Try this line over an F7 chord. Learning language is an integral part of learning jazz. Post it below in one of three ways 1. Exactly like mine 2. In a few different keys 3. Inside an improvisation over a tune you are working on. Look forward to hearing your version. Transcription available in the classroom for PREMIUM and VIP members.

This is it, the finish line of the Blues Challenge. Learn the three-chorus solo from this module, by ear if you can, and record yourself playing it over the backing track. It's the biggest task in the course, so take your time over it, it's meant to take a while. Post your video below, or just let us know how you're doing and if you have any questions. Learning a full solo by ear is a real achievement, so however it comes out, get it up here and take a bow! Huge well done for getting through the whole thing. Your next step is Jazz Violin Foundations 2: Learn a Jazz Standard. Go check it out!

Hi there, I've added a new monday class and slightly shuffled things around for how they run. Two weekly live sessions run in here, both on Mondays, so wherever you are in your playing there's a room for you. Beginners Class — Mondays 7pm UK For violinists just getting going with jazz. You follow along muted with my violin and guitar playing as a guide, and each month we take a different tune and break it into small, playable pieces. Over the year we work through all ten tunes from my 10 Tunes You Must Know course, so whenever you join you'll be playing from your first session, and within a year you'll have a proper repertoire of standards under your fingers. Practice Club — Mondays 6pm UK My long-running session for players already comfortable improvising over a tune. It's a window into my own practice room: each month I write an etude over a standard and we drill it in useful, challenging ways, all by ear. You follow along muted while I play. How it works for both The first 10 minutes is a bit of a chat about how everyone's getting on with their practice. You're welcome to turn up for that and share, just listen, or skip it and come in for the playing at 7.10 or 6.10. Every class is recorded and posted afterwards, so if you can't make it live you can follow along in your own time. You also get all the written materials we work on each week to keep and practise from. Bring your questions and share how you're getting on. Both classes are part of VIP membership. If you'd like to chat with me before jumping in, book a call here: https://scheduler.zoom.us/matt-holborn/jazz-violin-chat Both sessions are designed so you can join up at anytime but right now there is a decent discount for yearly subscriptions

Comment “day 5” on this post to round off and compete the challenge ! Use this thread to ask any questions and post your progress video! You have now worked through a huge chunk of what makes up the mind of jazz musician How a jazz musician thinks and practises. Well done for showing up for these five days to learn something new. Today is all about Pentatonics as well as rounding off what we learned! Enjoy!

It’s your first day! Congrats for taking the challenge. Comment “day 1” on this post so we can cheer you on and get cracking in the course in the classroom! In our first video lesson in the course we are looking at learning the melody to Lady Be Good by ear and committing it to memory, using it to bounce off of with some improv. Use this thread to ask any question or post your progress video when you have practised the steps in the video. Happy practising