From SCALE practice to JAZZ LICKS - Work towards Music!

If you don't want to waste your time you want to make sure to turn everything you practice into material that you can use when you improvise.

We all practice scales and work on our technique by doing Scale Exercises, arpeggios, diatonic triads and patterns. In this video I want to show you how you can take your exercises and start turning them into jazz licks. 

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[JensLarsen]

What is your favourite scale exercise or most useful technical exercise? 👍

[joesloan]

Great video Jens. Hell yeah. Arguably the BEST jazz/music theory instructional channels on YouTube. You're a beast.

[retrovideogamevlog]

The best part of this great video is there is no dislikes.

[deanwallis]

Best regards Jens. I'm really enjoying and valuing your videos.

[DinamicJonMMusikGermany]

very good exercise Jens++++also sounds awesome with the bass guitar just tried !!!
Suitable for blues music fits very well

[flawlsslogic]

Hi Jens, great video as always! I wondered about how your rationalise taking lines and putting them in other keys. Is your grip on all 12 keys across the fret board so good that you can just think in any key and transpose things on the spot? Do you think of lines in different keys in more geometric shapes? Would love to hear your thoughts.

[TimsGuitarWorldwithTimFeskorn]

Thanks Jens, I'm trying to incorporate more jazz and fusion into my playing. I'm really just a blues player but I am anxious to make this transition to add a more sophisticated element to my solo's. Moving along the lines of Robin Ford and Larry Carlton. I am not a very good theory guy. (Little bit dyslexic so its hard for me sometimes to keep up.) Thanks for your lessons. I just subscribed to your channel and hit the bell icon and i'm looking forward to seeing more of your great videos. Your new student. T

[insertnamehere]

Been playin for 15 years. Just now got a metronome and the 123 method book from berklee. Any opinions on this ? . is it too late for me. Im 31

[DavidSherwoodPhoto]

Hey Jens - what exactly are you thinking when playing something like the line @2:32 ? Are you just thinking "ECG FDA GEBA etc..." intervalic numbers?

[piddlepond]

Love your channel. You should do something with Rick Beato on Youtube.

[JensLarsen]

Is it just for me that the video is only available in 360p? 🤔

[svenjohnpetrucci]

Did you sell your axe fx and change it for ax8?

[CA-mliv]

wow youtube really did you wrong here why is it still 360p haha
great video tho! that didnt stop me from watching it

[Bflatest]

can you share your tone preset? It looks like you use AX8 like me

[Shuzies]

Hot...when your Hot your Hot. Keep em coming Jens you are making me a better player