Jazz Mando Repertoire-Building Series, “Autumn Leaves” With Tim Connell, Mandolin

Thursday September 10, 2020

8:00 p.m. Eastern. 5:00 p.m. Pacific

Single Class - $50

Join Tim in a series of single classes each designed to add a new jazz standard to your repertoire. Working from a lead-sheet style chart, featuring melody notation with chord names above it, Tim will slowly teach the melody and work through voicings for accompanying the melody on mandolin as well.

The $50 fee includes access to printed materials and slow demonstration videos, which you will receive shortly after registering for the class here. The entire class will be recorded for those who would like to take the class asynchronously. Video will also be sent to all synchronous participants for future practice reference.

A six week course to get students abble to accompany Autumn Leaves, I Got Rhythm and lots more jazz/swing repertoire using 3-string jazz chords.

Mandolin Solos & Fills - The Movable Pentatonic Shape With Tim Connell, Mandolin

Single Class - $50

Thursday September 17, 2020 8:00 p.m. Eastern. 5:00 p.m. Pacific

The pentatonic scale is a great starting point for learning to play solos and other improvised material across all genres of music. The pentatonic scale is likely already familiar to you as the melody for Amazing Grace, Will the Circle Be Unbroken and David Grisman’s “E.M.D.” among many others. The famous bluegrass (Lester) “Flatt guitar run” is also a simple pentatonic scale in order.

In this workshop, Tim will teach a movable 3-string shape for the pentatonic scale. Students will learn several key licks in this shape and then they’ll practice moving the shape (and licks) from key to key, and in several different styles of music including blues, country, jazz, bluegrass and rock.

The $50 fee includes access to printed materials and slow demonstration videos, which you will receive shortly after registering for the class here. The entire class will be recorded for those who would like to take the class asynchronously. Video will also be sent to all synchronous participants for future practice reference.

More Ideas for Standard Rock Chord Progressions, “Sweet Home Alabama” With Tim Connell, Mandolin

Single Class - $50

Thursday September 24, 2020 8:00 p.m. Eastern. 5:00 p.m. Pacific

Join Tim in a series of single classes each designed to add new textures, voicings and ideas for mandolin accompaniment of standard, frequently-played rock chord progressions. This week’s class features the chord progression I - bVII - IV, or D - C - G featured in Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama”, amongst zillions of others.

The $50 fee includes access to printed materials and slow demonstration videos, which you will receive shortly after registering for the class here. The entire class will be recorded for those who would like to take the class asynchronously. Video will also be sent to all synchronous participants for future practice reference.