When You Hit A WRONG Note In Classical vs Jazz

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  • čas přidán 8. 07. 2020
  • Hitting wrong notes in classical vs jazz has very different effects 😂 I love and play both genres so this is all just in good fun! Remember to tap like and subscribe if you enjoyed this video!
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  • @CharlesBerthoud
    @CharlesBerthoud  Před 3 lety +86312

    "If you make a mistake, just make sure you do it again."

  • @theburgersystem126
    @theburgersystem126 Před 3 lety +6795

    As one of my friends from my sound design class said, “Play one wrong note, you done fucked up. Play two wrong notes, it’s jazz.”

    • @lampoilropebombs0640
      @lampoilropebombs0640 Před 3 lety +254

      Jazz is not only about how to play wrong notes, it is also about how to make more wrong notes so at the end you end up the key you start in while bringing amusement to the crowd

    • @lumityandowlhousefan
      @lumityandowlhousefan Před 3 lety +33

      Play three and you just dont know how to play your instrument lol

    • @yoursincerely-soda
      @yoursincerely-soda Před 3 lety +10

      Play four and you should be taking lessons

    • @ItsKam
      @ItsKam Před 3 lety +25

      Play every note wrong, on purpose, and it's experimental

    • @theburgersystem126
      @theburgersystem126 Před 3 lety +25

      @@ItsKam play nothing at all and you’re officially John Cage

  • @dandeelyonn
    @dandeelyonn Před 3 lety +22029

    *hits a wrong note*
    Jazz musicians: 𝓓𝓸 𝓲𝓽 𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓲𝓷

  • @alertArchitect
    @alertArchitect Před rokem +8521

    This reminds me of something I read a while ago.
    "One time, I was performing in an ensemble, and didn't realize the sheet music was double-sided, so I finished the piece about a page earlier than everyone else. Fortunately, it was jazz, and no one noticed."

    • @Ivannbeats
      @Ivannbeats Před rokem +292

      Who the fuck plays with sheet music in jazz

    • @Zoey5374
      @Zoey5374 Před rokem +435

      @@Ivannbeats An ensemble. If your in a jazz ensemble you don’t learn the songs by ear, you probably could, but there’s usually 15-20 people and in an ensemble they all have different parts. I’m in a couple bands, I’m in my high school jazz band along with a jazz ensemble with post secondary and high school students that run by my band teacher, then I have concert band, and I’m taking jazz class at school. Jazz class we do more of combos, we still use sheet music but we all play the melody and put a lot of focus towards solos. In jazz class since we’re all playing the melody we could do it by ear to learn songs, but we’d have to work together to make sure we all get the pitch right because we wouldn’t want everyone to be playing completely different pitches. If you mean that you should learn your music and then have it memorized, we don’t have to, but I do have most of my songs for jazz class memorized because they’re simple and have had them for a while I still have the sheet music while playing though. I have 26 songs and counting so I definitely need sheet music for some of the songs

    • @DeadPerfection
      @DeadPerfection Před rokem +193

      Bro responded with the entire Jazz bible

    • @Ivannbeats
      @Ivannbeats Před rokem +22

      @@Zoey5374 it was a joke, a bad one, but still counts as one

    • @dragoncat9153
      @dragoncat9153 Před rokem +14

      Tumblr moment

  • @mr.mephitis2492
    @mr.mephitis2492 Před rokem +1829

    "To play a wrong note is inconsequential, to play without passion is inexcusable ." - Beethoven

    • @gritsonamission
      @gritsonamission Před 6 měsíci +51

      Is that proof that Bethoven was a jazz musician?

    • @mr.mephitis2492
      @mr.mephitis2492 Před 6 měsíci +34

      @@gritsonamission Quite possibly; jazz is a state of mind after all.

    • @A-432-Zone
      @A-432-Zone Před 6 měsíci +12

      I can tell you one thing for sure. Improvisation was actually common, even before Beethoven's time. Mozart and his friend Clementi would play each other pieces and deliberate change things. Therefore, Classical performance and even the idea of composition was not as rigid as we tend to see it. This is why the uTube music "teacher" Adam Neelys gets so many things wrong. He claims to be progressive, but he constantly tries to push "Classical" people into one box and himself ("Jazz" musician) in another. Neely also made videos claiming that perfect pitch cannot be learn, yet seemingly hundreds of musicians and lay-people responded that they did, and that you can. Not to mention Adam Neely's rants on why we shouldn't tune to A-432 Scientific Tuning because it's "voodoo." Yet, A-440 concert pitch is entirely random and does not fit into mathematical patterns, sacred geometry, the Golden section, etc. Growing up in small-town New Mexico and Texas in the 80's kids would make fun of you listened to Classical. I was a music that simply did not exist. // On the other hand, as a pianist having studied in NYC, I noticed that Asian pianist's I'd hand hang out couldn't play without the music. Whereas I'd just sit at their piano and go thru some Chopin or whatever. And even if i got a note wrong, I'd just delay it or blend it into the mix! // Bottom line: Beethoven rocked! - _The Acoustic Rabbit Hole_ @theacousticrabbithole9608

    • @user-fg5xs9lh7s
      @user-fg5xs9lh7s Před 5 měsíci +2

      ​​@@A-432-ZoneThe 432 Hz thing genuinely is just BS though. Lowering the pitch makes it sound lower. Nothing mystical or special about it. 432hz music is literally just pitch shifted 31 cents and thats it

    • @A-432-Zone
      @A-432-Zone Před 5 měsíci

      That's incredible, User. I'll add this insightful profundity to my notes immediately.@@user-fg5xs9lh7s

  • @elliotnemeth
    @elliotnemeth Před 3 lety +29443

    "A wrong note played in distress is a wrong note. A wrong note played in confidence is an interpretation."
    -my jazz teacher

  • @nachovaldivia8
    @nachovaldivia8 Před 3 lety +13587

    The only unrealistic thing about this, is that the conductor apologized after that rant

    • @niya9387
      @niya9387 Před 3 lety +131

      HA! Ain't that right!

    • @niya9387
      @niya9387 Před 3 lety +517

      Even if they *do* apologize, it's some kind of passive-aggressive "I'm just doing my job, I don't want to be mean to you, but it's your fault and you brought this on yourself. You should be apologizing to me."

    • @lampoilropebombs0640
      @lampoilropebombs0640 Před 3 lety +42

      It is a bug vs feature thing.

    • @roses9483
      @roses9483 Před 3 lety +73

      i had one that use to sit me outsaide of class n tell me i dont belong here and to repeat it to myself

    • @niya9387
      @niya9387 Před 3 lety +100

      @@roses9483 Yikes, that's terrible. What a jerk.
      Don't let their words stick with you. You belong just as much as the others do, no matter how much money everyone has, what they look like, or how "talented" they are. You had a right to be there, whether that teacher liked it or not.

