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Gypsy Jazz / Jazz Manouche Lead Guitar Fundamentals
Rating: 4.1 out of 5(26 ratings)
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Gypsy Jazz / Jazz Manouche Lead Guitar Fundamentals

Learn to play lead guitar and improvise like Django Reinhardt in this comprehensive gypsy jazz / Jazz Manouche course.
Created byHarry Edwards
Last updated 8/2019
English

What you'll learn

  • To play gypsy jazz / Jazz Manouche lead guitar like Django Reinhardt!
  • Strong left and right hand lead guitar technique, allowing you to produce the best tone possible on your instrument.
  • The powerful gypsy jazz rest-stroke picking technique.
  • The melody to two popular gypsy jazz standards, ‘Dark Eyes (Les Yeux Noirs)’ and ‘Avalon’.
  • Several horizontal Django-style arpeggios commonly used in gypsy jazz (Including triad, diminished and multi-purpose arpeggios).
  • Listening and transcribing skills through focused ear training sessions.
  • Techniques to create musical phrases, including articulations (vibrato & string bending), embellishments, phrase-connecting, and using rhythmic variation and space.
  • The confidence and tools to begin improvising on your instrument.

Course content

3 sections • 35 lectures • 3h 2m total length

  • Welcome & Course Introduction2:16

    Explore how both hands shape tone in gypsy jazz lead guitar, master a powerful picking technique, apply it to melodies like dark eyes and avalon, and build lead improvisation foundations.

  • Holding The Pick3:45
  • Right Hand Angle & Position4:59
  • Achieving Good Tone & Sound – Right Hand Requirement4:50
  • Achieving Good Tone & Sound – Left Hand Requirement6:48
  • Introduction to Gypsy Jazz Guitar Picking Technique6:42
  • Gypsy Jazz Guitar Picking Technique – Exercises5:34
  • Applying Gypsy Jazz Guitar Picking To Melodies – Avalon8:00

    Apply gypsy picking to melodies by learning Avalon and Dark Eyes, with left-hand fingering and rhythm, and practice precise down-stroke picking against a backing track in F major.

  • Applying Gypsy Jazz Guitar Picking To Melodies – Dark Eyes (Les Yeux Noirs)7:56
  • Developing A Vocabulary For Improvising – Triad Arpeggios & Other Tools7:03
  • D Minor Triad Arpeggio – 6th & 5th String Roots6:02

    Learn the D minor arpeggio with roots on the sixth and fifth strings, connect fingering to the D minor triad, and develop rest-stroke picking for improvisation over dark eyes.

  • F Major Triad Arpeggio – 6th & 5th String Roots4:40

    Learn the F major triad arpeggios with roots on the sixth and fifth strings, using the fingering and down-up-down-down picking, then practice over Avalon changes.

  • Moving Arpeggios Around – Using Triad Arpeggios To Map Out The Guitar Neck3:16

Requirements

  • This course is designed for guitar players of all levels. Just bring an enthusiasm for learning gypsy jazz / Jazz Manouche.
  • A gypsy jazz style guitar is not required to take this course. Any acoustic guitar will work.

Description

Master the fundamentals of gypsy jazz lead guitar playing in this comprehensive course. Whether you’ve always wanted to learn gypsy jazz lead guitar, are a fan of Django Reinhardt's playing, feel like exploring a new and interesting guitar style, or would like to add something new to your playing, this course will really help.


Testimonials

“With Harry’s enthusiasm and style of presentation it would be difficult to be swayed from wishing to learn from these courses. I purchased access to both courses, wishing to secure as much information / tuition available. I recommend both Harry’s tuition and the courses to all interested students of guitar.” (A. Mowatt)

“This course has everything you need to get you started playing gypsy jazz style lead. It is suitable for both the beginner and the more experienced player coming from another style.

All the fundamental techniques are expertly covered. I found the course very well paced and structured, with the lessons well focused on the topic under discussion. The clarity of the content is admirable and obviously the product of considerable effort. I also think the emphasis on ear training sets this course apart and would benefit anybody who seriously wants to master the style.” (R. Bartlett)


You Will Master

  • Strong left and right hand technique, allowing you to produce the best tone possible on your instrument.

  • The powerful gypsy jazz rest-stroke picking technique.

  • The melody to two popular gypsy jazz standards, ‘Dark Eyes (Les Yeux Noirs)’ and ‘Avalon’.

  • Several horizontal Django-style arpeggios commonly used in gypsy jazz (Including triad, diminished and multi-purpose arpeggios).

  • Listening and transcribing skills through focused ear training sessions.

  • Techniques to create musical phrases, including articulations (vibrato & string bending), embellishments, phrase-connecting, and using rhythmic variation and space.

  • The confidence and tools to begin improvising on your instrument.



Course Features

  • 29 HD gypsy jazz guitar video lessons (scroll down to see a list of all the lessons included in this course).

  • Over 2.5 hours of gypsy jazz guitar tuition from a professional guitarist and teacher.

  • 25 page PDF course workbook, including gypsy jazz chord charts for ‘Avalon’ and ‘Dark Eyes (Les Yeux Noirs),’ and transcriptions of lesson material in TAB and standard notation.

  • 6 professionally recorded gypsy jazz backing tracks.

Who this course is for:

  • Guitarists
  • Guitar players of all levels.
  • Guitarists interested in jazz.
  • Guitarists interested in soloing.
  • Guitarists interested in improvising.
  • Guitarists interested in arpeggios.
  • Guitarists interested in Gypsy Jazz.
  • Guitarists interested in Django Reinhardt.
  • Guitarists interested in Jazz Manouche.
  • Guitarists interested in French music.
  • Musicians interested in French music or European jazz.

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