Important Jazz Chord Substitutions You Need to Know

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 January 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Welcome to episode 96 of the LJS Podcast where today we are talking about important jazz chord substitutions you should know about. Jazz musicians love to add and substitute chords and progressions within jazz harmony, and these are some common ones that you should explore. Listen in! Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Learn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
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0:17.3	of like-minded musicians, you're guaranteed to improve your playing every
0:21.7	single month.
0:23.1	Podcast listeners can get 50% off their first month when you go to LJSinnerCircle.com.
0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.
0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:36.6	This is the Learn Jazz Standards podcast, episode 96.
0:41.2	Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice
0:48.0	for becoming a better jazz musician. And now your host. He's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.
0:57.7	All right. What's up, everybody? My name is Brent. I am the jazz musician behind the website
1:03.1	Learnjassstandards.com, which is a blog in a podcast, all geared towards helping you become a
1:09.3	better jazz musician. Welcome back if you are a regular
1:12.4	listener. And if you are listening for the very first time, I'm really excited to have you here
1:16.4	checking this out, hanging out with me. And I know you're going to get a lot of value out of today's
1:21.0	episode. And today's episode is actually a little bit of a theory lesson, a jazz theory
1:26.8	lesson. Now, this lesson comes straight
1:28.6	out of our e-book, which, by the way, I looked up at the numbers the other day, and over 1,000
1:34.1	people have downloaded and are using this book to help their jazz playing. It is zero to improv.
1:39.6	You can find that at zero to improv.com. And this lesson comes straight out of that. In today's episode
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