II V I - You Need To Practice This For Solos
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- The II V I progression is probably the most common chord progression in Jazz. In this video, I am going to go over some of the basic things that you need to practice and also how you take those basic tools and turn them into great material for a solo.
This will help you really improvise over the chord changes so that your solos sound like Jazz and not just noodling in a scale.
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Content:
00:00 Intro
00:20 What is a II V I?
01:09 How To Solo Over A II V I - Basic Arpeggios
02:36 The Most Important Scale Exercise
03:35 Use The Scale As Well
05:13 Chromatic Notes (Bebop Made Simple)
07:28 More Amazing Arpeggio Ideas.
08:57 Learn this exercise!
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"Than it wont look like you're just noodling in a scale" That hit close to home, damn.
You’re the bravest jazz teacher on UA-cam. No lies. No gimmicks. You do break it down as easy as can. You have mad teaching skills. But thank you for not making money off of lies. Playing jazz is hard. Thank you for doing all you can - without lying about it. “Learn BeBop in 10 min” might make you money and give me hope. To new players reading this I would say 1.) if you can’t follow Jens “you’re not reeady” 2.) if you can follow him. He’s the most thorough base (not basic) level teacher. He represents the fundamentals that make jazz playing. Maybe Jazz 101 and Jazz 201.
Glad you like the videos and put it to use! 🙂
As a straight-ahead rock player, seeing "Bø" scared the shit out of me. Errybody gangsta till the chord chart gets scandinavian.
If we're being honest, I ride an electric scooter with colorful streamers.
@@RDYC Mr. Euro, showin' off.
@Mat Turner, that's not Scandinavian. It's the classical notation for B minor 7 (b5). Just think of the B min7 chord, but flat the 5th of the chord to F natural. Rock and jazz musicians know this as "minor 7 (b5)" but classical musicians know it as "half diminished." Same chord, just named according to different nomenclature. That circle symbol (diminished) with the line through it (half diminished) was probably just used here as an easy shorthand for Jens to communicate with everyone watching. Hope that alleviates your anxiety!
@@DonyaLane Oh! Thanks for illuminating me, that's very cool info :) I love learning stuff like that
I rely heavily on my ear and have never seen such a clearly stated lesson on what I’m missing out on. My noodling days are numbered! Can’t thank you enough for this eye opener!
Glad it was useful! 🙂
Ditto!
My mind is totally blown.
Same 👍🏾
These are the best jazz lessons on UA-cam
Thank you, Jimmy 🙂
Light bulb moment at 2.37. Thanks for this Jens!
Perfect! Go for it 🙂
I dont know why most Jazz teachers cant just explain this as easy as you . Im a blues, country, rocker and would like to jazz up my playing. I notice a lot of teachers overwhelm you with stuff all over the neck that you may never use. (at least not at first) Great job!
Thank you! I am glad it was useful 🙂
This channel has been doing wonders for progressing my practical theory.
Glad to hear that! :)
Same here! I've been playing for many years,and I learned theory so I could "Forget it" a long time ago and I'm now back full circle to learning it again...Music is a fascinating, lifelong pursuit!!
Another template for excellence Jens. This lesson should be taught to ALL musicians not just the jazz players, in my opinion.
This man is a blessing on UA-cam!
Never give up God will reward you brother.
Thank you! :)
This is great, thanks Jens! I'll definitely check out the other video as well. I may have seen it already but it certainly won't hurt to refresh my memory and work on it more.
I will be working with this later this week! Thanks for sharing your marvelous skills with us.
Thanks a lot, Jens! I am one of those people who learns stuff without any teachers, and you help me greatly in my path.
Happy to help 🙂
Thank you Jens for all this precious material.
Thank you Jens!! I finally have a good understanding of chord progressions thanks to you!!
It’s cool how your educational videos have become more and more refined over the years... I find a lot of the same ideas as are in your older videos but it feels even clearer. “Basic” yet potent. Fundamentals that are always worth returning to. Thanks for sharing your mastery with such precision!
Thank you 🙂 Glad you like the format
You're an amazing teacher. I'm able to easily understand everything. Thanks
Another great video. Enjoyed playing along this morning. Thanks!
This is the best no bs jazz channel I have found. So happy I stumbled upon it randomly
This is just such a good overview of jazz soloing ideas. Thanks Jens. You add so much value to so many lives with your work. Hope you are well.
My pleasure! Great that you find it useful!
Man, those are some beautiful lines there Jens. Elegant is the word.
Thanks again!
Thank you 🙂
Awesome jens! This is what im was looking for years! Bedankt!
Wow, how in the world did I miss this awesome lesson when it first came out?? Thank you Jens for doing this for us!! It's a fantastic lesson and it's just what I needed!!
You're very welcome!
Love your videos! You clarify concepts I've heard before but couldn't grasp; your explanations and examples are helping me greatly. Keep up the great work Jens!
You're very welcome!
