Matt Flinner

Advanced Swing Mandolin Soloing with Matt Flinner Curriculum (1/7-3/21)

 

 

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“I’m loving the instruction and all the materials, it’s got me playing my mandolin constantly!”—James M. 

 

 

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Sale extended!  Register by November 24th and save $50!

 

Register for the Advanced Swing Mandolin Soloing course

 

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Brand new for the new year is a course exploring swing mandolin playing by many of the masters: Jethro Burns, Tiny Moore and Johnny Gimble (you may know him as a great fiddler, but he was a monstrous mandolinist as well!). Two swing standards will be taught each week, along with transcribed solos by one of these virtuosos.  Some analysis will be given, along with some extra exercises to help students understand, apply and expand on concepts from the solos in their own playing—whether on the given tunes or any other jazz standards.  Other non-mandolinists (but still string instrument players) will be explored as well, including guitarists Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and violinists Stuff Smith and Joe Venuti.  Along the way, students will learn plenty of melodic ideas, licks and bits of theory to help them energize their playing and navigate the wonderful world of swing!

The course is intended for intermediate to advanced level students.  

Class sessions will take place on Tuesday afternoons at 2 pm (for those in the UK and Europe!) as well as 9 pm eastern time, with follow-up practice/review sessions on Saturdays at 11 am eastern time.  The weeks of  February 4th and 18th will be off due to Matt’s touring schedule.  There will be eight class sessions (or 16, if you count the extra afternoon sessions) and eight practice sessions over the course of 10 weeks.  

 

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Here is the curriculum: 

 

WEEK 1 (1/7)

Jethro Burns

Arpeggios as melodic devices

Scales to use on dominant 7 chords

Arpeggio pattern I

Melodic pattern I

Autumn Leaves

Willow Weep for Me 

 

WEEK 2 (1/14)

Charlie Christian

A few chromatic runs

Some blues ideas

A few guitar riffs

Swing to Bop

Rose Room

 

WEEK 3 (1/21)

Johnny Gimble

Ragtime licks

Arpeggios and extensions

Melodic pattern II

Mandolopin’ 

Rural Riffin’ 

 

WEEK 4 (1/28)

Joe Venuti

Pentatonic ideas

Melodic pattern III

Melodic pattern IV

Farewell Blues

I’ve Found a New Baby 

 

WEEK 5 (2/11)

Tiny Moore

Diatonic arpeggio ideas

Melodic pattern V

Triplet pattern I

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

Stumbling

 

WEEK 6 (2/25)

Stuff Smith

A bit more blues

Descending patterns over ii-V-Is

A few fiddle licks

Bugle Call Rag 

Sweet Lorraine 

 

WEEK 7 (3/3)

Django Reinhardt

Arpeggio Studies I

Triplet Exercise II

More descending lines on ii-V-Is

Diminished chords as substitutions

Dinah 

After You’ve Gone

 

WEEK 8 (3/10)

Jethro and Tiny

Some more arpeggio ideas

Triplet exercise III

Navigating some more ii-V-Is

In a Mellow Tone

Groovin’ High

 

The course fee is $225.  Register by November 24th for just $175!