What is your best advice for learning to comp? Are we are focusing on the wrong things with comping rhythms and rhythm in general? ua-cam.com/video/Ur8BTz7N69g/v-deo.html
Comping seems like it should be easy -- just groove with the music -- but it's easy to walk off a cliff in rhythmic confusion. Jens is a thoughtful and creative teacher, and comping is one of the subjects Jens teaches best, in my opinion.
As a blues wannabe player I can only admire such classy jazz rhythm and skill. Thanks for sharing such valuable knowledge. I have my difficulties in following simple rhythms 😂 🖖🏻. Take care
I used to play percussion in a Brazilian samba band - that really nails pretty much any rhythm, and you learn how to feel it even when you're not playing - well worth a listen.
2:00 Maybe no surprise but your advice is great for piano. Your emphasis on anticipating changes and building a rhythmic vocabulary like this is really helpful 🙏
Great content as usual. Thank you so much! There is one aspect of playing those rhythm that you did not discuss though: the importance of precisely the cutting the ringing of the chord at the right time. I feel that it has a tremendous impact on the groove. A chord that is lefr ringing a little too long instead of being cut right on the beat completely ruins the swing feel... (IMHO)
Certainly! But that is not set in stone for these examples so it is hard to include, and my focus is more on teaching people to get more out of less in a creative way 🙂
it is good you hearken back to charleston, itself was waaaaaay modern for its time, decadent in fact, and to reaaaaaaaaaallly get to the roots of this prestigious artform called *The Jazz,* u reaaaaalllly got to go back to the Roots of the Music, i.e. New Orleans(!) and none of this modern charleston stuff, learn the Roots b4 tackling charleston or *gasp* even *swing* (which is what all the kids these days love when they dance their modern dances at the disco!) dont get me started on that avant garde noise called 'bebop'! ha!
Jens, this is off-topic. Your guitars hanging in the background: are all of the hangers hitting a stud behind the wall? If not, how are you accomplishing this? I would like to do the same.
But on topic: For yearsI’ve watched and played along with every vid you’ve made. And though I enjoy learning amazing jazz licks, it’s your comping videos (or any rhythm related vids), that are the real meat and potatoes of jazz. Once you understand the harmonic cadence of the chords, soloing over them will be so much easier. At least for me. 😃
And my best advice is incorporating vocalization of the time while practicing the chordal st.abs. (UA-cam keeps eating my comment. The AI censors are the bane of serious discussion these days. Thus breaking up the key word in chordal…)
What is your best advice for learning to comp?
Are we are focusing on the wrong things with comping rhythms and rhythm in general?
ua-cam.com/video/Ur8BTz7N69g/v-deo.html
Know where the first beat of the bar
Comping seems like it should be easy -- just groove with the music -- but it's easy to walk off a cliff in rhythmic confusion. Jens is a thoughtful and creative teacher, and comping is one of the subjects Jens teaches best, in my opinion.
As a blues wannabe player I can only admire such classy jazz rhythm and skill. Thanks for sharing such valuable knowledge. I have my difficulties in following simple rhythms 😂 🖖🏻. Take care
You'll get there! 😎
This is such a great lesson Jens! Rhythms are the foundation of everything!
Thank you, Nathan! Hope you are doing well
I used to play percussion in a Brazilian samba band - that really nails pretty much any rhythm, and you learn how to feel it even when you're not playing - well worth a listen.
Indeed! I also used to play drums for fun between lessons 🙂
2:00 Maybe no surprise but your advice is great for piano. Your emphasis on anticipating changes and building a rhythmic vocabulary like this is really helpful 🙏
Great to hear! 🙂
Rhythm #6 comes from Traditional Jazz and was the primary phrasing unit of Louis Armstrong (and Bix Beiderbecke)!
Thank you for keeping me in the loop.😊
No problem 😊
Thanks, Jens! This is the motivation I needed to pull out my metronome again. I've been neglecting it.
Go for it!
A rhythm video! Exactly what I'm looking for. I always use a metronome and a looper, really good tools.
