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Podcast: Learn Jazz Standards Podcast
Episode: How to Create Less Choppy Solos
Description: In this episode of the Learn Jazz Standards Podcast, Brent addresses a strategy to improve improvisation. He discusses the common issue of playing short and choppy phrases in solos and suggests an exercise called the "subdivisions exercise" to overcome this habit. The exercise involves playing continuous quarter notes, eighth notes, and triplets against a metronome or backing track to develop longer flowing eighth note lines. Brent encourages musicians to exaggerate this process to make playing continuous lines feel more natural. He emphasizes the importance of incorporating longer flowing lines to enhance the professionalism of a...