Your content is, by far, the best Jazz Guitar content I have found on UA-cam. You are able to explain and break down every topic you talk about in a way that anyone could understand. Please never stop putting out videos.
After watching several of your arpeggio videos I’m now 💯 convinced these are the best way to communicate as they are small bite sized pieces that you can digest and incorporate. Then you can expand them naturally instead of traditional methods of presenting the arpeggio kitchen sink and expecting ppl to somehow have a solid grounding
This is wonderful! Andy- you have condensed so much information in such a short video and really explain how to use arpeggios to inform solos. Brilliant, and thanks :)
Excellent, going to try this technique on the piano. Love the idea of taking a rhythm then ‘decorating it ‘ with notes, brilliant! Many thanks for great ideas
A great lesson as always. I especially liked your discussion of the importance of rhythm in developing phrases. The possibilities are endless of course. A while ago I received a tip that I found to be very helpful that I'd like to share. As far as I know it was first recognized by Barry Harris although numerous players had been using it for years. Here it is. Target the chord tones on the first part of the beat. So if you are playing a one bar phrase with 8 eighth notes the chord tones should always go on 1, 2, 3 or 4 not the "and" part of the beat. This led to the various be-bop scales where one or more notes are added to a major or minor scale so you can have a scale note to play on each of the eighth notes (without the octave). If you think of a scale as having 7 tones (CDEFGAB for C major) you need one more note to play 8 eighth notes in a bar. Depending on the note you start with you add the extra note so you can always have a chord tone on the first part of every beat. If you play the chord tones on the "and" it creates a very different effect.
Very useful info with clear examples.
Glad you think so!
This approach is very helpful - more 'small moves' like this would be awesome !!
Thanks for the feedback, I'll look at doing another video like this.
Your content is, by far, the best Jazz Guitar content I have found on UA-cam. You are able to explain and break down every topic you talk about in a way that anyone could understand. Please never stop putting out videos.
Thanks for the feedback - glad you like the videos 🎸
After watching several of your arpeggio videos I’m now 💯 convinced these are the best way to communicate as they are small bite sized pieces that you can digest and incorporate. Then you can expand them naturally instead of traditional methods of presenting the arpeggio kitchen sink and expecting ppl to somehow have a solid grounding
I think all of these little things combine and help with creating our own ideas. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Andy, that was one of my next questions, incorporating lines to chords, Again most Grateful😀
You're very welcome :)
This is wonderful! Andy- you have condensed so much information in such a short video and really explain how to use arpeggios to inform solos. Brilliant, and thanks :)
You're very welcome Jonathan 😎
Great content as always! Thanks, Andy.
You're very welcome Mike.
Excellent, going to try this technique on the piano. Love the idea of taking a rhythm then ‘decorating it ‘ with notes, brilliant!
Many thanks for great ideas
Glad it was helpful!
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A great lesson as always. I especially liked your discussion of the importance of rhythm in developing phrases. The possibilities are endless of course. A while ago I received a tip that I found to be very helpful that I'd like to share. As far as I know it was first recognized by Barry Harris although numerous players had been using it for years. Here it is. Target the chord tones on the first part of the beat. So if you are playing a one bar phrase with 8 eighth notes the chord tones should always go on 1, 2, 3 or 4 not the "and" part of the beat. This led to the various be-bop scales where one or more notes are added to a major or minor scale so you can have a scale note to play on each of the eighth notes (without the octave). If you think of a scale as having 7 tones (CDEFGAB for C major) you need one more note to play 8 eighth notes in a bar. Depending on the note you start with you add the extra note so you can always have a chord tone on the first part of every beat. If you play the chord tones on the "and" it creates a very different effect.
Yes - that's a great way to practice. Barry had such wonderful ideas about harmony and practice.
Thank you for the great content! Could you introduce another idea in a series?
You're very welcome - I'll look at doing a follow up next month :)
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The only? There's loads of great jazz guitarists!