Learning Jazz Standards

Historically, how do musicians learn the jazz "language":

• Listening to it

• Reading notated music

• Transcribing it

• Downloading it

Which of the following is NOT part of the LIST process?

• Listen

• Integrate

• Sing

• Transfer

Which of the following is NOT part of the LIST process?

• Listen

• Internalize

• Sing

• Transcribe

Which option seems to be the best choice as a listening method for learning music?

• Listen while you are asleep, so it sinks in

• Listen and try to play along as you do so

• Listen on a long drive

• Listen while looking at the notation

The "L" in the LIST method stands for

• Look

• Learn

• Listen

• Lyrics

Learning lyrics is important because they (more than one answer):

• are poetic

• are memorable

• tell the story

• explain the essence of the song

In jazz, there is only one way to accurately play a standard.

• True. Listen to the composer perform it and copy it exactly.

• False. Even the composer often played the tune differently.

Intentional Listening is

• Paying full attention to what you are hearing

• Listening without distractions

• A way to internalize music

• All of the answers are correct

The "I" in LIST stands for

• Intentional Listening

• Internalize

• Integrate

• Idealize

The "S" in LIST stands for

• Stare

• Simplify

• Sing

• Stylize