How Does Jazz Improvisation Work?
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- In the very first episode of "Theory with Bob," trumpeter @bobbyspellman discusses the fundamental mechanics of jazz improvisation with help from Julia Chen on electric piano, Julian Smith on bass, and Evan Hyde on drum set.
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gotta show love to the drummer, pocket only for 13 minutes straight is crazy
The man is on point
Flowstate. Even for the simple demonstration. 😊
Zach grooves would have been fired for sure.
That's not long
@@balroggambit Bop drummers holding down a fast cherokee for 45 minutes while the tenor players try to flex on each other
Drummer missed exactly zero chord changes. Outstanding.
Dang this sums up 30 years of jazz research in 20 minutes. Amazing
Dude. I have studied jazz on and off for decades, and this is the first time I’ve seen it explained so clearly. Thank you! ❤
Right!? Quickly, with a great sounding backing that made me focus the whole time!
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Super cool this was done in one continuous shot! 👏🏻😮
Old school Jazz feels
I tried snapping my fingers, but nothing happened.
@@MyRackley ты только что стёр с лица земли половину человечества! 🤯
As a life time jazz saxophonist for 52 years now, i think this video is fantastic!!!!! I have played at Smalls with Roy Hargrove. I was a member of the USAF Bands for 23 years, I will tell all my students to watch this video.Thanks!!! Grant King Koeller
30 years myself piano is my game and just shared with all my students the title of this video. I feel Jamey Aebersold vibe. Met him personally years ago and had a nice long workshop with the man.
RIP Roy incredible legacy.
This is one of the best illustrations of the fundamentals of playing jazz with other humans
I suspect you're American. "Other humans"?
Why not "other people"? 😊
@@gam1471I’m American. Never heard anyone else say that. F off tbh. “ you must be American”
i tried it one time with other spacealiens but they aways get across
Other living creatures
All i can think about is if you really did the main part in one take without stuttering or anything
And only one take! It was a bonafide jazz miracle.
I’m quite sure you can talk about this subject for hours…. You LOVE this, one can tell…😂
Thank for what I always imagined was a perfectly logic way of explaining basic jazz. I always asked a fellow Piano major, who also majored in Jazz, to teach me a little about jazz only to get some kind of obnoxious answer like “Oh yOu cAnT ReAlly TEach Jazzzzz” like it was some secret language peasants weren’t allowed to be taught or that every Jazzer just somehow learns out of the love for the music alone. God forbid they try to define jazz in some concrete way. Will definitely be coming back to this video.
This debate is as old as jazz. I think there is truth to both sides. There's definitely a formula, but that formula gets abused regularly by great musicians with real chops because dissonance in jazz can work so well.
4:02 "We in the horn section rely on the rhythm section for the rhyth and for the harmony and the rhythm section relies on us in the horn section for a tenuous sense of existential reality, for a sense of purpose!" What a quote, briliant! Sounds so insane yet so true!
I'll never forget when a jazz piano instructor of mine had me play ii V I progression in the key of C while he just ran up and down the C major scale. It sounded a lot jazzier than I expected. My jaw dropped when he told me that his improvisation was just a major scale.
As a hack rock player rather than a jazz player, isn’t that something that I or any other basic player could do as long as we stay in the key?
This is just a fantastic incredibly well thought out video, I'm dipping my toe into jazz composition and learning flugelhorn and this and your other lessons have been amazing thank you so much!
Thanks! Happy to hear it!
Seriously tho, this was a sweet lick. God help us, and keep Jazz alive and well in these trying times!
The piano came in and my heart melted 🖤
It means you have a good heart ;)
it cld take more than a cntstrck little comment and loveheart on YT to have her sit exactly as directed in ur mix dyude
Wow ❤❤❤so when did Bee Gees mend your broken 💔💔💔？
that was the most amazing intro i've ever seen
hats off to all participants and thank you for the phenomenal instruction. Great teacher.
