You're my favourite guitar/jazz/music teacher. Thank you for everything. You're a real treasure and we're very lucky to have access to your instruction for free! I like how your focus is always on the MUSIC and not so much on the guitar.. Our job as guitar players is to make the guitar disappear - or, how we get the guitar out of the way from between us and the music. I think Wes said something about being less of a 'guitar player' and more a 'musician who happens to use the guitar..'. That's the way I think too - and it seems like you come from that place also. Anyway, thanks. 👍
Your approach to teaching & laying the stuff out is the most thoughtful & clear & thorough of any other content I have found. Look forward to all you future information
I only yesterday stumbled onto your channel, and even that was purely by accident. And I have to say: As both, a teacher and a wanna-be jazz guitarist, this is one of the best jazz guitar educational channels on TH-cam. And that's saying something, because I've been through a lot of them. Keep on keeping on, your content is great!
Just watched this video and wondered why would anybody spend $65,000.00 per year to go to let’s say BCOfMusic ??? You are a real treasure to all of us that couldn’t afford to go to a music school. Thanks sooo much for being so kind and share all this knowledge instead of just keeping it to yourself. It’s awesome !!!
I don't often go for the longer lessons but this was really helpful. I know all these concepts but to put them in the context of a song was an excellent approach. Bravo
Thanks, I try to keep it short. Keep the information dense. This time it wasn't possible. I could have made two videos. Also, I have to use my zoom q4 for longer videos. Image quality is not that great.
Hello Mikko! Congratulations on your work, great work! My name is Armando Leite, I'm from Brazil and I met your channel here on TH-cam recently and I confess that I've learned many things from you. I have some difficulties because of the language, but I still can learn. Thank you very much for the tips and much success for you! Greetings here from Brazil. See you!
you all probably dont care at all but does any of you know of a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb lost the account password. I would love any tips you can give me.
@Arlo Jon Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and im in the hacking process atm. Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
Nice lesson and discussion. I wonder if a comparison with language might be worth thinking about. I believe that the smallest significant unit in language is the phrase. I know there are many ways of breaking a spoken phrase down such as phonetically, syllabically and also to write the phrase using the conventions of written language which will have a hodgepodge of various approaches and conventions competing. Yet not withstanding these and other various analytical tools and conventions the phrase is the basic unit without which there is no real meaning. I usually consider the basic unit in most harmonic music to be the cadence. Generally I like play off of the structure of the cadences as this is what my ear wants to do when I scat sing and when I listen to Django and other players that I admire. Generally they are playing off of the very simple structure of the cadences which are often obfuscated by the seeming complexity of the written changes. I enjoy your playing and having just found your channel I think I will be getting through a lot of your content over the next few weeks. I'm a fellow nylon string player still quite new to jazz, if you're bored you can check out 'Hail Bossa' on my channel where I try to improvise freely with my classical technique on my flamenca to amuse my girlfriend. The guitar is by Perez Valbueana and despite the distortion from her mobile phone I think you can hear what a fine guitar can do in a rich acoustic when played HARD.... even with two year old strings. Cheers from Scotland.
Another great lesson. The book Pentatonic and Hexatonic Scales in Jazz Improvisation by Jason Lyon is in my opinion easier to work with than the Bergonzi book.
@@Mikkokosmos Great lesson for opening up possibilities on the tunes where people tend to play the same stuff, (IMHO), love the Hexatonics, went back to your lesson on them. Have you thought about writing a book? Cheers!
Brilliant Lesson. this is what its all about. The horn players all do this. Sigh... i gotta start practicing towards this. GAME ON! I think the trick is to develop the ability to play the chord tones from any fret on any string and then u have the ability to improvise with a high degree of musicality and make it sound like Jazz (with large intervals as well). Do u give private lessons? I got the book (jerry braganza??) i guess i gotta start using it!!! Thanks Mikko.
also did u actually apologize for the lesson being long?????????? hahah. it was a fabulous lesson. Driving the point home so quickly and so many concepts in a short time. Thanks again. I had to point this out (re: apologizing about the lesson being long :-))
Hi Mikko! Great stuff as always. I love the use of those bebop modes.. Is there a video in your collection where I can find out more about these? Thank you so much.
