Without rhythm and relaxation in your bow, without the jazz sound, no swing! So we’d better get good at it… “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing”. Here is a selection of exercises that will help you sound like a jazz player.
Curriculum
- 3 Sections
- 17 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- How does Jazz Bowing work?5
- Ghost BowingWe start with a new feel: Ghost Bowing. How to take the pressure off the bow in a way you never learnt before.8
- 2.1What is Ghost Bowing?5 Minutes
- 2.2Using Ghost Bows to create Guide Tone Exercises7 Minutes
- 2.3Guide Tones explained5 Minutes
- 2.4Ghost Notes Exercise on Je Suis Seul Ce Soir7 Minutes
- 2.5Ghost Note Exercise on All of Me7 Minutes
- 2.6Ghost Notes Exercise on Wave
- 2.7Ghost Notes Etude on Pent-up House
- 2.8Ghost Note Exercise on What Is This Thing …7 Minutes
- Slurred Bowings4