Jazz Ear Training

How to Train Your Ears Like a Jazz Musician

By

Forrest

Ear Training

Jazz ear training – What makes it different from general ear training? That’s a great question and when a reader recently asked this, it definitely made me think. They both focus on intervals, chords, root movement, and have other common ground, but how are they actually different? Over the years, I’ve taken quite a few …

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Tune Up Jazz

Tune Up – 3 Legendary Solos

By

Forrest

Composition, Jazz Standards, Transcribing

Tune Up is one of those classic up-tempo jazz standards that every player should work on. Composed by Eddie Vinson, It became super well known when legendary trumpeter player Miles Davis recorded it on his 1956 album Blue Haze. And over the years, it’s turned into a popular jam session tune that can be pretty …

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jazz education blunders

Jazz Education Blunders

By

Forrest

Jazz Advice and Tips, Perspectives

Jazz education has steadily become increasingly popular and for good reason: playing jazz is fun! In an attempt to make jazz improvisation accessible to everyone, much of the learning material has been reduced and packaged in a manner to get people playing at a mediocre level more quickly. The problem is that these methods get …

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