3 Simple Ways to Play "Outside" - Jazz Guitar Lesson

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Here are 3 ways you can play outside- the video focuses on Min7 chords but you could apply to any chord type! Going to start uploading quick no-nonsense lessons like this for those of you who (like myself) don't want to sit through a 45 minute lesson video on "the 1 thing these pro guitarists did to become ELITE!" I'll be doing at least a couple more of these- focusing on "outside" stuff specifically. You'll notice that in a lot of the lines I'm playing the same ideas just transposed to different keys, more on that later.. Forgot to mention that some people will harp on the 3rd subs being related to the diminished arpeggio or augmented triad but I just think it sounds cool ;) Let me know in the comments if you have any questions and what kind of stuff you'd want to see next.
If you want check out lesson PDFs, video masterclasses, or book a lesson, feel free to check out my website: www.cecilalexander.com/shop
Thanks for watching!

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  • @MrStanleyMilton
    @MrStanleyMilton4 ай бұрын

    NICE SOUND ETC..BUT CAN'T SEE THE ENTIRE GUITAR NECK...

  • @russelljames1582

    @russelljames1582

    4 ай бұрын

    Dude he posted the notes. Just read the music lmao

  • @Corai12

    @Corai12

    4 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @user-hp1tt1el9d
    @user-hp1tt1el9d4 ай бұрын

    ayo it might just be me, but the fact that he was like “it’s simple, just use the scale a half step above / below; like this” and then proceeded to display years of fluency and experience in the bebop language via a single lick cracked me the hell up! Thank you! 🙏🏽

  • @heatherperleberg7816

    @heatherperleberg7816

    4 ай бұрын

    He rips through those lines like they're nothing. We'll get there one day.

  • @Sleestackx
    @Sleestackx4 ай бұрын

    In less than 5 min everything I’ve been wondering for the last 20 years. I love you.

  • @thefactorycollective
    @thefactorycollective4 ай бұрын

    Those pink upside down sunglasses should be an Icon staple of you. It just shows your not affraid to step out of othe box. Lol. Man, your playing and lessons are soo good. You are very much appreciated. MORE sunglasses antique!

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much and thanks for watching! The sunglasses add a lot to the tone

  • @sulfur4559
    @sulfur45594 ай бұрын

    You've been killin it lately with the content! I hope you continue to talk about outside concepts more in the future.

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for checking it out! Definitely have a lot more to say about outside stuff, more to come

  • @qbass00
    @qbass004 ай бұрын

    These concepts work really well for bass too. Thank you for this lesson.

  • @jamesdaviesguitar
    @jamesdaviesguitar4 ай бұрын

    Nice quick lesson mate! 😊

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks James!

  • @rodcoombes8711

    @rodcoombes8711

    4 ай бұрын

    Great explanation, nice playing.

  • @bumbleshred
    @bumbleshred4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this lesson ! I have learnt a lot thanks to your pdf with jlv, they are a big source of inspiration for me. Can't wait for your next video on outside playing ! 👍👍👍

  • @doobielespaul1677
    @doobielespaul16774 ай бұрын

    This is useful info and examples with transcriptions. I know what I"m practicing today, thanks for the upload Cecil!

  • @scott-cu6pg
    @scott-cu6pg4 ай бұрын

    Master! Great as always!!! Thanks for share!

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for checking it out!

  • @CharlesEBusa
    @CharlesEBusa4 ай бұрын

    Loving those concepts! Thanks for sharing!

  • @searchingandsearching
    @searchingandsearching4 ай бұрын

    Simple but really useful lesson and astonishing demonstrations !! Great work !! Look forward to see more

  • @LucaDAlterioMusic
    @LucaDAlterioMusic4 ай бұрын

    Great quick lesson!!

  • @jorgebermejo3708
    @jorgebermejo37084 ай бұрын

    Thanks, great lesson! It´s amazing that the major 3rd sub works, but somehow it does. It would be great to see your left hand´s digitation in future videos 🙏

  • @naveamitay
    @naveamitay4 ай бұрын

    Amazing content and playing as always

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @semmonemmo
    @semmonemmo4 ай бұрын

    You sound really nice on the classical! Would like to hear more of that

  • @geoffstockton
    @geoffstockton4 ай бұрын

    I love the minor thirds/major thirds idea. I’ve flirted with that as a result of exploring the major and minor triads of the diminished scale and augmented scale but haven’t gone directly at it like this. My favorite approach to outside playing now is that whole intervallic improvisation idea of picking two intervals to alternate strictly between while switching direction at will. Out of that general idea, emerges a bunch of non-harmonic patterns that I’ve grown comfortable with and can string together an unlimited amount of ways. You can do it with any interval pair but I’ve been really focused on whole-step/half-step, so far. It sounds like a floating diminished scale that doesn’t care what the chord is. I’ve worked with whole-step/minor-3rd some and that sounds like a floating pentatonic sound. Looking forward to working with whole-step/perfect 4th, though. Floating suspended.

