10 Awesome Ideas for Better Jazz Licks You Should Know

It's not all scales and arpeggios when it comes to guitar jazz licks. This video is showing 10 ways to come up with new licks using different ideas that are not all based on the notes. This can really open up your vocabulary and make your solos more interesting and I talk about methods working with dynamics, melodic direction and rhythm.

Some of the examples are also borrowing techniques from artists like Jim Hall, Bill Evans and Kurt Rosenwinkel.

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0:00 Intro
0:49 Lick 1 - Shifting Patterns and Parts
1:43 Variation on Lick 1
2:05 Lick 2 - Melodic Direction and using the range of the instrument
3:06 Lick 3 - Accents, Dynamics and breathing life into your 8th note lines
4:13 Lick 4 - Extended arpeggios as a means to get a larger range
5:30 Lick 5 - Chromaticism and Bebop - Add the jazz flavour
6:36 Lick 6 - All the "other" arpeggios
8:13 Lick 7 - Across the bar line - Don't be tied down by the bar lines!
9:19 Lick 8 - Space and Great Rhythms (Like Jim Hall)
11:04 Lick 9 - Blues in Funny Places (Courtsey of Joe Pass)
12:31 Lick 10 - Triplets and Modern Rhythmical Jazz Phrasing
14:20 Do you have a great idea? Share it in a comment!
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[JensLarsen]

Do you have a great idea to come at writing licks from another angle? Leave a comment! 🙂

[jaimelamusik]

Thank you for these great lessons. Jens, you are my bible !

[NahreSol]

Great channel! I'm looking forward to going through more of your videos!

[josiecrotwell]

As always thank you your videos are extremely valuable- I’m doing a lot of what you are, but you are taking me up a level with new ideas 👍

[Lupocide]

Brilliant methodology as always Jens. I often substitute chromaticism licks for whole tone runs and weirdness, i don't know why really, I just like it.

[anthonydemitre]

great lesson, your backing was cool too Thanks

[taufiqandikajazzer]

From this video, i got a new idea to making a new song. Terima kasih.
Indonesia, Southeast Asia.

[Shuzies]

Cool ....another Great video....Jens thank your with me today...Ron

[georgekourmou]

Hello great content! I have one question :
Are you a guitar teacher in the royal conservatorium of hague? Because im intrested in studying there and i really like your approach and the way you teach! thank you

[GreggPiano]

Great stuff ! a little ruff for newbies that want to be a star overnight. But well put for those of us that have been playing awhile .

[olymoon]

Thank you so much for this course. On e little detail: it's me or you are speaking faster today?

[cosi]

How come that you can shift arpeggio phrase a semitone up when going to the G7 from the Dm7 chord?

[st.fiacre]

Teach us that walking bass line, that you are using for your licks Please!!!!

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