The Importance of Learning Jazz Solos and Bridging the Gap

During the month of August, we are doing a themed month called Free Masterclass August. For over the next four weeks, I'll be sharing with you different masterclasses that we've come out with in the past on Learn Jazz Standards.

Masterclasses that range from topics on jazz improv and practicing and theory and really just all kinds of stuff to help you improve your jazz playing. These are special masterclasses that were presented at events such as our Learn Jazz Live Virtual Summits that we've had in the past and then a few other mediums as well.

A special treat here for August to kind of end the summer here and jump right into September next month where a lot of us are gonna be diving a little bit deeper. And so I wanna give you guys a little bit of ammunition here to take into after the summer is over and start practicing.

So while most of these masterclasses are originally in video, they work really well for the podcast and the audio format, you'll still get quite a bit from them.

Today's masterclass is from our Learn Jazz Live 2022 Virtual Summit that we had. And this masterclass is called How to Effortlessly Improvise Amazing Jazz Solos. This is a masterclass that I gave at our Virtual Summit and I know that you're gonna find it really valuable.

Talking about how we go from learning jazz language, like learning solos by ear and licks by ear, stuff like this to actually bridging the gap to playing live, like going out and actually improvising so that stuff comes out naturally. Go over some really important strategies for how to do that.

In this episode:

1. There is a significant gap between learning jazz solos and actually improvising during live performances. 
2.  The L.I.S.T. method - listening, internalizing, singing, and transferring - is an effective way to learn solos by ear.
3.  Learning jazz solos by ear is crucial for jazz improvisers to internalize the language and vocabulary necessary for improvisation effectively.
4.  The LCI Strategy: The LCI (Learn, Compose, Improvise) strategy is a simple approach to bridging the gap between learning jazz solos and improvising.
5.  Learn: The first step is to learn a jazz solo or part of a solo using the L.I.S.T method.
6.  Compose: Composing involves slowing down the improvisation process and creating music based on what the learner can imagine at the moment.
7.  Improvise: Improvisation is done in smaller sections or contexts rather than attempting to improvise over the entire piece at once.

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