  • @giovi.0
    @giovi.04 ай бұрын

    Wonderful information and ideas. Thank you so much.

  • @markkindermannart4028
    @markkindermannart40284 ай бұрын

    You’re an amazing player, but I’d rather see your left hand than that doorknob

  • @daveydoodle1916
    @daveydoodle19164 ай бұрын

    Thank you for taking time out of your day to do this.😊

  • @jamesrobinson529
    @jamesrobinson5294 ай бұрын

    Incredibly useful information!

  • @jamesgomez753
    @jamesgomez7534 ай бұрын

    Great lines

  • @evan2217
    @evan22174 ай бұрын

    Super helpful, thanks!!

  • @inmemoryofin
    @inmemoryofin4 ай бұрын

    Killer playing and vibe cheers

  • @keithlamontdavis8047
    @keithlamontdavis80474 ай бұрын

    That was extremely helpful. Thank you.

  • @ulfsvensson9710
    @ulfsvensson97104 ай бұрын

    Lots of information in just a few minutes! Wow!

  • @tomneily9506
    @tomneily95064 ай бұрын

    Love that sound

  • @arialexandermusic
    @arialexandermusic4 ай бұрын

    Best teacher Ever!!!!

  • @fviannaval
    @fviannaval4 ай бұрын

    Thank you, that was really insightful!

  • @griffinvolner7121
    @griffinvolner71214 ай бұрын

    This is good content, short and understandable, ty

  • @lucaseckrich4579
    @lucaseckrich45794 ай бұрын

    Killing lesson!! also, lmao at the video description

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    Haha thanks for checking it out dude

  • @alanblakeguitarist
    @alanblakeguitarist2 ай бұрын

    Cool thanks! 🔥

  • @BrendaBoykin-qz5dj
    @BrendaBoykin-qz5dj4 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Cecil.⭐🌹⭐

  • @francklessagio1756
    @francklessagio17564 ай бұрын

    great lesson thank you i would like to see more examples of playing outside with the use of pentatonics or triad from diminished wh/hw you're a really great guitarist

  • @PedroSilvaMusic
    @PedroSilvaMusic4 ай бұрын

    Nice work 🤟🤠🤟

  • @MotorGoblin
    @MotorGoblin4 ай бұрын

    That's cool man, thanks for a concise lesson!

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for checking it out🤘

  • @randyhetlage9202
    @randyhetlage92024 ай бұрын

    good stuff.thanks.

  • @Dougb612
    @Dougb6124 ай бұрын

    Excellent video=I subscribe, thanks

  • @angelperezmonarrez9892
    @angelperezmonarrez98924 ай бұрын

    Great lesson and I dig your teaching demeanor. You remind me of a friend of mine who’s one of the coolest guys I’ve ever met

  • @tonyflorez703
    @tonyflorez7034 ай бұрын

    Damn Youre right hand 🔥🥵 Thankyou good lesson, im working on it right now!

  • @Alan-zi2rs
    @Alan-zi2rs4 ай бұрын

    Sweet!

  • @maarifawalcott5145
    @maarifawalcott51454 ай бұрын

    I enjoyed listening.

  • @RTFosmark
    @RTFosmark4 ай бұрын

    Cecil speaks: this makes sense Cecil plays: this is f*cking insane

  • @philippgrunert8776
    @philippgrunert87764 ай бұрын

    This is brilliant, will go though all the lines shown to understand how to create lines to outline chords. I never really understood that.

  • @AntwhaleNearfar
    @AntwhaleNearfar4 ай бұрын

    This was great. Straight to it and concise and clear explanations of the concepts being taught. Thank you.

  • @waynehays2558
    @waynehays25584 ай бұрын

    Good stuff. A suggestion though. on a lesson like this it would be much better with a backing track or just a vamp recorded into a looper pedal and played back while improvising. It would just be better to hear the substitutions over the respective minor chords. Anyway, great stuff

  • @GuitarGangsta
    @GuitarGangsta4 ай бұрын

    Cecil, first of all - THANK YOU for this rich knowledge ! Regarding possible lessons - Did you get into those Martino cycles where he had those geometric shapes but were like chord synonyms of each other? - its been about 20 years since I’ve seen that (it was diminished and augmented cycles - something like that )

  • @freddymclain
    @freddymclain4 ай бұрын

    great....i can get some mileage out o' this!

