"If you can't play what you think, you are reduced to playing licks and patterns on the fingerboard... that is not creative" -- thats the most beautiful thing I have heard about playing music.
Man... Anyone who is wanting to undertake any musical studies and improvisation should listen very closely to what Barney is trying to teach here. It's the heart and soul of any music style. Save this to come back to... Thanks very much!
Many years ago my guitar teacher gave me a couple of cassettes he had taped at a Barney Kessel guitar clinic. This was in the 70's. The content of those cassettes is essentially the same as in this video. What this tells me is that this is a time honoured method for learning to improvise and that Mr. Kessel has been teaching this for a long time. He really does know what he is talking about. A variation of this is to lay down a chord track and scat sing a solo over it whilst recording. Then learn your solo. 45 years of learning the guitar has taught me that singing is the quickest way to the music that is inside you. After all, when you think of a melody what better way to express it; we know our voices far better than we know the guitar. I have also found that this is a good way to ensure you don't get lost on the chord progression. Scat several solos, play them on the guitar, then improvise directly on the instrument. You will find your sense of the chord progression is really quite well internalized.
Amazing comments and exactly why we started with this lesson when we created this video series. Glad you are all enjoying the lessons. Please help spread the word that they are available for free!
Learning to do it on a pretty simple percussion instrument was one of the best feelings, like there was no filter between my imagination and my hands. The feeling of free expression felt so euphoric. It's my dream to learn to do so on guitar or melodic instruments in general. Adding melody and harmony on top of rhythm is like going from the second dimension to the fourth.
really though if it means something to the person who created it THAT is musical value Mozart got told he didn't have musicality.. and John Coltrane too.. by various critics who did not feel what they were doing had legitimate musical value
The modesty and the sheer joy of this jazz giant while disseminating his wisdom that runs so deep gained after decades of playing with the best without a trace of ego brings tears of joy to one's eyes. They don't make them like this anymore. Thank you so much Rumark for sharing these treasures on your channel.
Thank You. This 1st lesson is the foundation for all musicians to build off of. In the back of my head I knew playing what you hear is the first step, but you have teachers, and other musicians telling you to learn scales, licks, site reading, songs, now we have online teachers and apps to teach us music visually and through patterns. Every interview I’ve ever heard with a legendary musician or anyone I’ve met who was very proficient had one thing in common. They learned by ear. Whether it was playing old records over and over to learn songs or just playing notes until they figured out how to play, they all developed their ear and the ability to transpose.
I'll say they are not mutually exclusive. Learning the patterns and fundamentals of music support the ability to play what one hears. And for most people, it's necessary.
My goodness, so many ‘how to’ jazz videos today have titles like “5 must-know jazz licks for guitar”. This man really talks music. That’s the difference between creativity and formula. You’ve got to do the work, demand something special from yourself, not spit out memorized passages.
My feed gets flooded with "THIS one lick will REVOLUTIONIZE your drumming!!"-videos, and it's always some dude going "here's a cool sticking pattern that you can repeat around the kit and it'll really unlock your ability to flow on the kit" and it's all BULLSHIT. You need to put in work into understanding what you play, TO what you play, to listen and think about what you play, and then do all of those things with what THEY (the rest of the band/group) play and your relation to it. Click-bait garbage
wow ! Barney Kessel.. what a resume !...from Charlie Parker to T Bone Walker, Lester Young , Billie Holiday to The Beach Boys and Sonny and Cher..and a member of the Wrecking Crew ,,when you look at who he played and recorded with its staggering. A
One of the few guitarists along side Joe Pass, Wes and Ed Bickert with a true gift for melody rather than simply playing stale arpeggios, scale fragments and enclosures.
I'm glad that this is a RU Mark channel. There are so many people uploading pirate videos. You did the work. And this is a fantastic lesson by Kessel. My guitar instructor was wistfully talking about this like it was lost to the ages. I searched today and found you. Thrilled.
I'm soo happy about this video! it is what I try to do and teach about music. If you don't have music inside you it will be very difficult to play anything interesting.
Breaking that dependence on fingering charts and patterns can take awhile, especially if your vocabulary IS the collection of licks over patterns, as mine was. I was forced to take a lot of time off the guitar, and I noticed that my creativity has been increasing as I scat or create harmonies vocally. I can’t wait to bring that new way of thinking back to my instrument.
