Achieve Minor Blues Mastery With a Step-by-Step Practice Program
UNTIL THE "25 FACE-MELTING MINOR BLUES LICKS" LAUNCH BONUS EXPIRES
Are You Satisfied With Your Minor Jazz Playing?
Most of my students aren’t. And I imagine you aren’t either. But what most players don’t realize is that if you have mastery over a minor blues, you will have an unfair advantage at improvising fluently over jazz standards.
Let me explain…
You've probably felt like this before:
- You come across a minor 2-5-1 chord progression and have absolutely no clue how to play over it.
- You feel like you can play a "regular" blues okay, but your minor blues playing just isn't up to snuff.
- You feel immediately handicapped when you learn a jazz standard in a minor key.
- You hear your favorite jazz musicians ripping killer lines over minor tunes or blueses, but have no idea how you can achieve this as well.
But here's how mastering a minor blues will solve your problems...
- With only 12 bars you'll be mastering the most important and common chord progressions in minor harmony and jazz standards.
- You'll start feeling confident on improvising over jazz standards in minor keys.
- You'll learn how to take your "bluesy" playing to the next level by utilizing minor blues harmony.
Hey, I’m Brent Vaartstra, professional jazz musician, author, and educator. I’m best known as the jazz musician behind the internationally renowned online jazz education site, Learn Jazz Standards.
Over the last decade I’ve dedicated my career to helping thousands of musicians like yourself improve their jazz skills through my online courses.
Minor Blues Accelerator is my proven program for improving your minor blues skills and unlocking playing over minor harmony in jazz standards.
Crush Your Minor Blues Improv With a Practice Plan That's Proven to Work
I created Minor Blues Accelerator because I know so many of my subscribers and followers are stuck in their minor jazz and blues playing.
The minor blues is an important song form in jazz, and if you have mastery over it, you WILL have an unfair advantage improvising over other jazz standards.
In Minor Blues Accelerator you’ll engage in a results-oriented practice program where you’ll be working on exclusively composed mapping exercises, etudes outlining the “3 Pillars” of minor blues language, minor blues heads, and tools to help along the way.
How do I know it works? I’ve utilized the framework you’ll work through in my other course Jazz Blues Accelerator, and hundreds of my students and have personally watched their playing skyrocket.
What You Will Achieve:
Learn Mapping Exercises in all 12 Keys
You'll work on chord tone, guide tone, and scale maps over all 12 keys of the minor blues to help you navigate the chord changes flawlessly and have "pitch collections" at your disposal. No guessing what notes to play!
Learn 3 Minor Blues Etudes in 4 Keys Each
By the end of the course you'll have plenty of amazing minor blues ideas to play as you will have learned 3 etudes in 4 keys each. Imagine how your abilities to play your instrument and play amazing ideas will skyrocket!
Learn 3 Minor Blues Heads in all 12 Keys
By the end of the course you'll know 3 popular minor blues tunes to play and at the same time learn great minor blues language. You'll know them inside and out and feel confident in your ability to play them.
Compose Your Own Solos and Improvise
You'll be creating minor blues solos you can be proud of! During our "jam sessions" at the end of each module, you'll compose or improvise a solo of your own to utilize the lessons you've learned.
Here's What You Get:
Here's What You Get:
I provide you with all of the tools you need to succeed and finish this course a better jazz musician.
- My time-tested formula and practice program including hours of video and audio lessons and guidance. I hold your hand through the process.
- A 110-page pdf Exercise Book, for C, Bb, Eb and Bass Clef instruments, with mp3 audio containing all mapping materials, etudes, backing tracks, and resources you need to succeed.
- A community of like-minded students. Post assignments I give on the Community Discussion Board to give and receive constructive feedback from others.
All of this for a FRACTION of the price to get the same value from private lessons, or take a college course.
Limited Time LAUNCH Bonus!
