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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

How to Learn Lots of Jazz Songs Quickly

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

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Imagine someone calls you for a jazz gig that's to be performed in a couple of weeks and they hand you the list of repertoire, 20 songs, and you don't know any of those songs. What would you do in order to learn a lot of jazz songs quickly and is it even possible? Well, in today's episode, I'm going to be talking about strategies to help you do that, to be successful in a situation like this, as well as some strategies that will help you in the long term. In this episode: Strategies and ...

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

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0:08.5

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0:13.0

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0:17.3

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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.

0:36.8

Imagine someone calls you for a jazz gig that's to be

0:39.7

performed in a couple of weeks, and they hand you the list of repertoire, 20 songs, and you don't know

0:45.2

any of those songs. What would you do in order to learn a lot of jazz songs quickly and is it even

0:52.6

possible? Well, in today's episode, I'm going to be talking about strategies to help you do that,

0:57.8

to be successful in a situation like this, as well as some strategies that will help you

1:03.6

for the long term.

1:05.1

Let's jump right to it.

1:25.9

Yeah. All right, everybody, Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.

1:27.2

I am a jazz coach. And here at Learn Jazz

1:28.5

Standards, we help musicians just like you learn how to play jazz all while shortening the

1:32.9

learning curve, no matter what instrument you play. So thank you so much for listening to this

1:38.3

episode. I plan on helping you improve your jazz playing today. And so thank you so much for

1:43.3

your time.

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