, etc not in chord/scale concept, but in a form concept. Learn to analyze a complete form of a solo. I hope that I´ve explained well. You really have a gift in order to explain whatever you wish. Congrats again.
My favourite lesson of yours. You are my hero ❤. I'm having trouble with PayPal to get the pdf's though boo boo 😢. I can write it all down though in my 🎶 manuscript book. Thanks 😊 you really help me on my music journey!
Como siempre, una lección espléndida. Voy a comprar y a recomendar el "full package" porque aunque no entiendo el inglés, en esta ocasión me parece que es fundamental aprender bien todos los ejemplos porque la improvisación con escalas es lo que realmente es el jazz!!, tocar solamente la melodía no es suficiente, eso no es el jazz. Muchas gracias Sandra por empezar a tratar en tus clases el tema de los solos.
thanks for this! i usually struggle improvising on 251s because i think too much before playing it, i usually intend on planning it first, thinking about landing on the chord tones on strong beats 1 and 3. i guess i need to practice it hard until it becomes a muscle memory.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman I am curious what app or otol you use for the playback? Thank You. Your lessons are So good. clear, slow, concise yet comprehensive. very impressing!
Challenges are here to Iberville them 😁 One step at a time. Practice only Dorian first, then the alternate scale and then ionian. Then bring it all together.
This is a vet important lesson and will work a lot on that stuff. It's what makes all the difference. But first we need to find the correct scale and chord. At the university, I was busy for a while just to figure out what scale is the right one and finding it quickly. Well systematically approach all this and with your patient attitude and diligent practice you'll be there soon!
Hi Sandra - Did you get to see the any of the World Bicycle Championship bike races that were held in Austria this last weekend ? Also, as I said before, LOVE your videos! Come to Southern California for a visit! 😀
No, I did not watch any of the races. It's a shame, bc I used to race bikes when I was a teenager (I even was Austrian sprint champion). But then I started music, stopped sports and turned fat, lol.
Wow! I too used to race bikes. Started on the velodrome and transitioned to criterium races. I worked for Schwinn while in college and this is how I got hooked on bike racing. I didn’t achieve the level that you did. When I became a commercial charter pilot, I hung up my bike and ended up getting fat from eating airport junk food and sitting in cockpits for hours...😜 I retired in 2015 and now play my guitar in the Harry Selvin swing orchestra. Your videos provide me with great new and refresher training. Austria is on my bucket list to visit. If I get there, would love to meet you in person...Chuck
@@chuckgroel1221 I used to ride the velodrome to, but had a bad accident. Damn, I wish that bike had brakes, lol. Of you ever come to Vienna, let's meet!
realmente amo a Sandra Sherman, me encanta su forma de enseñar, yo no entiendo mucho inglés, pero ella lo hace tan bien que he aprendido mucho GRAN LABOR
I started to play the Clarinet in an austrian church while i was studying there, how to read music and keep timing, Mozart and Hayden were ok, the Rolling stones or Prince well, fun... but Jazz Oooh man, that was a ritual for me, quite atmosphere, aromatic coffee round and listning carefully for each tone played in the improvisation part played by Jazz Kings, Jazz has always been the only music i respect most but.... never understood it though i wished... till now :-) Now my guitar playing sound better :-) Thank you very much ! Servus aus Kairo :-)
Oh hello Mohsen from Kairo! You live in such a beautiful country 😍 I'm so glad to be of help! If you ever come to Vienna again, let's go for a coffee and listen to some jazz.
greetings from BC Canada ..........old rock guy here ( first live band i saw was the yardbirds ) learning jazz now ........good grief so much and more interesting stuff in jazz .......took your 4th position dorian video( thanks )...and have added it to the D bebop scale ....into ...E flat m pentatonic over the G ...into E m pentatonic with some C diatonic arps - with chromatics and enclosures and slides over the C maj 2-5-1 ...........and in this video i see even more stuff i can apply .......im just getting started and must conclude that jazz is never ending new information . Any suggestions ...?
Thanks so Michi! ❤️ Eb minor pentatonic over Galt? Who told you that? If you want to use a Minor Pent over Alt ist one 3 semitones above (Bbm) or 2 semitones beliw (Fm)
Question about methodology? Do you have all this in your head as you solo (chord tones, strong and weak beats, altered tones, etc) or do you memorize a lot of constructed licks and use them as you play. I understand the concepts but find it overwhelming to think about having all of this in my head as I improvise.
