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Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos
with Aaron Weinstein
 
 
About This Course
 
Learn to play swing rhythm mandolin and how to create rhythmic chord solos, using eight classic jazz and swing tunes, with one of the world’s greatest swing mandolinists, Aaron Weinstein.
 
 
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In this video, Aaron talks about varying your accompaniment for “Sweet Georgia Brown” by using different voicings and rhythms, and using those ideas to play a rhythmic solo.

 
 
 
Meet the Instructor
Aaron Weinstein
 
 
Called “a perfect musician” by jazz guitar legend, Bucky Pizzarelli, Aaron Weinstein “is rapidly establishing himself as one of his instrument’s rare jazz masters.” (Don Heckman, International Review of Music). Aaron is a respected violinist and mandolinist, widely regarded as one of the mandolin’s leading exponents in the jazz idiom, and author of the jazz mandolin book Mandolin Chord Melody System (Mel Bay Publications). He was recently named as one of Downbeat magazine’s Rising Stars in the venerable publication’s 2019 critic’s poll.
 
 
 
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The Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos Subscription Includes:
  • In-depth lessons on playing rhythm on the mandolin in a jazz or swing band
  • Advice and detailed examples on how to take the techniques used in playing rhythm on the mandolin to play rhythmic solos
  • High-quality video recordings of each session
  • Notation/tablature and chord diagrams for eight jazz and swing standards
 
 
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Course Description

If you’re playing mandolin in a swing or jazz band, most of the time you won’t be playing single-note solos, or chord-melody solos, you’ll be a part of the rhythm section, accompanying soloists or vocalists. In this eight-session course you’ll learn to play rhythm mandolin (and how to create rhythmic chord solos) with one of the world’s greatest swing mandolinists, Aaron Weinstein, who was named as one of Downbeat’s Rising Stars in the venerable publication’s 2019 critic’s poll.

 

Course Includes:

  • In-depth lessons on playing rhythm on the mandolin in a jazz or swing band
  • Advice and detailed examples on how to take the techniques used in playing rhythm on the mandolin to play rhythmic solos
  • Rhythmic chord solos to play on eight jazz and swing standards 
  • High-quality video recordings of each session
  • Notation/tablature and chord diagrams for eight jazz classics
  •  
 
 
Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos Course Outline
 
Welcome to Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos
 

If you’re playing mandolin in a swing or jazz band, most of the time you won’t be playing single-note solos, or chord-melody solos, you’ll be a part of the rhythm section, accompanying soloists or vocalists. In this eight-session course you’ll learn to play rhythm mandolin (and how to create rhythmic chord solos) with one of the world’s greatest swing mandolinists, Aaron Weinstein, who was recently named  as one of Downbeat’s Rising Stars in the venerable publication’s 2019 critic’s poll.

 
Session 1: “All of Me”
 

In this first session of Rhythm and Chord Solos, Aaron shows you chord voicings for playing the jazz standard “All of Me.” He also shows you the two basic rhythmic feels for playing swing and jazz rhythm on the mandolin: playing “in two” and “in four.” Then he gives you ideas for playing rhythmic chord solos using the voicings you’ve learned.

 
Session 2: "Exactly Like You"
 

In this session, you’ll explore the swing/jazz standard "Exactly Like You"—reviewing the concepts from last session (playing in two, playing in four, rhythmic hits) and then looking at how to add “color tones” to some of the voicings for additional melodic options for both accompaniment and soloing.

 
Session 3: “Sweet Georgia Brown”
 

In this session, you’ll learn the traditional jazz standard “Sweet Georgia Brown,” which has a very common circle-of-fourths progression. Aaron shows you how to use ii7–V7 substitutions throughout the tune.

 
SESSION 4: “Undecided”
 

Aaron has decided that in the fourth session of his Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos workshop he will introduce you to the swing and jazz standard “Undecided” in the key of Bb. Aaron walks you through two sets of chord voicings for “Undecided” and shows you how to use them to play creative rhythm on “Undecided.” He also talks about adding notes to a basic seventh chord with your pinky to create extensions and color tones like flat ninths, ninths, sharp ninths, sharp fifths (augmented), and thirteenths.

 
SESSION 5: “After You’ve Gone”
 

In the fifth session of Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos, Aaron dissects the swing and jazz standard “After You’ve Gone” in the key of F. He shows you two sets of chord voicings for “After You’ve Gone” and talks about how to use them to play creative rhythm and rhythmic chord solos.

 
SESSION 6: “Lady Be Good”
 

In the sixth session of Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos, Aaron introduces you to one of the most popular swing and jazz standards: George and Ira Gershwin’s “Lady Be Good.” He shows you two sets of chord voicings for “Lady Be Good” in the key of G, and talks about how to use them to play creative rhythm and rhythmic chord solos.

 
SESSION 7: “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”
 

In the seventh session of Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos, Aaron gives you two sets of chord voicings to one of the most-loved swing and jazz standards: “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love.” 

 
SESSION 8: Rhythm Changes
 

The set of chord changes to the George and Ira Gershwin song “I Got Rhythm” has been used for so many songs and instrumentals that it has its own name in the jazz world: Rhythm Changes. In the eighth session of Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos, Aaron shows you a few different ways to play the ubiquitous chord progression.

 
 
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