Playing in a church: a concert diary
Two Brahms songs and a jazz encore in a stone church, and the long echo.
17 minFree lessons
A new lesson most Sundays, filmed in my practice room, with the chart to download.
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WatchRosin, strings and a quiet bow
How much rosin, which strings, and why my bow sounds better in winter.
8 min
WatchSo What: the line everybody knows
The opening bass line, its tone, and how to walk the solos after it.
12 min
WatchThumb position without fear
Where the thumb goes, what it does, and three scales to learn it on.
15 min
WatchBlue Bossa in half notes
A bossa line is two notes a bar: the root and the fifth, played short.
10 min- Watch
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WatchPedal point under a ballad
Holding one low note while the piano moves, and when to let go of it.
12 min- Watch
WatchA long bowed note, ten minutes a day
The one exercise I never skip: an open string, a slow bow and a steady sound.
11 min- Watch
Autumn Leaves: in two, then walking
The head in two-feel, then the solos walking, with a chromatic note into every new chord.
16 min
Newsletter
The Low End
A letter every other Sunday with the new lesson, the chart for it and where I am playing next.
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