Music Theory Lecture: The Elements of Jazz Explained! 

Such clarity - I’ve been working hard on my jazz theory and this is perfect. “When the student is ready the teacher will arrive”. Thank you for being there.

Hi Rick, enjoying your lectures. I love this one! Could you please consider interspersing in your future lectures like this one with fragments of either you on the piano demonstrating what these chord changes sound like or examples from jazz tunes themselves?. I think that would help "visualize" sonically what they mean. Just a thought. Thanks.

More useful than most of my university Jazz classes. Thanks!

Your channel is the best educational resource I HAVE EVER SEEN. Its like doing a degree at home. Thanks so much. I will be buying your book come payday!

My brain feels tired after watching this.

I feel like I need to hear the lick when in the transitions like Adam Neely

Over the past 40 years, I applied a life changing technique taught to me while I had gigs with Herb Ellis. The key element I learned was to “learn all I could and forget about it.”. With only six months at the Navy School of Music, ( and a family jazz legacy dating back to the beginning of jazz) I grew a concept and practice of learning progressions and relationships while performing with listening musicians. I performed with Berklee icon John LaPorta from the time he retired until his last gig before his passing in 2004. Many of these gigs were also with Berklee Guitar program founder, Jack Petersen, who was in Sarasota for several years. They knew of my learning system and would constantly find common elements with what they knew and taught. It’s amazing that I understand and also hear the chords and relationships going through my head as single thoughts. Thanks so much for what you do. If we were to play together, you and I would be cruising real time in the outer limits! I am a bassist who creates with a young and brilliant guitarist Dovydas (on RU-vid)

I have no idea what he's talking about, but when I was younger, my band did a killer cover of Deep Purple's "Highway Star"! And I love progressive jazz!

Your videos are amazing and really comprehensive. I wish I would have had a teacher like you when I was learning about this stuff in school because your teaching style is awesome. Best music channel on RU-vid imho.

Thank you Rick for making such great content available for free, you are a fantastic teacher!

I feel like this is the video I've been needing to see for years. Thanks for explaining everything so clearly while still having enough complexity for me to learn something.

Clear and simple. You can only do that when you know your stuff really really well. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for this! I’m a college student and have taken classes on jazz, but this is the best explanation of jazz music I’ve ever seen... I love to play improvisationally but am kind of stuck in a box when playing to certain songs because I was having trouble understanding the changes in key, but this is really helping me... I looked back at “Girl from ipanema” after watching this video and it’s immediately clear what key I should be soloing in through the changes... Appreciate you sharing this, it’s hard to learn jazz when most lessons are people telling you which fret and string to play rather than explaining the musical significance of what they’re playing. This will help my practice schedule so much

I hope you become really wealthy. Because the information you continue to offer to us is priceless.

This video is PURE GOLD Thanks Rick!! You are the best!!

Wow! Never learned so much in one video. Thanks a lot for your generosity Rick! Your channel is my favorite on the subject and I think you are very inspiring person.

Really awesome lesson! Good reminder for me to really work on especially when I'm learning new language or ways to navigate through changes

Thank you, rick, for the wealth of information you have provide through your youtube channel. it is more valuable than all the gold in the world.

This is such gold, Rick. Truly, truly appreciate this information being broken down as a young jazz musician trying to understand progressions.

This is an awesome jazz lesson for players wanting to transition from rock & blues to jazz. Thank you Rick for giving amazing insights into the world of jazz theory. A must watch video!

Thank you, Rick, for everything you do! You're a great teacher and you give so many useful advice and information. I'm so thankful for you!!! God bless!

most important lesson about music in my life

Amazing! Thank you for laying this out so professionally and concisely.

Never before have I felt that I had learned so much about Jazz.

Thank you Rick! That is a beautiful nugget of information that makes everything much more clear!

I needed something like this for some time now, thanks.

I can’t thank you enough for this video. Best jazz teacher ever!

very chunky and straight to the point video. good pace and many examples to everything. And its free. Perfect class

I'm so amazed this is free information that Rick just serves out better than any jazz teacher I've ever had. Mind blown.

This is by far the best channel for guitar players or any musician out now..congrats Rick! Let's viralized your knowledge and kindness!

@rickbeato I just hope you know how appreciative a lot of us are out there of you dedicating time to the betterment of music enjoyment and appreciation. really awesome you've taught me a lot in the last few years

this is gold. hard to get through my thick rock skull, but once it does, wow. now I get why good jazz lines land, these guys are always thinking two bars ahead.

Thank you Rick Beato. Your Videos are so helpful.

All your videos are important, well explained... Interesting, usefull and on & on. I mean, I don't miss a single video.

I've learned more about jazz in this 20 min video than I did in the last 20 years. I've always loved jazz, but was too afraid to learn it because I've always thought it was too "complex" sounding. I've played country and rock ever since the mid 70's, learned some theory, even a little about modes, and nothing ever clicked till I watched this video. Thank you so much Mr Beato! Now that I've decided to actually learn jazz, this video brings me one step closer to understanding it better!

Another great video! I can see the clouds parting and cobwebs falling away from what I didn't understand before. Congrats on 50k. It won't be long before that is 100k. You are the best!

This type of material might be the best thing that can be done for the future of jazz.

