5 Things That Ruin ALL Jazz Beginner Solos - Jens Larsen
The Roadblock This is such a common roadblock when you are just getting started with Jazz: You are practicing scales and arpeggios, but getting that to sound right in a solo is very difficult, and the only help you can find is adding more complicated and weird things which doesn't really solve the problem and
Jens Larsen - Jazz Guitarist and ComposerChallenge: Who Has The Most EPIC Jazz Chords (with Rotem Sivan) - Jens Larsen
Intros and Vamps With Beautiful Jazz Chords At NAMM, amidst the clamor of the event, we retreated to my hotel room for a candid discussion on jazz chord hacks. Rotem and I, two musicians passionate about jazz harmony, shared impromptu insights into crafting captivating introductions and vamps for vocalists and instrumentalists alike. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdx2vJ5pIF8&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcE8ctKYp2SFQzJRJPZbxGTO&index=1 Jazz
Jens Larsen - Jazz Guitarist and ComposerThe Basic Music Theory You Need As A Jazz Beginner - Jens Larsen
Having the basics down in music theory is an incredibly powerful tool. If you are playing Jazz then interpreting chord symbols can be very difficult and if you have a solid basic overview of what notes are in there, you can find other ways to play the chord and add notes and fills to it,
Jens Larsen - Jazz Guitarist and ComposerYour First 5 Jazz Licks (Beginner’s Guide To Arpeggios) - Jens Larsen
Everywhere you look a Jazz teacher is telling you that you should practice arpeggios if you want to play Jazz, but it is just as important that you know how to turn that arpeggio into music, into something you can play that also sounds like Jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDV25qbNA-A&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcH6f2Jy4MAyN1jadGPTYO-U&index=1 In this video, I'll show you why you
Jens Larsen - Jazz Guitarist and ComposerThe Massive Misunderstanding About Modulations - Jens Larsen
The problem is that you probably don't know what a key is, and it is a LOT more than you think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gWVSazHaZs&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcFozQj9I_92-sY0EY8h5Syl&index=1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gWVSazHaZs&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcFozQj9I_92-sY0EY8h5Syl&index=1 If you look at the C major scale: Then that is just the scale, the key of C major is so much more, and once you start to understand that then you are
Jens Larsen - Jazz Guitarist and Composer5 Things That Ruin ALL Jazz Beginner Solos - Jens Larsen
The Roadblock This is such a common roadblock when you are just getting started with Jazz: You are practicing scales and arpeggios, but getting that to sound right in a solo is very difficult, and the only help you can find is adding more complicated and weird things which doesn't really solve the problem and
Jens Larsen - Jazz Guitarist and ComposerChallenge: Who Has The Most EPIC Jazz Chords (with Rotem Sivan) - Jens Larsen
Intros and Vamps With Beautiful Jazz Chords At NAMM, amidst the clamor of the event, we retreated to my hotel room for a candid discussion on jazz chord hacks. Rotem and I, two musicians passionate about jazz harmony, shared impromptu insights into crafting captivating introductions and vamps for vocalists and instrumentalists alike. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdx2vJ5pIF8&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcE8ctKYp2SFQzJRJPZbxGTO&index=1 Jazz
Jens Larsen - Jazz Guitarist and ComposerYour First 5 Jazz Licks (Beginner’s Guide To Arpeggios) - Jens Larsen
Everywhere you look a Jazz teacher is telling you that you should practice arpeggios if you want to play Jazz, but it is just as important that you know how to turn that arpeggio into music, into something you can play that also sounds like Jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDV25qbNA-A&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcH6f2Jy4MAyN1jadGPTYO-U&index=1 In this video, I'll show you why you
Jens Larsen - Jazz Guitarist and ComposerThe Basic Music Theory You Need As A Jazz Beginner - Jens Larsen
Having the basics down in music theory is an incredibly powerful tool. If you are playing Jazz then interpreting chord symbols can be very difficult and if you have a solid basic overview of what notes are in there, you can find other ways to play the chord and add notes and fills to it,
Jens Larsen - Jazz Guitarist and ComposerThe Massive Misunderstanding About Modulations - Jens Larsen
The problem is that you probably don't know what a key is, and it is a LOT more than you think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gWVSazHaZs&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcFozQj9I_92-sY0EY8h5Syl&index=1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gWVSazHaZs&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcFozQj9I_92-sY0EY8h5Syl&index=1 If you look at the C major scale: Then that is just the scale, the key of C major is so much more, and once you start to understand that then you are
Jens Larsen - Jazz Guitarist and Composer