A more advanced player may not notice the jump in difficulty as much as a beginning player might feel the jump in difficulty when playing tunes from the two different lists. There is generally a big jump between the level of difficulty between our beginning standards and these intermediate tunes. The criteria for intermediate tunes, when compared to a beginning tune, include:
Here are some intermediate level standards for people ready to take things up a level!
We recently listed 20 Jazz Standards for Beginners. We all start as beginners, but at some point jazz musicians are ready to play more difficult repertoire.