Demonstration - Going with the Bow Flow
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Zach BrockZach plays over a drone and demonstrates going with the flow with your bow.
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Lesson transcript
Music Lesson: Exploring Modes and Triads in G Major
I'm going to play a little bit over this drone again.
Using Modes and Triads
- I'm going to play on modes.
- I'm going to use triads within G major.
- I'm going to use seventh chords within G major, so all diatonic.
And I'm going to... I don't know, I'm going to let my bow lead me where it will lead me.
Creating a Drone
Okay, so I'm going to create a drone here.
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Meet your guru
Heralded as "the pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation," Zach Brock is a violinist and composer whose music draws on the traditions of jazz, classical, world and popular music.
Zach received his first Grammy Award in 2017 for his work on Snarky Puppy's album Culcha Vulcha. His acclaim as a bandleader has grown through appearances at venues such as Carnegie Hall and festivals like "Tudo e Jazz" in Brazil, while his reputation as a sideman has spread through his work with legendary bassist Stanley Clarke, contemporary instrumental super-group Snarky Puppy, and jazz masters Phil Markowitz and Dave Liebman.
Zach has made ten recordings as a leader or co-leader and is the first violinist to record for the venerable Dutch jazz label Criss Cross. He has also represented the U.S. Department of State as a Musical Ambassador in the Solomon Islands, performed as a featured soloist for two Sundance Festival feature film scores, and is currently an Artist In Residence at Temple University in Philadelphia.
In his course you will learn to improvise on the violin straight from the source: how Zach approaches melody, rhythm and harmony, and how to start finding your own voice the way he has alongside Snarky Puppy and beyond.