It's a mix of both. There's a plethora of chord tones and scale patterns stored in my brain (but I keep forgetting what I did just 5 minutes ago, lol) and I mm bests and off beats. But I also have learned many many pre-constructed fees like the ones in the video. Once you know them and feel how to place them correctly rhythmically, it's easy to improvise with that material. Well, not exactly easy, you still need to practice it many times, lol.
Hi Sandra; I really do love your channel and have found several of your downloads very useful. How should we handle the 3rd string, seventh fret D note (the fifth of G7B9) since it is note contained in the G Altered Scale? Is it just a passing note during solos? Skip it all together? Thank you, Joe
There's many scales, that can be used over altered Chords. The diminished scale features a diminished chord, which can be played over other altered Chords. The 5th is ok. If it clashes against a #5 keep on moving and don't set on it too long. It's perfectly fine over a 7b9 chord for example. Check out my lesson Diminished Arpeggios over dominant chords!
Great question & I’m guilty as Hell of ripping up scales without knowing where I’m going. I’m thinking I should figure out chord related arpeggios & hope for the best. Any thoughts..?
Do you use this diminished arpeggio up to altered scale down approach regularly when soloing over an altered V chord? Should I really focus on learning this for use all the time or is it just one example of how to find the chord tones?
Hi Mike, Diminished Arpeggios are one of the most used tools when it comes to altered chords. It's basically a 7b9 arpeggio. I will discuss that in a later lesson. So yes, it's very important and gets you away from noodling the altered scale up and down. The diminished arpeggio is the easiest way to create tension quickly, bc you can go from low to high and vc vetsa very fast. Staying too long on adjacent strings usually doesn't create good tension.
I am confused, you said that we should land chord tones on the beat (4:53)? But in your example, all the chord tone targeting actually lands on the 4and?
Yes, play chord tones more often on the beats. "Landing" means to have a tone ring longer than the others, or the end of a phrase. When you end a phrase, the last note is what stays in your ear, no matter when it's played. And in jazz we like to end our phrases on the off-beats (and), bc it has a pushy feeling to it. Ending on the beat sounds boring. So, try to make your long tones chord tones!
Hi Sandra, Question: what are you thinking when you are soloing? There are so many options to consider: tone notes, arpegios, scales, leading tones, etc. Are those considerations already Incorporated into "licks" that you've previously memorized so that you can "improvise" your solo? Or are you thinking about the chords and related notes as you play. I ask because learning the many scales, arpegios, etc. seem overwhelming for an amateur player. Thanks for all!
I always think about food when playing 😊 But seriously, it's a mixture. I've learned my scales and arps so well, that I don't have to think about them anymore. But jazzers learn tons of lines, where all this is incorporated already. Most jazzers never really play 100% improvisation. It's all just memorized lines plus some improv in between. The more experienced one is, the more those lines are being modified and improvised with. 1. Learn a new arpeggio (just one, say a major 7th arp). 2. Transcribe a line from your hero, as he plays over a major 7th chord. 3. Try to create your own line with the arpeggio you've learned, plus some scale tones and maybe chromatic. Try to mimic the phrasing (rhythm) of the line you've transcribed. 5. Practice both lines through the cycle of 4ths.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Thank you so much for the much appreciated insight into the thinking of a professional musician and related advice. Also, now I'll know when I've achieved some modicum of success in soloing.... It's when I can solo while thinking of food 😊. Thanks for this and all the chord melody lessons I will eventually get to. So many great tunes.
A music teacher would be best 😊. Bit you can start with all my chord lessons (Basic jazz chords, Tension chords, Inversions, Rhythm Comping). Then check the major scale and dorian scale. Then check my Chord Melody lessons, that are labeled "easy". Good luck and enjoy the jazz ride on my channel! Don't forget to click the thumbs up 😊
I will never understand why do we have while playing to think (say) in D dorian or F (lydian) etc if the foundation is (in this case) the C major scale. As long as the notes are right within a chord why should it matter what "mode" we are in? Each scale has seven distinct chords but the notes are from the same fundamental scale. Now if we start using chords outside that scale then I can understand we have to think outside the box (of that original scale). Anyway, I hope some one could explain and justify the need for modes in Jazz. To me it is perhaps a naming convention more than a fundamental necessity. Please chime in, thanks!
