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Now that we've learned how
we're comfortable playing the scale in the
I thought this would be a good time
beginnings of playing jazz and
I wanna let you know that you shouldn't be
and start to get scared.
In first position, all I'm gonna have you
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you're playing in rifts and licks.
You're playing things.
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hand, you're trying to play
And a very simple jazz chord progression,
We're in the key of C and
I'll just play it a few times.
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extremely square,
but I'm just showing
you that it's
just the notes of
the major scale.
It's two, five, one and a sixth chord too.
Two, five,
one, six.
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very square, but
just to get you used to the idea,
if you do this on the harmonica.
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to swing a little bit,
just playing the notes
in the major scale
pretty much.
So there aren't too many bends.
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I'm exaggerating
the swing now.
So [SOUND].
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recognize some
of the exercises.
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playing the most
boring stuff, but
it's sort of almost
sounds like jazz and
that's what I want
you to get into.
It was a preparation for playing swing and
jazz tunes to get used to the idea of
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Just play
it in first
position.
Of course, we're gonna get much more
play jazz in 2nd position,
in 12th first flat position, also in
We're gonna get into playing
if you really stick with it a and
just something just tell you to impart to
It's not like, my God, I'll never do that.
If you just start with letting it
Just playing these notes that are all
play some of those exercises.
The one, two, three, four.
Two, three, four, five.
Three, four, five, six.
That's why I give you the exercises.
It's so that the scale will be familiar
many different angles, you can jump
you can go in zigzags.
Because that's what it'll take for
you to be a jazz improviser is
a little later in this
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five, three,
pretty much all the notes in
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that's why I did it is because its
I mean, there's some notes that are gonna
the chords, but the important thing
first is to try to keep your rhythm going.
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if you hit that note
really loud.
[SOUND].
Gee, maybe it's not right and
That's one of the things about jazz is,
It's in the moment and
because things are moving quickly and
a football player running down field,
these chords are coming at you and
There's no time to think because
So, if you get used to moving quickly.
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kind of groove and a swing.
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at least you'll have the feeling for this.
And right now, like I said, don't worry
that's why I gave you
Matter of fact, maybe I'll just
you and
Hows that?
One, two, one, two, three, four.
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with this simple little two, five,
one, six chord progression, and
feel pretty good about what you've played.
Feel free to send some videos in to me,
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