  • @christianlacheze3323
    @christianlacheze33234 ай бұрын

    The first clear and concise explanation I find on this subject. Thanks a lot!

  • @jorgegonzalez403
    @jorgegonzalez4034 ай бұрын

    Awesome stuff!! Can you give me one or two examples of famous recordings where you got these ideas from? 🙏

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    Mccoy Tyner! A lot of his solos on Time for Tyner.

  • @gnvtr20s
    @gnvtr20s4 ай бұрын

    Wish I could see your fretting hand the entire time! Great vid though! Subbed!

  • @joedeadwildin7730
    @joedeadwildin77304 ай бұрын

    Tell us about enclosures and scale permutations in soloing

  • @red-eyedmagister1595
    @red-eyedmagister15954 ай бұрын

    Dude can play

  • @landajimmy
    @landajimmy4 ай бұрын

    Great lesson. Is there a book you can recommend where it demonstrates more lines like the ones you played? I need to improve my vocabulary.

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    I can't say I really got much from any books, just recordings. I think for the harmonic side of things, checking out Trane and Mccoy is a good place for ideas. The vocabulary in the lines is mostly bebop derived though

  • @sixmillionaccountssilenced6721
    @sixmillionaccountssilenced67214 ай бұрын

    How about using major from half-step lower? In case of Dm7 that woud be Db lydian/ioninan/major pentatonic? I remember some guy saying that this is the old trick many famous jazzists used. This concept seems based on mixing major / minor tonalities in the melody. In this case Dm7 can be seen as III in Bb major while Dbmaj7 is bIII from parallel Bb minor. You can also find similar connection between VI Gm7 and bVI Gbmaj7.

  • @pavelzalom9486
    @pavelzalom94864 ай бұрын

    Great lesson! Thanks! In 1:30 there is a fault: you play Bb7, but Bbmin is written. ;)

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    by the time I realized it was already too late 😅

  • @ogbog9927
    @ogbog99274 ай бұрын

    U doing an acoustic guitar album would be awesome.

  • @valentinexyz
    @valentinexyz4 ай бұрын

    Hi there Cecil, hope you're well. Recently discovered your channel, it's excellent and very rewarding. Having played guitar for almost 40 years, could you give me any advice regarding playing lead lines at speed? I'm a relatively proficient player, not spectacular, but I'd like to 'up my game', and knock out some faster lines. I appreciate it's not about speed, but I'm wondering, at my age, have I simply reached a point of no improvement? I play every day, have studied some comping, some Charlie Christian lead lines, some Tiny Grimes, etc. I can hold my head up with jazzing the chords, but I don't seem to be getting quicker with lead lines. I'm happy playing changes, as they say. Is muscle memory holding me back? Any suggestions gratefully received, and apologies for the rambling message. I really appreciate your videos. Peace and love.

  • @dantenapoles5951
    @dantenapoles59514 ай бұрын

    I appreciate the video and tab my brother but the door knob gotta Go! Fix the camera for next video, still big thumbs up and nice licks!

  • @christophercole8877
    @christophercole887718 күн бұрын

    Loved the sunglasses trope… great playing but too fast to follow as a lesson and need to see whole neck. (71-year-old amateur here.) Maybe smaller chunks parsed and slowed…?

  • @Accou25
    @Accou254 ай бұрын

    Cecil, thank you for that short and on point presentation. As for lesson ideas, I'd be glad to see your approach on connecting different related (and no so much related) modes\scales with diminished wh\hw scales. I can see that answer is within this question but I guess you might have some interesting waypoints on this topic.

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching! Cool idea. Just to clarify, do you mean outlining diminished harmony (dimmaj7 chords, 13b9 etc..) or forcing the diminished sound on different harmonies?

