How to Learn New Tunes

You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

Peter Martin

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🗓️ 1 July 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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On today's episode, Peter and Adam answer a SpeakPipe on the best practices for learning new tunes. Wanna send a SpeakPipe of your own? Just go to https://youllhearit.com/podcast-contact/.How to Learn New Tunes:ListenStay away from the pages (learn from recordings)Play the heck out of itBe patient (memorize it as you learn it)ULTIMATE TIPThe ending theme song for today's episode is "A Few Blocks Up" by Mike Anderson. To get your music featured on You'll Hear It, send an MP3 recording of your music to andrew@openstudionetwork.com.We're proud to present the new-and-improved platform for Open Studio: https://www.openstudiojazz.com! Head on over, check it out, and let us know what you like and what needs improvement. (We have over 1000 lessons to move to the new site, so check in over the following weeks as we update our courses)And if a new platform wasn't enough, we have a BRAND NEW course available: Jumpstart Jazz Piano! This is a course for very beginner-level pianists who want to learn the basic fundamentals of how to play jazz. And to celebrate, we're offering an early-bird discount of $10 off for THIS WEEK only! Just go to https://www.openstudiojazz.com/jazz-piano-jumpstart and use the discount code JPJ10.Today's episode is sponsored by Soundslice. Soundslice is a web-based music-learning software that is a hybrid audio player and notation viewer that syncs music notation with real audio. To find out more about them, visit www.soundslice.com/transcribe. And check out our Slice of Emotion In Motion (the You'll Hear It Jingle)!Let us know what you think by leaving a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review, or head over to our YouTube channel and leave a comment for this episode.Interested in more jazz advice? Go here to browse our catalog of jazz lessons and courses available for purchase.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram at:https://www.facebook.com/heyopenstudiohttps://twitter.com/heyopenstudiohttps://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Hey, Peter.
0:00.8	Hurry up, man.
0:01.5	You're wasting time today a lot.
0:03.0	Okay, let's go.
0:03.6	Let's go.
0:19.8	I'm Adamanus.
0:20.5	And I'm Peter Martin. Are you listening to you'll hear a podcast? Daily jazz advice coming at you. Fast enough for you, buddy? Well, it is. I mean, yeah. We joke because we love. Today's episode is brought to you by... Soundslice.com. Soundslice.com. Did you forget? No, of course. I go to soundslice.com slash transcribe.
0:39.3	Yes.
0:39.5	I'm just trying to waste time.
0:40.5	Also go to soundslice.com slash community. Oh, yeah. Do we mention that? I seem excited because I am excited about the community. It's a great place to go check out. Not just because we're featured on it. I mean, we are, Open Studios, prominently.
0:35.7	You know, you could check out Open Studios theme song, Emotion and Motion on Slice.com as well. What a great sponsor. What a great tool. A great transcribing tool. Great learning tool. Great team. Great software. Oh, man. Elegant software. Developed by musicians, four musicians. Go check it out. Yeah. So today we're talking about I don't want to slow it down here a bit
0:55.2	I don't want to slow it down here a bit, I don't want to freak out.
1:16.0	Talking about learning new tunes, we've got a speak pipe from Pierre.
1:18.7	What's up, Pierre?
1:20.1	Hi, guys, it's Pierre from France, big fan of the show, big fan of Open Studio.
1:26.2	I have a question for you guys. In a recent episode, Peter's
1:30.1	starting playing Cold Trains solo on Giant Steps, and that got me thinking, how do musicians
1:36.4	remember so many tunes? I'm always impressed by musicians who can start camping or soloing on any
1:41.5	cold tunes at a jam session, because for me, it's pretty hard to remember a single tune for more than a week.
1:47.9	So how do you approach learning a new tune? For instance, the melody, the core progression, etc.
1:53.5	And how do you make sure it's set in your memory so that you'll be able to play it a few weeks or a few months later?
1:59.3	Thanks for your advice.
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