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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

The Pros and Cons of Practicing In All 12 Keys

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

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

So you've probably heard the advice before that learning material in All 12 Keys is a great idea, whether it be for the sake of playing jazz or any other style of music. You've probably heard this conventional wisdom before and wondered to yourself is it really worth my practice time to learn things in All 12 Keys, or is it really just this frustrating process that doesn't really have a lot of net benefit? Well, in today's podcast episode, we're going to talk all about playing in All 12 K...

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

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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.

0:36.7

So you've probably heard the advice before that

0:38.7

learning material in all 12 keys is a great idea, whether it be for the sake of playing jazz or

0:47.1

any other style of music. You probably heard this conventional wisdom before and wondered to

0:52.2

yourself, is it really worth my practice time to learn

0:56.8

things in all 12 keys? Or is it really just this frustrating process that doesn't really have a lot

1:03.5

of net benefit? Well, in today's podcast episode, we're going to talk all about playing in all 12

1:09.3

keys, the pros and the cons cons as well as some tips for

1:13.6

going about learning material in all 12 keys let's do this thing All right, my friends.

1:35.8

What's up?

1:36.3

Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.

1:37.7

I am a jazz coach.

1:38.5

I am the director of Learn Jazz Standards

1:40.2

where we help musicians just like you learn how to play jazz all while shortening

1:45.0

the learning curve no matter what instrument you play. So welcome to the podcast. Really excited to

1:49.4

help serve you today. Help you become a better jazz musician. Practicing in all 12 keys,

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