Learn Jazz Standards Podcast
A podcast by Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur
572 Episodes
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How 2 Chords Fooled a Pro Jazz Musician
Published: 5/31/2024 -
Can I Play Chord Extensions Even If My Bandmates Are Not?
Published: 5/30/2024 -
How Do I Improvise While Sight Reading?
Published: 5/29/2024 -
How Do I Learn Chords By Ear?
Published: 5/28/2024 -
Should I Imitate a Musician That Doesn't Play My Instrument?
Published: 5/27/2024 -
How to Measure If You Are Improving Or Not
Published: 5/24/2024 -
What Is The Difference Between Jazz and Classical Harmony?
Published: 5/23/2024 -
How Do I Practice Enclosures?
Published: 5/22/2024 -
Should I Transcribe Myself?
Published: 5/21/2024 -
Should I Learn Piano to Help With Jazz Improv?
Published: 5/20/2024 -
The Secret to Long-Term Musical Progress
Published: 5/17/2024 -
How Do I Use Music Theory to Improvise?
Published: 5/16/2024 -
How Do I Get Great At Jazz Phrasing?
Published: 5/15/2024 -
How Do I Create Space In My Solos?
Published: 5/14/2024 -
How Do I Use the Lydian Scale?
Published: 5/13/2024 -
Finding and Using Your Tune of Greatness
Published: 5/10/2024 -
How Do I Make the Pentatonic Scales Jazzier?
Published: 5/9/2024 -
How Do I Balance Imitating and Innovating for Jazz?
Published: 5/8/2024 -
The Top 25 Jazz Standards You Need to Know
Published: 5/7/2024 -
How Do I Use the Phrygian Mode?
Published: 5/6/2024
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!