I learnt to ‘comp’ from the world’s top guitarists in American jazz and gypsy jazz. This led me to use a style of violin accompaniment that is guitaristic and turns us violinists into all-round players of melody AND chords. Come follow me! This is also a great way of really getting to learn the chords to our songs.
Curriculum
- 3 Sections
- 13 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- Learning Accompaniment: How does it work?Here, I show the thoughts and finger movements principles behind accompanying in a melodic way, without making big jumps with the left hand.7
- 1.1Learning accompaniment with Minor Swing chords20 Minutes
- 1.2Danse Norvégienne Accompaniment Exercises – Basic and Moving around15 Minutes
- 1.3Voicings: how to work with Dark Eyes (Les Yeux Noirs) – Basic and Advanced20 Minutes
- 1.4First Accompaniment Etude: It Don’t Mean a Thing – Basic and Advanced20 Minutes
- 1.5Second Accompaniment Etude: Tea for Two15 Minutes
- 1.6Bossa Nova style Accompaniment: Recado Bossa Nova20 Minutes
- 1.7Troublant Boléro Accompaniment: not Latin but Spanish, more simple15 Minutes
- Basic Accompaniment Etudes3
- Advanced Accompaniment Etudes3
