Gypsy Jazz Guitar, Volume 1

Song List: Preface Introduction The Guitars The Strings The Picks PART 1 -- RHYTHM GUITAR Rhythm-Exercises -- Introduction Finger-Exercise 1 with Extended Chromatics Finger-Exercise 2 Rhythm Exercises -- Lesson 1 Rhythm Exercise 1 -- Comping Straight Quarter-Notes Rhythm Exercise 2 -- Comping Eighth-Notes Rhythm Exercise 3 -- Comping Eighths with Added Dead-Notes Rhythm Exercise 1/1 -- Comping "La Pompe" Rhythm Exercise 1/2 -- Comping Valse Rhythm Exercise 1/3 -- "La Pompe" (csardas) Rhythm Exercise 1/4 -- Extended Comping "La Pompe" Rhythm Exercise 1/5 -- Comping Extended "Swing-Pompe" Rhythm Exercise 1/6 -- Comping "Staccato Eighths" with added Dead-Note Rhythm Exercises -- Lesson 2 - Minor Swing The Blues Cadence Exercise 2/1 ("La Pompe" -- Rhythm, Example: "Minor Swing") Chord Substitution Exercise 2/2 ("La Pompe" Rhythm, Example: "Minor Swing") Gypsy Chords Lesson 2/3 (Chord Substitution, Example: "Minor Swing") Lesson 2/4 (Chord Substitution 2, Example: "Minor Swing") Rhythm Exercises -- Lesson 3 -- Songs for practice Lesson 3/1 -- "Minor Swing" (Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grapelli) Lesson 3/2 -- "Douce Ambiance" (Django Reinhardt) Lesson 3/3 -- "Good times (Schukar ziro)" (Bertino Rodmann) Lesson 3/4 -- "Blues en mineur" (Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grapelli) Lesson 3/5 -- "Valse a Bertino (Le grand escalier)" (Bertino Rodmann) Lesson 3/6 -- "Blues Clair" (Django Reinhardt) Lesson 3/7 -- "Swing 48" (Django Reinhardt) PART 2 -- SOLO GUITAR Introducing Solo Guitar The Right Hand Placement Solo / Lesson 1 -- Picking Technique Picking Technique 1/1 -- Reststroke Picking 1/2 -- Up and Down Reststroke Picking 1/3 -- Sweepstroke Picking 1/4 -- Arpeggio Picking Solo / Lesson 2 -- Scales (Part 1) 2/1 -- Simple Pentatonic in Am 2/2 -- Pentatonic in Am with added sixth (Am6) 2/3 -- Minor scale in Am with additional 6th note 2/4 -- Major scale in D 2/5 -- Seventh scale over E7th 2/6 -- Diminished scale over E7th 2/7 -- A7th scale over A7 2/8 -- Gmaj7 scale (F# locrian) 2/9 -- G major scale (Django style) Solo / Lesson 3 -- Arpeggios 3/1 -- Am arpeggio 3/2 -- Am6 arpeggio 3/3 -- Am6 arpeggio (variation) 3/4 -- G major arpeggio 3/5 -- G major arpeggio (variation) 3/6 -- G major arpeggio (D shape) 3/7 -- C minor arpeggio Solo / Lesson 4 -- Solo-Licks (excerpts from "Minor Swing") 4/1 -- Lick 4/1 (Am6) 4/2 -- Lick 4/2 (Dm6) 4/3 -- Lick 4/3 (E7) 4/4 -- Lick 4/4 (Am6) 4/5 -- Lick 4/5 (Am6 / Dm6) 4/6 -- Lick 4/6 (E7 / Am) 4/7 -- Lick 4/7 (Am6 / Dm6) 4/8 -- Lick 4/8 (Dominant-7th over F7/E7 to Am6) Solo Transcriptions for Practice Exercise 4/9 -- "Minor Swing" (Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grapelli) Exercise 4/10 -- "Blues en mineur" (Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grapelli) Exercise 4/11 -- "Douce Ambiance" (Django Reinhardt) Solo / Lesson 5 -- Tips & Tricks Lick 5/1 -- "Trill"-Effect Lick 5/2 -- Arpeggio in Am Lick 5/3 -- Arpeggio in Am (2) Lick 5/4 -- Gypsy-Lick (Gm6 over C7) Lick 5/5 -- Lick in D-harmonic minor + Arpeggio in Dm Lick 5/6 -- Lick in D-harmonic minor over dominant-7th-chord (A7) Lick 5/7 -- "Trill"-Effect (2) Solo / Lesson 6 -- Scales (Part 2) 6/1 -- Minor pentatonic scale in C minor 6/2 -- Minor-Pentatonic-scale in C with added Blue Note (addb5) 6/3 -- Minor pentatonic scale in C (over three octaves) 6/4 -- The blues scale in C 6/5 -- The harmonic minor scale in A Solo / Lesson 7 -- The Use of Scales and Arpeggios in Gypsy Jazz 7/1 -- Cm6 arpeggio in Django style 7/2 -- Gm scale in Django style 7/3 -- Dm6 arpeggio in Django style 7/4 -- Dm arpeggio in Lollo Meier style 7/5 -- Diminished scale in Lollo Meier style 7/6 -- Harmonic minor in Django style 7/7 -- C major arpeggio in Django style 7/8 -- Arpeggio Repetitions in Django style 7/9 -- Chord Substitution in Django style 7/10 -- Arpeggio sequences in Romane style 7/11 -- Combination of scales and arpeggios in Lollo Meier style 7/12 -- Diminished scales in Stochelo Rosenberg style 7/13 -- Cm6 arpeggio in Django style Solo -- Transcriptions for Practice (2) Exercise 8/1 -- "Blues Clair" (Django Reinhardt) Exercise 8/2 -- "Good times (Schukar ziro)" (Bertino Rodmann) Exercise 8/3 -- "Valse a Bertino (Le grand escalier)" (Bertino Rodmann) Exercise 8/4 -- "Swing 48" (Django Reinhardt) Epilogue About the Author Glossary Sources / Thanks CD - Track list