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There are many characteristics of the quote

and quote jazz sound, and one of those characteristics is chromaticism, the idea of connecting

diatonic notes within a line, a musical idea you're trying to play with non-diotonic notes.

And you hear this, of course, all the time in bebop, really all over jazz.

It's that idea of tension and release, right? You have this tension note and then it releases

to another note. And this is the idea of really you can play any note as long as you resolve it

to a note that works within a chord or a chord progression. Context, of course,

is key. So in today's episode, I'm going to be going over multiple different examples of how

you can take a simple non-chromatic line and slowly add chromaticism to it to spice it up to

bring it to life. Let's cue the music. Welcome to the LJS podcast podcast where you get weekly jazz tips interviews stories and

advice for becoming a better jazz musician and now your host he's a jazz musician author and

entrepreneur brent bartstra all right what's up everybody brent here from Learned Jazz Standards, which is a blog, a podcast, and videos all geared towards helping you become a better jazz musician. Really thrilled to be here as always. Thanks to those who are regular listeners. I really do appreciate you. You're the reason. I keep doing what I do. And I do want to give a special welcome to those who are listening for the very first time. And on this show, I do lots of talking about jazz practicing. We talk about jazz theory. We talk about a lot of things, everything that has to do with becoming a better jazz musician. So if you're interested in that, you're in the right place. Like I said, today we're going to be talking about a characteristic of the classic jazz sound,

which is chromaticism.

Chromaticism is something that is important to jazz in the sound that a lot of people associate jazz with.

And I say a lot of people associate with because, you know, obviously I'm talking more about a classic jazz sound that 1940s, 1950s kind of sound.

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