The Best Songs for Jazz Beginners

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

4.8 • 536 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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In this episode, Brent provides beginner jazz musicians advice on the best standards for learning jazz improvisation. He recommends simple tunes covering basic concepts like modal playing, blues forms, and ii-V-I progressions to get started. Key takeaways explain building blocks like scales, relative major/minor keys, and chord/melody relationships. Important Links: Free Guide to learning standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way LJS Inner Circle Membership Listen to the Learn ...

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
0:03.8	If your goal is to level up your jazz playing this year and feel confident improvising over
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0:13.0	With monthly jazz standards studies, a library of powerful courses, and a vibrant community
0:17.3	of like-minded musicians, you're guaranteed to improve your playing every
0:21.7	single month.
0:23.1	Podcast listeners can get 50% off their first month when you go to LJSinnerCircle.com.
0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.
0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:52.3	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. Hey, what's up? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. Welcome to season two of the Learn Jazz
0:58.0	Standards podcast where I'm going to be answering your jazz music-related questions five days a week
1:04.3	to help you become a better jazz musician, to help shorten the learning curve, to help you
1:08.3	in your jazz journey and get more confident with playing jazz.
1:12.7	Today's question comes from Justin Smith, and it's a good one.
1:16.9	Let's take a listen.
1:18.0	Hello, my name is Justin Smith from the San Francisco Day School.
1:22.3	What tunes do you recommend starting with when teaching jazz improvisation? I tend to start with modal tunes,
1:30.8	like so what or impressions. I was curious what you suggest to start with. All right, that is a
1:38.2	fantastic question. And I know that Justin is asking this question in the context of a jazz educator,
1:43.4	like teaching his students, what are
1:45.3	those great tunes to learn when there's just a brand new person to jazz, a beginner to the
1:52.3	genre. But obviously, the answer to this question goes to anyone listening right now who feels
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