What's the Best Way to Play Chromatic Jazz Lines?

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

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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In this podcast episode, Brent addresses Jacqueline's question about chromatic passing tones and accents. He emphasizes the importance of understanding swing feel and how it influences accenting in jazz. Brent introduces two types of chromatic note and provides insights into accenting these notes, highlighting that accents often depend on individual musical intuition and can vary based on the context, the musician's style, and specific nuances in phrasing. Brent encourages experimentation...

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0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:52.3	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, my friends, what's up? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. Welcome to another week of
0:57.8	the Learn Jazz Standards podcast. I'm answering your jazz and music related questions five days a week
1:05.4	to help you become more creative, to help you have more fun learning jazz jazz and of course to help you shorten the
1:11.9	learning curve. All right, today we have a really great question from Jacqueline, one of our
1:18.0	inner circle members. Let's give it a listen.
1:20.2	Hey, Brian. This is Jacqueline. And I wanted to ask you about chromatic passing tones and particularly about accents on chromatic passing tones.
1:34.3	I mean, as I am working with Green Dolphin Street, I'm getting familiar with the exercises and the motifs with the chromatic passing tones that you created.
1:45.0	And I wanted to specifically ask, like, in terms of an accent, which notes in that sort of
1:53.0	passage of passing tones, would you tend to accent more than another by either, you know, by either having to be a longer note,
2:04.8	duration note, or just, you know, popping it with a staccato or something like that.
2:10.7	So that's all I wanted to ask.
2:13.4	I'm really glad you're doing this and I hope to hear my question answered.
2:20.0	Hey, great question, Jacqueline.
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