Charlie Parker is fantastic when it comes to playing blues! Who else is worth checking out like this? 0:00 Intro 0:35 Example 1 - The Famous Solo Opening 0:40 Analysis 1:43 Example 1 - Slow 1:50 Parker Not Playing Dom7th Chords on the Blues 2:22 Example 2 - Real Blues Phrasing 2:28 Analysis of Example 2 2:52 Motivic Improvisation with Parker 3:34 The F major - F minor Trick 4:39 Example 2 - Slow 4:45 Example 3 - Swing Riff Melodies 4:53 Analysis of Example 3 6:50 Example 3 - Slow 7:20 Example 4 - Blues Chromaticism and Bebop Arpeggios 7:23 Analysis of Example 4 8:15 Example 4 - Slow 8:17 John Scofield and Charlie Parker 8:59 Example 5 - Start in Blues end in Bebop 9:02 Analysis of Example 5 9:38 Example 5 - Slow 9:42 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page
Maybe a bit too close to Bird, but Sonny Stitt's playing whenever analysed like this always gives you lots of useable phrases. He'd definitely be worth a video of this kind!
Excellent! My Father was Biddy Fleet, the guitarist who mentored Bird on Cherokee, back in Harlem, 1939. You sound Great! Keep doing what you’re doing. And, of course, BIRD LIVES! 🎷
Thanks for posting Jens, I have only just started playing guitar, having switched from 15 years of Double bass. I have found this video very helpful , and have just subscribed!!
@@JensLarsen what about a Bud Powell video, explaining a bit of one of his so particular unique lines:) ? Crossing the channel or down with it. They all have a pretty particular flow, anyone who's heard bud knows what i mean haha
Thanks, Donald! I was using the Epiphone because the Ibanez was at the doctors due to a faulty output jack :) The Sheraton is a great guitar, really build for speed actually :D
@@davidmadle5007 It was a remark from a tenor player I know about some of his standard 16th note lines being really easy in another key on the tenor :)
Hi Jens, I love what you are teaching, but I am still such a BEGINNER.......I understand fragments of what you are saying.....do you have a systematic way to help me fill in some of the beginning fundamentals? .....so I can transition more into this cool stuff...... Also I don’t have an electric guitar as I am only now beginning to “taste” jazz after years of more classical training and repertoire...
Well, it depends on where you are at. How would these goals be? 1. Learn to play jazz standards with basic chords, learn a few by heart. 2. Learn your Major scales in all keys and all positions including diatonic 3rds, triads and 7th chord arpeggios. 3. Find one easy Jazz Standard and learn the melody and the chords by heart, try to improvise over it. Some of this is for the long game and you keep on working at it, but this could get you started and improving. Let me know :)
Jens Larsen .....ok......I will google some easy jazz standards...to start....I have some barre chord issues on left index finger so I will have to modify some of the chordal shapes.....and also know my scales quite well, know the fretboard pretty good.....what about interval shapings such as 3rds, 6ths 10ths? 7th chord arpeggios will be new to me......thank you very kindly.
Look at Blue Bossa, Take The A train, So Danco Samba stuff like that. I guess you should work on bar chords, but the basic chord set you need doesn't really require you to do bar chords: jenslarsen.nl/play-jazz-chords-guitar/ Intervals are fine! Triads and Arpeggios are both very important in the long run. You could build it: 3rds, triads, 7th chords in the scales.
@@JensLarsen the 58th second of this video. You are playing the first four bars. I do not seem to be able to match the notes you play to the tab you show as you play
Thanks Jens. Gonna spend some time moving the first example around all the positions on the fretboard. Also TH-cam suggested me this vid th-cam.com/video/shPDqBlps-I/w-d-xo.html indeed it is a famous lick it seems.
Charlie Parker is fantastic when it comes to playing blues! Who else is worth checking out like this?
0:00 Intro
0:35 Example 1 - The Famous Solo Opening
0:40 Analysis
1:43 Example 1 - Slow
1:50 Parker Not Playing Dom7th Chords on the Blues
2:22 Example 2 - Real Blues Phrasing
2:28 Analysis of Example 2
2:52 Motivic Improvisation with Parker
3:34 The F major - F minor Trick
4:39 Example 2 - Slow
4:45 Example 3 - Swing Riff Melodies
4:53 Analysis of Example 3
6:50 Example 3 - Slow
7:20 Example 4 - Blues Chromaticism and Bebop Arpeggios
7:23 Analysis of Example 4
8:15 Example 4 - Slow
8:17 John Scofield and Charlie Parker
8:59 Example 5 - Start in Blues end in Bebop
9:02 Analysis of Example 5
9:38 Example 5 - Slow
9:42 Like the video? Check out my Patreon Page
You are!
Haha Thanks, Giuliano :) I am very flattered! Who else?
I'm a big fan of Lester Young's blues playing. He was an early influence on Bird, too.
Maybe a bit too close to Bird, but Sonny Stitt's playing whenever analysed like this always gives you lots of useable phrases. He'd definitely be worth a video of this kind!
Why not his band mate, dizzy?
Excellent! My Father was Biddy Fleet, the guitarist who mentored Bird on Cherokee, back in Harlem, 1939. You sound Great! Keep doing what you’re doing. And, of course, BIRD LIVES! 🎷
Thank you, James! Glad you like the video 🙂
His articulation and sense of swing makes those lines just killer
True! :)
This is a great video, especially for someone like me who can play a bit of blues but is new to jazz. Your analysis is excellent Jens thanks again.
very nice, Jens - thanks for all the great efforts.
Thank you very much, Kris! Glad you like the videos!