  • @rewardadrawer
    @rewardadrawer Před rokem +3054

    I remember a gig I played as a teenager. My band opened with a jazzy number that had space for a keyboard solo in it, and when it came around time for my solo, my mind just… Completely blanked. I forgot what key and scale I was playing in, and at more than one point I started touch-typing keys (literally just playing everything with my index fingers). Like I started panicking and my brain completely shut down.
    My band mates thought it was the best solo I ever played, and the artist we were opening for (who was a pretty widely celebrated artist) complemented me on it afterword.
    You really cannot fuck up in jazz

    • @EvilCat-EnergyCatalyst
      @EvilCat-EnergyCatalyst Před 9 měsíci +83

      do you remember the name of your band and the artist you were opening for?

    • @rewardadrawer
      @rewardadrawer Před 9 měsíci

      @@EvilCat-EnergyCatalyst Yeah, the band was The Roaring Hamster. We were just a local band, but we were opening for Coolio that night
      Edit: this was in late 2008, and sadly it was my last gig with the band. Both my lead singer and Coolio have passed by now, but I won’t forget the interactions I had with either of them

    • @hedgehoginasunhat
      @hedgehoginasunhat Před 9 měsíci +196

      Similar story, my high school jazz band were performing in a regional competition, and I was the sole saxophonist in the band. For weeks leading up, I couldn't quite nail down the solo I was given and was petrified to let the band down on the big day. I have no idea what happened, but my fingers just went wild and did their own thing the entire time. Literal jazz hands, but while grasping an instrument. I came off stage about to apologise and our coach(?) ran up beaming ear to ear and said I blew him away with my improvisation. My band mates were shocked too. Probably not as shocked as me though.
      We got 2nd place, which was fine because 1st place always went to the actual professional student jazz band lol

    • @ttry1152
      @ttry1152 Před 7 měsíci +17

      Yeah jazz cannot be messed up mostly. It can be

    • @tpstrat14
      @tpstrat14 Před 6 měsíci +4

      that's why the vast majority of it is meaningless trash lol

  • @Dudethatdoesstuff
    @Dudethatdoesstuff Před rokem +578

    Bob Ross: There are no mistakes, just happy accidents
    Jazz: There isn't any mistakes or happy accidents, just improvisation

    • @Nahte5
      @Nahte5 Před rokem +1

      classical: you made the last mistake of your life you piece of sh-

    • @mr.pikumon3442
      @mr.pikumon3442 Před 9 měsíci +2

      😮 I am improve

    • @Brightly-Colored_Goth
      @Brightly-Colored_Goth Před 3 měsíci

      It's official, the SCP has the concept of Jazz in custody...

  • @miaelliott6848
    @miaelliott6848 Před 2 lety +20581

    Jazz is the musical definition of "it's not a bug, it's a feature"

  • @juliep6435
    @juliep6435 Před 3 lety +36160

    my jazz band teacher always told us “if you play a wrong note during a solo, just play it again a bunch of times on purpose and no one will know”

  • @magpie-yf8gf
    @magpie-yf8gf Před 9 měsíci +688

    I love your portrayal of jazz fans, so many people think we're these advanced sophisticated superhumans when in reality we're just weird unhygienic dorks who like weird textures and chord progressions

  • @sixtytwo62
    @sixtytwo62 Před rokem +871

    one time i messed up a jazz solo so bad and played so many wrong notes and i was so embarrassed but several people came up and told me afterwords that i had best solo there so that was cool i guess

  • @Swordandsteel
    @Swordandsteel Před 3 lety +8360

    My guitar teacher once told me “One wrong note is a slip up, two wrong notes are a mistake, and three wrong notes are Jazz”

    • @edenhernandez346
      @edenhernandez346 Před 2 lety +16

      Hahaha FAX 😂😎👌🏼🎸
      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
      ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @pho.phonic
      @pho.phonic Před 2 lety +9

      Word

    • @elated_taco1016
      @elated_taco1016 Před 2 lety +2

      1000th like!

    • @Schrodinger364
      @Schrodinger364 Před 2 lety +38

      And four wrong notes is Contemporary!

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 2 lety +44

      @@Schrodinger364 Five wrong notes is pentatonics, Six wrong notes is ...
      blues!!!

  • @electricblu6615
    @electricblu6615 Před 3 lety +25781

    As someone who played double bass this is incredibly accurate except for when you realize no one can actually hear you

    • @erikakerboom2101
      @erikakerboom2101 Před 3 lety +301

      :(

    • @kimberley9089
      @kimberley9089 Před 3 lety +359

      I did a bit of contrabass for band and even with an amplifier no one can hear you.

    • @SpectroliteDS2400
      @SpectroliteDS2400 Před 3 lety +258

      played the electric bass myself, i could never hear what i was playing over anyone else

    • @Set2Wumbo
      @Set2Wumbo Před 3 lety +328

      I go outta my way to try to isolate the base when I listen to music
      No musician should go unrecognized, and music without base is just.. without soul

    • @SpectroliteDS2400
      @SpectroliteDS2400 Před 3 lety +253

      @@Set2Wumbo i guess you could say that such music is Bassless?

  • @progressingpianist
    @progressingpianist Před rokem +172

    I can testify for this. I missed ONE note and my piano teacher said “that is absolutely horrendous” 😭💀

  • @caidalee1994
    @caidalee1994 Před rokem +266

    As a classical singer, I love this! For anyone worried, most are very forgiving in classical settings. We know it’s hard stuff and that there are so many cogs in the machine, that as long as you don’t panic and get back on track, no one will ever remember the mistake, much less mention it.

  • @yunikage
    @yunikage Před 3 lety +12393

    me: plays the wrong note
    jazz instructor: interesting, so you borrowed a note from the relative minor to flat the 9th on that C7add9?

  • @necropollis-
    @necropollis- Před 3 lety +9085

    *plays a wrong note*
    “Time to play a chromatic scale.”

    • @giacomocasartelli5503
      @giacomocasartelli5503 Před 3 lety +258

      time to superimpose pentatonics starting from the sharp fourth

    • @pyb6
      @pyb6 Před 3 lety +45

      Don’t @ me like that

    • @LaavYoou
      @LaavYoou Před 3 lety +8

      Omg too relatable

    • @stanislavhorna7110
      @stanislavhorna7110 Před 3 lety +34

      ...and hold the highest tone as long as possible 🤣

    • @Add9Sus4
      @Add9Sus4 Před 3 lety +69

      And if you play a series of wrong notes, just repeat the note sequence in a series of other unrelated keys and call it "modal transposition"

  • @junkie_ayee893
    @junkie_ayee893 Před rokem +1549

    My late jazz teacher always said “If you play the wrong note, keep going. What the audience don’t know, won’t hurt em.”
    Jazz is all about mistakes and improvisation.
    It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing 🎵

    • @CarlDaCool168
      @CarlDaCool168 Před rokem +9

      duke ellington

    • @addiesuggs1692
      @addiesuggs1692 Před rokem +2

      Interestingly, my musical theater director told me the same thing, just with acting and stuff

    • @MrNoipe
      @MrNoipe Před 11 měsíci +1

      Did he ever show up?

    • @OlYables
      @OlYables Před 7 měsíci +6

      Rhythm is more important for a jazz solo. Hit the wrong note with correct timing, dynamics and inflection and it's all good! Victor Wooden is all about this.

