Better Jazz Improvisation - Correcting Reactive Improv

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  • Опубліковано 18 жов 2024

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  • @spoonito
    @spoonito Рік тому +1

    HOLY MOLY this is the most productive 17 minutes I've ever spent -- you've blown my mind!

  • @don4476
    @don4476 7 місяців тому

    "That's ok for now." That's a very powerful idea. Thanks.

  • @CharlesAustin
    @CharlesAustin 3 роки тому +3

    Yeah this is so great, a shift from that universal bad habit of starting on the + of 1 (or on one) which is so engraved. So this “after 3” discipline is not so easy but satisfying to do.. Thanks for enlarging our scope Jeremy !!

  • @Jzh733
    @Jzh733 3 роки тому +2

    The best tutorials I’ve ever seen.

  • @themfu
    @themfu Рік тому +1

    Awesome useful clear tutorial. Thank you!

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  Рік тому

      Great! I'm so glad it's useful! Happy practicing, MFU!

  • @georgemandom69
    @georgemandom69 Рік тому +1

    Your videos are great. I will use these ideas in my guitar playing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with everyone.

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  Рік тому +1

      Nice! I’m glad you like it, George! Maybe someday you’ll see the light and choose to play piano instead of guitar. 😂

    • @georgemandom69
      @georgemandom69 Рік тому

      @@JeremySiskind 🤣🤣🤣

  • @fedmar77
    @fedmar77 2 роки тому +1

    My mind is blown. Great lesson Jeremy thank you.

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  2 роки тому

      Awesome! Thanks for the positive feedback!

  • @nancyreese80
    @nancyreese80 2 роки тому +1

    Priceless, Jeremy!

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  2 роки тому

      Thanks, Nancy! You have so many fans on this channel...

  • @jazzman1945ify
    @jazzman1945ify 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you for a wonderful topic, which is not usually considered ! I really liked the idea of scribbling improvisation on notes with a preliminary definition of all target points that can serve as an internal counterpoint. I think that Bird, with his phenomenal memory, used this principle immediately in improvisation.

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  3 роки тому

      Nice, I'm glad you liked it. Yes - you can form "compound melodies" by thinking "outside-in" rather than left-to-right.

  • @bertramblik8826
    @bertramblik8826 Рік тому

    I love your teaching and communication style! Fellow pianist and music teacher here from Denmark.

  • @ts8538
    @ts8538 Рік тому +1

    I had to smile: that's just what I tend to do. Thank you!

  • @francescomanfredi
    @francescomanfredi 3 роки тому +2

    Leading us with leading notes in a dream solo is a dream lesson come true!

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  3 роки тому +1

      Wow, you’re a poet! Thanks, Francesco!

  • @CatioChic3catsJazz
    @CatioChic3catsJazz 2 роки тому +1

    You have the best ways of describing things Thank you

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  2 роки тому

      Thank you so much, 3 cats! I hope you're 3 jazz cats!

  • @ef10s
    @ef10s Рік тому

    I love your videos! This one is very timely for me as I have been struggling to create improv lines in my practice. Your insight is so helpful for us "would be" improvisors who are yearning to know what an experienced professional thinks and does. And the way you organize and present your ideas makes it possible for us to understand and put them into action. Great job! I appreciate so much what you are doing to share your knowledge with us.

  • @don4476
    @don4476 7 місяців тому

    You play really nice lines. I'll steal them and analyze why they sound so good. 😊

  • @BMarPiano
    @BMarPiano 3 роки тому +3

    Awesome advice - can’t wait to go practice this!

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks, Brenda! I hope to see you soon!

  • @CharlesAustin
    @CharlesAustin 3 роки тому +2

    Very helpful ..starting with pick-
    ups: Awesome.

  • @CliffieVanR
    @CliffieVanR 3 роки тому +2

    Fantastic lesson - thank you!

