Sweet Georgia Brown; 20 licks for a jazz violin solo

Sweet Georgia Brown is one of the most famous tunes for jazz violin. In this jazz fiddle lesson I go through it line by line , with 20 licks mostly transcribed from Stephane Grappelli's solos. I use the key of G (used on the original Hot Club recording); licks from Grappelli's more recent recordings are transposed up from F. There are plenty more tutorials on Gypsy Jazz standards elsewhere on The Fiddle Channel, as well as lessons on specific jazz violin techniques.
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[@TheFiddleChannel]

If anyone's interested, I have another video demonstrating the melody of Sweet Georgia Brown, including the common phrasings used by Grappelli. It is available to my supporters at Patreon. (patreon.com/thefiddlechannel).

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I told my piano teacher that since guitar songs were too low for playing the ukulele, I thought that violin would be an ideal model to copy. Merci for proving my point.

[@Clomwellschimdt]

Thanks for doing all the transcribing!

[@TheFiddleChannel]

My pleasure!

[@Clomwellschimdt]

@@TheFiddleChannel also on a side note I think maybe Gabriel was saying that was a tritone sub on that G lick because right after that Eb arpeggio it goes to a D7 arpeggio then a G arpeggio, so it’s like a very quick 2-5-1 but replacing the Am with an Eb. Not that it really matters, such a sassy lick!

Gracias. Magnífico.

[@kieransheedy7349]

Fascinating. Grapelli was pretty damn good!

[@fiddlestudio]

Kind of a handful!

[@johntait491]

Quite remarkable Chris. Well done. Great playing and explanation. 👍

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Thanks John. I think this will be a popular one!

[@BrendanPowerMusic]

Excellent demo and analysis, Chris! This tune is a great one to learn, as a general introduction to playing jazz. A nice melody too !

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Thanks Brendan!

[@leopardtiger1022]

Thank you for this video I must work hard to play some of those... Thank you.

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@janematthews8405]

Oh my goodness. I just realised that I have a copy of your book Exploring Jazz Fiddle. I recognised your playing. I didn't know that you had a youtube channel. I also didn't know that you had a rock series. So glad I found this.

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Hi Jane. Glad you have found the channel! The videos here will be a useful addition to what's in the book, because for copyright reasons I had to avoid jazz standards in my book.

[@janematthews8405]

@@TheFiddleChannel Very useful indeed. I bought the rock book after I found your channel this week. I learned classical viola, and always wanted to include violin with my band work (covers - rock, pop, bit of blues, country and jazz), but am finding the transition difficult translating what I envisage in my head to my fingers and playing style, which can be disappointing. Hoping this will help loosen up my creativity a bit.

[@anushaalliyanage3721]

Sir can I get the PDF notation of this sir? Thanks

[@TheFiddleChannel]

Hi Anushaal. Yes. Send me an email. My address is at the bottom of the video description.