    • @Gift2225
      @Gift2225 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Holy crap I played that last year in jazz band

  • @pyro-millie5533
    @pyro-millie5533 Před rokem +182

    My uncle, who has a degree in classical piano, was once experimenting with jazz. He said “Watch this! You hit all the wrong notes, but on PURPOSE!!!” And it blew my mind XD

  • @DannySullivanMusic
    @DannySullivanMusic Před 3 lety +13577

    The note _after_ the "wrong" note determines if it really was the wrong note

    • @molomono9481
      @molomono9481 Před 3 lety +281

      The hardest part is actually the rhythm for me, notes that are accentuated by the beat sound really bad if they are "out". But if you play the same notes before or after the beat your in the clear. Think chromatic approaches and those 16th note semi tone slides into the correct chords. Playing them seems to be hugely dependent on the rhythm that said im not good at it so i havent had much success in freeform jazz yet.

    • @yidy1
      @yidy1 Před 3 lety +13

      Aha! That's the kicker right there!

    • @lukecostello2748
      @lukecostello2748 Před 3 lety +2

      Bill Evans quote?

    • @loggingout1632
      @loggingout1632 Před 3 lety +126

      In music class we learned to improvise and one of the first things we learned that when you hit a wrong note (scalewise), go down or up halfsteps until it sound right and BOOM.
      J A Z Z

    • @Damsel_In_Distress_528
      @Damsel_In_Distress_528 Před 3 lety

      That's very true

  • @isaacramirez3729
    @isaacramirez3729 Před 3 lety +6637

    Me, a jazz bassist: I hear no wrong notes

  • @ZekeNigma
    @ZekeNigma Před rokem +111

    “To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”
    --Ludwig van Beethoven

  • @sieg.4444
    @sieg.4444 Před rokem +666

    I was playing Lagrima then my teacher suddenly cut me off and asked me “was that a Jazz version of Lagrima?”
    Now I know what exactly he was trying to say. 😂

  • @gabrielgoodrich554
    @gabrielgoodrich554 Před 3 lety +4769

    I can confirm that when playing a classical piece, for every mistake you make the chances of you actually making a mistake increases dramatically.

  • @evan.brow.n
    @evan.brow.n Před 3 lety +8781

    “I don’t know what notes i’m playing” -every jazz soloist ever

    • @TinNovaKiin
      @TinNovaKiin Před 3 lety +319

      You don't know, you f e e l

    • @ytpanda398
      @ytpanda398 Před 3 lety +104

      @@TinNovaKiin I play the shapes and intervals I feel are pretty on my guitar when I solo jazz and yeah you really do just feel around. It's lovely

    • @danielm-k7393
      @danielm-k7393 Před 3 lety +45

      Trumpet player here - often when I'm improvising I have no clue what note it is because the fingering can be the same for notes close together in high registers.

    • @cragnog
      @cragnog Před 3 lety +16

      well that is just categorically wrong. Unless you're fixating the entire umbrella of jazz into some cynical reading of free jazz

    • @damarissarahihidalgo8562
      @damarissarahihidalgo8562 Před 3 lety +9

      @@danielm-k7393 also a trumpet player here-. I'm not the most confident one and i just can't do a solo without freaking out and even in improvised solos I still get nervous for playing so bad infront of my classmates.

  • @b98a4c37
    @b98a4c37 Před rokem +127

    Nothing will make you doubt yourself more than becoming a talented, classically trained musician

  • @logamuffin3876
    @logamuffin3876 Před rokem +134

    I once sent this video to my “Music Appreciation” teacher. And yes, that’s a real class, I took it because I thought it would be easy. The assignment was on differences between classical or jazz and I just sent this video along with whatever bullshit I wrote. She said she loved it and thought it was great for illustrating some of the differences between them. That class was one of the easiest As I’ve ever gotten.

  • @Microtonal_Cats
    @Microtonal_Cats Před 3 lety +22904

    This guy's so good he probably had to practice at hitting the notes wrong.

  • @CouchEconomyTX
    @CouchEconomyTX Před 3 lety +37758

    There is no wrong notes in jazz, just strange decisions

    • @rivvie
      @rivvie Před 3 lety +1533

      there is no mistake, only happy accidents

    • @saulo5216
      @saulo5216 Před 3 lety +518

      @@rivvie in jazz you gotta have opposites. you have to have dark and light. if you have dark on dark you have nothing. if you have light on light you have nothing

    • @fulldisclosureiamamonster2786
      @fulldisclosureiamamonster2786 Před 3 lety +228

      @@saulo5216 Simple, just have dark on light dark, and light on dark light.

    • @sbsimracing7275
      @sbsimracing7275 Před 3 lety +89

      Rivvie that’s what my parents said to me when they told me I was an accident. I’m still not sure about the happy part though 😂

    • @thinsticks1398
      @thinsticks1398 Před 3 lety +27

      @@saulo5216 basically be lightskinned

  • @piecookies3488
    @piecookies3488 Před rokem +52

    As a bassoonist who almost never dabbles in jazz. It’s drives me insane how little and how much sense jazz makes.

  • @itsumayo
    @itsumayo Před rokem +475

    The reason why I love jazz. It actually has some heart and soul in it. Creativity is actually encouraged.

    • @reaganb6013
      @reaganb6013 Před rokem +50

      I would argue classical music has a lot of heart and soul too. But the (incorrect) stereotype is the opposite
      (I love both styles btw)

    • @wanderingviewer8411
      @wanderingviewer8411 Před rokem +5

      Ya like jazz?

    • @chickenbreast7016
      @chickenbreast7016 Před rokem +27

      @Reagan B I'd say classical has a lot more intentional emotion into it, while jazz has more off the top passion

    • @maggoteater2290
      @maggoteater2290 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@reaganb6013except for auditions and competition

    • @FranzLiszt0904
      @FranzLiszt0904 Před 6 měsíci +1

      This is inaccurate in classical music stereotype, i do have red about the use of tritones banned in the old times. Actually Beethoven used it in the Trio 2nd subject of the 2nd movement Moonlight Sonata. So ye after Baroque

  • @NicleT
    @NicleT Před 3 lety +9999

    Miles Davis once said: _It is not the “wrong” note you done that is important, but the one you’ll play just after that_

    • @chaoskarlos987
      @chaoskarlos987 Před 3 lety +459

      My guitar teacher said the same thing. If you hit a 'wrong' note and play the right one immedeatly it will sound like a transition

    • @greenjimmydog
      @greenjimmydog Před 3 lety +253

      Angela from the office once said “Jazz is stupid! I mean, just play the right notes”

    • @joedont9307
      @joedont9307 Před 3 lety +24

      Angela was always my favourite

    • @____________5956
      @____________5956 Před 3 lety +6

      @@greenjimmydog Wise words

    • @saadnasir2922
      @saadnasir2922 Před 3 lety +9

      I had a stroke trynna read that lmao

  • @birubu
    @birubu Před 3 lety +5700

    “They like the wrong notes”
    Plays Tritone over and over again
    Satan: “Yo waddap homie”

    • @davute9546
      @davute9546 Před 3 lety +61

      @You're fake and gay same, it reminds me of daniel in his king costume

    • @vinylstynyl
      @vinylstynyl Před 3 lety +57

      Keep playing that, it sounds fonky bro

    • @nezlo9612
      @nezlo9612 Před 3 lety +18

      The Random Videos Guy throw in a bit of that left hand!

