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FREE Chop & Groove WORKSHOP

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Thank you for your interest in the FREE zoom CHOP & GROOVE WORKSHOP on

January 18th @ 12:00pm (MST, UTC-7)

(11:00a pacific, 1:00p central, 2:00p eastern, 8:00p central europe)

Hosted on Zoom.

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Academy enrollment is OPEN until midnight (MST, UTC-7) on January 31st! Next open enrollment is summer 2025.

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Join us with a new membership to the Groove Cello Academy ($97USD/month) and let’s evolve your creative musicianship.

Join us as we dive into 2025 with course, group classes, and Live Curriculum!


This workshop is going to include:

  • Chop training & workout

  • Jamming & Improvisation - best practice tricks

  • A quick convo about the Groove Cello Academy

  • Introduction technique systems

    • BOX SYSTEM organize your fingerboard mind and move around freely

    • COMPASS SYSTEM energize your bow arm for rhythm section dominance

  • Build out several chop & groove patterns with chord progressions (like mini-etudes)

  • Jamming over backing tracks

  • Talk back / Q&A / hang

  • This workshop is designed for: intermediate and advanced players.

It’s a Zoom workshop. You stay muted. You play 80% of the time. 1 hour plus Q&A at the end.


What is “chop training & workout”?

We’re talking about using chop in exciting rhythmic patterns that express chords and groove all at once. A workout is a practice routine aimed at deepening, strengthening, and clarifying your skillset.

What if I don’t know ANYTHING about chopping?

Join us! We’ll give you a quick intro training and tell you all about our courses and classes so you can jump into our in-depth training whenever you’re ready! Plus the workshop will give you lots of value outside of chop skills.

‘Groove Cello’ vs ‘Creative Cello’

Groove cello - the stuff we train for in the Academy - is a subset of what we’ve all come to call “creative cello.” In groove cello, we’re playing in the rhythm section - harmony & chords, rhythm & percussion, arranging, accompanying, jamming. We’re building texture and structure around the tune. And yes, occasionally taking a solo.

START NOW

Join us with a new membership to the Groove Cello Academy ($97USD/month) and let’s evolve your creative musicianship.

Daniel

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