10 Biggest Lies About Playing Jazz

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Have you been told any of these 10 mistruths about jazz? If so, you may have started believing things that are ultimately not helping you improve as a jazz player.
🕒CHAPTERS🕒
00:00 Intro
00:12 Mistruth #1: If you can hear it, then you can play it.
01:04 Mistruth #2: You don't need to know theory in order to play jazz.
02:16 Mistruth #3: You need to know a lot of music theory in order to play jazz.
03:24 Mistruth #4: You need to have amazing techniques in order to play jazz.
05:02 Mistruth #5: Learn jazz solos and you'll improvise better.
06:13 Mistruth #6: Great musicians don't plan out their solos.
07:53 Mistruth #7: In order to get good at playing jazz, you need to practice a lot.
09:08 Mistruth #8: You should never learn jazz from sheet music.
10:40 Mistruth #9: Master something that you're practicing before moving on to the next
thing
12:10 Mistruth #10: You need to know a lot of jazz standards in order to play with other
musicians.
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@MyJ2B Жыл бұрын

Your advice on Myth # 9 is very important. 'When to move on? ' entails a tough decision. After 1 month of deep-learning on a topic or a new standard, one is rarely ready to perform it publicly on the band stand. "Moving on" feels like a failure but it is an essential setp forward. Over time, the same materials will re-appear and get "perfected" incrementally.

@gasvictim1 Жыл бұрын

"Perfection is the enemy of progress." Love it.

@NathanBortonMusic Жыл бұрын

#6 is a great one! Thanks Brent

@colink4823 Жыл бұрын

Good video. Helps blow away misconceptions. As a beginning jazz guitarist, it's difficult to know where to begin regarding where to actually start. I'm coming from a classical/rock background. I'd class myself as decent intermediate. How should I proceed with jazz guitar. Many thanks

@conradgittins4476 Жыл бұрын

Regarding learning from sheet music compared to learning by ear, one thing to consider is when listening to someone else you are listening to their interpretation of the song. The sheet music is in its original form from the song writer (unless it is transcribed) and it can help in understanding the original intention. Knowing that allows freedom to interpret a song many ways rather than just copy someone else.

@jazzdirt Жыл бұрын

As a sax or trumpet/flugel/trombone etc.. player, practicing for hours helps a lot, with lip muscles (embouchure).. It's like any physical thing.. even noodling still helps consolidate your lip muscles. When you just start out.. play until your lips are tired, and build up.. but if you can play for hours, it helps.. Not always with learning music, but developing the muscles needed for playing it... It's a lot like training for a marathon... Even if you got your muscles build up and up to the task, you need to maintain that... So as a sax/trumpet player putting in hours a day makes more sense then for a string player, or pianist...

@swedeinla Жыл бұрын

what is that guitar i see in the bottom of the screen every now and then.....GORGEOUS!!!!!!

@gerrynelsonmusic Жыл бұрын

It's a Victor Baker 15" custom made guitar.

@antoniopaloumusic3914 Жыл бұрын

Great video man. Thanks!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@3r1cratpool22 Жыл бұрын

Im so with you with the preparation but they know the progression so well. I am an instant subscriber, everything that was said in this video is so true.👌

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@edwardjons8684 Жыл бұрын

Number 9 is the top piece of advice in my experience. It took me years to learn this lesson.

@robstevens9590 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful list!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@richardsorice4509 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks, Brent.

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Richard!

@eric_james_music Жыл бұрын

great channel dude, your analysis of stella by starlight is what made the lightbulb click in my head that you can do chains of 25s that don't resolve and change key

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad it helped

@user-tt9lg2ss1h Жыл бұрын

Great work man, you should have more views!

@Learnjazzstandards Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate that

@pickinstone Жыл бұрын

Rare reference to Conte Candoli--was a great player and composer of the trumpet. Good mention!

@jimelliott6418 Жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT video! I'm studying jazz with the head of the NOCCA New Orleans Center For Creative Arts Michael Pellara ( if not familiar with NOCCA think Wynton Marsellis, Jonathon Babtiste former students) It sounds like you both took the same page(s) out of the book!

@charlesabraham-ramirez-verdugo Жыл бұрын

I really love Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. I think I saw the light when J slowed down there music. Try it

@dlee645 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if knowledge of theory applies to drummers. I know some excellent jazz drummers, but I’m not sure if they know any theory or if they even need to.

@3r1cratpool22 Жыл бұрын

I dont know any jazz player that dont know musical theory. I mean real jazz. Need to know realy well the major scale and altered dominants. I dont know what kind of jazz you can play without a good knowledge of that basic theory. Need to be fluid to. Jazz vocabulary can be a life long quest for many people.