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The Easy Way to Improvise Over Chord Changes
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2016
- This 3 note pattern is so simple you'll feel like you're cheating!
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I like how you stare into my soul as you play that sax.
SongstaForLife lol
Like a more lighthearted, upbeat version of Vinheteiro (I don't remember how to spell it)
lol, but true
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
luv it
My dad was a tenor player and used to warm up on charts in this fashion -- and until viewing your lesson -- I didn't realize what a helpful exercise it is -- was -- will be. I just thought he was noodling and trying to get his breath and bite together. Good stuff.
Glad this is making sense! Thanks, Michael!
Hello, I'm actually a bass player learning how to solo. I said to myself," If want to learn how to solo well, I should learn from the masters." So I searched UA-cam for saxophone soloing lessons and came across your channel. I would like to say thank you for the valuable lessons in music that anyone can apply. Excellent job!
Matthew Brenes I did the opposite and found Adam Neely! Both incredible teachers!
John Pearmain I'm off to catch him... Need all the lessons I can grab from these guys
check out his vlog for a taste of Janek's style. i think he's a great player and has interesting thoughts on music, but in his video lessons I find he isn't always clear and can be a bit manic/ramble-y (I've watched videos on his site in the past, and I get the impression he doesn't always script his lessons too strictly. then again, you might find you like it. I highly recommend checking out Scott Devine for bass lessons/music theory
I am a first semester student at Berklee college of music. You're videos have been a great way for me to apply and solidify everything I learn in class! Very helplful! Keep up the good work man!
Congratulations! :)
lol
This might just be the exercise I've been looking for all my life. Just by hearing you play I can already "hear" the variations and see how this might be useful for my left hand bass as well as my improv. This is some top notch content, sir.
Leonardo Lanza same here!!! Ive been waaaay over playing
Again another thank you. I did your three note lick pattern over A Train and I finally learned the changes because I could hear them. I haven't been able to take my nose out of the music previously; but, this made sense and it helped my ear. Appreciate the help!
It's like economy of words in writing. I have noticed how some players seem to use their notes sparingly, easy finger movements and they sound good! Great tip. Thanks Jeff.
Thank you, Joel!
Exactly what guitar players need to know. Excellent stuff sir!
Happy to hear it! Please let me know if you have any questions!
Irish Muso agreed great lesson, really helps the swing
My biggest weakness is not communicating the changes. My improv is very much like blurting out loads of information rather than cool little melodies. Im a guitarist, and we very pattern based....It is helpful to learn from you sax folks. Thanks Jeff.
Really appreciate the comments. Thank so much!
These semi-tones below the target notes are called chromatic lower neighbour tones and they're VERY effective. This is one of the VERY few jazz tutorial channels on whole of UA-cam which even mentions this absolutely bread & butter jazz improv technique. Why is is this?
Jazz licks derived from chromatic lower neighbour tones, are like the 'Chuck Berry' equivalent of jazz licks - simple but VERY effective...
Jeff, thank you very much for this. Up to now I've worked any half way decent improvisation from internalising the melody to a degree that I can't play it wrong so when I stray I always know my way back. That was fine but I was always thinking melody. This has given me a way to work from the changes when I normally find trying to play arpeggios over changes too fast for me. This is the step I needed right now and I'm very grateful for your video. Thanks, Tony.
ha jeff the ideas you show us are great, i can all most use them instantly ,your teaching abilities are impressive ,i like the use of chord tone numbers ,more direct than using the note names, teaching me is not easy .iv played guitar on and off since i was 18 ,i missed 20 yrs of playing, personal problems,so i'v started again 5 yrs ago and at 57 i need a good teacher and you the man
Thanks, Anthony! Glad to hear the videos are helpful.
Thanks again Jeff, this is a great way to explore improvisation on a tune rather than just playing scales, and this approach kind of reminds me of saxophonists like Paul Desmond, Lee Konitz etc. It does really make sense if a musician wants to create own improvisations instead of copying others.
Thank you, Andile!
This is fantastic! Thank you for making this video, what a simple and effective way to approach improvisation. I can’t wait to try this and work to expand the ideas.
