Giant Steps Licks and Ideas (Jazz Guitar Lesson 20)

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  • Опубліковано 26 лип 2017
  • Some ideas on how to solo over John Coltrane's Giant Steps, the holy grail of Jazz improv. Book mentioned in the video:
    www.amazon.com/Melodic-Struct...
    PDF:
    drive.google.com/open?id=0B8V...
    #JazzGuitarLessons #JohnColtrane

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  • @dennismaks8878
    @dennismaks8878 7 років тому +102

    "You might say: i don't wanna sound like Coltrane and then i would say: don't worry" 👍😊 Thanks for the great lessons.

  • @atlantaguitar9689
    @atlantaguitar9689 2 роки тому +3

    I remember a student also saying “I don’t want to sound too jazzy” and I was like “uh I don’t think you have to worry about that”.

  • @SeanAustinLewis
    @SeanAustinLewis 6 років тому +60

    Nice Metheny shirt!

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому +3

      Seán Austin Lewis thanks for noticing. .need wider stripes tho! 😃

  • @deacontheseer4804
    @deacontheseer4804 Рік тому

    I love this song .Great teaching

  • @isyamswardydaud8674
    @isyamswardydaud8674 6 років тому +5

    great lesson...very clear picture of understanding the way we compose our lines over this canges

  • @randiseriss
    @randiseriss Рік тому +1

    Man that sounds so good you are my favourite player and teacher

  • @estebanvenegas89
    @estebanvenegas89 4 роки тому +1

    I finally understood the pattern usage over the chord changes! Thank you so much i really aprecciate

  • @garciagrcia
    @garciagrcia 3 роки тому +2

    This video is a jewel

  • @symalick4620
    @symalick4620 3 роки тому

    Mille mercis vous êtes fantastique

  • @McMinnManiac
    @McMinnManiac 5 років тому +1

    This is the direction of guitar and music now in 2019.
    flowing lines, and loops over progressions .
    Great video

  • @BigBlackBe4r
    @BigBlackBe4r 8 місяців тому

    Wow super video dude and GREAT playing! This is very helpful, gratitude gratitude gratitude

  • @clarkewi
    @clarkewi 6 років тому

    Sounds awesome I could listen to that riff all day.

  • @6StringsTheory
    @6StringsTheory 2 роки тому

    Great stuff. Thank you.

  • @guitarjamguy6200
    @guitarjamguy6200 5 років тому

    This is awesome - great lines and clarity of presentation - thanks!

  • @miochemannetje7801
    @miochemannetje7801 2 роки тому

    Fascinating rhythm!

  • @Ayo.Ajisafe
    @Ayo.Ajisafe 2 роки тому

    Exercise 2 sounds so sweet.

  • @Eflatmajor7sharp11
    @Eflatmajor7sharp11 4 роки тому

    Masterful. Thank you.

  • @pallhe
    @pallhe 2 роки тому +1

    Sounds nice and musical so it actually makes me want to learn the song.

  • @rogerball6265
    @rogerball6265 4 роки тому

    Love your ideas thanks for sharing

  • @helter2K10
    @helter2K10 6 років тому +8

    Excellent video - really useful suggestions, clearly explained and demonstrated - love the guitar too - keep posting

  • @paulporto1318
    @paulporto1318 5 років тому +1

    Great lesson! Thank you!

  • @chumbo
    @chumbo 5 років тому +1

    Definitely one of the better Giant Steps lessons I've come across on youtube, thanks! :-)

  • @frankiecalabro2617
    @frankiecalabro2617 2 роки тому

    Love your playing style and tone, Great lessons!

  • @Hi-xs7wm
    @Hi-xs7wm 3 роки тому

    Beautiful lesson

  • @theScienceLabLive
    @theScienceLabLive 3 роки тому

    Wow. Fantastic lesson. Now just gotta put in the practice time!!!

  • @peti802
    @peti802 6 років тому

    Tremendous lesson. Thanks

  • @mikebynes3720
    @mikebynes3720 6 років тому +1

    nice way of breaking this tune down, in a basic simple way👍👍

  • @federico7748
    @federico7748 5 років тому +3

    Best guitar teacher on yt. Thank you

  • @danielmugnaini5735
    @danielmugnaini5735 4 роки тому

    EXCELLENT. Really helpful.

  • @straygeraniums1
    @straygeraniums1 6 років тому

    Great lesson. Great tone. Thanks so much for putting this out there!

  • @travelingman9763
    @travelingman9763 6 років тому +1

    great teacher!

  • @eldridgechen3878
    @eldridgechen3878 4 роки тому

    Thank you for the great lesson!

