Feeling Stuck
Learning Jazz Violin On Your Own?
Join a free community of jazz violinists who are actually making progress together
Most of us start the same way.
We go online, find videos, take courses, and work through it in isolation.
We never get to chat to real musicians, never get real feedback, and never really feel like we're part of a jazz community.
Learning jazz violin is a different challenge entirely to classical and folk and we need to treat it as such
. It's about learning to think, practise and improvise like a jazz musician. Understand harmony, improvise freely (but within certain contraints), know the style and play with swing.
And that's really hard to work out on your own.
That's what Learning Jazz Violin on Skool is built around.
Real feedback, structured learning and a group of people on the same journey.
Whether you're coming from a classical or folk background and just getting into jazz, or you've been playing for a while and want to finally sound like yourself when you improvise, you're in the right place.
The goal is simple. Steady progress, a genuine understanding of jazz, and total clarity on what to practise and how.
3 ways to progress
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Join the Crew!
Join Q&As, post your playing and discuss your learning with other passionate students of jazz violin
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Take Courses
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Foundations
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Repertoire
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Learn Lines
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Build Jazz Language
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Coaching
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Weekly guided practise sessions
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1-1 coaching with Matt
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Monthly Transcription Lab
testimonials
“He gave excellent advice on developing my rhythm, phrasing, and jazz language in a way that was both encouraging and easy to apply. I highly recommend him as a jazz violin teacher.”
“Having Matt as a teacher has been an extremely valuable experience. His personalised practise notes were always thorough and detailed, giving me clear and practical steps to improve between lessons.”
“I can already notice the impact it’s having on my playing. It has become part of my daily practice routine, and it has not only helped me understand the different types of enclosures and approach notes, but it has also improved my fluency and dexterity when soloing. On top of that, I’m getting many more creative ideas.”
“Matt is clear and patient, and he’s introduced me
to new and interesting ideas in improvisation. I highly recommend Matt’s practice club If
you want to up your jazz improvisation game.”
“I have really been enjoying Matt Holborn’s jazz violin practice club. I love that I just
need to show up at the appointed time for 40 minutes of group practice of scales,
arpeggios and drills of Matt’s design”
how it works
Free
Jump into the discussion board, post your playing, get feedback from other jazz violinists and join the live monthly Q&A. It costs nothing and it's a great place to start.
Premier, $19 a month
Full access to all my courses including Jazz Violin Foundations, Ten Tunes You Must Know, Mastering Chromaticism and more. One live Practice Club session a month, regular etudes and Q&A replays.
VIP, $125 a month
Everything in Premier plus weekly live Practice Club sessions and all recordings, a monthly transcription lab, and a monthly 45 minute 1-1 lesson with me including a personal practice plan tailored to exactly what you need.
about Me
I've been a professional jazz violinist for a long time and I know exactly how to get you from where you are now to where you want to be.
I didn't come through a formal classical institution.
I had lessons when I was a kid with some great teachers, but it wasn't until I got into jazz that I started to really take the violin seriously.
I've been figuring it out ever since, and that's exactly what I teach.
Everything I teach is something I use in my own practice every day.