Best jazz teacher on UA-cam. This is really great. Thanks a lot, Ill try and finally fullfill the dream of improvising over the A Train. And I don't even play the Sax, at least for now lol. :)
Thank you, Marcos! Best of luck with your music.
Great lesson!!! Gonna apply this idea with my guitar students. Thanks!
You can also use this while your comping chords as well. Sounds great on smaller voiced chords (triads/shell voicings)
Great exercise. I am so happy that my teacher is showing me very same exercises for improvisation practising like you Jeff. It is great feeling to know that you as a fantastic player and also teacher have similiar teaching techniques. That is big proof for me that I have very good personal teacher and I am practicing the right things in right way which is the most important thing :) Thanks a lot :)
Thank you, David! Glad you're getting something out of these lessons. Keep up the good work!
Great lesson, Jeff! have you ever done a lesson on the "bebop tail", that big interval leap downwards at the end of many typical bebop phrases?
I think I know what you're talking about now ;)
Guitarist here - learning to play an EWI - and this is brilliant! I’ve tried it several times now - on different songs - and for some reason, I’m finding a full tone works better, to my ears - maybe down to me playing a lot of blues? Have to admit - this does sound much better playing off the other chord tones though - so I’ve got to keep practicing, as some chord changes on the guitar are starting to get painful - and it’s bad to have to stop after 20 minutes!
Excellent video and real practical advice! Thanks for posting and sharing your insights on how to get started. Keep these videos coming!
great exercise! as a beginner I'm looking for more of such building blocks to start improvising
I have that same mouthpiece and ligature, nice choice!
Holy crap. Good stuff man, I've been struggling with jazz improv for awhile now starting to lose faith in my alto and I, you explained this beautifully thank you so much
Great video! Easy to follow, very concrete and it's always good for students to understand the importance of knowing the chord tones!
/musicteacher
Awesome video!! I study and practice with your videos so much, I'm not sure if I could ever convey how useful and important they are to me. I am so appreciative that you willingly take the time to share your extensive and ideas with all of us, so often!!
Mimi, your comment is so meaningful. I really appreciate it. Thanks!
Jeff. Great lesson. To all the people asking why he is playing half a step down on a dominant chord, you can chromatically approach any target note. Its a common device. You can also use an enclosure which would be something like half tone below and half above and then target note.
Jeff how would you feel about collaborating to subtitle some of your tutorials into spanish?
Brilliant. Thanks to you, mr. Schneider!
Thank YOU, Ben.
Thanks for your videos Jeff! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Fantastic strategy for getting started with a logical approach to improvising over changes on sax. Thanks!
Thanks, as always!
Great video! I knew about these exercises but I forgot about them. I will definitely try them again. Thanks for a great breakdown.
Great improv. instruction 10, which ideas I will attempt - and try to expand creatively.
Thanks, Jeff.
Very helpful video, thanks for sharing this simple but effective idea.
Moving from Electric Bass to Double Bass. Beginning to move into composition/improv. Finding your videos quite helpful. Thank you, James
Glad to hear that, James! Good luck with that big bass!
Always good to go back to the basics, thanks!
Exactly! Thanks for the comment.
Hey Jeff Great lesson you simplified this area which I have found confusing. Many thanks keep the lessons going.
Regards Dave and Talia
I'm 50 and I'm still learning this stuff
Your the best tutor!! Amazing i watch soooo many of yr vids/lessons. Cheers from NZ
Im applying this technique to my guitar playing, this is amazing and simpl but thank you so much.
Great lesson!
Thanks for this Jeff. I’m looking at doing a T.Sax solo on Once I Loved, but the B form section has this weird kind of chromatic progression and I’m looking for ways to ‘connect’ them. Any thoughts welcome.
Thanks Jeff. You are amazing!
Thanks so much, Daniel!
This is an awsome exercise! Congrats! Could you share the backing track?
Jeff many thanks. That is such a great approach!!!
Nice n easy to relate......thanks.....i am not a total beginner but playing along is something i haven't done much of.I have The Duke playalong so tomorrow i am into it......cheers from NZ
Thanks, Gary! Heading to NZ in a couple months actually. Where abouts are you?