I loved that you talked about the scales you were using over the form. As someone who only plays by ear, the base logic of jazz improvisation over chords, or why you'd play a certain note and not others has completely eluded me for years. I could only play what I heard, but now I know that I need to learn modes.
Also, great job from you and your band on the single take! It was executed very well and sounded incredibly pleasing to the ears.
Here’s how I use all 12 notes over a Dominant 7 chord: first 3/b7, the mighty tritone contains the 2 most important notes, then 1-3-5-b7 is the arpeggiated chord, then b3 and b5 from the Blues scale (with b3 always resolving upwards into 3, never the reverse), then add in 6 and 2 from Mixolydian. So now we have 1-2-b3/3-4-b5-5-6-b7, the most “inside” notes (Mixolydian + the Blues scale). Finally add in b2-b6-7 as “outside” notes to be used in chromatic lines that resolve. There’s all 12 notes over a Dominant 7 chord.
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Great explanation! My friend in High School gave me the analogy of "Jazz is just like DandD. You have your Dungeon Master the tune. Your guide post the chords. The rest is just adventuring. Have fun interacting with the world and your team mates!"
And you have decades of history, convention, “memes”, tropes, and references on the culture level (LoTR, the official lore book, popular fanfic) and the community (the inside jokes with your local scene or friends)
I'm a guitar player (strictly hobby amateur) trying to get a bit of jazz enlightenment. I found your presentation very clear and helpful. I'll record the chords and try the scales over the chords to try and get the sounds into my head. I'm not musically particularly talented, so
as a newcomer, what I'd find most helpful is a gradual easing into jazz - as an example, just working on two bars of the I chord to get some ideas going in proper jazz style; something to establish a solid foundation, then gradually extend this to say fours bars, then the IV chord and onwards.
I've had a go at memorising transcribed solos by Charlie Christian, and even transcribed one myself. I've enjoyed doing so, but it's not getting me into improvising. It's early days yet I suppose, but I hope my comments make sense and are helpful for you. Thanks for a first class and clear presentation - it's definitely an evolutionary step forward for me.
The most comprehensive introduction to jazz I wish I saw when I started out!
I've only been with the trumpet for about a year and a half; your channel is a continual help and motivator. This is one of the very best videos I've seen explaining form and function.
Your trumpet sounds fantastic. Great choice of notes; great timing. Thank everyone for their playing!
Thanks, Jeremy! Happy to hear it!
Brilliant! Wnat an amazing jazz appreciation crash course!
The most important part of jazz is to always introduce your number as going "a little something like this."
As a jazz pianist, I really enjoyed the video. I wish I had it when I started a couple years ago! You explained the chemistry perfectly.
All the skill in this video is unmatched
Definitely!
Who would have thought Sheldon from Big Bang Theory was such a fine jazz drums player? Now, seriously, you guys are the best! 👏👏👏
Gotta love the upright bass! 👍
The very first lesson i wish i was taught for
I was a music student and jazz theory was a required class for 2 semesters. There’s a lot of lingo that if you don’t play jazz can really get you confused. This video clarifies a lot of things. Still can’t get over hearing that someone was blowing in my jazz arrangement assignments. 😂
I dont play trumpet but this is super helpful as a drums and piano player
I understood more about Jazz in this one jam session than any other jazz classes. Amazing low-down! Goes to show music education doesn't have to be thick and complicated.
THANK YOU ALL, for hanging in there, and thanks for the explanation narration. I SUBBED TO YOUR CHANNEL
. I'm a firm believer, that all embellishments SHOULD stick to the melody, but jazz it up, otherwise it's just a bunch of unrelated racket...you can bend one note or one phrase, only so long, before it gets OLD !!!
Bobby, I absolutely love this video. Thanks to you and your band for putting this together.
you guys are amazing, both in explanation but also just clean and tidy playing
Holy shit!!!! That was brilliant!!!! Bravo to everyone!
Loved this video! It was like a lesson & a wonderful performance all in one. What a joy to see such top tier musicians! Thank you for the effective instruction.
