Why Patterns Are Better Than Licks - The Coltrane Approach

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Coltranes continuous development is a result of his creativity and ever evolving playing style. Coltrane kept developing new ways to play his music in any way he could. Use his changing licks approach and do as him - never play licks again.
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50+ PAGES LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
-Coltrane basic 3rd interval and enclosure exercises
-lines interchanging Coltranes evershifting lick style
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef
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In this tutorial
00:00 Coltranes Approach - Never Playing Licks Again
00:43 Coltrane's Favorite Techniques
01:30 3rds are Enclosures
02:47 Changing Scales To 3rds
04:17 Chromatic Endclosures
06:41 Change All Parts Of Your Licks
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  • @sorenballegaardmusic
    @sorenballegaardmusicАй бұрын

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  • @Mike-rw2nh
    @Mike-rw2nhАй бұрын

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  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

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  • @brian106699
    @brian106699Ай бұрын

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  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

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  • @leglauderobert9401
    @leglauderobert9401Ай бұрын

    Great lesson, thanks a lot !

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Glad you liked it! And thank you for your support

  • @user-rc9hp7gb8c
    @user-rc9hp7gb8cАй бұрын

    Thank you, this video is so inspiring !

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much, love that you are commenting. Inspires me to do more

  • @ivanblanco.guitarmusic
    @ivanblanco.guitarmusicАй бұрын

    Great lesson! Thanks. Cheers!

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much.

  • @dennissax
    @dennissaxАй бұрын

    I support your point! I always tell my students learn short patterns to create more lines. In my opinion, learning licks is more like learning the path of creating a jazz sentence. Good video btw!

  • @darthmorbous

    @darthmorbous

    Ай бұрын

    I have the same approach on licks. Note selection/path is already taken care of. Way easier to focus on form, motifs, rhythm, articulation and dynamics this way. I am a guitar player btw. Cheers!

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    It's just like words, the better you know them the better you can apply them into different sentences. Be flexible and everything succeeds

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much, love your point.

  • @streetleveltech
    @streetleveltechАй бұрын

    Well done!

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    27 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much.

  • @vivito-
    @vivito-Ай бұрын

    Nice !

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @planetmullins
    @planetmullinsАй бұрын

    Great!

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much and thank you for commenting.

  • @wschrad
    @wschradАй бұрын

    I saved the video before even watching it knowing it would be good and useful for later 😂

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    You're the best! Thank you so much.

  • @normanspurgeon5324
    @normanspurgeon5324Ай бұрын

    Very much appreciated - well delivered with graphics, etc. I'd didn't hear a lot of concern for "evoking" the chord, by hitting guide tones, at certain points. For an F7th, it seems its not critical to bring out the tritone, etc. Excellent dive into melody-

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    When you start moving cells around its very much about tension release, target notes and leading tones. Then I'm indeed not so concerned about the chords. Maybe more the function - like is it dominant or is it tonic.

  • @darkN1D45
    @darkN1D45Ай бұрын

    Holy moly that made sense. Now to put them into practice and make your brain work a little faster is another thing lol

  • @johnshaw8288

    @johnshaw8288

    Ай бұрын

    Well I suspect this as a statement is arguable. For instance Charley Parker, used everything the trouble with using patterns all to often it sounds boring .

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Everything sounds boring if you use it too often, everything sounds boring if you use it too often, everything sounds boring if you use it too often....it's all about taste, creativity and playing music. Don't be a robot. :) Thank you so much for commenting.

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Add the hours, but also realized that this is not a race. It's only about learning music. Take one step at a time. If you practice 1 minute, you get 1 minute better

  • @SteuartHedington
    @SteuartHedingtonАй бұрын

    Fantastic, subscribed and thank you.

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much, let me know if you have questions

  • @mambojazz1
    @mambojazz1Ай бұрын

    Those are all licks🤣🤣 I suppose the lesson is "how does Coltrane use patterns to make bebop sound fresh and original rarely ever playing something exactly the same way,"😁. Great video

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Yes, that's it, you are from now on on the title and Thumbnail team! Love it man

  • @mambojazz1

    @mambojazz1

    Ай бұрын

    @@sorenballegaardmusic 🤣🤣

  • @bluwng
    @bluwngАй бұрын

    What is an Enclosure?

