Jazz music will widen your musical vocabulary and make you a better musician! It will make your ears train to listen and comprehend harmonically complex stuff! It will help a guitarist to re imaging guitar in entirety rather than 1st position /second position!

@jamieholroydguitar

3 жыл бұрын

True

@Angeosantos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir :)

@RoRo-vr6wx

Жыл бұрын

​@@jamieholroydguitarwould this knowledge apply if I don't know theory?

@aa.mirezZ

11 ай бұрын

@@RoRo-vr6wxtheory DEFINITELY HELPS, especially as u get into more complex ideas. Jazz can definitely be a complex genre to get into, and it can be a bit much if u don’t have even maybe just the basics of theory down. Unless you rather just copy what is being played and remember shapes, than u don’t need to worry,but to grow and understand it is really advisable to learn the theory behind it

@director2bob

10 ай бұрын

learning any new genre in music will make you a better guitarist. A jazz cat could learn a thing or two from a rocker or a country picker. Its all groovy.😎

Just switched from being a bass player of 30 years to guitar.. Played rock/metal for years... But I wake up in the middle of the night to learn jazz melodies... I never woke up to play rock.. ...just usually passed out afterwards 😆 cheers from Vegas.!

Jamie this is brilliant, so helpful and accessible for beginners like me! You have a lovely tone from your guitar, too

@jamieholroydguitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Glad you found it useful

Im 15 and just started practicing guitar. I had a guitar since i was 4 but never wanted to try till recently. My dad shows me a thing or two here and there but this is really helpful since i wanted to reach into different areas and genres of playing my guitar.

@jamieholroydguitar

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and good luck!

‘....stylistically coherent....’ Oh yes Jamie - understated class, as always. Excellent tuition too👌🏻

@jamieholroydguitar

4 жыл бұрын

Ha thank you!

jazz is so difficult but so beautiful

Do people gonna ignore The “lick" at the very beginning🙄

@kalviskalnins830

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard it so many times, that when I hear it, itt stands out so so much. Can't miss it

@jamieholroydguitar

3 жыл бұрын

That awkward moment when you realise you played "the lick" without even planning on doing it for a comedic reason...​ 😐

Love this video, thanks very much Jamie!

@jamieholroydguitar

3 жыл бұрын

No worries thank you!

Still working on Tune Up from the free PDF and started Minor Blues in the Chord book. I look forward to adding these tunes to the queue for a future date. Its an inspiration!

@jamieholroydguitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Barry. I'll hopefully have ebooks on these out in due time. But you're best off sticking with Tune Up and the Minor Blues for now!

This is a nice help for a guy like me that play metal and study and practice jazz

@jamieholroydguitar

Жыл бұрын

Good to know!

I am mainly a metal guitarist, and I thoroughly enjoyed this lesson. Always loved jazz guitar.

@jamieholroydguitar

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🤘

Thanks for lesson. I used to play guitar by ear. It was very painful and calloused my ear lobe. Watching this video has taught me to use a plectrum instead and Never! Never! the ear. Thank you.

Just getting into jazz. Sounds pretty fun to play on guitar

Wonderfully done👍👌

@jamieholroydguitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Very nice playing, great tunes, good video, now subbed!

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

😃Wow it sounds great ...thank you so much

@jamieholroydguitar

3 жыл бұрын

No worries!

Amazing video - thanks Jamie!

@jamieholroydguitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@petermoth6576

3 жыл бұрын

Was there a lesson?

Wow that guitar sounds beautiful brother thank you for posting this 👍😁

@jamieholroydguitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. Best sounding guitar I've ever played!

Another encouraging video Jamie. I think I will take on Djangos minor swing today...I do almost no strumming anymore.

@jamieholroydguitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and good luck! I also have a minor swing web article that you might find useful. Just search Jamie Holroyd then Minor Swing.

Nice chops 👏👏👏

@jamieholroydguitar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

3 MUST KNOW Beginner Jazz Standards for me: F Blues (Tootsie) Summertime So What

@jamieholroydguitar

4 жыл бұрын

Good list!

@danhope77

3 жыл бұрын

I find so what difficult because I can t play arpeggios the way I would do on a normal standard. You must know the modes of different scales and understand harmony

Awesome video mate. You’ve got a great teaching style. I’ve played guitar for most of my life so I’ve picked up kinda jazz style playing abilities along the way. However to be able to play with anyone else and not be a solo hog because all I know are ropey “jazz style” solos, I really want and need to learn the fundamentals! Haha! And also as you say, to be able to play some of the songs I love. I’ll be starting with these three after watching this and I’m off for a look at your other videos to start learning right now haha 😄

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jon! Good luck

nice lesson, you sound great!

@jamieholroydguitar

Жыл бұрын

Very kind of you thenks!

I've just bought a Gretsch g5410t limmited edition electromatic in teal blue and im loving so far!

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Very nice!

You are amazing dude

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I didn’t know Buddy Holly was such a superb jazzer.

The mic quality on the guitar sounds really good here. I kept thinking I had speakers on accidentally even though I had headphones in.

@jamieholroydguitar

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

GREAT Stuff Man! 🙌 Nice job.

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you !

