How to Play at Fast Tempos and Not Get Burned

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

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🗓️ 8 August 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Welcome to episode 22 of the LJS Podcast where today we are talking about how to play at fast tempos and not get burned. Up tempos tunes are something that all jazz musicians must confront, and we've all been burned by them before! In this episode, we go over some tips for playing fast tempos and how we can start getting better control over them. Listen in! Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Learn Jazz Sta...

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0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.
0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:42.3	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. Hey, what's up, everybody? My name is Brent. You're listening to the LJS podcast, episode number
0:49.5	22, where today we're going to be talking about how to play at fast tempos and not get burned,
0:56.4	how to play up tempos and not completely fall on your face. I know a lot of us have done that.
1:01.8	I've done that before. And so today I'm going to be sharing with you some very specific tips
1:07.0	and exercises that can help you avoid this and be able to play at these tricky fast tempos
1:13.1	better. But before I do that, I just want to say that if you get value out of today's
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1:32.8	you can go to learnjazzstandards.com slash support and leave us a monthly annual or one-time
1:39.2	donation there. So we really appreciate it. Thanks so much. All right, fast tempos. Does this scenario sound familiar to you?
1:48.5	Someone is taking a solo. This is at a gig or a jam session or whatever it may be. And it's going to be your
1:55.3	turn to take the solo next. This is a blazing fast tempo on a song, like say it's Cherokee, and it's going really fast.
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