Practicing Jazz Standards Is WAY Simpler Than You Think
Get the free PDF - How To Practice A Jazz Standard: 👉 https://go.thesound.kitchen/practice-... ⸻ Practicing jazz standards can feel overwhelming. Often the problem is understanding how to approach the tune in a way that helps you really hear what’s going on and improvise naturally and instinctively. In this video, we take the simplified roadmap from the last lesson and turn it into a real practice method: • grouping chords into larger key centres • practicing in 2-bar chunks • targeting the notes that actually define the harmony • and gradually building from simple foundations into real improvisation Instead of reacting to every chord individually, we’ll focus on hearing the overall shape of the tune and the movements that really matter. This lesson uses My Shining Hour as an example, but the process can be applied to almost any jazz standard. 🎼 Free PDF: 👉 https://go.thesound.kitchen/practice-... The PDF includes: • the whole process step by step • all the exercises from the video • notation for concert, Bb, Eb, F and bass clef instruments ⸻ 00:00 Introduction 00:22 Roadmap recap 00:56 First half key centres and scales 02:54 Playing scales every 2 bars 04:32 Improvising in the gaps 05:17 Longer stretches 06:07 Bringing out the chord movement 07:20 Target notes 08:52 Playing the targets over the form 09:26 Add rhythm 10:00 Adding notes below 11:12 Adding notes above 12:34 Opening up further 13:15 Second half of the form 16:05 Second half demonstration 16:38 Finishing up ⸻ If you missed the previous video where we simplify the harmony of this tune down into key centres and movements, you can watch that here: 🎥 • Jazz Standards Are WAY Simpler Than You Think And if you’d like to go deeper into hearing and targeting ii–V–Is, check out this video: 🎥 • 2-5-1s Are Just Two Sounds ⸻ I post weekly videos designed to turn musical concepts into instincts you can actually use when you play. 👍 Like the video if you found it helpful 🔔 Subscribe for more Buy me a coffee ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/thesoundkitchen
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