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Bossa Bowing Practice with the Metronome
Use the Metronome to solidify your bowing timing on the Bossa Nova rhythm (straight, no swing!) by zooming in on…
Breaks in G and F
Using the usual break at the end of the theme of "I Can't Give You" and "I'll See You", we…
Investigating Slurred Bowings – part 2
In the key of F, I tend to slur differently because the open strings play a different role so the…
On tour with Fapy Lafertin
Every jazz great in history 'cuts their teeth' in someone else's band. An apprenticeship, you could say. For great soloists…
The Colour System explained
Make understanding the chord changes much simpler by thinking in keys (and colours)
Playing on Minor-Major Songs
The number one tip to colour songs correctly that start the A section in Minor and end it in Major.
The Rhapsody Lick
The easiest lick in the history of Jazz: immortalized by George Gershwin in his Rhapsody in Blue. Use it everywhere!
Blues Bowing
When playing slower tempos (Blues and Ballads) it is important to accentuate the 'up' bow so you swing harder. Learn…
The Ponty Dominant lick
A very cool combination of the Universal Dominant lick, the Honeysuckle Dominant lick and the Tritone Minor sound (check the…
The Sevcik exercise #3: A Minor
This one uses the A Natural Minor scale - unlike what we use in the licks and in jazz improvisation.…
The Sevcik exercise #2: Ab Major
This one is a nice warmup challenge with is half position fingering, for the slightly more advanced. Intonation, intonation, intonation!…
Advanced Accompaniment on All The Things …
For Advanced players, here is a more challenging chord accompaniment with smooth voicings: more "walking" around with the left hand.…
Arpeggio Exercise on “What Is This Thing”
To get to know this difficult piece better, play 'bass note' type quarter notes (crotchets) on the arpeggios, giving you…
Hothouse theme on “What Is This Thing”
This Cole Porter standard has a very cool contrefact theme made by Charlie Parker: Hothouse. Learn it and use it…
Guidetone Exercise on What Is This Thing …
This Cole Porter 2-5-1 song is tough to get right. Guide tones (with ghost bowing) help you!
Minor IV on the Dominant
Like playing a Minor II on the Dominant (check this in the Library), it is also possible to do this…
The Grappelli Flurry
A typical Grappelli Lick that requires you to 'bluff' or 'fake' all notes except first and last!