Aaron Weinstein: “A Foggy Day”

Our jazz mandolin instructor plays a great two-mandolin arrangement of the Gershwin song “A Foggy Day.”

By: Dan Gabel

September 20, 2024

While Aaron Weinstein was in the Peghead Nation studio recording the first lessons in his courses Gypsy Jazz Mandolin Essentials and Chord Melody Mandolin, he treated us to this two-Aaron version of the standard “A Foggy Day,” a George and Ira Gerswhin song that was originally titled “A Foggy Day in London Town” and was sung by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film Damsel in Distress. Aaron teaches a nice rubato arrangement of this tune in his Chord Melody Mandolin course, too!

Aaron’s latest mandolin course on Peghead Nation is Gypsy Jazz Mandolin Essentials, in which you’ll learn to play swing and jazz mandolin from scratch, with a step-by-step method for learning swing chord voicings, as well as simple, swingin’, melody-based solos for some of the most popular songs in the jazz and swing repertoire. Aaron has designed the course for newcomers to playing jazz and swing, though those with some experience will find a lot to reinforce their skills.

Gypsy Jazz Mandolin Essentials gives you a systematic, down-to-earth, non-theoretical approach to learning jazz and swing fundamentals on the mandolin, with advice on soloing and improvising geared toward finding melodic and rhythmic variations on the melody. Aaron will be adding new lessons each month, so the course library continues to grow as you build your skills. The high-quality video includes multiple camera angles so you can see close-ups of both hands in action, and you get detailed notation, tab, and chord diagrams for each lesson. And Aaron includes Play-Along Track videos and audio downloads so you can practice along with him.

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