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A former Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music, Christian has taught thousands of string players in schools around the world. First place (“Rising Stars / Violin”) in the 2011 Downbeat Critics Poll, he was also nominated in 2011 for “Violinist of the Year” by the Jazz Journalists Association.
Says Christian:
“String players have been asking me for a long time about improvisation and alternative styles.
After years of touring I’ve decided to share everything I know about improvisation and harmony in jazz, blues, rock, and more,for an incredibly affordable monthly subscription.
With the Creative Strings Academy, you’ll learn how to improvise fluently, with confidence, in many styles of music.”
That’s just the tip of the iceberg!
What you’ll learn:
- Improvise immediately, whether or not you know tunes, chord progressions, or stylized vocabulary.
- Develop confidence and overcome self-consciousness
- Jam freely with other musicians whether you’re playing jazz, blues, rock, folk styles, and more on viola, violin, or cello.
- Accessible music theory
- Jazz, rock, bluegrass, blues, Latin styles, and more …
- Hear, understand, and articulate harmony
- Recognize chord progressions
- Form chord scales, learn how and when to combine scales
- Accompany, harmonize, and play songs unaccompanied
- Go electric
- How to amplify violins, cellos, and violas
- How to use effects
- Career and music business tips
- Get more gigs
- Enjoy more variety of work
Bonuses!!!
- Multimedia series: “Easy Tonal Improvisation” (8 videos, 5 mp3 backing tracks and a worksheet)
- Learn secrets to help you play notes that ALWAYS sound right!!
- Bass lines, loops, comping patterns in rock, bluegrass, reggae, and more
- The Violin Harmony Handbook: 75-page ebook with practical harmony tips and comprehensive break down
- Chord Glossary: hundreds of jazz chords on violin
- Jazzy unaccompanied arrangements
- Practice regimens
Content tailored at your request monthly
- New videos every month
- Group calls
- Exclusive interviews with amazing guests
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Testimonials
“Christian Howes is not only one of my favorite improvising violinists in the world, but also one of the most inspiring teachers I’ve ever had.” – Alex Hargreaves, youngest ever winner of the Weiser Grand National Fiddling champion, Presidential Scholar (full ride) at the Berklee College of Music.[/stextbox]
“In addition to being a masterful musician, Christian is a wonderful and articulate teacher. His guidance when I was starting to improvise was hugely positive.”- Jeremy Kittel, Grammy Award winning member of the Turtle Island String Quartet
“The Creative Strings video lessons are a great tool for learning improvisation and harmony on the violin for beginning and more advanced improvisers, and for everyone in between (like me!). The videos and Violin Harmony handbook really help fill in the gaps that other traditional improvisational systems leave. It’s wonderful to finally have a method specifically tailored to improvising on the violin that really understands the nuances of the instrument and can deliver the content in a fun, easy and creative way. Thank you Christian for sharing your knowledge and making this available to anyone who wishes to learn to improvise”
“This stuff pertains directly to my life and career as a professional violinist and I love how you cut right to the chase with the theory and make it so accessible. Internalizing chords is EXACTLY what I need in my diet. Please keep the information coming!”