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As a jazz musician and an educator, I'm often looking

for new ways to practice improvising over jazz standards, whether it be for myself or for you guys.

And oftentimes, we overcomplicate the improvisation process, thinking that we have to come

straight out of the gate playing complex bebop lines or quote-unquote hip lines in order

to, you know, really sound great playing over jazz standards. But the truth of it is the most

important thing to include in our improvisation is melody. And so today's episode, I'm going to

be going over three strategies that you can start practicing today that will help you play more melodic jazz

solos and also give you a great starting point to start building your jazz solos.

Let's do this thing.

Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice

for becoming a better jazz musician.

And now your host. He's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.

Hey, what's up everybody? Brent here from LearnJasstandards.com, which is a blog, a podcast,

and the videos all geared towards helping you become a better jazz

musician. Thank you so much for being here. Whether this is your very first time ever listening

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