How to Play Gypsy Jazz Solos in the Style of Django Reinhardt
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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In transcribing and playing Django Reinhardt's solos, I noticed that he does repeat the same shapes on the fingerboard and that he does use the same musical ideas again and again. I wondered how he can use the same idea yet always sounds so fresh, vivid and new? I never noticed that he repeats himself in any way, until I actually played his solos.
The answer is that Django used his musical ideas in a slightly different way each time. The inner rhythm of his phrasing is always changing. The place in the bar in which he starts each phrase is different every time. He creates melodies that you can always sing because he follows his musical taste and not his fingers.
In this lesson I'll teach you a few of Django's improvisational ideas. Play the example phrases, try to understand them and practice until you can use each concept in a different way. That way you'll get Django's ideas and spirit into your own improvisation. You’ll learn something far better than a few licks - ideas with which you can create complete interesting, fresh and new solos yourself.
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Too expensive. Sorry, I went to buy but $109 requires too much trust and I don't trust anyone where money is concerned. Artist Works has sales for $149 for a year and it's non stop for a year with online interaction but yours is just 5 hours of instruction vs 100+ hours elsewhere. Be generous, cut the price and you would get far more students.
This guy understands Django more than Django understands himself.
I've been looking at minor swing for years-I have understood more in 20 minutes than all those years combined.This song has come to life for me now!
The best music lesson on the internet I have seen and I've seen a lot
Thanks for the kind comment, Todd!
You sir, have singlehandedly unlocked some of the mysteries behind Django’s playing. Thank you for that.
When you say "summarize" I thought you said "Samurais", which still works, cause you're shredddddddddin!
That metaphor was as good as the lesson. Perfect.
You are correct on the variations in starting beat of a common lick as making a dramatic difference. Slight rhythmic variations from straight quarter , eith, and sixteenth notes makes a whole new sound. No one sounds like Django, absolutely no one. I feel his disability became his greatest asset because having only 2 usable fingers made him think linearly and not in box shapes the alway sound the same. He plays with absolute continuity of motion like Charlie Parker and other horn players. He is also the master of space. He leaves space for the phrase effect to set in, unlike the top gypsy players of today who play way too many notes in a spectacular display of technique but devoid of beauty. I can't even listen to them. I've been studying Django since 1971 finding a mark down record of his in a discount store in Boston. I returned to my roomates house and played the record on his parents old console style stereo. Tears came to my eyes and I've listened ever since.
This is the best video in the history of videos of the galaxy.
Many thanks, from one guitar teacher to another. :)
great lesson, very helpful! thanks for posting!!
What I love about your lessons is that they are both practical (you can easily and instantly play them), but also radically theoretical in that you teach how to apply them in endless ways.
fantastic lesson, thank you...
I really appreciate your efforts. Thank you 🙏
What does he mean when he says “the diminished”?
Hi Nico, when you play a diminished chord on the 3rd, 5th, b7 or b9 of a dominant 7 chord, you get the 7b9 sound. More about that here: www.jazzguitar.be/blog/django-reinhardt/
But how do you do it with two fingers?!?
Tyvm why is the fret indicator on the tenth fret on gypsy style guitar instead of nineth fret,por que?
When he blats through that chromatic scale! Awesome.
God Bless you man, this is one motivation video and you explain it such way i just think Django would be proud.
Yes, this is what I needed, this is what I needed exactly now, this proves my idea that I need to really understand what he is doing...I find 90% of gypsie jazz players cannot come close to his phrasing...its a really big puzzle and you have to add your own spin to it!
Wow, you are a great guitarist! That helped a lot.
A great teacher.
Very nice. He could work together with Martin Schmidt-Hahn and his brilliant clarinet- sound
Amazing lesson! Thanks! :-)
I notice on the gypsy style guitar , the fret markers are 1,3,5,7,10,12 . On my Gretsch Sierra , they are 1,3,5,7,9,12 . I am following along but I am using fingerings that seem to more naturally occur to me. It seems to be working.
You saved my life, I was looking for this lesson for years
I’m really interested in the way that he saw the guitar, how he understood it and how he navigated it. so far from what I can see is he really understood the arpeggios up and down the neck, and played a lot from those… being a self taught player, knowing that he was one too.. I’m really trying to figure out what his approach was
Tyvm Yaakov!! U are an excellent teacher
Thank you Yaakov. You are a wonderful teacher. I really appreciate you. Maybe someday when I learn to play GJG like I wish I could jam with you.
Simply, excellent!
Congratulations! Your videos are the best, very clear and direct. Thank you!
In the dim lick, django uses a suspended 4th in the melody...
Very helpful, I like the way you teach how he thought. I wish this kind of teaching was more prevalent on the Internet. You've done a wonderful thing. Thank you.
