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The document provides 8 minor ii-V-i licks to help jazz musicians outline chord changes and internalize harmonic sounds. It recommends practicing the licks thoroughly in all 12 keys and learning additional licks from recordings to master jazz language.

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8 Minor Ii-V-I Licks

The document provides 8 minor ii-V-i licks to help jazz musicians outline chord changes and internalize harmonic sounds. It recommends practicing the licks thoroughly in all 12 keys and learning additional licks from recordings to master jazz language.

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Learning Jazz

8 Minor ii-V-i Licks


By Brent Vaartstra January 7, 2016  17034  0
Learning jazz language is one of the most important things that a jazz musician can do.
We do this by listening, transcribing, and taking phrases and lines through all 12 keys.

To help you in your quest in mastering jazz language, here are 8 minor ii-V-i licks to
prac ce. Each one of these licks was composed to help you outline the chord changes
and get inside of the harmony. You can also check out these 12 Major ii-V-I licks.

Practice tips:
Play through each one several mes to hear how they sound.

Find one you par cularly like and prac ce it in all 12 keys star ng from the original
key (F minor or Bb minor). This will help you internalize the sounds and connect
them with your instrument.

Once you’ve completed that process, take a couple more of them through all 12
keys, and then diligently prac ce them for an extended period of me. Repe on is
key and prac cing over longer periods of me will help them become second
nature!

Learn other minor ii-V-i licks from recordings you like, or come up with your own.

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Brent Vaartstra
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Brent Vaartstra is a professional jazz guitarist and educator living in New York City. He is the
head blogger and podcast host for [Link] which he owns and operates. He
ac vely performs around the New York metropolitan area and is the author of the Hal Leonard
publica on "Visual Improvisa on for Jazz Guitar." He's also the host of the music
entrepreneurship podcast "Passive Income Musician."
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