Jazz Guitar Lesson: Arpeggios, scales & chords

[AuSableBrownie]

Very nice little lesson. Not too complicate, but with some practice and fooling around some lovely results on some basic early jazz work. Thanks.

[strings191]

instead of saying 9 7 1 1 tell me the notes.

[mixermantim]

thanks for the lesson.

[donottawaguitar]

cool

[redskin133]

thanks, you got to the whole debate over chord tones verses scale theory by using both together to create nice lines

[stratcatavarious]

very nice thank you 

[8xngc]

is there a book that you are pulling the arpeggio charts from? do you recommend it?

[GameLevelEditor]

Good starter lesson for exploration of getting a jazz tone happening.

A bit drawn out but heck little to complain about when something is being shared could be life changing as aspiring to be a jazz guitarist.

[lection]

very nice lessons SR!!  i like the paper notes in the background" so cool n well noticeable

[Heritage1969]

Thanx a lot. Great video!

[TheBeatlesCom]

C also goes with C Ionion (Maj scale) G Mixolydian Am Pentatonic D dorian F lydian And E Phygian. In jazz Harmonizing over the chord changes is not the hard part..Figuring out what Chord progression is going on with notation is what challenges me.

[gshredder5150]

all this theory hurts my head/[-

[davsteustache]

thanks man !

[stereoscopicify]

thanks man. your a great teacher

[ken308091]

Excellent lesson.

[wotjesus]

excellent lesson, the background fuzz was a little annoying, but the lesson itself was taught very well

[makitfunkee]

Nice--this is very clear and helpful!!

[Silencer84]

Is that an ibanez?

[strabbs1]

loved the intro, great lesson. ive just started playing jazz this has helped tremendously. i think iam going to need to ring my teacher again thoguht

[ayshortier]

Your video is easier to follow with the chart than other peoples. Its hard to see the finger movement due to the 2 dimensional view of video but with the chart and your slowing it down it really helps. Thanks

[manuelalejandro2501]

Gracias, me ha sido de mucha ayuda!

Saludos desde chile.

[marcrothman]

Nice video. I like the use of charts and the explanations.

One minor criticism though. When you demonstrate a C major scale, you start on B, which technically makes it a B Locrian scale.

Sorry if that's too nitpicking.

[jahzorro]

Nice work man, thanks for the tips... upload more lessons please!!!

[jazzmunky]

Thank you for the great lesson, now to do this in all 12 keys, that should take a while to drum into my brain {:O

[anniebanannieL0617]

enjoyed your teaching style and lesson.  thanks!

[tesanh]

thanks for the lesson. nice explanations and really like the arp diagrams fading in...

[masterkudjo]

illdoitagain claims that last bit was sloppy. What a joke, that was not sloppy, that was played very well and sounded very nice. This was a great lesson, thanks illdoitagain

[chajafilas]

gracias loco!

[illdoitagain]

órale ese

[strabbs1]

would you recommend these arrpegios as a good way to start improvising, my chord knowledge is pretty good but iam using the minor pentatonic and the harmonic minor and its sounding bluesy, should i wood shed these??

[robgerety]

Wonderful. This is hitting me at the perfect time. After numerous false starts in the last 6-7 years I am finally starting to find the discipline necessary to really pound the major diatonic scales and all the various arpeggios into my head and under my fingers. This shows me where I am headed with all of it. Perfect. Thank you. I am a new subscriber.

[Hoopermazing]

You sir, know how to put together a guitar lesson!

[Testacabeza]

Thanks!

[ColtonSaylor713]

nice vid thanks

[dealer205]

just found you n subscribed, think you will be a great help to me once i understand what your doing, thanx.

[tiddlywinks98712]

what key is this in??

[slayerized667]

penis key.

[tiddlywinks98712]

ahh of course, so many songs are in the penis key tho...i mean come on, get some origionality!

[slayerized667]

xDD

[nomedicenvero]

2-5-1

C

But he play the arpegio of the chords and the scale

[Liz2257]

Thanks so much! What an absolutely terrific lesson. You taught in almost nine short minutes the essentials of putting together chords, arpeggios and scales the way no book ever could. Clear and straightforward, nice pacing - good information about the building blocks of jazz guitar improvisation I can put to use immediately. Thanks!!

[SCTarps]

Very nice lesson / Thank You for posting it. Here is the only thing confusing me -- You said you were playing Dm7 arpeggio tones ,but , acutally , you outlined an Em7 with the notes E G B and D ,Sounds pretty ahead of Dm7 chord, anyway.....

[wartarot]

Playing a m7 arp a whole step up from the root of a IIm7 gives the tensions 9, 11, 13 and root of the IIm7.

Also melodic minor scale(major scale with a flat 3). Start this a half step up from the root of the V7 chord is the same as playing the altered scale over the V7.

Melodic minor can also be played starting on the fifth of a dom7 chord other than the V7. This is the same as playing a mixo #4/lydian b7 over the dom7.

