This one has helped me a lot personally. I’ve found that knowledge about food combining principles is fairly rare, but actually quite simple. Following these concepts, I find that my energy through out the day is much more even, and I seem to get sick less, and if I do,
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Slur Exercises – Essential Elements Book 1 Pg. 29
This is a very well written page of exercises for training your muscles how to do slurs. It puts your arm “through the paces” quite well. If you’ve only fiddled so far, you might not be used to slurs, which, by the way, are simply when you keep your bow
My Blue Heaven
Another Gypsy Jazz jam staple. Typical AABA song form. The A section does a I – VI – II – V progression. The bridge starts on the IV chord just like 100’s of other songs. Join Now to see all of this lesson! Another Gypsy Jazz jam staple. Typical AABA
Hungaria
Another gypsy jazz jam staple. The intro is often repeated many times before entering the tune at the A section. In our demo I did it twice, and played it by jumping octaves on each note. I played the head down one octave in the A section. It sounds a
Limehouse Blues
A Gypsy jam session staple. Not a Django penned tune, but often covered in the Gypsy Style. Notice the rhythmic motif in the melody… maybe you can consider inventing some of your own while soloing over this tune? The chord progression, much like “I’ll See You In My Dreams
Stompin’ at Decca
I do not know the exact story about the writing of this tune, but I’d bet that is was just an impromptu jam when the band had some extra time left in the studio. This melody can get rather “interpretive” from player to player. Non-members: Want to learn more about
Melodie Au Crepuscule
A beautiful Django ballad. Many bands stumble on this one. The song form is more complicated than most gypsy tunes with 4 separate sections. It is not quite as difficult as it seems though if you can take a “step” back and see the more general chord progression “trends.” Learn