The Secret To Playing Over Autumn Leaves(No Bullsh*t)

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[blakeleighlovagi]

woa the way you describe giant steps as feeling outside even when you play inside the changes makes so much sense!!!

[paomatmusic]

Bro your explanation is just fantastic

[pjjmsn]

This explanation I think helped me break through. Thanks bro!!!

[eric_james_music]

love your channel man just fun and chill to watch, and I always learn something new

[aocriffraff]

Love this channel and love this video. I am a little behind you in your jazz journey and am stuck in the rock thought of improvising. Keeping track of different keys is frustrating. I just revisited Autumn Leaves to build back some confidence and stumbled on this video! Also love the personal stories about musical frustrations and depression because I have a feeling every one here knows how that feels

[MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

atitude is everything. if you sneer at some of the best songs ever written, just cuz it's overplayed, badly, at sessions, you got a bad attitude. Give the people what they want. Tunes they know, and FOR PETE's SAKE; arrange it and play it so people other than bebop gods can follow and know where you in the f##ing changes. Love your constant use of the F word. Life is so FFing often in the key of F. the key of or "so good"... no other word
suffices, especially German schmutzy words They don't have the edge.

[emilbirk]

This video made me realise that I look at changes the complete opposite way of most players lol. Usually for cluster changes (my own name for things like 2-5-1 and 1-6-2-5 etc) I usually exclusively use lines that I’ve transcribed it’s only if a chord is outside of this would I ever think oh I need to play Phrygian dominant here or something and I usually use those sorts of ideas to connect to a new idea. Autumn leaves is misleadingly difficult (in my opinion) because just playing straight bebop lines is going to sound garbage and you need to really play melodically with motifs etc which can be difficult to come up with on the spot

[Sam-xskr]

I’m a bass player learning jazz and these videos are super helpful. I have been looking for someone who actually explains the thought process behind playing certain modes and arpeggios over chords - instead of “so you play x mode over this” and then no explanation to why that mode or arpeggio is chosen. Keep up the great work!

[Lomoholga]

Thinking Autumn Leaves sucks because it is for ‘beginners’ or is too simple is like hating missionary sex or cheese pizza

[alfredekren]

amazing bro, very helpful. can you make a video like this but how to solo over sunny?

[djmileski]

I love your approach on instructing here

[lbbrfarangkiinok]

First video I was like, this is a fellow ADHD haver.

Fly me to the moon is amazing. And it also is so instructional.

[gonzaloramirez]

Why does the EbMaj7 arpeggio work so well with this tune? What's the theory or explanation behind it?

[LEOPORT]

Lovely video! I love autumn leaves and i dare any nerd to change my mind

[CamIsSuper]

Another great video! I like this style of analyzing standards. I don't know if you'd make a video about this, but I'd be interested in hearing your approach to Red Clay. I had transcribed a Freddie Hubbard solo where he just used the blues scale, but I've had teachers in the past that wanted me to outline every single change in every single chord even on simple songs. What are your thoughts on this? Are you into the harmonic reduction or should you memorize every chord tone and play the full harmony.

[Jordan_The_Noodleman]

I'm with you man! I love autumn leaves it's beautiful but I feel embarrassed calling it. DOESNT STOP ME THOUGH HEHE

[gitarrenlexikon]

Great channel Brow. No Bullsh*t. Greetings from Germany.

[StrangeLeap]

Why do you see the first three chords as a 2 5 1 as opposed to the first 7 chords as a 4 7 3 6 2 5 1?