  • @Accou25

    @Accou25

    4 ай бұрын

    @@cecilalexander8773 I meant mostly the easier to grasp for me - second option: forcing the diminished sound on different harmonies. So if we got context of one family of diatonic basic chord shapes - maj7, min7, dom7, halfDim7 - and I want to go from outlining one chord\mode to another by connecting them with dim7 lines\patterns. Jumping from one mode to another in one same Scale. Like from Dorian Dm to Dom G7 - in one diatonic family. Or may be even switching scales like from Dorian Dm to some mode of melodic minor. 1st obvious thought is to ground on similar intervals in diatonic h-w or w-h to same intervals of dim7 pattern. My problem in this case is when I try to play it - it goes quite mechanical, doesn't sound natural. I saw Benson (or any other master) does it, going in and out of dim7 in improvisation and it sounds solid. But I don't have example. Again it might be some surface level thing by I'm still not moving forward with this topic. So it bothers me.

  • @astorina
    @astorina4 ай бұрын

    Very interesting , any explanation why moving minor or major third above would sound ok ? For minor third there might be some « relation » with diminished scale (not really sure) but what also about major third stepping ? Thx very much

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    Sure thing! You're right about the minor third sub idea being loosely related to the diminished scale/arpeggio, and I mention in the description that some people justify using the major 3rd thing to the augmented triad, but I don't think that really tells you anything about the way it sounds. I'm not too big on theory as a means of generating ideas, because that way of thinking stopped me from actually playing anything for so many years. Anyways, it just sounds cool! lol

  • @astorina

    @astorina

    4 ай бұрын

    Great response , even more interesting than the video itself ! Have a nice day

  • @share_a_cokewithdre
    @share_a_cokewithdre8 күн бұрын

    3:23

  • @logia6
    @logia64 ай бұрын

    Nice door knob

  • @gen_music
    @gen_music4 ай бұрын

    Same can be applied to static Dominant or Major or Diminished?? Thank you 🙏

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah I thinkyou can use it on all those, but the diminished chord is often functioning as a dominant chord (ex: C#dim7 to Dmin7 is the same A7b9 to Dmin7), so I'd think of the related dominant (and its related subs) while soloing

  • @gen_music

    @gen_music

    4 ай бұрын

    @@cecilalexander8773 thx a million ✌️

  • @gen_music
    @gen_music4 ай бұрын

    On minor thirds II V relations the first one on Fm7 to Bbmin7 is there any reason to keep it as minor the Bb or it’s Bb7 ??

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    it's a typo- should be Bb7

  • @pablotito79
    @pablotito794 ай бұрын

    Dm7 is aeolian? the rest of outside options are aeolian, or can be switched to dorian, minor melodic, etc?

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    I'd say trust your ears (because anything can work) but I think that I'm mostly playing nat. 6 stuff- with the exception of the 1st line- there's a b6 on the dmin7 at the end. I'm usually more into Dorian and Melodic minor than Aeolian

  • @JoJoGMusic
    @JoJoGMusic4 ай бұрын

    That drop D caught me off guard lol

  • @cecilalexander8773

    @cecilalexander8773

    4 ай бұрын

    lol I had been shedding some Lamb of God riffs before this

  • @gaabrieel98
    @gaabrieel984 ай бұрын

    this could be extended to major7 or dominant chords?

  • @GuitarJawn
    @GuitarJawn4 ай бұрын

    I've been faking it for a few years. Just playng all those notes in between the diatonic notes. Now I'm starting to understand without an understanding

  • @jackholladay2001
    @jackholladay20014 ай бұрын

    This is wisdom right here. Secrets. It is difficult to intuit something like this with ear training alone because it requires you to track polytonal harmony in real time. Standard jazz harmony is already difficult enough for most. Tracking two or more keys simultaneously requires breaking out of the formal system that ear training and music theory are taught in. Have fun figuring this out by applying solfege to sets of notes that are almost entirely in another key. I guess they call it playing out for a reason… Also if you need to see exactly what’s being played in order to understand something like this then it’s probably out of your reach…go learn how to play a G major chord…in tune…The point isn’t to copy this guy’s lines note for note. If anything the transcription is more useful for mapping out the relationships of each individual note to the chord it’s harmonizing with anyway. And if you actually understand what this dude is saying you can apply the ideas yourself and make your own lines. Great video. Subscribed for more info about this type of playing.

  • @zoidetrope
    @zoidetrope4 ай бұрын

    Se ve claramente la perilla de la puerta 😂

  • @untold101
    @untold1014 ай бұрын

    Simple?

  • @pascaljeanne8002
    @pascaljeanne80024 ай бұрын

    looks cool but too fast and we dont see your left hand ? ok !

  • @foriegnuniter
    @foriegnuniter4 ай бұрын

    We can’t see your hands mate, turn the camera or scoot back

  • @rickclick8359
    @rickclick83594 ай бұрын

    I played outside once but it started raining.