Barney Kessel Jazz Guitar Improvisation: Lesson 1 - Playing What You Hear
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- Barney Kessel Jazz Guitar Improvisation:
Lesson 1 - Playing What You Hear
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I've seen a lot of these, but this is definitely the very best video teaching improvisation, even for non-guitarists. Finally, the real thing! No need to ever look elsewhere...
Man... Anyone who is wanting to undertake any musical studies and improvisation
should listen very closely to what Barney is trying to teach here. It's the heart and soul
of any music style. Save this to come back to... Thanks very much!
"If you can't play what you think, you are reduced to playing licks and patterns on the fingerboard... that is not creative" -- thats the most beautiful thing I have heard about playing music.
Praneeth Gadam that works in improv but the great masters create music beyond what they hear in their head.
facts.
@@vanguard4065 that doesn't really make sense lol
thanks Barney Kessel for exposing my mediocrity 😥😢
Many years ago my guitar teacher gave me a couple of cassettes he had taped at a Barney Kessel guitar clinic. This was in the 70's. The content of those cassettes is essentially the same as in this video.
What this tells me is that this is a time honoured method for learning to improvise and that Mr. Kessel has been teaching this for a long time.
He really does know what he is talking about.
A variation of this is to lay down a chord track and scat sing a solo over it whilst recording. Then learn your solo.
45 years of learning the guitar has taught me that singing is the quickest way to the music that is inside you. After all, when you think of a melody what better way to express it; we know our voices far better than we know the guitar.
I have also found that this is a good way to ensure you don't get lost on the chord progression. Scat several solos, play them on the guitar, then improvise directly on the instrument. You will find your sense of the chord progression is really quite well internalized.
Barney Kessel is the best jazz teacher I have ever seen. Thanks!
Hands down, the most helpful improvisation advice I heard in years.
The modesty and the sheer joy of this jazz giant while disseminating his wisdom that runs so deep gained after decades of playing with the best without a trace of ego brings tears of joy to one's eyes. They don't make them like this anymore. Thank you so much Rumark for sharing these treasures on your channel.
Our pleasure!
Thanks, Rumark, for sharing this video series. It is amazing to have him playing and exolaining all the time, very useful.
Thank You. This 1st lesson is the foundation for all musicians to build off of. In the back of my head I knew playing what you hear is the first step, but you have teachers, and other musicians telling you to learn scales, licks, site reading, songs, now we have online teachers and apps to teach us music visually and through patterns. Every interview I’ve ever heard with a legendary musician or anyone I’ve met who was very proficient had one thing in common. They learned by ear. Whether it was playing old records over and over to learn songs or just playing notes until they figured out how to play, they all developed their ear and the ability to transpose.
Glad you're enjoying it, Rob. There's lots more. Have fun!
THATS THE TRUE JAZZ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Rob I When you learn to play by ear none of those other people you mentioned get paid.
Rob I that’s not what bach and chopin did. i want to be them not kessel.
Barney was a force of nature.
" just because you can play what you hear (in your head), doesn't mean it has any musical value" That's real talk right there!
This is a true gem of gold!! nobody ever talks about this kind of concept but its so simple that most people disregard it!
This so simple lesson is really precious.
Many thanks for sharing it.
Thank you for bringing these videos back!
You're most welcome!
Maestro!! Rest in Peace
I´m short of words to describe how happy I feel with thiese lessons
We're happy you're enjoying them!
Barney was the Yoda of guitar instruction as back as I can remember. he taught thousands including Larry Carlton.
I've always dreamed of playing what I think.
Don't wake up!
I’ve always thought about playing what I dream
best lesson I have ever seen.
Someone made a lofi song out of the monologue about not relying on the patterns etc. and now I can't find it anymore. Really someone ought to make a new version of it.
Barney has been meditative in his teaching
Thank you fine sir for sharing this 🙏
This is a very enjoyable excercise :)
2:21 “…be sure that what you hear is WORTH PLAYING….” Words of wisdom. I’ve spent hours playing things that have no “musical value”.
Complex riffs and exercises that are fun for me to play but otherwise useless for anybody else to hear. Barney nailed my #1 weak point as a guitarist.
Led to here by a Jimmy Bruno viewer comment. What a teacher Barney was. Thanks Jimmy!
Same...
Jimmy Bruno is the best!
Good lesson in developing creativity ! This is what jazz is all about,free creative leaks and imaginary walks without referring to keys and modes too much
Thank you for posting this
Enjoy the entire series!
This is so interesting!
I think I have found the Bob Ross of music.
The Bob ross of guitar
This man is incredible
Just incredible,,ty LL
A true artist.
Barney is sooo cool!Thank you!
Awesome way of explaining improvisation,makes total sense.
Thank you Rumark!
You're most welcome, enjoy!
Wonderful lesson! Thank you
thanks a lot for uploading these lessons
Awesome! Thanks.
Thank you thank you thank you.
Thank you so much
Thank you so much for all those videos ! You're awesome !
You're most welcome. Enjoy!
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This is a godly advice
This is really good advice.
God bless Barney Kessel
Thanks alot!
Hypnotic stuff
una de las mejores master class, de las que se aprende muchísimo
Lovely advice. I keep practicing the formulas as well though :)
this is one of the greater vids i have seen
Yes!!!
I like how this guy thinks
Barney Kessel & Julie London team up and turn "Cry Me a River" into a timeless classic.
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This is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
Guillermo Etc how so? this is music 101. you dont need to spend a lifetime thinking about this.
Well I think this guy tells what no harmony lesson told me before, and I enjoyed this knowledge a lot, it's been important to me at least
My ship did the Kessel run in 5 parsecs!
