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Now, on to today's episode.

This is the Learned Jazz Standards podcast, episode 67.

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.

What's up, what's up, everybody? My name is Brent, and you're listening to another episode of the LGS podcast.

I want to thank you so much for listening, whether it's your first time ever checking up this show, whether you're a regular listener.

I really appreciate

you spending part of your day to listen in to join the community of listeners around the world

listening to today's episode. And on today's episode 67, I have a great lesson for you. It's all

about pentatonic scales. Now, a lot of you are familiar with pentatonic scales. In fact,

it's one of the most

popular scales, really. It's used as a tool to play over the blues, other styles of music.

But I also find that it's the most overused scale. And when I say overused, I mean, it's often

used in very unmusical ways or used simply as a tool and not as a means to create music. And so

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