Cool lesson, but as a former trumpet player, you forgot to cover one thing. To really be free with all of that melodic material, you have to be able to sing it (even if your singing voice is horrendous like mine). I find that mechanics of physically playing the notes on the fretboard can lock me in, but if I can hear the notes--my ears guide my fingers to the right spot. Improving musicianship is never a bad thing. Love your playing, by the way.
thanks for this it really helped with some ideas. may i ask , are you self taught? i am completly , and im learning to read notaition by my self and some jazz books helped me a bit , but its really hard cause theres a lot of information that i dont even know witch is best i learned blues by ear and most of the jazz stuff that i know too its just really hard to conentrate on books and licks that are on the books hahhaha
Kind of. I studied trumpet as a kid and taught myself the guitar. Then I have studied classical and Jazz guitar all the way to university level so I'm very educated 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
@@Mikkokosmos wow I wish I could pursue an academic path but I'm a chef work 60h a week and still find time to practice 😅 don't ask me how, Anyhow if you ever come to London let me know. You should do some Kenny Burrell stuff, to me he's one of the best, that phrasing is superb and bluesy. Thanks for the reply
What do you want me to slow down? Am I talking too fast. Running the information too fast? Would be good to know. The video is already made obviously but for future reference? Thank you.
Hi! beautiful and very interesting lesson! Above all when you speak about playing with a modern approach and sound...it would be cool if you could make a lesson similar on Spain, I mean, playing and connecting some interesting outside phrase on the spain progression...By the way, I love the version of "There will never be" present in the album "Solid"! Do you know that version? I think that is't a great example of modern sounding improvisation, even if it's not recent...woody shaw for example closes his solo with an outstanding super outside phrasing on the final turnaround! I tried to transcribe his solo, and it seems he's applying a lot of triads from half-diminished scale, in my opinion, connecting them with a great taste. Also Garrett plays some cool lines, maybe less outside in compare to woody but very nice as well....
@@Mikkokosmos I'm glad to hear from you, let me know if you like this recording-) you can find also for free the whole transcription of solos here: th-cam.com/video/LCjgBdD3sWw/w-d-xo.html
@@Jdonam Thank you for asking and absolutely! About two years ago i started to teach some jazz basics to my old time friend and that has helped me greatly. I have few tunes which i can solo without "freezing" and this is one of them. Im still not a technical master, but my repertoire has grown a lot and i can talk the jazz language at least in primitive way. Also my ear is lot better when transcribing solos and analysing standards. I wish you well on your journey and remember to have fun!
You're my favourite guitar/jazz/music teacher. Thank you for everything. You're a real treasure and we're very lucky to have access to your instruction for free! I like how your focus is always on the MUSIC and not so much on the guitar.. Our job as guitar players is to make the guitar disappear - or, how we get the guitar out of the way from between us and the music. I think Wes said something about being less of a 'guitar player' and more a 'musician who happens to use the guitar..'. That's the way I think too - and it seems like you come from that place also. Anyway, thanks. 👍
Your approach to teaching & laying the stuff out is the most thoughtful & clear & thorough of any other content I have found.
Look forward to all you future information
I only yesterday stumbled onto your channel, and even that was purely by accident. And I have to say: As both, a teacher and a wanna-be jazz guitarist, this is one of the best jazz guitar educational channels on TH-cam. And that's saying something, because I've been through a lot of them. Keep on keeping on, your content is great!
Welcome to my channel 😎👍
Just watched this video and wondered why would anybody spend $65,000.00 per year to go to let’s say BCOfMusic ??? You are a real treasure to all of us that couldn’t afford to go to a music school. Thanks sooo much for being so kind and share all this knowledge instead of just keeping it to yourself. It’s awesome !!!
Because you are surrounded by monster players and superb teachers, you are completely immersed in music, you get a very valuable title, etc.
Thanks!
I don't often go for the longer lessons but this was really helpful. I know all these concepts but to put them in the context of a song was an excellent approach. Bravo
Always a pleasure to see a skilled teacher at work, thank you.
Fantastic lesson.....keeping me thinking.......Thank you Mikko and thank you for the pdf on screen. You are a gift
Glad you like it 🤠
I love you dedication to music and guitar. You have so much passion. I like your videos. Thanks for pushing so hard and then sharing with us.