When you purchase Minor Blues Accelerator or sign up for LJS Inner Circle Membership, you’ll get my “25 Face-Melting Minor Blues Licks in all 12 Keys” bonus for free!
This 51 page pdf and audio recordings contains awesome minor blues licks to help you learn amazing minor jazz language over the blues form.
This offer is only available until Sunday, November 1st 2020!
Here's What My Inner Circle Members Have Said About My Courses:
Here's What My Inner Circle Members Have Said About My Courses:
It's Time to Transform Your Minor Blues Playing!
Purchase the course ala carte, or join my LJS Inner Circle Membership to get access to all of my courses, and monthly jazz standard studies.
COURSE + INNER CIRCLE
Access to Minor Blues Accelerator and so much more!-
Minor Blues Accelerator Course
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25 Face-Melting Minor Blues Licks (BONUS)
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Jazz Standard Club Access (Monthly Study)
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Access to All Premium Practice Program Courses
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Access to Beginner 101 Courses
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Monthly Live Q&A Calls
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Access to Community Forums and Practice Groups
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BONUS Quick Guide Library
30 day money back guarantee
COURSE + INNER CIRCLE
Save with annual Inner Circle Membership!-
Minor Blues Accelerator Course
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25 Face-Melting Minor Blues Licks (BONUS)
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Jazz Standard Club Access (Monthly Study)
-
Access to All Premium Practice Program Courses
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Access to Beginner 101 Courses
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Monthly Live Q&A Calls
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Access to Community Forums and Practice Groups
-
BONUS Quick Guide Library
30 day money back guarantee
JUST COURSE
Only get access to Minor Blues Accelerator-
Minor Blues Accelerator Course
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25 Face-Melting Minor Blues Licks (BONUS)
-
Jazz Standard Club Access (Monthly Study)
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Access to All Premium Practice Program Courses
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Access to Beginner 101 Courses
-
Monthly Live Q&A Calls
-
Access to Community Forums and Practice Groups
-
BONUS Quick Guide Library
30 day money back guarantee
UNTIL THE "25 FACE-MELTING MINOR BLUES LICKS" LAUNCH BONUS EXPIRES
The LJS Guarantee:
My team and I hold all of our products to the highest of standards. We go to great lengths, with a lot of effort and care to only sell things to our audience that holds extreme value. Anything less, would be unacceptable.
Because of our confidence that you are going to love Minor Blues Accelerator and the Inner Circle, we are willing to take the risk completely out of the equation for you and put it on us.
We are offering a 30-day money back guarantee from the time of your purchase. If you don’t like the Inner Circle, email us, tell us why, and we’ll issue a full refund (we’ll cover the credit card fees too).
What's the Inner Circle? Here's What Our Membership Has to Offer:
Immediate Access to the "Jazz Standards Club" Monthly Studies
Every month you’ll get access to a new jazz standard study course so you can learn it and practice it. Here’s what’s included in the club:
- An in-depth color-coded analysis of the jazz standard so you can understand how it works.
- Chord tone, guide tone, and scale maps to help you map out note options for improvising.
- An etude over the jazz standard, composed by pro jazz musicians to help you learn musical ideas for improvising.
- 4 practice itineraries, to provide road maps for practicing success.
- In-depth video training walk-through, to break down the jazz standard for you.
Entire Library of Premium Practice Program Courses (Current and Future)
Whether you need to work on learning essential jazz standards, ear training, the blues, or a full-on jazz practice program, my premium courses will provide great roadmaps for jazz improvement.
From my flagship course 30 Steps to Better Jazz Playing, to my basic jazz theory book and course Zero to Improv, you’ll get instant access to all of these.
Learn at your own pace, when you want, wherever you want.
Our Growing Library of 101 Courses
These mini-courses will give you tools and knowledge you need to succeed in other areas of your membership and help you understand the basics of becoming a better jazz musician.
Our top-notch course platform makes it easy for you to track your progress, and pick up where you left off whenever you are ready to learn more.
