All of Me (Jazz violin lesson)

All of Me is a very popular jazz standard, particularly among Gypsy Jazz players. In this violin lesson I look briefly at the melody, and then concentrate on different approaches to soloing. All of Me has an interesting sequence which on the one hand is quite easy because for most of it there are two bars for each chord, giving plenty of time to think. On the other hand many of the chords are not diatonic, so that a single scale will not do to improvise all the way through. Instead you need to treat the whole thing chord by chord. I look at scales, arpeggios, pentatonic scales and blues scales as different approaches to the sequence, and stress the importance of not getting trapped in always starting on the root and ascending.
A free pdf of the sheet music used in this video is available to anyone who subscribes to the channel. Elsewhere on the Fiddle Channel are many more
free jazz violin tuition videos covering standards and specific techniques. I also have two jazz violin books; "Beginning Jazz Violin" and "Exploring Jazz Violin", and there is a Music Gurus subscription video course based on the latter book. See below for more details.
Below are details of further fiddle resources from Chris Haigh
1. Patreon
2. Books
3. Subscription video courses
4. Website
5. Email to request pdf’s.
1. PATREON
This is a platform where anyone can help support creative artists and get closer access to their work. You can join me on Patreon at three levels, for £4, £10 or £40 per month.

At the lowest level you get access to all my pdf’s and tune collections, plus many exclusive tuition videos not available to the public.
At level 2 you can join also me once a month for a group Zoom chat, and can request three backing tracks each month.
Level 3 gives you all the above plus a free lesson once a month, and access to all my backing tracks.
You can find me on Patreon at
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2. BOOKS
I have seven fiddle tuition books published by Schott Music, all widely available from the publisher, from Amazon, and many other outlets. All come with audio tracks illustrating the tunes and exercises.
Exploring Jazz Violin
Beginning Jazz Violin
Discovering Rock Violin
Exploring Folk Fiddle
Exploring Klezmer Fiddle
Hungarian Fiddle Tunes
French Fiddle Tunes
Exploring Country and Bluegrass Fiddle
You can order from
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3. VIDEO SUBSCRIPTION COURSES
I have three video subscription courses
MUSIC GURUS- Exploring Jazz Violin. Based on my Schott book
Parts 1 and 2 are each £26 for 26 lessons, covering the first and second halves of the book
Part 1; tinyurl.com/49...
Part 2 tinyurl.com/23...
-MUSIC GURUS Discovering Rock Violin. . Based on my Schott book
£35 for 46 lessons
tinyurl.com/2u...
ACADEMY OF FOLK
Includes a folk fiddle primer course, with introductions to basic techniques and concepts plus an Irish Fiddle course. A monthly sub of $9.99 gives access to all lessons
academyoffolk....
4. WEBSITE
My website is probably the most extensive and detailed summary of fiddle styles on the web, as evidenced by the range of top hits on Google for many fiddle styles.
www.fiddlingaround.co.uk
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[@ncao]

All of this is taken yearS of practicing/Playing. Thanks for this tutorial - Love it

[@TheFiddleChannel]

You're welcome!

[@roberto5170]

You are very good, people who really understand your talent know.

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Thanks Roberto!

[@toniavanderhelm6536]

Fabulous. So much information. I will be attempting to get somewhere in the vicinity of understanding it in the next decade.

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Thanks Tonia. Think long term!

[@johntait491]

Fabulous..!!

[@SunnysideElla]

A great favorite, thank you!

[@Bowwylad]

thanks, a great help.

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Thanks Richy!

[@Sailingbuddy88]

Great stuff! Love it

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Thanks Aoife!

[@lestuto.5712]

Graciasssss gracias por la separación en dificultad! por poner las partituras! no cambie! PD: podría mostrarnos sus versiones de see you in my dreams?

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Me alegro de que hayas encontrado esto útil. Sí, lo haré, te veré en mis sueños

[@niklaslang5224]

Thank you for yet another great lesson! I bet you will soon really have videos for everything with the pace you deliver them. But just keep them coming! Every new video makes me happy! 🎶🎻👍😃

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Thank you Niklas. That's great to hear!

[@EllieMcEla]

very cool video! wondering if you know if any other fiddle traditions have this bowing pattern in a fast 6/8; down bow on 2, upbow on 3 and 4, down bow on 5, upbow on 6 etc. it occurs in some fiddle tunes in norway, especially in the setesdal form of skuldalsbruri and bråta-per

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Hi Ellie. No, I've not come across that before. Sounds like it might be a Norwegian speciality!

[@user-Mistyrain325]

Can you give me the backing track ,thanks

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Hi Yu. All my backing tracks are available but only if you join me on Patreon, level 2. www.patreon.com/thefiddlechannel