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Essential Jazz Etudes...The Blues for Violin Book/CD Set by Jack Wilkins. For Violin. Improvisation. Essential Jazz Etudes. Jazz & Blues play along. Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 32 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.99571BCD).

ISBN 9780786662098. Jazz & Blues play along. 8.75x11.75 inches.

This collection of jazz etudes with accompanying CD gives students a fun and effective way to learn to play jazz style blues lines. The CD tracks provide a professional rhythm section (piano, bass, drums) to play along with, plus recordings of professional jazz musicians playing each etude. The recordings help to provide a model for the student's stylistic development, and an opportunity to play with a great band! Each of the 12 etudes provides a new challenge to master.

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Vern

Location: from Chapel Hill, NC

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Intermediate/advanced

January 30, 2009

Great Resource

I'm having a lot of fun with this. The pre-recorded tracks are terrific, and really handy for improving your sense of timing and feel. I would have liked more instructional analysis of scale application, but what is in the book is really useful. Almost all of the etudes are in...

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lukaswronski

Location: from Poland

May 6, 2008

I like that very much

it is great book, I recomend it. Lukas Wronski violin maker, player

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Anonymous

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Intermediate/advanced

January 30, 2008

Nice Book

I am a mandolinist and bought this book to further my skills in the jazz genre. Nice, clear and concise explanations, and the music is fun to play. The musicians on the CD are super.

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Mary Moeller

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Intermediate/advanced

January 21, 2008

Onward to Jazz

Great book for violin students who started with classical music and want to transition over to jazz. Excellent presentation of theory and progressions.

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