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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

How Do I Retain the Songs I've Learned?

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

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Brent addresses a question about balancing learning new jazz songs and retaining previous ones, especially with limited practice time. He highlights the importance of mindset, emphasizing that not every song needs to be remembered forever. The key is understanding the purpose of learning a song for playing with others or educational benefits. Brent suggests incorporating periodic review sessions into practice routines, dedicating time to refresh and maintain the songs alrea...

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0:00.0

This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.

0:03.8

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0:08.5

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0:13.0

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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.

0:52.9

Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, what's up? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. Welcome to another episode of the Learned Jazz Standards podcast where I'm answering your jazz and music related questions five days a week to help you have more fun playing jazz, feel more confident, and become the jazz improviser that you know that you can be. All right, we have a great question today.

1:14.0

Actually, this question comes from one of our Learn Jazz standards inner circle members.

1:18.6

Her name is Adele. And she asked this, how can I keep learning new songs while retaining the

1:26.2

ones I have already worked on, even with the limited

1:29.9

time I have to practice. So how can I keep learning new songs while retaining the ones I've

1:35.2

already worked on, even with the limited time to practice? This is such a great question,

1:41.8

Adele, because we hear this a lot from our inner circle members who,

1:48.8

the main thing that we do there in our inner circle membership is we learn one new jazz

1:53.6

standard a month. It's just something we really believe in. And we've seen just so much evidence

1:59.1

is an amazing strategy for our students. But it inevitably

2:03.4

gets you asking that question. If I'm always learning a new song or even more frequently than

2:09.4

one a month, how do I remember all of them? We have some members that have been with us for three years,

2:14.6

right? And they've learned a lot of jazz standards. And, you know, they may wonder

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