The Simple 3-Note Strategy To Nail The Jazz Sound
Many beginner Jazz guitarists are stuck with boring solos that lack Jazz phrasing, rhythm, and melody. In this video, I will show you how to break free from the 8th-note prison using something as simple as triads for both chords and jazz solos.
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Content:
00:00 The 8th-Note Prison
00:37 #1 More Options (with less notes)
03:33 #2 More Rhythm (with less notes)
05:04 #3 More Melody (with less notes)
07:31 Amazing Jazz Chords (with less notes)
10:35 Chords Should Become Chord Melody
10:49 Like the video? Check out my Patreon page!
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How do you use triads?
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Whats the best way to learn phrasing for applying this to triads mixing them all thanks
Hi love this triads video. Absolutely brilliant. 10/10 how do i get the link to download the triad shapes thanks
That progression @1:09 sounds like the intro to Give it All You Got, by Chuck Mangione.
Tertiary harmony…
Bone to be wild! ????❤
I really like how you always emphasize simplicity. Too often it is thought you must play a million fast notes, and for a lot of people, it doesn’t sound good. The other piece is how you mention the rhythm of playing. No rhythm is not musical. I appreciate the reminders of these techniques.
This video could not have come at a better time for me. Thank you!
Thanks Jens you make sure that anyone can play with the knowledge that Bill Evans one is so sweet being a piano player and having old jazz books you make jazz perfect with not to busy but beautiful sounds chords inversions and melody
Thanks Jens. You are the best teacher. Ossi from austria
Are you a Tal Farlow fan? I’ve recently re-discovered his “the swinging guitar of Tal Farlow”…great record.
Hello Jens thanks men always make time to follow your advice ,that's give fun to praktisch.????
This video is the best ????????Thank you so much ????????????
Jazz guitar ambassador!!!! You have the gift to explain easily what others want to complicate (or don't know at all). You are so inspiring Maestro! I wish to have a teacher like you! Great player, great instructor and, it's clear, great human being!
Pretty sure he said yaz
Yes, I always believed in less is more and be creative with that, incorporating good rhythm. Those inversions were great. Very good lesson.
Spectacular!!! Simple!!! Perfect!!! Thanks, thanks thanks!
Para mi esa guitarra es la mejor…será porqué es igual a la mia?
Hi Jens, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with using B in the Fdim triad—it’s just a natural result of spinning the Circle of Fifths in 12-tone equal temperament. It’s like jumping from Gb to F#maj7—enharmonically equivalent, yet each with its own unique context. Thinking of it as an electron being in two places at once beautifully captures the magic of music theory! As for Cb, it’s simply following its own spiral, and there’s nothing wrong with that either. We can’t be 100% consistent in every case, and that’s exactly where the charm and flexibility of music lies.
always believed that of all the concepts to devote time towards mastering, triads yield the most value. so simple, with endless applications and ability to extend to more complicated ideas. Thanks Jens!
Thanks! I know it's not much, but we should all try to pitch in a little, once in a while.
Excellent and well-presented as always. Much appreciated!
Always an informative lesson……
Enjoy the "pop-ins" also……!!!
Thanks Jens…
I think it should emphasized that starting on a note other than the root helps create interest
This is a great video Jens. It's easy to watch a video and leave it at that, but as this is a 'Tutor Video' I would encourage others to watch it a few times.
I've just watched it a second time with my guitar 'on.' I would encourage others to do the same. Use the pause, rewind and slow down buttons as much as possible. Knowing 'about' Music is not the same as 'Knowing Music.' Wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a guitarist say: 'I learnt something – but forgot it at the gig / jam / recording session / whatever.' Concepts need to be repeated – as in re reading and playing them repeatedly so as to burn them into our motor skills. The neural pathways between the hands and cerebellum need to exist in the first place. They don't work so well if they haven't been created. ????I'm still guilty of omitting that. When my playing collapses, it's usually because I wanted to get to the goodies the 'shortcut' way. The way we get something is the way we lose it – always.
I'm getting fairly confident with triad shapes across the fretboard now. I play them every day and use them for chord melody, line creation, learning the fretboard, composition and more. They are a gift that keeps on giving. They are not just 'something you do because your teacher told you to.'
Say you have a hot lick for a Blues in E7 – but not sure what to play on the A7 and B7. Just look at the Triad / Chord tones in E7 and transpose them to the other chords. If the A7 and B7 licks sound too 'predictable' change the rhythm, melodic contour, phrasing, start on an offbeat – or whatever else you think works. It will be related in some way to your original lick. You can do this with everything, certainly with ii – V7 – I(s).
The best way for someone to find out how great Triads are – is to explore them for yourself (after consulting a video or pdf).
Another trick, for me, the best way to work out parallel diads ('Brown Eyed Girl') is to play parallel triads (on the same string set) and take out either the top or bottom voice. Easy peasy ! For parallel 6ths, take out the middle voice. One day I'm gonna write a short comment. ????
Thanks!
Thank you Jens again for a great teaching video.
Jens thanks for staying with us all these years. Great lesson.
The prison clip is hilarious Jens!
Great lesson – many thanks!
Obrigado muito pela excelente lição Master Larsen ????????????
I still need to work to get into the 8th note prison to begin with before I try getting out of it lol.
Thx Jens ????
Excellent segment