The Library is your searchable home for every lesson and resource in the Studio. Filter by difficulty or topic to find exactly what you need.
%
Structured learning?
Use Crash Courses for guided pathways. The Library remains flexible and searchable.
Level
Adding Triplet to your Solo Line
We often hear embellishments played by the greats; mostly, they are triplets. Here is how to add these in your…
Advanced Etude on The Man I Love
Taking Toots Thielemans' special chorus on the George Shearing version of The Man I Love (look it up!), I made…
The “Toots” Lick (Number Two)
Taken from harmonica giant Jean "Toots" Thielemans, a contemporary of Stéphane Grappelli, this lick has it all: chromatics, enclosures and…
Transcribing a Solo
Right from the start, how do you actually transcribe a solo? For all of us!
Using the Colour System on All The Things …
As many as FIVE different keys, is what we encounter in All The Things You Are! Time for the Colour…
Basic Chord Accompaniment on All The Things …
For all players, here are some simple chord voicings on All The Things You Are - with sheet music.
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!
Playing Blues on Si Tu Savais
Use the B minor Blues scale on the Bridge of ballad Si Tu Savais, to give yourself an easy way…
Fingerings on difficult Sharp Chords
F# and C# are tricky key to figure out. Here is how I use two fingerings depending on where I…
Grappelli’s Minor Swing Solo #2
Here, I highlight the typical Grappelli tricks you will find when practising his iconic Minor Swing solo. A must, even…
Grappelli’s Minor Swing solo #1
Here, I highlight the typical Grappelli tricks you will find when practising his iconic Minor Swing solo. A must, even…
Minor Swing Grappelli Solo
Here is the famous Minor Swing solo by Stéphane - played by me for your practice. The transcription is attached…
Using Backdoor Dominant on the Minor Plagal
When you have a Minor Plagal Cadence, for instance F Fm C in the 7th line of All of Me,…