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Sep 30, 2022 18 min

Quick Win: Turn ANY Song Into JAZZ (Reharmonization 101)

from Learn Jazz Standards Podcast Hosted by Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Today, I wanna show you how you take a simple song, like, "You Are My Sunshine", and turn it into jazz. We'll take up 4 levels of reharmonization. In this episode: 1. The basic chord changes of You Are My Sunshine 2. How I play the tune with the basic chord changes 3. Level #1 - How to turn the tune into jazz 4. Level #2 - Spicing it up a little bit 5. Level #3 - How to get rid of redundancy and add twists 6. Level #4 - Use this specific tactic to add more harmonic movement and color 7. A cool thing you can do for endings Important Links and Resources: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Listen to the Learn Jazz Standards Podcast Get our Amazon Best Selling book Learn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

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Today, I wanna show you how you take a simple song, like, "You Are My Sunshine", and turn it into jazz. We'll take up 4 levels of reharmonization. In this episode: 1. The basic chord changes of You Are My Sunshine 2. How I play the tune with the basic chord changes 3. Level #1 - How to turn the tune into jazz 4. Level #2 - Spicing it up a little bit 5. Level #3 - How to get rid of redundancy and add twists 6. Level #4 - Use this specific tactic to add more harmonic movement and color 7. A co...

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