How Do I Know the Real Melody to a Jazz Standard?

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

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🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In this episode, Brent tackles a question from an inner circle member named Paul about determining the correct melody when faced with various interpretations of jazz standards. He emphasizes the importance of learning melodies by ear rather than solely relying on sheet music, as it enhances ear training and allows for a deeper understanding of musical expression. He provides valuable insights into identifying the true melody of a jazz standard, suggesting that for Great American Songbo...

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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
0:56.9	episode here of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast, answering your jazz questions five days a week.
1:03.5	Happy to help you learn how to play jazz, shorten the learning curve, have more fun than ever
1:08.2	playing your instrument. That's what this is all about here.
1:11.9	We have a really great question here today. This is from one of our inner circle members named
1:16.3	Paul. And Paul says and asks, how do I determine which melody to follow if presented with different
1:25.4	kinds of interpretations of a jazz standard? So how do I determine which melody to follow if presented with different kinds of interpretations of a jazz standard.
1:28.8	So how do I determine which melody to follow if presented with different kinds of interpretations
1:32.5	of a jazz standard?
1:33.7	In other words, the issue that comes up quite a bit when you're going to learn a jazz tune
1:40.6	is different musicians will take certain liberties with the melody. And I'm sure you've found
1:47.8	this out if you've done any studying with jazz and try to learn melodies by ear from recordings,
1:54.0	right? You'll hear one artist playing the melody this way and another artist playing it
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