CVB1 Lesson 13: 9 videos

Playing Gypsy Jazz while we practice the second grip.
Let’s play along some nice “Hotclub De France” tunes, totally in style.
We will also cover an important note in the jazz, the “Blue-Note”.
The second grip is practiced to the fullest in this lesson too as well as syncopation in “swing” timing.

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Lesson 13 Gypsy Jazz

In this lesson we will be playing Gypsy Jazz while we practice the second grip. Let’s play along some nice “Hotclub De France” tunes, totally in style. We will also cover an important note in the jazz, the “Blue-Note”. The second grip is practiced to the fullest in this lesson too as well as syncopation in “swing” timing.

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J’attendrai is a French song often played by the Hotclub de France, but is also very popular with players in the style to this day. CVB1 56

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Syncopation in swing CVB1 57

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Summertime, a classic Gershwin song covered by numerous jazz artists. Let’s play it Gypsy Style! CVB1 58

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The “Blue” note. As practiced in the overview, let’s do that one more time before heading to the song “Undecided” CVB1 59

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Undecided, one of the favorite up-tempo Gypsy Jazz songs. CVB1 60

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“It Don’t Mean A Thing (If You Ain’t Got That Swing)” Also a great jazz standard, covered in many different jazz styles. We will stick to Manouch for now. CVB1 61

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Let’s practice the jazz syncopation in this exercise a bit more. CVB1 62

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Let’s improvise

We will do our improvisation using the second grip. But now we will do it in the Gypsy Jazz style. Let’s go Manouch again!!

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