Learn How to Play Jazz Guitar - 251 Lick - Key of C

[schecter5strg]

Wow, this is a very good instructional video, keep up the great work! Very Nice!!!!

[nikfore]

nice sound! how do you get it? its Fat!

[trogdor12309]

best advice in the video: take your time with it!!

[danlovesnan]

nice!!

[Judplay]

This video is worth a lot of money. Let's keep this program free on YT as long as possible! Thanks for posting.

[WiliamatheMusician]

I can play the solo in hotel california at tempo, but I still can't play this as fast as you. You are an excellent guitar player and teacher. Jazz is one of my favorite styles of music for the guitar/piano, but I never could find any good jazz lessons like this. Thanks for the awesome lesson. :)

Mahalo,  William

[bernieholland775]

It don't matter if you 'steal' other peoples licks because you're never going to be able to play exactly like them - you're only gonna play exactly like YOU - so take advantage of all this stuff and use it as study material - these guys are givin' it for free so pick the best and leave the rest !

[willymopanya123]

thts great advice and very true!

[ikidskills]

yo im a beginner and new to guitars so what guitar would you suggest i get for that smooth jazz sound?

[nico69l1]

buy a ibanez artcore. great guitar for a small amount of money. 400dollars i think.

[BRUCOQUET]

Thank's ! Now I am going to work it.

[TheTommybman]

the 2nd 5th and 1st chords in the key of C

[themask786]

what does he mean by 2-5-1?

[and1dude804]

on a C scale the chords have numbers

C=1

D=2

etc.

[juglis]

it's a chord progression.

each number represents a chord in the scale.

In this case

1= Cmaj7 (tonic or root)

2=Dm7

5=G7 (dominant)

hope I helped you

[Marselyezo]

Thanks

[norman123go]

While BillyC!5 has a point, if you are learning it probably helps to learn some of this stuff. Ultimately you want to play what you hear in your head which involves a lifetime of commitment. How you get there is up to you and nobody can tell you the best way a given individual will arrive there. Good luck!

[BillyC15]

Copying licks is stupid and the complete opposite way to learn jazz. Think about it: jazz originated as the art of being creative and improvising on the fly. So how is copying licks being creative at all?

[axiluss]

to make great lines by yourself, first you have to study what others play. ever heard of a term 'influence'? ;]

great jazzmen to this day play some bird's stuff when soloing.

[jdean9]

watch?v=2R284Kov6tU at 1:48

[lesesneg]

ur retarded. you copy licks so you can put them into your own style and become more creative. it doesnt come easy for some people.

[pattygilmour]

stealing licks and tricks is a great thing because it allows you to put more into your trick bag and you can tear apart the lick add new things in and change it around to make it your own signature sound so learning new licks and copying is still good but copying licks and changing them around is even better!!! best of luck man

[iets1243]

Well it helps to create idea's. You use scales to improvise yes?

Well why not learn some licks to learn playing by ear, learning to hear what sounds good together?

Everybody has his or her own way of learning, so no way is "stupid". Maybe others think your way of learning jazz is stupid.

[svidrigajlov]

when you are learning a new language ( and jazz is a language ) you also have to learn and memorize "standard" phrases, not only words. In a second moment its the way you use those phrases that makes the difference. You cannot pretend to play like wes montgomery when you are still learning the language. And BTW, Wes M. used to play all charlie christian's solos note by note when he was still learning to play.

ps. sorry for my bad english, i'm italian

[BOTFA111]

like in every music we learn from another. nobody says you have to copy licks. they can give you an inspiration.

[franzjoseph88]

I used to agree with this, but eventual the advice of the great jazz players I know got through to me. It's also about transcription and learning how your favorite players played and making it your own, until you can begin to play what you hear in your head as norman123go said.

Wes montgomery for example started by learning as many Charlie Christian tunes and solos as he could, and it went from there. Since there are harmonic rules in jazz there is also a harmonic vocabulary to go with it.

[bluehorse888]

cool stuff man thanx..quick question..is it possible to get to the point of improvising arpeggio chord substitutions on the fly?? it sounds pretty tougt..like throwing in a diminished AM7 as part of a 251 .. I want to get to that point someday man :)

[kbilbou]

what guitar is that

[mandys91]

very expensive guitar

[booksteve]

thank you for posting that. It solves something I have been wondering about: how to smooth out the angles from Dm to G. That Aflat diminished run is great. also sounds very nice.

Note to guitarist Candyazz28. You can play and learn on any guitar as long as the action is good. Take your guitar to a repair dealer and get a good setup job with DeAddario Jazz-Rock strings, the blue package. They are good for this style. I am working this stuff out on an old acoustic. As long as it plays easy.

[ADDtwins]

pawn shops would be a good choice to get cuz theyre all mostly under 200$ and it doesnt really matter what you start with

[candyazz28]

I really love jazz guitar. I hope I have the money to buy a guitar. Does anyone know what kind of guitar to start out with? Does anyone know where I can buy one for a low price?

[Guernseyopman]

Ibanez makes some nice jazz boxes between $300 and $650, I would check them out. Definitely try to play it, as they all to have there own personality.

[rijovsky80]

Try the "CORT" YorkTown. Killer guitar,at an affordable price...

[kennygob]

You could also try the Godin 5th avenue. But really, you can find a very affordable guitar at most guitar shops. Do some research to find out what you should be looking for, or find a used guitar.

[pedrostorms]

que escala usas????? y en que tonalidad???

[Guernseyopman]

Hey Pedro, thescale used in general would be a C major scale. The chords are Dmin7, G7 to Cmaj7. But when playing over jazz tunes the better players focus on the chords or chord tones. Learn your arpeggios and focus on how to connect them in a musical way using passing tones. When you get comfortable with that study chord substitution to get even more hip.

[rorr55]

nice stuff thanks

[Jhey172]

Cool...........Thanx Man...

[Jhey172]

could you do it just a little bit slower???

[learnjazzguitar]

Click on the link in the "more info" box on the top right to go to my site. There you can sign up for my email newsletter and download a free chart of this lick with tab.

Leon

[barrjordan]

this was actually really helpful man thank you

[rabmusic]

Great playing, great lesson, great guitar. I own a Michael Kelly also (Duece Phoenix).

[jotalegend]

I am a really big jazz fan... I wish I could buy a jazz guitar to play as good as this..

[Banakaal]

You get any old guitar that's in tune. That's all you need, to start. Then you practise.. Honestly. The guitar won't make you better; just that the better quality it is the easier it is to play. Once you've learned how!

[theoak84]

i have new for you, YA CAN!!!

[SessionSavant]

You can buy any guitar you want, it won't make you a better player.

I have a 1963 stratocaster, and play it through a 1966 Princeton Reverb. I can play just as well on a Squire Bullet into a Frontman 15g, although the latter may be a bit harder to sound as "clean" on.

Practice is the only way.

[guitarttimman]

superb lesson man :-)