http://noelwebb.com/2009/04/violin-in-jazz/ Noel Webb, violinist Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://noelwebb.com/2009/04/violin-in-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1924 admin Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:25:16 +0000 http://noelwebb.com/?p=90#comment-1924 You can learn to improvise by doing two things:1. practice your scales over and over again; practice variations of the scales over and over again (patterns that you repeat by going up and down your scales). 2. Buy a CD of a great blues musician. Then copy his performance as closely as possible, with the nuances and subtle turns of his notes. Hopefully, you'll then adopt your own sense of expression. If you combine your new fingering possibilities and your new emotional expressiveness, you're on your way. I want to repeat here that every artist copies artist before him until he develops his own performance style. Noel You can learn to improvise by doing two things:1. practice your scales over and over again; practice variations of the scales over and over again (patterns that you repeat by going up and down your scales). 2. Buy a CD of a great blues musician. Then copy his performance as closely as possible, with the nuances and subtle turns of his notes. Hopefully, you’ll then adopt your own sense of expression. If you combine your new fingering possibilities and your new emotional expressiveness, you’re on your way. I want to repeat here that every artist copies artist before him until he develops his own performance style. Noel

]]> http://noelwebb.com/2009/04/violin-in-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-77 admin Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:06:59 +0000 http://noelwebb.com/?p=90#comment-77 This is Noel Webb. I e mailed you directly Jeff, but to this blog I will say, everyone who improvises either learned patterned lines (a lot of violinists seem to stop with simply this effort) and/or they play the blues. All rock and most jazz improvising is based in the blues. I loved and learned the blues. I prefer expression to line/pattern playing, though sometimes line/pattern playing can be wonderful. You need both. I give seminars to help classical players begin improvising when I perform at colleges. If you're at a college, I'm always looking to perform more and more. This is Noel Webb. I e mailed you directly Jeff, but to this blog I will say, everyone who improvises either learned patterned lines (a lot of violinists seem to stop with simply this effort) and/or they play the blues. All rock and most jazz improvising is based in the blues. I loved and learned the blues. I prefer expression to line/pattern playing, though sometimes line/pattern playing can be wonderful. You need both. I give seminars to help classical players begin improvising when I perform at colleges. If you’re at a college, I’m always looking to perform more and more.

]]> http://noelwebb.com/2009/04/violin-in-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-76 ViolinistJeff Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:11:03 +0000 http://noelwebb.com/?p=90#comment-76 I was wondering how you learned how to improvise. Did you follow a specific method or was it just personal exploration? Were you able to find someone to teach you improvisation? Could you give any tips for improvising in the different styles? I was wondering how you learned how to improvise. Did you follow a specific method or was it just personal exploration? Were you able to find someone to teach you improvisation? Could you give any tips for improvising in the different styles?

]]> http://noelwebb.com/2009/04/violin-in-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Yellow Violin Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:00:14 +0000 http://noelwebb.com/?p=90#comment-5 I often improvise when playing violin for salvation army outdoors, and I believe not many violinist can do real improvisation (meaning not drawing from your fixed library of motif). We are very interested in doing research on finding out how brain works when doing real improvisation. Please email me if you want to be the test subject. I often improvise when playing violin for salvation army outdoors, and I believe not many violinist can do real improvisation (meaning not drawing from your fixed library of motif). We are very interested in doing research on finding out how brain works when doing real improvisation. Please email me if you want to be the test subject.

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