Going over the basic fundamentals of jazz rhythm followed by multiple exercises and actual ways to practice. Having general knowledge of rhythm can help in so many ways along your musical pathways.

Content
0:00 INTRO
0:15 OVERVIEW
1:04 PART 1 “Foundation of the swing feel”

1:45 PART 2 “Articulating on triplets”
2:28 Tongue articulation

2:51 PART 3 “How to apply in practice”
3:19 Pattern1
3:38 Pattern 2
4:37 Pattern 3
4:56 Pattern 1+2+3

5:21 PART 4 “Mutual relationships between note durations”
6:08 Quarter notes+8th notes+16th notes
6:42 Triplets+8th note triplets+Sextuplets
7:25 Note grouping
8:08 Note grouping with audio
9:15 Practice demo

9:50 PART 5 “Practicing on grooves”
10:38 16th note groove practice
11:25 Swing feel practice

12:23 CLOSURE

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My name is Tak Iwasaki, Jazz Vocalist Arranger/Creator, and Educator. I’ve always wanted to create a video channel that focuses deeply into Jazz Vocal Improvisation. My intent is to share a training method specialized for a vocalist, in other words, “How efficient(easy) can a vocalist learn how to improvise?”.

Most approaches for learning Jazz improvisation are mapped out from an instrumentalist point of view, which is not all that wrong but sometimes incompetent for a vocalist that lacks keys/buttons for creating sound.

For an instrumentalist, learning jazz improvisation involves tremendous hours of repetitive practice until you get everything under your fingers, so that one can make instant reaction to the music. The reaction needs both a trained ear to hear in the mind what you want to play, and also for your body to respond to incorporate what you desired to play.
In comparison, a vocalist is not required to have anything under their fingers, but is preferred a highly trained ear (since you can’t rely on keys/buttons), and a set of vocal folds that react to its demands of the brain/mind. Thus, the majority of training/learning and practice for a vocal-improviser should be heavily relying on the ear. There will be a series of videos coming up involving a lot of listening, singing along, rhythm exercises and a bit of essential chord instrument usage.