Thanks Howard for all you did for us Guitar players. You were the only one in my 45 years of playing guitar that nailed music theory for me personally. Your kind spirit and wonderful guitar playing and teaching was the best!
I was looking up Stella by Starlight ( i watched the 1944 movie The Uninvited last night). I was hoping to find Howie playing it. He's voice took me back 30+ years to that dead end on Grace Ct and his garage turned guitar studio. The rare times i was not prepared for the lesson, I still got more than my money's worth just listening to him and the insight he had, music/ guitar / life. We once talked about the importance of strong lines in music and really how lines are so important in all art. We studied that too ( making strong long lines in music ) but I never realized how important it was in all Art. He told me to look and see it's there in all art, and gave some examples from other art forms. I never looked at anything the same again. The lines created by the flow of a dancers body, especially the shapes of the lines their arms AND hands create, the lines car designers build into their cars for style etc. pretty cool stuff. You look right at stuff in life and are attracted to some things more than others. Why'd that dancers look so much better to me than the other? Why'd that car appeal to me more? There are lines there attracting you.
Man could this man HEAR those fine chordal possibilities! He never ceases to amaze me and proves ONCE AGAIN just how important it is to KNOW KNOW your harmony inside out, which is something that my wonderful Harmony instructor in college use to say to mostly deaf ears, but I was listening and thank God for that. As far as I'm concerned Howard's knack for hip and smart changes is unmatched. Also anyone interested in learning more about arranging techniques for solo guitar Continued...
I just found this video and was nlown away by his fantastic teaching abilities. I'm binge watching his videos and am sorry he is no longer with us. He was phenomenal teacher. Rip.
I bought Howard Morgen's Intro and Concepts books years ago. I took his advise of additional readings to heart and decided to get a Masters degree in classical guitar. I now teach classical guitar but eventually move my students to his Concepts book. Being inspired to better oneself and then pass it on, is the greatest compliment I can think of. Infinite thank yous Mr. Morgen. RIP
For some reason, I took out my old books from Howard today to look through them and strum, only to come upon this video where I learned of his passing. A great teacher that demystified so much of the guitar for me. There are many great guitar players, but in my estimation, fewer good and great teachers Howard was a great one. He was so passionate about teaching and sharing. We lost a great one this year.
25 years ago I was lucky enough to study with him at the guitar center - in the New School in NYC. He is the Robert McKee (screenwriting) - Stella Adler (acting) of guitar. I have been playing for 30 years now - no other single concept or method has stuck with me. To this day I don’t see chords as “static” - I see the triad - and that the root is 1 and 8 - and 1 fret down from 8 is 7 and one more is flat 7 - onto the sixth - flat the 3 for minor. And when I explain (show) chords to other guitar players I say “check it out here is the root in the base then the triad 1 - 3 - 5 - we know that 1 is also 8...”. And when I explain his method - to a player that doesn’t know him - you want to see the look on their faces - Howard Morgan just locks you in.
Reading my old Just Jazz Guitar magazines here in the Uk. I decided to see if any HM videos existed. Wow. A master musician who I never really appreciated.
thank you! this approach is the sort of thing I have been after. I, like many others learnt open and barre chords , with a bit of lead then stopped learning all together. I was lost but now I am found as the opening song says!
This guy is the best teacher I came across! The basic theory allows me to have understanding how music is constructed. Finding any Octave note on fretboard is a ease! Thank you! #Vancouverfilmmaker
Great advice up top and here. I have played pro for almost 30 years and taught for 25 and have both books you mentioned, including anything and EVERYTHING that Howard Morgen put down on paper/CD and consider his legacy priceless! He's a personal hero of mine. I love your approach and am always happy to read informative posts from folks who REALLY teach and NOT just talk a good game. Some students don't have a means of taking private lessons and so depend Continued...
I love it! That was me when I first started playing, trying to find music with as FEW chord symbols as possible, until I matured and fell in love with harmony, but I love that he pointed that out. We can all relate. lol :)
FInal thoughts on learning this stuff. Treat each of the suggested material like one college course. If you wish to get an A in a college you attend class one hour a week, and then study for an additional 3 hours weekly. In short, if you pick a video or book, study for four months 3-4 hours a week, and move on to the next. If you want to study 2videos weekly, double that amount of practice time. This is all I have to say on this subject unless I decide to post my own vids at some point.
