The Most Important Solo Tools For A Maj7 Chord

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Sometimes it is hard to come up with something that inspires you when you are improvising a jazz solo. There are a lot of things you can use if you want to improvise over maj7 chords, and in this video, I am going to give you some of my favourites terms of arpeggios, triads, pentatonics and a few special tricks as well.
You should have a lot of things to start working with at the end of this video, and most of it is really just a new way to use the things you already know.
Focus on how it sounds because I think that is how you are going to be inspired by it, and I will also give you some other tips on getting new ideas that are not only about what notes to play.
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Content:
0:00 Intro
0:55 Cmaj7 - You can Always Get More Out Of This!
1:33 Chromatic Tension (It's Bebop!)
2:44 Be creative! Don't just run up and down arpeggios
4:03 Em7 - Don't Box yourself in, you are missing out
5:58 Gsus4 - Not Obvious and Very Cool
7:43 Esus4 - Complete Chord And some Color!
9:04 Em pentatonic - Quartal Cmaj7 licks
10:23 Triad Pairs (and the most challenging picking exercise I know)
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@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Do you have a favorite Arpeggio, triad or pentatonic scale for a Maj7 chord? Share some good tips :) Content: 0:00 Intro 0:55 Cmaj7 - You can Always Get More Out Of This! 1:33 Chromatic Tension (It's Bebop!) 2:44 Be creative! Don't just run up and down arpeggios 4:03 Em7 - Don't Box yourself in, you are missing out 5:58 Gsus4 - Not Obvious and Very Cool 7:43 Esus4 - Complete Chord And some Color! 9:04 Em pentatonic - Quartal Cmaj7 licks 10:23 Triad Pairs (and the most challenging picking exercise I know) 11:37 Like the video? Check out my Patreon page!

@pickinstone 4 года назад

Glad that you keep emphasizing melody. The arpeggio gives you a lot of information, and the scale fills in some of the gaps, but the missing element that so many overlook is the MELODY! My advice is to train your ear to pick up great melodies from any genre. I still say that melodies have their inherent logic, and you learn that logic with the more melodies that you learn. Then you learn licks and see how those licks follow the principles of melody. It ain't random, but a gotta listen. Break it down, yes. But in the end, listen.

@GJSsongsmith 4 года назад

How can you dislike this video ? I’ve been playing guitar professionally for a long time and have taught guitar for over 20 years and this guy is the best guitar instructor on RU-vid . Every lesson is beautifully presented and thought out . Once again Jens thanks for a great lesson . At this time your videos are keeping a lot of guitar players going . Stay safe and well .

@captainkoo 2 года назад

Some can play, some can teach. Few can do both well. You are the exception!!!!

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Thank you, Brian

@aylbdrmadison1051 4 года назад

Thank you for these excellent jazz lessons. I've played a ton of prog-rock and neo-classical guitar for decades, but always found jazz to be much more elusive, even though I regularly get what's going on in some jazz fusion tunes. So your lessons are really helping me get more of a foothold on jazz, and as a result music in general. That's helping me be more creative in the end too because the more styles we absorb, the more our vocabulary increases.

@jumemowery9434 4 года назад

Thanks Jens. I appreciate your lessons.

@johnjacquard863 4 года назад

Love all these things , and whenever I find out your thinking the same way about these things where I independently been working on them, it gives me a little boost of confidence since I beat my ego to death everyday listening to the Giants and greats in our music history

@aptelbruno8316 4 года назад

Thank you so much for all this good work - so many roads to rich phrases !

@irvegriffiths8256 4 года назад

Jens I think this is possibly the best lesson you’ve ever done, both pedagogically, pace and ideas developmentally and purely applicable straight away. I feel like there are several ‘chunks’ in the lesson I can easily spend half an hour on. Superb! Thank you Jens.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you that is really great to hear!

@pogchamp7983 4 года назад

Quartal arpeggios are really cool and I realised sus2 sus4 and a quartal triad so 1 4 b7 etc are inversions of each other.

@salimbaghli8040 3 года назад

Excellent lesson. Thank you again Jens for all you do !

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Thank you, Salim 🙂

@DiegoStoneDiego 4 года назад

Thanks! Your content is reinforcing all the knowledge I have and helping me to apply it in a musical way. Greetings from Uruguay!

@RC32Smiths01 4 года назад

Learning how to solo with the chords as their characteristics and details is definitely how to serve the song! Cheers man!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks RC!

@RC32Smiths01 4 года назад

@@JensLarsen You are always welcome!

