In this video, Aaron talks about varying your accompaniment for “Sweet Georgia Brown” by using different voicings and rhythms, and using those ideas to play a rhythmic solo.
Welcome to Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos |
Welcome to Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos |
If you’re playing mandolin in a swing or jazz band, most of the time you won’t be playing single-note solos, or chord-melody solos, you’ll be a part of the rhythm section, accompanying soloists or vocalists. In this eight-session workshop you’ll learn to play rhythm mandolin (and how to create rhythmic chord solos) with one of the world’s greatest swing mandolinists, Aaron Weinstein, who was recently named as one of Downbeat’s Rising Stars in the venerable publication’s 2019 critic’s poll.
Aaron teaches one jazz standard per session, with two ways to play through the changes, a basic version and a version with different sets of voicing choices. The standards are “Sweet Georgia Brown,” I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” “After You’ve Gone,” “Lady Be Good,” “All of Me,” “Exactly Like You,” “I’ve Got Rhythm,” and “Undecided."