3 Super Easy ii-V-I Licks to Practice

What's the most common chord progression found in jazz standards? ii-V-I chord progressions. You will see them everywhere. So would it be smart for us to learn a bunch of ideas to play over them? You bet!

In today's video I show you 3 easy ii-V-I licks for you to practice. Hope you enjoy, and happy practicing!

💥Important Links and Resources💥

[andrewgough]

I was getting really upset that you used a lick that I had seen in a book I was using...then I went back to the start of the video only to realize you wrote the book. 😅 Good stuff, man. 😂

[NguyenMinh-byln]

This is the first time I watch a guitar lesson video without any hands in the entire video.

[jrbbass]

Thank you for including bass clef! So helpful.

[alfredbellanti]

Thank you I found this video after I asked you for 2 5 1 licks in the commentary on a previous video.

[williamkao]

bro you have bass clef aswell im a trombone player and your a life saver keep it up and those are actual dope licks your a great musician and you've earned another subscriber

[PhillipNeal]

IV tried for 2 yrs to grasp this lol you just blew my mind Brent

[saxmansoul]

1st lick: Thinking lengthwise, last 2 bars spell a C Major Bebop scale descending from the third degree.

[robertokochert]

Please do a tutorial on different ways to spice up a 2-5-1 comp! I love the one played at 1:46. Great lesson by the way. I am always looking forward to your lessons! You are a great educator

[vermin]

Awesome stuff! just learning the 2 5 1, thought I'd take the same approach as I did with learning 12 bar blues and learn some licks to get the feel for it!

[DrJoshGuitar]

Love the lines. Switching over from Rock to Jazz and I need some vocabs

[janymikeptz]

Great video, thanks so much. Also, love your t-shirt a lot!!!

[tomrechsteiner]

great jazz lesson for those of us who want more jazz advance techniques,

[cmob]

I have been working on this with a slow ii V I backing track in all keys. It took a bit to memorize and get my fingers to remember. Hoping by a day or so I can play it faster. I am working on the first lick. It is my Lick of the Week.

[peti]

Great lesson but would like to see your left hand.

[jazzfiend]

Great examples, do a video on minor 251 next!

[curiouscurious]

appreciate your posts, since Im just learning, in the 2nd lic, the first note on the G7 chord is a C? Seems most teachers stress importance of that note being a chord tone, so my first reaction would be to play E. GEDC. BAbGFC. I guess what I'm really learning is that there are no rules in jazz, what is hip is what one feels good about playing confidently. But in showing jazz beginners some simple lines to practice, thought starting the V chord on a chord tone might be important. guess not LOL Thank you for what you do

[TbirdMan]

Brent, please understand something...many intermediate guitar players (me) have not learned to sight read standard notation (for guitar) - I see the notes on a piano just fine, but that is a 'digital' interface and a guitar is analog....so, my point is tabs, we need tabs! It will be easier to eventually visualize the fretboard through standard notation, if we can have the tabs to point the way.
I just discovered your channel and I want to like it - there is so much here....just out of reach.
So, what do you think?

[FabrizioPeretti]

Dude i recognized your voice fro the spotify podcast! Ahahahah nice to see you there!

[johnwriterpoet]

I enjoyed it. I subscribed. Were those original licks?

[hounddog]

Awesome! Great licks, thank you. What song is the first lick from please? I would like to hear it the context of the song.