Playing Along vs. Knowing a Jazz Tune

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

🗓️ 22 February 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Welcome to episode 103 of the LJS Podcast where today we are having podcast listener Gabriel from Fishers, Indiana on the show to share his jazz tips and advice. Gabriel talks about a moment of musical failure, and how he learned from it and has been crushing it in the practice room ever since. Specifically, he hones in on the difference between play-along and actually knowing tunes. Listen in! Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Sta...

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
0:03.8	If your goal is to level up your jazz playing this year and feel confident improvising over
0:08.5	jazz standards, the inner circle has everything you need and more.
0:13.0	With monthly jazz standards studies, a library of powerful courses, and a vibrant community
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.
0:36.3	This is Learned Jazz Standards podcast, episode
0:38.9	103. Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories,
0:47.3	and advice for becoming a better jazz musician. And now your host. He's a jazz musician,
0:53.4	author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.
0:57.5	Hey, hey, what's up everybody? My name is Brent. I am the jazz musician behind the website,
1:02.2	learn jazz standards.com, which is a blog and a podcast, all geared towards helping you become a better
1:08.3	jazz musician. Now, welcome to this very special bonus episode
1:12.2	of the week. Now, it's not really a bonus episode. If you're listening outside of real time in the
1:17.3	future, this is really just episode 103. But it's bonus because this episode is coming out on a
1:23.7	Thursday, which means it's the second episode of the week. We come out with episodes every Monday, and this time we're doing one on Thursday, because
1:30.6	next week we're going to be doing our big episode 104, really excited about that.
1:36.3	But on episode 103, we are having a very special guest on the show.
1:40.6	Just like we did last week, we had a listener of this show who had previously
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