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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

4 Important Jazz Chord Progressions You Need to Master

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

4.8536 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 55 of the LJS Podcast where today we are talking about 4 important jazz chord progressions you need to master. You will come across these progressions often in jazz standards. Lick examples are demonstrated for each. Listen in! Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Learn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

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0:00.0

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0:29.5

That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes. Now, on to today's episode.

0:36.6

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at learnjazzstandards.com slash newsletter. Become part of our jazz community and get our free

0:48.8

ebook, a jazz guide to practicing. Learnjassstand standards.com slash newsletter what is up everybody my name is

1:02.3

brent welcome to the show you're listening to the LGS podcast the podcast where you get

1:08.3

weekly jazz tips interviews stories and advice for becoming a better jazz musician.

1:13.4

And as always, I want to welcome you from wherever you're listening from, whether it's iTunes, YouTube, or our home base at LearnJazzstanders.com.

1:21.4

And we know we have listeners from all around the world listening today.

1:24.0

So I want to thank you so much for joining me.

1:26.6

And on today's episode 55,

1:28.6

I'm going to be talking about four important jazz chord progressions that you need to master.

1:34.4

You will find these chord progressions come out all of the time in jazz standards, in jazz

1:40.1

repertoire, not only jazz standards, but also in all other kinds of music but you're

1:44.4

going to want to know these core progressions forwards and backwards and know how

1:48.1

to improvise over them so on today's episode I'm gonna have a lot of show notes

1:53.3

today so if you want to go to learn jazz standards dot com podcast in the top

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