5 Reasons You Shouldn't Transcribe Jazz Solos

<p>Back when I was in college, I studied with a great jazz guitarist in New York City named Steve Cardenas.<br/><br/>Steve is a fantastic jazz musician, tours around the world with lots of different artists, and has recorded albums. In all senses of the word, a very accomplished musician and seasoned jazz player. <br/><br/>In one of our lessons, one time, when I went up to his house in Brooklyn, he told me something that was slightly disturbing, at least to the way I was thinking about learning music and jazz at that time. And that was, he told me that he had never transcribed a jazz solo before.<br/><br/>And this shook me because many of us understand that conventional advice for learning jazz is to learn jazz solos by ear, transcribe jazz solos and he didn&apos;t do that, and that kind of threw me in a whirlwind and kind of turned my world around.<br/><br/>So, today, I&apos;m going to talk about 5 reasons why you actually might not want to be transcribing jazz solos to learn how to play jazz and improve your solos.<br/><br/><b>In this episode:</b><br/><br/>1. What is transcribing in the jazz context<br/>2. Transcribing solos is time-consuming<br/>3. Transcribing solos is frustrating<br/>4. Transcribing solos doesn&apos;t always translate to better solos<br/>5. Transcribing solos won&apos;t help you develop your own voice<br/>6.  Transcribing solos may not fit your learning style <br/><br/><b>Important Links:</b><br/><a href='https://members.learnjazzstandards.com/op/learn-jazz-standards-the-smart-way-podcast-funnel/'>Free Guide to learning standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way</a><br/><a href='https://members.learnjazzstandards.com/sp/inner-circle-sales-page-podcast-direct/'>LJS Inner Circle Membership</a><br/><a href='https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/ljs-podcast/'>Listen to the Learn Jazz Standards Podcast</a></p><p><b>LIMITED TIME OFFER</b> - Start your 7-day trial of the Inner Circle for only $7 (March Only): https://members.learnjazzstandards.com/sp/inner-circle-sales-page-podcast-direct/</