Example 101 courses include:
- How to Learn Jazz Standards by Ear 101
- Jazz Standards Roman Numeral Analysis 101
- Note Mapping Jazz Standards 101
Monthly Live Q&A Calls
You’ll have exclusive access to our “Monthly Jazz Mastermind,” which is a live Q&A session we do on a monthly basis.
If you can’t make it on the date of the live call you can ask questions ahead of time, and I’ll answer them on the call so you can watch back on the replay, which is made available in the Inner Circle a few days later.
This is your opportunity to get answers to jazz and music related questions that you need help with!
All of this exclusively for Inner Circle Members!
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Not Sure If the Inner Circle Is Right for You?
Not Sure If the Inner Circle Is Right for You?
The LJS Inner Circle is NOT for everyone, and truth be told we’d prefer to help you figure out if it’s not right for you BEFORE you join rather than waste your time.
The LJS Inner Circle is NOT for everyone, and truth be told we’d prefer to help you figure out if it’s not right for you BEFORE you join rather than waste your time.
WHO THE INNER CIRCLE IS FOR:
- Beginner to intermediate jazz musicians who know music basics but are wanting to take their jazz skills to the next level. Advance players are welcome as well, but know that the content is generally geared towards these skill levels.
- Musicians who are brand new to jazz, but already have the essential skills on their instrument together.
- Anyone who plays a melodic/harmonic instrument (including vocalists), and wants to become a better jazz improviser.
- Musicians who understand that real improvement only comes with practice and follow through, not cheap shortcuts.
- Musicians that want actual practice plans and structure- not just a massive library of one-off lessons. If that’s what you want, check out my YouTube channel. I’m interested in getting you clear results.
WHO THE INNER CIRCLE IS NOT FOR:
- Someone trying to learn a new instrument. The Inner Circle will not teach you how to play a specific instrument, especially from scratch.
- Someone looking for instruction specific to their instrument. If you are a piano player looking for jazz piano lessons specifically, you will not find it in the Inner Circle. The Inner Circle content is geared towards working on jazz concepts all instruments need to work on. This is a diverse community which offers immense value in this regard.
- Percussive instruments. As much as I love the drummers and would like to see them in our community, much of the course and club content is geared towards melodic/harmonic instruments, and you may not get as much value from the material as they would.
- Musicians looking for hacks or shortcuts. While you will shorten your learning curve and be working on the right things to improve, without practice and hard work you WILL NOT get the results you want.
- Musicians with big egos or bad vibes. The Inner Circle is a supportive uplifting community of jazz musicians of all skill levels. If you bring bad energy to the community you will be refunded and excused. We take the community culture of the Inner Circle very seriously.
You're Making the Right Decision!
You're Making the Right Decision!
Purchase the course ala carte, or join my LJS Inner Circle Membership to get access to all of my courses, and monthly jazz standard studies.
COURSE + INNER CIRCLE
Access to Minor Blues Accelerator and so much more!-
Minor Blues Accelerator Course
-
25 Face-Melting Minor Blues Licks (BONUS)
-
Jazz Standard Club Access (Monthly Study)
-
Access to All Premium Practice Program Courses
-
Access to Beginner 101 Courses
-
Monthly Live Q&A Calls
-
Access to Community Forums and Practice Groups
-
BONUS Quick Guide Library
30 day money back guarantee
COURSE + INNER CIRCLE
Save with annual Inner Circle Membership!-
Minor Blues Accelerator Course
-
25 Face-Melting Minor Blues Licks (BONUS)
-
Jazz Standard Club Access (Monthly Study)
-
Access to All Premium Practice Program Courses
-
Access to Beginner 101 Courses
-
Monthly Live Q&A Calls
-
Access to Community Forums and Practice Groups
-
BONUS Quick Guide Library
30 day money back guarantee
JUST COURSE
Only get access to Minor Blues Accelerator-
Minor Blues Accelerator Course
-
25 Face-Melting Minor Blues Licks (BONUS)
-
Jazz Standard Club Access (Monthly Study)
-
Access to All Premium Practice Program Courses
-
Access to Beginner 101 Courses
-
Monthly Live Q&A Calls
-
Access to Community Forums and Practice Groups
-
BONUS Quick Guide Library
30 day money back guarantee
Still Have Questions? Here Are Some Answers:
Still Have Questions? Here Are Some Answers:
This course can be taken by beginner jazz improvisers, but you should not be a beginner on your instrument. This course is best suited for intermediate players, and we encourage beginner jazz improvisers to go through our Jazz Blues Accelerator course first, which is included in our Inner Circle Membership.
