So what are some jazz standards in minor keys that you need to know
for jazz Jam sessions let's go over 10 you absolutely need to know one is yesterday's
yesterday's is an important Jazz standard in the key of D Minor now this is an amazing
study of one of the most important chord progressions in all of jazz which is the
two five one chord progression in a minor key so a lot of amazing things and the bridge is
actually quite interesting because it starts on this A7 alt chord that's the five seven chord
then goes to the D7 one G7 C7 which is really just going through the circle of fourths so kind of a
unique little Bridge there and an important Jazz standard to learn number two is Alone Together
now Alone Together is another one of those great studies of 251 in D Minor but in this
one it goes to the IV chord tonicized here by a D7 chord right so really the one minor to the
four minor study here but it really does have a really interesting turnaround back to the top
of the a section with this two five of five which is kind of strange and then a two five one of the
relative major which is F major and then a 2 5 a deceptive Cadence to actually D major so basically
we call modal interchange right swapping out the parent key center for the major so another really
important minor tune for Jam sessions to study number three is what is This Thing Called Love
Now what is this thing called love is a great study of what I like to call
hybrid 251 chord progressions where essentially what we're doing is taking a minor to five but
then resolving kind of like we did in a loan together to the major key instead of the minor
key because a half diminished chord is always the two chord and a minor key so you would expect that
it would resolve to a C minor instead it resolves to a C major so we call this a deceptive Cadence
something that you weren't quite expecting another interesting thing that happens is
actually in the bridge it goes to the IV chord except for that is actually B flat major which
is another interesting little twist and turn there so a really good jazz standard to study
for these reasons before we go on to the next one I want to mention that it's really important that
you know the Melodies of these Jazz standards really well so I want to help you out because
I have a process for learning Melodies that is foolproof and will help you learn them for
basically forever it's in my guide called learn jazz standards the smart way and I'll go ahead
and leave a link to that in the description down below Jazz standard number four is solar
Miles Davis tune re EF interesting tune that switches through a lot of different
key centers and iconically has a C minor Major Seventh chord in it which is basically a minor
seventh chord just with a major seven in it and then it goes to a series of different Keys it
starts by going through F major seven with a 2 5 to lead to it and then it goes to E flat major
seven with a two five leading to it as well and then finally d flat major seven with a 2-5 and
then finally D Minor 7 G7 to turn us around back to the top number five is black Orpheus
black Orpheus is a really beautiful Bossa Nova tune that is really important to know
kind of a basic Bossa Nova it's in the key of A minor once again big study of just two
five one chord progressions but I really love that it goes to a major two five to
the C Major Seventh right here which is essentially the sixth chord right and it
kind of really just stays in these two key centers until we get to the bridge where we
go to the IV chord which is D Minor so it's a really simple harmonic tune with a very
simple Melody really worthwhile learning this number six is Softly As in a morning sunrise
Softly As in a morning Sunrise is the perfect tune if you want to completely jam out on
playing C minor blues all day long except for there's one thing in the bridge it actually
goes to E flat major followed by a series of passing diminished chords e diminished
seven then we go to the two chord in E5 major which is F minor seven to a g flat diminished
seventh so all these passing diminished chords within this bridge is kind of a cool little
twist to break up all that C minor blue stuff that's going on number seven is beautiful love
now beautiful love just happens to be one of my favorite tunes on this list I've played
this tune so many times and I really like that it actually starts out on the two chord because a lot
of people don't really know what to play over top of that half diminished chord so it kind of forces
you to really address it because it two starts out with it and you play it for one entire bar goes to
F major which I think is really cool always comes back home to D Minor though so you can do all the
D Minor bluesy stuff and all that good stuff in there and it pretty much just repeats that over
and over again but the melody is nice just the song is incredible and it's one of my favorites
so definitely go out and learn this one and by the way I should mention before we keep moving
on that we've actually studied every single one of these Jazz standards within our learn jazz
standards Inner Circle membership where we learn one new tune a month together a lot of fun I'll
leave a link in the description if you want to learn more about that number eight is recordame
foreign
tastic tune by the saxophonist Joe Henderson and really it's a lot of fun to improvise over
so it kind of has this modal beginning where it sticks out on a minor sixth for four bars
before switching to C minor six for three bars then we go through a transition of cycling two
fives first to B-flat major then a whole step down to a flat major then another whole step down to g
flat major and yet another half step this time down to F Major Seventh and then a turn around
again the E7 the V chord back to a minor six so just a lot of fun to play this one and definitely
cool Dorian kind of stuff that you can play over top of this number nine is song for my father
song for my father is a great Latin Bossa Nova standard by Horace silver
it's really simple to learn F minor 7 E flat 7 d flat 7 is a tritone sub of two
C7 F minor seven and it really mostly kind of just repeats that until it gets
to the bridge where it really just goes back and forth from E flat 7 to F minor
seven so absolutely great tune definitely consider learning it number 10 is bluebossa
some consider blue Bossa by Kenny dorm to be kind of a beginner tune I don't really consider to
be that starts in the key of C minor then goes to the IV chord and then does this cool little
B flat seven which I think is really interesting and a chord that a lot of people skip when they're
playing this tune It's always important to listen to the original recording and of course the most
unique thing about bluebossa is when it goes to this d-flat major seven which is completely
nine diatonic to C minor which kind of makes it interesting and goes somewhere different so
now of course you need to learn The Melodies of these Jazz standards super important and other
Jazz standards but what's a good process for doing that by ear well on the screen right now
I have a video that's going to help you with that I literally go through the process of learning
The Melody of a jazz standard I've never even learned before at all so I actually do it live on
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