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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Quick Win: Using Rhythm for AMAZING Jazz Solos

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

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A huge mistake that many jazz players are making is not utilizing rhythm. So today I'm going to show you 3 common jazz rhythms and how to use them in your solos. In this episode: 1. Jazz Rhythm #1 2. Jazz Rhythm #2 3. Jazz Rhythm #3 4. Rhythmic Motif Exercise 5. Adding Pitches to Exercise Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Listen to the Learn Jazz Standards Podcast Get our Amazon Best Selling book Learn Jazz...

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0:00.0

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0:08.5

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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.

0:36.3

A huge mistake that many jazz players are making is not

0:39.6

utilizing rhythm. So today I'm going to show you three common jazz rhythms and how you can use

0:45.2

them in your jazz solos coming up. What's up, Brent here from Learned Jazz Standards,

0:51.6

real-up musicians, just like you, learn how to play jazz all while shortening the learning

0:55.6

curve, no matter what instrument you play.

0:57.2

Welcome to another quick win episode of the podcast where we do episodes on jazz theory, jazz

1:03.2

improv, practicing tutorials, or even rhythm, deep dives like in today's episode.

1:07.9

So make sure you subscribe wherever you listen to podcast so you don't miss

1:11.1

out on a single episode. As guitar, piano, sax, trumpet, bass players, we like to really focus

1:17.3

on the melodic aspect of playing jazz, the cool licks, the cool lines. But oftentimes, we're

1:22.4

forgetting about the most important component that makes those lines actually musical. And that's

1:27.3

rhythm. So I'm

1:28.3

going to be showing you three common rhythms and a special little trick that you can do to actually

1:33.1

use that as the center point to start creating your own jazz lines. But make sure you do stick

1:37.9

around to the very end of the video. I'm going to show you a really cool exercise as well that

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