This is a bit of an experiment. I want to make some shorter more loose lessons on questions from you guys or other specific topics and post them. Let me know what you think! 🙂
Jens one thing jazz players are very good at; are able to play on the fly through the chord change. Because they do a lot of "eartraining". So how I can master that "eartraining", without guitar...., I'm very bad in that thing. That's why playing with a backing track without the knowledge of eartraining or able to hear the chord change a very bad thing. I never play with a backing track if I don't know the chord progression. So I will say ""EARTRAINING"" 🙂 Ooooo btw I love shorter lessons videos max. 5 min. 🙂
Thanks Jari! I already have a lot of videos on voicings of all sorts, so maybe have a look there first. I find that using the thumb to fret in front of the fretboard (not like Hendrix) is not that practical for what I do, so I don't teach it.
Wow I know what i'm doing for the next couple weeks. So much cognitive dissonance trying to not revert to internalizing the beats on 1 and 3! Thanks for the great lesson Jens!
Thank you, Jens for the clear and concise explanation of how to use a metronome to practice on 2 and 4. We're learning Billie's Bounce, Oleo and No Moe in the guitar class I'm taking. This is very helpful.
This is very useful. I will give it a try. I use metronome in reaper (DAW) and you customize the beat and many more. Unfortunately thieves has break into my house and take my best friend "the metronome" and many expensive guitar stuff. Btw good subject .... I love it. Is a great challenge man.
Sorry to hear that Mike! I will get back to you via e-mail tomorrow. I am just back from a gig and am now going to celebrate my girlfriends birthday :)
Think I got it because I also play drums obvioulsy at same feel (hi-hat foot+snare comping in 2&4), so the isolated drumming could be the next level of practice once you got the metronome, so the groove works cool with it, just an opinion
Thank you for your generosity. Setting the metronome to half speed is really valuable information. Now I know why it hasn't been working for me. Also - can you recommend any metronome apps?
Might be too late to get a reaction to this old video but as a tangential question I was just wondering if people have a strong preference for mechanical metronomes vs digital (e.g. phone app) and why.
You need a tube-metronome 😁 I don't think that is a thing, at most it will be about what sound you prefer and possibly whether you like to wear tinfoil hats
Hello Jens, I'm enjoying your videos as always. O.K. here goes a question that is probably obvious to most of your subscribers(except me). What is the point of hearing the beat on two and four? Thanks in advance for your replyEd
Hi Ed! That's great! I talk about why you should use the metronome to learn feeling subdivision and not to lean on it in this video: ua-cam.com/video/XUnu-oYWvtM/v-deo.html
how do you come up with phrasing when improvising solos over certain changes? I know the common way is just use chord tones and passing notes up and down to those chord tones, voice leading to the next change, chromatic voice leading, but something about it doesn't click with me. I can write a solo but I can't improvise one. Also when would you use modes in soloing?
+noreaction I actually don't think exactly like that. I do see the chord tones of the changes bit in the context of the scale that they belong to. I have one lesson on taget notes on a II V I that might help. I can't search a link right now from my phone. Let me know if you can't find it!
Thank you for explaining how to use the 2 and 4 beat in the meter. However, Im still confused where I should start a lick. Should I still start on the 1 or on the 2?
@@JensLarsen Got it. All this time I thought it is strictly required to start om up beats (2 or 4) to sound jazzy. Thanks again, and good luck to your channel.
Jens Larsen , thank you. I practice with the meteonome on 2 and four to create and record a steady rythm figure so I can improvise over it. Do you think that is a smart approach? I think it helps me. Then I double check with the metronome if I improvised in time. I use logic home studio for that.
Jens Larsen, I do that a lot, too. I use different approaches with the metronome. At high tempos it can be a challenge with 2&4, but it’s important to struggle a bit to get better:-) Thanks for your answer.
@@Gitaristterjestorvig On fast tempos, it sounds like you're playing country music or polka music with the metronome on 2 and 4! It's only good on slow to medium tempos. That's why Barry Harris uses 1 and 3 on fast tempos. This joker doesn't even realize that! LOL!
