21 Things For You to Practice

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast - A podcast by Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

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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 WayLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month! Want to get your jazz question answered on the podcast? Click here.