How Do I Improvise While Sight Reading?

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

4.8 • 536 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In this engaging episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast, Brent tackles a question from Neil, a tenor saxophonist from the UK, who wants to master sight reading jazz standards and improvising melodic solos on the fly. Brent breaks down the essentials for achieving this goal, emphasizing the importance of solid jazz improvisation skills and a thorough understanding of jazz language. Brent also highlights the value of learning numerous jazz standards to build familiarity with these harmon...

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
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0:17.3	of like-minded musicians, you're guaranteed to improve your playing every
0:21.7	single month.
0:23.1	Podcast listeners can get 50% off their first month when you go to LJSinnerCircle.com.
0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.
0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:52.3	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, my friends, what's going on? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. Welcome to another
0:56.3	episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast. I'm answering your jazz and music questions five days a week to
1:02.3	help you have more fun than ever playing music and to shorten the learning curve in your jazz journey.
1:08.3	Always happy to be here to serve you. And today we have a question from Neil.
1:13.6	Let's give it a listen. Hi, Brent. This is Neil from the UK. I play tennis sax and enjoying the inner
1:18.9	circle. My question is my goal is to be able to cite read a jazz standard's chord chart and play a voice
1:27.3	leading melodic improvisation what would you
1:31.6	advise as the key practice steps for success on that goal as aside i've been posting a few
1:39.4	transcribed solos on the jazz standards club, which I've really enjoyed.
1:49.0	And I've also had many years experience siloing pop and R&B type songs.
1:49.7	Thank you.
1:51.1	This is great.
1:51.7	Thank you very much.
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