Man, the under 30 generation has no idea how good we've got it now!  I remember paying $40+ to purchase videos like this and all of the other great material out there for musicians (DCI videos, anyone?).  To be able to get lessons like this for free???  Amazing.  

Props to the guy at 1:09:00 who decides to turn the snare off-- thank you!

4:33 “The truth is: There are 10 chord scales that are by far the most common and are used 99% of the time”:

1.–7. THE 7 MODES (listed from "brightest" to "darkest")
Useful over Major chords:
· 1. Lydian: 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 7  →  the C Lydian scale (enharmonic to G Ionian): C D E F♯ G A B
· 2. Ionian ("Major"): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  →  the C Ionian scale: C D E F G A B

Useful over Dominant-7 chords:
· 3. Mixolydian: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ♭7  →  the C Mixolydian scale (enharmonic to F Ionian): C D E F G A B♭

Useful over Minor chords:
· 4. Dorian: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7  →  the C Dorian scale (enharmonic to B♭ Ionian): C D E♭ F G A B♭
· 5. Aeolian ("Natural Minor"): 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7  →  the C Aeolian scale (enharmonic to E♭ Ionian): C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭
· 6. Phrygian: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7  →  the C Phrygian scale (enharmonic to A♭ Ionian): C D♭ E♭ F G A♭ B♭
· 7. Locrian: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7  →  the C Locrian scale (enharmonic to D♭ Ionian): C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭

8.–10. THE 3 ALTERED SCALES
Useful over Dominant-7 chords:
· 8. Lydian-♭7 / Mixolydian-♯4: 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7  →  the C Lydian-♭7 scale: C D E F♯ G A B♭
· 9. Altered: 1 ♭2 ♯2 3 ♯4 ♭6 ♭7 (compiled from the extensions of the altered chord: 1 ♭9 ♯9 3 ♯11 ♭13 ♭7)  →  the C Altered scale: C D♭ D♯ E F♯ A♭ B♭
· 10. Symmetrical-Diminished: 1 ♭2 ♯2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 (built from the rule: alternate between a half-step, then a whole-step)  →  the C Symmetrical-Diminished scale: C D♭ D♯ E F♯ G A B♭


... I hope this is useful to you <3

40yrs ago I was meant to be his student at Berklee College of Music,but my mama changed her mind.The Big Apple was not for me. 40yrs on I sat in his class today.Thanks YouTube.

Im here cause im high asf

THE BEST lesson on playing jazz, improvisation, and music in general I have ever seen.  Amazing player and teacher.  Thank you Gary Burton.

Cheers to the guy in the striped shirt who turned the snare off... :)

Gary just gave all the secrets right here. The simple truth is most people think it’s raw talent. That will take you a part of the journey. The rest is what a lot of folks don’t like. The hard word, repetition, practice, thinking aka visualization and it takes a high level of intelligence to put the theory and muscle memory together and play in time with vibe and flow. You have to look at it like going to school to become a surgeon. You do not get a free pass, you cannot fake it, you have to put in the work.

My dumbass thought it was gonna be improv comedy, I was watching Rob Scallon and thought “why did I get an improv comedy video in my recommended?”

Highest respect for Gary, his playing, his teaching and his personality.

And yet Stan getz was one of the most  entertaining, original, beautiful, and inventive improvisors.

The golden rule of improvisation:  every bad note us just a half step up or down to a right note.

20:45 "this is what the listeners are doing, they deal in contrast. They can tell the difference between major and minor (happy sad), pulses (steady beat), fast/slow, dissonant/consonant, loud/soft... etc"

This

I have watched this video a few times over the years and I understand it better and better each time I watch it.

I’ve been playing and studying jazz improvisation for over 50 years, and this was the single BEST explanation and clarification of it that I’ve ever heard, from anybody, at any price. This explanation should be required listening for anyone who’s trying to learn jazz improvisation. And especially, the bit about playing for people who probably don’t understand the “language” should be required listening for anyone performing instrumental music in public…

This is one of the best lectures ive heard tbh. Makes me realize how much doorbells give me anxiety.

A class for a few people, with value for 350.000+ That's how good a teacher he is. Amazing talk!!

I started and couldn't stop. PRECIOUS info. I think this should be the first thing any student of jazz should hear.

It was 1974 I believe and Gary Burton had just won Jazzman of the year from downbeat magazine. I was working at a college in New York City and one of the things that I would do would be to book concerts. I received a call from a booking agent who said the Gary Burton quartet was in New York on its way do a European Tour and wanted to do an afternoon gig and perhaps do a little teaching to a jazz class. we didn't have a very big budget and even though they weren't asking for a whole lot just living expenses I went to the music department and they kicked in a few bucks.  For about an hour and a half Gary talked to the jazz class and demonstrated on the vibes what he was talking about.  sitting in the front row of the class were the four members of the faculty string quartet. at the end of the class the jazz professor came to me to say how pleased he was. He said  Gary Burton emphasized the same things that he did in class and it was one thing for him a lowly jazz professor to say something but here was the jazz man of the year saying the same thing. Afterwards the quartet played for about a hour and a half. I have to say Gary Burton was one of the most warmest performers I ever encountered and I encountered many performers famous and not so famous.

I don't even play, just a lover of Jazz and huge fan of Gary Burton.  Amazing to listen to him teach and pass on his knowledge to these students.  He's truly a legend.