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video if you've ever done any00:00:03
improvising on your instrument00:00:04
specifically improvising over different00:00:06
chord changes of a song you know that00:00:08
chords can move pretty quick sometimes00:00:10
it can be tricky to connect those chords00:00:12
together with the movement all the time00:00:13
and it's hard to sometimes make a00:00:15
melodic solo through those chords but00:00:17
what I think sometimes is even harder00:00:19
than that is static Harmony where the00:00:21
chords really don't move that much think00:00:24
about the song Impressions by John00:00:25
Coltrane or So What by Miles Davis both00:00:28
those songs only utilize two chords00:00:30
concert D Minor concert E flat minor in00:00:32
fact the concert D Minor makes up three00:00:34
quarters of the tune it makes up 24 of00:00:37
the 32 measures of that song that could00:00:39
be pretty tricky because the chords00:00:41
aren't guiding you to what to play00:00:42
sometimes if you're aiming for certain00:00:44
chord tones like the third here or the00:00:46
fifth there seven to third motion you00:00:48
can actually get through chords that00:00:49
move pretty well but how do you create00:00:52
that motion how do you create that00:00:54
interest how you create that Melody when00:00:55
you're sitting on one chord for so long00:00:57
well I thought about this and I was like00:00:58
well how can I go about this maybe I'll00:01:00
play one chord for an entire chorus 3200:01:02
bars and then I was like wow what if I00:01:04
push that even further you saw the title00:01:07
of this video and you saw the thumbnail00:01:08
yes I'm gonna be playing over one chord00:01:11
concert C minor seven for one hour I've00:01:16
never done anything like this before and00:01:17
I honestly don't know what to expect so00:01:19
I'll catch up with you afterwards and00:01:21
give you my final thoughts on it but I00:01:23
know it's going to be pretty difficult00:01:24
like I said a little earlier creating00:01:26
that motion creating Melody creating00:01:28
interest over one static Harmony over00:01:31
even 24 bars can be tough but now over00:01:34
an hour that's gonna be really tricky I00:01:37
know that the things I'm gonna be00:01:38
focusing on are Melody motifs and then00:01:41
all those other non-note musical00:01:42
elements like Rhythm Dynamics00:01:45
articulation and other things yes just00:01:47
like the thumbnail shows I'm gonna be00:01:49
playing 2 700 measures of C minor seven00:01:54
how did I figure out that number well00:01:55
I'm gonna be doing it at 180 beats per00:01:58
minute that means there are three B00:01:59
beats in every second we know that there00:02:02
are 3 600 seconds in an hour so if you00:02:04
multiply 3 by 3600 you get 10 800 and00:02:09
that's how many beats I'll be playing00:02:10
I'm gonna be playing this in four four00:02:12
so that means there's four beats in00:02:14
every measure so I'm going to take 1000:02:15
800 divided by four and that's00:02:19
2700 measures did I need to do a full00:02:22
hour of this to demonstrate this no is00:02:24
it insane yes am I gonna run out of00:02:27
ideas yes but I wanted to challenge00:02:29
myself for this and I wanted to see what00:02:32
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because even if you don't sit through00:02:36
the entire hour and I don't blame you if00:02:38
you don't want to I want you to jump00:02:40
ahead to hear my final thoughts because00:02:42
I also have a challenge for you here we00:02:44
go now gonna play one chord for an hour00:02:48
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well I did it01:03:03
that was uh that was really tough uh for01:03:06
a number of reasons which you might01:03:08
guess01:03:10
um I've definitely never done anything01:03:11
like that before I've put parameters on01:03:14
myself like Solo in one style or so solo01:03:16
over one chord for a while but never for01:03:19
an hour straight just you know straight01:03:22
through one thing that was tough that01:03:23
might surprise some of you it's just the01:03:25
the endurance because I don't really01:03:27
practice that much01:03:30
um I practice for things that I need to01:03:33
practice for01:03:34
um but I definitely don't sit down and01:03:35
put in hours every day so to play for an01:03:37
hour straight like that was pretty tough01:03:39
another thing obviously is is the01:03:41
Harmony and it's not so much thinking of01:03:45
things to play because you know you as01:03:47
you heard if you listen to some of it01:03:50
um I didn't just play like you know the01:03:52
