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Jazz Fiddle Wizard : A Practical Guide to Jazz Improvising for Strings by Martin Norgaard (2000, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMel Bay Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10078664799X
ISBN-139780786647996
eBay Product ID (ePID)22038741419

Product Key Features

Book TitleJazz Fiddle Wizard : a Practical Guide to Jazz Improvising for Strings
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicPrinted Music / Strings, Instruction & Study / General, Genres & Styles / Jazz
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic
AuthorMartin Norgaard
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight11 Oz
Item Length11.8 in
Item Width8.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-552159
Number of Volumes1 vol.
SynopsisJazz Fiddle Wizard is a book/CD set tailored for advanced violinists who want tolearn to improvise in the jazz tradition. The book contains practical theory lessons,presenting rhythms and scales that are immediately put to use. Concepts areintroduced 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 CDprovides 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 CD. 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.html This method assumes that the reader/player has a basic technical command ofthe 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 authorrecommends beginning with Jazz Fiddle Wizard Junior, Books 1 & 2 followed by Getting Into Gypsy Jazz Violin, all of which include violin tracks on their respective companion CDs. 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 isthat IT WORKS!, Jazz Fiddle Wizard is a book/CD set tailored for string players 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 companion CD provides a full rhythm section accompaniment for each exercise and tune. It is assumed 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 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 on college students and other players at different level of technical proficiency and various backgrounds. Bottom line - IT WORKS!