Assignment
Lesson time: (0min 56sec)
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This lesson is part of the course Exploring Jazz Violin part 1
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Lesson transcript:
Assignment for This Tune
Firstly, go away and listen to some recordings by Stefan Grappelli of well-known tunes such as "Diner" or "Autumn Leaves" and see if you can recognize as many of the techniques that we've described as you can.
Key Points to Consider:
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The way that he plays the melody itself:
- You'll find that he very quickly strays away from the melody.
- The first time he plays through, there will be at least some semblance of the melody which should be recognizable.
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After the initial playthrough:
- He'll go into an actual solo.
Your Task:
Try using these different techniques we've just looked at with as many different tunes as you can.
In all the tunes that we're going to be doing throughout this course,
About the instructor
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. read more