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One of my jazz mentors once said that the secret

that pro-level jazz musicians have, some of the best jazz musicians in the world, is they've

mastered the art of practicing. In fact, he went on to say that pro jazz musicians spend just as

much time fine-tuning their actual practice as they do their actual jazz playing.

And so today I want to talk about a strategy called PBR practice, elements of practice sessions that will help set you up for success and jumpstart your playing and help it improve a lot faster than it

would otherwise. Let's do it. Welcome to the LJS podcast where you get weekly jazz tips,

interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician. And your host he's a jazz musician author

and entrepreneur Brent Bartstra hey what's up everybody Brent here from

Learned Jazz standards who are what musicians just like you learn how to play jazz

all while shortening the learning curve no matter what instrument you play welcome

to another episode of the podcast thank you very much for being here if this is your

first time you tuned into a good one because one thing that I really believe in and we really

believe a lot in here at Learn Jazz Standards is that practicing is the machine, the engine that

drives all the results in your musical improvement. And a lot of times we'd like to focus on the sexier

things, if you will, like what cool altered ideas I can play over dominant seventh chords,

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