Free guitar lesson - Swing 48 (Minor Blues) - Improvisation with Arpeggios
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In this free guitar lesson by Yaakov Hoter from www.gypsyandjazz.com:
Learn the song Swing 48 by Django Reinhardt.
Learn to improvise over the Minor Blues progression.
Learn how to play Gypsy and Jazz improvisation with Arpeggios.
Learn how to play arpeggios in five positions all over the fingerboard and use them to create great improvisations over the minor blues form over Django Reinhardt’s popular composition, Swing 48.
First, I’ll teach you the chord progression (you can see the chart displayed on your screen). It’s a standard minor blues, but the Gypsy jazz style uses m6 chords instead of the m7 chords often used in jazz blues.
Before I teach you the melody, I want you to understand the basic concepts of playing with arpeggios - broken chords. You use the notes of the chords to create melodies in your improvisation. That means that you need to master the arpeggios all over the fingerboard so they can serve you when you want to improvise.
There are twelve basic positions for any arpeggio, based on the twelve frets on the fingerboard, but we really only need five vertical positions for everyday use, plus two horizontal positions that use the whole fingerboard and allow you to move from place to place. It’s great to know the connections from one position to the next for each arpeggio.
Now that you understand the arpeggio concept, let’s learn the melody in detail, including precise fingering, timing and deep understanding.
Once you have the melody down pat, learn the arpeggios for all the chords in the song (Gm6, Cm6 and D7)/ Get used to running from one to another according to the form of the song, first slowly and then gradually increasing the tempo.
When that becomes easy, you can practice creating melodies, using these arpeggios in the form of the song. First it’ll be like an exercise, but as you progress, you can make it more musical, add variations like half-tone approaches, trills and changes in rhythm. Quoting from the melody and combining arpeggios with the melody can be very effective and fun.
Let me show you what I mean with a demonstration using all the tools.
Now let’s delve into the horizontal arpeggios. Take a look at the Gm arpeggio. You can see my demonstration and the tabs on screen. Notice the variation between the ascending and descending positions. Practicing this is also a great exercise for improving your rest-stroke picking technique, which is one of the special characteristics of Django’s style.
Now, we’ll go on to the diminished horizontal arpeggio starting on the third degree of the dominant chord, which gives the flattened ninth sound, which is so typical of the Gypsy and jazz improvisation language.
For D, F# is the third degree and the diminished arpeggio is symmetrical, with one and a half tones from one note to the next. You can start the arpeggio anywhere on the fingerboard.
Remember to use the trick of moving from position to position on the fingerboard via horizontal arpeggios. It’s so nice to play each chorus in a different register or area on the fingerboard.
Plan to spend some time learning the arpeggios and getting the knack of connecting them in different positions. It’s well-worth the time it takes to learn them very thoroughly. My free Gypsy and Jazz Arpeggio Booklet can help you with that. Sign up to get it here: www.gypsyandja...
Have fun with these ideas and techniques, play around with them and create your own melodies and solos. They’ll be better than ever.
Enjoy watching the beautiful demonstration.
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Thanks again Yaakow, very well presented, really good tips and exercises to study and ongoing practice
I'm glad to be able to share what I know. Keep practicing and you'll get there.
You are blowing my mind!!! Thank you for posting so much great information in one concise lesson. You have a brand new fan for life!!!
Awesome, thank you! Have fun with the lessons!
You are consummately patient and clear. Thank you. So often teachers want to show off or can't throttle back to their students' leveIs. I share your lessons with many people and so appreciate what you are doing. Thx!
Thank you!
Best regards
Yaakov
Yaakov is tremendous at knowing how to scaffold learning no matter whether you are a raw beginner or quite advanced.
Dear Yaakov,
you were 'the door' for me to the great world of music 14 years ago when I first held a guitar in my hands under your unbelievable teaching skills.
14 years later - music is my whole life and the guitar is my best friend and its all thanks to you.
You are one of the most interesting guitar players I have ever seen, but you are also a master of 'teaching' and it's so great that people from all over the world get the chance to learn from you.
A big hug from me,
Asaf Oren
Wow, thank you!
so much info here, I think i need to watch this about 7 more times to absorb it all. excellent lesson as always.
ukDB2400
Yaakov is the opposite of a magician with triple the effect.
He takes something as a amazing as gypsy jazz and effortlessly demystifies it. This lesson was the ultimate safe combination as far as gypsy jazz. Watching your lessons over the last week completely exponentiated my musicality. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Yaakov!
Thank you for your comment! It means a lot. Cheers
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Once again you provide beautifully scaffolded examples of the concepts.
Thanks! Use it well!
I really appreciate you explaining what you are doing and what shapes you are thinking about as you are playing. It definitely helps me understand what is going on inside your head as you are improvising.
Happy yo hear! Thanks for the comment
Super lesson!!! I really appreciate your work... I been looking for this long time ago and there's many teachers on UA-cam but they're not clear specially in jazz lessons
Glad it was helpful!
Yaakov, you are the best teacher of gypsy jazz guitar I've seen. You make it easy to understand the arpeggios and the rest stroke and techniques. You are a great teacher because you are also an amazing guitarist. Thanks for all your lessons. I feel like I'm finally making progress now!
Great to hear that! Thanks! Make sure to register to www.gypsyandjazz.com to keep updated
Yes, I will. Thank you!
One of the most helpful videos for me learning gypsy jazz!
Very happy to help. Good luck!
