How to Solo Over Modal Jazz Songs

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

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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In this episode, Brent addresses a listener's question about soloing over modal tunes like "So What" or "Maiden Voyage." He breaks down the concept of modal jazz and offers practical advice for creating engaging improvisations over limited chord changes. By explaining the modal scales associated with each chord and emphasizing the importance of melody creation, he provides valuable insights for jazz musicians at all skill levels. Throughout the episode, Brent delves into the art of improv...

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0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:53.1	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, everybody, what's going on?
0:54.4	Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.
0:55.8	Welcome to another episode here of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast.
0:59.2	I'm answering your jazz and music questions five days a week to help you have more fun than ever playing music and to shorten your learning curve in your jazz journey.
1:08.4	Really excited to be here.
1:10.3	And we have a great question this week from
1:12.6	actually one of our inner circle members, David Fowler. Let's give it a listen.
1:17.9	Hi, Brent. This is David Fowler here, trumpet player from Switzerland. My question is, what are the key
1:24.8	things to consider when soloing over a modal tune? So that's the tune such as
1:31.0	So What or Maiden Voyage, which has limited chord changes. So what are the key things to consider
1:38.4	when soloing over that kind of tune to make it interesting? Thank you. Great question, David. So I know David's
1:48.8	playing and I would consider David to be a bit more of an advanced jazz player. So I'm going to
1:55.0	step back for a second and just talk about what modal means and how you would approach a modal
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