Introduction Hello from Vancouver, Canada!

[ovolon]

Hello, I stumbled across this site when looking for jazz basics and improvisation on google...

Anyways, I have played violin for about 9 years now classically -- I am tentatively exploring the area of jazz violin after being exposed to the lovely sounds of Joe Venuti one day 🙂 Anyways -- I guess I'm really new to the whole improvisation thing... I'm trying to learn more about Jazz theory and stuff -- it's quite a new concept to get used to for me! I'm actually really wondering how I would go around doing this because I only know classical violin teachers etc etc... Would I just go around doing this like using saxophone excercises? go to the library and pick up a jazz improvisation book or? Pointers anyone? I am a TOTAL beginner at this...

Oh and about the extra lessons pages access? Thanks 🙂

 

[Bobby G]

Hello ovolon from chilly Welwyn, England. Welcome indeed to the forum and best of luck with the jazz violin.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Hi and welcome

Yes, you can certainly use most saxophone jazz exrecises and licks. Just extend them uo and down to cover the range of the violin. For jazz you'll more often than find yourself in flat keys soyou'd better get used to that. (For rock and blues its more sharp keys generally)

Have you heard Don Sugarcane Harris?

Some good books are Improvising Jazz by Jerry Coker and jazz Theory Workbook by Mark Levine (a bit heavier). Plus loads more tha other folk here are going to recommend.

 

[ovolon]

Thankyou so much! I'll be sure to check that out.

At 10:24:45 PM 20/06/06, Pete wrote:
Hi and welcome

Yes, you can certainly use most saxophone jazz exrecises and licks. Just extend them uo and down to cover the range of the violin. For jazz you'll more often than find yourself in flat keys soyou'd better get used to that. (For rock and blues its more sharp keys generally)

Have you heard Don Sugarcane Harris?

Some good books are Improvising Jazz by Jerry Coker and jazz Theory Workbook by Mark Levine (a bit heavier). Plus loads more tha other folk here are going to recommend.

 

[tengu01]

Hey Ovolon,

Welcome! If you've been playing classical violin, your sight reading and scale studies should be ok. I have used the 'Patterns for Jazz (treble clef instruments)' by Jerry Coker et al. It's pretty good.

Anyway, good luck and welcome