Please Subscribe!! I am trying to get to the 1,000 subscriber mark! Thanks!! This video is the first installment in a series of videos that I plan to do for Swing 42 by Django Reinhardt. This video covers the form, melody, and chord progressions. Timecodes are listed below for the various sections
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Timecodes
0:00 Intro music by Django Reinhardt
0:22 Intro to lesson
What piece of music are we studying?
Who is the composer?
0:43 What letters of the alphabet describe the form of this tune?
What do those letters represent?
1:06 How do the improvisors use the form to improvise?
How does the form help to be ready for harmonic tension and resolution?
How does the form help to be ready for harmonic key changes?
1:35 What are the first, three things to learn with this tune?
What does this video focus on teaching you?
How does this video make the chords simple for the B section?
What key is the A section?
What key is the B section?
3:24 Swing 42 melody only exercise
7:14 A lesson on form with the melody
What is the form of this tune?
The two ways to explain the form are with melody and chords
Can you play the A and B melodies?
8:34 A lesson on form with the chords
How many chord progressions does the A section have?
The first chord progression for A is C6add9 Am7 Dm7 G7
The second chord progression for A is Em7b5 A7 Dm7 G7
How many times through the A section is one time through both progressions?
9:29 How to play C major 6add9 also called C6add9 also called C6
Be sure to memorize both how to play the chord and its name
Why do you not play the high notes in each chord?
10:20 How to play A minor 7 or Am7
What string is muted in this chord?
Why do you not play the high notes of the chord?
11:20 How to play D minor 7 or Dm7
How many notes do we play in this chord?
12:01 How to play G dominant 7 or G7
12:34 How to play E minor 7 flat 5 or Em7b5
13:21 How to play A dominant 7 or A7
What other chord shape is exactly like A7 but on the 3rd fret?
12:32 What are the last two chords of the progression?
Where have we seen these chords before?
13:47 Both progressions from the A section summed up quickly
14:02 The progression for the B section
How are the B section chords easy to play for this version?
What fret are these chords shapes starting for the B section?
14:55 A word on how players get creative with the B section
What artists have I been studying for learning Swing 42?
Do these artists create variations of the chord progressions in their versions?
16:00 Learning left and right hand techniques for la pomp rhythm
Should you study other players and teachers to learn?
How does this help you to develop your own style?
16:31 The basics of gypsy jazz rhythm
What instrument is the guitar imitating for rhythm?
Why does this style need the guitar to sound like the drums?
17:29 Pumping the left hand
The first pumping pattern that we learn is long/short?
Can you tell why we learn this pattern first?
What pick strokes are we using for the strums?
How does the upstroke help with the swing feel?
18:36 Thoughts after the lesson
Am I still practicing this style and trying to get better?
Who is this video primarily meant to help?
Does it help to slow this music down to learn it?
20:12 outro music by Bobby Hall