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All right. So imagine this with me for a second.

Imagine you are playing with a friend, you're jamming, or maybe you're at a gig, and you know,

you've actually had a good tune so far. You've had a good solo. You know, everything's going well.

You're playing well together. And now you're on the melody or the head out, right? You're finishing off

the tune, and everything's going great, but then all of a sudden you get to the third or fourth

last bar, and you suddenly start feeling that fear inside of your stomach, realizing that you

actually have no clue how to end this tune. And so it sort of ends awkwardly, maybe not together, just

sort of fades out a little bit. It just doesn't go very well. And therefore, it just kind

of ruined the entire song, the experience. Well, we don't want that to happen at all. We need

to learn how to end jazz standards. So today's episode is a quick but value-packed episode

where I'm going to be showing you how to end a jazz standard and give you seven different options to do so.

Let's kick it.

Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician.

And now your host, he's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.

Hey, what's up, everybody?

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