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Now, on to today's episode.

This is the Learn Jazz Standards Podcast, on to today's episode. This is the Learned Jazz Standards podcast, episode

78. 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.

All right. What's up, everybody? Welcome to another episode of the LJS podcast. My name is Brent. I am the

jazz musician behind the website, learn jazz standards.com, which is a blog and a podcast, all geared towards helping you

become a better jazz musician. I'm really excited that you're here, especially if it's your

first time ever listening to the show, or if you're a regular listener, thanks for coming back

week after week. I super appreciate it, and I am super excited because for the month of September, we are going to be doing ear training month here on the LGS podcast, ear training month.

In today's episode 78 specifically, we're going to be talking about how to master hearing intervals, how to master hearing intervals.

This is so important, guys. I mean,

and in general, ear training is insanely important. You know, I asked on our Facebook page and our Instagram page recently to the subscribers to rate on a scale from 1 to 10 how important they think your training is for

musicians. And I want to read to you some of the responses that I got here. All right, over here

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