Can I make some video/ raeding suggestions based on what I've collected or researched over the years for required learning for folks wishing to build jazz chops? Howard Morgen - FIngerboard breakthrough and any other lessons he has videoed or written. Mimi FOx - likewise, but Flying Solo, JAzz Anatomy and Graduated Solos come to mind. John Stowell - any and all. DOn Mock - The Blues from Jazz to Rock. Ted Greene - Chord Chemistry Jack Zucker - Sheets Of Sound 1. COntinued.
Continued response to cm022ster... on lessons and advice given here at youtube. So when folks add their two cents (which I do all the time keeping students in mind) it's great to see thought out answers to questions or posts on subjects that actually HELP student to learn. Oh and teachers too. lol Great job! Peace. :)
A very interesting Video, your explanation goes way back to "Bach" who was a Master of counter point and chord inversion. The fact that the bass movement is so strong is the "complete logic" how (as you explained) one bass note flows to the other forming a melodic movement on it's own. I've always been blown away by the separate (counter point) melodies placed against each other in the work of Bach,who pushed the use of chord-inversion to the limits, you're an excellent teacher,Vic.
@echo680 I can hear the similarity, but I would associate this so much closer to Amazing Grace. Perhaps I just wasn't listening closely enough. More likely I just don't remember quite how Penny Lane (we're talking about the Beatles version I assume) goes. And for that reason I'll definitely retract the other comment, because I don't know why I was so rude about it. I must have been in a bad mood :S sorry.
@splanky87 hey, thx 4 the info...but nah, actually i'm more to rock n metal songs...i'm still a beginner though n i dun even hav any electric guitar...so i'm currently practicing with my acoustic guitar...
Continued response to MusicEd1 check out Howard Morgen's Solo Guitar Insights, Arranging Techniques & Classic Jazz Standards and The Howard Morgen Fingerstyle Jazz Series Concepts. The best money I ever spent. Oh and of course Howard Morgen the Girshwin Collection for Guitar and The Ellington Collection for Solo Guitar. I cannot say enough about these books and the insight they offer into the wonderful world of Jazz solo guitar. :)
Suggestions part 2: DOn Mock, Artful Arpeggios Joe Diorio - Intervallic Designs. Any Real Book fakebook to get started learning tunes and then apply lessons learned from all suggested material. Strive to learn a minimum one tune a week. DOn't just "intellectually" get it, transcribe thelessons as taught and learn as much of this stuff note for note, your playing should improve by ridiculous levels.
@guitoneable not true Dude. I have this guys lessons from TrueFire. You don't need the dots. Learn your scales. But with these lessons there are also TABs and standard notation. I've never recieved more valuable material for my money.I also have Howards book "Through Chord-Melody and Beyond" . It's all about the voicings. He shows you how to create your own voicings. It's really deep dude. And like I said if you just want to learn his arrangements you can because their all available on the Tabs.
I very much like the balancing of voiceing and chord harmony but not necessaily want tobe a jazz guitarists. Has anyone got the other lessons from howard and what are they like for general guitar, folk and blues.? How much does the lessons cost?
Anyone mathematically-inclined? Just found out that one professor wrote a book going deep with this srtuff, how chords are formed but much much deeper.
RIP, Mr. Morgan. Thanks for sharing your gifts.
Thanks Howard for all you did for us Guitar players. You were the only one in my 45 years of playing guitar that nailed music theory for me personally. Your kind spirit and wonderful guitar playing and teaching was the best!
I was looking up Stella by Starlight ( i watched the 1944 movie The Uninvited last night). I was hoping to find Howie playing it. He's voice took me back 30+ years to that dead end on Grace Ct and his garage turned guitar studio. The rare times i was not prepared for the lesson, I still got more than my money's worth just listening to him and the insight he had, music/ guitar / life. We once talked about the importance of strong lines in music and really how lines are so important in all art. We studied that too ( making strong long lines in music ) but I never realized how important it was in all Art. He told me to look and see it's there in all art, and gave some examples from other art forms. I never looked at anything the same again. The lines created by the flow of a dancers body, especially the shapes of the lines their arms AND hands create, the lines car designers build into their cars for style etc. pretty cool stuff. You look right at stuff in life and are attracted to some things more than others. Why'd that dancers look so much better to me than the other? Why'd that car appeal to me more? There are lines there attracting you.
