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Re: Gypsy Jazz (Django etc)
Ahhh, you are about to embark on a mystical journey. Basically the whole thing behind gypsy jazz is the phrasing. It's not like they're playing scales that everybody else doesn't know. It's just their orienation and application of those scales. If you're really curious to get some of that stuff under your fingers and in your head is to buy some gypsy jazz albums (django is the best starting point.) and try to transcribe some of that stuff. Try to play it. The important thing is to get the rythm and the swing feel down. Also try and see how the chords are moving and resolving. Unlike modern jazz, the harmonies are goin to be very straightforward. Not too many crazy tensions. It'll have Maj7 min7 Min6 Dominant 7 chords and maybe some dominant chords with a flat 5. If all this is greek to you then you better get yer learn on and try to figure out some theory!!!!! The best approach is to not only listen to the guitar because that's not the whole picture. Granted Django is a phenominal player but also pay attention to how the bass and drums move around the melody instruments. It's a huge thing to undertake but trust me the best way to learn this stuff is to transcribe the stuff, if you know standard notation then try to write it down on paper, if not use tab. You'll notice some cool stuff if you really pay attention to how everything is moving and get a better comprehension of the style. This is also a great platform to start working on other styles of jazz, latin, swing, funk. Oh the places you'll go!!!
Last edited by Jemwielder; 04-27-2005 at 03:26 PM.
Reason: typed in a wrong chord somewhere
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