Assignment
With
Chris HaighA practice assignment to memorise the tune so you can drop in and out of the melody with riffs and the major scale, while always tracking where you are in the 32-bar form.
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26 lessons (1h 53m) · 1 free
Lesson transcript
Music Lesson Assignment
Objective:
Get really familiar with the tune so that you don't have to keep looking at the melody as you're going along.
Instructions
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Familiarize Yourself with the Tune:
- Spend time listening to and practicing the tune.
- Aim to memorize the melody.
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Utilize Riffs and Scales:
- See how freely you can use the riffs that we've looked at.
- Drop in and out of the melody using the major scale.
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Play Without the Melody:
- Eventually, you should be able to play without the melody.
- Use just the riffs and the scale while still knowing where the melody would be at any point.
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Testing Your Knowledge:
- Start at the beginning with your improvisation.
- Bring in the melody at some point to test your knowledge.
- Ensure you know exactly when you've reached the end of the 32 bars.
- Be aware of when you might want to start with the melody again.
Conclusion
This is something you'll have to do with every tune that you play, so it's worth spending a lot of time on.
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Chris Haigh has been a professional fiddle player for 25 years, with experience covering many different genres. He has played on over 75 albums, working with artists including Alison Moyet, Bob Geldof, All About Eve, Michael Ball, David Soul, Oumou Sangare, The Quireboys, Riverdance, Morcheeba, James Galway and Steps.
He has played swing jazz with The Kimbara Brothers, Diz Disley, Le Jazz, The Hot Club of London, and the Quecumbar Allstars, and leads a 7-piece Soviet swing band, The Kremlinaires.
Chris gives lessons and workshops on jazz violin technique and has taught jazz violin at Middlesex, Brunel and Newcastle universities and Truro College. His writing credits include nine fiddle books, among them The Fiddle Handbook.
He also runs Fiddling Around (fiddlingaround.co.uk), probably the most comprehensive and widely visited source of fiddle information on the web.
