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You've probably been told that playing jazz requires

great ears. Well, how do you actually train your ears for jazz and improvisation? I'm going to give you

10 things you can do coming right up. What's up, right here from Learn Jazz Standards? What musicians

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

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also have a video version of our quick win podcast over at learn jazz standards.com so feel free to

check us out over there as well so first it's important to talk about the two different kinds of

ear training that can be helpful for playing jazz.

Number one is what I would call ear training fundamentals.

Now think of ear training fundamentals as kind of like grammar or learning the alphabet.

So a good example of an ear training fundamental would be like interval ear training.

So if I play this note, what's a major six?

Duh. Okay, that's a major six. So being able to recognize intervals, both descending and

ascending. And then there's also chord recognition. Like, is that a major seventh chord or a

dominant seventh chord? It's a major seventh chord. And then, of course, there's also chord

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