Don’t apologize for the length of your video lessons; I couldn’t imagine where else you could have stopped.
Thanks, I try to keep it short. Keep the information dense. This time it wasn't possible. I could have made two videos. Also, I have to use my zoom q4 for longer videos. Image quality is not that great.
Deep lesson. Fantastic.
Hello Mikko! Congratulations on your work, great work! My name is Armando Leite, I'm from Brazil and I met your channel here on TH-cam recently and I confess that I've learned many things from you. I have some difficulties because of the language, but I still can learn. Thank you very much for the tips and much success for you! Greetings here from Brazil. See you!
Thank you, this is a very good lesson.
you re a great teacher
Excelent lesson. Really enjoyed the wide variety of sounds in your palette. Thanks!
you all probably dont care at all but does any of you know of a way to get back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb lost the account password. I would love any tips you can give me.
@Nikolas Stanley Instablaster :)
@Arlo Jon Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and im in the hacking process atm.
Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Arlo Jon it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thank you so much, you really help me out !
@Nikolas Stanley no problem :)
I think I said this earlier, but I admire your playing very much...you very much enjoy playing....so wax creative...
Thank you, Mikko! =)
Very good ....! Improvise not the Big Deal !!!
Thx for this Lesson Mikko ...
Very cool video! Thanks! 🎸
Just discovered this lesson, Thank you. Helps a lot and easy to understand 😊
Thank you so much for sharing this great knowledge
Thank you !!!!!
Wow, I learned so much from this video today, thanks!!!
Glad you like it 😃
Very nice, and advanced... I will stick with more classic approach for now, ahahah... (few tricks could be used, however). Thanks!
Man this is great! Thank you
/This is great! This may be the bridge for some other people I know that are overloaded and frustrated with other approaches.
Great lessons thanks
Nice lesson and discussion. I wonder if a comparison with language might be worth thinking about. I believe that the smallest significant unit in language is the phrase. I know there are many ways of breaking a spoken phrase down such as phonetically, syllabically and also to write the phrase using the conventions of written language which will have a hodgepodge of various approaches and conventions competing. Yet not withstanding these and other various analytical tools and conventions the phrase is the basic unit without which there is no real meaning. I usually consider the basic unit in most harmonic music to be the cadence. Generally I like play off of the structure of the cadences as this is what my ear wants to do when I scat sing and when I listen to Django and other players that I admire. Generally they are playing off of the very simple structure of the cadences which are often obfuscated by the seeming complexity of the written changes. I enjoy your playing and having just found your channel I think I will be getting through a lot of your content over the next few weeks. I'm a fellow nylon string player still quite new to jazz, if you're bored you can check out 'Hail Bossa' on my channel where I try to improvise freely with my classical technique on my flamenca to amuse my girlfriend. The guitar is by Perez Valbueana and despite the distortion from her mobile phone I think you can hear what a fine guitar can do in a rich acoustic when played HARD.... even with two year old strings. Cheers from Scotland.
It sounds really good when you play the chord tones!!!
Beautiful Nikko
Another great lesson. The book Pentatonic and Hexatonic Scales in Jazz Improvisation by Jason Lyon is in my opinion easier to work with than the Bergonzi book.
Thanks I have not heard of that book. Will check it out.
well rounded lesson detailed explanation too thankx a lot
Thanks, this was really great!
2nd: "Coltrane pattern" chord tones: 1235 major; minor: 1b345 Again it sound really good when you do this!!
Looks like another great lesson, the tie and checked shirt is a very Lage Lund look btw.
That's the scandinavian Jazz guitarist look I'm going for :/
@@Mikkokosmos Great lesson for opening up possibilities on the tunes where people tend to play the same stuff, (IMHO), love the Hexatonics, went back to your lesson on them. Have you thought about writing a book? Cheers!
Brilliant Lesson. this is what its all about. The horn players all do this. Sigh... i gotta start practicing towards this. GAME ON! I think the trick is to develop the ability to play the chord tones from any fret on any string and then u have the ability to improvise with a high degree of musicality and make it sound like Jazz (with large intervals as well). Do u give private lessons? I got the book (jerry braganza??) i guess i gotta start using it!!! Thanks Mikko.
also did u actually apologize for the lesson being long?????????? hahah. it was a fabulous lesson. Driving the point home so quickly and so many concepts in a short time. Thanks again. I had to point this out (re: apologizing about the lesson being long :-))
Glad you like it! Also glad you got Bergonzis book. Yes I teach privately here in Sweden and via skype sometimes. GAME ON! 😎
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Hi Mikko! Great stuff as always. I love the use of those bebop modes.. Is there a video in your collection where I can find out more about these? Thank you so much.
