In this office-hour member livestream, Jim digs into rhythm and timing—how to feel, count, and subdivide tricky rhythms—before launching into a crash course on the jazz standard “Have You Met Miss Jones?” and its famously tricky bridge.
About This Livestream
The session opens with a practical look at two contrasting rhythms and how to internalize them by subdividing against a steady grid, comparing triplet feels to sixteenth notes so you can place notes accurately in swing and 6/8 settings. From there, Jim turns to “Have You Met Miss Jones?”, walking through the changes, the Coltrane-style bridge movement, chord-melody pointers, and how knowing your 2-5-1 voicings in all positions plus the right altered tensions makes the hardest section playable.
How to Get the Most Out of This Session
Use the chapter markers in the video player to jump to the topics most relevant to your practice. Keep your instrument nearby and pause often to try the ideas in context — Practice subdividing each rhythm against a steady count so you can feel where triplets and sixteenths land. Drill your 2-5 and 5-1 voicings in all five fingering positions so you can stay in one area of the neck through the bridge. On the dominant chords, experiment with lowering the 9 (flat-9) and borrowing from harmonic minor and harmonic major to get the altered tensions the changes want..
Chapters
- 00:00 Welcome & Office Hour Updates
- 01:15 Two Contrasting Rhythms Explained
- 02:11 Subdividing: Counting & Feeling the Grid
- 05:02 Practicing Rhythms on a Single Note
- 06:27 Triplet Rhythm vs. 16th Notes
- 10:02 Where Swing & 6/8 Feels Land
- 11:44 Intro to “Have You Met Miss Jones?”
- 13:44 Playing Through the Changes
- 15:07 The Bridge & Coltrane Changes
- 19:00 Chord Melody Tips & Chord Tones
- 21:54 Working the Bridge: 2-5s in All Positions
- 24:04 Altered Tensions & Scale Choices
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