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Summary: The violin is one of the most important melodic instruments in history. Learn improv tips on an A Major scale arpeggio in this free video clip series.
Jason Salmon has been playing the violin for 17 years, and has been teaching violin for seven years. He taught for the Ladsonian Foundation in New York, which offers affordable violin...read more
"Now, I'm going to do a little improvisation, okay, with these three arpeggio notes that we have, which are, remember, A natural, C sharp, and E natural. I'm going to add a little flavor by using a few extra notes, but basically I'm going to keep my improv around those three notes. That's improv. Now remember, you can start off by just playing around. Improv is free, it's fun, have a good time with it, and try to hear the note in your head, okay, before you play it. That'll give you a sense of where you're going in the improv, so it sounds good and it makes sense."