I'm filling in for Paul Gibby today. I think these are great lessons, so I want to contribute. Personally, I like the longer videos because I feel like I learn more, but if you want to skip to the licks, here are the placemarkers. 4:31 Typical bebop lick over 2-5-1 in G 8:05 Second bebop phrase 10:54 Phrase that uses the tritone sub 12:19 Tritone sub lick descending starting on the root 14:02 Pasquale Grasso lick 22:28 "Upbar" Amin lick with Clifford Brown quote at the end 25:47 Gypsy jazz lick using Fmin on G7 27:48 Gypsy jazz lick with Django ending 29:25 Next video (maybe) preview

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Marcus!

Great lesson. It's true that even horn players can benefit from lessons like these. Thanks

I truly love your down to earth way of teaching jazz. Emphasizing “sounds” over theory and storing phrases rather than storing scales.

Enjoying your videos man, great stuff!

I know a lot of people might think that there are 8 licks in this video, but I think that is a little shortsighted. You can mix up these ideas and create an almost infinite amount of new phrases. You can take that first lick which encloses the m7 and then descends a half-whole to the 7 of the dominant chord, and then you can extend the tension to include the tritone idea in lick 3, and then resolve it using the idea from lick 2 which lands on the 7 of the major chord. I personally can't help but think in terms of the theory, but I don't think you have to. You can just break up the licks into ideas you like. This is exactly how I learned Japanese when I moved to Tokyo 12 years ago. I started taking phrases like "I like" (が好きです) and plugging it in to other phrases like "coffee in the morning" to make "I like coffee in the morning" (僕は朝のコーヒーが好きです。) For the people who are comparing music to language, please trust me when I say that Christiaan is absolutely right about his approach to music study. I have dedicated my life to understanding language acquisition. I have a graduate degree in linguistics, several published academic papers in language acquisition, and teach language in several universities in Tokyo. My experience with language acquisition, both personally and vicariously through my students, is that it is beneficial to learn language in phrasal clusters. The more you do this, the faster you learn, and your language takes on a natural flow. Learning grammar is fine, but you should remember that grammar is descriptive, not prescriptive. Often the grammar that is taught in textbooks is not even the grammar which people use. I often hear people who first come to Japan using strange, almost comical, Japanese that they learned in a textbook. If you want to learn Japanese, you have to talk with Japanese people and pick up nuanced phrases and intonation. If you want to learn jazz, you have to listen to the masters, and start using some of the phrases. Of course, you can just be a renegade and play random ideas, but it will probably sound that way.

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks Marcus for this contribution. Indeed, I like to mix up the phrases myself too. I call it "mix and match" (I think I say that somewhere in this video as well)!

great stuff, top notch, nothing better than a tell it like it is honest Dutchmen! Thank you!

ENjoying these much !

Awesome! Thank you Christiaan!

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

You're Welcome Danilo!

Fantastic video. Thanks Christiaan :) I'm looking to build repertoire so your channel is perfect. Please keep up the good work.

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks James, I will!

Thanks so much for sharing !! Beautiful playing man! God bless 🎸🎷🎵🎶😎🎄5 stars*******

Great phrases, thanks for sharing!

Great stuff! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Christiaan, you wouldn't remember me, but we met at the 2016 DIJ when I sat in on one of your classes. I had tried many teachers during those 4 days but you stood out to me as one of the best. You came with materials and a prepared and organized presentation in addition to a having welcoming attitude. Thank you for that. While I've come late to these online lessons, I have immediately come to appreciate them. They are direct to the point, easily digested, and generally put aside the notion that one needs to "know the theory" in order to play. Just to be clear, I love theory and know it reasonably well. But that never made me a good player (something I struggle with to this day). Only practicing small bites of things, as you present in your lessons, until they become second nature works for me to improve my playing. Thank you for these great mini lessons. I expect to be checking in regularly.

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

HI Carl, thanks so much. It is great to hear that you enjoyed my workshop(s) at DIJ and that you now enjoy the videos. I really appreciate your input!

always great information, thanks for your help!

