2 Easy Gypsy Jazz Licks You Can Learn In 5 Minutes 🎸 

What a brilliant way to break the solo into bitesized chunks, with all the complexities of chord notation thought out in advance for the student. Five minutes is more than enough time to digest these bitesized chunks, and the feeling afterwards is like having enjoyed a fantastic musical meal. Another great lesson from the Gypsy Music Guru Robin Nolan. Thanks Maestro !!!!

Thank you. I have never played gypsy jazz because I thought that Django was just unreal! However, you have given me such an insight into a beautiful style after nearly forty years of playing. Thanks again. Man, you can play.

I love these short lessons with the calm guiding!

Very nice, Robin. Every time I follow one of your lessons I end up with some idea for a song by my own. Thank you for that!

JUST THE STUFF I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ALL ALONG...! 🥰 Just these kinda tips and indeed LESSONS I want to learn and to master in my own studies of guitar playing! 💓 Thank you very much, Robin! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

this licks make me feel happy!thx Robin

After following this I’m beginning to piece some of this together. Thanks Robin , pieces of a puzzle .

I really loved that Robin , thankyou so much for those really clear instructions and demo.Sometimes it’s just a few notes that are salve for the soul.

I just put traveling to Amsterdam to meet Robin Nolan on my bucket list !!!!!

🎸Enjoy the licks and please leave a comment thanks! Robin

I like the sound and the simplicity.

Finally I found what I been looking for.. Gypsy jazz lesson... Done sub.. I'm glad....

this lesson has been very revealing! thanks! =)

Great lesson, Robin! Thank you.

Thanks Robin! (Love the bell!) We just need a D-minor lick and then we have a whole solo to play over Dark Eyes! :D

Thanks Robin! All the best!

Brilliant! Thanks Robin :-)

Such beautiful and adaptable licks, so impressive and yet thanks to you, so easy to learn. I call the first diminished lick The Rocket because of its shape.

Thanks for the great licks, Robin. And love the 12th fret Amsterdam inlay on your guitar!

First lick is in Ahir Bheiro (N. Indian Raga) at least in first versiion If you play the lick on each of the 4 notes you get 4 different sets of notes. For a lick in the diminished (octotonic) scale you get 2 sets of notes because the diminished scale is composed of 2 dim chords. A lick in the augmented scale yields the same note set no matter which note you start on. On a side note, personally I like the first version of the first lick because it is diatonic. This brings up a related topic: sequences. Sequences is where you play a lick on different scale degrees. I've seen heavy use of this device in the teaching and practiceof N. Indian classical music. They call it Alankar or Palta. Of course as the sequence moves, a different sets of notes are used according to the Raga. Django used sequences but rarely I think. There is a beautiful example but I can't remember in which recording. I've tried using them in my playing, but they don't sound right to my ears. I suspect that they would sound better at faster speeds than my current ability on the guitar enables!

Great lesson. So well taught.🎸☺️

can we get some hard licks we can learn in a decade please!!

Good explanation, thanks a lot !

Can you post the link of the backing track please ?

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That little trick about sliding the diminished chord position up three frets to create the same chord (same notes but in a different order) . . . does that work for any other chords? Thx :-)

What brand of Gypsy jazz guitar are you playing?