    • @jackjack3320
      @jackjack3320 Před 3 lety +9

      Classical music actually uses tritones (along with all kinds of other dissonances) all the time. Dominant 7ths contain tritones in them.

    • @jackjack3320
      @jackjack3320 Před 3 lety +5

      The difference between classical and jazz is that classical is more faithful to the written score, emphasizes voice-leading (counterpoint).

  • @eliashornwall8546
    @eliashornwall8546 Před 10 měsíci +45

    I don’t know how he made it jazzy without swing, and it’s kind of the most incredible part for me.
    One of the most import parts of swing is that you play the high-hat on 2 and 4, but the mad-lad made the backing track play on 1 and 3. And he still made the solo swing!
    I’m impressed.

    • @kage6613
      @kage6613 Před 5 měsíci +3

      syncopation in the melody rather than the rhythm.

  • @alexarrot
    @alexarrot Před rokem +135

    i was once in a school talent show, playing isabellas lullaby but i couldnt quite hear the piano i was playing, the notes and the pedal were so soft it was scary to play it. At one point i forgot the melody (since my playing is mostly by ear) i took my hands off the piano and begin to hit some notes i remembered (improvising without noticing it) then at some point i could hear the faint piano and kinda work it out till the end. Luckily my classic pianist teacher wasn't there, he would've had a heart attack. But the people didnt seem to notice my error (well my family did) but my classmates and other teachers told me i played beautifully. But i think i sounded like crap- since im classically trained, at least they didnt make fun of me? i guess

    • @gotechi4569
      @gotechi4569 Před 10 měsíci +5

      One of my favorite quotes by my favorite musicians is “I just know how I feel, not how it feels.” Meaning you could be up there, playing your heart out, and thinking that you’re absolutely bombing, but to the audience, it could sound like the best thing they’ve ever heard. When you’re playing on a stage, in the moment, it is borderline impossible to discern how it sounds to the people out there. I remember at an open mic jam, I was playing She’s So Heavy by the Beatles, and I thought we all bombed. But the guy who runs the jam, came up to all of us after and told us this is why he runs the jam, and genuinely thought it was one of the best things he’d ever witnessed at that jam. So I try to remember that when I’m playing, all I know is how I feel I’m the moment, and it’s really totally irrelevant to how it actually sounds

  • @mikeg3439
    @mikeg3439 Před 2 lety +6657

    High school jazz competition, 15 year old kid new to bass, I played a bass solo once that I felt ashamed of. Two college judges approached me afterwards saying things like "that was off the reservation, you have real feel and daring" and "I love your direction, your originality."
    I remained very very confused about it.

    • @Breezely22
      @Breezely22 Před rokem +787

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    • @layneburton7109
      @layneburton7109 Před rokem +409

      this is exactly how i felt when i played bass in jazz band for the first time. i dont know how to read notes so i was going purely by ear and the whole time im think maaan im playing the wrong notes but at the end of class they were all like wow you are very good at pitch and good at playing along with us
      at the end of the day i was confused but also very happy i didnt screw up on the first day i played in jazz band

    • @synshenron798
      @synshenron798 Před rokem +140

      @@layneburton7109 hehehe believe it or not going into college reading music was actually pretty hard for me. When I started band in 7th grade to the time I ended in 12th I had 4 different band teachers. I shit you not. I learned to play almost entirely by ear and by the feel of the music and for years no one said a whole lot about it. When I met my band professor he had me play and then he says "You learned to play music by ear didnt you?" I asked him how he knew that and he goes cause I can see by how your struggling since theres only so many people around you with a similar part. He said playing by ear is a very very valuable skill to have but I really really need to learn how to read music better. Yet I still managed to get a fulk ride scholarship to college.

    • @ivanseryogin6526
      @ivanseryogin6526 Před rokem +34

      i actually have to play an improv solo for the jazz band at the concert tomorrow and reading this, I feel a lot more confident

    • @HachirokuAE86
      @HachirokuAE86 Před rokem +42

      @@layneburton7109 omg dude when I was in grade 10 I got to audition for the senior jazz band normally for grade 12s because the bassists wanted to leave but needed a replacement and we were in the same music class. Well it wasn't a solo audition, I got to sit in during practice but it was a test to see if i was good enough and my stupid self played ALMOST THE ENTIRE PRACTICE WITH THE SHEET MUSIC UPSIDE DOWN BEFORE I REALIZED. I was so ashamed of myself but the teacher/bandleader came up to me after and told me I nailed it and very good 😆😂

  • @ethanlocke3604
    @ethanlocke3604 Před 3 lety +30732

    In jazz, we call those the spicy notes

    • @CharlesBerthoud
      @CharlesBerthoud  Před 3 lety +2304

      😂

    • @rajeshhathiramani26
      @rajeshhathiramani26 Před 3 lety +188

      Yess

    • @lou3712
      @lou3712 Před 3 lety +106

      nice profile pic u got there

    • @kacywatson6314
      @kacywatson6314 Před 3 lety +721

      In classical. We call those notes a threat to national security, & will not be tolerated.

    • @ethanlocke3604
      @ethanlocke3604 Před 3 lety +37

      Antonio Barbosa No, but I guess he may have been part of what started me using that more commonly to describe music

  • @karifaevt
    @karifaevt Před rokem +61

    Playing Bourrée in E minor on a 6 string bass is just incredible.

  • @giannovich8341
    @giannovich8341 Před 9 měsíci +7

    Inaccurate.
    You don't see that many people in a jazz show.

  • @usnbostx2
    @usnbostx2 Před 3 lety +3189

    High school band director: just play through it, the audience doesn’t know what it was supposed to sound like

    • @ItsKam
      @ItsKam Před 3 lety +142

      My high school band director was actually a flaming Italian goblin and would go out of his way to demote snare players to bass drum or percussion if they were struggling, because that's the one thing the audience can hear go wrong (not like they could see us back there - he called my dad once because my shoes, in the very back row, were grey not black).
      So 16 year old me was in for a treat when I spent weeks practicing a snare part and on the day of the concert, I was given a bass drum mallet and was told to switch off every other song with the 'demoted' bass drum player. Because apparently this teacher also had a thing where upperclassmen had priority over parts for the show, and he could care less that I was prepared. I asked to get another snare (we didnt bring our own) but it was a "too bad so sad, you'll play snare next year" kinda situation with him and I lost.
      It was like saying "Hey you're great in my class but youre a freshman so you can't play the big boy instruments on stage in front of your parents who pay for your drum lessons"
      I understand a lot of drummers kinda goof off cause theyre in the back or were forced to do band, but geez, this teacher was one anal motherfucker about perfection and discipline and 'its not always fair'. His shitty ways have probably scared off tons of good drummers in the process - after quitting band, I joined a way cooler music program outside of the school

    • @jobshadow
      @jobshadow Před 3 lety +17

      @@ItsKam but... I bet you're an amazing drummer now. 🤷

    • @luisdecubas2379
      @luisdecubas2379 Před 3 lety +16

      I find it ironic how I went from playing mariachi type music (with trumpet) to jazz like (with sax) to metal (electric guitar) and I honestly prefer playing metal just sucks that my high school doesn't offer anything involving rock/metal

    • @DraconicDuelist
      @DraconicDuelist Před 2 lety +5

      @@ItsKam My brother was in band in HS (we both joined in Middle School for the cool MS teacher, but I stopped after), and after about one year, the HS Band teacher got more control of it. He decided he HAD to "improve" the bands by forcing all band students to be in both Concert and Marching band. He didn't care your reasons for wanting one but not the other, but insisted the rule be enforced. Enrollment in band dropped, quality dropped, and to top it all off, he made them wear thin, skin-tight uniforms that had that weird shattered stained-glass pattern...

