Creating Your Own Jazz Lines - 1

A long time ago, back when I was just a classical playing boy, I attempted to come up with my own jazz lines. Nothing I played sounded cool. It was all so classical-sounding. But now, as years have passed, I've transcribed many solos and studied a lot. I am equipped with knowledge and vocabulary to string together my own ideas while staying true to the language. I think you're ready too! Let's create.

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Jazz Have You Met Miss Jones Standards Jeff Schnieder Vincent Herring Joel Frahm Sax Saxophone Alto Clarinet Tenor Soprano Bari Quartet Combo Trio Rhythm Section Woodwind Brass Classical Mozart These Are So Unrelated Lol Bear With Me

[bevin]

can u turn up da mic gain when u talk, it get kinda quiet

[poopachu]

you legit have taught me more than my music teacher

[Zekestream]

This was great, but could u do a video using more simple chord progressions (ex. Autumn Leaves/ Blue Bossa/ even On the Sunny Side) and teach us how to go super saiyan blue on it like you. I’m a self taught alto player who is tryna get nasty.

P.s i’d watch a 30 min vid if you explain it for dummies like me.

[Lagiacrusguy]

man i’ve seen your mario kart kick video several times but that’s it, i didn’t realise u had such an incredible channel, it seems perfectly suited to my ability level too. keep up the good work man this is great stuff

[RockYourTeeth]

I appreciate hearing your process. Most people just say "here's a line I made, learn it".

[isaackelly]

I would love to see you make another one of these videos. It was really cool seeing the in depth thought process of creating an interesting jazz line!

[BodhiFitness]

Thank you for explaining the simple stuff along with the more complicated stuff. It helps me so much to learn new things when the basics are still recognizable in what you’re teaching. It’s grounding.

[IanJonesOnSax]

I’m lovin’ this! Thanks so much. I love playin my horn, but I’m severely lacking in theory. This is so good for me! 🎁

[lumo_]

Man thats fantastic. I always think improvising is too hard because I can't think that fast, but this clearly shows that the preparatory work is capital. Thanks a lot for the method and the approach. +i'd clearly watch a 30min video of this :D

[l.j.]

Yes! I would definitely love to see more of this type content! Thank you so much!

[tw]

amazing lesson on how to go about practicing improvisation. good job!!

[tommyhannum]

Love it! To be able to lay out this insight on constructing interesting lines, is priceless. Thank you, hope you will be sharing more of your thoughts and avenues!

[llnirvanallsottile]

I really enjoy this series, I’ll trying to teach myself theory and this helps a lot thank you

[armthealiens]

Cool video.
Miss Jones was a trap that older musicians set up when I started going to jam sessions.
Good to have a strong vocabulary for it.

[hermanliene]

The guy in the olympics 2020 t-shirt probably had his dreams chrushed some months later

[emusqueak]

Yes please I’d like to see the other lines. This is all stuff I always wanted explaining to me and now I feel I might be able to start taking my playing up a notch!

[usmc]

this was great... i learnt the mario kart lick you uploaded, and i still havent forgotten it:)

[keitajanota]

It's cool ! I also do this process 👍

[marcusstoica]

Great video man! I began my study of bebop and am gaining a lot from tutorials like this. I'm not yet at the point where I can practice for long periods of time without getting lost because I'm still working on the foundation - approach tones and arpeggios. Thankfully my classical chops gave me good scales. You're an inspiration!

Edited because I wasn't paying attention to what Saxologic was actually saying

[t.i.p.]

more of these videos pls they are very helpful