From Guitar World July 2019 All That Jazz by Julian Lage FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE Julian Lage discusses the importance of free improvisation on guitar, and demonstrates some methods for discovering new musical concepts via this tenet.
To me, free improvisation is the heart of music. Construction of a song and melody are so very satisfying, but that excitement of discovery and momentum in improvisation is like nothing else.
One of the MOST useful vids I've ever seen. Helps you sound more artistic and less scholastic. Also helps you keep up with what sounds you like real time!
"Who knows whatever that is (...), I'm just moving my hands)". Why I don't get anything close to that when I "just move my hands"? The man is a damn wizard. Amazing playing, Mr. Julian Lage...
I love doing this, I don't think I am nearly as productive doing it as Julian seems to be, but I just love the free expression and not worrying about some of the rules we get ingrained into us.
I only know that way, 15 years improvising and i had various types of vocabulary during those years and nowadays i get the feeling that everything is easy, or almost, i think i got where people get´s first, playing well and consistently cause i just improvised for 14 years and you do not have time to be excellent in the instrument and at the same time construct your own voice...I think it is difficult to improvise later than in the beginning when you learning, cause you have the cup full. Backing tracks help me a lot building my own things.
yeah this is my life. Without a teacher. I'm over here reading the beatobook and trying to make some sense of music theory about 20 percent of my pursuit, and the other 80 percent is "I know these major scale positions, lemme see what happens." xD
Excellent! It’s not easy to play freely well. It can spur new ideas for tunes. Playing free with other musicians can spur on listening skills. I like Wayne Krantz’s take on this as well. Krantz is probably a little less polite than JL. All great though.
Devind Koswatte been listening to george benson. His phrasing is beautiful. dnt listen to jazz that much. I know jazz is supposed to be technical but sometimes it gets overboard.
ok but its not like hes not thinking about all of the fretboard knowledge he knows like if i do that i just do basic arpeggios and the pentatonic scales bru
Dead thread i know - but I think the idea is to look at the fret board - and literally not play the arpeggios and pentatonic box things your fingers know. Just look and pick another fret, then another, then another - after doing that 100 times, you’ll find things you think sound interesting and build on them into something that has nothing to do with any finger patterns you came into it with, at least not mainly
I dig it lol But he really is just saying let your fingers move how they like, remember it, replicate it. I do love the idea how it sparks ideas though