WOW!! Solo on the minor 3rd?! That is great info. Please more exercise on these subjects. Thank you Jens.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I found what I have been looking for, for many many years, and I learn so much in such a short time. Thank you again
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Jens, just wanted to express how grateful I am for your lessons, you explain things so thoroughly and I really appreciate that. I have played Rock, Metal/Shred and Blues most of my life but recently really started getting into Jazz, and developing a whole new love and appreciation for the genre and it's wonderful players such as yourself. I study from books and cd's but your lessons are just as important to me. Thank you so much!
Another great video man 🤙 I’m a bass player and honestly learn/learned a ton from you. You really break things down well keep them coming! ✌️❤️🌎
Awesome! Thank you!
This is a great video Jens, straightforward exercises that immediately turn into lines that already sound like jazz guitar. Keep on, you have a superb channel.
Thank you 🙂 I am glad you think so
Man, I just discovered your channel. It blows my mind. Thanks for such a great quality videos and beginners content.
Great that you find it useful 🙂
Jens, this is a lesson I have needed since many years ago. Thanks.
You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂
That was one of the most useful and easy to understand lessons on how to create musical Jazz lines. Just what I was looking for. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I've watched and loved this video many times. Such a classic.
Thank you 🙂
One of your simplest yet best lessons Jens!
Thank you, Rick 🙂
making it look easy! Respect for the clear explanation on your videos, really helps me forward!
Glad to hear that! Go for it!
This short lesson is so damn good. Perfectly *targeted* for my level at the moment.
You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂
This video is so packed with useful information, and with amazing clarity! Kudos!!
Glad you think so!
You address these concepts with different lenses and this one really sticks for this newbie. Sincere thanks, Jens! 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome video! I like it how you emphasize not on the most complicated concepts but on the simpler ones. I think many people have heard of chromatic leading notes and even the third chord as a substitute, but putting it into practice is a whole new level
Thank you! Glad you find it useful 🙂
Words cannot express how helpful this video has been for me. Thank you for putting this compact overview together. You are not only an excellent player but a great communicator and teacher. ❤
what a brilliant lesson and all in under 10 minutes. thank you
Ive been watching your videos all day and I realize you have organized my knowledge and presented these concepts in such a clear Way many questions have been answered. Thanks.
That's really great to hear 🙂
This is a great lesson! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Thank You for making our practice time more valuable!
It's my pleasure
wow! I actually think im starting to understand this music. Amazing presentation. Thanks Jens
Glad it was helpful!
What a wealth of information! I can't thank you enough for your most excellent lessons! The logical approach and detailed layout is second to none! Thank You!
Glad you like it 🙂
Excellent lesson. Very thorough and yet very succinct. You can do so much with the material in this lesson.
Glad you enjoyed it, David!
The clearest instructional video on youtube! Thank you Jens!!! So helpful.
You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂
I studied jazz with Barry Harris in High School (in 1979 and 1980) - I hear he is still around! Learned more about jazz from him than anyone I ever met! Great video!
Impressive simplicity, knowledge and feel at teaching. You really rock, amigo.
Gracias! 🤘🐶🎸
Fantastic! Thanks Jens, your videos are a treasure trove.
Thank you very much, Roberto
Amazing tutorial and it's very helpful and clear on what and how to practice the 2-5-1 progressions! Thanks man!🙂👍
Glad it was useful 🙂
Nice concise synopsis of the first part of your book, "Modern Jazz Guitar Concepts", which was very helpful to me on this journey. Thanks.
Thank you, Peter
Absolute 24kt gold. Thank you for giving away some of the most important information that a working guitarist can utilize immediately.
Glad it is useful 🙂
Thank you for your amazing content. I used to be so frustrated and bewildered, never understanding how jazz players choose their notes. Now it seems OBVIOUS! Thank you for de-mystifying this.
As usual great stuff Jens! This is helpful since I do a ton of arpeggio stuff but more in a neo-classical approach with lots of sweep picking so this is helpful for me to stay in one area and not want to keep gravitating to that all the time when I am playing jazz.
Great to hear!
A joy to watch, and listen to of course!
Thanks Robin!
UA-cam has become such an amazing resource and propelled my guitar progress since I've decided to learn new stuff. Thanks very much for your lessons! Hopefully I can give something back in the near future ...
Great to hear! Go put it to use!
thank you so much for teaching so well. i’m already excited about my eventual improvement. my goal is to do everything you demonstrated and be able to explain it as well.
Go for it 🙂
Ok all of a sudden things fall in place. The explanation is so lucid. Thanks a lot Jens.
Great! Go for it 🙂
Jens I got so much from this video that I actually sat through the ads........the vshred one was kinda hard, but I did it! Thanks for teaching.
You're so welcome! Thanks for sacrificing so much time on ads to check it out! :D
I've been following Jens for a while. The years of knowledge he conveys in such a practical way is priceless. Everyone should be subscribed!
