Mike also writes on page 3 that 'It is desirable that the student has been through the Carl Flesch Scale System book once. He also writes more generally about fingering, and touches on a few other topics. The book contains a full suite of scales and their fingerings, the usual suspects discussed in jazz theory books, a few pages of suggested rhythms, an adaption of a Kreutzer exercise to illustrate the use of the scales in jazz technique, and some bebop studies. Mike Laird has published a comprehensive book to support people learning jazz violin: Arpeggios, Rhythms, and Scales: Fundamental Techniques for Jazz Improvisation On the Violin (ISBN 978-6-2).Īfter limiting the genres of jazz improvisation central to my goals to 'standards', bebop, and Latin, fairly conventional choices, I turned to the book for study material.Graeme Webster Seeking a Path to Successful Jazz Scale Study
