Which scales does Gismo Graf use for his amazing improvisations? Find out in this video! 

You're welcome Az. I'm planning to transcribe Gismo's solo for my patrons when I'm back from Taiwan/Uk/Germany in April!

@@ChristiaanvanHemert sweet!

@@ChristiaanvanHemert are you still planning on transcribing Gismo´s solo? Here´s my vote for it! :-)

Thanks!

Thanks! I hope you enjoyed the rest of the clip as well!

@@ChristiaanvanHemert Very insightful, i've been on a "low" period and this sparked my interest again.

Thanks! You hit the nail on the head, in fact I think learning like this is by far the fastest and most fun way!

Thanks Randy, well not all ;) But Gismo certainly is!

Thanks man!

Indeed!

Thanks Marcus!

You're welcome Mitchell!

Agreed!

You're welcome Pete!

Yes and yes!

Yes the Db7 is just #IV dim chord. I made several videos about that!

@@ChristiaanvanHemert Thanks Christiaan for asking me !!! yes we have the same problem in Rhythm Changes in Bb. Bbmaj, Bdim,Cmin, and now C#dim ????whats this haha okay we can say it's a A7b9 to next Chord Dmin?? but often we play next Bbmaj/D ?? go back this C#dim goes to Cmin..crazy?? what that know?? In both Situation is C#dim a Part of F harmonic major scale ----this scale can be a A7 to Dmin or a Suspendet -doubledominant to the Tonic. C#dim is one side a C7 to F7 (Cmin7 is here not the important Chord) or a Dominat to Dmin ........Dmin is easy the Substitut Chord for Bb...........oh man haha!! Djangologie inclu. the same thing with Bbdim ......its a Dmaj harmonic scale . Django doesn't know this thing but he can hear all this melodic stuff of his time. he play other the D7 to Gmaj this Arpeggio C D Eb F# B this is an C-b5maj7 /9 Arpeggio from the G harmonic major scale (old Dominantscale) in Djangologie Chord Bbdim he play a Arpeggio G-b5 maj 7/9 from D major harmonic Scale............this is the best way in Djangostyle to unterstand this complex old fashion Jazzmusik. Why i talk this??? Students offten think we must play WTHT Scale ..but in Django's Time this Scale is not famous in Europe . hey best Regards an good time in this hart coronatimes .Karl

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed that. Not sure about the natural ability since we both practiced for 6 to 8 hours a day for years on end. I'm playing an Altamira TD (link in description of the video) and Gismo is playing a Mauro Freschi!

@@ChristiaanvanHemert Thank you for taking time to reply Christiaan. The Mauro Freschi appeals to me aestheicatlly. I am using a budget Richwood artist Series guitar. I would interest me to know if a guitar like this would restrict or dissapoint you if you had to play it for a gig or teaching ? My own opinion about natural ability is "the many years of intense focused practice is a catalyst to the natural ability that's within great players which becomes progressed by the level of determination enthusiasm and competitive drive and most importantly the ability to connect with other musicians and the listener." It is certain that many have a natural ability for something (be it music/sport/academic etc) but go through life never realising that they have this dormant within them. Just enjoying your incisively honest video again, as I type this. Many thanks to you both.

Yes, but don't confuse that with "hearing lines he's never heard before". He's hearing and seeing lines on the guitar neck that he's played and practiced 1000s of times before. That's exactly what I try to teach on this channel: practice good lines endlessly and you'll start hearing them at the right time, no luck involved really!

To be honest: scales are mostly useless for jazz guitar or at least it's the long, boring way to playing well. Gismo studied exactly what is needed to become a worldclass player: technique, lines, songs and plenty of jamming!

@@ChristiaanvanHemert I didn't try to belittle Gismo, just the opposite. You have to learn the sound you are searching for and then you can put a name to that sound. The vast majority follows the other path. The usual teachers throws twenty scales on you the first day expecting to know all them in all the fretboard. I think jazz education is full of shit.

Agree!

NO. Nine year olds have enough strength, strength needn't be developed. Your fingers already do what your mind tells them, so the FIRST thing is clarity of thought, dexterity follows that not vice versa. How many fingers to use is only interesting when talking to people who have missed the point and like to argue tediously over minutia for years on end whilst continuing to fail to learn.

@@davidfreel1451 really? And yet Tommy Immanuel talks about needing strength, all great fiddle players have forearms like Popeye, and most rock guitarists can do jack with their little finger 🤔

@@maddi62 One of us knows a lot about guitar. It's not you.

@@davidfreel1451 good god who invited you to come barging in like an internet troll. Stfu before you get us both banned

There there fellas, no need to fight! Let's hold hands and sing kumbaya or play minor swing!

Yes that is a good habit for triplet runs!