Exercice
Lesson time: (0min 56sec)
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This lesson is part of the course À la découverte du violon jazz, partie 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 est violoniste professionnel depuis 25 ans et possède une expérience dans de nombreux genres. Il a joué sur plus de 75 albums, aux côtés d'artistes comme Alison Moyet, Bob Geldof, All About Eve, Michael Ball, David Soul, Oumou Sangare, The Quireboys, Riverdance, Morcheeba, James Galway et Steps. Il a joué du swing et du jazz avec The Kimbara Brothers, Diz Disley, Le Jazz, The Hot Club of London et les Quecumbar Allstars, et dirige un ensemble de swing soviétique à sept musiciens, The Kremlinaires. Chris donne des cours et des ateliers sur la technique du violon jazz et a enseigné le violon jazz aux universités de Middlesex, Brunel et Newcastle ainsi qu'au Truro College. Parmi ses ouvrages figurent neuf livres consacrés au violon, dont The Fiddle Handbook. Il anime également Fiddling Around (fiddlingaround.co.uk), sans doute la source d'information sur le violon la plus complète et la plus consultée du web. read more