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In today's episode, I want to be talking about

avoid notes. These are the notes that you maybe want to avoid when playing a certain chord

in a chord progression, but I'm also going to talk about how I don't 100% actually even believe

in them. You're going to like this episode. There's a lot to learn, but let's first cue the music.

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?

My name is Brent.

I am the jazz musician behind the website, learn jazz standards.com, which is a blog,

a podcast, and videos, all geared towards helping you become a better jazz musician.

Welcome.

Thanks for being here and listening.

Now, you could say that I've been trying to avoid, no pun intended, this episode for a long time. And that's because it's a little bit

complicated to talk about this concept of avoid notes, which I'll go into in a second. But then,

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