Man could this man HEAR those fine chordal possibilities! He never ceases to amaze me and proves ONCE AGAIN just how important it is to KNOW KNOW your harmony inside out, which is something that my wonderful Harmony instructor in college use to say to mostly deaf ears, but I was listening and thank God for that. As far as I'm concerned Howard's knack for hip and smart changes is unmatched. Also anyone interested in learning more about arranging techniques for solo guitar Continued...
I just found this video and was nlown away by his fantastic teaching abilities. I'm binge watching his videos and am sorry he is no longer with us. He was phenomenal teacher. Rip.
I bought Howard Morgen's Intro and Concepts books years ago. I took his advise of additional readings to heart and decided to get a Masters degree in classical guitar. I now teach classical guitar but eventually move my students to his Concepts book. Being inspired to better oneself and then pass it on, is the greatest compliment I can think of. Infinite thank yous Mr. Morgen. RIP
For some reason, I took out my old books from Howard today to look through them and strum, only to come upon this video where I learned of his passing. A great teacher that demystified so much of the guitar for me. There are many great guitar players, but in my estimation, fewer good and great teachers Howard was a great one. He was so passionate about teaching and sharing. We lost a great one this year.
What a fantastic way of explaining this concept of voice leading. One of the best I have ever seen.
25 years ago I was lucky enough to study with him at the guitar center - in the New School in NYC. He is the Robert McKee (screenwriting) - Stella Adler (acting) of guitar. I have been playing for 30 years now - no other single concept or method has stuck with me. To this day I don’t see chords as “static” - I see the triad - and that the root is 1 and 8 - and 1 fret down from 8 is 7 and one more is flat 7 - onto the sixth - flat the 3 for minor. And when I explain (show) chords to other guitar players I say “check it out here is the root in the base then the triad 1 - 3 - 5 - we know that 1 is also 8...”. And when I explain his method - to a player that doesn’t know him - you want to see the look on their faces - Howard Morgan just locks you in.
that's one of the most eye-opening lessons i've seen around, really amazing
Reading my old Just Jazz Guitar magazines here in the Uk. I decided to see if any HM videos existed. Wow. A master musician who I never really appreciated.
thank you! this approach is the sort of thing I have been after. I, like many others learnt open and barre chords , with a bit of lead then stopped learning all together. I was lost but now I am found as the opening song says!
This guy is the best teacher I came across! The basic theory allows me to have understanding how music is constructed. Finding any Octave note on fretboard is a ease! Thank you! #Vancouverfilmmaker
Great advice up top and here. I have played pro for almost 30 years and taught for 25 and have both books you mentioned, including anything and EVERYTHING that Howard Morgen put down on paper/CD and consider his legacy priceless! He's a personal hero of mine. I love your approach and am always happy to read informative posts from folks who REALLY teach and NOT just talk a good game. Some students don't have a means of taking private lessons and so depend Continued...
I would like to see all his videos.. I am sure we can all learn something from him. He seems to get it.. Big Thumbs up!!
Randy Burnett I agree. He's got it and can teach it, getting it across better than anyone... to those who want to know.
I love this guy! Where have you been all my life?
Very helpful tutorial, thank you.
I am so so so glad to stumble on your video.
Brilliant explanation of how chords relate to melody. Thanks so much, it was a real eye-opener!
Great teacher and stunning analogies!!!
THIS man gives great advice
For the more advanced students, but I still learned from this lesson!
You're amazing! Thank you for the clarity!
I've bought this course. I already had so many "a-ha" moments, thank you very much.
I highly recommend it, an excellent teacher.
I love it! That was me when I first started playing, trying to find music with as FEW chord symbols as possible, until I matured and fell in love with harmony, but I love that he pointed that out. We can all relate. lol :)
maestro! beautiful playing from the heart
Great presentation and nice guitar too.
FInal thoughts on learning this stuff. Treat each of the suggested material like one college course. If you wish to get an A in a college you attend class one hour a week, and then study for an additional 3 hours weekly. In short, if you pick a video or book, study for four months 3-4 hours a week, and move on to the next. If you want to study 2videos weekly, double that amount of practice time. This is all I have to say on this subject unless I decide to post my own vids at some point.
Thanks for share all this to us
@ZzFCNzZ
Agreed. Great material. Howard is an excellent player and an even better instructor.
@echo680 Furthermore, the song is actually Loch Lomand as it says in the description.