    • @RaynDBU
      @RaynDBU Před 2 lety +1

      Meanwhile the song is like Jingle bells

  • @dylanroemmele906
    @dylanroemmele906 Před 3 lety +7061

    “There are no accidents”
    - Master Oogway, Jazz connoisseur

    • @LJ_Dude
      @LJ_Dude Před 3 lety +38

      Technically, Oogway said, "There are no accidents."

    • @dylanroemmele906
      @dylanroemmele906 Před 3 lety +17

      @@LJ_Dude Thats what I said ik what u trynna prove >.>

    • @LJ_Dude
      @LJ_Dude Před 3 lety +19

      @@dylanroemmele906 When I saw the comment it said "There are no mistakes."

    • @helloworld7818
      @helloworld7818 Před 3 lety +23

      @@LJ_Dude Lol he edited it and then he said that's what he said from the beginning 😂

    • @hmm648
      @hmm648 Před 3 lety +16

      Only happy mistakes
      -Ross Bob

  • @icetide9411
    @icetide9411 Před rokem +45

    In jazz there is no necessary perfection, only funky times

  • @PUCCl_
    @PUCCl_ Před rokem +11

    1:31 yes humans make mistakes, but no breaking the fourth wall in the halls

  • @shvmichael
    @shvmichael Před 3 lety +17721

    I'm glad the camera shakes every time he plays the wrong note, so that uncultured people like me know when it's the wrong note.

    • @erdenwurm7208
      @erdenwurm7208 Před 3 lety +247

      Oh, you are more familiar with metal?

    • @bolt4685
      @bolt4685 Před 3 lety +475

      @@erdenwurm7208 what does that even mean lol

    • @erdenwurm7208
      @erdenwurm7208 Před 3 lety +186

      @@bolt4685 tried to link uncultured to metal music - but the Joke didn't kicked ^^

    • @JJPMaster
      @JJPMaster Před 3 lety +401

      @Erdenwurm you must not know that metal and classical are very closely related

    • @erdenwurm7208
      @erdenwurm7208 Před 3 lety +85

      ​@@JJPMaster Oh, it all refers back to classical music - I would say.
      Metal -> Rock -> Rock`n Roll -> Jazz -> marching music -> classical music.
      Kind of linear in theorie - of course it's not thaaaat easy in Reality

  • @aguynamedsmith6489
    @aguynamedsmith6489 Před 3 lety +4757

    "Wait, it's all wrong note?"
    "Always has been."

  • @Accal1a
    @Accal1a Před rokem +207

    You always crack me up when you do vids like this. Well done.

  • @frozenburrito4544
    @frozenburrito4544 Před 2 lety +50

    Even in the classical music, this dude's so good that it doesn't even sound like a mistake!

    • @liveBasschannel
      @liveBasschannel Před 4 měsíci

      but I like how his mistakes in Classical sound so intentionally bad and how his mistakes in jazz is basically him rocking out...

  • @andrewlafavor2214
    @andrewlafavor2214 Před 2 lety +11935

    As someone who is a classically trained musician, playing wrong notes intentionally is remarkably hard.

    • @SpooxX
      @SpooxX Před rokem +213

      THANK YOU

    • @peteypete9357
      @peteypete9357 Před rokem +271

      Same. Classical music ruined me.

    • @PsychoSk8r4bg
      @PsychoSk8r4bg Před rokem +330

      As a songwriter who presses record then improvises each layer, the misplayed notes have taken me places I didn’t expect... happy accidents... I follow where the music takes me, same when writing poetry... minimal grip on outcome

    • @SpooxX
      @SpooxX Před rokem +32

      @@PsychoSk8r4bg And if I was less up my own ass when it comes to music, I probably could too 😭

    • @tonylee1667
      @tonylee1667 Před rokem +63

      I assume it's like trying to intentionally mess up signing a signiture you've signed for years

  • @kr0ll3x
    @kr0ll3x Před 3 lety +8121

    "Your mistakes resulted in some of the darkest sounds in the universe" Is such an ominous line. I can't stop thinking about it

  • @fatherforrestahl474
    @fatherforrestahl474 Před rokem +17

    This was fun to listen to with my eyes closed. I heard your editing cues for when "wrong" notes were played. The crowd noises were a good touch.

  • @rezilla1
    @rezilla1 Před 4 měsíci +2

    the little appreciative jazz noises made by the listeners are bang on

  • @LJ_Dude
    @LJ_Dude Před 3 lety +5789

    It didn't even sound like anything was wrong in the jazz portion.

    • @nichugh5578
      @nichugh5578 Před 3 lety +146

      Exactly

    • @TonyNaber
      @TonyNaber Před 3 lety +350

      I think the "sound" of jazz is exactly those carefully placed wrong notes, but I'm not a jazz musician so it's just what it seems to me

    • @xd_guy894
      @xd_guy894 Před 3 lety +47

      @@TonyNaber I'm not a big jazzhead but I really think you're spot on

    • @howielowis458
      @howielowis458 Před 3 lety +194

      @@TonyNaber well, there is "clean" or casual jazz, generally known to be elevator or lobby music which usually aims to provide an easy listening experience and which has little to no "wrong" notes. The deeper you go from there into jazz, the more you will see people throw in these notes. They are like the spice in a meal. They make things more exciting and introduce more contrasts (dissonance+the usually following resolve into a more pleasing note) into the music.
      At a certain point people just go to far for my taste, tho. Some jazz musicians forget that the "wrong" notes are supposed to be the spice, not the main meal...

    • @Karl_Squell
      @Karl_Squell Před 3 lety +4

      ​@@DieserAIiasIstSchonVergeben For sure! czcams.com/video/i9aftG6pybA/video.html

  • @dreistein
    @dreistein Před 10 měsíci +3

    The essence of Jazz:
    3 playing "Autumn leaves"
    1 listening thoughtfully
    1 improvising on Mission Impossible Theme

  • @Moss_Dude
    @Moss_Dude Před 9 měsíci +8

    "Jazz isn't about the notes you play, it's about the notes you _don't_ play."
    -Shadows over Loathing, 2022

  • @777Looper
    @777Looper Před 3 lety +3833

    “You’re never more than a half step away from a right note.” - Victor Wooten

    • @jalenp64
      @jalenp64 Před 3 lety +137

      if you use vibrato its almost like your hitting the right notes

    • @carestar7868
      @carestar7868 Před 3 lety +37

      thats where bending comes in B)

    • @Sam-tx4jz
      @Sam-tx4jz Před 3 lety +7

      @@jalenp64 you're* lmao

    • @HermelThePolyglot
      @HermelThePolyglot Před 3 lety +25

      Jacob Collier : hold my microtonal beer

    • @michaelmiller7892
      @michaelmiller7892 Před 3 lety +31

      @You're fake and gay Someone doesn't tune their snare

  • @InflatablePlane
    @InflatablePlane Před 3 lety +4592

    Play one note wrong: It’s a mistake
    Play two notes wrong: it’s jazz.

