Jazz Guitar Lesson - Soloing over the ii-V-I

[Txbui]

Great stuff!! Time to get To get to practice!!!

[phileasfogg07]

Very interesting and straight to do point. Like! :)

[closetome]

I'm quite an advanced player and I think you are Good teacher.

[Inyang53]

stop thinking technicalyy. just play what you hear

[jfunkfinger69]

Very well explained, thanks very much, I learned something that I have been trying to work out for years without much success.

[souzabluesplayer]

Interesting

[VuelaBand]

this is tremendously helpful, thank you.

[marcys1999]

is that a sheriton in the background?

[lydianfreak]

Excellent lesson- I like the clarity of your approach to the theory of soloing

[ChunMusicStudio]

thx~

[strabbs1]

arrpegios all the way

[darkoanton5]

@strabbs1 For sure.

[jabez36]

good lesson cleared up some things for me,,,so how do u figure out the arrpegios for chords? is it the same shape in different keys?

[jr543266]

So when guitar players are (Soloing) over chord changes, they are basically playing appregios (or appregios with a few extra notes) of those chord changes?

[guitargod5656]

man, this really helps

thanks man

[chapeauelesmirriau]

Great, the last bit is very useful and not normally talked about.

[weinkno]

Playing ii-V with a flat 9-5

[jazzharmonie]

Secret revealed ...on II V I ex Dm7 G7 CM7 you colud play on the V ( G7) the following minors mélodics scales Ab / D / F and C minor mélodics scales ...Jazz forever

[wildchild15381]

ey thanks for this video, it's plenty of good stuff !! :D Could you write me down what you were saying about the two scales we can use in G dom7 4:34...just the modes you mentioned I'd appreciate it !! =)

[4kart]

phenomenal video. I can't wait to try some of these techniques. I usually play random things that just sound right without thinking about the theory. keep it up! I've added this video to my favourites.

[davidian0616]

thanks a bunch for the lessons.cool vids, cool website:)

[vracan]

I've been playing for over 25 years and I completely agree with you philkapune!

Think theory as grammer, and the music like the actual message(emotion) you want to convey!

[Jackgatman]

Well said!

[stringskippa]

"There's sort of a myth about jazz improvisation, or improvisation of any kind. And I think a lot of people think that it just comes out of the blue and out of inspiration that you suddenly hear this melody in your head and play it. And that's partially true. But uh, you're all musicians, and you know as well as anybody does that improvisation is really a sort of speeded up composition and putting together things that YOU ALREADY KNOW."

[stringskippa]

"You already know how to do and putting together these things in a pretty ARTISTIC WAY, I suppose you could say. And that comes down to REALLY KNOWING YOUR TOOLS, which is I think - playing on chord changes - which is knowing what notes sound right over what chords." - John Scofield

[hardhatarea]

Thank you. Probably the best and easiest lesson to get started with jazz. I'd only wish a better audio/video quality.

[DeadAmaranth]

I disagree somewhat with the argument against using theory. Learning theory can actually open up a whole new world of expressions and emotions that would otherwise occur by accident. I agree recommending not to get hung up on the theory, and instead favoring emotional pursuit. I just suggest that emotions become easier to pursue when you have some start point, theoretically. I'd draw analogy to a master painter knowing how colors complement each other.

I don't think knowledge limits creation.

[tchhom]

Young jazz player with abilities to teach other. Very nice.

[SamuelLeeWang]

thanks for the instruction! it was really helpful :)

how come in the G altered scale, it ascended until a Bb and descended afterwards? Or does it not matter ?

thanks!

[imacharginmylazer123]

you could also solo over the c major with Lydian and is actually used slightly more often over maj7 in Jazz

[meghan3192]

what about 13ths?

[setforvol]

theyre already in the major scale

[shredr18]

you are a great guitarist and great teacher. thank you!

but can anyone tell me how you know that G altered is the same as Ab melodic minor?

[jazzer323]

The Altered scale is the 7th mode of the Melodic Minor Scale, just like the Locrian Mode is the 7th mode of the major scale. In Ab, the 7th tone is G, meaning that these two scales have the same notes, they just start on a different note.

