Music Theory Lecture: The Elements of Jazz Explained!

33 thoughts on “Music Theory Lecture: The Elements of Jazz Explained!”

1. 2 to 5 chord is basically a fourth up (or a fifth down if you reallly know your 1 xd)

   circle of fifths memorization help on these progressions guys

2. @rickbeato listening to the 2020 album of GoGo Penguin witch i really adore, I ask myself the question What make’s it so powerfull?
   Could you explain that in a video?

3. 0:00

4. Rick just broke my brain 🧠

5. Clarity? Clear and simple? I am sorry, this is not for beginners? I don't understand nothing. Would it be possible to play these progressions on the piano please? It does not even sound beautiful when I try. II V I? Does not sound ok when I play that. I am a beginner, this does not work for me.

6. All I got from this was cheeseburger

7. I felt myself having an aneurysm after only 1 minute and 57 seconds

8. Rick..new to the whole step progression..The -7s chords
   and ∆7 chords both go down by a whole step. Keyboard wasn't handy. Using a Hohner nylon string Spanish
   🎸. I noted that I could use a bar chord starting out on fret nine. For clarity and to maybe share some helpful info to those new on the guitar, I will go into a little detail.
   My first chord is C#-7. (Just for clarity.. I also don't have a piano in front of me.. So the C# major scale will be a good start C# D# E# F# G# A# B C#..Scale degrees 1-8.

9. Dense but great.

10. 🙏🙏

11. Hahahahahaha

12. I couldnt understand anything. Im ignorant.

13. Oh god once I saw the chart and he started talking it was time to move on, just like when I was in high school

14. So good man keep them coming no matter if they don't get the views as some other videos these are very beneficial for the people who choose to absorb it

15. That was easy.

16. As soon as he said the first thing you need to know is common progressions I tapped out. Slow down there egghead!

17. I understood "Hi"… lol Will come back to this video later… 😉 I love your videos though…😉

18. Bad, bad, you always stand in front of the progressions

19. Best jazz teacher ever

20. This video is an exercise in how to find patterns in chaos. 🤪

21. I thought the elements of a jazz, were how to keep playing notes, any notes, as you fall off your chair, or the bandstand.

22. Hmmm, obviously intended for experts.

23. I'm so amazed this is free information that Rick just serves out better than any jazz teacher I've ever had. Mind blown.

24. Jazz to me sounds like each musician playing a different piece of music at the same time, they all seem to start and stop randomly. No one seems to pay any attention to whatever the others are playing so no themes are segued or develop, they just seem to come and go like subatomic particles. I know this isn't what's happening and I really admire jazz musicians for their skill and artistry but when I listen to the music I just keep thinking "why?". I know this is my loss, I wish I 'got it' but sadly I don't. Still, the world would be a duller place without jazz and its influence is huge so, long may it continue.

25. Would be good for my level to play the patterns and then explain the actual songs.

26. As always, amazing.

27. I think referring to the circle of 5ths would help people visualize this better.

28. Jazz + jazz = Jazz.
    It's a no-brainer. Move on.

29. Jazz proves that music is more of science than an art…the genius is I making it appear spontaneous when it is structured

30. Jazz improv is imho more about learning to improvise over different scales and modes using those scales and modes, dissonance, different rhythm changes, not just using blues scales, but also not using scales and riffs that don’t fit in songs just to show off. There’s also innovation and creativity that led to jazz and evolved over the years. One shouldn’t be a jazz cover artist, although there are only so many notes and riffs so it’s hard to determine who or what us originality etc

31. I want to see rap theory taught by Rick Beato

32. Yeah

33. Play the wrong note once, it's a mistake – play it twice, it's Jazz!

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