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Lick Of The Week
Challenge! Play this line and post it. I think I play something like this 100 times on every gig… There are 4 levels to this, you can pick which one is most doable for you right now…. 1- Exactly the same as myself, in C Major 2- Try it in a few different keys 3- Start like I do and finish it off a little differently. 4- improvise over a backing track and use this line in your improv My 46 lines course in the classroom has a number of lines that work in a similar way (they are a little more straight forward and all in G) all transcribed and explained fully. Get hold of it here https://www.skool.com/jazzviolin/classroom
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READ FIRST: 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. MAKE YOUR FIRST POST This could be: • a jazz violin video you like • a question about learning jazz • or something you’ve found helpful to practice 3. START LEARNING Head to the classroom. There are a number of free courses in there for you to start learning. Whatever your level, I can guarantee there will be something new in there for you. Improv, Bowing, Learning Tunes, Chromatics, a listening list (for members who have posted enough to get to level 2) 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” 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
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Tune Of The Month - I Love You (Archer)
Hey all, The etude Im putting together this month is all based on the changes of "I Love You" by Harry Archer. It's a tune that Django and Stephane played together and is actually based on a really common progression. The progression often gets called a "Rag" because it's quite similar to the blowing section of "Tiger Rag". There are tons of tunes that follow this progression in early jazz/swing so its worth getting used to playing over it. The full transcription of this and the rest of the solo will be available for all Premium and VIP members and we will be picking the solo apart in the Jazz Violin Practise Club over the next little while. I'm halfway done with the etude and will be adding the rest by midweek complete with a few bowings too. Upgrade HERE
Tune Of The Month - I Love You (Archer)
Tunes
Tell me what tune you are working on right now! I'm learning some nice standards for a gig coming up. Estrellita Ms Otis Regrets (courtesy of @Viktor Houf) Thou Swell Willow Weep For Me. When I'm bulk learning tunes for a gig I try to spend each day going through a new one till I sort of know it. Once I have my set of tunes "buskable", I listen to different versions and mess around with them trying to find my own way of laying the melody. I always try to work out the harmony by ear but then check it against the ireal book changes to see if how I'm doing/if there are different ways of playing the chords. Which tunes are you working on?
Term of the day: ghosting
Ghosting is where we hardly play the note. Its like a breath. Generally done at the tip of the bow and an easy way of understanding why is by looking at how guitar players strum. When you watch guitarist playing a groove, in any style of music, the movements they make always seem a lot more rigorous that the rhythm that you hear coming out. They are often playing constantly up and down, subdividing the bar and only accenting the notes or chords that they choose to. Ghosting on the violin is our version of that. It helps us have motion to the lines we play. It’s not that that every jazz violinists will always just play constant ghosted notes, but most jazz violinists will have some element of ghosted notes in their playing. It just differs how much depending on the style that they play in. Check out my free course on jazz bowing in the classroom if you want to know more!
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