Challenge! Record your version of this, depending on what’s doable for you, either… In the original key (C Major over a G7) In a few other keys Inside an improvisation over a standard Or as we did last night in practise club, see below… We worked on this one in practise club last night. We took the pattern that this line is based on and played it all the way through all the chords in the C major scale, helping us understand why the melody works and how we can use it. What does this do? Helps us navigate the major scale with patterns and enclosures Drills the sound into our ears and fingers Serves as a technical exercise for our left hand If you are interested in trying out the jazz violin practise club for freejust send me a message or comment on this post.

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Tomorrow I’m running Practise Club at 6pm UK time. If you would like to try it, just hit me up in this post or send me a direct message. Matt

Anyone looking for a little practise motivation and guidance? I run guided practise session on zoom every Monday at 6pm (UK time). If you would like to come and try one of those sessions for free this coming Monday, either comment on this post or send me a DM. Matt

I’m practising the blues etude in C and E today. Here is where I’m at right now and hopefully by the end of the day il be sounding more together with it. I’m going to be focusing on technique mainly here as it’s some material that’s already written, I want to make it so I know it better in E and that I can execute all the notes with more ease.