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alan!

Great Lines

Great content and quality. Thank you man!

@ChristiaanvanHemert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vadim!

Thanks!

Love all your video man thanks✌

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Will!

Very good. I love the end when you say forget about the Dorian Modes...lol

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Sprankle Haha, bait for the haters, though I doubt they'll make it that far in the video!

Great stuff i love it!! 😉😁

I love you, man.

@zaqintosh

3 жыл бұрын

I do too

i think this format will serve many with precise practicality ( i mean tabs and chords and all playing) and a concrete vocabulary...yet i think giving the chords, i mean the exact ones you played for the back tracks would be important equally (or simply pictures of them or you know the exact voices all together)... super efficient approach in video teaching, so thanks and cheers

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will keep it in mind!

At 5:30, I think Christiaan might be answering my question from a previous video. I think what Christiaan is saying, if I understand him correctly, is analyzing the line is useful if it helps you categorize and store the phrase in your memory, ears, and fingers... but not if it continues to the point of minutia, and the analysis itself (rather than the sound) becomes the focal point. I think a lot of jazz musicians get locked up in this analysis paralysis stage, and so I appreciate Christiaan's advice to keep the focus on the phrase and how it sounds. Thanks for making these videos.

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

+Marcus Cornelius Aurelius Yes, you got me 100% accurately and I was indeed answering your question!

@marcuscorneliusaurelius6534

6 жыл бұрын

I am working on the first lick. Playing it slow a few times, and then speeding it up a little. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lI11triTqK7cZNo.html

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

+Marcus Cornelius Aurelius Nice work Marcus. Nice that you made made your own rhythmic variations. Make more of those and be free with the phrases!

Thanks for the great sounding examples. Perhaps you could explain the Jazz minor altered scale in a new lesson. I have heard it explained ass playing a harmonic minor scale up 1 semi tone from the root of the 5 chord. So that every note is altered except the root ,+3 and b7

Today I have noticed something. I wondered wht u think about it. I have been trying to read music for a while , playing along metronome and sometimes trying to be faster in some melodies. I realised the important thing is to listen that melodies not reading the notes and trying faster by metronome. I believe now "listening and playing" is the way of improvement. Another lucky thing was a music teacher who I met causually in a regular street talk said " the important thing is to be honest with music , play wht u really like , yes music has mathematics but it is only that , music is not mathematics ( I had some kind of mathematical approach in my mind ). "Be honest " strange but it worked for me. today I played guitar a bit different from everyday.

Very enjoyable. Lots of common sense and good balance of practical and theory. I am a humble fiddle player. Are the examples on your Patreon site?

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark, which examples are you referrring to?

is there someone who teaches piano like this? Im mostly a pianist but dig this dude's straightforward approach.

@CrazyYeehah

6 жыл бұрын

Kent Hewitt has an excellent channel

Hello Chris, love your videos I'm a bass player and learned a lot. Thanks, I watched your video on scale method of practicing and went back to find it but it's been removed?

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I somehow set it to private, but it's back!

Hi Christiaan. How can I get the pdf's for this, and print without using yet another programme?Thanks.

Would these lines work over a 2 5 1 in E minor

I like this approach and it seems like how one would learn without any influence from outside instruction. However i noticed there are still shapes that one would visualize, triads, arpeggios, etc. Is that the extent of the theory or are there any other mechanics, systems involved?

@ChristiaanvanHemert

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe this video will answer your question: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c36AsaiHYZWoeNo.html

What software do you use for getting those easy to read charts?