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    great question - an enclosure is to or more tones surrounding a target note - leading towards the target note! Let me know if this answers your question

  • @abimael925
    @abimael925Ай бұрын

    YOU SPEACH SO MUCH, HERE BRAZIL, I DO NOT UNDERSTANDING NOTHING, MORE OR LESS

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Sorry has to say something in the videos. Tip: add subtitles and slow down the video in KZread. Download the lesson manual on Patreon to get everything transcribed

  • @martyg374
    @martyg37412 күн бұрын

    LICKS

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    12 күн бұрын

    I assume you mean the spelling on the thumbnail?` because else its a bit weird! not a native speaker, so if you mean the spelling - thank you for the gentle and subtle correction :)

  • @joenickerson8443
    @joenickerson8443Ай бұрын

    not exactly.. and short patterns ARE licks.. you are talking about the mature trane.. in his formative years he played tons of licks he learned from bird and every othe major sax player of his day.. his early solos make that obvious.. and enclosures are not patterns, they are melodic devices as are arps.. I appreciate your work but this needs mentioning.. 🙏🏻😎

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    All true, and not everything is revealed in the title or cover :) then books and films, stories, actually every media would be insanely boring. And I totally agree with you. Except the enclosures maybe, that we can take up for discussion. Making a video right now on how Brecker is using enclosures as patterns.... There is always an angle. Love your thorough comment and love the discussion. Always be critical. Thanks

  • @joenickerson8443

    @joenickerson8443

    Ай бұрын

    @@sorenballegaardmusic you are one cool dude, soren.. such a great response to a somewhat critical comment.. most would trash us for being critical.. thank you.. by the way, trane has always been my hero.. 🎸😎

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    You make me better, we need to be critical of what we consume digitally. You made me go through the video again, think about the title TN and content. This makes me better, making me more critical. Learning from you and if we cannot learn from each other then we are lost I think. Thank you again

  • @joenickerson8443

    @joenickerson8443

    Ай бұрын

    @@sorenballegaardmusic beautifully said my new musical friend.. I can learn from you too even though I’m now an old fool.. but not too old for school.. 🎸😎

  • @joenickerson8443

    @joenickerson8443

    Ай бұрын

    @@mambojazz1 right on!

  • @brianthedog2004
    @brianthedog2004Ай бұрын

    Licks is just a slang way of saying short melodic content, which is synonymous with melodic patterns. I'm guessing your titles are created to get more views and sound dramatic, but hopefully any young students watching understand that the licks/patterns you are comparing and contrasting are actually the same thing.

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    When you say that every musical line is a lick. I see a lick more like a longer musical line a player often repeats with no actual change, repeating exactly the same line in the same place with the same phrasing. That would be s lick to me. What Coltrane does is playing smaller lines and constantly changing them, mix them up and or moving them around. I think being able to do this is musical mastery instead of learning a bunch of licks to repeat them steadily the Sman place in the same music day out and day in. I do not know if this is more clear than the video. But I think there is a big difference

  • @brianthedog2004

    @brianthedog2004

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@sorenballegaardmusic I didn't say every musical line is a lick. I think we're getting into semantics here, but I simply said a lick is another way of saying melodic pattern. A lick is transposable, rephrasable, and you can play all or parts of them--whatever your imagination comes up with--but you have to learn them first. My problem with you saying to "never play licks again" in your video description, is that transcription is an important part of learning the language, and many young students may see your suggestion as a reason not to transcribe and learn important jazz phrases, verbatim, in every key, (which is how every good player I've played with starts out) for fear they're not being as creative as Coltrane, which is silly. (BTW, Coltrane said himself he learned licks when he was starting out).

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    @@brianthedog2004 I see what you mean, and I agree with you. Licks is an important part of the musical language, and I show a way you can get out of the habit. I do hope the young players learn that they should filter information. Indeed you need to create attention with KZread, make sensations. So one sentence or one TN can never describe a video fully. Love that you are critical. Thank you, makes me sharp and makes me think.

  • @rongibbs390
    @rongibbs390Ай бұрын

    Apostrophe! 😱

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Not native speaking so not sure if it's good or bad?

  • @carloschumbes7041
    @carloschumbes7041Ай бұрын

    Coltrane dos not convince me....borerring...

  • @sorenballegaardmusic

    @sorenballegaardmusic

    Ай бұрын

    Well everybody is entitled to an opinion. And that's yours. I love Coltrane and I think he was amazing 🤩

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