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Learn to improvise in the Gypsy Jazz violin style even if you have never improvised before. The style is closely associated with French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, who played with Gypsy jazz guitar player Django Reinhardt. Each lesson in the book covers specific key aspects of the Gypsy jazz violin style. The techniques are presented sequentially and the underlying music theory is introduced on a 'need to know' basis. “Getting Into Gypsy Jazz Violin” includes charts of classic swing tunes such as Avalon, The Sheik of Araby & After You've Gone and includes an online recording featuring authentic accompaniment tracks and model violin performances. Because the Gypsy jazz violin style maintains common elements of traditional classical violin techniques such as vibrato and shifting, the book is a perfect vehicle for the classical violinist to learn to improvise without having to change their general approach to the instrument. Great for Jazz Theory March 2, 2019 Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase This is a really great learning tool for learning the Gypsy Jazz style and Jazz Theory. It incorporates exercises for Scales, Arpeggios, Chords, Rhythm, and the Gypsy style. The tracks that you download are great to work with because they can be repeated over and over as you work on each facet of the Style. The book is a progressive study just like a text book so it builds on skills from the previous exercises. It is not a song book, even though there are songs to learn. If you are serious about learning Gypsy Violin, this is a really great start. You might also enjoy, Swing Jazz Violin by Jeremy Cohen and Dix Bruce. This is more song oriented with solo suggestions to improve improvisation. If you are coming from a Classical background both are worth a look. Helpful Comment Report abuse mackeagan 4.0 out of 5 starsGood value. December 25, 2013 Format: Sheet musicVerified Purchase Good value if you are already intermediate on violin. You will need to apply yourself, read through and play through the lessons, preferably with the CD (put it on your mp3 player for easy use). Pros: well thought out, good sequence of lessons. learn you will, Luke. Cons: you need to be able to read and play up to at least third position. Does not cover all the keys, but see the qualifier, below: There's really not room in a book this size to cover all the keys--you'd need something the size of a church bible. Also, if you read through, you realize that you need to transpose the lessons to the various other keys commonly used in Gypsy Jazz.