How to Play Fast & Difficult Jazz Guitar Phrases

Playing fast jazz guitar is difficult, and with bebop phrases this is even more difficult because the music contains very complicated lines and melodies in Jazz. You probably feel that you get confronted with your technical limitations very often. I think we all do, which of course is also only a testament to the fact that we always try to take things to the limit of our abilities and expand that limit. There are actually many ways to play fast phrases. I think this is sometimes a bit overlooked, and if you are aware of the options it can really solve a lot of problems in your playing. In this lesson I am going to discuss how you can use different kinds of technique to execute the first phrase of Donna Lee. What techniques work for you is something that only you can figure out, but you should be aware of them, so you can choose instead of banging your head against the wall. Get the PDF: https://jenslarsen.nl/how-to-play-fast-difficult-jazz-guitar-phrases/ My video on Economy Picking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBRYZE2k0U8&index=2&list=PLWYuNvZPqqcHV_ZhT25X2F7Lb7RLsNXt4 ? Subscribe for more free Jazz Guitar Lessons and Videos: https://bit.ly/JensLessons ☑️ Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jenslarsen/ ✅DOWNLOAD A FREE E-BOOK with 15 II Valt I licks! Sign up for my newsletter: http://jenslarsen.nl/sign-up-for-my-newsletter/ ▶️ Check out my latest video: https://goo.gl/G16gVx ?Join us in the Facebook Jazz Guitar Group Community: http://bit.ly/InsidersFBGroup Content: 0:00 Intro 0:24 Question from Jazz Guitar Insiders FB group - Donna Lee 1:11 Combining Techniques - How I Play Fast Phrases 1:44 Learning Bebop Themes or Melodies 2:15 Alternate Picking and it's limitations for Phrasing 2:26 Triplets and Embellishments 3:26 Core technique and other choices 4:07 A few strategic ways to use legato 4:56 Adding Legato to Donna Lee 5:46 Exercises for mixing legato and alternate picking 6:31 Slides - The forgotten legato technique 6:59 How Wes Montgomery uses slides 7:29 Economy Picking Your Way Out of Trouble Spots 7:57 Using Economy picking in Donna Lee 9:33 Exercises for Practicing Economy Picking together with alternate picking 10:45 Moving the notes around on the neck 11:14 How to find other positions or moving a single note 11:55 Like the video? Check out My Patreon Page! If you like this video and want to help translate it into your own language you can do so here: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?v=DRn8fq4Io-Q&ref=share Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenslarsenYTlessons Twitter: https://twitter.com/JensLJazz Snapchat: jenslarsenjazz Instagram: https://instagram.com/jenslarsenjazz/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JensLarsen/posts/p/pub Tumblr: http://jenslarsenjazz.tumblr.com/ My Gear: Sono Core Vintage 13-53 Strings: http://www.sono-tone.com/products.html QSC K10 Powered Monitor: http://amzn.to/2iPKMza FocusRite Audio Interface: http://amzn.to/2iPKGrd Sennheiser HD215 Headphones: http://amzn.to/2iPKqbQ Lumix G6 Camera: http://amzn.to/2hXxBfJ GuitarPro 7: http://bit.ly/GuitPro GuitarPro 6: http://amzn.to/2iLCZQk Webhosting - Siteground: https://www.siteground.com/index.htm?afcode=77f5392e5577969ff5e82a3484f8aff8 John Daw Custom picks: http://dawmanpicks.com/