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So how do you master the seemingly difficult but

important jazz song form rhythm changes? Well, today I'm going to show you eight simple steps

to do exactly that coming up. What's up, Brent, here from Learn Jazz Standards. We hope musicians

just like you learn how to play jazz all while shortening the learning curve, no matter what

instrument you play. Welcome to another quick win episode of the podcast. Really looking forward to this lesson today, make sure you

subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, so you never miss out on anything going on here. Rhythm

changes is a common song form used in jazz. It's based off of George Gershwin's I Got Rhythm,

but artists like Charlie Parker, Sunny Rollins, and many others

have created melodies over top of this important song form.

And therefore, it's really important to know if you want to be a great jazz musician,

jazz improviser.

And really, if you master rhythm changes, it's going to help you in all of the rest of your

other jazz playing.

So step number one is to learn

the chords and understand them. Now, this might seem like an obvious first step, but honestly,

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