  • @wobamusic
    @wobamusic 6 років тому

    Hey Mikko, thanx for that great content. It washes away the fear as you titeld it from the holy grail ;-) Just recently discovered your channel and I'm happy that I found it. Kind regards from Germany

  • @robertomacheda592
    @robertomacheda592 3 роки тому

    Amazing lesson

  • @song4night
    @song4night 6 років тому

    Great teacher!

  • @stasmaksimov9531
    @stasmaksimov9531 6 років тому +1

    Nice lesson! Really! 👍

  • @OlemirCandido
    @OlemirCandido 6 років тому +3

    Excelent video. Thank you so much.

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому

      Olemir Candido thank you! 😃😃😃

  • @blacklonggadogg
    @blacklonggadogg 5 років тому

    Thank you, Mikko.

  • @SACHMUSIC
    @SACHMUSIC 4 роки тому

    Excelent Mikko Thank you!

  • @MrMartinsax
    @MrMartinsax 3 роки тому

    Excelente!!!! Thank you

  • @patocariqueo6553
    @patocariqueo6553 4 роки тому

    great video, thanks!

  • @evinobrien
    @evinobrien 5 років тому

    Thank you!

  • @bsorryrthatsit7055
    @bsorryrthatsit7055 4 роки тому +1

    Terrific lesson!

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  4 роки тому

      Thank you. A sequel to this lesson is coming up tomorrow 😎

  • @Gusrikh1
    @Gusrikh1 5 років тому

    Fabulous..

  • @elementallobsterx
    @elementallobsterx 3 роки тому +1

    Dude you sound great.

  • @clarencecovington5702
    @clarencecovington5702 3 роки тому

    Great lesson! Thanks for sharing these tips! I found them to be most helpful in demystifying an approach to improvising over Giant Steps! keep up the good work. Oh, and by the way, I wouldn't mind sounding like Coltrane. After all he was truly great and Original!

  • @esequielbass
    @esequielbass 6 років тому

    wow excelent explicatiion!

  • @SamiGundogdu
    @SamiGundogdu 6 років тому +3

    Thank you very very much. It is best 'to the point lesson' I've ever seen. I also bought J.Bergonzi's book. Superb! I know it is time consuming but please keep posting.

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому +2

      wow thank you! I will make more lessons for sure. Have some ideas coming up :)

    • @merttalay9702
      @merttalay9702 4 роки тому

      Ooo hocam sizde buralara geldiniz nasılsınız?

  • @carlopelusomusic
    @carlopelusomusic 4 роки тому

    very useful

  • @Xtian_Kpan
    @Xtian_Kpan 6 років тому +6

    great lesson, very useful

  • @gandhiwibisono3450
    @gandhiwibisono3450 4 роки тому

    Thank you Sir, for all ur advice.. I use Jerry Bergonzi's books too, ..

  • @Paolo2977
    @Paolo2977 4 роки тому

    Good ideas!

  • @eternalrainbow-cj3iu
    @eternalrainbow-cj3iu 4 роки тому +2

    Okay I haven't seen this one for a while, I just had recently a guitar lesson with the fifth house, now in a month time or something one again, after seeing your lesson again, I liked your idea's, going to incorporate them...

  • @stalbrmusic498
    @stalbrmusic498 6 років тому +4

    Very inspiring and helpful even as piano player👍

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому

      stalbr music that's great! 😀

  • @Chilajuana
    @Chilajuana 6 років тому

    Very informative tutorial!!!!!! Thanks....

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому

      Jeff Sprankle thank you 😁

  • @nicolaseverino
    @nicolaseverino 5 років тому

    Great Video!

  • @NumHeavymetallic
    @NumHeavymetallic 6 років тому +3

    Great guitar sound !

  • @miomimomiro
    @miomimomiro 5 років тому

    Kiitti tästä! 👏🏼

  • @temp289
    @temp289 6 років тому +7

    You are a fine teacher. Also clearly you have invested a great amount of time practicing your craft. Wonderful video. Good luck in the future. John Paiva (an old guitarist)

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому

      Thank you! Glad you like it :D

  • @marcelopfeil5171
    @marcelopfeil5171 3 роки тому

    Thanks.

  • @DjangoThunders
    @DjangoThunders 3 роки тому

    Yeah....dig it.

  • @pascalteillet6005
    @pascalteillet6005 4 роки тому

    thanks ...

  • @TONIKOBLER
    @TONIKOBLER Рік тому

    Very good excelente i wish haver a classe and books

  • @aryzBulo
    @aryzBulo 5 років тому

    great

  • @OrangePony75
    @OrangePony75 5 років тому

    You may not be a «scholar», but this was a great lesson! Subscribed.

