The Secrets of the Jam Session - How To Jam With Others
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
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00:00 Intro
01:38 Listen
02:52 Ask
03:23 Recognise Patterns
13:14 Spot The Signs
15:12 Non-Musical Cues
18:03 Watch The Turnarounds
21:58 You Don't All Have To Play The Same Thing
25:17 Keep The Groove
26:56 Be Respectful
28:45 Show up!
30:43 Don't Expect To Get Everything Right
32:01 Have Fun!
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I honestly think you are one of the most insperational teachers to new players such as myself, anywhere on UA-cam. Excellent foundational knowledge. Thank you for all you're great content.
Thank you!
Thank you - you are such a pleasant and understandable teacher --- I have truly gotten a great deal of information out of this video to help me piece together the fragments I've accumulated. I will follow up with the lesson on the circle of fifths.... thank YOU. NIcely done. Very Helpful.
What a great lesson. Thank you.
There is no doubt, you have the best and most useful uke videos on the internet. Thanks so much for doing this.
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This video has brought together so many things and ideas for me, it’s such a great lesson. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
This is the video I will send back to my 5 year old self 62 years ago.
I wish I'd known the things in this video when I was just starting out. It took me far too long to get it!
Went to my first jam with no music. Gosh, I was lost. This gives me things to work on. I want to jam without papers.
Thank you so much! I wish I would have had you as a music teacher!
This is not just a Video. It's a great Lesson about what you have to know about making Music. Thank you so much, Phil👌🏽
Just fabulous advice Phil...I'd imagine any "thumbs down " are from those folk who never listen and just do their own thing...
Thanks! So useful, so clear, so digestible, so immediately applicable.
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Like 74! I learnt a lot today. A big thank you for your tips, teachings and sharing ! 😘
I'm a blues harmonica player, trying to prepare to jam for the first time. This video is pure gold. Thanks, Phil.
You are a wonderful ukulele teacher. I’ve done your 5 beginner lessons and strumming lesson and now this lesson. All wonderful. I’m going to join your Patreon to support your work. Thank you for making me realize that I can play music on this happy instrument.
Thank you Joan, that's made my day!
Rules for playing nicely with others
1 listen to the leader
2 take turns listen
3 listen
When its your turn" own it" with confidence teaching others kindly along the way . Just like this chap does.
An excellent analysis and presentation Phil. Thank you so much for breaking down this mysterious process. I'm ready to try it!
Dearest Phil. I’m a beginner uke jammer & the session is often quite a stressful one for me. Your information here is full of all the things I need to know & skills that I’ll take on board to help me get through & enjoy. Especially useful (as always!) using the Circle of Fifths. Thank you. THANK YOU!
That was a brilliant lesson thank you Phil. It has opened my mind to ways of jamming and my ears to really listen to what’s being played. Thank you x
Thank you Phil,this video was a big help.
I've been invited to a Jam session with some very talented guitar players and am finding the idea of it quite intimidating but you have given me some great tips to work with.
This is really helpful...I just play music with one other person 🙄. I have a lot to learn. Thanks again.
Well I’m turning 50 soon, and I just got a ukulele in April, and just learning how to play it. I’m very thankful for UA-cam because I feel like I don’t have the time to learn the way I could have in my youth.I wanted to give you feedback and let you know that I really enjoyed this video. I will watch it again and again and listen to the subtle details of each step. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Thanks! You'll never regret taking up the uke :-)
Great as always Phil, thank you!
Amazing video - really enjoyed this one thanks Phil 👍
People put so much emphasis on the chords, but little is given to the power of the diatonic scale (assuming it's not a 12 bar blues related song. If so the chords are automatic). You'll never hit the wrong note with a diatonic scale. I find that it really irritates some musicians though. I still do it, because it helps the fluidity.
There's usually no shortage of people playing chords, so the major/diatonic scale always will sound musical. This is also with the assumption that it's a simple 1, 4,5 pattern without any accidentals.
You can do the same thing with bass, thus not being unnecessarily loyal to the tonic changes when replaced by a diatonic scale. I find not hitting the exact tonic also irritates some musicians. This cracks me up because bass players do it in jazz all the time even with songs that are recognizable standards.
Thank you so much. You're vids are exactly, perfectly right and right on time. The most wonderful folks in the local band scrunched over a bit and let this newbie-self play. The best time of my life, not counting time with my husband, of course. Your help here keeps the joy harmonious.😊
That's great!
@@PhilDoleman I'm practicing the song "Enjoy Yourself" to announce my up coming retirement. Jams are in the plans 🤗
Fab session, thank you.
