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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Top Questions About Playing Jazz Answered

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

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Welcome to episode 331 where today I answer the top questions I get asked about playing jazz. These questions come straight from my Monthly Jazz Mastermind Q&A sessions I have with our Inner Circle members, and are the most common ones that come up time and time again. See if you have any of these questions as well! In this episode: 1. How do you know what the melody is to a jazz standard when the melody is played differently? 2. How do you know what the chord changes are to a jazz stan...

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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

0:08.5

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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.

0:36.6

Today on the podcast, I am answering the most common

0:39.0

questions I get about playing jazz, the ones that come up time and time again, the ones that

0:44.5

everybody wants to know about, and I imagine that you want to know about too. Let's do this thing.

0:50.5

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

0:59.9

And now your host, he's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.

1:06.6

What's up everybody? Brent here from Learned Jazz standards. We want musicians, just like you learn how to play jazz all while shortening the learning curve, no matter what instrument you play. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. You wouldn't know it, but I actually haven't recorded an episode of the podcast in, let me think about it, like a month, a month and a half. Now, the reason that is because in the content creation world, there's a little term we have called batch recording, which basically means that you record a lot of content ahead of time to get ahead of schedule.

1:36.1

And I particularly did a large batch recording session, multiple sessions, because my wife and I, just a a week ago introduced our new daughter,

1:47.8

Magalie, into the world. So I am now a father, which is really exciting, and we're having

1:52.4

a blast so far, a sleepless blast, I will say. But so that's all exciting news,

1:59.1

all great stuff. But it struck me as I hit the record button today that it's actually been quite a while.

2:04.6

And it feels great.

2:05.5

It feels absolutely great to be back on the mic talking to you, helping you become a better jazz musician.

2:11.3

So I'm just excited to be here and completely pumped up.

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