Thank you 🙂 🙏
A lifetime worth of work in 10 minutes. Great great stuff
Thank you very much for your work ! You make us all better musicians.
Glad you find it useful!
This is awesome, absolutely fantastic. I've been playing guitar for a while now with a fair knowledge of appegios and modes. However, I couldn't put them together in full use to actually feel confident. You've unravelled the mystery surrounding jazz playing, and I can see the benefits in my playing since I started watching and playing along with your videos.
I've started experimenting with the arpeggios and the scales, and it feels so good that I'm beginning to sound like a jazz guitarist whenever I practice.
I've been waiting for this moment in my life for a long time and I look forward to grabbing my guitar, everytime, to venture into the world of jazz.
Thank you so much, Jens...more grease to your elbow.
That is really great to hear! Go for it 🙂
Jens, you are simply the best jazz guitar teacher on the Web. Thank you for the amazing lessons and the work you put in to make them accessible for beginner jazzers. 🙏👍❤️
Thank you Mark!
You really know how to use theory to practice in order to make music, thanks a lot Jens!
Jens, this is an excellent lesson, Thank You 🙏
My pleasure!
Damn Jens, you look good. This is excellent video quality and video editing and the sound is perfect. Your videos are incredibly modern (as is your playing). Thanks for providing such fantastic resources.
Glad you like the videos 🙂
Another awesome lesson Jens.
Fantastic lesson! The more I play and understand… the more I gravitate to Jazz. So Beautiful! You are a Great Guitarist and Teacher! THANK YOU!
My pleasure!
I'm not playing guitar - but accordion. These videos you've made, Jens are extremely pedagogical, and very musical.
Thank you Ulf B I am glad you found it useful! 👍
...I have been studying this lesson and soon I will learn it totally. Thanks. Tchau.
I've been playing for 45 years and this is one of the best presentations of this subject I've ever seen... well done
Thank you very much! That is a very nice compliment to get :)
Thank you for such a great lesson to help me get back to playing regularly!
You're very welcome!
Loving the content! keep up the good work! thanks a lot
Thank you, Gustavo 🙂
This video really helps to connect the dots for self taught players
Great that you found it useful 🙂
Really liked the directness of this video. To the point
Thank you! I am really glad to hear that 🙂
Thank you Jens for this nice material;
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another amazing video lesson. Thanks, Jens!
Glad you like it 🙂
Pretty amazing video have all I need, thank you so much
Glad it's useful 🙂
This channel really shows I was taught Jazz improvisation completely wrong.
Great video as always Jens 👌
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's soo much info in under 10 minutes. From the first half of the video I already picked up 6 months of things to practice.
Just amazing! Thanks for the video
Great! Go for it 🙂
Bingo! My sentiments exactly!
Jens, love your teaching. It’s excellent when you remind us old lessons points like arpeggios, chords, and bebop style on the notes. Can you add a little soloing improvisation for like 30 sec or a min continually to listen to and learn some licks ? That will take us to progress even more. Thank you again for all you do. Greatly appreciate it.
Glad you like them! I don't have soloing segments like that in the videos because people usually leave if there is one :)
@@JensLarsen Only if you start playing bass solo😉
great lesson.
its the first step, well estructurated lesson. thank you!
You're very welcome!
This lessons are so good, amazing work! thank you!!!
You're very welcome!
Please never stop these lessons.
Great video Jens!
Glad you enjoyed it!
One of the coolest thing I've learned lately is trading the V for a augmented chord. It sounds going really good from V to I
You are the man.......Mr Jens , many thanks
thank you for your calm and motivating style of teaching. ☆♡☆
Glad it is useful! :)
very clear and sinthetic, thanks Jens!
Glad you like it 🙂
extremely incredible work.
I play guitar for 10 years, playing by tabs, wrote own stuff, learned some fingerstyle songs, alot of metal stuff. And I've never really dug into any sort of theory. Now when I felt the desire to be able not only write stuff by blindly picking fret by fret till it sounds great, but also improvise. Also wanted to add a little jazz into my style. And I have searched for any sort of guide all over the Internet, like, how to get into the style. All that I've found was either overcomplicated incomprehensible tutorials, or oversimplified totally useless stuff.
Then I found this playlist. Everything is described in literal seconds, straight to the point. Understandable language used, every term is well-defined. I can't thank you enough for the work put into these vids!
This channel feels like home when its time for practice
This is great!
Thanks had to change my routine in practicing arpegio. 😊😊😊
Je vous remercie pour tous vos conseils malgré mon manque de pratiques et de connaissances en jazz. Vos explications m'aident à progresser graduellement.
Glad it is useful 🙂
WOW. That's a lot of information! Thanks!
Glad you like it 🙂
Thank you very much Mr. Larsen 🍻
You are very welcome
You are an amazing teacher. After watching your video, I went and listened to Grant Green and a whole new universe opened up. I wrote my first jazz song today. Thank you.
Great! Go for it 🙂