  • @DJDJ-zm6tr
    @DJDJ-zm6tr 3 роки тому

    I would love if you made a CD of your version of Giant Steps w Alternate takes. I would be the first to buy it!

  • @paulomotaofficial7838
    @paulomotaofficial7838 Рік тому

    Show!!!

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  Рік тому

      show what? 😄 What does that mean?

  • @zlatkodraskovic5532
    @zlatkodraskovic5532 2 роки тому

    Nice flow…

  • @nikosterzakis1089
    @nikosterzakis1089 6 років тому

    bravooooooo

  • @lekinguitarrista8445
    @lekinguitarrista8445 5 років тому +2

    Your playing is great. How do you recommend this guitar?

  • @GilWandered
    @GilWandered 5 років тому +2

    what are the chords at 1:31 ? so clean

  • @michaeliadonisi1616
    @michaeliadonisi1616 2 роки тому

    Just found your lessons recently. Thank you for posting awesome lessons. Good stuff-playing is great. Great tone too. What make of guitar is this? Is it a Godin?

  • @zebfernandez
    @zebfernandez 5 років тому +1

    Hi Mikko, the chart was blocking your hand when playing the chords.
    How do you voice the rhythm changes?

  • @paulporto1318
    @paulporto1318 5 років тому

    Don’t worry indeed! 😅

  • @horstlippitsch
    @horstlippitsch 3 роки тому

    Awesome! Which kind of pick do you use? Dunlop Jazz 3?

  • @tojorabemananjara351
    @tojorabemananjara351 5 років тому

    Fucking awesome man! Thank you for sharing!

  • @bilanggoboy
    @bilanggoboy 4 роки тому

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️‼️

  • @foxybrown2
    @foxybrown2 3 роки тому

    major pentatonic scale over the major chords

  • @XgamersXdimensions
    @XgamersXdimensions 5 років тому +1

    Great lesson! Do you ever do anything where you simplify the chord progression by ignoring some of the changes and instead just focusing on the melody?

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  5 років тому

      woow you must be psychic my next video that I already uploaded for tomorrow is on this topic! :-O

  • @blueeyedsoulman
    @blueeyedsoulman 5 років тому

    Great lesson! Could you tell me what Godin model you use and if there was an amplifier and what model that was? Curious about the pick guage as well.

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  5 років тому +1

      Thanks. I use a Godin Multiac Grand Concert. Think I play through a Tanglewood amp there. I use pretty heavy picks usually. It varies.

  • @giovai1959
    @giovai1959 6 років тому +1

    Grande,Mikko,dove posso trovare lo stesso libro con intavolatura?grazie mille.☺️

    • @pawo161
      @pawo161 5 років тому

      neve prosciutto!

  • @regaling
    @regaling 5 років тому

    Love the sound of your guitar. Which model is it?

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  4 роки тому

      Godin Multiac Grand Concert SA

  • @limaaudioprojects112
    @limaaudioprojects112 2 місяці тому

    🎶😎👍

  • @lupatta
    @lupatta 5 років тому

    Great Job :-) What amplification system do you use ?

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  5 років тому

      I'm playing through a Tanglewood acoustic guitar amp

  • @DJDJ-zm6tr
    @DJDJ-zm6tr 4 роки тому +1

    Excellent Lesson. But what is the Link for the Backing Track Music so I can practice?

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  4 роки тому +1

      Thank you 😊 I don't remember I made this years ago 🙄 but it was on UA-cam so if you search for Giant Steps playalong it should come up. 👍

    • @DJDJ-zm6tr
      @DJDJ-zm6tr 4 роки тому

      @@Mikkokosmos Thank you

  • @aronhidman1
    @aronhidman1 3 роки тому

    That 1-2-3-5 pattern works. BUT... you end up (almost) always doubling the bass line every time you change chords. Parallel octaves is sometimes an annoying sound. Not saying it doesn't work: just something to be aware of.

  • @Shuzies
    @Shuzies 6 років тому +1

    Hot....thanks for your time......ron

  • @RobRijnbout
    @RobRijnbout 6 років тому

    Great and useful patterns....not easy however;to apply those esp at a fast tempo.....Need to get used to those 'uncommon' changes first..

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому

      Rob Rijnbout I made a more recent lesson on how to get used to the changes. The lesson is called "seven steps to giant steps" 🤓😃

    • @RobRijnbout
      @RobRijnbout 6 років тому

      Hi,okay Mikko thnks! I surely will check it out....Right now I'am playing the tune as a bossa,...wrote my own melody over it..medium speed..more time to think...but this changes the character completely,of course
      Greets!

