For me according to Barry Harris or Pat Martinos universe the whole tone and diminished scale are the parents of all scales, you just have the 5 (tension) and 1 (release), the scale degrees 1-3-6 are 1, the 2-4-7 are 5, so thats all!, just simplefy everything to 5 or 1' --- but the most important and makes the difference is rhythm and ofcourse timing! when you can hear tension and release you can do what you want.

I have to disagree with you about how you swing. You can vary it - and I think you should - as you play. Just don’t vary it on a really short time scale.

This why it takes time to work out until we can feel meta beyond

The more I play the more I can talk in interesting ways Seriously it take me now two hours playing then I can get to improve

Are there any gypsy solos you think would make a good starting place to transcribe? I often find with my favorite Django solos that I can only figure out and cleanly play the easy parts of it so I end up "practicing" the lines more than transcribing if that makes sense.

I am learning the chord tones of songs and transcriptions

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This is an excellent and helpful video! I’m a beginner, although I have already scoured KZfaq for all the hints I can find. There’s plenty of great (and not so great) information out there. In my mind I’m pretty advanced, but my motor skills have to catch up😅 Your approach really makes sense and is especially helpful because I’m older…63. Without a shoulder rest, I’m feeling no pain, no tension. The sound is better, and I’m able to do my shifts (learning them now) without a problem! I’ve had one lesson so far here in Japan and my teacher had me buy a Kun rest in place of my Wolf Secundo, but both lock everything and I can only practice 10 minutes before pain hits me hard. I don’t mind if it takes longer to learn skills if it doesn’t hurt me. An interesting analogy…I used to do weight training. People with bad form and less understanding of body mechanics often have to rely on the nautilus type machines that set the angles, everything is controlled. It’s easier for the trainers, too. But if you know how to move and what muscles to use, it is MUCH nicer and more effective to use free weights. It takes more focus and practice to do it correctly but the results are far better. It’s worth learning to trust and feel what your body can do. It certainly is dependent on personality, and trust in the process. I hope my teacher doesn’t get mad at me, lol🤪 Thank you for sharing your valuable insights.

Chris you sound like arnold shwanazagger

Shredddddddddding!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

It’s of course a matter of taste: The vibrato is forbidden in the field of jazz guitar (except gypsy jazz). I like to do vibrato in whatever style. I heard about that rule a while ago, still not sure how true it is.

The best backing tracks to play along to

Can't wait for this book!

Awesome, can't wait !!

Thanks gentlemen !

Know that recording so well. First heard it in the 1960's, and it never grows old.

😂😂😂 be prepared for a lot of frustration

2&4 is the back beat of swing music. Also Gipsy players articulate those beats, when they play rhythm guitar.

Kool indeed !

Well done! ❤

What u using blues scale ?

Sounds great!

This is a good lesson Somehow I missed it 😮😅

Can you include the Verse?

Hi Christiaan 😊First of all: congrats, the performance is great! Also the explanations are so detailed! I learned it in a wrong and sloppy way decades ago and just catch up. I have one additional advice for people with my problems concerning the first phrase of the A section. To close the gap btw metronome slow tempo to real performance I tried to play it Legato ( where I got the timing right and ) and than somehow force the right hand onto the notes. By doing both, metronome controlled picking plus what I described, i am now getting there. By the way the last a note on the g string after the triplet still drives me crazy 😂 But this video is just great! Christiaan rocks, guys! Gefeliciteerd 💪🏻

In the video of Adrien and Gonazalo playing All the things you are, Gonzalos’s solo does sound composed, cause it’s a take on the fly me to the moon melody, but it’s still a great solo, nevertheless. I learned composing my solos, but I still has to copy lines I liked also in Gypsy jazz, I mean the phrases are so different. Copying the lines in the waltzes note for note is a great excercise, it was for me. Stochelos waltz from his book is great.

Two weeks off for an intermediate is a huge without.

Hello there, I think I am the guy who asked Dude about the pick, this is just to let you know that I think I found the best pick for this genre ( in my opinion of course 😊) . It is the Dunlop PrimeTone 1.5 mm, Triangle. The triangle shape is very important to me, it is a wide pick and I think I solved the grip issue I had before. Plus I think 1.5 mm is ok but I prefer at least 2 mm but I could find this pick over 1.5.

This is great. I get so much out of these reactions. 16:47 Good eye! I DID dabble in coin magic for a while. 24:50 Well-oiled machine is the right expression! 52:00 You’re right. I’ll add 20 mins a day improvising soon. 1:07:32 I’m a couple hours away from luthier JWC. I’ve gone to him for a set-up before. Super cool guy. His guitars are amazing btw. 1:18:56 Fortunately I didn’t start with the intention of growing a channel. It helps to remind myself of this every few days. 1:24:03 I’m gonna try!

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Howard Roberts advice was, You still MUST practice when away from your instrument, you do this by thinking of what you plan to do when away from the guitar. You think about the the chords, the choice notes like the 3rds, 5ths, 7ths, etc, and where and when you will execute them in certain songs you're working on. You think about things like which chords you will drop, or won't, which substitutions, you will use, and visualize the neck, the chords, which arpeggios. When playing in real time, if you're thinking, you're stinking. Christian's given us SO MUCH valuable advice. He's broken EVERYTHING down, in ways that could NEVER be taught back in the day. ANYONE who takes in, absorbs and practices what he's taught, and puts in 6-8 hrs a day, if they have the time, and that a LOT of working hrs, they will be improvising GREAT lines, and flowing beautifully, in 3-4 yrs time. If they're like those young people, who have the time, and talent, it could even be less. This is based on a person being able to play guitar at an advanced level, like a good Rock, Blues, Metal player, etc. Christian mentioned a a very good point, when you get to the level, when you can flow in real time, and notice that you've been playing the same lines too much, and you know that you can easily change it up, and that you have, many ideas left for chorus's to go around, you know you've arrived at the improv station. Or for instance, you know those triplet minor arpeggios that MANY people play in like minor swing, that in my opinion, they've become overplayed, and if one player played them already, YOU don't wanna play them in your solo , just because you can, I wouldn't play them after another player did? Thx again for ALL you do and have done. Guys like You, Dennis, and Robyn, have literally made me able to play this genre now, and I'm going on yr 4 now.

I love this video. Your revelations are exactly what no one else is saying. Thank you deeply. I'm now more comfortable knowing that where I am with 'jazz' is fine.

Another Monster from Italy: Claudio Quartarone.

Sounds great -like a mixture of Django Reinhardt and Parker/ Powell vocabulary 👍

Just play the Sicilian defense instead !

Excellent. Have you on notification so will be back often. 🤠😎👏👍🎸 🎸 🎶

beautiful

Thanks Christiaan, Good to know I'm not the only one. I suppose that is how everyone makes up new licks.

“What is a scale?”. Django Reinhardt. I agree with you and John, I don’t know many scales and I feel like I don’t really need them. Django didn’t knew “scales” and he’s the greatest of all, so there must be a method to play beautiful solos without thinking in terms of scales. But, also I think it depends on what kind/style of music you gonna play. It is pretty hard to play modal jazz without a strong scales knowledge. 😊