Thank you so much for this! Btw: what guitar model is that with the Charlie Christian pup? Thank you!
I believe it’s an es350
Thank you for this series. I've watched the whole series but am focusing here on the 1st one and the 2nd videos. I think I can hear and internalize the chord I'm playing, trying not to name that chord. I can can create a melody in my head (usually a familiar melody I know, rather than an original idea). And, I can play it. Then I play the chord again to see if it matches. But, is there another way to test what I think fits the chord, actually does, other than by ear?
Jerry Feldman Not really. If you like what you play, it probably fits ;) I guess you’d hear it if it didn’t fit at all.
@@rafaelhein96ify thanks. I'm trying to use my ears to see if any lines I make up still fit the underlying chord or chord progression. I wish there was program or course where I could test myself to see if I am really in the ballpark.
Always wanted to see these - will you re-release them on DVD?
All 3 will be free here, so view them as often as you like!
That's awesome!!!
by the way, I am obsessed with the intro theme of this vodeo, playing all the time with thumb in C (6th string) and being able to move rest of fingers so loose to play different chords and arrangements while thumb is fixed on C. Anyone can do that? I can barely do some chords like that and the first strings is so hard to make it sound. Maybe my hands are too small or he has realy big hands. Any of you can play that way?
It's classic Barney and it's great! Ernesto, if you want to practice this technique break it down into smaller more manageable ideas. Perhaps it's easier to move down to A on the 5th Fret. Start with just getting the bass rhythm going. Then use an A major chord (just bar the first two strings and then 2nd finger on the 3rd string and 3rd finger on the 4th string). Then play that chord and the A in the bass on the 5th fret with your thumb. Once you have the chord and bass sounding the way you like, add a simple D chord using the 3rd finger to bar on the 7th fret, Play around with the ideas and see if you can get it sounding the way you like.
@@rumarkvideo Thanks you very much! Very useful information. I felt it was easy on that zone of the neck, yes, but I see he plays that kind of 9th chord often and others with harder fingering. I will try to feel better into this easier exercises you say. Thanks a lot, you are so kind!
Thanks for these videos. How many lessons are there in total to be released?
We produced 3 videos in the Jazz Guitar Improvisation series and all are uploaded her for you to enjoy!
@@rumarkvideo than you so much for makibg this pubblic.it's the very first time in years that i see a lesson that treats so deep this topic and gives so many helpfull tips.many young kids get introduced to music with the teaching of scales and positions while the very beginning should be this: learning how to decide and control what you want to play.music is art not gymnastic.i was so lucky to see Mr Kessel live in 1990 i was 16
Damn.... I’ve got al the scales but I think I lack the imagination!
Creativity is a skill you can develop with practice! Force yourself to play new things all the time and you’ll get better at making those new things sound good.
His tie rules
i already do this, but the problem is that i'll sing/improvise over backing tracks and i leave the guitar out of the equation. i kind of feel as if i'll eventually learn to improvise practicing this way, but at what point do you start to learn about the theory that's behind what you're playing? i regularly come up with all sorts of licks all over the guitar and i'll even throw in a chord or two, but if you were to ask me what key is that in, what scale are you using to play that melody/lick, and what's the chord you're playing, i'd have no idea. i'm sure if i took the time i could possibly figure things out, but i feel as if it's easier to just go with what sounds right to my ears. still, i'm curious to know what others think about barney's method of learning to improvise and when to begin using theory to back up what you're already playing.
Learn the theory as progress but you don’t need to be thinking in terms of theory while you improvise.
This is all 100% true, but how do you get to this level of mind to fretboard melding?!? Watching all these vids if I can even get close to that with Barney's info in this series.
do this every day for a hour or so or get a random piano sound generator and transcribe it and in 3-6 months you can do it its a lot of work i guess
I wish someone posted the three chords of what he is instructing to play at the end. I almost got them down, but I just can't get them to sound exactly right.
Ya that first chord is a hard one. He had big hands and used his thumb for the bottom notes and it barely looks like it but he's barring the A and D string with his second finger on the first chord.
1st chord: A neat voicing for a G minor 9 chord. From low to high: G D G Bb F A
(Thumb 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 3rd) TAB: 3 5 5 3 6 5
2nd chord: A13. A (X) G C# F# A (Thumb, mute 5th string, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 1st) TAB: 5 X 5 6 7 5
3rd chord: E maj 9 (Ab minor 7 over E): E X G# D# F# D TAB 0 X 6 8 7 7
Has anybody tried this over a period of time?
I once ask a little girl what her teacher is teaching her.
She told me: Oh he teaches me spanish songs.
I asked her: How, with music sheets or by ear?
She told me: With tabs.
I mean....these teachers should really be avoided.
That little girl wont be able to find any notes by herself by the end of the year.
....and for actual money!
Is there a booklet available for download?
We'll let you know when they are available.
Barney was basic but he was great
woao, voy a ver todos los videos de esta serie, im learning by myself, (check my channel) thanks a lot
Thank you, Oscar! Enjoy learning with the videos. Keep practicing and playing. Good job!
Barney was very wierd looking in an endearing kind of way.
Jeremy beadle
I have a much easier time finding the melody on my instrument rather than singing it. It’s frustrating because i can play it but when i try singing the notes just don’t come out properly
Il succo è che se sei un genio ed hai L orecchio assoluto diventa tutto molto semplice. In caso contrario non ti resta che rifugiarti su patters e licks. That s all!
Interesting that he heard what was pretty much an arpeggiated version the chord he played