notes of C natural minor or C during or01:03:55
whatever I played all 12 notes I played01:03:57
every single note on this accident so01:03:58
it's you know creating those different01:04:00
sounds and the shapes and colors that01:04:02
wasn't as hard what was harder was just01:04:04
hearing01:04:06
that same chord over and over and over01:04:10
again like it was like driving me nuts01:04:13
honestly it was weird it was a weird01:04:15
feeling after a while like I keep01:04:16
wanting it to go somewhere obviously but01:04:18
I also kept expecting it to go somewhere01:04:20
you never sit on the court for that long01:04:22
right it doesn't happen even if like01:04:24
you're playing you know over a pop song01:04:27
or just like you're you're filling in01:04:28
for something even that has you know a01:04:30
progression or even if it doesn't have01:04:32
much of a progression it's not an hour01:04:33
straight so01:04:35
um that was tough obviously you know I01:04:38
was running out of things to play very01:04:39
early on because I didn't want to just01:04:40
repeat myself I didn't want to play the01:04:42
same old stuff so I was just exploring01:04:44
so in one sense it was cool because I01:04:47
got to get out of my normal stuff you01:04:50
can't just play your normal thing when01:04:52
you're playing one chord for an hour01:04:55
yeah final thoughts on this is I'll01:04:56
never do this again absolutely not it01:04:59
was maybe good for once maybe if you01:05:01
liked it I hope you liked it and uh that01:05:03
that'll make it worth it I do have a01:05:05
challenge for for you you don't have to01:05:07
sit here and play one chord for an hour01:05:09
but I do want to start a one chord01:05:12
challenge I say challenge it's more like01:05:14
just me challenging you to do it it's01:05:16
not like a competition or anything but01:05:18
it'd be awesome if you can try this out01:05:20
even if it's take one chord over you01:05:22
know a minute or you could do a length01:05:24
of time like 32 measures or 64 bars01:05:26
whatever if you have iReal Pro the01:05:28
easiest way to just create your own song01:05:29
and just write one quarter four measures01:05:32
of one chord and just put a repeat so if01:05:34
you've never done this before maybe just01:05:35
like 30 seconds of playing one chord or01:05:38
a minute or you know an entire chorus01:05:40
worth of a song Length usually but one01:05:43
chord try it out for yourself and I'd01:05:44
love to see what you have the easiest01:05:46
way for me to check it out is if you01:05:48
post on Instagram you could tag me and01:05:50
hashtag one chord challenge also if you01:05:53
put it on YouTube you can also send it01:05:55
to me that way put hashtag one chord01:05:57
challenge anyway you kind of get it out01:05:58
there I think will be cool for people to01:06:00
put out their one chord videos or audios01:06:03
or whatever but I really more01:06:05
importantly I want you you to just try01:06:06
it for yourself now there is an actual01:06:08
point to doing this besides just being01:06:09
like a goofy video and saying I played01:06:11
for an hour but it's to get out of the01:06:14
normal way of playing and to really01:06:16
focus on those other Concepts I always01:06:18
talk about non-note musical elements and01:06:21
after a while the harmony almost becomes01:06:23
irrelevant I'm just trying to create01:06:24
shapes and I'm trying to create these01:06:26
different tensions different colors01:06:27
using different rhythms articulations01:06:29
intervals you heard me do a lot of like01:06:31
large interval jumps all the way down01:06:33
low to that low a you know into the01:06:35
altissimo different types of jumps01:06:36
different mixed meter type01:06:39
phrases where I'm playing like five over01:06:41
four or three over two or something like01:06:43
that those are all things that you can01:06:45
experiment with when you take the01:06:46
harmony out of the equation so many01:06:48
times when we're playing we're so01:06:49
focused on just hitting the chord01:06:51
changes that we forget about making a01:06:53
solo we forget about phrasing we forget01:06:54
about Melody we forget about you know01:06:57
Dynamics and articulations and all this01:06:59
different stuff so this exercise or this01:07:02
one chord challenge I think will be01:07:04
really good for you to break out of that01:07:06
even though this video is all about01:07:07
playing over one chord if you want to01:07:09
solo more melodically more lyrically01:07:11
through Tunes with multiple chords I01:07:13
have an entire free Master Class about01:07:15
that you can check that out using the01:07:16
