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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

[Practice Plan] How to Master a Minor Blues and Accelerate Your Progress

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

4.8536 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 242 where today we conclude with our final episode of Minor Blues Month! In this episode, I share with you my in-depth practice plan for mastering a minor blues. I'll walk you through all of the material I work through, how to organize it, and a step-by-step practice plan. Get out your notes, this is a meaty one! Today is the final episode of Minor Blues Month on the LJS podcast where we've been working through 3 strategies for improvising over minor blues in the la...

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

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0:21.7

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0:29.5

That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes. Now, on to today's episode.

0:36.7

Today is the final episode of Minor Blues Month

0:39.4

on the Learn Jazz Standards podcast where we've been working through three strategies for

0:44.5

improvising over a minor blues in the last three episodes. Today, this episode is really special

0:48.9

because I'm going to be revealing my master plan for mastering a minor blues, for having a very

0:53.9

high proficiency at playing

0:56.2

over this song form by the time you're done, and also feeling confident in your minor jazz

1:01.8

playing, playing over minor chord progressions, and of course, on jazz standards. So important.

1:06.7

This is going to be a fun episode. It's one that's really important. It's always the most

1:10.7

important episodes, the ones where I actually give you an action plan that you can take action on, that you can start implementing into your practice because practice is what gets results.

1:21.2

And this master plan here is definitely going to get you results.

1:25.6

So take out your notebooks.

1:27.1

Get ready.

1:27.8

Let's do this thing.

1:29.6

Welcome to the LJS podcast,

1:32.6

where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice

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