Jake Langley

Join Jake for his first Mike's Master Class, "Making the Changes - Translating the Jazz Language on Guitar". Jake will cover substitute changes, inside/outside playing and chromatics. This class is 2 hours long. Langley discusses several key points: 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. This masterclass is a deep dive into developing a jazz vocabulary on the guitar, emphasizing listening, learning from the greats, and practical exercises to internalize jazz language and improve improvisational skills.

Join Jake for his second Mike's Master Class, where he will teach 4-part chords, 4th voicings and voice-leading - applying them to progressions and tunes.

Join Jake for Fun With Diminished...Scales, Lines, Tricks and Logic. Topics in this class include the diminished scale, diminished harmony- lines, patterns, and licks from the Jazz vocabulary; Using diminished for tonic dominant resolutions- II-V-I, III-VI-II-V; Diminished lines over V7b9 chords; Added notes to diminished scales; Diminished functions in modern chord progressions; Diminished arpeggios as pivots.

Jake Langley shares his successful methods of how to practice. Topics include organizing your practice routine, time management and how to get what you shed into your playing! Jake covers tonal centers, constructing lines over ii-V-I and ii-V-i changes , chromaticism and poly-rhythms. He demonstrates with Autumn Leaves. Written lines and excercises are inlcuded with this class. View a clip from Jake's class

In "The Making of a Solo Guitar Arrangement", Jake will cover chord melody, rehamonizing, mixing single note lines, harmonizing a melody and voicings.

This class continues on from Jake's popular first Mike's Master Class "Making the Changes - Translating the Jazz Language on Guitar". Where the first class focused on one tonal center, this one covers connecting melodies through rhythm changes. In This Class: continuing the 4 note cell connection in part one to apply to 2 chords per bar progressions examples and analysis of lines applying diminished chords in the lines follow along and see how Jake spontaneously creates lines with these concepts Running Time: 39:58 min Written Examples: None

Jake Langley covers comping through blues and Stella by Starlight with harmonized melodies, Oldies riffs and blues phrases, making chord melodies for your accompaniment. Follow along with Jake using a soundslice clip of him comping over Stella by Starlight. 1 page in TAB Running Time: 30'58''