TIM KLIPHUIS
Studio.
Join the family and improve your Gypsy Jazz!
Hi! I’m Tim Kliphuis.
I invite you to join the Gypsy Jazz string family and, with my help, become a confident improviser.
Access to weekly high-quality content
Every month, I feature a cool gypsy jazz standard and show you how to learn it and overcome any problems, using etudes, licks, theory tips and more. Every week, you get a new video to keep you on track and motivated.
A crash course for every problem!
With over a hundred lick, bowing, theory and workout videos, where to start? The Crash Courses teach you how to practice! They guide you through the separate topics of Bowing, Left Hand and Chromatic playing at your level.
Group and Individual Live Lessons
For those who want to take it further, live lessons are the key. Your monthly 15 minute session keeps you focused. In the Group lessons, you and 10 others learn a new song, and each of you has one-on-one time with me to work on your improv.
Enrich your journey
Join the gypsy jazz lovers community
The Green Room is the hangout where you’ll meet the other members of the gypsy jazz string family. Talk about your gear, where to find the next jam session in your area and connect on a personal level with others.
Backing Tracks
Perfect for practice, these play-alongs feature double bass and strumming violin, providing a solid rhythmic foundation without the melody. Ideal for experimenting, improvising, and refining your playing.
Challenge of the Month
Every month, I post a challenge which will ask for your video response. You send in your video and I critique it, offering you tips as well.
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Ask Tim
Every now and then, we get stuck on our gypsy jazz journey. Chat with me directly for problem-solving advice.
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Choose your subscription
Studio Listener
€ 90,00 / annually- E-book Gypsy Jazz First Aid Kit
- Full access to The Library: Licks, Etudes, Theory Pills…
- Access to The Green Room community
- Tim Kliphuis Backing Tracks
- Tim’s curated playlists
Studio Enthusiast
€ 210,00 / annually- Everything included in Studio Listener
- Join the Challenge of the Month
- Ask Tim questions via chat
Studio PRO
€ 570,00 / annually- Everything included in Studio Listener & Enthusiast
- One monthly group clinic of 50 minutes, sit in on others’ individual lessons
- One monthly one-on-one lesson of 15 minutes
- Replay of the last Zoom Clinic
Studio Listener
€ 83,50 / annually- E-book Gypsy Jazz First Aid Kit
- Full access to The Library: Licks, Etudes, Theory Pills…
- Access to The Green Room community
- Tim Kliphuis Backing Tracks
- Tim’s curated playlists
Studio Enthusiast
€ 194,50 / annually- Everything included in Studio Listener
- Join the Challenge of the Month
- Ask Tim questions via chat
Studio PRO
€ 527,50 / annually- Everything included in Studio Listener & Enthusiast
- One monthly group clinic of 50 minutes, sit in on others’ individual lessons
- One monthly one-on-one lesson of 15 minutes
- Replay of the last Zoom Clinic
A few words from studio members
I am a newcomer to jazz and Tim's lessons, videos and 'Gypsy Jazz First Aid Kit' book are a great way to start leaning the genre. I was a little intimidated when I started but the lessons and tools on the website are easy to understand and I'm slowly building more confidence with my playing.
It’s the only place I’ve found on the internet that has all this theory and practise of jazz put together in a way that’s also fun to see and listen!
The Studio is a treasure chest filled with the valuable harmonic and technical information you need to be able to play Gypsy Jazz violin, all neatly broken down in portions that are easy to comprehend and digest. [..] The challenge of the month; helps me give direction and to practically implement what I learned in the Studio into a tune. A terrific space to grow.
Tim's studio has given me extraordinary tools to individualize my learning, advance my skills as a violinist , and learn skills particular to jazz genres. ( I'm eternally grateful and appreciative of this!!!)
The studio has helped me both learn jazz theory and put it into practice (praxis). It allows abstruse concepts to be applied in an organic musical playground: The Monthly Challenge.
The studio is a rich resource for technique and jazz vocabulary.
Who's Tim Kliphuis?
Multi-award-winning Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis is seen by many as the true heir to Stéphane Grappelli.
Tim has taken gypsy jazz into the 21st century with a very personal sound that he has brought to classical concert halls, jazz clubs and folk festivals.
“Stéphane Grappelli’s style is alive and well in the hands of Tim Kliphuis”
– Nigel Kennedy
A legend in the Django world, Tim has worked closely with The Rosenberg Trio, Fapy Lafertin and Paulus Schäfer. His most popular gypsy jazz CDs are ‘Rock Django’ and ‘The Grappelli Album’; his most acclaimed orchestral project is ‘Reflecting the Seasons’, a gypsy jazz re-working of Vivaldi’s masterpiece.
A professor of Improvisation at the Amsterdam Conservatoire, Tim has written the best-selling books on Grappelli’s style, taught hundreds of workshops at the major festivals, continues to draw an international clientele at his ‘Grappelli-Django Camp’ and is an authority on online group teaching methods.