How to Simplify Rhythm Changes for Jazz Bass

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00:00 2 Choruses of walking rhythm changes and intro
01:58 Welcome and introducing concept
04:38 Exceptions to cheating
06:33 Next steps
07:47 Closing thoughts

[@daveshep]

Thanks for invoking Maestro Barry Harris. The second you mentioned his name, I understood what you were getting at. One of the main Barry-isms that I recall from his class is that there’s no such thing as a ii-V sequence when you’re improvising. “It’s just V,” he would say.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Yes sir!! Exactly. Thanks for your comment and for watching!

[@eskilfagerstrom3243]

Great! Looking forward to upcoming course!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

[@jtbass891]

Nice global overview of rhythm changes; I very much appreciate all of your helpful content. Thanks! It would be great to see your right hand in action, especially on this uptempo track.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks for watching! 2 camera angles is tricky, but I’ll start doing more

[@skippymando]

I'm curious when you described the bridge "start on the III and go up a fourth, go up a fourth, go up a fourth". I am curious on your through process and why "up a fourth". (I am not saying you are right or wrong, or that I am ). When I think bridge, I think III, and then a series of V-Is. D-G, G - C, C- F, F- Bb (A section). I think about the motion of V-I being intrinsic to music. So I am curious on your Up a fourth, rather than V -> I. Once again, not looking you are wrong, just trying to see if I can learn more by understanding the WHY of your thought process vs. that's just how you do it so I shouldn't over think it :)

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Sure no problem, and thanks for the comment/question! Yes, you could think of a series of V-I, *BUT* realize that they're all dominant chords. So it's a deceptive cadence. That said, yes, you could still think "D7 is the V of G and the next chord has the note G as its root" and so on. But I guess it's just easier for me to either think 3-6-2-5 and they're all dominant chords or as I said the roots go up a fourth (and they're all dominant). Also connected to the cycle of 4ths.....and lastly, let's say its rhythm changes in an unfamiliar key. Someone says "this song has a rhythm changes bridge". But if you're unfamiliar with say Db major, it might take longer to think 3-6-2-5 or the resolving V-I series. For me it's faster to think "what's the 3rd of a Db major chord - that's my starting root - all the following roots are up a fourth from there - and they're all dominant chords.

[@skippymando]

@@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki Awesome thought process. Appreciate the walk through. Keep on making great videos.

[@Kuhrvenal]

wow Matt,thanks for your golden content as usual.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thank you for your kind words and for watching.

[@alanroberts7829]

Super clean!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks!

[@joshmcdzz6925]

really love the sound of that gut string.. what's your amplification like ( mic ? ).. The foundation of jazz: the 12 bar blues and rhythm changes. Once nailed in on all keys, every other changes is a build up from there.. I really love your perspective on it.. A section just a Bb and B section just a V..

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks for your kind words and for watching. I use a Nadine mic on that Hawkes bass and on the Upton I use a realist lifeline

[@Kbctl9190]

Awesome video! Thx!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Glad you liked it!

[@JamesTheGoatJamerson]

Killer as usual - great topic. Love it. - Cheers

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks for watching

[@davetuttle9701]

Excellent!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jimdep6542]

Very cool

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks for watching!