Hi Matt! I love your licks with enclosures, so I started working on a first one of yours. ☺️ I first looked at what each note meant harmonically, which makes transposing much easier because you understand the function of every note within the harmony. So now the lick is by heart in all 12 keys — and when I played a standard, it already came out automatically, original and transformed in the moment over the tonic chord 🌞 Will post a standard using the lick tomorrow, and then : up to the next lick 🎶🎻🌞https://youtu.be/O4w00j78evs?is=v1gMBx76Hoz1Dth3

Morning stretch and then back to Gershwin 🤯. Have a nice day y'all! ❤️

I just spent the week at Tim Kliphuis’ camp in the Netherlands. It was great to spend some time with a huge group of professional and amateur jazz violinists. I think I realised a few things about us. 1. We are all quite driven “path finders” We don’t like to follow well trodden paths. It’s obvious of course, we have picked an extreme niche to devote our lives to. But it’s interesting that most jazz violinists don’t like to just study violinists, so many violinists I met spoke of how they like Grappelli but really want to find their own way of playing and don’t want to emulate him too much. 2. We aren’t a bunch of “Gatekeepers” we have spent our life dealing with gatekeepers, either classical violinists telling us we shouldn’t bother with jazz, or jazz musicians treating us in a certain way because we play the violin. I think it means that we don’t stand for this sort of thing, everyone I met at the camp was extremely excited to talk to each other about their playing, ideas or path and were extremely supportive of each other. 3. we are all “doers” As jazz violinists, we don’t get booked easily to do the thing we love to do. There aren’t many jazz musicians calling for a violinist. It means you often find violinists running gigs, bands or even spaces like this. By picking jazz violin, we are often forced into the organiser role. (I’m naturally very badly organised but through doing what I do, I current organise so many things) Anything you think I’ve missed out or gotten wrong?

How to use this community 1. INTRODUCE YOURSELF Copy this format and comment below: - your name - where you're from - your musical background - what you're trying to achieve in your playing 2. START LEARNING If you are new to jazz, take my "5 Days To Improv" challenge. Its a free course that helps you make your first steps into jazz improv. Learning the ropes and delving into how a jazz musician thinks, practises and plays. If you really want to progress, you can get hold of the larger paid courses in there too "Jazz Violin Fundamentals", "10 Tunes You Must Know", "46 Lines", "Mastering Chromatics" 3. KEEP A PRACTISE DIARY Head over to the pinned Practise Diaries thread and drop your first check-in. It could be something from a 1-1, something from Practice Club, or just whatever you're working on that day. It's the easiest way to keep showing up in here, and every like you get on a check-in is a point towards levelling up and unlocking more of the material. BONUS There's a poll below this post. Let me know what you're most interested in improving in your playing, it helps me shape the material in here