  • @martynramsden
    @martynramsden 3 роки тому +3

    Hi Jeremy, this really helps a lot! I need to stop being a boring student- top post thank you 😁🎹👍🤘

  • @ericharding92
    @ericharding92 3 роки тому +2

    Great lesson !

  • @larry4589
    @larry4589 3 роки тому +2

    Excellent!

  • @richardsprince6980
    @richardsprince6980 3 місяці тому

    Very astute analysis and instruction, almost a classical approach to your methodology for teaching the bebop idiom.
    I’ve been watching a number of other videos of yours on closely related topics, like the arpeggio patterns, crossing over, crossing under, targeting notes, thirds on downbeats, chromaticism, etc.
    Your material is terrific, and I love working on it, but one thing that occurs to me is “how do you do this and not sound like everybody else?”
    Certainly, there’s a lot of possibilities, but are there really so many Possibilities that you don’t sound like everyone else?

  • @strat1227
    @strat1227 3 роки тому +2

    Great content man, thanks!

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  3 роки тому

      Thank you! Gotta keep that content coming. :)

  • @MrEmperorBlack
    @MrEmperorBlack 3 роки тому +2

    I don't even play piano but this advice is so great!

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  3 роки тому

      Cool! Yeah, it could definitely work for any instrument, right?

  • @vickivolper367
    @vickivolper367 2 роки тому +1

    Great idea! By starting your phrase on the "and of 3" or on beat "4", you are forced to carry your improv idea OVER the barline and connect to the next chord.

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  2 роки тому

      You got it! Thanks for watching, Vicki!

  • @shantikosasih
    @shantikosasih 3 роки тому +5

    This is gold!!! I'll try it, btw what's app that you were using to notate just now? Thanks😊

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks! I use Forscore for my iPad.

    • @shantikosasih
      @shantikosasih 3 роки тому +1

      @@JeremySiskind thank you so much Jeremy!

    • @martynramsden
      @martynramsden 3 роки тому +2

      Yes gold Shanti! Awesome Jeremy 👌

  • @brothercaleb
    @brothercaleb 3 роки тому +2

    Excellent 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @feimstro
    @feimstro 3 роки тому +3

    whats your setup for these videos ? thanks

  • @brendaboykin3281
    @brendaboykin3281 3 роки тому

    Thanx, Maestro 🌹🌹🌹

  • @kristerman
    @kristerman 2 роки тому +1

    Great lesson, had a question regarding your advice about enclosures though. I am pretty sure there are numerous occasions where the target note doesn't land on the 1 beat for old school bebop players , that kind of displacement creates a nice rythmic feel

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  2 роки тому +1

      You’re absolutely right! They’re not always on beat 1. i give this advice because I find that students nearly always start enclosures on beat 1, which is not ideal, but enclosures *could* ultimately lead into any of the beats of the measure. I think they are most common on the strong beats (1 and 3)

  • @counterflow5719
    @counterflow5719 3 роки тому +2

    Is "the and of 1 and 2 " a down beat? I thought that the "and's " were the up beats.

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  3 роки тому +1

      Yes, I would call “ands” an upbeat or offbeat. Sorry if I said something confusing!

    • @counterflow5719
      @counterflow5719 3 роки тому +2

      @@JeremySiskind great lesson either way. Would love a live 1 on 1 lesson. Do you do that?

    • @counterflow5719
      @counterflow5719 3 роки тому +1

      Would love a detail on what you are doing with your left hand in this video. Does such a video exist?

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  3 роки тому +1

      @@counterflow5719 hey Gary - I’ll have to look back at the video to remember what I did with my left hand! That wasn’t my focus. 😂 I do lessons - there’s a link to sign up for a time in the video description. Let me know if it doesn’t work or if you have trouble.

  • @christophmunch4796
    @christophmunch4796 Рік тому +1

    I phrase it this way in my teaching: "Never think of bar lines or of chord symbols as little boxes which you paint in!"

    • @JeremySiskind
      @JeremySiskind  Рік тому

      Love that. Yes, the baronies are not in the music. They're just on the sheet! 😉