In the first example, which is the first lick to minor swing, to me it sounds like Django starts off on b flat and very quickly pulls off to a a then G#
Is this correct? Because I notice you start on a b natural
Thank you so much for this video. Your are a great teacher, best Django tutorials on the internet.
Curious what pickup you have there on your bridge
Now I know this I’ll be famous by next week...
Another great lesson !!.... thank you
great video 👍
Thanks!
It really helps to learn gypsy waltz
génial
Love this lesson , got so much from it 🙏🏽
you have the most comprehensive explanations on gypsy on youtube. Excellent
Hi Yaakov. Why you say B is the sixth of Dm? It should be Bb. Now if I play the arpeggio, it coincides, is a B, but if I play the scale of Dm is a Bb. I'm asking you because this idea Django uses it many times.
Thanks,
Abe Cherem
It's beacuse he uses dorian mode, which has a major 6th (for Dm, B) instead of a minor 6th (which would be Bb)
Rafael Fernandes Django didn’t know modes. Completely intuitive
I can only say thank you very much great lesson
Can play you play easy nature boy
which pickup do you use in the video?
Beautiful tips, toda 🌞
Thank you sir
wao, the way you rocked that chromatic scale!
simply fantastic
I coincidentally got it these days. is all about wrapping the arpeggio notes around and avoiding going directly to them.
Thank you!
great teacher!
Amazing
Great stuff!
bravissimo!!!
The minor swing solo is so brilliant yet so simplistic, absolutely my favorite
I never learned music theory. I can play this somewhat competently but I don’t understand any of the things you’re talking about and it makes me regret learning how to play wrong for all these years
Amazing video, what is your guitar model and manufacturer ? Thanks very much in advance. M.
Hi Yaakov,
I would like to know, what kind of strings and plectrum would you recommend for a jazz guitar with D hole bigmouth?
true ! Django was Django the one ! Hi Yaakov all the best !
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Brilliant lesson - it's so important to understand how the licks relate to the notes of the chord's arpeggio - then you can use the lick whenever you see that chord...good stuff.
Outstanding lesson as usual
Nobody explained it any better than you justt did! You are a true master of your trade! Your work is adorable and the musicality of yours is remarkable, you are exceptionally gifted!!
i thought django used hungarian minor scale?
amazing video.. thanks
Dude this is great, but your guitar dots are different to mine 🤣
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Did Django only use the DGBE strings on hos solos and scales?
I’m sold on the whole video just based on your intro talking about Django’s impeccable sound par excellence.
I appreciate your perspective!
Hey Yaakov, got it. Thanks to the other comments. It seems I was not the only one with the doubt. And thanks again for the lesson.
Abe
Are they nylon strings or steel?
Great lesson... I'm just wondering, why the first phrase starts with an up stroke? Probably there's an explanation which i don't know yet...
Thats because he doesnt start the solo on 1 but the "and" of 1... at think i think thats the reason. Youd have a down stroke if it was on 1.
What guitar and strings are you using?
Just great Yaakov, thanks for sharing👌
Very good teacher 👍🏼
Thanks so much for this!
Nice explanation
again en again en again
really good lesson
Brilliant.
Bravo Jacob, merci :-)
merci !
Class!!!!!!!
Txs ...
but I am sorry isn't the 6th of dminor a a#?
or bflat
Colloquially, what people call the 6th of a minor chord is the interval of a Major 6th from the chord's root. In D minor, the 6th is B natural. Dm6 is a minor triad with a Major 6th, D-F-A-B. A Dm with a minor 6th would be B-F-A-Bb and I think I've seen people notate it Dm(-6) or Dm(m6). A bit confusing, I know.
Thank you Yaakov for posting this lesson. I appreciate how you state at the beginning that much of what Django did in his playing is simple to understand once you break it down. Django was absolutely incredible of course, but I'm a guitar player who simply wants to play a few licks/runs here and there in the style of gypsy jazz and your lesson here is extremely helpful. Thank you!!
Steve
In Dm6 the 6th is a major 6th not a minor 6th. Sad but true.
John Rothfield it's a Dminor with a 6. thus Dm6.
Right. I used to get confused when i saw Dm6 because it made me think of a Dm with an Ab (m6 above the D). But the 6th is a major sixth
If it was it would be called a Dm#5. It's one of those theoretical oddities.
minor 6th interval from the lowest note if second inversion of minor 7 chord
The difference between a Dm6 and a Dmajor6 is the the 3rd not the 6th. What makes a chord minor? Flatten the 3rd.
merci l'ami, very helpful :)
U r my Idol!
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Your clearly excellent BUT Play move talk less please. If you just played each phrase slow med then fast. You wouldn't have to say a word.