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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

The L.R.C Practice Strategy for Mastering Musical Material

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

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 263 where today I go over a simple strategy you can start implementing into your practice. It's called the L.R.C Practice Strategy, and it will help you take your practice to the next level with structured and focused actions that yield better and faster results. In today's episode, I'm going to be teaching a simple but powerful practice strategy that I first kind of put a name to and revealed in a masterclass that I gave at our recent Learn Jazz Live 2021 Virtual Summit. ...

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

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0:08.5

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0:13.0

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0:17.3

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0:21.7

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0:23.1

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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.

0:36.8

In today's episode, I'm going to be teaching you a simple but

0:39.0

powerful practice strategy that I first kind of put a name to and revealed in a masterclass

0:45.4

that it gave at our recent Learn Jazz Live 2021 virtual summit. And this is a practice strategy that I

0:52.1

implement in a lot of my courses. Of course,

0:54.3

in my own playing and any other students that I've taught in the past, I've used this practice

0:58.9

strategy to help accelerate the process of becoming a better jazz improviser and making sure

1:05.0

that while practicing, you're utilizing all the elements of the material you're learning

1:09.7

to really make quicker progress.

1:11.7

So I'm excited about this episode.

1:13.2

It's a quick but powerful one.

1:14.9

Let's do this thing.

1:17.3

Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician.

1:26.7

And now your host. He's a jazz musician, author,

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