    • @pocketlobster1437
      @pocketlobster1437 Před 3 lety +48

      Repitition legiti-

    • @henrynguyen4084
      @henrynguyen4084 Před 3 lety +6

      PocketLobster14 Adam Neely!!!!

    • @JoseETerol
      @JoseETerol Před 3 lety

      lol

    • @yourlocalsk8erkid353
      @yourlocalsk8erkid353 Před 3 lety

      PocketLobster14 rundy abobe

    • @discomfort5760
      @discomfort5760 Před 3 lety +10

      Playing the wrong note once is like jumping the crashing plane without parachute, and improvising your way back to the right key on the right bar is like taking a parachute from a dead person that jumped before you ala Jazz Bond.

  • @ethan5288
    @ethan5288 Před rokem +22

    i like how the wrong notes in jazz started to sound much better once he gained confidence

  • @marissabulso6439
    @marissabulso6439 Před rokem +5

    The jazz man in black beginning to snap as the wrong notes started was so hilarious. 😂🤣🤣🤣
    Amazing skit. 👌🏻

  • @Fukei_Mono
    @Fukei_Mono Před 3 lety +4785

    When you hit a wrong note in classical: Years of academy training, wasted.
    When you hit a wrong note in jazz: There are no accidents.

  • @joshuawatson1902
    @joshuawatson1902 Před rokem +13

    My mother’s piano teacher told her, “If you play a wrong note, play it with confidence! Then people will think you did it on purpose and that you’re making a bold modification to the song!” 😆

  • @JonathanToole
    @JonathanToole Před 8 měsíci +8

    I remember watching this a few years ago before I knew anything about bass and was only doing piano. Now that I follow Charles as a Bassist, this video is even more funny.

  • @OculusOfficial
    @OculusOfficial Před 3 lety +5412

    Not even joking, the wrong notes in the jazz solo sounded unironically great lmao

    • @AM-we8hj
      @AM-we8hj Před 3 lety +399

      that's the magic of jazz, they sound great because they're not thrown inappropriately in context. If you highlight what you do properly, any note can do in jazz. It's actually a skill I've always found mesmerizing, and I still think Jazz is the hardest genre because of that. You either have it in you, or struggle to have it like slave, working and practicing theory

    • @danielvaldez3778
      @danielvaldez3778 Před 3 lety +37

      Victor wooten says, it is the wrong note is the one that gets your atention.

    • @TheMrComentarista
      @TheMrComentarista Před 3 lety +11

      @@AM-we8hj you need to have it in you for any kind of music, jazz is not special in that regard

    • @dirkmaes3786
      @dirkmaes3786 Před 3 lety +29

      @@AM-we8hj Most musicians in my experience just run into a wall because they look too much at what others do and lack confidence in their own potential. They judge themselves in terms of limitations instead of what makes them unique from a positive frame of mind. So to me I don't think it's a question of "having it" and "not having it". But about whether you can learn to accept you who you are and have the courage to follow your instincts and see it leads, rather than trying to become someone else.

    • @joaquimgianini1234
      @joaquimgianini1234 Před 3 lety

      Well that's the point

  • @ejvallecillorodas
    @ejvallecillorodas Před 3 lety +2534

    Once, my piano teacher told me: "If you play a wrong note, at least play it on tempo" hahaha

  • @niramchristian3385
    @niramchristian3385 Před rokem +5

    joking aside... you are a great musician! I just can't understand when you managed to adopt so many different styles and techniques?! I hope you sincerely enjoy what you do and that it fulfills you! Thank you for sharing your talent
    all the best 🙏
    Greetings from Croatia

  • @oxideaitunim
    @oxideaitunim Před rokem +10

    having been to various jazz concerts, and even watching this video, i can confirm that i was wearing sunglasses and snapping my fingers in syncopation as soon as the jazz started

  • @schlibbity
    @schlibbity Před 3 lety +3189

    "I don't know what notes I'm playing"
    - me writing music for 10 years with no formal training

    • @KingNedya
      @KingNedya Před 3 lety +113

      I don't think I've seen a comment that describes me more perfectly in my life. I can't even sight-read or tell notes by ear.

    • @TheMilkMan-rx1mx
      @TheMilkMan-rx1mx Před 3 lety +24

      Been writing music for a while j can only tell you like 3 notes

    • @nicestpancake
      @nicestpancake Před 3 lety +15

      Highkey uses a tuning app;

    • @boukebandstra2994
      @boukebandstra2994 Před 3 lety +13

      Jep me too.. playing for over 10 years.. can't read music.. play everything by ear.. and can't even tell you what notes i'm playing. Atleast i know i use allot of power chords,hammer on and just single strings..

    • @fueledbypaintwater
      @fueledbypaintwater Před 3 lety +7

      I grew up classically trained in flute, sooo when I took on guitar it was a little easier for me.

  • @pepito217
    @pepito217 Před 3 lety +5655

    Jazz musicians: people like when we play everything wrong!
    Punk band members: *amateurs*

    • @rashotcake6945
      @rashotcake6945 Před 3 lety +210

      Some post-hardcore bands and no wave bands can be considered jazz punk

    • @ccaa7674
      @ccaa7674 Před 2 lety +40

      It's more like the reverse imho if you consider some of out there free jazz stuff. But yeah all music is connected

    • @alloounou6900
      @alloounou6900 Před 2 lety +88

      Avant garde: there is no wrong or right. Just music.

    • @russdoesmusic5088
      @russdoesmusic5088 Před 2 lety +74

      Me, a drummer for both: *Laughs in wrong*

    • @hyliandoctor
      @hyliandoctor Před 2 lety +61

      I know a really small punk band here in California (that doesn't play together much anymore) and some of the songs used some really irregular chords that kind of shouldn't sound right.
      Problem is: I never noticed until the bassist told me. It just sounded like some good-ass punk rock to me.