Hey Jens, I have a question: I really want to play jazz full time (as in: devote all my practicing time to it and in a few years ill try to enter the conservatory of Amsterdam or The Hague) and you are by far the best teacher (to me anyway) on youtube for jazz guitar. However I'm having a lot of trouble on finding topics I have to work on within the realm of jazz guitar. I feel like I already know some stuff such as the basic drop2 voicings for 7th chords with the root on 6th and 5th string, all (common) triads on all string sets, working on note reading right now etc. etc. But when I look at your site and how the lessons are structured I have trouble picking the 'beginner' type lessons out, in other words: what is essential to absolutely know as a aspiring jazz guitarist?
If you already know stuff like drop2 voicings then don't work on that. Focus on learning songs by heart, making your own chord melody of them and improvising and comping. Stay basic and add stuff from my lessons as extra things. My UA-cam lessons are certainly not a complete method 🙂 Keep at it! I am sure you will do well!
I like videos that can help change up my rhythm when playing lines and comping. When I was taking private lessons thru Truefire with Cheryl Bailey she said i used played the same rhythm on my solos all the time and she new before I even played how it would sound . She stated if I could just change that one aspect of my playing it would take me to an entire new level. How do i do that :)
@@JensLarsen Solve the clicking problem? I'm not one who makes them. I can use a metronome but playing with an actual drummer or a drum track achieves the same purpose of playing in time and it sounds better.
@@4578a You have free metronome apps where you can customize the sound. It isn't a real problem and you can easily do something about it if you want to.
This is a bit of an experiment. I want to make some shorter more loose lessons on questions from you guys or other specific topics and post them. Let me know what you think! 🙂
Jens one thing jazz players are very good at; are able to play on the fly through the chord change. Because they do a lot of "eartraining".
So how I can master that "eartraining", without guitar...., I'm very bad in that thing. That's why playing with a backing track without the knowledge of eartraining or able to hear the chord change a very bad thing. I never play with a backing track if I don't know the chord progression.
So I will say ""EARTRAINING"" 🙂 Ooooo btw I love shorter lessons videos max. 5 min. 🙂
I'd like to see some cool chord voicings. I use thumb from below in some of my chords, call them 'claw chords'
Thanks Jari! I already have a lot of videos on voicings of all sorts, so maybe have a look there first. I find that using the thumb to fret in front of the fretboard (not like Hendrix) is not that practical for what I do, so I don't teach it.
I like the short lessons Jens - this one picks a very specific topic and explains it really nicely.
Thanks! Glad you like it! 🙂
Wow I know what i'm doing for the next couple weeks. So much cognitive dissonance trying to not revert to internalizing the beats on 1 and 3! Thanks for the great lesson Jens!
Go for it 🙂
I've been doing this more than I ever really have recently. Its effect is quite noticable in all phases.
+axeofcreation True! Timing and precision is also a muscle that we train to keep in shape 😊
Thank you, Jens for the clear and concise explanation of how to use a metronome to practice on 2 and 4. We're learning Billie's Bounce, Oleo and No Moe in the guitar class I'm taking. This is very helpful.
Glad you found it useful! Sounds like a good guitar class!
Thank you, Jens! For me it's easy if I imagine the 2 and 4 metronome to be a hi-hat...
Yes, that is a good one if you are used to listening to Jazz! Thanks! 👍🙂
ha hehe..great idea ;-)
Just with the first 3 minutes of your video i felt the beat as you were saying! thanks! really clean and good explanation
+alfonsodpn That's very cool! Thanks for taking the time to say so! 👍👍
Very useful
Thank you! Glad you think so 🙂
Thankyou Jen, bless and love you!
First class advice! Thank you. Steve
Thank you, Steve, I am glad you found it useful! 👍
This video is definitely underrated .
Really helpful
Glad you think so!
Super helpful!
Glad you think so!
thanks really helpful was searching fora ........ now i found
Great! Go for it 🙂
I'm going to try the metronome.
+Eric Barritt Thank you Eric!
Excellent lesson
Thank you! :)
Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!!!
