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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Chord Tone Exercises to Practice

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

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Brent tackles an intriguing question from Thomas in Holland about mastering jazz intervals and chord tones. Brent breaks down essential exercises for playing chord tones, from basic 1-3-5-7 patterns to more advanced voice-leading techniques. He emphasizes the importance of chord tone mapping and how understanding and practicing these fundamentals can significantly improve your ability to play "in the changes," just like the pros. Discover Brent's step-by-step methods for enh...

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0:34.8

Now, on to today's episode.

0:53.1

Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, what's going on?

0:54.2

Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.

0:55.5

Welcome to another episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast.

0:58.4

I'm here to answer your jazz and music questions five days a week to help you have more of the fun than ever playing music and help you shorten the learning curve in your jazz journey.

1:06.9

Excited as always to be here and excited to answer today's question from Thomas. Let's give it a

1:12.7

listen. Hi, I'm Thomas from Holland. I'd like to learn intervals with chords, chess

1:20.3

chords. So, 13, 5, 7, elf, eleventh, whatever.

1:35.0

Do you have any specific exercises, funny exercises to do, and tips and tricks?

1:36.1

Thank you.

1:37.1

Yeah.

1:42.9

So there are a lot of different things that we can do when it comes to playing chord tones,

1:45.1

which is essentially what the question was asking is is what are some chord tone exercises that we can play?

1:49.1

Of course, Thomas also asked about playing ninths and elevenths and all that stuff, too.

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