Great lesson. Thanks!
I sound like a parrot, another excellent lesson Mikko
Cool dude! Haha I can't actually do the chord tone thing you do at the beginning!
Haha don't ruin my fantastic point. 😀 You certainly don't need to be able to do that in order to sound great, then. 🙏
Thanks man!
3rd: Guide tones. 3rd and 7th. Helps you to find important notes. "You need to know what chord you are on all the time"
Great video! If you don't mind telling me, what is the loop pedal u use??? Thanks have a good one
Thanks 😃 sure it's a Boss RC-1 loop station
Cool lesson, but as a former trumpet player, you forgot to cover one thing. To really be free with all of that melodic material, you have to be able to sing it (even if your singing voice is horrendous like mine). I find that mechanics of physically playing the notes on the fretboard can lock me in, but if I can hear the notes--my ears guide my fingers to the right spot. Improving musicianship is never a bad thing. Love your playing, by the way.
Thanks you so much 🤗
Glad you like it 🙂
16:35 modern approach.
What is a bop scale
thanks for this it really helped with some ideas.
may i ask , are you self taught?
i am completly , and im learning to read notaition by my self and some jazz books helped me a bit , but its really hard cause theres a lot of information that i dont even know witch is best
i learned blues by ear and most of the jazz stuff that i know too its just really hard to conentrate on books and licks that are on the books hahhaha
Kind of. I studied trumpet as a kid and taught myself the guitar. Then I have studied classical and Jazz guitar all the way to university level so I'm very educated 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
@@Mikkokosmos wow I wish I could pursue an academic path but I'm a chef work 60h a week and still find time to practice 😅 don't ask me how,
Anyhow if you ever come to London let me know.
You should do some Kenny Burrell stuff, to me he's one of the best, that phrasing is superb and bluesy.
Thanks for the reply
@@DaddySantaClaus wow 60h week! Good for you! 🤠👍 I haven't been to London in ages.
@@Mikkokosmos I'm a chef I'm expected to work that much 😅
Well London is the place to be
4th: Bop scales. chord tone -- passing tone -- chord tone 11:50
Can you slow down it a little bit
What do you want me to slow down? Am I talking too fast. Running the information too fast? Would be good to know. The video is already made obviously but for future reference? Thank you.
Hi! beautiful and very interesting lesson! Above all when you speak about playing with a modern approach and sound...it would be cool if you could make a lesson similar on Spain, I mean, playing and connecting some interesting outside phrase on the spain progression...By the way, I love the version of "There will never be" present in the album "Solid"! Do you know that version? I think that is't a great example of modern sounding improvisation, even if it's not recent...woody shaw for example closes his solo with an outstanding super outside phrasing on the final turnaround! I tried to transcribe his solo, and it seems he's applying a lot of triads from half-diminished scale, in my opinion, connecting them with a great taste. Also Garrett plays some cool lines, maybe less outside in compare to woody but very nice as well....
Thank you. This is good advice and I will try to checl those recordings you mention.
@@Mikkokosmos I'm glad to hear from you, let me know if you like this recording-) you can find also for free the whole transcription of solos here: th-cam.com/video/LCjgBdD3sWw/w-d-xo.html
It seems that i have lot of work to do then.
That's what stuck with me too:) Like a vast ocean that still seperates me from teh level where Mikko rersides. Any progress these last 2 years?
@@Jdonam Thank you for asking and absolutely! About two years ago i started to teach some jazz basics to my old time friend and that has helped me greatly. I have few tunes which i can solo without "freezing" and this is one of them. Im still not a technical master, but my repertoire has grown a lot and i can talk the jazz language at least in primitive way. Also my ear is lot better when transcribing solos and analysing standards. I wish you well on your journey and remember to have fun!
"Harmonic generalization" pedaling, remove chord you don't need" "modal like"