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Giant Steps is notoriously one of the most feared jazz standards for musicians to learn and improvise over, not only because of the complex harmony but also because of the speed.So today, I'm gonna talk about how we can learn the chords most efficiently so we can improvise over them well and find out the harmonic secrets that Giant Steps has to offer.In this episode:1. Intro2. Preparing to learn the melody - LIST process3. Analyzing the chords (featuring Brett Pontecorvo)4. The ii-V-I cadences5. Moving down by major 3rds6. The V-I cadences7. Using the melody to organize key centers8. Second half of the tune9. Moving up by major 3rds10. RecapImportant Links:LJS Inner Circle MembershipFree Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Listen to the Learn Jazz Standards PodcastGet our Amazon Best Selling bookLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

"What prevents you from achieving your jazz goals?". This was a question we recently polled our community over on YouTube about, and we got a lot of really interesting answers and responses to our poll. So, in today's episode what I wanna do is I wanna go over those results; what people are saying and talk about each result and help you understand how really, they're not actually truly holding you from your jazz goals if you channel them in the different direction. In this episode:1. Addressing "No Time To Practice"2. Addressing "Not Enough Technique"3. Addressing "Not Understanding Jazz Theory"4. Addressing "Not Enough Motivation"Important Links:LJS Inner Circle MembershipFree Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

Today, we're talking about the classic minor jazz standard, "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise". We'll take a look at the chords to figure out the most efficient way to learn it as well as some harmonic secrets within the tune that will help us improvise over it.in this episode:1. Short demo2. The best way to learn the melody3. Identifying the key - The first A section4. Things you can do with a minor ii-V-I progression5. A tritone substitution6. Chord substitution options7. Associating the melody of the song with the chords8. The second A section9. The relative major key10. Diminished substitution11. Passing diminished chord12. The best way to improvise on a dim7 chords13. The bridgeImportant Links:Free Guide to learning standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayLJS Inner Circle MembershipListen to the Learn Jazz Standards PodcastGet our Amazon Best Selling bookLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!