Thank you for an other awsome lesson. Just what i was looking for
Great thruth jens here
Tnx Jens. Great stuff. I love the way you break down bird. - S
Thanks for posting Jens, I have only just started playing guitar, having switched from 15 years of Double bass. I have found this video very helpful , and have just subscribed!!
Thank you, Richard! Hope you find more things you can use!
Thanks Jens for this great video...your analysis
is fantastic
Glad you like it, Craig 👍🙂
Parker lessons are always so contemporary and interesting_ cool
That is very true 🙂
I'm gradually starting to really being able to follow and understand these, great!
That's great! Keep at it 🙂
Thanks!
Thank you for the support, Franky! 🙂
Now's the Time to learn some Bird licks . Great job Jens!
Thank you very much! It always is that time :)
...and THANKS for you youtubes
Love your stuff.. definately tipped
Thank you. Only got to this today.
No worries! Glad you like it!
I wouldn’t complain if you made 5 videos on Parker in a row...
Thanks! That, I won't do, but I am sure more will come along the way. Who else could be interesting as an artist playing blues phrases?
@@JensLarsen can you do a Sonny Stitt video in the future?
@@aaronservice86 How about this one: th-cam.com/video/54vcbKhsPzo/w-d-xo.html
@@JensLarsen what about a Bud Powell video, explaining a bit of one of his so particular unique lines:) ? Crossing the channel or down with it. They all have a pretty particular flow, anyone who's heard bud knows what i mean haha
@@usmc1875 I am not doing these videos right now. People didn't really watch them, so I stopped.
Thank you!
You are very welcome 🙂
Thanks for this lesson
Great that you like Riccardo! :)
A nice continuation of your licks lesson taking the motif thru the changes. I see you are putting some miles on the epi, tell us more...?
Thanks, Donald! I was using the Epiphone because the Ibanez was at the doctors due to a faulty output jack :) The Sheraton is a great guitar, really build for speed actually :D
THANKS!!!!GREAT!!!
Thank you Тимофей Лещенко I am glad you found it useful! 👍
Great video interesting to see Charlies' lines played on guitar - more difficult to play on guitar than on sax I used to play tenor!!
Thanks David! That's true, a lot of stuff is easier on sax, even so that I think some of his lines are really easy on Alto and sucks on tenor?
Hi Not sure I found his music easy to play!
but perhaps alto being in e flat and tenor in b flat makes a difference not sure. best regards David
@@davidmadle5007 It was a remark from a tenor player I know about some of his standard 16th note lines being really easy in another key on the tenor :)
Interesting thought regards David
Here's one worth checking out: Dexter Gordon
great video
Thank you! :)
Bird is a legend!
He certainly is!
Ayyy! It's my main man Char-leeeeee
Glad you like it, Quintin! :)
Hi Jens, I love what you are teaching, but I am still such a BEGINNER.......I understand fragments of what you are saying.....do you have a systematic way to help me fill in some of the beginning fundamentals? .....so I can transition more into this cool stuff...... Also I don’t have an electric guitar as I am only now beginning to “taste” jazz after years of more classical training and repertoire...
Well, it depends on where you are at. How would these goals be?
1. Learn to play jazz standards with basic chords, learn a few by heart.
2. Learn your Major scales in all keys and all positions including diatonic 3rds, triads and 7th chord arpeggios.
3. Find one easy Jazz Standard and learn the melody and the chords by heart, try to improvise over it.
Some of this is for the long game and you keep on working at it, but this could get you started and improving.
Let me know :)
Jens Larsen .....ok......I will google some easy jazz standards...to start....I have some barre chord issues on left index finger so I will have to modify some of the chordal shapes.....and also know my scales quite well, know the fretboard pretty good.....what about interval shapings such as 3rds, 6ths 10ths? 7th chord arpeggios will be new to me......thank you very kindly.
what about modes? Is it good idea to internalize these “guys”?
Look at Blue Bossa, Take The A train, So Danco Samba stuff like that.
I guess you should work on bar chords, but the basic chord set you need doesn't really require you to do bar chords: jenslarsen.nl/play-jazz-chords-guitar/
Intervals are fine! Triads and Arpeggios are both very important in the long run. You could build it: 3rds, triads, 7th chords in the scales.
Don't worry about modes, they are not really important for jazz standards anyway.
What songs are used in the video? Can't seem to find them, especially example #2 which I love.
I think they are all from Now's the time and Billie's Bounce. You have to find the right version because there are a few of both :)
open.spotify.com/track/0cvA7oe0YMEOl5L017P9lq?si=x_bWeuY-T5WdKUPvsOp_zg
the first three examples are here
Where is the first lick from? Which specific song?
He uses example one in quite a few songs, Now's the time and Au Privave maybe also one of the other recordings of Billie's bounce
what you are playing is different from the tab you are showing, i am confused because i wanna use the tab
Well, you are going to have to be more specific if I have to help you :)
@@JensLarsen the 58th second of this video. You are playing the first four bars. I do not seem to be able to match the notes you play to the tab you show as you play
@@murtithinker7660 I am actually playing what is in the tabs?
@@JensLarsen Okay. I will look and listen more intently now. Thanks a lot. Tack sa mycket
What's the name of the track?
There are examples from two tracks: Now's The Time and Billie's Bounce
Thanks Jens! Great lesson
Where is the ibanez?
It was being fixed, the output jack was broken. It's back in action!
Thanks Jens. Gonna spend some time moving the first example around all the positions on the fretboard. Also TH-cam suggested me this vid th-cam.com/video/shPDqBlps-I/w-d-xo.html indeed it is a famous lick it seems.
Good idea! It is indeed a very well known lick :)
IT'S GOOD WHEN YOU STOP TALKING
IT'S GOOD WHEN YOU STOP TALKING !!
Thank you for an other awsome lesson. Just what i was looking for
You're very welcome! I am glad you like it! 🙂