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How Does That Work? Playing Out - Adam Maness | You'll Hear It S5E4

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How Does That Work? continues today with an episode on one of the most useful skills in jazz improvisation: playing outside of the key of the tune.

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20 Comments

@rillloudmother 3 years ago

Trumpet player is warming up rather loudly in the kitchen of the club. Club owner comes in and yells, "take that outside!" The trumpet player plays his last phrase a half step up...

@radudeATL 6 years ago

Holy sheet, I have to learn to play jazz!

@joeb4349 3 years ago

Right at the end Adam hits on a real caveat to playing out. That is you can't sound "weak with this stuff . . ." Meaning that you can't sound tentative. You just can't just run (pentatonic) scales. You will sound like a robot. But to not sound like a robot you have to have the scale notes and patterns in your finger tips. It's got to be automatic. So you first have to labor through the scales and patterns just to get your brain in gear. At first you will sound like a robot. But if you use your ear and be aware of what you don't want to sound like, you can (just a little) sound like Adam (and Peter).

@iadavaia 4 years ago

So good!! It’s crazy to think what it would take to get these kind of nuggets without this channel. Thank you.

@CyberAcidPlanet 6 years ago

This is one hell of a series!

@Georgie_B_ 6 years ago

Best jazz lesson I’ve had since I studied my M.A, thank you for the wonderful teaching Adam!

@estrattoscuro 6 years ago

McCoy!

@danielhicksmusic 6 years ago

i love the concept of repeated motifs... shift them half steps up and down

@anarchic_ramblings 3 years ago

It's sort of an expansion of the blue note.

@kwixotic 5 years ago

Geoffrey Keezer has an advanced course with the Open Studio Jazz but it's one very challenging class!

@maztar905 5 months ago (edited)

Awesom Nice tips!!!
Loved the triads chained by half steps!!!
Thanks you for sharing 🙌

@markspiegel3585 3 years ago

I 've heard about playing out for years but never really "got it" before. Much more straight forward than I realized! (though clearly much time needs to be taken to practice going in and out of the key to make it work well for yourself and your listener) Fantastic lesson Adam! I am learning so much here and with the Open Studio site. Thank you!

@dfaria1000 3 years ago

Fascinating lessons and teachings..... Many thanks.

@ChristopherVonArx-s8g 1 year ago

I'm learning the drama notes

@mysterious_monolith_ 1 year ago

Brilliant ideas! Love this! I will check out the other videos in the How Does That Work series.

@cheesychains 5 years ago

I'm really glad I found this channel!

@mdp303 3 years ago

These ideas are great. Difficult stuff though but rewarding. 👍

@cburns3256 1 year ago

Adam's the best !

@eddiemajour8481 6 years ago

I love the clear explanation of the theory behind the use of the concepts - not just copy this or that. I have just subscribed and have learned so much in the past couple of weeks watching these series!!!