First of all, yes, please make more of these videos. Learning the "words" of jazz language and seeing thrm as building blocks for my own lines has been essential. Would love a wes montgomery, barney kessel, or a kenny burrell video
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad you find my videos helpful in learning jazz language. I'll definitely take your suggestions into consideration for future videos!
Nathan I really enjoed both the Grant and Martino lick vocab. Might I also suggest as weel as Benson Methey dive down. A video on what eqoipment you use and how to set it up to get that lovely warm clean sound. and what your view would be on pedals etc
Man, great lesson, you are a very good teacher, and can explain these complex sounding musical ideas so clearly. That simplification of repurposing a handful of stock licks to function over a range of musical situations and capture Pats mid 60's sound is brilliant. Thank you, fantastic!
Great stuff man. Really onto something with these vocab vids. Especially love the taking of little pieces from the masters and mixing it with your own stuff to get something new. Some really tasty lines here 💪
Nathan, I can't thank you enough. I think this video unlocks the essence of Pat's playing. I've worked out of Linear Expressions and learned solos from the Steve Kahn transcription book and listened to tons of Pat, but have never had it broken down like this. I had purposely held off working on your Benson picking video because I'm re-learning holiday music as I always have to do, this time of year. Couldn't resist on the Martino video. Glad I gave it a go. Will be working on it for a while and will gradually work in the Benson picking video, Grant Green and Wes Montgomery stuff, after the holidays. Happy Holidays!
Nathan. Every one of these videos is so well put together, the materials could be dived into for YEARS, and you're so clear and concise with your explanation. Wow! I also REALLY love how every piece of musical language is traceable to a jazz master, but you don't just leave it there; you challenge the listener to keep developing and personalizing these ideas. LET'S GET HIM UP TO 20K!!!!!
Wow, thanks Nathan! Very interesting. The 4th lick at 2:22 is as Martino as Martino gets, using what seems to be melodic minor (maj7) over the 2 chord. Yet he seems to have always talked about thinking dorian over a 2 chord in his book linear expressions. I really like this video.
Thanks a lot Nathan . It's AWesome . It's VERY PRECIOUS ; I have a question : What Pat Martino did on minor 2 5 1 ?? . Thanks Nathan for all that Stuff
I've been a major Pat Martino nerd since I first heard him at age 17 back in the 1970's, and I was able to meet and study with him a bit before his aneurism. But I'm actually commenting here to correct your Spanish. El Hombre means "the man" in Spanish and the letter "H' is NEVER pronounced in that language, so it's not "home-bray" but "ohm-bray." 🙂
Yes I apologize! My wife actually pointed this out AFTER the video was all edited and ready to go lol. I put a little disclaimer in the corner of the screen because of this
Pat is a very handy, fast guitarist. He made some beautiful pieces. But he developed his vision of the guitar and music by creating his own world, very distinct from what ages of musical experience and tradition tells us. You can be inspired by some of his lines, but beware if you want to learn from him what jazz and guitar playing is. There are giants that are much better to lean upon while studying. Just one example: does the ii needs a minor sound and the V a dominant sound? Maybe, sometimes, depends on the context. In bebop very often not. There is a lot of truth in the statement of Joe Pass: "Forget about the ii, it's all the V". He may be exaggerating a bit, but it shows that he understands music thoroughly.
Yep totally agree! If you watch a little more into the video I actually say just that! The video then mixes all the different “sounds” together to get new lines
Here is the link for Patreon (PDF's, Guitar Pro, and more): patreon.com/NathanBortonMusicPatreon?Link& Here are the chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - The Licks 02:00 - explanation of ii-V rules 03:01 - making new lines from Pat's Licks (Core of the video) 07:33 - etude/demonstration
Oh and you have a typo on your patreon blurb- You will also *early access to each video, along with some special content created just for this page! Is 'gain' perhaps missing? :)
Dopey non jazz player comment here but the lick 4 section seems to have such a strong minor triad / Maj 7 interval feel that's it's hard to imagine that being a ii V I in C major. A cool sound but so particular to that vibe, no?
Thanks for your comment! I understand where your coming from as the default thing people teach is Dorian over ii… however as Pat demonstrates in his solo on just friends the ii chord can have other options. This “tonic” minor sound is a great option over ii chords. Theory wise the ii and the v chord are one and the same. If you watch my Wes video it goes more into depth on this but the ii and the v chord are pretty much interchangeable when soloing. Playing the minor/major sound is like playing a G7#11 over both the ii and the V. You could also play this sound and then play an altered sound over the V chord! All these ideas are in pats solo and I’d highly recommend transcribing it! Hopefully this gives you some ideas, thanks! 😊
