How to Learn Difficult Jazz Standards

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

🗓️ 1 October 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Welcome to episode 135 of the LJS Podcast where today we are exploring how to learn, understand, and memorize complex jazz standards. We take a look at Wayne Shorter's "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum" and extract lessons we can apply to others. Listen in! Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Start understanding standards with The Jazz Standards Playbook Learn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
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0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes. Now, on to today's episode.
0:36.7	So maybe you understand basic jazz harmony,
0:38.8	and so learning jazz standards such as autumn leaves or bluebasa or it could happen to you,
0:45.0	among many others, isn't quite so difficult for you. You're able to pick those up easily,
0:49.7	memorize them, learn them, but then all of a sudden you get to weird tunes like
0:54.0	Fifi Fum or
0:56.2	Dolphin Dance and Wayne Schroeder tunes, Joe Henderson tunes, John Coltrane tunes, and then
1:02.1	you're completely lost.
1:03.2	You can't really learn them very well because you don't really understand them.
1:07.5	Well, listen, that's what I'm going to talk about today.
1:09.8	How do you learn and how do you
1:11.3	memorize difficult jazz standards? That's coming right up. Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you
1:19.5	get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician.
1:25.6	And now your host. He's a jazz musician, author, and
1:29.2	entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra. Hey, hey, what's up everybody? My name is Brent. I am the jazz
1:36.1	musician behind the website, learn jazz standards.com, which is a blog, a podcast and videos
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