link at the top of the description down01:07:18
below also put it in the pinned comment01:07:20
but once you click that link you get01:07:22
instant access to this 40 minute Master01:07:24
Class where I talk about my six step01:07:26
voice leading process that'll really01:07:27
help you create more horizontal and01:07:29
melodic solos over any set of chord01:07:31
changes it also comes with a bunch of01:07:33
PDFs that you can print out save for01:07:35
yourself that I go over in the video as01:07:37
well but you can keep them as reference01:07:39
material as well as the video thank you01:07:41
so much for watching this video I'm01:07:43
curious to see how long you stuck around01:07:44
for did any of you watch all the way01:07:47
through that'd be pretty crazy did01:07:48
anybody catch the little thing I said01:07:50
there at some point in the video I'm uh01:07:52
curious to see what you comment down01:07:54
below because of that like I said thanks01:07:55
so much for watching this one and I will01:07:58
see you in the next video and it won't01:08:00
be me playing anything for an hour longDescription:
Want a simple and clear way to improvise? Watch this FREE masterclass: ➡️ https://www.davepollack.com/freemasterclass Learn ANY jazz standard with my brand-new course! ➡️ https://www.davepollack.com/standards Get $50 off my course "Simple Steps to Improvisation Success" by using code "SS50" ➡️ https://www.davepollack.com/simplesteps Check out "How to Hang on a Jazz Standard" featuring myself and Ryan Devlin! ➡️ https://www.davepollack.com/store Improvisation Lessons Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7QPFAUbUvt24ACM5UrSQzkV2fuvPJJ2U Saxophone Lessons Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7QPFAUbUvt07VYOHgg3WvSg7gsvL7d9Q Thank you to my sponsors! ►Boston Sax Shop - https://www.bostonsaxshop.com/?aff=9 ►Key Leaves - https://keyleaves.com/ ►10mfan - https://10mfan.com/ ►Website: https://www.davepollack.com/ ►Instagram: @davepollackmusic 00:00 - Intro (why am I even doing this?) 01:47 - Why 2,700 measures? 02:50 - Measure 1 of 2,700 56:41 - Bad foot cramp 1:02:50 - DONE! 1:03:00 - Final thoughts Being able to improvise through chord changes in a melodic and coherent way can be pretty tough, but sometimes it's even harder to improvise over static (non-changing) harmony! Focusing on the non-note musical elements is crucial because when playing over a single chord you don't have the harmonic motion of a progression. In this video I wanted to take that to the next level, and improvise over one chord FOR AN HOUR! How did I do with this? What did I think after? Watch to find out!
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The most convenient way is to use the UDL Client program, which supports converting video to MP3 format. In some cases, MP3 can also be downloaded through the UDL Helper extension.
How can I save a frame from a video "I Played on ONE Chord for an HOUR! (yes, really)"?
This feature is available in the UDL Helper extension. Make sure that "Show the video snapshot button" is checked in the settings. A camera icon should appear in the lower right corner of the player to the left of the "Settings" icon. When you click on it, the current frame from the video will be saved to your computer in JPEG format.
How do I play and download streaming video?
- in video formats, hover your mouse over "Streaming Video**";
- right-click on "Copy link";
- open VLC-player;
- select Media - Open Network Stream - Network in the menu;
- paste the copied link into the input field;
- click "Play".
- copy the video address (URL);
- select "Open Network Stream" in the "Media" item of VLC player and paste the link to the video into the input field;
- click on the arrow on the "Play" button and select "Convert" in the list;
- select "Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4)" in the "Profile" line;
- click the "Browse" button to select a folder to save the converted video and click the "Start" button;
- conversion speed depends on the resolution and duration of the video.
For this purpose you need VLC-player, which can be downloaded for free from the official website https://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
How to play streaming video through VLC player:
To download streaming video via VLC player, you need to convert it:
Warning: this download method no longer works with most YouTube videos.
What's the price of all this stuff?
It costs nothing. Our services are absolutely free for all users. There are no PRO subscriptions, no restrictions on the number or maximum length of downloaded videos.