I bought the three-tape (VHS) series in the 90s, and I got quite a bit out of it. I'd had lessons with great players and studied composition with a Pulitzer prize finalist, but Barney did as much as anyone to help me learn to create on the instrument.
Someone made a lofi song out of the monologue about not relying on the patterns etc. and now I can't find it anymore. Really someone ought to make a new version of it.
Good lesson in developing creativity ! This is what jazz is all about,free creative leaks and imaginary walks without referring to keys and modes too much
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tells people to play what they hear... proceeds to decide that what comes from the heart needs to be "more challenging" to play and comes up with a CONTRIVED melody that is just created TO be "more challenging" just play what comes from your heart folks.. you can do technical stuff to build ability but i learned the hard way it's best to not get lost in technique etc.. just play from your heart.. that's what all the greats do (yes they build technical ability too, but the GREAT pieces come from our heart
This has been my intuitive approach for many years. Of course he is leaving out some essential pieces, like you get better at hearing how melodic ideas map into the chord or key center, which gives you a shortcut for know how to play what you hear. The other important piece is listening to lots of jazz improvisers and picking out some of their ideas on the guitar.
2:21 “…be sure that what you hear is WORTH PLAYING….” Words of wisdom. I’ve spent hours playing things that have no “musical value”. Complex riffs and exercises that are fun for me to play but otherwise useless for anybody else to hear. Barney nailed my #1 weak point as a guitarist.
I saw Barney with Herb Ellis and another great, i forgot who, back in the early 80s with my dad. I was more into Jimi and Eddie at the time so didn't appreciate it as much as I would now.
"If you can't play what you think, you are reduced to playing licks and patterns on the fingerboard... that is not creative" -- thats the most beautiful thing I have heard about playing music.
Praneeth Gadam that works in improv but the great masters create music beyond what they hear in their head.
facts.
@@vanguard4065 that doesn't really make sense lol
thanks Barney Kessel for exposing my mediocrity 😥😢
@@vanguard4065 Great Masters? Who is greatest than Barney Kessel in his era and style?
Man... Anyone who is wanting to undertake any musical studies and improvisation
should listen very closely to what Barney is trying to teach here. It's the heart and soul
of any music style. Save this to come back to... Thanks very much!
I couldn’t agree more with this.
wish i'd heard it 40 years ago
Many years ago my guitar teacher gave me a couple of cassettes he had taped at a Barney Kessel guitar clinic. This was in the 70's. The content of those cassettes is essentially the same as in this video.
What this tells me is that this is a time honoured method for learning to improvise and that Mr. Kessel has been teaching this for a long time.
He really does know what he is talking about.
A variation of this is to lay down a chord track and scat sing a solo over it whilst recording. Then learn your solo.
45 years of learning the guitar has taught me that singing is the quickest way to the music that is inside you. After all, when you think of a melody what better way to express it; we know our voices far better than we know the guitar.
I have also found that this is a good way to ensure you don't get lost on the chord progression. Scat several solos, play them on the guitar, then improvise directly on the instrument. You will find your sense of the chord progression is really quite well internalized.
Amazing comments and exactly why we started with this lesson when we created this video series. Glad you are all enjoying the lessons. Please help spread the word that they are available for free!
Barney Kessel is the best jazz teacher I have ever seen. Thanks!
I've always dreamed of playing what I think.
Don't wake up!
I’ve always thought about playing what I dream
Pick up the guitar, first step.
I've always played what I dreamed I thought.
Learning to do it on a pretty simple percussion instrument was one of the best feelings, like there was no filter between my imagination and my hands. The feeling of free expression felt so euphoric. It's my dream to learn to do so on guitar or melodic instruments in general. Adding melody and harmony on top of rhythm is like going from the second dimension to the fourth.
" just because you can play what you hear (in your head), doesn't mean it has any musical value" That's real talk right there!
ngl I screen recorded that quote to play for some of my students I can't match that delivery 😏
really though if it means something to the person who created it THAT is musical value
Mozart got told he didn't have musicality.. and John Coltrane too.. by various critics who did not feel what they were doing had legitimate musical value
I can only play what I hear in my head, regardless of whether it has musical value or not!
😥👎🏾
Tbh he just asked us to consider this question
Are we even saying anything? Or are we just yapping ya know
The modesty and the sheer joy of this jazz giant while disseminating his wisdom that runs so deep gained after decades of playing with the best without a trace of ego brings tears of joy to one's eyes. They don't make them like this anymore. Thank you so much Rumark for sharing these treasures on your channel.