Hey Jeff i am in Kaikoura.Whale watch capital of the world where the mountains meet the sea.Let us know when you are about.I have a couple of spare beds and/or a great Motel right next door...The Panorama Motel......with THE best views in town.
Thanks, great videos. Why are you going a half step below the root on dominant chords? (instead of a whole step) Thanks for posting.
It's all about the phrasing. The lower note sounds more like a passing tone between the two roots notes, so the resolve sounds "right". You don't normally want to end the phrase on the lower note.
wow.. such a great explanation. simple but to the point. Thank you!!!
Now how do you link the phrases together so it does t sound so... robotic? Whenever I try to target the chord tones it's almost like the changes are too pronounced. I don't know if that makes sense... But it almost sounds too predictable.
For instance, on Cmaj I'll play the chords tones, C E G, then D will come around and I'm only playing D F# A, and it'll sound like it follows the chords way too closely. Maybe because the phrases are too short and only containing those chord tones?
Any chance of doing a follow-up on this? Maybe incorporating passing tones or legato phrasing?
Now you're in the hard part of improvisation. CONNECTING THE CHORDS.
What Jeff talked about was not playing the chord tones exactly as an arpeggio but alternating them with a half step below. Then it already sounds a lot better. Next step could be trying to connect tones from succeeding chords in half steps. e.g. stepping from the g of C major chord (after you played g-f#-g) through g# to the a of the Dm chord. That kind of thing. So seek a note in the next chord that's lying near a note in the current chord and connect them with a half step if needed. Then there's more connection between your licks.
+keyboardheuvelrug Thanks! I'll try that.
It's a valid question, for sure. I would take the principle discussed in this video and incorporate some rhythmic "play" in order to avoid sounding too predictable. For instance, try starting your phrases on beats other than one. There are many ways to be creative even with limited options. Let me know how it goes, and thanks for your question!
Indeed!
Really getting a lot out of these vids Jeff, thanks so much!
Happy to hear that, Roger. Thanks for watching!
Thanks!!! I needed this. 🔥💯💯
Great stuff yet again! keep em coming.
Thank you, David! Will do :)
Thank you SO MUCH for your videos!
Very helpful, especially when you are waiting for new ideas to pop into your head during a solo.
HI Jeff great lesson, but why didn't you use b7's on the dominant and minor chords?
Great lesson thanks! Sounding good Jeff!
Thanks, Warren!
Perfect example of 'less is more'. Fine lesson, thank you.
Superb! Thanks so much for these lessons my friend.
Glad you liked, thanks for watching!
hey jeff i'm new to your channel and I've found allot of information in your videos very helpfull, i still have a confusion with the modes and modal improvisation, i ca'nt seem to get it together when im improvising
Thirds and sevenths are the most important notes within seventh chords.
You could theoretically do this exercise with note bending as opposed to proper fingering (I haven't tried, but it should be fine).
Excellent - thanks. Subscribed
Thanks for subscribing, Ian!
Why do you play a half step below the root on the D7 and not down to the b7?
Why does it not sound more dissonant?
Amazing videos btw! Best teaching Ive seen in music!
I'm not an expert in Jazz, but I'm assuming he's using a Lydian scale over the D7 which still has the natural 7.
@@etrcentenario9737 you sound like an expert to me lol
1/2 step approach voice leading
HI Jeff - could you do this with Summertime (my all time fave jazz track!)?
Hi Jeff, U R a natural born teacher!
Thanks so much, Frankie. That means a lot!
Frankie Gray agreed!!
I just want to thank you for your great materials!
+Jaume Gelabert you're very welcome!
No way I'm going to subscribe before I've watched the actual video!
Amazing! Best lesson on UA-cam!
Thank you!
Q: On dominant chords, would you go chromatic or diatonic down from the root? Like Fminor7 - Tonic would be the Eb (key Bb) but chromatic would be E.
That's really cool - so simple and effective. I wish I had seen this lesson years ago :-) !
