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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Understanding Secondary and Backdoor Dominant 7 Chords

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

🗓️ 25 June 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 121 of the LJS Podcast where today we are digging into some jazz theory and talking about secondary and backdoor dominant 7 chords. These are two concepts that are used to resolve to a tonic I chord. If you understand these concepts they can help give context to a chord progression you are improvising over. Listen in! Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Learn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Ge...

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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.

0:36.3

This is the Learned Jazz Standards podcast, episode

0:38.8

121. Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice

0:48.1

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

0:57.4

All right. What's up? My name is Brent. I am the jazz musician behind the website,

1:01.8

learn jazz standards.com, which is a blog, a podcast, and videos all geared towards helping

1:07.0

you become a better jazz musician. Hey, I want to thank you if you're a regular listener.

1:12.3

I appreciate you listening week after week. And for those of you who are listening for the first

1:16.2

time, a special warm welcome, you're in the right place if you want to become a better jazz musician.

1:21.6

And you want to join all of us in our journeys to working on that, to becoming better musicians

1:27.1

in general, but understanding

1:29.1

jazz and how it works.

1:30.7

And I'm going to help you do that today.

1:32.5

I have an episode planned for you.

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