HOWIE MORGEN - Northern boulevard - Flushing New York -1972
Can I make some video/ raeding suggestions based on what I've collected or researched over the years for required learning for folks wishing to build jazz chops?
Howard Morgen - FIngerboard breakthrough and any other lessons he has videoed or written.
Mimi FOx - likewise, but Flying Solo, JAzz Anatomy and Graduated Solos come to mind.
John Stowell - any and all.
DOn Mock - The Blues from Jazz to Rock.
Ted Greene - Chord Chemistry
Jack Zucker - Sheets Of Sound 1.
COntinued.
nice guitar and awesome playing very melodic
sorry to hear this, i have just found his videos,very good teacher
I 'Lol'd' at him before but I can't express my respect enough for incorporating 'Loch Lomond' in the folk repertoire
sir nice work ...
exelent
This is wonderful thank you for informative lessons. great stuf
Wish I could find the other lessons
Continued response to cm022ster...
on lessons and advice given here at youtube. So when folks add their two cents (which I do all the time keeping students in mind) it's great to see thought out answers to questions or posts on subjects that actually HELP student to learn. Oh and teachers too. lol Great job! Peace. :)
Thanks maestro.....now i wonder where my issue #71 is so that i can try some of your arrangements??? Did it sell out??
I love this guy! I want to ask him alot of things in person lol
A very interesting Video, your explanation goes way back to "Bach" who was a Master of counter point and chord inversion. The fact that the bass movement is so strong is the "complete logic" how (as you explained) one bass note flows to the other forming a melodic movement on it's own. I've always been blown away by the separate (counter point) melodies placed against each other in the work of Bach,who pushed the use of chord-inversion to the limits, you're an excellent teacher,Vic.
Amazing class!
Wonderful I;ve never heard it explained that way before, thank you so much.
@echo680 I can hear the similarity, but I would associate this so much closer to Amazing Grace. Perhaps I just wasn't listening closely enough. More likely I just don't remember quite how Penny Lane (we're talking about the Beatles version I assume) goes.
And for that reason I'll definitely retract the other comment, because I don't know why I was so rude about it. I must have been in a bad mood :S sorry.
@splanky87 hey, thx 4 the info...but nah, actually i'm more to rock n metal songs...i'm still a beginner though n i dun even hav any electric guitar...so i'm currently practicing with my acoustic guitar...
Continued response to MusicEd1
check out Howard Morgen's Solo Guitar Insights, Arranging Techniques & Classic Jazz Standards and The Howard Morgen Fingerstyle Jazz Series Concepts. The best money I ever spent. Oh and of course Howard Morgen the Girshwin Collection for Guitar and The Ellington Collection for Solo Guitar. I cannot say enough about these books and the insight they offer into the wonderful world of Jazz solo guitar. :)
A master teacher
Suggestions part 2:
DOn Mock, Artful Arpeggios
Joe Diorio - Intervallic Designs.
Any Real Book fakebook to get started learning tunes and then apply lessons learned from all suggested material. Strive to learn a minimum one tune a week.
DOn't just "intellectually" get it, transcribe thelessons as taught and learn as much of this stuff note for note, your playing should improve by ridiculous levels.
woah, wat kind of guitar tat he used? doesnt look like a normal acoustic guitar 4 me...
@guitoneable not true Dude. I have this guys lessons from TrueFire. You don't need the dots. Learn your scales. But with these lessons there are also TABs and standard notation. I've never recieved more valuable material for my money.I also have Howards book "Through Chord-Melody and Beyond" . It's all about the voicings. He shows you how to create your own voicings. It's really deep dude. And like I said if you just want to learn his arrangements you can because their all available on the Tabs.
Guitar Lessons - Fingerboard Breakthrough - Howard Morgen - Introduction
awesome into!
Fantastic
wow amazing!!
A New Yorker! Bensonhurst?
Is part 2 going to be on youtube?
OK, Wow!!
8:01
Great!!.
Don't worry guys, he switches to a guitar with inlays when he starts to teach.
I very much like the balancing of voiceing and chord harmony but not necessaily want tobe a jazz guitarists. Has anyone got the other lessons from howard and what are they like for general guitar, folk and blues.? How much does the lessons cost?
Anyone mathematically-inclined? Just found out that one professor wrote a book going deep with this srtuff, how chords are formed but much much deeper.
@echo680 Oooh. Okay. Anyway, dude rocks at guitar and that's all that REALLY matters haha.
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19 did not have a Breakthrough.
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