Martin Norgaard: Jazz Fiddle Wizard Junior Book 2 Book: Violin: Instrumental

Jazz Fiddle Wizard is a book and audio tailored for advanced violinists who want to learn to improvise in the jazz tradition. The book contains practical theory lessons, presenting rhythms and scales that are immediately put to use. Concepts are introduced progressively, requiring comprehension of previously introduced techniques and terminology. Each lesson includes a theory section and an exercise or performance section. The book's companion play-along audio provides professional full rhythm section accompaniment for each exercise and tune. As the method was designed for college students and advanced players, no violin tracks are included on the audio. The Stuff Smith solo from'Knock, Knock- Who's There?'transcribed at the onset of the book is readily available at http://www.rhapsody.com/stuffsmith/tracks.htmlThis method assumes that the reader/player has a basic technical command of the instrument and reads standard music notation at an elementary level or higher. Jazz Fiddle Wizard is the most challenging of Martin Norgaard's fiddle improv books. If you are a novice jazz player, the author recommends beginning with Jazz Fiddle Wizard Junior, Books 1 and 2 followed by Getting Into Gypsy Jazz Violin, all of which include violin tracks on their respective companion audio.Jazz Fiddle Wizard works in conjunction with the www.jazzfiddlewizard.com website, offering a unique interactive experience in which the reader is invited to pose questions directly to the author. This method has been field-tested with college students and other players from different musical backgrounds and at various levels of technical proficiency. The bottom line on this product is that IT WORKS! Includes access to online audio. / Jazz / Recueil / Fiddle ou Violon

Par NORGAARD MARTIN. Jazz Fiddle Assistant Junior 2 est une continuation de Jazz Fiddle Assistant Junior (Mel Bay, 2002) et est conçu pour les étudiants de chaîne middle school et l'école secondaire supérieures. JFWjr 2 utilise la même approche de base comme JFWjr - apprend principalement par le biais d'imitation, de la même façon, nous apprendre à parler notre langue maternelle. Il a également introduit la théorie de la corde facultatif très facile mais seulement après l'étudiant a connu improviser avec cordes phonétiquement. Les livres viennent en trois versions - violon, alto et violoncelle/basse - conçues pour être utilisés ensemble dans des situations de studio et de la salle de classe. Ce volume présente trois concepts fondamentaux qui sont des conditions préalables à l'improvisation jazz avancées : développement solo, modes et mélodies intérieures - la seule technique plus puissante pour obtenir des étudiants d'improviser sur avancé des progressions immédiatement. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Jazz - Methods / Recueil / Violon

Jazz Cello Wizard Junior is designed for beginning and intermediate middle and high school cellists in the tradition of the parent method, Jazz Fiddle Wizard--a break-through approach for String players who want to learn to improvise within the jazz style. No step is left out in this sequentially arranged introduction to the role of rhythm, call and response, articulation, scales, and chord changes in jazz improvisation. The exercises are turned into catchy tunes arranged to work in any configuration of String groups. That is, three-part arrangements for each tune may be played with any number of like instruments or in conjunction with Jazz Fiddle Wizard Jr. and Jazz Viola Wizard Jr. books. Suitable as a self-instruction book or for use in private and/or group String instruction, Jazz Cello Wizard Jr. contains Piano accompaniment parts as well as online audio recording that provides a full rhythm section accompaniment for every exercise and tune. The appropriate tone and style are modeled by the author's performances of more than 50 sample exercises and improvised solos. Includes access to online audio.