Making The Changes - Translating the Jazz Language on Guitar
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- Playing Through Changes: He emphasizes the importance of moving beyond scales and standard licks to play music that feels more improvised and expressive. He suggests breaking down jazz lines into smaller components, like four-note groups, to understand and internalize jazz language better.
- The Concept of F7: Langley introduces the idea that F7 is not just a scale or a mode but a "color" or "sound area" that can be approached in various ways. He demonstrates this by playing different versions of F7 chords to illustrate their sound.
- Connecting Guide Tones and Creating Lines: He talks about connecting guide tones (key chord tones like 3rds and 7ths) using small musical ideas to navigate through the changes in a jazz piece. This involves understanding where you're coming from musically and where you're going, which helps in improvisation.
- Exercises and Techniques: Langley provides exercises to help break free from repetitive patterns, like playing in four-note groups and resolving them in ways that are inherent to the tonality being played over, such as F7 in this context.
- Use of Triads, Chromatics, and Other Devices: He also delves into using triads, chromatic approaches, and other devices to create a more varied and rich musical language.
- Philosophy on Learning Jazz: Langley advocates for learning by assimilating language from jazz greats and breaking down their lines, rather than focusing solely on scales and theory.
- Practical Advice: He includes practical advice on metronome use, developing right-hand technique, and understanding the importance of time feel in jazz.
- Equipment and Setup: Towards the end, Langley talks about his guitar setup, string preferences, and amplification to achieve his sound.
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1. Making The Changes - Translating the Jazz Language on Guitar
1h 47mReviews & Ratings
The best and the most practical approach I've even seen. Part I is about how to create long jazz lines by connecting target tone with embellishment note, plus the concept of 4 note cell is already worth the price. Part II is all about substitution, a little bit too difficult for me, but very intuitive and inspiring.
"Great"
Great for getting the bebop language happening
Great lesson from Jake. He´s a great player, and teacher. The great thing about his lesson he goes straight to the point in a very simple way, very easy to understand. This lesson is very inspiring.<br />