  • @Ayo.Ajisafe
    @Ayo.Ajisafe 6 років тому

    Are all the licks over the same harmony? After the first one you stopped showing the harmony.

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому

      Yes the the chords of the tune Giant Steps!?

    • @Ayo.Ajisafe
      @Ayo.Ajisafe 6 років тому

      Sorry Mikko we misunderstood each other. I mean is exercise two played over G Bb7 Eb F#7? (bar 5 of Giant Steps) Or are all the the licks played over B D7 G Bb7?

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому

      ah I see! :D yes the first section of the tune; B D7 etc

    • @Ayo.Ajisafe
      @Ayo.Ajisafe 6 років тому

      Ok that makes things simple then you transpose it all over the rest of the tune I guess.

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому

      yes exactly that's the idea :D

  • @architgupta4433
    @architgupta4433 5 років тому +1

    2:23 why did you call it a 9th and not a 2nd?

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  5 років тому +1

      It's the 2nd degree of the scale, 9th degree if you think of it as a chord extension. Stacking thirds. Sorry for making it confusing 👀

    • @architgupta4433
      @architgupta4433 5 років тому

      Mikko Hilden ahhhh that makes more sense! Thanks for the reply👍🏽

    • @architgupta4433
      @architgupta4433 5 років тому

      Sweep Phreak I was rather asking why he called it a 9th because the note was only a whole step above tonic. But he explained it better and I understand

  • @sp4gsus
    @sp4gsus 6 років тому

    Why would you say root nine third and not root second third.

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому

      sam powell that's how I think of (and been taught) chord tones and extensions: if we stack thirds we get root third fifth seventh ninth eleven and thirteen

    • @sp4gsus
      @sp4gsus 6 років тому

      Mikko Hilden right but in a melodic line of B, C#, D# I think it would be less confusing to a student to simply say root, second, third no? Using ninth to represent the C# a whole step away from the root confused me for a second because technically root then nine could jump the octave which might actually sound interesting before the third. There’s obviously endless variations. Anyway thanks for the video it opened up some ideas to me.

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  6 років тому +1

      yeah you are probably right. I'm just used to think of chord tones rather than scales. Thank for the input! Mikko

  • @samuelefaccincani7537
    @samuelefaccincani7537 4 роки тому

    El Papu Gomez can play the guitar very well!

    • @urmero67
      @urmero67 3 роки тому

      awful footballer and annoying nickname.

  • @PauliReinert
    @PauliReinert 3 роки тому +4

    8:44 wow was that on purpose, to speak the melody? “If you play a major 7...”

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  3 роки тому +3

      haha I have never noticed that before 😀👍

    • @joaquin8637
      @joaquin8637 3 роки тому +1

      Mikko Hilden but it's giant steps meme

  • @Marcus538
    @Marcus538 5 років тому

    "because its fast " , sorry if you listen to any good music , jazz or not , you can have a fast rythym play melody slowly , which is what the best musicians do , not churn out notes keeping up . Then youll not have a problem Coltrane does it, Miles davis , Billy cobhams lot etc etc basic timing which is what jazz is about

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  5 років тому

      Thisis not a lesson on how to play fast tempos. I haven't done one on that topic so far. This is a lesson on how to get through the changes of Giant Steps. Of course you don't have to play eight notes all the time, but you wan't the option of doing that. My point is that if you can't play any eight notes lines over this tune it's going to be a problem, right? Playing slower and even hearing the fast tempo as a slower tempo is a great technique that many players use, I would say that Louis Armstrong was the master of that.

  • @joepalooka2145
    @joepalooka2145 3 роки тому

    Hi Mikko---- with all due respect, really enjoy your great videos. But I am one of those people who "really hate" Giant Steps---- the most totally over-rated and boring tune in all of jazz music, as far as I am concerned. Yes it's extremely difficult and challenging, etc---- but so what? After you've heard it a few times, it gets kind of old. And if you are the kind of musician who can spend endless hours, playing it---- good for you. I'd rather listen to and play the blues, just as challenging and difficult to get right and always will be.

    • @Mikkokosmos
      @Mikkokosmos  3 роки тому

      Totally legit opinion. Just wondering, why then are you watching this video? 😉

  • @Donttalktomeifyoureabot
    @Donttalktomeifyoureabot 4 роки тому

    I'm gay

  • @rogelioa8674
    @rogelioa8674 5 років тому

    Thumbs down because of the poor audio. I can hear the chord progression in the background