This course is meant for all melodic and harmonic instruments. There is versions for C, Bb, Eb, and Bass Clef instruments available for all of the material. We do not have versions with guitar tabs.
Not just a huge library of random content. The Inner Circle provides actual jazz courses, practice plans, and monthly jazz standard studies so you get real direction and results- not a whole lot of overwhelm.
A community of musicians playing all kinds of instruments. It’s not a community of just bass players, just guitar players, saxophonists, or pianists. You’ll not only learn a lot from musicians playing your instrument, but also gain perspective from musicians playing different ones.
More than just community forums. You can join or create Practice Groups with other members to share and work on things together. If you are a part of a course you’ll be working and communicating with other members who are in that course with you.
A place to learn the way that works for you. Have a lot of time on your hands to practice? Work on one of my in-depth practice programs. Don’t have a lot of time? Work on the monthly Jazz Standards Club study and keep it light. Have a specific skill you want to work on with others? Start a Practice Group and get help from the community.
Yes. While we strongly believe you will love the LJS Inner Circle and won’t want to leave, you can easily cancel your membership at anytime. There are no hoops you have to jump through, just a few clicks of your mouse. If you are paying monthly, your subscription will not renew at the next billing cycle. If you are paying annually, you will have 30 days to ask for a refund from time of purchase.
While you may know some jazz standards that we focus on in our Jazz Standards Club, no one is ever finished studying and improving their improv over a jazz standard. Regardless of your experience, you’ll find the resources such as the etude helpful, and the opportunity to interact with the community motivating to practice and share your jam sessions. As the Jazz Standard Club library grows, you will have continual access to each study. Outside of the Club, our Jazz Standards Playbook courses feature 20 studies of jazz standards that should keep you busy.
It is possible that you may have purchased one or more of our courses prior to the release of our membership. It’s important to point out that our courses sold individually cost $95-$247 each. So for many, membership will be a better value if you were planning on purchasing one or two courses.
But it is important to remember that having access to the Jazz Standards Club, 101 Courses (which are not available a la carte), Community forums and Practice Groups adds hundreds of dollars of additional monthly value to your membership. The value of being a member is completely worth it to you, even if you have already purchased some Premium Courses.
100% absolutely yes! You can rest assured that we never process credit cards ourselves. We use PayPal and Stripe to run payments which are industry standard 3rd party services that massive retail and online businesses use for payment processing.
After purchase you will be redirected to a Welcome Page, which will give you a quick orientation so you will feel comfortable navigating the Inner Circle and know first steps. But at anytime you can go to learnjazzstandards.com and click the login button so you can get access to the main membership dashboard.
No! While you will come across music theory in your membership, you will have the tools you need to learn the basics. Our growing list of beginner 101 Courses goes over common theory you will come across in other parts of our membership. In addition, you will have access to our basic jazz theory eBook and Course “Zero to Improv” which will get you going.
Everything that is provided in your membership is geared towards ALL melodic and harmonic instruments. While drummers may not get as much value out of some of the material, bassists, guitarists, pianists, saxophonists, trumpeters, violinists, harmonica players, vibes players, and others of the like will get great value. All courses and studies focus on concepts that ALL jazz musicians need to be working on and will benefit from. All handouts and materials are provided with versions for C, Bb, Eb, and Bass Clef instruments.