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EXTRACTS FROM MY ONLINE JAZZ VIOLIN GROUP LESSONS

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Jazz violin lessons 2021

PENTATONIC SCALES

(in French, with english subtitles)

PART 1 :

I SHOW THE PENTATONIC SCALE AND HOW TO PRACTICE IT

PART 2 :

I SHOW HOW TO PRACTICE THE SCALE WITH JUMPS OF NOTES

PART 3 :

IMPROVISATIONS ON THE BLUES WITH C MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE AND C BLUES SCALE

I show you how I improvise on minor and major blues with the pentatonic scale of C minor; then with the BLUES RANGE of C resulting from the pentatonic of C minor. I also play phrases built on the blues scale, which I repeat over the entire blues structure.

PART 4 :

IMPROVISATION EXERCISES ON THE BLUES SCALE

I first play the minor blues melody Mr PC, then I suggest exercises and tips to improvise on this structure, using the blues scale. I insist on the repetition of riffs to help building a speech !

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HOW TO FIND A JAZZ SOUND ON THE VIOLIN ?

(in English with french subtitles)

PART 1 : The jazz sound

Have you ever wondered how to get a jazz sound on the violin? Haven’t you found some ingredients yet that would make your sound less classical and more swing? And yet, these ingredients exist! I use them all the time… and I list them in THIS VIDEO!

PART 2 : The attack of the note and the vibrato

In this video, I explain how to attack the note in order to have a more jazzy sound, and I do exercises with you to learn how to master ghost notes with vibrato!

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Online jazz violin lessons 2022-23

(Bilingual french – english)

AUTUMN LEAVES

How to play the melody on the violin ?

You have certainly already heard the melody of Autumn Leaves. You might even be able to sing it all the way through. But when you take your violin and play it… Does it swing?

If yes… You don’t need to watch this video. (anyway… try to record yourself with a playback or a metronome to be completely convinced!)

On the other hand, if you hear a beautiful classical violin sound, but you miss energy, air, or something but you don’t know what… This feeling… this feeling that we call… The swing! Well, if that’s your case, if your playing seems flat to you… Take a look at this new video! You will find a process to learn how to play the melody of Autumn Leaves with a jazz sound…

8 JAZZ VIOLIN LICKS IN A LOOP

In January, I started to teach deeper oral learning to my group of students online. I’m not going to write scores of these licks, because precisely the goal is to learn them by ear… But if you want scores with this type of licks, I’ve created an e-book with the scores of my 111 mini-tutorials which are mostly similar jazz violin licks. You can find these scores by clicking on the button below:

SCORES OF 111 MINI-TUTORIALS

HOW TO PLAY A LONG NOTE THAT SOUNDS JAZZ ?

It’s not easy to play jazz violin… We’re looking for a different sound. When we play long notes, we tend to have a classical sound… It’s very beautiful, but are you really in the jazz style ?

In this video you will find:

– 4 exercises with ghost notes and vibrato

– 1 tip for integrating long notes into jazz phrasing

CONVERSATION WITH MY STUDENTS ABOUT DETACHE BOWING AND GHOST NOTES

Are you wondering about the idea of practicing my exercises with the continuous detache bowing and ghost notes?

Here is a video where I talk about it with my students. In particular, I mention the importance of feeling the inner dance and using the voice to feel the swing.

Regularity of work will lead to good results…

Jazz violin group lessons 2024

(Bilingual English-French)

JAM WITH ME : SWING 42

Remember the two videos called “Play with me” where I invited you to do 4-4 exchanges on “Minor Swing” and “All of Me”… It seems that these exercises are useful to many people, and I have had requests for other pieces!

So I decided to continue this experiment… With this inspiration and shared enthusiasm, I am pleased to invite you to discover the video: “Swing 42”. I ventured to harmonize this emblematic theme of gypsy jazz, allowing you to play the theme yourself with my second voice accompanying you! Then, I invite you to participate in 8 and 4 bar exchanges, thus creating a unique musical connection between you and me.