Glad you liked it!
This is a damn good guitar teacher the other teacher that ever got through to me was Johnny Hiland and that takes a lot.
Glad you like the video!
This is an outstanding lesson and content. Only the essential information, double examples, listening references…
You are amazing Jens 🤩
Glad it was helpful!
Always a great lesson Jens......
Informative and useful while getting right to the point.....
Glad you think so Rick!
Yep, Rhythm / Comping Guitar has Rhythm too. It makes a lot of difference. 😎
Very brilliant and interesting! Will be very nice to have an encyclopedia of this rhythms with chord progression applied as you do to start. Amazing!
Thanks! I actually think that the point is to learn to improvise not have a million rhythms that you can't do anything with?
Sure, just think to have it for starting... But... You know, I there's a lot more! Thank you and bless music :)
Thanks!
Thank you for the support Tom!
What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend ❤😊
Thank you! You too!
Great stuff as always!
Glad you like it!
Great content as usual. Thank you so much!
There is one aspect of playing those rhythm that you did not discuss though: the importance of precisely the cutting the ringing of the chord at the right time. I feel that it has a tremendous impact on the groove. A chord that is lefr ringing a little too long instead of being cut right on the beat completely ruins the swing feel... (IMHO)
Certainly! But that is not set in stone for these examples so it is hard to include, and my focus is more on teaching people to get more out of less in a creative way 🙂
5:12 Nice 😎
Good lesson Jens
Thank you, James
Great Lesson!
Glad you liked it!
Jens, are you performing anywhere this week? Some friends are visiting; it’d be great if they could hear you. Thanks!
I am playing with Konrad Koselleck big band at the Bergen op zoom jazz festival on Saturday
Yes please thanks jens larsen
it is good you hearken back to charleston, itself was waaaaaay modern for its time, decadent in fact, and to reaaaaaaaaaallly get to the roots of this prestigious artform called *The Jazz,* u reaaaaalllly got to go back to the Roots of the Music, i.e. New Orleans(!) and none of this modern charleston stuff, learn the Roots b4 tackling charleston or *gasp* even *swing* (which is what all the kids these days love when they dance their modern dances at the disco!)
dont get me started on that avant garde noise called 'bebop'! ha!
Listen to Bill Haley‘s Rock Around The Clock and to Gimmie All Your Lovin‘ by ZZ Top. Both Songs use the Charleston Rhythm!
Yes that rhythm is everywhere 🙂
6:23 Red Garland
6:41 Rhythm #6
Jens knows. 🤙🏻
And vocalizing underlying time while practicing the stabs keeps it real for me.
🙏 🙂
Jens, this is off-topic. Your guitars hanging in the background: are all of the hangers hitting a stud behind the wall? If not, how are you accomplishing this? I would like to do the same.
But on topic: For yearsI’ve watched and played along with every vid you’ve made. And though I enjoy learning amazing jazz licks, it’s your comping videos (or any rhythm related vids), that are the real meat and potatoes of jazz. Once you understand the harmonic cadence of the chords, soloing over them will be so much easier. At least for me. 😃
Well, maybe rhythm is the meat and soloing is the potatoes. Bass is the broth. Drums are the bowl. Without the bowl everything would fall apart.
Thar wall is concrete, so it is pretty easy to hang stuff 🙂
And my best advice is incorporating vocalization of the time while practicing the chordal st.abs. (UA-cam keeps eating my comment. The AI censors are the bane of serious discussion these days. Thus breaking up the key word in chordal…)
Solid advice 🙂
And Guitar George, that cat can really play! 😂
Thanks Jens.
What do you rhink is harder, Donna Lee or Giant Steps?🎷🎸
Your video graphics are a distraction.
To some people, certainly but others love them and find them useful.
I appreciate your body of work to the jazz community and aspiring community but I wish you would talk less and demo more.
You can't please everyone. I did try lessons just playing but that wasn't working for the majority of my audience, so I don't do that
7:20 Rhythm #7