Paros Jazz Academy
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    • JAZZ IN PAROS
    • JAZZ IN PAROS FESTIVAL
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  • Faculty 2016
    • PAST EDITIONS >
      • Faculty 2015 >
        • Antonis Ladopoulos >
          • Jazz Improvisation Clinic for Wind Instruments
        • George Kontrafouris >
          • Jazz piano & more
        • Vasilis Racopoulos >
          • From Classical to Jazz
        • Vasilis Podaras >
          • A musical approach in drums
        • Terry Vakirtzoglou >
          • Jazz vocal lab - Creative Practi-sing
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VASILIS RACOPOULOS

From Classical to Jazz

GENERAL - DESCRIPTION

The guitar exploration project is an intensive weeklong course focusing on guitar and improvisation. It covers a large number of chapters included in the broad sense of jazz guitar and tries to broaden the musical horizon and the self-knowledge of the student.
It explores the possibilities of the instrument and aims to provide answers to legitimate questions that modern music education does not usually include.
Gt expl project has the ambition to help young musicians who struggle to find their own way, to acquire their own "voice" .The project is open to non-guitarists, to musicians and music educators as well who just want to watch it.

 CONTENT - PROGRAMME

The daily schedule includes:
a) lecture-presentation of teaching subjects,
b) practicing in combos with alternating roles
c) private tuition
d) preparation of the presentation concert.

 
The program will be aligned  to searches of participant’s request and can be referred to many different topics such as:

Analysis & synthesis of  phrases
Development of the motif
Phrases of more scales – complex phrases
Music identity, personal sound - Signature
Classical Guitar in Jazz
Blues Jazz phrasing, Jazz rock
Comping & Chord solo
Building up the solo -
Playing with open strings microtones on the guitar

Special melodic idioms

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  • About us
    • JAZZ IN PAROS
    • JAZZ IN PAROS FESTIVAL
  • Program
  • Faculty 2016
    • PAST EDITIONS >
      • Faculty 2015 >
        • Antonis Ladopoulos >
          • Jazz Improvisation Clinic for Wind Instruments
        • George Kontrafouris >
          • Jazz piano & more
        • Vasilis Racopoulos >
          • From Classical to Jazz
        • Vasilis Podaras >
          • A musical approach in drums
        • Terry Vakirtzoglou >
          • Jazz vocal lab - Creative Practi-sing
  • Options and Fees
    • Testimonials
    • Travel to Paros
  • Apply
  • Contact