Session 8: “After You’ve Gone,” Part 2: Solo

from: Intro to Jazz Violin with Aaron Weinstein

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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.

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Session 1: “Honeysuckle Rose”

In this video, Aaron walks you through the solo for “Honeysuckle Rose” and explains what he’s doing in each phrase.

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Solos that focus on one device used for improvising, including using melody as an improv tool, finding motives, arpeggios, harmonic entry points, and more.
Melodic analysis and suggestions for rephrasing and variation
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Notation of each solo along with analysis of the solo and rephrasing ideas
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Session 8: “After You’ve Gone,” Part 1