Our pleasure!
Not even 5 mins in this video and he offers more than almost any guitar video i have watched. Great teacher
Not only a brilliant guitar lesson, also a lesson about music in general
Thank You. This 1st lesson is the foundation for all musicians to build off of. In the back of my head I knew playing what you hear is the first step, but you have teachers, and other musicians telling you to learn scales, licks, site reading, songs, now we have online teachers and apps to teach us music visually and through patterns. Every interview I’ve ever heard with a legendary musician or anyone I’ve met who was very proficient had one thing in common. They learned by ear. Whether it was playing old records over and over to learn songs or just playing notes until they figured out how to play, they all developed their ear and the ability to transpose.
Glad you're enjoying it, Rob. There's lots more. Have fun!
THATS THE TRUE JAZZ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Rob I When you learn to play by ear none of those other people you mentioned get paid.
Rob I that’s not what bach and chopin did. i want to be them not kessel.
I'll say they are not mutually exclusive. Learning the patterns and fundamentals of music support the ability to play what one hears. And for most people, it's necessary.
Hands down, the most helpful improvisation advice I heard in years.
My goodness, so many ‘how to’ jazz videos today have titles like “5 must-know jazz licks for guitar”. This man really talks music. That’s the difference between creativity and formula. You’ve got to do the work, demand something special from yourself, not spit out memorized passages.
My feed gets flooded with "THIS one lick will REVOLUTIONIZE your drumming!!"-videos, and it's always some dude going "here's a cool sticking pattern that you can repeat around the kit and it'll really unlock your ability to flow on the kit" and it's all BULLSHIT.
You need to put in work into understanding what you play, TO what you play, to listen and think about what you play, and then do all of those things with what THEY (the rest of the band/group) play and your relation to it.
Click-bait garbage
Then the first example was an arpeggio..
Maestro Kessel has summarized the teaching of his fellow guitarist: Joe Pass. Humming is the key. What legends!
When I was in college in the early '90's Barney Kessel gave a clinic where he talked about this. Also singing what you play as you play it.
I was lucky enough to see him perform in the 1980s. What a fantastic guitarist.
Thank you for bringing these videos back!
You're most welcome!
The most generous teacher ever. Telling his secrets. And he can whistle!
He was a real master RIP. mr Kessel.
This is a true gem of gold!! nobody ever talks about this kind of concept but its so simple that most people disregard it!
Barney was a force of nature.
I´m short of words to describe how happy I feel with thiese lessons
We're happy you're enjoying them!
In life after this, I wanna be a jazzlegend...😃😅💫❤️🎶🎸
BK RIP❤️🙏🏼
Man... years ago I got laughed off a forum thread for seeking the answers herein. Esp. at 7:39. So good.
These videos are precious stones
Glad you are enjoying them! Spread the word!
Led to here by a Jimmy Bruno viewer comment. What a teacher Barney was. Thanks Jimmy!
Same...
Jimmy Bruno is the best!
This so simple lesson is really precious.
Many thanks for sharing it.
wow ! Barney Kessel.. what a resume !...from Charlie Parker to T Bone Walker, Lester Young , Billie Holiday to The Beach Boys and Sonny and Cher..and a member of the Wrecking Crew ,,when you look at who he played and recorded with its staggering. A
What a blessed guitar lesson from a master player. Cool!
Barney was the Yoda of guitar instruction as back as I can remember. he taught thousands including Larry Carlton.
Maestro!! Rest in Peace
One of the few guitarists along side Joe Pass, Wes and Ed Bickert with a true gift for melody rather than simply playing stale arpeggios, scale fragments and enclosures.
This wasn’t what I was expecting but such a great video. I’m going to practice this asap.
Every time I think I have heard it all, I learn something new.
I'm glad that this is a RU Mark channel. There are so many people uploading pirate videos. You did the work. And this is a fantastic lesson by Kessel. My guitar instructor was wistfully talking about this like it was lost to the ages. I searched today and found you. Thrilled.
Glad you are enjoying the lessons. Please help spread the word that they are available for free!
@@rumarkvideo I will. Thank You
Wow. Never heard the man’s voice before. Thanks for this. Practice what he says.
I'm soo happy about this video! it is what I try to do and teach about music. If you don't have music inside you it will be very difficult to play anything interesting.
A real dream listening to his advices
Breaking that dependence on fingering charts and patterns can take awhile, especially if your vocabulary IS the collection of licks over patterns, as mine was.
