Tim Lerch - How To Get Some Bebop Into Your Blues - Lesson

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[svidrigajlov]

This is the equivalent of a diamond in guitar lessons❤

[Ashishsinhaofficial]

A jazz blues enthusiast, watching from Kathmandu, Nepal! Thank you very much for this lesson!

[stevenblakeborough]

I think there is enough material here to keep me busy for over a year - ha ha. Many, many thanks Tim. 🙏

[SimpleManGuitars]

When I see videos like this it still blows my mind how much impact Wes Montgomery and Charlie Christian had on jazz and bebop playing. There are VERY few players with such distinct note choices that just remind you of "them" every time you hear qualities of their playing. Awesome, awesome, video.

[joepalooka]

It took me a long time to figure this out: if you really want to play jazz blues/bebop etc on a guitar ---- don't study guitar players. Study sax players. Sax players don't rely on boring fingerboard patterns like most guitar players. They really know their chords and scales, and especially things like guide tones, patterns, harmony, turns/grace notes/rhythmic devices/phrasing etc. You can't play sax well unless you learn that stuff, whereas on guitar a lot of players fake it by running their fingers up and down. I wish I'd known this a long time ago.

[GigaBrowser]

This reminds me so much of the old Joe Pass instructional videos on youtube. Equally as valuable but more wholesome

[gufra]

one of the greatest secrets: chromatic >>> landing! So easy said! Thank you Mr. Lerch!

[stevejones]

One of the best YouTube lessons ever.Your feel for phrasing is beautiful and vocal-like. You even take a breath before a phrase as a singer would. You're awesome!

[baranyiproduction]

Tim, you are a great teacher! One of the best blues lesson! A wonderful English dialect for everyone on the planet! Thank you!!

[karlsmith]

Ya started talking about binary concepts and the bounce - I went oh no, then ya hit that pendulum swing thing - within seconds my blues playing took off like I'd never experienced. So after years of grind I'm over the moon, in fact I'm off to the moon. thanks a ton. Very happy from Devon, England.

[BobbyD]

I like the chill way Tim explains his ideas loosely but thoroughly.

[tgbedini]

Well, that will give me several weeks of exploration. Thanks.

[squarego]

I've been playing rock/pop/blues/country for 40 years and this is the best instructional video I've ever seen. Perhaps I just found it at the right time. Thanks Timothy.

[petersmichaeld]

Mr. good....straight forward analytical detail....thank God your explanations are concise...as opposed to those you can't stop talking!
most appreciative for generous of you to share.

[hervparent]

I'm coming from rock'n'roll, pop, folk planet, I never dared working on jazz/blues, now I understand so much things thanks to you ! Thanks Tim !

[rfpho]

This is an immense amount of wisdom and knowledge in 15mins

[slackandsteel]

Beautiful lesson. One other thing that’s so important to really get that vibe that I don’t think you mentioned is the liberal use of enclosures. For me those are a key element of the bebop sound.

[Alan-zirs]

Tim, that's how you play guitar nice 👌🎸🎶🎶🎶😎

[tmitz]

Best Jazz/Blues lesson perhaps I've ever seen!! Thank you Tim, keep on Pickin'!!!

[jaredjason]

Great explanation, no unnecessary jargon