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How about attacking jazz education for costing an absurd amount of money, therefore, gatekeeping jazz

I think about this constantly finally someone made a TH-cam video about it

Thank you once again for a wonderful video ! Your videos are Gems ! Do give us a solid roadmap in your next video so we can systematically work our way towards playing jazz ... you are truly the best on youtube !

The problem is that you, with your quality content (teaching it the proper way), have 1,500 views and the crappy, click-baity “jazz musician” channels out there get hudreds of thousands. That way the crap keeps spreading and real quality will soon disappear.

Why bother learning Jazz when there’s a super delectable channel where a woman reads bedtime stories to 6 little Poodles and they’re all in matching Pajamas!

You can learn white guy jazz on TH-cam. You want to play like Bird, then no, you can't learn on TH-cam.

Fully agree Saul. To be honest, I don’t care too much about the overkill of jazz lessons on TH-cam and I even find some of the content really helpfull. But you are absolutely right that learning requires a didactical organizing principle (I’ve been a lecturer). I would add to your excellent argumentation that this organizing principle depends on the learning goal the student (and not the teacher!) has. My learning goals are really modest; just play at home by myself, getting just enough ‘stress’ to challenge my brain and handmuscles in order to keep them functioning (I’m getting old) and have fun. I will never play in a band, never be on a stage, never have songs called out to me on the spot etc. And I find it somewhat frustrating that my (very talented) teacher insists on me learning to improvise, learning bebop songs etc etc. I can see the value of that for a performing musician, but I’m quite happy playing from sheet music. So in conclusion, it’s not about what the teacher wants to teach, but what we as learners want to learn (even when this is boring for the teacher). It would be nice to expand on this is one of your videos. Greetings from the Netherlands.

Hi Saul, the main difference of your awesome channel is that you have an structured method, each video is based on previous one, all the series leading us to learn basic skills with time and practice. You are here to "Teach", not to attract our attention and we noticed that ;-) TH-cam is a very addictive and dangerous thing that make lose our time at the beginning with the overhelming quantity of information that push us to jump and take little pieces here and there. We are so lucky to had found you Saul! Wishing you and all Happy New TeachingJazz Music Year!

I'm finding youtube teachers are becoming worse and worse. So much misinformation. So many people selling scale dictionaries and other nonsense. So many people misunderstanding modes. So many people selling snake-oil. It's disgusting.

Totally agree: I havent found yet on yt a jazz channel to have structured lessons from start to intermediate and further to advanced jazz skills. Your videos are ok, but kinda started "in the middle" and I dont know what to expect. Cheers.

Thanks Saul. I do think over-information is one of the biggest blocks for many of my students. Intelligent, and often times hardworking students come to me each week wanting to discuss a new concept they've learned instead of concentrating on the lesson we are currently focussed on. There's a sense that more knowledge is a key element of being able to play, rather than focussing on getting good at one thing and then moving on. Often times its my younger students who really move forward at a rapid rate...not because they practice more, but I think because they stay focussed on one thing at a time. I really like the concept of working on one thing at a time. There's lots of great info on TH-cam about the value of working on One Thing at a Time...but I'm really reluctant to go down that rabbit hole...I'm just going to get back to watching heaps of Jazz TH-camr Videos :)

very truthful video !

100%! It’s all about the clicks. TH-cam vids are great to keep you immersed and fun for new ideas. If you find something at your level or a bit above unless you integrate it into your daily practice most of the vids are the musical equivalent of amuse geules.

Thanks!

Here's some important advice, a rant even, but so many students seem to get all tied up becuase of this. Meanwhile, the next lesson in the II-V series is coming. See the series here: th-cam.com/play/PL7rpRGIFiyXQkNrkyyIDUmH23zc2hMRP7.html

You roasted that “heavy handed” strings part by Don S…. Haha

Good lesson, but licks on a pdf. are too small to be readable and with mistakes. It would be great to play/show the chords of progression to see the outlining of chords. Cheers.

And now I've learned a new term - "middle out". Having learned that, I will now attempt to incorporate it into my playing.

Good stuff. Liked and subscribed.

I don’t read music 😮😢

😂😂😂

Here's the video about the link between a diminished 7 arpeggio "shape" and the dominant 7 in a II-V-I: th-cam.com/video/2M6qdT31WBA/w-d-xo.html. And here's the playlist of the lessons in this series: th-cam.com/play/PL7rpRGIFiyXQkNrkyyIDUmH23zc2hMRP7.html

Great video. Those are great exercises

Would you agree that changing to 4ths tuning is a good idea for someone learning these things? (soloing over chord changes ...) I find it's easier and it reduces brain processing power with 4ths tuning but I'm not sure if it would have any negative effects in the future... would it be bad for comping for example? I've gotten pretty comfortable with 4ths tuning over the last 3 months , the only thing that bothers me is relearning the first 2 string notes which i already know intuitively on standard tuning... just wanted to really hear your advice on this as i highly respect your ideas ! Thank you !

I really appreciate the quality of your teaching. Thank you so much.

Great information....thanks for sharing.....

You have a wonderful way of explaining, not too fast, very clear and not too much content per video. Thank you so much for doing this, I know it's a lot of work and I hope you like the idea that hundreds of people are now sitting in their rooms and playing their hearts out.

Thank you 👍

I am glad to be subscribed to your channel. Thank you for this lesson! 🙂❤️🎸

Hi Soul, this series of lessons is really a treasure for us (jazz beginners) to learn how to improvise, I really appreciate you work sharing all this knowlegment with us, thanks!! Music theory needs to add information about knowing how, when and where to apply it and you really know how to teach this ;-)

I very like your solo that begins 16.58. For me it is very important and helpful, because there many information about rhuthm construction for soloing. Your playing with swing so beautiful.I transcribed it and learn now. Please,more videos with solo like that!)❤❤😊 I mean your improvisation

Really useful, thank you

Great lesson!

Magnífico!! Gran lección. Muchas gracias teacher.

I like the delayed resolution

Does anyone know how to ad some black metal smoothly to delta blues?

Did you see Part 2 of this lesson? It teaches you the lines, shows you where & how to use them to give your blues solos a "jazzier" and more connected sound, plus gives you structured, guided practice applying them. th-cam.com/video/4UkkqkHhetg/w-d-xo.html

Nice , can't wait for the next part of this series !

Thank you very much for these lessons. I really appreciate your pedagogy and your encouragement to learn Jazz. Everyone can see your passion and professionalism and these are very important qualities. I hope your channel can grow because it really deserves it. Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹

There's so much benefit to working on these - even when playing a straight 12 bar (non Jazz) blues. Thanks for another great lesson and examples Saul!

Saul, would it be possible to consider a part#3 lesson to discuss how these lines are actually constructed i.e. what are the concepts behind creating them (are they pieces of arpeggios, triads, scales, something else ?)

You are really a terrific teacher. Simple , efficent,, humble. Awesome.thanks

Fabulous!! You have a great presentation format! Thank you!!

I play piano but have gotten some of my favorite lines from your videos. Thanks for the great content!

Did you see the much shorter Part 1 of this lesson? th-cam.com/video/QEsd2e8a7I8/w-d-xo.html In Part 2, each section includes quite a lot, but here are the main parts of this lesson: 1:34 Bar 4 lines & exercises 7:29 Bar 8 lines & exercises 12:33 Bar 12 lines & exercises 18:16 Putting it all together 20:08 Some truths you need to hear (reality check plus genuine encouragement!)

at last... part 2 ! thank you Saul !!