Thank you Hector Rascon I am glad you found it useful! 👍
To make this metronome exercise easy, try hearing the 2 & 4 beat as a hi-hat.
+brandex2011 Yes, that is certainly a good idea 😊
Tap your feet too.
Love your content Jens, Hope to meet you and learn from you someday!
+Shaurya Rana Thank you very much! You never know! Where in the world are you?
India!
Ah ok. I would love to got there some time :) Let me know if you are coming to The Netherlands! 🙂
Off course! :-)
Excellent video Jens..... sehr gut macht spass dich zu sehen, von dir kann man sehr viele Sachen lernen Danke++++
Thanks Jon! 👍🙂
Thank you
Glad you like it 🙂
Thank so much
Glad you like it 🙂
This is very useful. I will give it a try. I use metronome in reaper (DAW) and you customize the beat and many more. Unfortunately thieves has break into my house and take my best friend "the metronome" and many expensive guitar stuff. Btw good subject ....
I love it. Is a great challenge man.
Sorry to hear that Mike! I will get back to you via e-mail tomorrow. I am just back from a gig and am now going to celebrate my girlfriends birthday :)
Congratulations!? No problem first thing first. Have fun man. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Great video as usual. Thanks. I’m a beginner and have trouble keeping time shown comping chords. How about a similar video but with chords?
Would a chord video not really be the same? I am not sure I understand
Think I got it because I also play drums obvioulsy at same feel (hi-hat foot+snare comping in 2&4), so the isolated drumming could be the next level of practice once you got the metronome, so the groove works cool with it, just an opinion
Great lesson. I will try it but I find rhythm the hardest and thing to deal with ... even reading and then tapping the rhythm is tricky ...
Just start with stuff that it is easy and get it into your system. You won't regret it 🙂
So what would you say is best, Metronome on 2+4, -and tap 1 2 3 4, -or tap 1 and 3 , -or just put 1 and 3 in your head.
thanks!
That depends on the tempo, you should probably also try to do metronome on 2 and 4 and then just play, don't tap your feet :)
It can be a good idea to have your food on 2 & 4 - also when you play "alone" you are the metronome
Great video! I'll try my best to stop my 1 and 3 habits 😂
Go for it 🙂
thanks! great lessons,
Very great of you that you answer++++
Hi Jon, Do you mind not posting links to your own videos as comments in mine. That is very spammy...
Jens
I'm really sorry I'm not a spammer, it never comes to !!!
What about in 3/4? Which beats should I hear from the metronome? Thanks!
In the "My Gear" section you should also please list the maker of those frilly nut necklaces you always use. Thanks for the videos
They are a no-name brand from my local supermarket so I actually can't 😁
Thank you Jens , hope. Can do the same in Piano!,,
Yes, you can do the same on piano :)
Thank you for your generosity. Setting the metronome to half speed is really valuable information. Now I know why it hasn't been working for me.
Also - can you recommend any metronome apps?
+Willi Gari You're very welcome! I use pro Metronome?
Might be too late to get a reaction to this old video but as a tangential question I was just wondering if people have a strong preference for mechanical metronomes vs digital (e.g. phone app) and why.
You need a tube-metronome 😁
I don't think that is a thing, at most it will be about what sound you prefer and possibly whether you like to wear tinfoil hats
Fantastic video 👍 which Ibanez guitar are you playing?
It is an Ibanez AS2630 🙂
@@JensLarsen Thank you Jens 👍👍
Hello Jens, I'm enjoying your videos as always. O.K. here goes a question that is probably obvious to most of your subscribers(except me). What is the point of hearing the beat on two and four? Thanks in advance for your replyEd
Hi Ed! That's great!
I talk about why you should use the metronome to learn feeling subdivision and not to lean on it in this video: ua-cam.com/video/XUnu-oYWvtM/v-deo.html
Which metronome are you using plz? It has a nice click
how do you come up with phrasing when improvising solos over certain changes? I know the common way is just use chord tones and passing notes up and down to those chord tones, voice leading to the next change, chromatic voice leading, but something about it doesn't click with me. I can write a solo but I can't improvise one. Also when would you use modes in soloing?
