Taking the Blues Through All 12 Keys (How and Why to Do It)

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

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🗓️ 24 June 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Welcome to episode 173 of the LJS Podcast where today I talk about the importance of blues, and why you should take it into all 12 keys. Jazz is a music that emerged from the blues and therefore jazz language is steeped in it. If you can play the blues in any key your jazz improv skills will be miles ahead. In this episode, I demonstrate myself taking the blues through all 12 keys and how you can too! Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn...

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
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0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.
0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:37.0	One of the most important song forms in jazz is the
0:40.0	12 bar blues. And this is because jazz really came out of the blues. It was really birthed from it.
0:46.3	And that's why you hear so much blues language in jazz throughout the different eras and throughout
0:51.0	the history of the music. And the great thing about the blues is that it really
0:54.6	contains all of the most important harmonic elements of most jazz standards. So if you know
1:00.6	the blues forwards and backwards and really are versed in it, you're really going to be able
1:05.6	to improvise well over many other jazz standards. So it's important that we spend some time on
1:10.5	this song form. So in today's important that we spend some time on this song
1:10.9	form. So in today's episode, we're going to talk about how I take the blues through all 12 keys.
1:15.5	I'm going to take it through all 12 keys so you can hear it. And we're just going to dig deeper into
1:20.2	this stuff. Let's do this thing. Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician.
1:32.6	And now your host.
1:34.0	He's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.
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