Anyone into gipsy jazz???

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Typically a pop or rock oriented guitarist, I seriously got stuck into gipsy jazz since the beginning of 2013 and I started to dig it deep I must say. I noticed how much practicing and playing the style improved my time feel and more generally my playing and "think speed". Anyone tried it before?

I got a couple of books that get me started and the amount of information you get from this is pretty insane for people that really want to get into pure improvisation. I quite enjoy it and really advise anybody to try it out, no matter where you come from. It's like the rock side of jazz. Haha

Here's a couple of videos of me studying the style in case anybody's interested:



 
Dude that is some killer playing. I really haven't heard much of it but I should. But I really liked what I have heard. One of my main influences as a guitarist/song writer is Tony Iommi. One of his biggest influences is Django Reinhardt. I'm a big proponent of learning from your influence's influences. So I'm going to delve deeper into this. It could also help me get out of the rut I am in as well :lol: :LOL:
 
The Traveller":10v3r90b said:
Dude that is some killer playing. I really haven't heard much of it but I should. But I really liked what I have heard. One of my main influences as a guitarist/song writer is Tony Iommi. One of his biggest influences is Django Reinhardt. I'm a big proponent of learning from your influence's influences. So I'm going to delve deeper into this. It could also help me get out of the rut I am in as well :lol: :LOL:
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Yeah, totally agree with that. I also believe the more influences you get, the more styles you practice, the more special you get to sound. So I make sure to practice whatever I don't understand.
You gotta check Angelo Debarre if you can. This guy is a living legend and one of my favorites!

 
great playing man!!!
Gypsy-Jazz is something I'm becoming very interested in recently.....what are the main scales used in that kind of music?
 
Well done! I'm definitely a fan of the genre and have dabbled in it to a very small degree (learned a few chord progressions and runs) but I'd love to actually study it at some point.
 
Really refreshing to see something different on here, keep up the good work :thumbsup:
 
Really nice blowing on "Minor Swing", man :rock:
Django is one of my all time favorites, among all his disciples, I also love Bireli Lagrene and Jimmy Rosenberg. I recently played Stephane wrembel's "Bistro Fada", great piece which happens to be the theme for "Midnight In paris"
I have to get myself a MacCaferri- style guitar!
 
xzyryabx":otbsntvc said:
great playing man!!!
Gypsy-Jazz is something I'm becoming very interested in recently.....what are the main scales used in that kind of music?
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the same scales that we all use, but they embellish heavily with chromatics and chromatic passing tones, which is the cool thing about Gypsy jazz, they got it from louis Armstrong and early jazz palyers. Also lots of arpeggios to help cutting the fast chord changes.
 
Hey man very nice!!

Great playing that first video was amazing. I havent been into this much but have been recently looking into more jazz and classical stuff.
 
You have to posess a monster right hand to play this style..

And they all have excellent to great chops.

IMO the music suffers a little from lack of rhythmic variety, but I'm sure there are exceptions..... Include a few half notes and whole notes , maybe... ?
 
xzyryabx":sxqcobm4 said:
great playing man!!!
Gypsy-Jazz is something I'm becoming very interested in recently.....what are the main scales used in that kind of music?
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Mostly arpeggios. At least thats the main thing teachers tell you when you start learning the style.

Also there is this thing they call "gypsy picking", thats actually like economic picking but the rule is every time you change string, you start with a downstroke. And you have to "bend" your wrist in order to get the powerful sound.
 
I have been dabbling in some myself. Great playing!! Dig your swing!!
 
I love Gypsy Jazz guitar. Their playing is so clean. Check out Jimmy Rosenberg if you get a chance.
 
JohnSykes said:
xzyryabx said:
great playing man!!!
Gypsy-Jazz is something I'm becoming very interested in recently.....what are the main scales used in that kind of music?
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Mostly arpeggios. At least thats the main thing teachers tell you when you start learning the style.

Also there is this thing they call "gypsy picking", thats actually like economic picking but the rule is every time you change string, you start with a downstroke. And you have to "bend" your wrist in order to get the powerful sound.
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May be true but you can play it with all alternate picking...
Much more mentally simple...IMO.

Different people have different ways to approach things but when someone says you HAVE to do it this way
or you WON'T be able to play the lick ...there's usually more than just one way.

Good observation on the wrist , but there is a few other ways to get upstrokes as powerful as downstrokes ( some call it " up picking " I do it to hit the notes, so upstrokes or downstrokes can be accented and curving the wrist is one way, slightly raising the top of wrist away from the face of the Guitar is how I do it and I'm sure there are other ways.
 
I agree, you can play with alternate. Obviously purist say you dont get the right sound that way, but whatever lol.

Not sure right now, but i believe Bireli Lagrene uses alternate when he is playing electric and gypsy when he is playing acoustic.
 
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