I Wish Every Jazz Beginner Could Watch This!

Everyone on the internet and every guitar teacher you ever met probably told you to practice arpeggios. It is the same for every Jazz Guitar Beginner, but what should you actually learn?

If I Started Jazz Guitar In 2023 Then This Is What I Would Practice

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Content:
00:00 You Are Practicing Arpeggios Wrong
01:25 #1 Arpeggios Are Enough If You Do It Right
02:48 #2 The First Thing To Add
03:27 #3 The Jazz Thing To Add
04:28 #4 Going Around The Chord Tones
05:27 #5 The Mighty Triplet
06:01 #6 The Melodic Inversion
07:17 #7 Phrasing
07:37 You can hear it in Action
07:50 Like the video? Check out my Patreon page!

My name is Jens Larsen, Danish Jazz Guitarist, and Educator. The videos on this channel will help you explore and enjoy Jazz. Some of it is how to play jazz guitar, but other videos are more on Music Theory like Jazz Chords or advice on how to practice and learn Jazz, on guitar or any other instrument.

The videos are mostly jazz guitar lessons, but also music theory, analysis of songs and videos on jazz guitars.

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[JensLarsen]

Share your best advice for getting started with Jazz! 🙂

[kjv-public-domain]

Oh, good grief. This lesson contains thousands of songs and instantly usable material. Much obliged, Mr. Larsen. 24kt gold.

[diegomaugeri]

"Super easy, barely an inconvenience." Brilliant quote!!

[rebeccaabraham]

You couldn’t be satisfied with a lightbulb moment, could you? You had to go and set off a nuke…….. and I’m gloriously happy - this is one of the most useful tutorials I’ve seen! Just that first bit of advice - learn the short arpeggios - instead of the full neck versions… that’s gold! I’m going to watch this video several times - with a guitar in my hands - to get the most from it

[bokehintheussr]

Jens I learn more from a single 8 minute video of yours than I've learned from countless books and many hours of lessons in the past. You make everything so damn simple and creative!

[scottsmith]

I can honestly can say Jen's is the single best jazz guitar teacher on youtube. No one else comes close!

[manimusicka]

Simple, practical, and elegant.
Probably the best instructional video I've seen on the internet.
Thank you so much Jens!

[racepace]

Jens, you are a master at explaining an approach to jazz that is accessible and fun. Much gratitude for pointing the way for hours and hours of pure joy on my guitar. 💕

[vullnetdyla]

Jens, the student guy: Is using extra notes gonna be a problem?

Jens, the jazz teacher guy: Super easy, barely an inconvenience 😂

I’m eagerly awaiting the Ryan George cameo one day

[adamfurnish]

“Super easy, baarreeelllyyy an inconvenience!” If that was referencing what I think, that was amazing😂 Great lesson as always!

[steellemonstudios]

Phenomenal, masterful lesson. I usually say “I wish this was taught to me when I started, ” but this lesson especially. Thanks, Jens!

[jameserenberger]

Thank you for incorporating more of Barry's wisdom into your channel, Jens! I feel like I am getting better through his influence all the time. Gone, but not forgotten.

[ByTheSpirit]

I've been looking for a video lesson like this for so long. Rather new to Jazz, although Im not really trying to play straight Jazz, but rather incorporate elements of it into my current style. Between this and your Jazz chord videos, just invaluable information to a guitarist. Love your content man, thanks a bunch! Seriously

[bebopisthetruth]

This lesson is like the secret decoder ring for bebop - so much content in one short video!

[travislee]

This might be one of your best most accessible videos ever. Instantly usable info anybody can apply right now, yet ways to make a deeper dive and more complex later.

[viagante]

Hi Jens. Just to say that this is one of your best videos, so far! Spot on! Thank to you, I'm going to start to practice my arpegios in the best way possible. I love to play guitar, but I'm still stuck in a kind of rhythm guitar, with only chords, mainly bossa nova jazzy style, but I want to add some lead stuff too. Keep this great work.

[yodajazzcat]

Major 'DUH'!! I've been playing AND teaching for a long time and until this video never realized that 2-5-1 arpeggios all start on the same fret if you're on the 6th or 5th strings. And moving along to the next strings aren't difficult as long as you allow for the B string. That alone has opened up my eyes and ears. Thank you Jens!

[jonathanj-g-yyelle]

This is the best lesson so far, for me anyways!
It helped "getting it together" and breaking-out of the strict diatonic/modal approach.
And it's straightforward to change key (I worked on it in D Major/b minor).
I will be working on this for the next few days. So I can nail it for good.

Thank You, Jens! 👍👏

[JoseJimenez-obsf]

I am beginner jazz guitarist and you are totally right this is super useful to me, thanks for the info greetings from mexico

[RCSmiths]

Arpeggios definitely make for so much in Jazz. I appreciate the lesson thoroughly, especially for those who might not know how to articulate arpeggios in a Jazz context quite yet.