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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

How Do I Improvise Over Unrelated Chords?

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

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast episode, Brent addresses a question from a listener named Lewis. Lewis is interested in transitioning smoothly between unrelated keys in jazz improvisation, specifically dealing with non-diatonic chord progressions. Brent emphasizes the importance of thinking about voice leading, even when faced with unrelated chords. He uses examples from jazz standards like "Beatrice" and "Well You Needn't" to illustrate the concept. Brent suggests focusing on resolving notes melodica...

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0:34.8

Now, on to today's episode.

0:52.3

Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. Hey, hey, what's up already, Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. Welcome to another episode of the Learn

0:57.7

Jazz Standards podcast. I'm answering your jazz and music related questions five days a week on the show

1:05.1

to help you shorten the learning curve, have more fun than ever, and start playing the jazz

1:10.5

solos that you've always dreamed you could play.

1:13.1

I'm talking about like those solos where if you were just say busking on the side of the street,

1:18.8

someone walking by would turn their head and go, whoa, look at the way that guy can play.

1:23.8

I mean, at least that's really kind of the dream, isn't it, right?

1:27.1

Okay. So today's question

1:28.9

comes from Lewis and let's give it a listen. Hey, so my question is, are there ways to switch from

1:40.7

one key to the other smoothly, even though the key are completely iran related

1:46.1

meaning are there ways in jazz that we can come from one key and go to the

1:54.1

other key I'm wondering that because I've always found I have trouble finding

2:00.4

chords that are not in the

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