Cool... I'm gonna practice it at gig tonight. I'll use it in a song called Só danço samba (The jazz and samba)
It has the same chord changes... Maybe Tom Jobim was inspired in Duke Ellington when he composed it! Thanks, again!
Subbed to your channel, I'm learning guitar, but the information you're putting across is very relevant, thanks a mil Jeff. :)
Thanks! So glad to hear that.
Jeff, you da man! Simple yet effective!
Thank you!
Questions : how about one tone distance using the same concept ?
Must it match the Chord ? For example C major 7 to use C, B, C ?
And C7 to use C. Bb, C ?
Or it doesn't matter ?
love this method making gains
appreciate your videos hey so which video is best to follow and start on?
Wow!! I wish I had you as a teacher 20 years ago
I like how your embouchure relaxes and collapses after each phrase
Great teacher!
Which one of your videos would be a good start to just learning how to properly understand chords, chord changes, and all of that sort of thing?
very cool. easy to follow, very useful
very groovy concept. Thank you!
Thanks, Greg!
I play over backing tracks that do not include lead sheets . How do I begin to improv once I know the key the tune is in ? Is there a sequence of chords once I know the key?
Thank you very much
Practice. Thank you Hope to find your chord chart
Hey Jeff, I find it difficult to improvise when I'm thinking too hard about chords, notes, scales etc. that I'm meant to be using. Do you (or anyone else for that matter) have any tips for improving your intuition while soloing? Is it a matter of just improving your aural skills or is it a much deeper feeling that develops with more practice?
I really want to be able to play purposeful solos *sigh*
Hi Veronika, It take practice and experience do get comfortable with all of that theory. Keep working at it, and it will get easier. Remember, at the end of the day, you want to be playing what you hear in your head. You can always go back to singing and then playing what you sing. That's always a good way to get centered. Best of luck!
Genius bro!! Apprecitate You and the videos.
good video! do you have any videos of you playing through standards or any tunes for that matter? I really like your playing!
I'll be posting some more of my playing on UA-cam soon. Thanks for watching!
I might try this with Straight No Chaser since there are only three chord changes.
why would you do a maj7 on a maj-min chord?
spicy jazz. also passing tones work
@@thebeatcreeper no it doesnt. It has a minor 7. Its called a major-minor, or a dominant 7th, because it refers to the major triad and then the minor 7th on top
@@thebeatcreeper Its just two different names for the same chord. We typically call it a Dom7, but major-minor sort of defines it explicitly. It helps to not confuse it with a minor-minor (minor 7th) or a minor-diminished (half diminished 7th)
Thanks Jeff. Great lesson. But when you have in same bar an Ami7 and a D7#9, what would you suggest I do?
stupid question but does this only work in certain scales or 'jazz scales'?
Mackenzie Bowles You can use this in any style and over any scale however it will sound somewhat jazzy. By stepping down a half step you are creating a sense of motion but you aren’t highlighting the 7th in all chords so you are breaking away from the scale anyways. In the A section the C chord is a major chord so you would typically extend it with a major 7th(a B natural) so the half step up from the root is in the scale. However all the other chords from the A section (D7, Dm7, G7) have dominant 7th so you are outside of the scale anyways with that half step up.
This is really helpful!
My second viewing for this great lesson....... Do you publish any lesson notes so I can keep up? Many thanks Dave
Are there any videos anywhere of you playing standards ?
Not up on UA-cam, but I do plan on posting some soon.
Thankyou so much. I have a little question please. If I am in a jazz ensemble. And say I have chords to solo over on my alto sax, are those chords on the sheet in front of me already transposed for my horn? Thankyou!!
Mr. Jeff Schneider => Where can I find a solo made by yourself?
Great job Man!!!! Interesting thing) I have the same setup on tenor)))) except reeds - i'm using rico royal)
Nice! Thanks for watching.
Nice concept.
Hello Jeff. I'm doing this for yardbird suite, but I was wondering. When it was a 7 chord, wouldn't you have to play a flat 7? I'm not sure because in this you play the major 7 but it still sounded great.
an effective way for beginners good job
cool how when you drop a half step it works and the note is outside the scale. tommy
great videos Jeff what method book do you recommend?