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Now, on to today's episode.

We're on to week number two of our learning a jazz

tune by ear challenge. Last week, we learned the melody of a jazz tune that I wrote called

Ready or Not. And now in this week, week number two of the challenge, we're going to learn the

chords to this song so that you're able to play them by the

end of this episode. And so by the end of this episode, actually, if you have worked on week

one of our challenge, you should know the entire tune. And then the next step, of course,

is to start figuring out how do we actually improvise over it. So let's dive into this.

Learning chords by ear can be difficult, but I'm here to help you and walk you through it.

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. What's up everybody? Brent here from learned jazz standards.com,

which is a blog, a podcast, videos, and a membership, all geared towards helping you become a better

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