A Jazz Etude. The first etude in a series, designed for technique building and for playing a cello solo in the gypsy jazz or traditional jazz style. Includes SLOW and FAST backing tracks.
Also available: All of Me Etude No. 2
The Gypsy Jazz genre has exploded in popularity in recent years. This music is usually based around the sound of guitars and violin.
The style came into being with the Quintet of the Hot Club of France in the 1930’s. Featuring the gypsy guitar of Django Reinhardt and the violin of Stephane Grappelli.
There are gypsy jazz bands all over the world nowadays. There is lots of jamming taking place amongst its adherents and cellists are starting to join in on this popular style of playing.
The phrases in this study can be adapted for any situation. You can change the notes to come up with your own variations on the phrases. If you hear phrase you like over a particular chord, you can try it in different keys and songs. Experiment where the same chord occurs in other situations.
This etude is based on the style of the guitarist Django. He was a master of playing “decorated” arpeggios. He played lines that outlined the chord changes and connected them in a jazzy way.
1930’s style jazz is a good place to start playing jazz because the chord changes are simple and easy to hear.
Sweet Georgia Brown was a well known song from this early jazz era and a jam session favourite. See if you can come up with some more “hot choruses!”
There is a .pdf chart and two backing tracks, slow and fast, for you to play along with.
Product Details
Level
Intermediate
Advanced with the faster backing track speed
Arrangement
Solo Cello
Format
Digital Sheet Music, 2 backing track mp3's
Score Type
PDF
Pages
3
