Wow! i googled Django sound, this was my first click and it was exactly what i was after - really well presented - and posted only an hour ago. Thanks for the lesson
Hey thanks for reaching out! We're going a little stir crazy but all in all we are very well and can't complain. Glad you enjoyed this lesson, I'll try to up my output this coming week, I know we all need a distraction. Take care. -Rob
I'm also a guitar teacher, among other instruments. I must say, that was a great tutorial or mini lesson whatever you want to call it. It would be great to explain the reason that you can just move a diminished chord around in minor thirds. Of course, the answer for any other music theory nerds would be that a diminished chord is built on all minor thirds. Hell maybe just do a tutorial on diminish triads, then add the 7th for half or fully diminished. I think you would do a great tutorial on that. Much love 🙏
Very cool subject! I don't really think about Gypsy jazz much, except when I'm (rarely) coming across Django or Jorgenson. This is a great piece for me to start with... easy, yet tasty, too. I really should have at least a song or two of this style up my sleeve for show and versatility. Thank you for posting, Rob!
Great job my friend very nice the progression of chords it is also a pattern of exercise. I liked very much Congratulations and go on uploading more videos like this greetings from Puyo Ecuador.
I don’t “Save” many videos, but it did this one. Though I dare say the most important takeaway was that the fret marker is on the 10th fret of a gypsy guitar. LOL! Thanks.
Thanks Nicole, always great to hear from you. As always, thanks for the positive feedback, it's an absolute pleasure to research these techniques and share. Be well. -Rob
It's a cool lick but fingering it the way you did makes using a strict Gypsy Jazz picking pattern difficult because of a triple descending down-stroke across three strings (E, B and G). If you play it more horizontally the picking pattern is far easier and can be played faster. I'm no GJ expert but I believe GJ players play in a more horizontal fashion to be able to optimize right hand picking.
You realize he only had two fingers, so Django only used two fingers. Dicky Betts did Jessica with two fingers in tribute to him , but you did say Gypsy Guitarist. Beautiful playing, great lessons. I love you are doing a lesson beyond modern rock. Great explanations on chord type; 👍🏻. You will be my hero if you did a few lessons on Brazilian Jazz, Bossa Nova
Hey Gary, it's amazing that Django managed to be one of the most influential guitarist of all time in spite of his injury. Sometimes I practice with two fingers just to get an idea of how he might have phrased certain licks or navigated the fretboard, that can yield some interested tidbits. This lick isn't playable with two fingers, and so these types of patterns are a bit more modern, but the idea of using this harmonic minor scale based arpeggio over the five chord is something very much out of his playbook. I also pull a lot of useful soloing tips from Angelo Debarre, if you haven't check out his playing, I definitely recommend it!
swiftlessons He lost his fingers in a fire. You had said Gypsy Jazz style and Django, so I couldn’t resist joshing you. It really is amazing what he did with two fingers. Jerry Garcia did amazing things missing part of a finger on his right hand as well. I love that you are going beyond just rock and pentatonic scales. Your a real musicians!
Hey !! Can you please please do a lesson for the guitar solo in “crying, waiting, hoping” by Marshall Crenshaw? There’s barely any lessons on RU-vid and it’s a solo I really want to learn !
Nicely presented lesson... except if I may make one correction.. At 6:36.. should read.. "these guitars have the 'dot' in the correct place, all other guitars are wrong!" ;)