+noreaction I actually don't think exactly like that. I do see the chord tones of the changes bit in the context of the scale that they belong to. I have one lesson on taget notes on a II V I that might help. I can't search a link right now from my phone. Let me know if you can't find it!
feel like smashing my guitar up my technique and playing is good my timing is terrible and cant get me head round or feel it
Thank you for explaining how to use the 2 and 4 beat in the meter. However, Im still confused where I should start a lick. Should I still start on the 1 or on the 2?
If you it is something you transcribed or are reading then you need to figure out where it starts in the music. Or do you mean somethin else?
@@JensLarsen I mean, when I am improvising..
@@juangloriosacatubay1097 then you need to be able to start on both 1 and 2, it is not the same every time 🙂
@@JensLarsen Got it. All this time I thought it is strictly required to start om up beats (2 or 4) to sound jazzy. Thanks again, and good luck to your channel.
Thank you for great lesson. Did you say that Barry Harris would prefer to have the metronome to beat at 1 and 3 at high tempos?
That I don't know, but he taps his foot on 1 and 3 🙂
Jens Larsen , thank you. I practice with the meteonome on 2 and four to create and record a steady rythm figure so I can improvise over it. Do you think that is a smart approach? I think it helps me. Then I double check with the metronome if I improvised in time. I use logic home studio for that.
@@Gitaristterjestorvig Why not just practice soloing with the metronome on 2&4?
Jens Larsen, I do that a lot, too. I use different approaches with the metronome. At high tempos it can be a challenge with 2&4, but it’s important to struggle a bit to get better:-) Thanks for your answer.
@@Gitaristterjestorvig On fast tempos, it sounds like you're playing country music or polka music with the metronome on 2 and 4! It's only good on slow to medium tempos. That's why Barry Harris uses 1 and 3 on fast tempos. This joker doesn't even realize that! LOL!
Hey Jens,
I have a question: I really want to play jazz full time (as in: devote all my practicing time to it and in a few years ill try to enter the conservatory of Amsterdam or The Hague) and you are by far the best teacher (to me anyway) on youtube for jazz guitar. However I'm having a lot of trouble on finding topics I have to work on within the realm of jazz guitar. I feel like I already know some stuff such as the basic drop2 voicings for 7th chords with the root on 6th and 5th string, all (common) triads on all string sets, working on note reading right now etc. etc. But when I look at your site and how the lessons are structured I have trouble picking the 'beginner' type lessons out, in other words: what is essential to absolutely know as a aspiring jazz guitarist?
If you already know stuff like drop2 voicings then don't work on that.
Focus on learning songs by heart, making your own chord melody of them and improvising and comping. Stay basic and add stuff from my lessons as extra things.
My UA-cam lessons are certainly not a complete method 🙂
Keep at it! I am sure you will do well!
I like videos that can help change up my rhythm when playing lines and comping. When I was taking private lessons thru Truefire with Cheryl Bailey she said i used played the same rhythm on my solos all the time and she new before I even played how it would sound . She stated if I could just change that one aspect of my playing it would take me to an entire new level. How do i do that :)
+kidpoker007 take some rhythms and play them through songs while soloing. I have a few videos on that ☺️
Thank you!
What is the song called?
All The Things You Are?
It's the dinner hour. Do you know where your metronome is? Thanks Jens for this friendly reminder!
😁
I like to 2:4 time.
+Eric Barritt Ok! 😊
If they want people to use a metronome then make one that doesn't sound annoying, How can you stay sane and listen to that click over and over?
That excuse stopped making sense 30+ years ago, if you did not solve that yet then the only reason is that you are not trying
@@JensLarsen Solve the clicking problem? I'm not one who makes them. I can use a metronome but playing with an actual drummer or a drum track achieves the same purpose of playing in time and it sounds better.
@@4578a You have free metronome apps where you can customize the sound. It isn't a real problem and you can easily do something about it if you want to.
Sorry Jens, too much talking is boring..
Thank you
You're welcome