this lick I gave is a patern that is actually semi polyphonic, because the highest string has the octatonic scale going down, by two tone but each second tone is eihter the 1 3 or 5(8) of the triad is follwed by a different Triad...so each 4 tones either the 7, b9 #11 or 13 is prominent either on the Tritone or on The Dominant of course it is on the artist to decide where to start...of course I would start with inside...but original it is starting with the Tritone 7 I 5 31 ...."I" means the barline or count 1 or 2 etc. This is a modern patern more in the Line of John Coltrane and players like Eef Albers made great improvement on those Inventor of this new style, but I am certain because of the melodic aspect that it sounds great in Gypsie music too and Nice HIp!!!! maybe some time to rethink everythink and try to connect woth later tiimes in Histrory too, still I have lots to learn from those Gypsie Roots!!! that's is for shure...mainly groove, riffs sound etc...I have a lot to still to learn if I listen to you Christiaan, One friend I played was, was Alfredo Demeter, from Tsechia he is full Gypsie and tremendouis talented once he want me to play donna Lee for him two years later he came up with his own version, more virtuose but totally other riffs and chors he said yeah | I Forgot about the original so he came uowith his own Dionna lee How cool was that!!!!!this guy was so tremendous virtuose...I am still shaking and trembling when I think of that Fire!!! for him literally you didn't need to make Pr literally aafter one hour of playing in cafe the hole Bar is Full House!!!!Filled where do they come from?? They come by the Gypsie Duende!!!!

Nice series Christiaan - but as a fiddle player I'm hoping you're going to do a similarly exhaustive series for violin! Thanks a lot.

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cha! I have to put the violin videos on hold for a while. I'm really trying to build up my channel with regards to subscribers and views and both slow way down after I publish a violin video. There's just much less violin players searching for videos than guitar players. When I hit the 10.000 subs mark I'll try violin videos again!

@gregthompson165

6 жыл бұрын

It's a shame that their are not more violin players looking for resources like the ones you provide. I play guitar and violin and found out about your channel looking for new violin practice material. There are very few resources for jazz violinist on youtube and I find your videos to be the practical and useful ones around. I look forward to more violin lessons in the future!

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

+Greg Thompson @Greg I will start making them eventually. There's lots of other stuff I want to do videos on as well: composing, arranging, theory (just for theory' s sake, not for playing), etc...

I think modes limit playing to a 4 fret box which limits perspective and creativity. Each mode is associated with a specific position on the fretboard for the chord.

alsio played with triplets and sweeping is even more flashing!

Beautiful guitar. Sounds really pure. What make is it?

@ChristiaanvanHemert

5 жыл бұрын

Peerless Monarch!

Very interesting and motivating; thanks a lot, Christiaan! At the start, you say you are going to make two videos, the second one about other shape “higher on the neck”, with some distinctive features. Does it already exist? or... are you going to make it? I think it would be very useful too. Thank you!

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Shortly after this video I went on tour for a month and I kind of forgot that I promised to make a follow up. I'll put it back on the list!

@bartoloflauta

6 жыл бұрын

Great, I'll be attentive. You're very kind, Christiaan. Thank you so much!

@bartoloflauta

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah! I have just seen you made the video a couple of weeks ago: "Super Easy Jazz Guitar Shape...". Thanks a lot again, Christiaan

I sometimes think there're reference notes in your improvisation within the current harmony and it doesnt matter which notes you play in between )) Agree?

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

That could work yes, but if you want to know what my basis for improv is check out my video called "gypsy jazz loops"!

Your 6 5 31(on the Tritone-Dominat) I know one real nasty Lick that goes like: 7 I 5 3 1 (C=Tritone) b9 I 5 3 -(F--#7Dominant--)#11 i 3 1 5(C) 7i531(now the hole idea is siwtched (to the regular Dominant F#7)so we're half way...this patern sounds great played in fast 16th''s through it in only on special situations like Caravan (when ther is enough space to play it over two or 4 bars from High till low(three over octaves ) this is based upon Triad Pairs (or Hybrid-hexatonic- but extended by the octonic scale, the triads are the most important and they switch in position, very difficult patern but it works when you sit for it a few weeks...!

Hey Christiaan, I was wondering if you write any tunes?

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I wrote a bunch of them!

These riffs have nice flow A lot of ii V I instruction i have heard is very abstract . It seems like instructors are selling the dictionary, when everyone wants an Encyclopedia

@ChristiaanvanHemert

5 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks, that's probably because I get all my licks from transcribing legends!

Do the Hokey Pokey!! Haha!

