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In this video, Aaron walks you through the solo for “Honeysuckle Rose” and explains what he’s doing in each phrase.
Learn to play jazz violin from the ground up with acclaimed violinist and mandolinist Aaron Weinstein, who teaches you pre-composed solos for eight jazz and swing classics based on improvisation devices like melodic variation, repeating motives, using harmonic entry points, and more. Includes rhythm tracks, analysis of each solo, rephrasing suggestions, and more. Appropriate for mandolinists as well as fiddlers.
Aaron talks about Intro to Jazz Violin and the approach he's going to take in this Live Workshop.
In the first session of Intro to Jazz Violin, Aaron focuses on melody as an improvisational tool and looks at ways to mine the rhythmic and melodic material of the Fats Waller classic “Honeysuckle Rose" to create phrases that can be used while soloing. As a bonus, he shows you the infamous “Joe Venuti bowing pattern.” Then Aaron teaches you a solo to “Honeysuckle Rose.”
In the second session of Intro to Jazz Violin, Aaron focuses on riffs—what they are and how to pull from a song’s melody to create them. He also takes a look at the blues—not the form but the sound and how to inject it into a solo. You’ll also learn a solo to the beloved Gershwin song “Lady be Good” that uses all the ideas you’ve just learned.
In this session, Aaron talks about using the chord tones of a tune as an improvising device. He demonstrates this with a solo on Duke Ellington’s classic “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing).”
In this session, Aaron continues his look at chord tones, this time focusing on the notes that change from chord to chord. He then applies this concept to a solo on the standard "On the Sunny Side of the Street."
In this session, Aaron continues his look at using chord tones while soloing—this time focusing on the common tones between chords. He says, “This is one of my favorite devices to use while improvising so I'm particularly excited to explore it with you! We will then apply this concept to a solo on the standard, ‘Just Friends.’”
In this session, the solo you’ll learn to “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” uses all the improvisational devices you’ve already learned. Here’s what Aaron says about the session: “Now it's time to put it all together! One of the fun and creative parts of playing jazz is deciding which improvisational tool to use and when. That's exactly what we're going to do. We will look at a solo on "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" that incorporates all of the tools we've looked at so far. After that, you'll get to hear some of your peers play for us and receive feedback.”
In Session 7, the solo you’ll learn to “Avalon” uses all the improvisational devices you’ve already learned. Here’s what Aaron says about the session: “We are going to continue putting it all together! We'll take a look at a solo on the standard “Avalon” that uses a combination of the tools we've explored. We'll also listen to some recordings of the song by great jazz violinists!”
For the last session of Intro to Jazz Violin, you’ll learn a solo to the swing classic “After You’ve Gone.”