Well ,i have nothing to ask anymore after this video.Even im trying to be a Rhytm guitarist,this is enough for me.Thnx for this lesson.Soo much..
Happy to help!
And That's how Django did it! Wonderful. Thanks so much Yaakov.
Amazing content! Thanks for sharing this! Will for sure be checking out the courses! :)
Awesome, thank you!
Another good lesson! Beautiful improvisations!
Glad you liked it! Use it well and let me know how it's going and what you'd like to learn next.
Thanks for such a clear and complete explanation of these arpeggios. Very nice.
Another kick ass lesson! Thanks Yaakov!!!! This is a fun one!!!
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Bravo. I have been watching different videos trying to understand how to put arpeggios together and how to use diminished runs. This video finally helped it click for me. Thanks.
Great!
There are more idea for improvisation in this free ebook:
courses.gypsyandjazz.com/courses/conquer-arpeggios
Todah Yaakov! Kol hakavod!
My pleasure!
Thanks Yaakov! Your method of teaching is excellent, I always come back to your vids and they are a huge help. Gratitude from London
Thanks!!! Great lesson. I really enjoyed the improvisation at the end of the video where you demonstrated the concepts you discussed earlier!
Another excellent lesson, thank you man, wishing you the best :)
!!!!!
best lesson i've ever seen
Very good explanation!
Glad you think so! Good luck learning the song!
you are a great teacher !! thanks for your videos
Hey Yaakov, great lesson! Abe Cherem
Thanks Abe!
Bravo`! Восхитительно, вы большой молодец!
You'r a great musician & a great teacher.
Yaakov! excellent lesson!!
Fantastic lesson, many thanks!
Very good teaching!
pure gold
great lesson again Yakov. thanks...
My pleasure!
Thank you for this chord. So using for me.thanks alot.
so simple and so nice...ahhh
great lesson thank you very much.
Awesome.
Très Très Bonne leçon car elle montre l'utilisation de quelques arpèges en suivant la pensée de Yaakov
Merci et bravo
Very Very Good lesson because it shows the use of a few arpeges following the thought of Yaakov
Thank you and congratulations
How great!!
Perfect lesson... As always. Thank u...
Allays happy to help
Thank you! This video explains a lot!
Love your videos! Really great content! And i like the fact that you're teaching Django's music, not the modern Gypsy Jazz Guitarists' playing, although I like it too :)
Greetings from the heart from Austria! Keep on swinging :)
People somtimes forget that Django was a Jazz musician. And my favorite one. Thanks for your comment, cheers!
Thank you so much Yaakov, this is really helping me get a feel for gypsy jazz on the guitar, after a long time playing only violin. Your free arpeggio ebook on the website is also awesome!
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Thank you
You're welcome
Great Job !
Glad you like it!
Top lesson! Thanks
Love this stuff. Great teacher.good material. Now if could walk the bass too around the chords
Check out this lesson as well:
www.gypsyandjazz.com/la-vie-en-rose-gypsy-jazz-chord-study/
Merci!
My pleasure
Beautifull thank u
U owsm 🎸 ✌️ technic and playing 🎸 thanks
Thanks! now its your turn :)
At about 10:00 a nice explanation of a turn
G A G F# G
down up pulloff down up
Спасибо Яков. From Russia. Thanks
In Gm, practice the F#dim arpeggio. Our teacher likes to add an additional couple of notes on the top. He also recommends practicing changing positions with the Dim7 chord, which is easy.
At 20:00 pay attention to our teacher's left hand as he play Gm and Cm on the 3rd fret. Ascending he does some barring of consecutive strings. Descending he does not.
Excelent
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I love these lessons, just struggling to understand the diminished descending runs
Patience and practice will do the trick. Just let go of the "struggle."
At 3:00, our teacher shows 5 or more positions for G minor
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Beautiful video brother! If you haven't already, you should check out Barry Harris's sixth diminished approach. It's really wonderful. I think you'd love it.
It's a great system. Thans to remind me of it. I had a frieand who showed it to me years ago
12:50 Gm horizontal arpeggio.
14:55 diminished horizontal position
what kind /model is the guitar?, sounds really great ERG? on headstock great lessons! thanks
Hi. Yes it's Polak (previous ERG) Great guitar! You can contact me for more details at info@gypsyandjazz.com
Gypsy Picking Question: In the first phrase of Swing 48, it is going C - - - Bb C Bb C Bb etc.
The first Bb is off the beat. Would you consider playing the first Bb with a down stroke?
I find the upstroke more natural only because it is an off-bit
Really nice lesson Yakov. What guitar model are you using?
Hi
I use guitars by Polak
www.polak-gypsyguitars.com/standard
The one you see in this lesson is brand new Hybrid guitar -
It's Archtop and Gypsy in one
Amazing
You can contact me at
info@gypsyandjazz
if you have more questions about it
Best wishes
Yaakov
🙏
You're welcome!
7 positions: 5 vertical and 1 horizontal !!!!
it's only magic! :)
Yeah in fact 2 horizontals : one minor arpeggio and one diminished, aside from the 5 other vertical minor arpeggios
"See the arpeggio all over the fingerboard"
"If you are doing multiple choruses, think of starting a new chorus in a different register."
1:26 Rhythm
Nice to have you aboard!
"Connect the melody with your arpeggios"
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Dorado Schmidt
Dorado Schmidt is a great inspiration!
Fuck yeah
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Fantastic lesson! Thanks!
Thanks for the superb lesson.
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