@sergiomendozaangeles7989 4 года назад

Muchas gracias Jens por el video es de mucha ayuda y me sirve muchisimo para mi improvisacion y excelente explicacion te mando un saludo desde Ciudad De Mexico

@professorchaos9171 4 года назад

love the video cant wait to get off work and play this!

@fiddlefolk 4 года назад

One thing that I do is make the realization that in basic form that cmaj7, gmaj6, and e minor all have the same triad but the difference is what the Bass note is. Anything that you do that sounds great for one chord over these chords will sound great for all of them.

@maxkelter3561 4 года назад

WowJen's,. You explained that very well. Thanks! And I'm not a very advanced guitar player yet I understood what you were saying.

@aaronfrohnmayer8493 4 года назад

Great content and video editing.

@joehernandez5600 4 года назад

Jens, another great lesson. I also like thinking of a G major trad when playing over Cmaj7, especially in 7th pos. It helps to add some variety and reorder the scale tones in a cool way. Also, when you mentioned the Esus, it reminds me of playing a D-7 in 4ths up the B-G-D string set. That allows some very cool ways to play Cmaj7 licks up and down the neck

@69ToneSunburst 4 года назад

Thanks Jens! Love he sus4 ideas and the quintal ideas. Already given me hours of ideas to work with. I also like the sound of the Dsus4 over Cmaj7, which gives us D (9th) G(5th) and A(13th). Just tried that over Autumn Leaves bars 3 and 4 and you can just keep the Fsus4 going over BbMaj7 and EbMaj7 :)

@kayodo 4 года назад

once again a great new view on a common chord, at least for me!

@samuelemahtolo 3 года назад

Just great ! Many thanks...

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@brad724p 4 года назад

Another exceptional one, Jens (you're still the grand-master of music teachers online). Thanks.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you very much Brad!

@roarythunderbird Год назад

Thanks teach!

@mikel917 3 года назад

I love how you put up the charts. Thanks

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

You’re welcome 😊

@zipperdingo6385 4 года назад

Always interesting tips Jens

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you!

@Boyanbo 4 года назад

Very nice! I would be interesting in seeing that challenging picking exercise up close :)

@GeorgeTsouris 4 года назад

B minor pentatonic against a Cmaj7 gives a nice lydian feel...

@patbreacadh 4 года назад

Excellent lesson!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you!

@Jamsville 4 года назад

9:08 wooo! One of my favorite things to do on a C maj7 chord is to start on low G and play G, A, D, E and repeat that for three octaves. It’s like a G sus2 triad plus the 6th!

@rickjensen2717 4 года назад

I like to add in an implied G7alt line over a CMaj7 chord (e.g. include the notes Ab (b9) or D# (#5)) - Joe Pass used to do this a lot.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Interesting, I never really noticed Joe doing that. Do have an example in a song?

@rickjensen2717 4 года назад

Yes with his free improvisation - some old tapes with Oscar Peterson. Also his book and tape 'Joe Pass on Guitar' where he taped some lines - v good book!

@rickjensen2717 4 года назад

Joe Pass 'Jazz Lines' dvd - v interesting review of lines (phrases) for major, minor and dominant chords.

@69ToneSunburst 4 года назад

Would you play the Ab or D# on a strong beat, or on an offbeat leading up to one of the chord notes or extensions (A or E)?

@rickjensen2717 4 года назад

@@69ToneSunburst Hi, on beat to give it some tension.

@funkeruser 4 года назад

Really useful, thanks!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you like it!

@Blueslurch 4 года назад

Thank you Jens - a great lesson. Recently I bought one of your books, it’s also very helpful. I own a few other Jazz books, but your concept is the most clear for me.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you very much! That is really great to hear. If you have a few minutes then consider leaving a short review on Amazon that really helps me 🙂

@Blueslurch 4 года назад

Done! You‘re welcome!

@pedromariano2100 4 года назад

We learned a Lot... Your content..is Very good. Thanks....Jens Larsen... I like the bebop rithym... Hugs from Brazil.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Glad you like it, Pedro!

@gerardderlet 4 года назад

Merci !

@IsawUupThere 4 года назад

Alright, I started watching this two hours ago, and I'm almost half way through! Wish me luck!

@6string697 4 года назад

IsawUupThere Good luck!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

That is dedication! :)

@jumemowery9434 4 года назад

Yeah, I know! Isn't it great!

@artompkins7958 4 года назад

Hi Jens- thanks for this lesson and for the selfless sharing of all of your jazz knowledge (and humor) with the world of wannabes (like me). Have you ever done a video on strategies for developing sight-reading skills and how to survive the experience of sitting in a structured setting where charts are thrown in front of you and have to scan the chart and figure out how to sound like you know what you’re doing in the guitar player’s chair?

