"Coquette" is a must know gypsy jazz standards among the gypsy jazz musicians. In my "Coquette" gypsy jazz lesson you will learn how to improvise over the changes and learn the main theme note by note as well as the improvisation. It is full of useful licks that you can use in your jazz vocabulary.
In this gypsy jazz lesson we will learn "Sweet Georgia Brown" - a must know gypsy jazz and jazz standard. You will learn how to play the main theme with variations and 2 progressions of an improvisation with many useful licks.
Django's Tiger is a gypsy jazz standards written by the great Django Reinhardt. The original recording features Stephane Grappelli on violin. In my gypsy jazz lesson you will learn how to improvise over the changes and learn the main theme note by note as well as the improvisation.
Great alternate picking and sweep picking exercise written in 3/4 time signature. Wether you are begginer or advanced player you will be challenged with this one!
Minor Blues or "Blues En Mineur" is a composition by Django Reinhardt recorded in 1935. Django had recorded it several times,
but this time we are going to focus on his legendary solo over this minor blues progression followed by 2 progressions of my own composed
improvisation in the gypsy jazz style.
This is the lesson covering my song called An Old Modern Time from my solo album Let It Out, released in 2006. It's a cool Neoclassic kind a piece with lot of alternate picking, string skipping, sweeping, few legato licks etc.
Hora Martisorului is one of the most famous Romanian dance compositions for violin composed by Grigoras Dinicu. This version is adjusted for acoustic guitar in gypsy jazz style.
In this lesson I have included my TOP 12 favorite gypsy jazz licks that I like to use when I outline the 2-5-1 progression in major. All examples are in C major.
