Play phrases back on your instrument with the one and only Nicole Yarling.

Creative Strings commissioned Nicole to make this play along as part of our collection.

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Overcoming stress for musicians | Procrastination and Imposter Syndrome are two ways that stress holds back musicians in their practice and career. Join Evan and I in a special mini-workshop this Wednesday here: https://christianhowes.mykajabi.com/offers/vhgtUM6j/checkout
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How to teach violin creatively (?) By Accompanying your students with your own rhythms, bass lines, obligations, and more.
Whether you want to know how to teach violin to beginners or advanced students, when you play with them they will engage, and you will challenge yourself to be more creative and keep growing as a musician and teacher.

You can accompany violin students using rhythm and groove in fun ways via stomping, clapping, beatboxing, etc..

Change the groove up behind a classical tune and your students will love it

The point is to engage in more creative music-making with your violin students.

You'll get more out of teaching violin students if you are challenging yourself to arrange and improvise over songs too
It's fun

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Yep this is Dynamite. To see how I made the loop (with just a violin), or to play along to a lesson on the song, subscribe to my YouTube channel and click the bell. @christianhowes
FInd 200 play-along videos at the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8F8hYmxpH3MvxCOb57wfbA/

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Play along to replace or augment your normal practice time. In this video I prompt you with melodic ideas over a groove in 7. We alternate between the key of A minor (C major scale) and F minor (Aflat major scale).To learn my frameworks for improvisation and more, join my weekly live (Zoom) Guided Practice Sessions here: https://christianhowes.com/csw_online6/

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Play along to my free pop play along track " Leave before you love me " by Marshmello x Jonas Brothers and enjoy practicing. In part 3 of this three-part series, you will play after me, starting on the note A.


You can find the other parts of the " Love Me Before You Leave Me " free pop play along for violin series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6By1KZHRO2JjHLH2MCKkh6EN0FhAFCxc

👉 Subscribe for more play-along lessons on this channel.

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Play it back. A small taste from my weekly Guided Practice Sessions. Sign up now for the next round of classes starting October 4th. Join players worldwide/ all levels. The original.
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Rhythm lesson | Violin. Let's make practice interesting for intermediate and advanced players, so you can improve your groove, challenge yourself, be creative and have fun with rhythm. Play after me in this free rhythm lesson for violin, viola, or cello.

0:00:00 Play-Along
00:00:28 Get into the groove - rhythm exercise
00:02:31 Play some tricky lines!
00:07:00 Too easy?
00:12:57 Know your scale

00:15:25 Let's improvise!
00:21:50 Groove and rhythm practice

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🎻 To enjoy and progress more in your practice or teaching, connect with me for 1-1 or group lessons, DIY courses or visit christianhowes.com for more fun learning resources.

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Why you're getting passed over for gigs or by potential clients even though you are qualified.
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Showing you how to play blues violin with this play along over Jimi Hendrix's "Red House". Play after me in this video to learn blues violin licks & develop the ability to craft phrases in your own blues violin improvisation.

00:00:00 Play Along Start
00:03:29 Marking the form - playing the changes
00:06:09 Creating a cheat sheet for arpeggios
00:13:24 Your Solo - creating clear phrases & rhythms
00:20:10 Rhythmic ideas
00:23:35 Do your thing!

00:24:32 Three categories to improvise

To see all other videos of my Blues Violin Lesson series: https://youtu.be/XhGfHZXwzvY


More about Blues on Violin:
🎻 Blues Fiddle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_fiddle
🎻 Blues: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues
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This lesson is a guided practice session for advanced improvising string players who want to gain some of the advanced skills training I recommend to my advanced students. FF to 2:00 for the hard parts. For a limited time, set up a private lesson with this coupon: https://bit.ly/lesson_coupon

Whether you are interested in playing Jazz, Folk, Latin, EDM, Rock, or other styles of music on violin, viola, or cello, there are fundamentals that will enable you to do it better.

Avoid these fundamentals and you'll progress slowly.
Gain these fundamentals and you can do anything.

#PlayAlong #NotJustForJazz #Advanced

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Part 2 of my free pop play along for violin series, showing you how to play " Leave before you love me" on violin (original song by Marshmello x Jonas Brothers ). Enjoy practicing!


You can find the other parts of the " Love Me Before You Leave Me " free pop play along track series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6By1KZHRO2JjHLH2MCKkh6EN0FhAFCxc

👉 Subscribe for more play-along lessons on this channel.

🎻 Find all my Play Along Videos (many styles & all levels) here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6By1KZHRO2KHi59cupsiiPXU7tbyOZTw



🎻 Play Along Directory (sorted by style/difficulty levels) & Backing Tracks: https://bit.ly/PlayAlongWebsite

🎻 To enjoy and progress more in your practice or teaching, Visit christianhowes.com for more fun learning resources.

#PlayAlong #JonasBrothers

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