But that's exactly what I explained in the video. Maybe you want to rewatch it 😉. A mode helps you to focus on the chord tones. If you play over a G7 chord in the key of C and think C all the time, you will eventually land on C, which is the Avoid Note (the worst sounding now) for a G7 chord.
In welchem Fall? Du weisst aber schon, dass die 5. Stufe alteriert wird, oder? Da passt harmonic minor nicht, weil die Quint und die Quart dort nicht alteriert sind. Harmonic Minor V (G phrygisch dominant) wir eher verwendet wenn man nach Moll auflöst.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman deswegen c harm. Moll von g aus aus weil in g7 b9 (g,h,d,f,Ab). Galt. g,Ab,Bb,h,c#,Eb,f,g passt nicht wegen der#11... Du bist doch von g7 nach c moll oder nicht ?!? Daher c harm. Moll von der 5(g,Ab,h,c,d,Eb,f,g) muss ich dir eigentl. nicht erklaeren mir geht's nur um den g7 flat 9 wenn kein #11 im chord hast...passt c moll harm v.der 5 besser that's all i'm saying🤣😎 cheers sandra
Nein wirklich, du musst mir mit 2 Master degrees (Jazz guitar und Instrumentalpädagogik nichts erklären) 😂. Warum soll denn die #11 nicht passen? Jazz ist halt nicht so einfach 😊. Man spielt nicht immer nur exakt das was im Chord ist. Da gibt's ne Art Metaebene, was den Gesamtsound der Band angeht. Es geht nach Cmaj7, nicht nach Cm7, wenn ich mich recht erinnere (hab das Video zuletzt beim schneiden vor paar Jahren gesehen) 😊. Und G phryg. Dom IST die 5. Stufe der C harm mim scale. Wie gesagt, die spielst du eher wenn es nach Moll auflöst. Aber wenn's dir gut gefällt kannst du sie auch spielen, wenn's nach major geht 😊.
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman weiss ich alles selber hab 11 semester st.gallen jazzberufsschule CH, kl4& sax es ging nur um die aufloesung nach c moll nach c dur passt #11 kannst aber auch moll implizieren und trotzdem nach dur aufloesen aber egal...alles cool😎 lg
Hi Pino, there's a simple solution to that 😉. There's an email on your PayPal receipt : shermanlessons@gmail.com. Just drop me a line, add your receipt and I'll gladly email you the package. Also I figured, that the files often did download, despite the hanging symbol. If you downloaded with a desktop browser (which I highly recommend when downloading files) go there and Ctrl+J will open your browser's download history. It's probably there. If not, just email me.
@@13thAMG I once concepted a video called "What is a cadence", but never filmed it, bc I thought everybody knows anyway. Maybe that's not true and I'll make and release the video.
There is a description box below the video. It describes the content of my video and has some links to the tabs in it. You can unfold this box to its full length by clicking the little arrow on the right hand side of it, or "show more". Click the Paypal link for the tabs, make your payment and at the end click "return to merchant". This will open the PDF, which you then need to save to your computer (or its lost) or a zip file for the other items.
Liebe Sandra, nicht jeder spricht so gut Englisch um dich auch zu verstehen. Mach es doch mit Untertitel. Oder einfach auf deutsch...da du ja auch deutsch sprichst, sollte das doch kein Problem sein.
Wenn du mir jede Woche die Untertitel schreibst und sie sekundengenau in RU-vid einfügst, gerne :-) Leider habe ich nicht die Zeit dazu. Und auf Deutsch habe ich anfangs probiert, aber da ist einfach zu wenig Publikum. In der heutigen Zeit sollte Englisch aber kein Problem sein. Ausserdem bin ich Amerikanerin, bloß in Wien aufgewachsen ;-)
@@GuitarversumSandraSherman Jepp, dass Du mit englisch eine größere Reichweite hast, ist logisch. Dennoch kann eben nicht jeder Englisch. Und ich denke das sind garnicht sooo wenige.....auch diese Menschen wirst Du über kurz oder lang verlieren wenn du nicht auch in deutscher Sprache was machst. Mir kann's egal sein .....nebenbei, es gibt auch eine menge Menschen, die noch nicht einmal Englisch in der Schule hatten. Also es ist ungünstig davon auszugehen, dass Englisch heutzutage kein Problem mehr sein sollte. Das Du Amerikanerin bist, okay. Tut jetzt aber was genau zur Sache? Du sprichst doch gut deutsch. Alles gute Sandra...😉