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Now, on to today's episode.

Every month in our LGS Inner Circle membership,

we do something called the monthly jazz mastermind. And this is an opportunity for all the

members to get on a live Q&A call with me to ask any music or jazz related questions. It's a lot

of fun. And we had a great question that came up. And the question was, as a trumpet player,

which scales and chords

are considered to be a must know before going on to others? And the first way I answer this

particular member was that it doesn't matter if you're a trumpet player, a guitar player,

a bass player, a saxophone player, whatever instrument you play. When it comes to jazz,

there's really only a few scales and really only a few chords that you need to know before going on and exploring more

in-depth things. And in fact, I had the audacity to suggest that this particular musician

only needs to know one scale. So let's dig into that in this episode. Let's discover this.

Let's break things down, make things simpler, and let's do this thing. Welcome to the LJS podcast,

where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician.

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