Best Guitar Lessons - How to Practice Jazz

[lucaslop123]

Dude this is very true. My problem is... At my first beginning, i could practice like 10 hours of guitar chromatics and stuff, but with time... i started learning musics, and that "ruined" my career, i mean not ruin but, it took all my love from learning chromatics to practice and learn musics...

And now it's very difficult to me to re-have that passion and love for chromatics. I really know that i need it, but somehow i just can't do it. I start practicing, it lasts like 30 min then i quit! :S

[baro455]

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[besamemucho5]

WOW.....where were you with this kind of talk when i needed you....? i started playing guitar many years ago and i quit because i thought that guitar playing was for talented people only...now i know better...if you don't practice in a serious manner you will never cross that first hurdle that seems to be out there after a few months of practicing...thanks for your vids...you made me a subscriber with this video...

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@besamemucho5 Wow! Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. Practice Well. M-A

[aquaphone]

Thanks so much, very encouraging.

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@aquaphone Thanks for watching!

[Khamomil]

I spent 20 years in the USA, had several private teachers, none of whom had a way of teaching jazz that made sense over all. Especially how to improvise, and how to use the different scales. I wish the internet had been up back then. I will never be a pro but am going to start again after quitting so many years ago.

[manifestgtr]

this is absolutely true man...I tell this stuff to my students all the time...guitar is not guitar hero...unfortunately you won't be able to play like holdsworth after 5 or 6 hours of practice...if it worked like that, guys like him wouldn't be so amazing...ive been playing since I was 7 years old and 20 years later I'm just starting to be happy with my playing on a regular basis...music is every bit as complicated as medicine...anybody who denies that is deluding themselves

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@manifestgtr Good point. Thank you for commenting. (-:

[ashdinbharucha]

very encouraging video my friend, and fellow jazz guitarist.

i use this form of the dorian bebop - d-e-f-f#-g-a-b-c-d. but the one u played sounded nice too..

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@ashdinbharucha Yes. The F# as a passing tone is what I use for G mixolydian.

[haldairR]

great, i love your website, i'm learning a lot thanks to you

greetings from spain

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@haldairR Thank you!

[innerdeth]

Hello Again Marc, i just wanted to ask you if you could send me your article : How to make the most out of your practice. (the one you mention on this video). I really need to read something like that and i know there's a big chance it has what i need to read!.

Thank you!

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@innerdeth Hello. To be honest with you, I cannot find this article. It's "on file" somewhere and I can assure I will re-post it again when I find it. Meanwhile, I think you can watch my "Practice Routine" video (see my channel). It summarizes the concept of "how to make the most out of your practice time" fairly well... (I think!). thank you

[CiaoGibson]

Merci

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@CiaoGibson Vous êtes le/la bienvenu(e) !

[innerdeth]

so Mark, how much time do you usually practice? Thank u for the lessons!

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@innerdeth Hello. It *really* depends because I compose a lot, play many sessions (jams) and gigs. Sometimes I also practice drums and piano... so all in all, I think I dedicate 3-4 hours a day to music (total in all categories). I try to listen as much as I can (when commuting, cooking or cleaning); the listening time doesn't count for "practice" but definitely helps! ;-)

[innerdeth]

@jazzguitarlessonsnet thank you ! (by the way the link to your blog doesn't work, i would really love to read your article about how to make the most out of your practice') Greetings from Mexico.

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@innerdeth I took the practice blog down about a year ago... (too time consuming). I plan on re-writing all those articles on the "real" website. Thank you!

[CyanideV]

very inspiring, thank you!

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@CyanideV Thanks for watching!

[ArkRed1]

Great tone. What kind of guitar is it you're playing? Does it come in a single pickup model?

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@ArkRed1 It's a Gibson ES-137. An hybrid model ... like a 335 mixed with a 135. Not a "single coil" type of guitar... (I also play a G&L tele...)

[slambo986]

very nice simple lesson with many results

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

Well put, that's the spirit. (So it takes you ONLY 1/2 to warmup?! Sometimes I wonder if I ever get ready to "play for real" !)

[b5b9]

Always good words from you, Marc. Thanks. For me, some days are good. Some not so good. It can take me an hour to get up to speed. Sometimes I think I am working on FAITH alone. Other times, I know that I play because I love to play. And at the best of times, that love in unconditional. I don't ask myself if I'm progressing, I'm just loving the process - no matter where it takes me.

[verbotenco]

God bless you man.

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@verbotenco Same to you. Thanks for watching.

[BeatBay]

thank you great video!!

[jazzguitarlessonsnet]

@BeatBay Thanks for Watching. Also see the practice blog (practice-blog-dot-jazzguitarl­essons-dot-net) and articles about practice and routines on jazzguitarlessons-dot-net. Practice well!

[BeatBay]

@jazzguitarlessonsnet i will do, for sure! THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[lostincrowded]

thank uuu