@neildavidvandenbergh5422

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamieholroydguitar You bet, well deserved. I'm one of those Blues, and Blues-Rock Dudes, looking to learn some more Jazz, and few people, if any do it better than you, man I'm excited to check that PDF out! Thanks again 🙏

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Very kind of you to say. Most of include myself come from blues and rock. Hopefully the PDF will get you started with jazz!

@neildavidvandenbergh5422

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamieholroydguitar Ah yes, that makes sense considering it's basically the 'building block' of all things Soul Music. Thank you! 🙏 much appreciated

This is great news! Been playing guitar for quite a while but new to jazz. Even that simple example of Autumn leaves you gave is inspiring me to practice. I know a few jazz chords and I'm learning arpeggios, and I've found that even that's enough to get started. It doesn't have to be amazing or complex in the beginning, it can be simple and pleasing right away. Thank you!

@jamieholroydguitar

Жыл бұрын

No problem!

>beginner jazz >proceeds to shred for 9 mins

good job bro

@jamieholroydguitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Teach me your ways master

Here we go about to level up my guitar playing

Some nice suggestions. Starting with Perdido and 'Pent up House' worked great for me because they are almost exclusively made of 2 5 1s and 2 5s. They are such common cadences in jazz, so playing over those progressions repeatedly really helps you build a repertoire of licks that move with those changes and gives you melody fragments that you can apply to new songs. I got the suggestions from Jans Lasen. I would say his video for week 1 and this for week 2. Autumn leaves is great but it moves around a bit more, you don't want to spend energy remembering long chord sequences to start with.

@jamieholroydguitar

9 ай бұрын

Thanks yes that’s a great idea and both the standards you mentioned are great and worth learning

here's the thing, these tunes might be easier to get into--but they aren't "easy tunes". Work over a tune is never done. Tunes like Satin Doll often get the short end of the stick at jams because they are "easy". Same with Autumn Leaves. Show me 1,000 amatuer musicians talking crap about these tunes and I'll show you a true pro using Summertime to dig deep and tell you the meaning of life with his or her solo. Tunes aren't boring, people are. Blue Bossa is a great tune to start learning changes, yes. But it is also a great tune to practice improvisatory composition techniques like thematic development or line contour. That's besides practicing subs, but make those subs tasty--it still has to make sense melodically too :)

@jamieholroydguitar

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more! Listen to Trane play Summertime or So What or Impressions. Keith Jarrett playing Autumn Leaves and so on...

@pickinstone

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamieholroydguitar good lesson. Just a criticism at how these tunes get written off as "easy" when they are, in fact, beautiful compositions worthy of a great solo or two from any level of musician.

@jamieholroydguitar

3 жыл бұрын

I agree and thanks

thanks for this intermediate approach. I often feel like music theory goes here is a triad, now here's everything. it feels like elementary school. okay here's the alphabet ABCD etc then here's a medical dictionary. and they skip over the see spot run over Jane before he falls down the hill with Jack.

Complimenti! iscritto!

what are you playing in the very beginning ? is this a part of the standards you recommend ?

@jamieholroydguitar

3 жыл бұрын

Hi yeah its just a bit of unaccompanied improvisation over Minor Swing

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Wonderful slippery thing by Guthrie Govan is what I started off with first lol

Great stuff as usual Jamie. I love the Yamaha. Do you know how much one would expect to have to pay for an AE1200 today please? Many thanks

@jamieholroydguitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks - they don't come up often, so its hard to say. In terms of GBP I would say between 850 and 1k depending on condition.

@geckobaldy

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamieholroydguitar Thank you. The one I've seen this a fair bit more than that so I'm in a bit of a dilemma!

Beautiful guitar Katie! Thank you for the video. What guitar is this?

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Katie? Yamaha AE 1200

@jesus7357

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamieholroydguitar Typo mistake! Thanks Jamie!

Just what I needed! Is that a gibson 175?

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it’s helpful! Yamaha AE 1200

Thank you. But please take your camera off of auto focus

@jamieholroydguitar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks the problem has since been fixed on new videos!

@jakemf1

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

Great lesson. Wish Autumn Leaves would have been played in Cm.

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. You gotta know It in both keys man!

But as a beginner, how do I learn how to form a chord with a melody?

@jamieholroydguitar

8 ай бұрын

Start by learning drop 2 chords

Jazz standards does Guthrie govan songs counts😂

I'm still struggling with cmin f7 can you help

@jamieholroydguitar

Жыл бұрын

Sure drop me an email

nice charlie christian vibes in the intro ;D.

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Huge compliment! Thanks!

what is the name of the melody in the beginning of this video?

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

It’s just some improvisation over minor swing

Well I've tried 3 times to download your free guide. Each time there is a message saying to watch for an email and click on the confirm link, but no email ever arrives.

@jamieholroydguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for signing up! Please check your spam and if it’s not there send me an email and I’ll send you it directly.

hello i was curious what picks you use? thank you

@jamieholroydguitar

Жыл бұрын

The 2m purple Dunlop picks

@gimpyjwilliams

Жыл бұрын

@@jamieholroydguitar thank you!

Man

Your playing in the beginning of the video will discourage beginners.

Terrible recording quality