[shredr18]

ahhh thanks man

[geoffstockton]

I think that thinking of modes in terms of "starting notes" is dangerous stuff. I'm not even thinking in terms of modes as much as C major scale with Dm7 notes being the target and then C major scale with the G7 notes the target.

[stupid45]

what are the notes in the g alterd scale

[geoffstockton]

By the way, if you want an answer to that, go watch my "Modes of the Melodic Scale" lesson. I think it's lesson two in the series.

[jazzupjazz]

very good explained.Thanks a lot

[IHBTube]

Very wel and nicely explaned!

Cheers!

[wisd0m18]

i don't know how to use the jazz modes please help me!

[meghan3192]

Best modes for jazz:

1. Lydian (Major #4) 4. Melodic minor (major b3)

2. Lydian Dominant 5. Natural Minor

3. Dorian (minor b7) 6. Harmonic minor (minor#7)  (Use other modes of harmonic minor--lydian #2, Dorian #4, Superlocrian bb7 etc.)

7. Diminished (not the best for whole songs good for textures)

[mynameissambo]

Shame about the sync.

[strabbs1]

great lesson, best lesson on the tube at the minute for me!!

iam a rock/blues guy trying to branch out into jazz, i got the real book chords down but cant seem to make the lead line sound jazzy, this is a great help thank you

[stevieVantanna]

I'm not an expert but the biggest thing for me is timing and getting that swinging eighth not feel. Sometimes I'll just play one note and work on getting that feel. It doesn't matter what fancy scales you use if it doesn't swing.

[sk8er4Jah]

Thanks man. I've been wanting to get my soloing to sound more jazz for awhile and the Db Lydian and emphasizing the #9,b9,#5,b5 for the V7 helps a lot. Thanks. It helped the way you demonstrated it and layed it out. Good job.

[gtq838]

very nice, I actually already knew everything you said but you can actually do it and I can't, lol... nice video, good work

[P3313]

i liked the vid. are you a student of music somewhere or are you self taught?

[xdazednconfusdx]

great video I was unaware db lydian dominant and g altered were the same thanks

[alberteau]

yes the cunning tri-tone substitution lurking in the melodic minor modes.

[legalrule]

Thank you so much for the info! Please continue placing videos. I'm learning and this really helped.

[onetwothreeoclock]

I think miles said once you've learnt everything, then you can forget it and just play. I trhink he was talking about opening your heart and being able to play and express whatever is in it. I think allot of guitarist think chromatic too when they get to a certain stage. they just know what it will sound like wherever they put their fingers.

improvisation takes so much time to develop. I mean truely improvising and not just playing scales that you know will work.

it's a good video you put up

[onetwothreeoclock]

most of the time with a 2 5 1 you only have five seconds which isnt enough to think scales for most people. I suggest writing some licks that work over the 2 5 1. or stealing some from wes or pass. Then try arpeggios and lastly visualize the scales and link them.

[lzapped]

hehe you're right, but the point isn't thinking in scales when you are performing, only when you're practicing until it becomes second nature. i mean, most of the times people perform pieces they have already practiced and prepared from before hand. i think it was miles davis who said "you should learn everything so well, that in the end you forget it", or something along these lines anyway :)

[Jazzguts]

A very fine lesson you did here, I only saw some sync problems with this Video, I've also just done 2 new Vids on Improvisation- 2-5-1 in Minor but related to the appropriate Major key,check them out and your feedback would be appreciated, greetings Victor.

[tiki3v7]

@lzapped

It was Bird's statement: "learn the changes, and then forget them."

[Adreizehn]

@onetwothreeoclock izzaped is right. When you practicing then you are thinking in scales until it becomes second nature. When I play after long practicing I don't knwo what I am playing. When somebody asks me: hey what are you playing exactly then I must think about it.

[lzapped]

I'm sorry about the audio not being very synchronized with the video, if anyone knows how i can fix this please let me know (i uploaded the original file i recorded using QuickTime Pro directly from my camera without exporting it into any other format so that i wouldn't compromise the quality.)