This is an excellent master class in jazz! Please congratulate your fellow band members, and thank you so much for sharing your talent. 😀🥳😎
genuinely an incredible and insightful mini retrospective on jazz. love this so much
Tremendously talented group of musicians.
#13:32 this is where we start to look at each other among those of us who have no idea about jazz and go to a jazz concert
Wow, this is the best succinct jazz lesson I have ever had.
Awesome. Simple but very well articulated description of whats going on … great job
Yes! The blues!
I've been looking for a video just like this...amazing job! thank you!
I need more videos like this one, more analysing and specific terms in details. great job! thank you
This is the clearest explanation I’ve ever heard. Thanks!
Truly, thank you for doing this video - a great introduction into jazz/blues but more importantly it shares why I love playing saxophone - unlimited possibilities. Neil
Now understand a little more and I appreciate this style of music! Excellent! 👏🏼
Agreed, really appreciate the clear breakdown of how the parts all fit together. Nicely done!
This is such a fantastic thing you've created. Kudos to all 4 of you 👏
Fantastic introduction to jazz impro! Hats off! 😃🎹🎶🎵🎺🥁
This is simply amazing. Mandatory watching for anybody who wants to explore jazz. Thank you so much for making this video!
Brilliantly clear video covering a huge amount of ground.
Wow! Such a great explanation and demonstration! I’m surprised it doesn’t have 1 million views yet.
Cannot believe you got the guy who made Malk to play bass.
You just made my a better player in 20 min. Thanks.
This information and instructions is awesome, gave me a greater insight and understanding Thank you!
Yeah man!
This video is absolutely amazin
Amazing video, very thorough but also concise
I loved the outside solo, the concept was great and it helped people a lot
wow, that was very educational. fantastic. thanks for taking the time to show us
best intro to jazz as a concept i have ever seen. i don't play jazz but the concepts are applicable to any genera. best musicians on the planet are jazz musicians (IMO) even if they now play something else. thanks for the vid
Great feel! Very capable players. Loved it.
Just beautiful!
I am ashamed to admit that I am going to transcribe this solo to guitar. Really great playing, and you even made those scales swing hard.
You should be ashamed
Wonderful, informative, video! Love the format!
This really nice. Thank you for putting it together.
such a good and easy follow long video, really appriciated. Super nice and tight
Really good knowledge, competent delivery, confident, with a really cool approach which was enjoyable, thank you all for your musical talent.
Absolutely excellent!! Such great musicians! The woman on the keyboard is fabulous!
Beautiful production! God bless you guys 🙏🏾
Brilliant 🤩
Bob keeping his speeches within the form is boss shit
Thanks for the amazing video Bob.
That was absolutely awesome, thanks very much for posting this. It explained a lot
Fabulous ..so well done ..awesome .
Amazing! Thank you for this great video exposé! The lighting is exquisite by the way! 👌
Excellent master class about jazz for dummies like me ! Thanks a lot !
Greeting to all from Morocco!
This is pure gold!
Great tutorial video well explained good job
Very, very kewl! Subscribed!
Very cool video. This definitely will help beginners getting into jazz in the future.
Great job!!!
I learned so much. Thanks
Very cool and chilled drummer.
Bob you are really great teacher who make complicated concepts easy. You can make any intermediate player to a jazz musicians. Amazing content as always🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤
I believe they could do that all day long... scuuze me, comin' through!
Loved this. Cheers!
4:09 simplest explanation of jazz music in history
Just caught this. Very lucid and useful intro to jazz theory. I really appreciated it.
Excellent, only comment is don’t forget about us guitarists. Wes, Kenny and Django were legends. Today we have Frisell and Lage, amongst others. Keep up the good work!
This would be fun to take around elementary schools
Wow! Thank you!❤
Fantastic presentation. A breath of fresh air and some great playing. Feeling inspired.
Fantastic guidance. Love it! (and subscribed)
Best class ever.
This is an excellent and enjoyable video ❤
Beautifully rendered, entertaining and informative 👍🏿
What a great video thanks 👌👍🎸🎶🎶🎶🎸