As regards the Clifford Brown quotes over the major chord you mention around 23.30: I think of the first one as the "All this and heaven too"" lick (kzread.info/dash/bejne/lY6DrqaAdcm3dqQ.html) and the second is definitely "Kiss me once and kiss me twice ..." (kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpt80c6wdc7Jn6w.html)

Hello Mr. Christian: I understand that you lessons are very important , but I am Hispanic and still do not understand English. Please, you have videos in Spanish.? Thank you.

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Karina, I'm sorry I do not speak Spanish!

Im playing your licks on Piano,...Nice I came up, with B B- G -E(tirplet) instead of straight 8's maybe because of the ideomacy but still let you know, it gives it even more speed and flair!!!!(the Stocholo equivalent we are talking with G# A C E G E E B G(so I like to repeat the B) of cours a scandolous detail, but stil, only interesting for Who ever maybe myself!)

half whole diminished

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

great sound!

Just curious if you don't care about the theory behind it why did you bother to learn the theory?

@PabloCardonaMusic

6 жыл бұрын

I think it's like when you know grammar yet you're not interested in analyzing every sentence you speak

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

I knew the theory before I could really play a good jazz solo. When I play however I never think about theory. I only think about lines (and the chord progressions of course) and how to connect them in a musical way. Also when I say "theory is not important" I think it is more credible if the person saying it in my videos actually knows a lot about theory. I've studied music theory for years but it didn't make me play any good jazz solos. That only happened after I started transcribing and practicing lines/phrases/licks (whatever you want to call it)!

@PabloCardonaMusic

6 жыл бұрын

Christiaan van Hemert So what happens when you run out of licks? Or when you don't have any lick for certain chord progression in the zone of the fretboard you are on? Do you follow your ear?

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

I actually never run out, my loops system is easily adaptable on the fly to create new phrases. It also covers the complete range of the fretboard so there are no "holes" or "dead zones"!

@PabloCardonaMusic

6 жыл бұрын

Christiaan van Hemert Wow is there any video about it? Sounds like gold lol

A tip I once got from a pro: don't put 'jazz' in the video description, instead use 'improvisation'. you'll get more views

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

Ah, nice tip. I'll try it for next vid and see if it works although that video that got almost 45000 views by now's got jazz all over it!

@dfhwze

6 жыл бұрын

=D

@COCO97233

6 жыл бұрын

Good vidéo. I agree with you when you say that you don’t need to Master modes to be a good improviser. I personally know outstanding improvisers who have Never heard about modes !

@irishmuso7129

6 жыл бұрын

A tip I once got from a pro: don't put jazz in the video description, instead use 'harmonic analysis and practical usage'. you'll get more views.

@irishmuso7129

6 жыл бұрын

I like that phrase 'a tip I once got from a pro'. I'm going to preface more comments with that; difficult to argue with the content if you got it from a 'pro'.

Magical minor shape? Wtf

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

+ZI BE Haha, it's all in the game man. Gotta catch those views!

@Zilvinas.

6 жыл бұрын

Christiaan van Hemert It would be very nice if video wasn't 30mins long :( :)

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

+ZI BE That's my style yo!

@jos9573

6 жыл бұрын

I think he's asking for longer videos. ;)

@ChristiaanvanHemert

6 жыл бұрын

+Christiaan van Hemert @Jos Haha, just imagine I wouldn't have cut this video in two parts!!

It's not a 2-5-1, it's a 1-4-7 in dorian mode

Guitarists search for modes and scales, because they presume that modes and scales can provide them what they're missing in music. (which is false of course). And because that's what they search for, that's what they get, and it just strengthens their false assumptions. So guitarists are eternally doomed to just repeat and magnify their cultural weakness? KZread enforces this, and KZread is mightier than the guitarist. ;)

@irishmuso7129

6 жыл бұрын

A tip I once got from a pro: only use modes and scales because this can provide what you're missing in music.

@yzimsx

6 жыл бұрын

I can't wait to hear the results

Play already and show the phrases. You give too much information. You've already taken up too much time on the video. Thank you.