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

That is not as much a skill with reading as it is experience with the music. I did talk about it in a Q&A and also in a video on interpreting lead-sheets, but those videos are a few years old.

@medicalinterest9091 4 года назад

Hi Jens, These are very useful patterns. When you demonstrate them can you repeat them a bit more. Thanks.

@thijs199 4 года назад

Die syncopatie in Tob Dog - traeben is echt heel cool

@lancethrustworthy 4 года назад

Good audio, good camera work. Bravo.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thank you!

@christiankurtboutot5658 4 года назад

Well Jens, there is a c.d from A.Holdswoth which name is "Secrets "...and this is what you do...you give us the "secrets" for finding our own way to improvise....greeaaat ... p.s; i think you should play more when you give an example; it is too short for us to "hear" it in its continuum.... Thanks Jens

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Thanks Christian! I find that the shorter examples work better for the video :)

@user-dg8oi2nl6r 4 года назад

Thanks for all the lessons Jens. I would really like to see how we can approach a m - mMaj7 - m7 - m6 chord progression like the ones on my funny valentine and in a sentimental mood. I've searched but can't find anything on it.

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

I made one a few years ago ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yQfQjjjepGo.html 🙂

@user-dg8oi2nl6r 4 года назад

@@JensLarsen I must have missed it. Thanks for replying so quick. Keep up the good work!

@stephanmeinl4401 4 года назад

Hi Jens, Yesterday I started to write you an email asking for a suggestion how to solo over a Cmaj7/Gmaj7/Cmaj7/Gmaj7 progression. I am working on a song containing this and got stuck in finding any good sounding lines for a solo. Recorded it over and over but deleted all of the numerous attempts because they sounded too cheesy. - The examples in this video are exactly what I have been looking for. Thank you very very much :-)

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Great when it works out like that :)

@damonshanabarger2604 Год назад

9:50 this is important

@souviksen7497 4 года назад

I've notice that using Chromatic Notes for Enclosures always has a "Jazzier" feel compared to using notes which are Diatonic to the Scale. This is why I tend to like playing Chromatic Enclosures more....

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

That makes sense, the effect is a lot stronger to the ear :)

@irvegriffiths8256 4 года назад

Can I make a request? How about exactly the same topic and structured lesson, but one on minor 7 and another on Dom 7? Thanks again - 😀👍🏻🎸

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

I will keep that in mind :)

@sabinkoirala4349 4 года назад

Jense can make a video on dominant seventh and minor seventh too ?

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

I will keep that in mind :)

@infinite-guitar 2 года назад

Thanks again Jens for an amazing lesson. If I can ask a personal question, when gigging, do you use lead sheets or do you have all the songs memorised. Soloing over quick chord changes seems like a monumental task at the moment if working from memory. But then I am only a newbie (18 months chord melody) thanks for your time

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

Glad you like it! Whether I am reading music depends on the gig and the repertoire. In general, I don't read when playing standards, but you need to know them really well to do that and it takes time. I don't know if you ever thought about it, but I don't think chord melody is a very useful way to get started with Jazz. Especially since it is often almost like classical guitar and you don't learn to improvise and interpret the melody and harmony but spend more time on practicing static things that then don't become the flexible tools you need to play Jazz in a band. I have thought about making a video about it because I think it is actually something that gets in the way for quite a few people.

@infinite-guitar 2 года назад

@@JensLarsen Thank you Jens for your insightful observations and you are correct, however, in my case, my short term goal is to be able to create my own chord melody arrangements for solo guitar. Perhaps one day I will get into bebop and improv but it's not my focus atm. thanks again !!

@lucasbretels 4 года назад

Ok, the title is putted wrong, no problem, excellent lesson!

@cuinnbrogan4993 4 года назад

Hey Jens, where can i find the video of the most annoying picking exercise you've ever made @10:44

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Didn't make one yet 🙂

@hankwilliams5622 Год назад

You need to post your videos so that when the pause button is pressed, the control icons don't obscure the tab diagram.

@JensLarsen Год назад

Just watch them in full screen 🙂

@georgeeldridge7954 4 года назад

Try and count the amount of times Jens says Jazz😂

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

Well, how many times is it?

@paulmoore7964 4 года назад

looks like you have lost the knob off your pickup selector. Can we buy you a new one

@89ji76 4 года назад

What's the deal here??? I click expecting examples for an "A Maj7 chord" as is clearly stated in the title and this joker gives all his examples for a C Maj7!! TOTAL CLICKBAIT!!!!1! UN SUBCIBED D: