This is why you won't get good at jazz

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Adam Smale shares the secret to jazz vocabulary. Learn jazz vocabulary the way jazz was learned in the early days. Learn to automatically phrase your lines in natural ways and sound way better than you thought you could.
The downloadable lesson takes you through examples of different rhythmic phrases and different approaches to work on getting these phrases into your playing. The lesson also includes space to create your own rhythmic phrases.
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This lesson goes deeper than the video and includes:
- Five rhythm phrases to internalize
- Five rhythmic phrases that have notes to applied to them that Adam has created for you to get you started
- Three different methods to work phrases into your solos
- Chord changes to All The Things You Are so that you can write and work out using the phrases in the song so that you are able to improvise in this way
- Blank measures to write your own phrases
- Applying good chord tone timing practices in your lines
- Eight ways to approach chord tones in your lines
- All the chord tones listed for every chord in All The Things You Are
- Links to related videos that will help you understand in more depth how to create jazz lines by way of note choices
If you have trouble with phrasing, rhythms, note choices, and sounding focused in your improvisations, this is the perfect lesson for you.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
1:16 - Rhythm/Phrasing/Articulation
2:03 - Sing with me... C'mon!
2:50 - Back to the lesson...
4:07 - Dizzy, The Master Speaks!
6:12 - About Note Choices
8:06 - What does Barney Kessel have to say?
8:24 - Remember: Jazz is a Language
9:00 - Watch THIS video to learn more about improvising
9:11 - Attitude adjustment, do it with some swagger = Confidence
10:10 - Get the accompanying PDF Lesson to Learn Jazz Vocabulary
10:39 - I think I'll play a little more for you...
11:04 - You Really need to watch this video on Improvising
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@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

✅GET THE FULL PDF LESSON HERE ►︎ jazz-rocks-shop.myshopify.com/products/the-secret-to-jazz-vocabulary-no-bullsh-t Watch this video on *Chord Tones vs Scales* ► ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HrlKiwjvvTc.html

@bluesbandido2259 3 месяца назад

I can't stand this over simplification about rhythm. Dizzy stated that rhythm is the first thing he looks for because if a guy doesn't have rhythm, then he doesn't have anything. Which is logical because you can't play with a guy who is all over the place. But this doesn't mean that this is the KEY to learning to improvise! If so I who have made a living as a working musician. I played bass in high school and have great feel of time. Could play different feels/grooves and different tempos. But all lines were reheared. I had a great memory which was a crutch. I would memorize whole tunes which crippled my improvising development. Improvising has to do with pitch and speaking the language. It is just as stupid to say that learning to speak English depends on how well you know your fractions.(math) Because that is what you are saying. It is a statement of total ignorance made because you misinterpret what one jazz legend has said. On top of that Dizzy is advice is to be taken with a grain of salt. The guy was a natural. And just because he was and is at the top of the hill, should be reason enough to ignore anything he says if you are struggling to learn this art form. You should not be listening to you either, because your misunderstanding leads to bad advice. They should listen to someone who has struggled, like themselves, and found ways to break through. Someone who is also not a natural. My cousins liked golf and told me the worst person to take a lesson from was a pro golfer. The higher ranked the worse a teacher, from most of their ability came NATURALLY! They can't understand your position. "Here do this." My cousin would swing his golf club with all it's imperfections and the pro who say, "No no no" Not like that. "Like this" And my cousin couldn't see himself and had no idea of what he was doing wrong, while the pro couldn't relate to why he was making all those mistakes and had no way to fix them. Sorry dude but that the truth. And being on the average Joe side of things is frustrating enough, but to hear this regurgitated nonsense as advice is nerve wracking to say the least.

@WesleyWattley-xy4fg Месяц назад

Don't be so simplistic just because you're selling lessons😢

@JazzRockswithAdam Месяц назад

@@WesleyWattley-xy4fg not sure what you mean

@WesleyWattley-xy4fg Месяц назад

@JazzRockswithAdam no big deal! Just an empty comment!! 🇬🇧

@unclecheese323 3 месяца назад

I’ve watched hundreds of instructional jazz guitar videos on RU-vid and this may be the best I’ve seen. For decades I’ve been wondering why some players can play something that sounds so jazzy only to find out they’re just using the same pentatonic scale I learned when I was 14. I’ve heard vague references to feel and swing and articulation many times before, but the way this video spells it out in such a literal and clear way with examples and counterexamples just turned so many lights on for me. Instant subscribe. Thank you!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Hey Aaron , thanks for your wonderful comment. I hope to see you around here some more. Feel free to check out some other videos. I have lots to check out. Cheers!

@TheFrankiejay 2 месяца назад

First time here and wow.😮 What a lesson Sir! Your explanations are so clear and straightforward. I hit the subscribe button before you can say hello. Awesome stuff. Thank you. ❤

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

@@TheFrankiejay Thanks Frank! Hope to see you around these parts again.

@saucyjk6453 Месяц назад

Kenny burrell you might have a point but kessell, Montgomery, pass are far from pentatonic lol

@JazzRockswithAdam 17 дней назад

Not sure where you got pentatonic from.

@seattlevegas66 3 месяца назад

I believe I have watched all of your videos at least once. This one is in the top ten for value to me!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks Jef! I worked hard on this one.

@djizzah 2 месяца назад

I practice jazzlicks and riffs in all the positions, come up with a cool riff then learn and practice it every key and position this helped me

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

That’s awesome!

@ronniejoseph8356 2 месяца назад

Thanks man, will check it out

@LloydMajor 3 месяца назад

Awesome and, thank you for the class!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks for checking it out, Lloyd.

@LloydMajor 3 месяца назад

Sure thing and, keep them coming!@@JazzRockswithAdam

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@LloydMajor working on one right now. 😉

@alanmead755 3 месяца назад

Great video, i agree that it wasn't until I let go of scales and modes and learnt from 'the source' that i started playing jazz.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

There ya go!! Thanks for watching!

@spivvo 3 месяца назад

Lesson one: Turn your tone pot all the way off and then throw a big duvet over your amp…… and fill the speaker with feathers.😊

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Uh!

@d.l.loonabide9981 3 месяца назад

Yeah, do jazz guys really want to sound like that? It's kind of the antithesis of the colorful sounds the horn players use.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@d.l.loonabide9981 I like it. That’s my sound. More or less.

@ukestudio3002 3 месяца назад

Lol..good description. My guess is newer electrics trying to imitate the "woody" sound of the archtop jazz boxes. But a little goes a long way. Cheers ! 🎶

@julianprzybysawski8543 3 месяца назад

If the audeince can actually discern the notes in your chords it's not jazz! We need that warm, through-4-apartment-walls tone to really swing

@pickinstone 3 месяца назад

I thought you were gonna talk about some gimmick on this video, but you proved me wrong! I've been yammering all around RU-vid land about the importance of rhythm. If jazz ed put equal emphasis on rhythm as they did harmony and scales--we'd have better musicians coming out of university. I love how you specified rhythm as it relates to the measure. So many folks turn up their nose to rhythm and say, "I don't want to play that SIMPLE stuff." There's a misconception that playing rhythmically means playing one note with different rhythms or leaving a bunch of space. That's part of it, but playing rhythmically also means playing eighth note lines and double time lines and knowing where to place the accents and anticipations--just like you said! Playing rhythmically means that you develop spatial awareness of the time--you know what the DOWNBEAT and all other parts of measure sound like by ear, just like you would practice hearing notes in relation to chords or a certain harmony/ key center. Where you are in the measure helps you decide what notes to play in the measure--jazz exists in a groove. Last thought from my comment essay ;) Explore the West African connection to jazz. Many of us downplay the African connection, but that's what makes the music groove like nothing else. Check out CK Ladzekpo on RU-vid--he teaches West African Drumming at Cal Arts. He talks about the other triplets--quarter note and half note. You don't learn polyrhythm just to play isolated polyrhythms as some sort of party trick. You internalized the quarter note triplet and half not triplet to feel that pulse as you play regular eighth notes and 16th notes, all that. Mike Longo (Dizzy Gillespie's last pianist) talks about it in his "Rhythmic Nature of Jazz." Helps you feel where you are in the pocket and where to place accents as well. Above all, LISTEN. Thanks, Jazz Rock!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks so much for your well thought out comment. I couldn’t agree more with you. I don’t know about the guy that teaches at Cal Arts, but I do know about Mike Longo. (Dizzy connection) And yes jazz rocks!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

My video would have been an hour long if I got that far into the weeds. 😉

@speedspeed121 3 месяца назад

You got it, brother!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@speedspeed121 👍

@thadiusventricle6752 3 месяца назад

You said it!!!!! I read an article by Branford in 1986 where he said this. When a master gets into the Zone, the number of notes typically decreases. The subtlety of rhythms (particularly placement or RESTS, call and response, cross rhythms, hemiolas,) typically drastically increases. Drums on the strings

@bobparsonsartist564 3 месяца назад

Love at first sight!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching!

@dswingle8695 2 месяца назад

Fun video, man. Helped me think outside the box. Subscribed.

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

Awesome. I’m glad I could help in that way.

@bronzewand 2 месяца назад

Very good stuff Adam.. you're right on the money! ❤

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

Thanks again, JP!

@davidconnellchicago 2 месяца назад

Good stuff here. 100% correct and explained well.

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

Thanks David!

@roberthoury4034 3 месяца назад

Thank you!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Absolutely! Thanks for watching.

@unforgettablejazzfusion5546 3 месяца назад

Great video!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks. And thanks for watching.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

I find it amusing that this video is really bringing out the haters. I must be on to something! I’m definitely headed in the right direction. 😉

@randykalish7558 3 месяца назад

I hate that life's not long enough to learn how to melt my own face when I'm melting those around. Feels like a funeral when I set my guitar down. Recommending this video to a student.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@randykalish7558 Thanks Randy!

@zenlandzipline 3 месяца назад

I only saw 2 negative comments out of 134. I would say that’s a pretty good ratio.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@zenlandzipline I have deleted all the really nasty ones.

@randykalish7558 3 месяца назад

In the process of time, Music showed me that there are musicians that are enemies of Music, who subject Her servants to disrespect in greedy maintenance of pride and status, while Her chosen ones serve in the celebration of life 🙏

@ronniejoseph8356 2 месяца назад

I like your teaching and the way you demonstrate your lessons. Do you have any lessons on augmented, chords, and how they apply to plying, and how it can be used.

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

Hey thanks! There is a lot of different uses for aug chords. I haven’t really done a video on aug triads, but I did do a video on 7#5, which is an aug triad with the added b7. Why Does THIS Chord Cause Such a Divide with Musicians? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ywr65kv4L7o.html

@user-vc1vt5ot1e 3 месяца назад

This is an excellent effort for every guitar player even attempting to enter the world of jazz. (I'm not a jazz player but would like to be). In my limited experience, jazz guitarists tend to be especially difficult to approach UNLESS you really know their language. The only way to get to know that language is like everything else: experience. Theory and scales are an important part of the language. And, no one would argue that almost every musical endeavor starts with a hunger for an end-product. Improv is an extention of what comes before. Fluidity is difficult if I'm stuck in the rigid boundaries of scales.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Excellent comment! I’m not against scales. I wrote a book on scales. But the jazz language is what I’m going for here. I hope I’m not difficult to approach. Scales can be a good approach for other styles, but not true jazz. Thanks for checking out the video.

@user-vc1vt5ot1e 3 месяца назад

@@JazzRockswithAdam "I hope I’m not difficult to approach." Nah. If that were the case you wouldn't be posting your knowledge on RU-vid. I'm talking about arrogance among players who consider themselves 'elite' who have all but forgotten their roots. Ain't you.😊

@JazzRockswithAdam 17 дней назад

Thanks! I don’t know how I missed this. I find there’s a lot of not-so-good information out there and I want to do the opposite.

@innerstream 3 месяца назад

Thank you! Thanks also for your clinic when you were in the Soo a while back 😊🎸

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Hey, thanks! I guess at Long & McQuade?

@innerstream 3 месяца назад

yep! hope you come back!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@innerstream Might not be for awhile. My parents don’t live there anymore. We had to move them to Barrie. But you never know.

@sayithigher 3 месяца назад

I lost all hope until I discovered Victor Wooten. You seem to be on the same vibe. Thanks ! 😊

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

If you play a strong rhythm, and with conviction, you can nearly play any note choices. Just be careful what your last note is. Make that a good one. 😉

@G_Demolished 3 месяца назад

@@JazzRockswithAdamThat was Eddie Van Halen’s philosophy too. He called it falling down the stairs but landing on your feet.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@G_Demolished Well, Eddie was an influence on me too. I grew up in the ’80s. Ed’s dad WAS a jazz musician!

@stephenferrera-grand7827 3 месяца назад

Great concepts here.T he David Baker books explain chord tones on the down beat, rhythm, bebop scales ( that help place chord tones on the down beat), embellishments, passing notes, etc. But, I agree there is a language here with many dialects. Bebop, modal, soul Jazz, jazz blues, fusion, etc. The holy triad is Rhythm, your ear ( hearing options), and feel ( or being able to be expressive). Practicing scales, arpeggios, and rhythm are necessary. But playing through a song by feel is where you need to be. You may need to dissect the cord changes at first. But eventually you want to be able to play through the changes while connecting phasing . This video does a great job of laying out most of what you'll need to be able to acquire the language. Great job. 👍🏼

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks for your awesome, well thought out comment. I wouldn’t disagree with anything you said. Cheers, Stephen!

@4am_no_sleep 3 месяца назад

Pure facts

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks for checking it out!

@RyanTucker-yp8cb 3 месяца назад

What model and make of guitar are you using ? That is such a beautiful instrument !!!!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks! It’s my design and then had someone build it for me about 21 years ago

@MrKillkenny36 3 месяца назад

thank you man!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Hope liked it. The PDF is coming soon when the video gets released.

@aminahmed2220 2 месяца назад

What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

Hey, you too. Thanks for watching!

@longtalljay 3 месяца назад

Hi Adam, I love your playing. Can I ask which thumbpick you use and if you bevel/shape it to allow you alternate so smoothly with your index finger?

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Yes, I file them to reshape and sand them down smooth. For one thing they’re usually waaaay too long. My favorite ones are Large, Dunlop Calico thumbpicks. They’re hard to find, but I buy them off of Amazon. I made a video about my thumbpicks here: Thumb pick: Everything changed for me when THIS happened! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wcux4fmPptU.html

@lennymolotov9144 2 месяца назад

cool to see a jazz player using a thumpick. could you tell us what brand you use?

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

My favorite is a L Dunlop Calico. They’re a little hard to find but I buy them on Amazon and reshape them. Here’s a video I did about thumbpicks: Thumb pick: Everything changed for me when THIS happened! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wcux4fmPptU.html Thanks for watching!

@egnater1959 3 месяца назад

when it comes to teaching jazz rhythm, i haven't found anything better on youtube yet. but even the best can get better. your demonstration at 1:30 would have been the best bit if you hadn't spoken over it. and that rhythmic phrase at 2:04 would have been much more helpful if you had repeated it several times. last but not least: i've purchased your pdf file and was a bit disappointed that there was no accompaning mp3 file. as far as i'm concerned, jazz rhythm can only be learned by listening.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks. The voiceover part wasn’t meant to be copied necessarily. Just a demonstration. You can always rewind it and listen to it as many times as you want. I agree about listening to learn. This lesson is meant to get you started in that vein, then you can start pulling rhythmic phrases from your favorite recordings and work those into your playing using the PDF lesson as a guide. Thanks for your comment and for watching!

@JimmyGallowayGuitar 3 месяца назад

I see a thumbpick. I subscribe. Great video man. It's all about phrasing.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks Jimmy! Not too many of us thumbpickers around.

@TimSpacek 2 месяца назад

Hot damn, love the thumb pick. I’m wearing out my index fingernail!

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

@@TimSpacek Ha! Thanks for watching.

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

@@TimSpacek Thumb pick: Everything changed for me when THIS happened! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wcux4fmPptU.html

@MethenySco 2 месяца назад

Jazz greats may not have played scales in their improving, but they certainly organized their thinking around scales and modes. Arpeggios are derived from scales. You can’t do calculus unless you know algebra first..

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

Not true. Not until later. Late ‘50s into the the ‘60s with modal jazz and onward. I’m talking about the pioneers. When jazz musicians started going to universities to study music, that’s when scales began being a focus. Or at least a blend. But before that, the language was passed down orally and aurally. See, that’s almost a jazz outsider type of thinking. Learn n this approach first, then apply scale ideas later. Did you watch the video?

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

Practicing scales won’t make you good at playing jazz.

@lolobuggah2670 3 месяца назад

That's the darkest jazz guitar tone ever used!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

I doubt it. But thanks.

@jandiara.musica 2 месяца назад

great

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

Jandiara, thanks for checking it out!

@guitarmodescomaur.port.5181 3 месяца назад

I believe a beginner student should be taught how to play all scales, modes, chords, inversions and arpeggios. That is the foundational guide for all terminology, theory concepts, notation, tab and application.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

I don’t argue with you. But that’s not how to play jazz which this lesson is about.

@bluesbandido2259 3 месяца назад

Meanwhile by the time they do all that-years will have gone by and not a single phrase will sound like music. Nothing but road blocks. The only people who recommend what you do are those that had amazing natural talent and developed the language without even trying. You could of ate cornbread and rode ten mikes on your bike, things that had nothing to do with it, and been playing amazing lines regardless. Your scales are no different. If you are an average Joe, learn phrases from your favourite players. Ten phrases you learn to play over numerous changes to different songs, at multiple tempos, with serve you better than running scales.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@bluesbandido2259 Yes!!!!

@RobertYourell 3 месяца назад

I seem to get the best progress by doing a rotation, much like rotating through different types of physical workouts. Technical practice and theory is one of the rotations. Side effect is that it enhances my interest because the challenges change with the rotation and I know I won't have to be buried in theory and the technical until some future perfectionistic end point.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@RobertYourell That’s a great attitude to have. I dig it!

@tomcripps7229 3 месяца назад

Jimmy Bruno has a YT on how to improvise simply using the major scale on a 251, without all those "outside notes" and all that BS.😅 That kind of reaffirmed what I felt and suspected. It also took a lot of the stress out from trying to use different scales properly.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

But Jimmy uses those notes too. Trust me. But he showed you a simpler way in. And that’s great. If you’re comfortable with that, now it’s time to add chromatic notes, approach notes, enclosures, and above all, RHYTHM!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

…And that’s not playing “outside” by the way. That’s still considered very inside.

@tomcripps7229 3 месяца назад

@@JazzRockswithAdam it's his sarcasm at work. I'm familiar with his work and I play all of the above and still learning. And there are also times when the simplest phrasing is all that part needs. It was more about placement of the notes and the rhythm aspect of it. Learn the outside notes later.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@tomcripps7229 100%!!

@m.vonhollen6673 3 месяца назад

I was enjoying listening to your presentation while driving, and then all of a sudden I heard a voice say that playing well doesn’t have anything to do with the CAGED system. Then I realized it was one of those dumb ads!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Ha! Yeah, RU-vid has a sneaky way of squeezing an ad in there. Thanks for “listening.”

@victoza9232 3 месяца назад

Adam, do you have any videos on outside playing?

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Let me think on that… I’m not really an outside player. But one piece of advice I can give you is if your rhythm, time is strong, you can play anything you want as long as you end on a strong note (chord tone) to resolve everything the listener just heard. And you should learn how to play inside really well first! If I do have a video I’ll post it here for you. Thanks for watching!

@victoza9232 3 месяца назад

@@JazzRockswithAdam Thanks, Adam. I appreciate the response. I've been playing a long time (piano) and have always been a tonal player, but I always hear a lot of of players (ex. Mike Stern, Chris Potter, David Kikoski, Taylor Eigsti George Whitty, etc. ) playing McCoy Tyner-influenced lines, weaving in and out of the harmony. Of course, there's learning from transcribing, but I'm always on the lookout to find a structured way of learning this style. I'm familiar with sideslipping (or sidestepping) and quartal votings, and the basic principles, but those players I listed (and many others) sound like they all attended the same "School of Outside Playing," where they garnered, ironically, "inside information." 😄

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@victoza9232 All true! Dave Kikoski is a beast!

@plectrumsoul 3 месяца назад

Love your tone, what do you use amp etc ? Thank you for your insights ❤

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the comment, Chris. I use different amps for live: Peavey Classic 30 which is highly underrated, and a Port City Pearl 50w head and cab. But for videos it’s a tiny 10w Tech 21 Trademark 10.

@GuitarReader 2 месяца назад

See @jazzrockswithadam some people admire your tone! I do not find this tone attractive, but I’m glad that other people do! ❤

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

Thanks @@GuitarReader

@guitarmodescomaur.port.5181 3 месяца назад

I would say if you know how to play all scales you would have the opportunity to place chromatic notes anywhere with the scale to be creative. Ive always had the opinion that every chromatic note that is placed in a scale becomes another formal note within that scale...rather than calling it a passing tone. It is also important to be able to draw any mode from any scale and place it in a piece to be creative.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Of course you can use chromatic notes, but there’s a right way to do that. It’s not random. You don’t need to know modes at all to play jazz/bebop. Other styles of music modes work great when you’re in on chord or key center long enough. Thanks for leaving a comment.

@guitarmodescomaur.port.5181 3 месяца назад

@@JazzRockswithAdam Thanks for the reply.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@guitarmodescomaur.port.5181 Of course!

@guitarmodescomaur.port.5181 3 месяца назад

@@JazzRockswithAdam That is the exact problem...the right way, is stating that its a rule...music theory is only guide. What is the rule for using chromatics in all scales like harmonic minor,, melodic minor, If there are rules then chromatics must have their foundation based on scales. Eg. off the 1st, off the 6th, off the 3rd. Why not off every note of every scale. Scales, modes and chords are a guide to improvising, chromatics fill the slots. Eg. Chord...6th 5th 1st 4th notes of C Harmonic minor... Guide... use 6th mode of harmonic minor to improvise over that chord. Using a parallel approach to all modes and their chords creates a foundation for all improvisation.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@guitarmodescomaur.port.5181 You know theory. Great. But that’s not jazz. And there’s more than one way to be correct. Final judge. Does it sound good? Does it sound like jazz?

@crucifixgym 3 месяца назад

Same applies to Metal.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Yeah, I can see some similarities there. Metal has its own language too.

@speedspeed121 3 месяца назад

It's funny that a rock guy is literally the only non-pro jazz guy who ever talks about rhythm and articulation in detail. Good job!

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks for your comment. Quick question. Curious. Which rock guy are you referring to?

@speedspeed121 3 месяца назад

@@JazzRockswithAdam Well, your name says rock. You are not a rock guy? Excuse me if I'm wrong, I just watched one video

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@speedspeed121 The channel’s name is Jazz Rocks with Adam. I’m certainly no rock player.

@speedspeed121 3 месяца назад

@@JazzRockswithAdam Well, as I said, you are one of the few who understands the "feel"

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@speedspeed121 Thanks!

@j.garnergtr 3 месяца назад

This is one of the secrets. You're giving away the keys to the kingdom dude. Lol.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

You’re welcome. I’m here to teach. Not dick around. 😁

@ili626 3 месяца назад

Not a “secret”. An “open secret” at best.. since the beginnings of jazz. The players and recordings have been giving the “keys to the kingdom” away for a long time.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@ili626 It seems to be a secret on YT. No one seems to talk about it. Everyone talks about modes, etc. if you know this already, then clearly you are in the minority!

@j.garnergtr 3 месяца назад

@@ili626 I was half joking. But, nah, actually, back in the day, they would hide their hands, turn away, all kinds of stuff. Diz is sharing, but he's only telling half. I know the attitude changed in the 70s and 80s, but it's still around.

@j.garnergtr 3 месяца назад

Yup, exactly! it's all about the phrasing. You can almost play anything if your phrasing is solid. @@JazzRockswithAdam

@davidstewart4825 3 месяца назад

EFFORTLESS PICKING ...is it because you use a thumb pick..you recommend them?

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Thanks, David! It took me a little while to get used to it. If you’ve never used a thumbpick it will feel awkward. The bonus is you free up an extra finger to play chords, etc.

@guitarmodescomaur.port.5181 3 месяца назад

There is very little information relating to teaching rhythm and time signature outside of formal studies. If a beginner student does not learn music notation, where do they obtain the knowledge to play 7/8, 5/4 time signature. There needs to be a standard method to teach/learn time signature without the need to learn notation.