I was forced to take a lot of time off the guitar, and I noticed that my creativity has been increasing as I scat or create harmonies vocally. I can’t wait to bring that new way of thinking back to my instrument.
best lesson I have ever seen.
Barney has been meditative in his teaching
So, basically, to be a beginner jazz guitarist, you have to be at least an intermediate guitar player.
Charlie Parker said- this is paraphrased: learn everything you can about your instrument and then forget it.
Wow . He is such an insightful
natural player and teacher .
Wow... what an essential and great lesson 😮 that's the thing!
The
Legends did not "analize " like the guys today . Barney said to me = create your own sound and work on it . Great Guy .
This is a very enjoyable excercise :)
I bought the three-tape (VHS) series in the 90s, and I got quite a bit out of it. I'd had lessons with great players and studied composition with a Pulitzer prize finalist, but Barney did as much as anyone to help me learn to create on the instrument.
Saw Mr kessel in a small club mid 80s he could play chord runs as fluent as single runs
Brilliant
Glad you are enjoying the lessons. Please help spread the word that they are available for free!
All the wonderful
teaching aside , WOW , that guitar had a glorious. tone .
Amazing " awareness ", 😊
So useful thanks✊
Thank you for posting this
Enjoy the entire series!
This is a great approach! Thanks Mr. Kessel❤
Someone made a lofi song out of the monologue about not relying on the patterns etc. and now I can't find it anymore. Really someone ought to make a new version of it.
Ha! I was just thinking this is sample heaven!
Thank you
This is so interesting!
thanks for uploading these videos really appreciate it
Thanks, Rumark, for sharing this video series. It is amazing to have him playing and exolaining all the time, very useful.
Good lesson in developing creativity ! This is what jazz is all about,free creative leaks and imaginary walks without referring to keys and modes too much
Thank you so much for all those videos ! You're awesome !
You're most welcome. Enjoy!
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tells people to play what they hear... proceeds to decide that what comes from the heart needs to be "more challenging" to play and comes up with a CONTRIVED melody that is just created TO be "more challenging"
just play what comes from your heart folks.. you can do technical stuff to build ability but i learned the hard way it's best to not get lost in technique etc.. just play from your heart.. that's what all the greats do (yes they build technical ability too, but the GREAT pieces come from our heart
Good advice !
una de las mejores master class, de las que se aprende muchísimo
This is fantastic
Great concept
These individuals that could on the fly play a piece of music that hadn't existed before they sat down and brought it into existence.
This has been my intuitive approach for many years. Of course he is leaving out some essential pieces, like you get better at hearing how melodic ideas map into the chord or key center, which gives you a shortcut for know how to play what you hear. The other important piece is listening to lots of jazz improvisers and picking out some of their ideas on the guitar.
Barney is sooo cool!Thank you!
Amazing!! Master!
Pure Gold
Thank you fine sir for sharing this 🙏
A true artist.
This man is incredible
Thank you Rumark!
You're most welcome, enjoy!
2:21 “…be sure that what you hear is WORTH PLAYING….” Words of wisdom. I’ve spent hours playing things that have no “musical value”.
Complex riffs and exercises that are fun for me to play but otherwise useless for anybody else to hear. Barney nailed my #1 weak point as a guitarist.
This is REALLY great advice. Thank you.
This is a Gold lesson, thank you for uploading !
This is really good advice.
Awesome way of explaining improvisation,makes total sense.
Lovely advice. I keep practicing the formulas as well though :)
Hypnotic stuff
This cat is great 👍
Awesome! Thanks.
good words!
I saw Barney with Herb Ellis and another great, i forgot who, back in the early 80s with my dad. I was more into Jimi and Eddie at the time so didn't appreciate it as much as I would now.
Thank you thank you thank you.
This is a godly advice
God bless Barney Kessel
I think I have found the Bob Ross of music.
Thank you so much
Barney Kessel FTW
Wonderful lesson! Thank you
Thank you for your video
thanks a lot for uploading these lessons
This is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
Guillermo Etc how so? this is music 101. you dont need to spend a lifetime thinking about this.
Well I think this guy tells what no harmony lesson told me before, and I enjoyed this knowledge a lot, it's been important to me at least
Just incredible,,ty LL
Just found Gold!
Thanks alot!
Jeff Goldblum and his secret talents... He should play the guitar more often 😃