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maomao:
what is the first thing you need to know

when u want to play jazz

Deacon Blues:
Hmmm ... maybe you NEED to choose what instrument to play jazz on? ... :)

progressive_pilipinas:
huh?

Hmmmm..

C D E F G A B C?


of course after you have chosen what instrument youd like to play jazz.
 :roll:

psychic_sushi:
You also have to know WHY you want to play jazz.

It is not enough to just WANT to play it, you have to desire it, and allow it to take you. You have to think jazz. Its all in the mind, and how your mind programs your passion.

pinoymusika:
For instrumentalists I think you have to know the blues first.... the blues scale (flatted thirds and fifths), blues progressions, and how to improvise over blues progressions. That would probably be the basic.

For drummers, you gotta know how to swing - and that is swing as a groove and a feel (the dotted triplet feel) as opposed to the lock step in traditional 4/4 rock drumming.

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