  • @zoelea4265
    @zoelea4265 Před rokem +13

    I learned music on the cello, played for 4 years, it was all very structured. Then circumstances forced me to learn bass guitar and eventually drop the cello. Eventually I wanted interesting parts, so I joined the jazz band, which was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Sure I still stress out over mistakes, but I’m nowhere near the perfectionist I used to be. I can even do a bit of improv now! Not in front of a crowd, but i can do it. The change has affected the rest of my life too, and im taking risks I never would have taken before. Hell, I asked my crush out on Valentine’s Day, he said no, and I didn’t even get emotional about it. All in all, im glad I was forced out of orchestra, and im glad I watched this video that allowed me to make this connection

  • @NathanJamesJerritze
    @NathanJamesJerritze Před 10 měsíci +2

    "a key? to what? my house?"
    - Johnathan Jazz

  • @speedracer55
    @speedracer55 Před 3 lety +1481

    "If I play the wrong note seventeen times in a row, is it still a wrong note?" -- Tom Morello

  • @cawmusic
    @cawmusic Před 3 lety +10953

    jazz is the musical equivalent of accidently sprinkling sugar on your chicken instead of salt and it turning out delicious

    • @noellelavenza494
      @noellelavenza494 Před 3 lety +337

      My dad made conch fritters with sugar instead of salt once and they turned out great.

    • @kindredtoast3439
      @kindredtoast3439 Před 3 lety +142

      Oooohhh, so that's how Panda Express did it.

    • @ItsKam
      @ItsKam Před 3 lety +255

      One time I fell backwards off my drum kit and played a jazz fill on the way down

    • @yuuthehobo
      @yuuthehobo Před 3 lety +48

      @@kindredtoast3439 Lol, Panda Express is Jazz.

    • @edgarbanuelos6472
      @edgarbanuelos6472 Před 3 lety +14

      @@yuuthehobo crazy

  • @jayhom5385
    @jayhom5385 Před rokem

    You suddenly showed up on my feed for some reason and now I've binged 6 or 7 and subbed. Not only are you a great player, but make hilarious vids.

  • @timberwolfbrother
    @timberwolfbrother Před rokem +5

    Jazz is like 60% experimentation, 20% jamming, 15% style, and 5% actually playing what you rehearsed

  • @Unknownmonkey13
    @Unknownmonkey13 Před 2 lety +3061

    As a professional jazz audience member I can verify we all wear sunglasses at all times. Even when sleeping.

    • @jonathanbower7081
      @jonathanbower7081 Před 2 lety +39

      Haha yes we do, at all times. I only had my glasses off in my CZcams profile pic because I was listening to classical music

    • @topkek996
      @topkek996 Před 2 lety +29

      I heard the jazzers grow their sunglasses when they reach maturity.

    • @mrtimo3822
      @mrtimo3822 Před 2 lety

      Professional means you get paid. So you get paid to be in an audience?

    • @Unknownmonkey13
      @Unknownmonkey13 Před 2 lety +4

      @@mrtimo3822 Yes.

    • @jonathanbower863
      @jonathanbower863 Před 2 lety +8

      @@Unknownmonkey13 Paid in jazzilicious pleasure

  • @eyelesspulse1084
    @eyelesspulse1084 Před 3 lety +7125

    I genuinely didn’t like the jazz part until the “wrong” notes came in

    • @vivipop
      @vivipop Před 3 lety +408

      the accidental notes made it so much catcher hhh

    • @spaciousdoubledawg
      @spaciousdoubledawg Před 3 lety +301

      We ARE the audience in the video lol

    • @marcospina162
      @marcospina162 Před 3 lety +156

      I'm 100% the vibin' guy at the middle

    • @bones4786
      @bones4786 Před 3 lety +85

      ive never even liked jazz but shit was bussin'..... respectfully

    • @illumix2270
      @illumix2270 Před 3 lety +7

      @Tasty Jaguar im the other guy with no facial expressions

  • @johanvanhuyssteen9217

    Oh my god this is one of the funniest things I have seen on any form of media in the past couple of months. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing

  • @HEADCUTTER
    @HEADCUTTER Před rokem

    I was watching videos doing research for buying a new base for my home studio, and you started showing up in my feed.
    Now you got me wishing I had a bass player.
    If I had a choice to of all the bass players on the planet to work with, I surely would choose you.
    I could use all the help I can get.
    U r duh man.
    Keep on smacking them, you have the power to make all things possible and the world is your oyster. Congratulations. 🙃

  • @mrnelsonius5631
    @mrnelsonius5631 Před 3 lety +2991

    In jazz, you hit a “wrong note” just move that interval up or down chromatically until you’re back in scale and you just had a bebop moment haha. People be like “dayum he just went outside AF!!” Whenever I do this moving an interval up or down chromatically thing I feel like Charlie Parker for a moment, minus the genius and heroin of course

    • @MrKkdkk
      @MrKkdkk Před 3 lety +41

      So what you do instead of heroine?

    • @xXxDisplayNamexXx
      @xXxDisplayNamexXx Před 3 lety +37

      I’m the same except not at all and I’m like Charlie Parker except without the genius.
      I have a problem

    • @Steampunk_Ocelot
      @Steampunk_Ocelot Před 3 lety +21

      @@MrKkdkk as someone who knows a few musicians it's probably copious amounts of Caffeine

    • @GermanMusician4125
      @GermanMusician4125 Před 3 lety +14

      @@Steampunk_Ocelot You misspelled cocaine

    • @fyodorkdostoyevsky
      @fyodorkdostoyevsky Před 3 lety +3

      @@MrKkdkk preferably coke but im sure store bought adderall is fine if u can't get it :^)

  • @james-michaelrobson287
    @james-michaelrobson287 Před 2 lety +4851

    After learning that "jazz is all about the notes you are NOT playing" sometimes I lay awake at night knowing that I am currently, and can never not be, playing jazz...

    • @Pihsrosnec
      @Pihsrosnec Před rokem +122

      unless you play every possible and impossible note simultaneously

    • @jestfullgremblim8002
      @jestfullgremblim8002 Před rokem +67

      @@Pihsrosnec that is impossible by definition, isn't it?
      Oh god, we cannot scape it
      Talk softly when mentioning it's name.
      *It hears*

    • @orctrihar
      @orctrihar Před rokem +22

      When you understand that in life, as you not play an instrument, you currently always play jazz.
      Jazz is comedic

    • @cobaltordinaire5219
      @cobaltordinaire5219 Před rokem +10

      *folds up mouth just to play every note on trumpet*

    • @james-michaelrobson287
      @james-michaelrobson287 Před rokem

      @@cobaltordinaire5219 my God, you're a virtuoso

  • @ttbo12
    @ttbo12 Před 7 měsíci

    Charles is a phenomenon on the bass and he makes it fun and funny. He's one of a kind.

  • @suspenceful7426
    @suspenceful7426 Před 3 lety +3444

    i didn't even hear the wrong notes in the jazz part lol

    • @ivajovanovic3438
      @ivajovanovic3438 Před 3 lety +187

      Me neiherrrr they're perfectly calculated they're not wrong at all just altered

    • @hosatus2433
      @hosatus2433 Před 3 lety +177

      Wrong notes in jazz just make it better (with a skilled musician of course)

    • @overkill2006
      @overkill2006 Před 3 lety +3

      Exactly lol!

    • @JonesCrimson
      @JonesCrimson Před 3 lety +68

      That's the joke. Jazz doesn't have set notes, you just play whatever.

    • @simonswopes7811
      @simonswopes7811 Před 3 lety +10

      It was all of them

  • @b4nd1t61
    @b4nd1t61 Před 3 lety +1858

    "if you hit a wrong note in jazz make sure you hit it again."

