The COOLEST Jazz Lick

This is such a cool jazz lick! You can play it over any minor chord and it has a very jazzy sound. It uses chromatic runs, approach patterns, arpeggios and triplets. I take you through it bit by bit and also show you the notation.

I advise transposing it to several keys in order to internalize it so you can use it in your own playing. I go through it in C minor, G minor and D minor - but you should continue round the circle of fifths and work it out in all 12 keys!

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[gerbenbuijze]

If it ain't the L I C C, it ain't slick

[GarciaOnThaBeat]

0:38 For all you Learning by Hearing guy’s👍🏽

[AllanHathaway]

People are saying Harry Potter but I'm hearing Toy Story

[franksinatra]

Am I the only one who’s just hearing good jazz

[daviddurango]

I learned it today. I'm a total beginner and this is the first jazz riff I've ever learned. I feel so good, thank you so much!!!

[abelton]

Expected the lick, not disappointed because this is awesome

[markjaylandes]

Great jazz lick for soloing!!! This can be used on major chords too. Just alter some of the notes, the flat 3 to a major 3, etc...

[bernard]

YOU CALL THIS A JAZZ LICK?!?!...your tounge didnt even touch they keyboard

[vaclavmichalekmusic]

expected The watching too much Adam Neely :D

[fivelines]

I've been working on getting this down all day and I finally got it!

[theohediger]

I don't even play the piano yet i'm watching this at 3am

[da]

Thank you so much! I’ve been looking for lessons on these crazy approach tone patterns! I will be practicing these like crazy. Thanks!

[petersrensen]

So nice jazz lick! More of that easy but jazzy licks!!!!

[PIANOSTYLE]

This is very clear.. I'm taking this to practice tomorrow. You deserve 100 thousand viewers at least..I will try to share this video. I watched as you described each step of the lick. it was spot on. I thought that's a gminor7. That's what you said. Is this from any song? I've noticed that it's a very common trait of jazz artist like Herbie Hancock to play the minor 7 arpeggios against a related chord.

[Swalexbass]

This is a brilliant video! Not only for pianists but for a bassist as well! Subbed :)

[PIANOSTYLE]

Got it. Do it several ways. cool lick.

[joshuamcdonald]

Thank you so much! I've needed this kind of video to kickstart some jazz improv ideas

[PIANOSTYLE]

Thank you so much for the excellent description..Got it..Full speed. 3 years ago, I started learning Donna Lee. Learning DL in Ab was one of the.best things for my 🎹. While writing this comment ..I played the melody of DL and it has some similar parts Thanks again .Gracias.. Now I have to ready to do my favorote thining..mowingthe yard. Not.LOL.

[pky]

Thanks for the video! I never thought I could play jazz piano!

[PIANOSTYLE]

I just did an enclosure at the end. F E Eb (Db D F G Bb) Just part of the Lester Flatt bluegrass run..in parentheses above. He did it in G.. It came from the E minor blues scale. But in this case..I heard it and the Db is the b3 of Bb..So from the Db went to D F G Bb. Amazing how blues, and jazz fit
into bluegrass and vice versa.
At the end I played a rootless Bb6..in the right hand (D F G Bb)
the just moved the D and F and kept the and Bb. This chord as you know has got a lot of names Db dim 7...all min3s. I hit it twice then
back to the Bb6. Did some improv there. Im sure you know how that all sounds.