[strabbs1]

ahhh mate, great lesson well put together and instantly usable, thanks very much

[spavelt]

very good lesson! thanks man!

[DemonEyesDara]

thank u very much bro. I liked how u showed the fingering in the video. very helpful.

[rwilson6120]

killer lesson man keep it up, actually one of the best Iv'e seen thanks

[jimmyjoemusic]

really helpful. thanks

kind of a boomy sound but thats a minor

point.

what kind of guitar are you playing?

[ronrogers2]

This was really great! I now understand the method book I am using much better.

[slikerkid50000000]

I would like to know how long you have been playing guitar. Also i am able to play the c maj scale that you were playing but i don't get any jazz feel from it (when i play it).

[fenderbender92]

Try something in minor or dominant 7th

Hope you get a feel there, I know I do :)

[Ramblingman247]

Swing it.

[MariamWidefield]

God bless you.

[HyneseyBoy]

Thanks

[FlekElDanzar]

Great lesson. Keep them coming.

[SnowyOwl1959]

love your teaching style....egoless and perfect!..just the right pacing and explanation...you're gonna get sooo many players into jazz like this...me included!..you have inspired me and taken away my fear of the knowledge i have already picked up from other less open teachers..

thank so so much..

[naturelribbelchips]

thanks man

[HFSTube]

cool lesson, but poor video-quality

[lidaloan]

what guitar are u using,oh yea great stuff man

[bartgen27]

hey is the scale your refering to the C major scale and its 7 tones. And are you using that one scale for every chord in the progression or do you change the scale when you change the chords.

[illdoitagain]

I'm using the C maj scale for each chord. I'm also using each chord's arpeggio. but you can just use the C maj scale if you want. it will work fine

[babbersabber]

@bartgen27 it's better you play on the II Dorian, V you play mixolydian and I you play major. You change the scale when you change the chord. But you can only C major or C Blues or you play the whole time arpeggios.

[guusben]

You are a good teacher, clear explanations and not too quickly delivered so everybody can follow what you're on about. Hopefully you'll find a way to avoid the background noise and improve the lighting of your next video. Thanks for a useful lesson :-)

[808hawk]

i have been looking for something like this for blues and have been stumbling on to jazz channels over the past couple of weeks. seeing how you combine appeggios chords and scales may well have me hooked. top stuff.

[reg2otube]

I like the way you teach the structure of your piece. You separate it into pieces, slowly go over each piece separately and put all back together so that other can see the big picture at the end. You've given me a foundation to work with when using some of my other books. Great teacher. Oh yeah, loved the diagrams.

[grozengyz]

Superb!

[vivivivivivivivi]

Fantastic!

Thanks so much.

[sonnetg]

Very helpful.  Thank you very much.

[6782485]

very helpful

thank you for the lesson

[x2mars]

thanks man, nice music, nice lesson.

[suratof]

thanks for the beginners but why not named the chord notes and the intervals? it would be helpful for the student ...

[augustokr]

oh cmon! 7, 10, 8??!! What do you have agains the notes names??!!

[lafayetteHH]

excellent lesson! you explaine that very well and especially with the scales and chord diagramms shown. would love to see more!

[Rakesh6720]

Can someone explain to me what that Dmin7 arpeggio chart means? Also, next time you should say the notes of the arpeggio you're demonstrating while playing it. The fret numbers don't really help to understand the chord in the context of its scale and key without the corresponding notes. Thanks for the tutorial, though. I knew I missed out not taking Jazz combo in high school.

[benblood]

What type of guitar are you using in this video? I'm looking for a hollow body guitar in the $500-700 range. Advice?

[duckeyandjosh]

he is using an gibson, hollow body and it is actually around $950-$5000

hope that halps

[benblood]

Yes and no. I don't have $5000. Maybe $950. Thanks man.

[McAloonzebra]

I got an Ibanez Artcore jazz model a couple of years ago. The quality is superb and it sounds great. That should fit in your budget.

[metalbone]

Thanks dude Awesome lesson =]

[ntprofman]

Thanks--I'm learning a lot! Can you recommend a book on arpeggios and scales? What book did you show in the video?

[AmirBakari]

Thanks a lot man. Very easy to follow. Please post more lessons. again thanks.

[maximdante]

Fab dude!

[ntprofman]

Excellent! Clear, simple, and helpful. Thanks for showing the arpeggio and scale diagrams too.

[jjzoom]

Nice lesson material--accessible for the novice but still interesting. Thanks.

[rulfopedia]

thanks

[ifgfdgfgdfgrrrt]

good job bro

[NickPeavey]

yeah great

watch my video and comment them!!!

[qqipp]

Thank You!

[RonenHalsadi]

Thanks!

Very useful lesson.

Be glad to ahve more :)

[guitaress1]

Thanks for demonstrating this lesson. Mimi Fox has a good book on this topic also. But for me it only helps if I practice a million billion hours.

[dadio2k]

Great Lesson. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.

[viniguitarjazz]

muito legal !!good lesson