Gypsy Jazz Guitar Basics Vol. 2 - Exploring Harmony

Explore how dissonance interrupts harmony using minor arpeggios in gypsy jazz guitar, creating momentum by shifting one note a half step lower from the arpeggio.

Explore half-step lead-ins to arpeggios on the gypsy jazz guitar, starting on the G string and ascending, using hammer-ons, slides, upstrokes, and downstrokes to color minor and major shapes.

Explore half-step additions to arpeggios on the B string, using hammer-ons and upstrokes to color phrases, build vocabulary, and hear bluesy, West Side Story style melodies.

Learn how to add a half step to arpeggios on the high e-string, ascending, using position changes, hammer-ons and pull-offs, with rhythm and d-minor progression.

Practice a half-step addition to arpeggios of minor swing on the g string, ascending from d-minor to a minor, then apply the same in another position.

Practice staying in one position, using half-step additions to minor swing arpeggios on the B string ascending, and build a personal bank of licks to fuel solos.

Practice the half-step addition to arps of minor swing on the high e-string, ascending in a locked position at a low tempo with downstrokes.

Mix arpeggios across different strings and positions, shifting the lead-in between the G, B, and high E strings using varied fingerings to suit upcoming notes in D-minor progressions.

Move arpeggios through one position at a time and into a mid-position, leading on the high string, then the B, then G, building phrases for soloing in monish swing.

Lead in from a half step above to descend minor arpeggios across positions, adding the extra note on the high e string, and explore major/minor color with varied picking.

Explore descending major arpeggios and adding the extra note on the high e and g strings as you test major chord voicings, revealing a mysterious yet wholesome tonal character.

Explore descending arpeggios with an added note over minor swing chords, in locked positions, cycling G, B, and C shapes, echoing Django's harmonic exploration in gypsy jazz.

Explore the sound of whole-step leading on ascending minor arpeggios across positions, comparing consonant and dissonant colors on the G string and high strings in gypsy jazz.

Explore a whole-step lead-in to ascending major arpeggios across chord positions, including the b string, and move the hand to navigate big jumps over the chords of songs you'll play.

Learn whole-step additions to descending arpeggios, moving from high to low across minor and major progressions, practicing on the D minor and other strings (B, E, G).

Practice improvising with arpeggio variations over minor swing chord changes, using half-step ups and whole-step downs to connect arpeggios with intention.