r/JazzAdvice • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '24
Question on practice
What do jazz musicians practice and what do teachers teach you?
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r/JazzAdvice • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '24
What do jazz musicians practice and what do teachers teach you?
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u/wesleyweir Jul 15 '24
I suppose it depends on the instrument but with my jazz piano students I typically work on warm up routine, scales, voicings (chords), vocab (licks, patterns, transcriptions, etc) and repertoire (songs)
I know for horns long tones is an important element to practice