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Minor Swing; chord/comping study on 4 levels! (Patreon)

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2023-11-04 11:30:01
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Exhaustive lesson materials for this deep dive into comping in the manouche and trad jazz rhythm styles. Do let me know what you think down in the comments.. I'm really pleased with how this one turned out and I hope you guys enjoy working through it!

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Gypsy Jazz Chord Study; 4 levels of essential moves & embellishments for comping! Guitar Lesson

Access all lesson materials by becoming a Patreon at the link below for just a small monthly cost!.. https://www.patreon.com/AlexFarranGuitar If Patreon isn’t your bag, you can purchase the materials for this lesson alone, directly at the link below; https://smogfalls.gumroad.com/l/vsqkv Book in for a private Zoom lesson at the link below.. just choose a slot!; https://tidycal.com/alexfarranguitar/guitarlesson This week we work our way through an in-depth chord study on one of the most simple jazz standards.. Django Reinhardt's "Minor Swing". A tune based around just three chords, which makes it the perfect playground for learning how to add chords, movements, substitutions, alterations and embellishments! By exercise #4 we're changing chords every 2 beats! Let me know down in the comments how many of the exercises you managed to get down, and whether you have any questions! As always, stick around til the end for gear talk and recommended listening 👌🏻 ⏱️ Time stamps ⏱️ 00:00 - Performance (4 exercises) 01:25 - Introduction 01:46 - Basic Changes 03:23 - Exercise #1 04:25 - Exercise #2 9:39 - Join our growing Patreon community! 10:10 - Exercise #3 15:26 - Exercise #4 19:52 - Surprise Radiohead! 20:22 - Resuming normal gypsy jazz proceedings 24:02 - Practice tips & fast tempos 24:53 - Strumming technique “La Pompe” 26:53 - Gear & Tone talk 27:38 - Patreon Crew Shoutout! -------------------------------------------- 🎥 Reference Videos; 🎥 Triads and three note voicings; https://youtu.be/fvvIc93f-EU?si=X0REa9pcLZ_6oqZC Diminished Chords survival guide; https://youtu.be/cE7DTVknkXU In a Sentimental Mood; https://youtu.be/i9Duf-o8ScM Douce Ambiance; https://youtu.be/Ki2BqORpVxE ---------------------------------------- Gear used in this video; 1953 Gibson es125 Lazy J20 amp Honeypicks "Smoker" 2mm plectrum Thomastik Infield 12 gauge "Swing" flatwound strings Universal Audio OX - amp top box Universal Audio Apollo Twin X Logic Pro Universal Audio plugins Sony ZVE-10 camera Neewer Desktop Tripod Final Cut Pro Thanks for watching! Alex Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexfarranguitar/ Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexfarran #gypsyjazz #djangoreinhardt #bossanova #jazzmanouche #minorswing #chords #melody #blues #jazz #guitarsolo #guitar #guitarist #music #musician #gibsonguitar #es125 #archtopguitar #vintageguitar #vintage #1930s #fender #vintageamp #alexfarran #guitarlesson #jazzblues #lesson #inspiration #motivation #latin #latinmusic #es175 #jazzstandard #stephanegrappelli #comping

Comments

Delphine

I was aware of some tritone subs and inversions to move between the 3 static chords in a minor blues... But your lesson blows up the number of possibilities. Pure joy for the ears [not so much for the fingers for some chords, though ;-) ]. Thanks.

Alex Farran Guitar

😁 Thank you Delphine!.. I'm so glad this lesson has introduced some new options and ideas to you! I'm sure your fingers will adapt to these shapes faster than you think ;)

MarkF

I just got a new (2020) Eastman AR805 so this lesson is perfect to try on this acoustic archtop. I am struggling with the thumb hook over not to mention the speed and feel but as you say start slowly. As always thank you for the hard work you put into your lessons it is appreciated.

Alex Farran Guitar

That's great to hear Mark!.. those are stunning looking guitars! Yes indeed, you'll get the hang of it for sure.. just keep chipping away with consistency and it'll inevitably happen 🙏🏻

Gert De Groof

Damn…seems I’m still in the umpa lumpa fase… I wanted to ask if you play the entire chord or the root/bassnote on the 1…thanks for clearing that out.

Alex Farran Guitar

My pleasure Gert! Haha, yeah it can be hard to break out of the Oompa Loompa phase, but keep working hard and it'll be a thing of the past 😉

Julian Gross

Nice Radiohead section 😂👌

Claire

Hi Alex, Claire here from north London, your channel is boss. Learnt a bit of theory, love jazz guitar, will never be a great guitarist but that okjust joined a band called whisky widow, was in a punk band previous called menopause army. Have a great drummer and we are determined.to record, but Im playing bass.

Alex Farran Guitar

Hi Claire, thanks for the comment.. that's so cool! I have a huge amount of love for the punk scene.. will check your bands out! Glad you're finding this place inspiring mate 🙏🏻🍻

Douglas

tritone based soloing

Chip

Thanks for this lesson Alex. Do you have a “Head” pdf available like you did with Douce Ambiance? I found that really helpful! Cheers mate

Alex Farran Guitar

Hi Chip, glad you enjoyed the lesson! The first 16 bars of my chord study PDF is exactly the same as the changes for the "head" of the tune. Aside from the intro and outro melody, there isn't a set "head" melody for this one.