@d.l.loonabide9981 3 месяца назад

Everything happens before it's written down. Feel the rhythm in your body. To play 7/8 first get accustomed to playing an eighth note feel in 4/4. Now skip over the last eighth note,( the "and" of four) straight to the down beat of the next bar..

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Counting beats in a measure relates to time signatures. Rhythm, syncopation, and articulations can be learned by imitating. That’s how us jazz musicians learn from who came before. By copying and internalizing it. Thanks for checking out the video.

@guitarmodescomaur.port.5181 3 месяца назад

@@d.l.loonabide9981 Though if there is emphasis on beats 3 5 & in the first bar of 7/8 and emphasis on 2 4 7 & in the next bar, then empasis on 1 6 & in the 3rd bar.... How does a beginner student know how to maintain 7/8. Ive heard drummers say, just count 4 and 3 ...that is just not going to work while playing odd emphasis while trying to maintain 4 and 3.

@Sensei.shonuff 2 месяца назад

What came first jazz or blues And has anyone ever attempted to mix the two

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

All the greats have blues in their jazz!

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

Blues definitely came first.

@hatecrewsix2 3 месяца назад

I always thought that the main error its to think in monodic. It's better to think in Harmony that allow you to expand your creativity. Only scales are a bit annoying, and encouraging people to do isn't good.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Yes, thinking chords/harmony is much better. Jazz can have many chords and key centers whipping by. By nailing important notes on important spots is essential for weaving a line through chord changes. That’s exactly why I’m not big on scales for jazz either.

@hatecrewsix2 3 месяца назад

@@JazzRockswithAdam to be honest it depends your background, i used to play piano and still play classical guitar. Later i started to play rock and roll and playing metal . But sometimes simple things are only in 2 chords doing 1000 notes per second its meaningless. Just testosterone. Knowing ladies love 2 or 3 chords hahahaha. Just routing whqt you going to do next depend in your harmony knowledge. I hamy theories concerning how people associate music ideas, it's about approach. The talent is not everything. Been a a bit methodic it's a way of inspiration. In term of creation it remains a mystery.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@hatecrewsix2 Well, Charlie Parker said, “Practice, practice, practice. Then when you get on the bandstand, forget all of that and just wail.” I’m paraphrasing. But jazz should be very reactionary to the moment that you have to let you ears and instincts take over.

@armando534 2 месяца назад

👍

@JazzRockswithAdam 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching, Armando!

@user-or3yj3zc3r 3 месяца назад

I think the art of jazz is being able to dig yourself out of any hole you have dug while improvising. The rest is cream cheese. 😂

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

That’s partly true.

@clintjones9848 3 месяца назад

That's incorrect sir. The greats did use scales in their playing and so would think that way. It's just scales isn't the only part of their understanding. It's other theoretical devices plus vocabulary and the instinctual aural understanding and experience that they built up.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

Devices, and instinct and experience, yes. But they didn’t really think in scales. Not until the ‘60s and ‘70s. I’m not saying they didn’t know about them. But the jazz language didn’t start with them.

@clintjones9848 3 месяца назад

No, jazz language doesn't only come from scales. So if someone is going about it that way, or being taught that way, that's a pretty poor and ineffective approach. You need the musical understanding plus other devices besides scales. However, scales are involved, and the greats did think about them. Scale pedagogy emerging in the 60s and 70s doesn't mean noone thought of scales before that. If you listen to Charlie Parker, or read through his omnibook, he uses scales and associates them with chords in every song. I even found instances where the only thing he played on certain chords was to run a scale straight, without any contour or different notes, proof some of his thought involved scales.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@clintjones9848 The scope of this video was not to cover EVERYTHING. It would be a 4-5 hour epic. You must think I’m completely uneducated. 🤣

@clintjones9848 3 месяца назад

No, I'm sure you know your stuff. I'm just disagreeing with your premise that you said at the beginning of the video that the greats didn't think in terms of scales. This is a really common misconception that people spout these days.

@JazzRockswithAdam 3 месяца назад

@@clintjones9848 I’m not against scales completely. But THE biggest lie going out there is “practice your scales and you’ll get good at jazz.” I’m sure you’d agree there’s more to it than that.