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Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. Okay, my friends, what's going on? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. Welcome to another

episode and another week here on the Learn Jazz Standards podcast. I'm excited to be answering your jazz

and music questions five days a week to help you have more fun than ever playing jazz, have more fun

than ever playing music. And of course, shorten the learning curve. You know, sometimes jazz

can feel a little bit overwhelming or complicated or complex. And so I'm here to try to make it

seem a little less like that. It's a little easier than sometimes we make it out to be. So

excited to do that. And today we have a really awesome question from Norman Boldock. Let's give it a

listen. Good morning on an G7 card. Can I play an A-flat diminus apeggio and make it sound good. Thank you.

I love this question because this kind of is where to me music theory gets kind of fun

and interesting when it comes to actual improvisation. You know, I've talked before on the podcast

how sometimes we overdo the idea of theory.

Really, theory is just conceptualizing sounds that we could possibly play or note choices

that are available to us. But sometimes, you know, the music theory can help you gather ideas

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