*Jazz Blues Chord Solo* This weeks lesson is a short etude, a chord solo on an F blues. You should be able to use it as inspiration and resource to make your own chord solos but if it was played less dense it will also work well for comping. th-cam.com/video/eZnSUznZBoM/w-d-xo.html You can of course download the pdf of the exercises and examples here: jenslarsen.nl/jazz-blues-chord-solo/ Hope you can use it! #guitar #youtube #guitarlesson #jazzguitar #blues #jazzblues
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Hello Jens! Nice lesson! Today I think I realised something : I am already thinking about top note melody when I try to play chord melodies , which for sure has the benefit of making the chords sound more connected. However, I realised that it sounds more like comping instead of a chord melody. I think that what I see you doing, that is missing from what I do, is that you keep giving it much more movement . I was playing 1 or 2 chords in each bar.
hey jens I'm having some trouble understanding why we harmonize the Bb scale over the F7. Im sure I can grasp the theory eventually, however, the reasoning as to why we do it eludes me. SOS :p
what did you mean by "harmonizing Bb major with an F7 chord " i understand what's harmonizing a scale , but what does it mean to harmonize it with an F7 chord ?
+Moncef Fadal What that means is to take the whole scale and try to find an F7 chord that you can put under each of them, so you have an F7 with a C, D, Eb etc as highest note. That way you can play any melody over an F7 and use these chords to make it a chord solo. Does that help?
That it would still work, like if I have the notes G, B, Bb, then A on the High E as the melody and play drop 2 voiced chords that contain those notes as the highest note in that chord.
That doesn't make sense to me witout more context. But in any case you can use drop2 all the time if you think it sounds good. It's not going to fit in all styles of jazz because it is a bebop/hardbop type sound. A lot of guitarists later than that didn't use it that much,
Hi. My apologies, my English is a bit poor. I have a doubt. When you say "harmonizing Bb major with an F7 chord" what does it mean? I do not see where the Bb major comes from. What does that Bb major means in the exercise? Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I mean, why do we have to say "harmonizing a Bb maj"? We are only moving the F7 for its different drops and some notes of the F mixolidian scale, no? It may be because if it was a min7 chord this could be doric or eolic, then we say "F major harmonized with Gm7" to indicate that it is Doric?
*Jazz Blues Chord Solo*
This weeks lesson is a short etude, a chord solo on an F blues. You should be able to use it as inspiration and resource to make your own chord solos but if it was played less dense it will also work well for comping.
th-cam.com/video/eZnSUznZBoM/w-d-xo.html
You can of course download the pdf of the exercises and examples here:
jenslarsen.nl/jazz-blues-chord-solo/
Hope you can use it!
#guitar #youtube #guitarlesson #jazzguitar #blues #jazzblues
excellent lessen thanks Jen. Can I just ask you: why you have a sweatband on your guitar neck?
Thanks Darren, I sometimes use the hairband a s an open string mute.
oh I see, good none, sounding good.
most of the time (like in this video) it is behind the nut and doesn't do anything :)
yes, its pretty clever idea though
Enjoying your lessons, thanks for sharing your knowledge.
You are the best guitar teacher iv ever watched teach in my entire lifeGod bless you and thank you very muchAll your lessons are just simpleYou make difficult stuff so simpleIts unbelievableMan keep up the good workI am learning the things I always wanted to learn I only watch your stuff wen I wanna learn
You're very welcome! I am glad you like the videos! 🙂
You're a beautiful player man and all these lessons are great - I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into them.
Drew De La Cruz Thanks Drew! Makes my day that you can use them! :)
merci Jens ! un des meilleurs cours de blues pour moi ! combien je vous dois ....
+Lou Fugier Thank you Lou! I am just glad you can use it, but if you feel like it you could check out my webstore?
Man you just blowed my mind into pieces, thank you a lot!
You're welcome Tomas! I hope you can put it back together again!
1:07 ---- 1,37 1:07 -----1,37 1:07 -----1,37 Sorry,I'm just trying to get this solo in my head so i can learn it quicker.
Great lesson and chord solo!
Sure! Good luck with it! :)
Nice Jens! Really like your examples, definitely going to steal a few :)
Alex Ispa-Cowan Thanks Alex! Great that you can use it!
Awesome Jens, totally grabbin some of those!
rrryanocerous Thanks Ryan! :)
Cool, man. I really like that chordmelody style.
Thank you! Glad you like it!
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+Luís Bettinelli Thank you Luis!
trhank you very much sir.great lesson.
Jerrymc Drake You're very welcome Jerry
Hello Jens! Nice lesson! Today I think I realised something : I am already thinking about top note melody when I try to play chord melodies , which for sure has the benefit of making the chords sound more connected. However, I realised that it sounds more like comping instead of a chord melody. I think that what I see you doing, that is missing from what I do, is that you keep giving it much more movement . I was playing 1 or 2 chords in each bar.
Really nice,thx Jens
vaig4 Glad you can use it!
Thanks for good information video! Best wishes from Russia!
mrjazzkarabass You're very welcome!
Nice! Reminds me of Joe Pass blues in Bflat
Thanks, Jens
Stephen Kelly You're welcome! :)
There may be a typo. Example 1: blues solo. Bar number 3. Where you write 9996, should it not be 9998?
True! Thanks! :)
Jens Larsen You're welcome!!🙏👍
Muito bom! Obrigado.
You're welcome! :)
hey jens I'm having some trouble understanding why we harmonize the Bb scale over the F7. Im sure I can grasp the theory eventually, however, the reasoning as to why we do it eludes me. SOS :p
+Nathaniel Borochof We need a scale that contains an F7 chord, it's really quite simple
Therefore we could use Fmixolidyan?
Nathaniel Borochof F mixolydian is Bb major
what did you mean by "harmonizing Bb major with an F7 chord " i understand what's harmonizing a scale , but what does it mean to harmonize it with an F7 chord ?
+Moncef Fadal What that means is to take the whole scale and try to find an F7 chord that you can put under each of them, so you have an F7 with a C, D, Eb etc as highest note. That way you can play any melody over an F7 and use these chords to make it a chord solo.
Does that help?
Like it
+flat357 Thanks man!
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footballnow9 Thx!
Would just using drop 2 voicings the entire time, including passing chords like diminished on the bottom four as well, be alright?
Allright in what way?
That it would still work, like if I have the notes G, B, Bb, then A on the High E as the melody and play drop 2 voiced chords that contain those notes as the highest note in that chord.
That doesn't make sense to me witout more context.
But in any case you can use drop2 all the time if you think it sounds good. It's not going to fit in all styles of jazz because it is a bebop/hardbop type sound. A lot of guitarists later than that didn't use it that much,
Alright thank you
Hi. My apologies, my English is a bit poor.
I have a doubt.
When you say "harmonizing Bb major with an F7 chord"
what does it mean?
I do not see where the Bb major comes from. What does that Bb major means in the exercise?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
No worries!
What is the dominant( or V chord) in Bb major?
ok, it´s F7.
Then, to finish understanding, for example, could we harmonize a C major with a F7 chord?
Does this make any sense?
I guess not, but...
I mean, why do we have to say "harmonizing a Bb maj"? We are only moving the F7 for its different drops and some notes of the F mixolidian scale, no?
It may be because if it was a min7 chord this could be doric or eolic, then we say "F major harmonized with Gm7" to indicate that it is Doric?