A comprehensive method for playing hot fiddle, including accurate
transcriptions of more than 25 solos as played by Grappelli, Joe Venuti and others. Also includes original interviews and tips on improvising from the masters, a complete analysis of each solo, rare historical photos, and an informative discography.
Contents: Foreword · Introduction · Menuhin Interview · Historical Background · Grappelli Interview · Stephani's Style · Bowing · Left Hand · Improvisational Style · Musical Language · A Table of Stephane Grappelli's Melodic Motifs · Reading a Transcription · Notational Symbols · Analysis of Six Jazz Violinists · It Don't Mean a Thing I · Oh, Lady Be Good I/II · Dinah · After You've Gone I/II · Shine I/II · I've Found a New Baby I/II/III · Sweet Georgia Brown I/II · Baby · Undecided I/II/III/IV · Alabamy Bound · Sweet Lorraine · I Can't Believe I/II · Sweet Sue · Ponty Interview · Appendix · It Don't Mean a Thing II · Sweet Georgia Brown III · Groovin' High · Cat Couch · Discography.
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