Is It Important to Notate Solos I Learn?

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

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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In this episode, Brent addresses a fascinating question from William Tino about the benefits of notating jazz solos. Brent explores the immense value of learning solos by ear, emphasizing how it enhances your ear, muscle memory, jazz vocabulary, and rhythm. This foundational skill is highly recommended by jazz educators and offers a significant return on investment for your practice time. He explains that while notation can help document solos for later use or provide a visual aid for analyz...

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0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:52.9	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, what's going, everybody?
0:54.1	Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. Welcome to another episode of the Learn Jazz Standards. All right, what's going on, everybody?
0:55.5	Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.
0:58.7	Welcome to another episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast.
1:07.5	I'm here answering your jazz and music questions five days a week to help you have more fun than ever, playing music, and to shorten the learning curve in your jazz journey.
1:09.0	Today, we have a really good question.
1:12.2	This one comes from William Tino. Let's give it a listen. Hi, I'm doing some transcription work. One is Miles's solo on Freddie Freeloader.
1:21.0	And just for fun, his solo on Doxy. My question pertains to, as I'm working out the transcription, should I go ahead and
1:32.9	notate them as well? I have print finale, which would allow me to do that. So just a quick question
1:39.8	on notating the transcription and having it as a record. Thanks.
1:46.7	All right, good question.
1:47.9	Should you notate the solos that you learn?
1:50.1	So we'll back up for a quick second here for anyone who's kind of new to jazz or just new to
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