  • @huntabadday2663
    @huntabadday2663 Před 3 měsíci +2

    "Haha I don't know what notes im playing" Got me good
    😂

  • @higherresolution4490
    @higherresolution4490 Před rokem +1

    This was one of the funniest videos I've ever seen! Such a great job! I've played that Bourree from the First Lute Suite by J.S. Bach hundreds of times. I could do exactly the same thing as Charles, hitting wrong notes on purpose, playing it three or four frets up without a capo, and playing it backwards. What a great video!

  • @fayealesse3695
    @fayealesse3695 Před 3 lety +2969

    People who say there are no wrong notes in jazz have clearly never been in a highschool jazz band

    • @calvinnotklein6368
      @calvinnotklein6368 Před 3 lety +48

      Unless they compete in EE.

    • @MacFall
      @MacFall Před 3 lety +120

      Everyone knows high school jazz is the squarest of jazz, except for junior high and elementary school jazz

    • @sircuffington
      @sircuffington Před 3 lety +96

      You could only have one note continuously for an entire song, and highschool bands will still struggle with it.

    • @zaydenm
      @zaydenm Před 3 lety +10

      @Pottic Harrir in a big band arrangement that's not the case

    • @tor13128
      @tor13128 Před 3 lety +32

      @Pottic Harrir that's not true. there was a person who was an entire page off, and nobody noticed. the person had no idea the entire time either. shows that the person doesn't know what the heck is going on, and neither does anyone else lol. the person "thought" they knew what they were doing, and was completely clueless in reality.

  • @diakounknown1225
    @diakounknown1225 Před 3 lety +2841

    I want to insult a musician by saying. "Is that Jazz?"

  • @MLDGM
    @MLDGM Před rokem +3

    This is so hilarious, I've watched it time and time again and it never fails to make me laugh 😂😂😂

  • @KingTimothyDanielLeyba777

    That was hilarious! 😅😆😁 You are very talented! 🙂🙂🙂

  • @kingperc6834
    @kingperc6834 Před 3 lety +4700

    It’s easy for blues, if you hit a wrong note just bend it😂

    • @HyenaFox
      @HyenaFox Před 3 lety +171

      Yeah you guys have it easy, you guys don't have to pick your wrong notes intentionally, informed by an extensive knowledge of what notes would sound good in certain contexts and why, you guys can just pick from any note you know is wrong and bend it lol.

    • @jjryan1352
      @jjryan1352 Před 3 lety +56

      That only works on electric guitar. 🤣

    • @kipmi9608
      @kipmi9608 Před 3 lety +148

      *sad piano noises*

    • @HyenaFox
      @HyenaFox Před 3 lety +44

      @@kipmi9608 you can always use an electric piano with a pitch wheel lol

    • @robboss2011
      @robboss2011 Před 3 lety +6

      @@HyenaFox sound bad when you dont do it right

  • @peterwang9657
    @peterwang9657 Před 3 lety +4986

    My parents saw the "If you make a mistake, just make sure you do it again." quote.
    In 9 months, I won't be an only child anymore.

  • @axiomist4488
    @axiomist4488 Před 7 měsíci

    Im so glad to see someone bring this up. I've always loved "wrong" notes and chords, but I didnt know how to explain it, since I dont play .

  • @dopplerfox
    @dopplerfox Před rokem

    Honestly I've come back to this video more times than should be normal. Tbh the ending of your solo is actually really damn groovy!

  • @ashoka9306
    @ashoka9306 Před 3 lety +2610

    Jazz is the Bob Ross of music generes. We don't make mistakes, we make happy little chromaticisms.

  • @nuclear_wizard
    @nuclear_wizard Před 3 lety +5305

    No, seriously, this HAPPENS. I remember going to a regional competition with my high school jazz band, and I had an improv solo ready to go for our big set. One way or another, I ended up screwing up HALF of what I'd prepared, and I was all "Welp. At least I'm not planning to peak in high school." Then we got the notes back. I received TOP MARKS from the judges.
    Edit: Yes, I did, in fact, PREPARE an IMPROV SOLO, which tells you pretty much everything you need to know about me in high school XD

    • @thomasjin1415
      @thomasjin1415 Před 3 lety +111

      Post some videos sometime, you’ve got me curious

    • @francoagana8700
      @francoagana8700 Před 3 lety +427

      Jazz is literally just gambling

    • @danielc4267
      @danielc4267 Před 2 lety +92

      I am ignorant. Can you prepare an improv solo beforehand?

    • @nuclear_wizard
      @nuclear_wizard Před 2 lety +457

      @@danielc4267 You can! Here's how:
      1) Listen to the actual piece several times while practicing
      2) Latch onto a theme from the piece and play with the key, motion, beat, etc.
      3) Find a version of that you like and stick to it until the day of the concert
      4) COMPLETELY FORGET IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONCERT and give the judge A Look like "Yes this is ABSOLUTELY what I meant to do no I will not be accepting criticism that's your entire job isn't it F*CK"

    • @stuartholme4457
      @stuartholme4457 Před 2 lety +53

      Sounds like you have "Don't Stop" and "Keep Going" down pat - turns out those are the only rules!

  • @macronencer
    @macronencer Před 5 měsíci +1

    1:00 That glance to camera is perfect.

  • @dontatme6236
    @dontatme6236 Před rokem +2

    Dude pls make a full jazz version of that song, that shit sounds amazing

  • @CrazyArcher2160
    @CrazyArcher2160 Před 3 lety +1391

    Jazz: play wrong notes all you want - just play them confidently!

    • @Tomatohater64
      @Tomatohater64 Před 3 lety +5

      Sounds like a "Monkism." 🍷🍸🎹🎹🎹

    • @toasty9670
      @toasty9670 Před 3 lety +7

      Strong and wrong baby!

    • @HimanXK
      @HimanXK Před 3 lety +31

      A wrong note played right isn't really a wrong note is it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @jaxorgate
      @jaxorgate Před 3 lety +1

      Aidan Xavier fax

    • @rainbowchat913
      @rainbowchat913 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Tomatohater64 i mean you're right but more like close to right.. Havent tried playing jazz on bass but on piano its little more sketchy :)

  • @joblumi4507
    @joblumi4507 Před 3 lety +2122

    Nobody:
    Jazz: I PAID FOR THE WHOLE NECK SO IM GONNA USE THE WHOLE NECK

    • @ther701
      @ther701 Před 3 lety +20

      Here's a top comment of month award 🏆

    • @waffles_9262
      @waffles_9262 Před 3 lety +6

      Jotaro.... you’re next...

    • @noxvi4753
      @noxvi4753 Před 3 lety +1

      Holy shit this was hilarious 😂

    • @BoostedNPC
      @BoostedNPC Před 3 lety +1

      Best comment

    • @get_downed_boi6270
      @get_downed_boi6270 Před 3 lety +8

      Expressionless more like IK ALOT OF MUSIC THEORY AND HAVE PLENTIFUL KNOWLEDGE OF THR FRET BOARD. LET ME EXPRESS MY SELF THROUGH A LIMITLESS GENRE.