And the more you explore the genre, the more it’ll translate into a creative, yet logical progression. As I continued to learn about Jazz, I realized that there actually is a structure to Jazz standards, albeit different from other styles of music.
It seemed as if Jazz musicians explored a range of possibilities that no other genre could. When I started listening to Jazz standards (as a kid), I remember feeling overwhelmed by the seemingly unstructured progressions. They pick a beat, a certain chord progression and tinker around within those progressions.
Instead, jazz musicians tend to use performance as a creative outlet. How do you improvise if you don’t know how chord progressions work? Can you play songs that have absolutely no structure when you’re new? Guitar sets and performances don’t always follow a strict progression. Jazz involves a lot of improvisation, which can be intimidating as a new guitar student.
