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Originally Posted by MC5C
I'm curious - in the context of a jazz tune, how do you define learning a tune? Summertime - melody is quite easy, comping changes is a bit harder, learning ways to play the changes that imply the melody harder yet, learning chord melody solo and being able to play endless choruses is something I aspire to. I've been playing summertime for 25 years but I haven't learned it yet (I still really like to have the fake book sheet up in front of me, for example) - how do you define learning a tune?
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I listen to the song a lot first so it gets into my inner self and learn the lyrics if any.
I learn the chord progression next.
Then the single note melody line.
I find the chord voicings that include the melody notes.
I practice all that until I know it cold.
Then I record a rhythm track and work on the embellishments. Which sometimes includes finding different voicings of the chords .