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21 Things For You to Practice

21 Things For You to Practice

FromLearn Jazz Standards Podcast


21 Things For You to Practice

FromLearn Jazz Standards Podcast

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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
May 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Welcome to episode 350 where today I discuss 21 different options for jazz practice. So if you are wondering what you should practice today, this week, or this month, this episode should give you a handful of good ideas to work with. Hey listen, so if you're sittin' there this week going, "I actually don't know what to practice to improve my jazz playing this week". Well, this episode is gonna leave you with zero excuses 'cause I'm gonna go over 21 different ideas for you to practice today. And at the end of the episode, I'll also give the ones that I personally focus on. In this episode:1. Scales 2. Arpeggios 3. Enclosure 4. Minor Pentatonics 5. Intervals 6. Learning a lick by ear 7. Take a lick into all 12 keys 8. Learn a jazz solo by ear 9. Learn a jazz standard 10. Learn a standard in a different key 11. Learn a jazz blues head 12. Learn a rhythm changes head 13. Practice a jazz etude 14. Compose your own jazz solo 15. Practice specific chord progressions 16. Practice improvising over one chord 17. Compose your own jazz lick 18. Compose a contrafact 19. Practice guide tones 20. Practice playing with a metronome 21. Listen to jazzImportant Links:LJS Inner Circle MembershipFree Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way
Released:
May 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The LJS Podcast is the podcast where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories and advice for becoming a better jazz musician! Hosting the show is the jazz musician behind learnjazzstandards.com, author, and entrepreneur Brent Vaartstra, who’s one goal is to answer any question about playing jazz music you may have. Jazz can be a challenging music to learn and play, but it doesn’t have to be so hard. Each episode features a specific musical challenge that jazz students may come across, where it is discussed and answered. Special jazz guests frequent the show, sharing their expertise on an array of different musical subject matter. Listeners are invited to call in with their jazz questions to the podcast hotline, where it could get answered on a future LJS Podcast episode. Join thousands of other listeners getting free jazz education every week!