Activity
Mon
Wed
Fri
Sun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
What is this?
Less
More
Memberships
Learn Gypsy Jazz
182 members • Free
Jazz Skool
992 members • Free
Jazz Violin Academy
608 members • Free
Learning Jazz Violin
574 members • Free
Jazz Line Lab - Ann Vancoillie
30 members • Free
49 contributions to Learning Jazz Violin
5d •
Lick of the Week
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.
1 like • 17h
@Lotte Cutts this is cool excercise. just trying it out 🖖
1d •
“How” or “what”
A question for you today. As jazz violinists, when you practice, do you mainly work on “how” you execute your notes or “what” notes you play?
Poll
6 members have voted
2 likes • 1d
this is -from my point of view- alpha and omega of the whole thing. i think it has lot to do with how u started. musically, i was brought up in very conservative ''classical'' way (im not necessarily talking about repertoire, more about the perspective u use to sort things out). especially at conservatory, my professor was a fan of what i call ''the russian aproach''...there was lot of strictness, shouting and agressivity...all the things, which, in my opinion, are very dangerous for a 15yo little kid...(im sure most of us have seen the lovely jazz movie called Whiplash- i mean nobody was throwing cymbals at me, but the intensity was VERY similar). it was kind of hard and it definitely took a toll on me somehow, but on the other hand it gave me couple of great tools, when we are talking about tone, intonation and kind of ''boldness'' of expression. (dont get me wrong, im very well aware of my limitations in that department and i realize them, but i somehow know how to deal with them) and even after 10 years of not playing at all, i was still able to use those fundamentals and kind of hop back on. but when we talking about WHAT to play, that just takes me enormous amount of time and thinking, but thats just this genre i guess. once i crack something up in my head i know im safe already, because then its just about time, effort and focus to make it sound nice and i dont have a slightest problem with applying myself to that. its alchemy 🙂
2 likes • 18h
@Kaia K ur nice, thx 🙂🙏
3d •
Matts Enclosures Book
I decided to go back to some basics this week. I have been practising lick 1g, chapter one in Matts book, as a warm up exercise in12 keys. In then decided that I needed to apply it to a tune, with my own variations arising out of it. So here it is on Daphne!
0 likes • 3d
U've got such a wonderful tone Alison
6d •
Cherokee B section advice from Parker
Hey @Viktor Houf has been working on this tune and I saw in the comments that he had been working on that tricky B section. Here is a lesson straight from Charlie Parker about sounding fluent and musical over that string of ii-V-Is. Viktor is one of the new VIP members currently taking monthly lessons with me, get in touch if you are interested in chatting about getting 1-1 help from me with your playing.
0 likes • 6d
ok this is very cool and simple solution, nasty for the fingers though🦙. just trying it out, thx!
9d •
Cherokee 2nd attempt
workin mostly on something else lately, but this piece is just so much fun 🤯
1 like • 8d
@Matt Holborn thx man.that lesson we had helped me a lot!im not saying im analyzing every Simple chord but im spending a lot of time playing scales over songs (even at very high tempos) and that helps a lot with filling thé Blank spots And having bit more Freedom on the fretboard 👍🙏
0 likes • 8d
@Kaia K yeah i've spent quite some time on that bridge.i think the mystery with any complicated chord progression such as this one Is to really follow And honor the melody (not necesarily the original one) when improvising
1-10 of 49
