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Intro to jazz song ideas #762879 04/22/23 12:58 AM Woodshedding - Learning to Play!
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Re: Intro to jazz song ideas pghboemike #762886 04/22/23 03:19 AM Woodshedding - Learning to Play!
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MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 21,613 Hamlin NY	Good information showing how important the II, V, I progression is in jazz. Thanx for sharing. Yeah, I've got O.C.D, Old, Cranky, and Dangerous. 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

Re: Intro to jazz song ideas MarioD #762888 04/22/23 04:27 AM Woodshedding - Learning to Play!
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Gordon Scott Veteran Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 2,082 Hampshire, UK	Yes, likewise. 2-5-1 is pretty much everywhere in jazz, at least where it's roots are in North America. It's interesting (to me, anyway), that quite a bit of Cape (Africa) jazz is 1-4-5, but that set-up is very familiar outside of jazz. FWIW, I quite like the simpler songs, because it's easier to relax and to improvise. We often start our warm-ups with something like a straight 12-bar blues, precisely for that reason. Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2024 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .

Re: Intro to jazz song ideas pghboemike #762910 04/22/23 08:01 AM Woodshedding - Learning to Play!
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Byron Dickens Journeyman B Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 621 Hockley, TX	I like this guy. Jens teaches the focus should be on learning and playing songs, not on practicing a million different scales and arpeggios. Between him and finding out about shell voicings, I discovered that Jazz isn't so far out of my reach after all. Byron Dickens BIAB. CbB. Mixbus 32C 8 HP Envy. Intel core i7. 16GB RAM W10. Focusrite Scarlett 18i 20. Various instruments played with varying degrees of proficiency. https://soundcloud.com/athanorsoundlabs

Re: Intro to jazz song ideas pghboemike #763087 04/23/23 05:36 AM Woodshedding - Learning to Play!
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mrgeeze Expert Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 811 Sonoran Desert	Jens is a good teacher. His roadmap course may be something you want to check out. There are a bunch of great (and many more not so great) sources of jazz education on the internet. Picking a good one and trying to ignore the bad is a solid approach. While no teacher is perfect You can't really go wrong with Jens. btw, If you support him on Patreon, He sends you little snippets every week that are easily incorporated into you playing. Well worth $50 per year. biab2024(Mac) Latest Build Mac OS Sonoma 14.5 Apple M2 pro 32GB Ram Logic Pro 11

Re: Intro to jazz song ideas pghboemike #767566 06/04/23 04:13 AM Woodshedding - Learning to Play!
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etcjoe Journeyman Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 732 Florida	Leaning songs is really the key to learning jazz. You then sprinkle in all that theory scales and arpeggios etc. Knowing the songs changes and the melodies. Very important. You start your improvisations by just playing around with the melody and then connecting those ideas using some of the tools of the trade. Jens is a good teacher. Most of the YouTube guys are pretty good teachers. I think it is just find one you like and stick with it. Even better, find a local person. Can't beat that instant feedback. My wife asked if I had seen the dog bowl. I told her I didn't even know he could.

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