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Merry Christmas!
About to get on a plane for a family Christmas in Poland! No session tonight for our Christmas Break but there’s the first part of my new Etude on Coquette up in the Études course (classroom), for anyone who wants to get some practise in over the holiday period. Also today is the last day of $100 for my Jazz Violin Starter Pack. Combined with the free bowing course in there it’s the perfect setup for becoming a jazz violinist. Get hold of it for the next 12 hours at this low price. Merry Christmas!
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How come I missed this guy??
I just came across this amazing Polish jazz violinist - Michal Urbaniak - Michal Urbaniak Kind Of Blues in Chicago Chopin Theatre What a guy!!
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Yeah he is a legend! He sort of carried on the polish jazz violin flame from zbigniew seifert!
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Listening list for your swing feel
We’ve all been there, frustrated with some aspect of our rhythmic feel in jazz. Working out the notes of someone’s solo or a line but finding it hard to feel like you are locking in with their feel. The answer? I often say a big thing is to just listen to jazz. It can be that simple, it isn’t the only answer of course (check out the free interactive jazz bowing course in the “classroom” ) However regular listening is the most important thing in getting the feel. If you can’t hear swinging lines in your head, you aren’t going to make it happen with your bow. I’m putting together a free google doc with a listening list for you all on here. Some violin and non violin albums to listen to as a new jazz violinist (or any new jazz musician) You can see it HERE https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UlDMz20xfe0HpWc-X_MS2q0cN3eIWReE16kTU2X9wJg/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Practice today!
OK - just having practiced a bit and then watched Matt's 'quick start' video - I started with blues and bebop scales in all keys, and then worked through a bit of Usher Abell's 'Jazz violin studies'.
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Nice, great work! Sounds like a great workout for the brain and the fingers! A tip: Make sure you inject a bit of “playing” practise too. It’s always important in my opinion to jam a bit over a tune too! A question: do you practise the scales from root to root?
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That’s great. When I practise scales for jazz, I always practise from the bottom of the range to at least the top of first position. Sometimes people find it hard to get out of the root to root thing because of classical training but this is the best way to get fluent for jazz playing I’d say!
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Only a few days left
If you are new to jazz and looking for a way into learning by ear, improvising with simple riffs, understanding The Blues and starting out with jazz harmony, my Jazz Violin Starter Pack is for you. It's Monday that I put my prices up from $100 to $135. The pack has all of my Beginners Class Courses, plus my 10 Tunes You Must Know course. That's over 45 videos and counting (I'm still adding to the 10 Tunes course) Just head on over to the "classroom" section on Skool, you will find it there! It's a no brainer!
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