This was a Wonderful Video! I took notes until the end! I Rewinded it & really listened to your experience! I believe this is what I needed to hear. Learn & listen to the patterns. Don't be afraid to make mistakes, challenge myself. Respect others in a Jam Session Follow the leader and improvise or adjust at my own level when necessary, or sit this one out, Muting the strings but keeping the Rhythm & Feel of it All is Great Advice!. I am fairly new to Ukulele. I'm Enjoying the journey of learning. I stumbled across you yesterday & have watched a couple videos already. Thank you🙂
Thank's Phil, great talk on Jamming.
Another great session Phil and a very interesting one at that..I'm reslly looking forward to jamming x
You aced this rap-up of many of you great videos! Thanks a bunch!
Another great video! Thank you!!
I love this; when I posted about this topic my biggest point was to listen
Un gran video Phil, muchas gracias
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I never knew how to Jam. This was the only video that explained how to do it in great detail. For that, it gets a Like/Subscribe/Bell
WE'RE GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER!😊😃🤩😃🤩😃😊 i confess i kinda feel like since we just went around the circle, we may need to get married now. 🤣💜
Excellent as always Phil, looking forward to getting back to our club ASAP. Do u you oh have a list of future workshops you are running please.
Cheers Keith, I can't wait to get back out on the road! I'm running a Zoom one on Friday 11th June (www.ukuleletutorial.com/workshop-with-phil-doleman/), but it's pretty quiet after that! I may start doing some on UA-cam live to fill up the space in my calendar, as after this one, the next ones will be at St Ives uke fest and Bracklesham Bay towards the end of the year.
@@PhilDoleman all booked for next week. Thanks
Danke schön uch wenn ich nicht gut englisch verstehe kann ich einiges verstehen schön erklärt und sehr motivierend danke für die Freude
Danke schön!
Now there is my next tattoo
Hi Phil. If, in a jam, the song is a 12 bar is it possible to play complementary chords to round out the sound? For example if it's a C F G7 12 bar could I play C5 Dm G5, or C5, F7 G? Would that work with or against the sound?
Yes, it's a bit more on af advanced idea, and sometimes more dependent on the particular some, but both of those examples could work. The 5 chords will always work (because you're just missing out notes, not adding anything new), and a G is fine when a G7 is being played. The F7 for the IV chord is a really cool (and familiar) sound in blues so hat would work a lot of time. The Dm for the F would really end up being (if everyone else is playing F) and F6. Those 6ths and 7ths are the note you'd hit in a typical blues shuffle riff, too.
You could also extend the chords, so maybe play a G9 instead of the G7.
Great lesson! Can anyone explain or point me in the direction of how he knew how to take a trip around the circle of fifths using 7th chords?
Oh I rewatched. I think the pattern is on the inner tiny circle.
@@ENUFbyMNT Thanks! This one might help ua-cam.com/video/9P-BlIMvomA/v-deo.html
Basically, if you play a chord on the outer circle (a major chord) as a 7 chord, it makes us feel like we want to move (or 'resolve') one step anti-clockwise. Lots of songs then use that feeling to create a domino effect to keep us moving. An E7 feels like it wants to go to A, but if we make the A into an A7 it feels like it wants to go to D, and so on.
Hi Phil, is it ok to play chord melody during a Jam if you know the song? I’ve been learning chord melody but I’ve only been playing for 2 years, and I must confess that I don’t practice every day. TIA
Yes, absolutely. You can also strum along with the vocals and save up your chord melody for an instrumental break!
@@PhilDoleman thank you for your quick reply.
I didn’t understand the progression at about 23 minutes. C E7 A7 D7 G7 C. You said it’s going anti-clockwise around the circle of fifths but wouldn’t that be C F Bb etc? Also I thought E and A in the key of C would be minors. Any chance of clearing up my confusion.
No problem. There's a jump from the C to the E7, then it makes it's way back to the C anticlockwise. You are correct about the E and A being minors if the song sticks only to chords that belong in the key, but not all songs do. This particular progression uses chords that are not restricted to the notes of the key; it effectively changes key several times! It's just a little musical device that was very common in the jazz era.
I have a lesson on the circle of 5th here, and at 8:55 onwards I go through this progression in a bit more detail...
ua-cam.com/video/abVbEA0tRnI/v-deo.html
@@PhilDoleman Thanks very much for that. I’ll pop a coffee for you. Always learn so much from your videos.
@@alanpalmer8391 Thanks Alan!
Don't understand what you mean with, "A trip around the circle of fifths."
Many songs have a chord sequence that moves anti-clockwise around the circle of 5ths. I have a little video where I talk about the circle of 5th here...
ua-cam.com/video/abVbEA0tRnI/v-deo.html , and at 8 minutes 55 I look specifically at this type of progression.
I also have a playlaong of that kind of progression here ua-cam.com/video/LmevqH_0JKw/v-deo.html
@@PhilDoleman Thank you (twice)!