Yea, this guy's really a cut above and then some. Amazing teacher!

Thank you for taking the time to make these excellent videos!!

Comes just in time, when I am preparing to find a great place to keep movin' on my studies... Thanks Rick, much respect from Ecuador.

this is a great lesson. There's material here to be dissected for years of study! Thank you Mr. Rick Beato.

Great explanation. Thank you so much.

Probably the best music theory professor on RU-vid. Thanks, Mr. Beato

Great video packed with a concise summary of jazz theory that picks out the most important sequences which are key to our understanding. I'll surely be watching this a few more times to get it all.

Yes! 50,000. Congratulations!!!

I've been watching the Beato videos for several weeks. This particular one prompted me to pay for and download the book!

Thank You Mr. Beato!

So good man keep them coming no matter if they don't get the views as some other videos these are very beneficial for the people who choose to absorb it

Absolute top music theory content, thank you Rick this is amazing.

i was waiting for this explaining for years )))) thank you Rick.

A very effective summary of movement by ii-Vs. Half-step, whole-step, V/V or ii/V, turnarounds. We've all played them, but I never analyzed them as you present here. Now I know what to look for and how to memorize the progressions more effectively. Excellent lesson; I'm subscribing.

Wow, just what I needed!

You are one of the best teachers thank you . Now I can read modes .

Thi is pushing me to learn more , for sure , Thanks Rick Beato , your book is a valuable resource.

You are absolutely incredible! Your kids must be so proud.

Absolutely fantastic!!! Thank you!!

I love this type of video, thank you very much Rick for sharing your knowledge!

My parents helped me pay for an expensive music degree. I learn more here for free. Thanks Rick so much.

I'm watching this not because I intend to become a jazz musician, but because it's fascinating and helps me as I learn more about jazz music just as a listener and fan.

Great short and intense info...must see IF interested!! Nice Mr. Beato!

Yeah, like others have stated, phenomenal content with this upload being a stand out. That's six or more months of written work and practice for me in one video. Very cool.

As always, amazing.

Hi Rick! I just found your channel and I'm so glad that I did! I'm learning so much and this is the kind of information that I was looking for! Thank you so much for sharing all this top information, you are the best! Greetings from Mexico!

You just gave away a $1000 jazz masterclass. GEEEZ!

Great video. Thanks for the lesson. Clears up a lot of stuff.

Thank you, thank you very much. You are very good man, Rick. Good luck.

Im watching and learning - because u said you don't get hits putting up Jazz in the title. well I want Jazz to live so THANK YOU!!

Good job Rick - this is all very important and essential info and it is a great public service to have it all in the same video.

This is so clear and helpful. Thanks!

Rick you served up a full plate here! It makes sense, but I'm going to have to watch this several times and chew on it. Thanks!

Good explanation of the harmonic analysis

so it's all about moving 2-5-1/2-5 by whole or half steps. thank you for all these information!

Great lesson. It put a lot of things into perspective for me.

Hard to work out how much of you skill is "mere diligence", and how much is brilliance, Rick. I never fail to learn something, alas too little.most days.

Excellent summary; very useful. Thanks.

Rick, your knowledge of the construction of music is great. Your really advanced in your knowledge and your ability to teach this stuff. I am not a musician but a hacker on the keyboard. I am trying my best to keep up to you but any gains I experience are all due to your teaching abilities. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in a way that allows us hackers to better understand the fundamentals better.

This is great! Thanks for sharing!

Two minutes in and I'm already confused... damn, I need to go study!

LOVE THIS! Even non-Jazz players should pay attention for all the obvious reasons.

This is the most useful jazz tutorial I've seen

Great lecture!

Rick, I had gotten so far in my practice as to NOTICE each of the relationships you covered here and summarized beautifully. But I had not realized that each of them "is a THING". Now that you have enlightened me, I shall add them to my daily practice - each of these progressions in all 12 keys, using a selected handful of chord voicings with each. Before now I have been wondering aimless in the wilderness of jazz chord progressions, not knowing where to focus. I'll also add the tunes you mentioned to my practice rep. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this free content Professor! Greetings from Argentina!

That was fabulous! I'm sending this out to a bunch my friends. You should expand this with a bunch of examples a go on the lecture circuit with it. You nailed it perfectly.

Thank you for sharing. I'm a big fan of your channel.

Great explanation Rick ...if only I could understand it......and this effectively stops any mastering going on.....will review again also look for something simpler..man this Jazz improv is deep!

Fabulous. Gold stuff, Rick.

Thank you, Rick!

This is really useful. Thank you so much.

This just blew me away. I know I could learn that, but it makes my brain explode. I need the circle of fith on a big board and many hours to follow this lecture. Thanks for explaining this. Have now to play it back on a quater of the speed you used.

Thanks Rick! Great teacher and musician 👌👌👌🎶🎶🎶

This is WONDERFUL!

Thank You Professor.. Great info. I feel like im back at Berklee watching this!!! :)

Brilliant summary.

Awesome explanation! !. Gracias

Thank you. I love your videos!!

thank you for this great lesson

Thank you for these information they are incredibly useful ,thank you again.

best explanation ever...thanks

Bravissimo Enrico.Grazie mille per il tuo brillante modo di esprimere la bellezza della Musica.Ciao.