Sunday, October 31, 2010

Gypsy Jazz Chords

          Django, because of his injury, used chords that use just two or
          three fingers and he often muted strings with his left hand.
          Standard major and minor chords are not usually played and
          many major 7th chords, major 6th chords, and 6/9 chords are
          used. Gypsy jazz has a minor feel even if a song is in a major key
          by adding the 6th note.
                         
          Gypsy jazz often uses what is considered closed-position chords
          in which there are no strings that are not touched by your fingers
          this allows you to pulse and stop the sustain as we mentioned earlier
          in the rhythm post. Gypsy jazz chords are also in most cases
          moveable so once you learn the position you can play all over the
          fretboard. By going through the chords, and progressions within the
          songs and charts listed below you should gain a good understanding
          of gypsy jazz chords.
                                    

    http://gypsyjazzworkshop.com/GJW/images/fbfiles/files/GJWchords.pdf -
    a good chart for chords, this particular pdf shows “G” but they are all moveable
    so by moving up and down the neck you can just use the positions as a key.

    http://anouman.net/blog/files/gypsyjazz.zip - has a file for 43 django pieces,
    this has the chords and notes, no tabs with these ones but you will get a good
    idea of the chord s. 

   

    http://www.visi.com/~mpv/charts/ - has the gypsy jazz chords to a lot of
    songs as well as chords for ii-v-I patterns and arpeggios.


Song To Hear - “Minor Swing” great version with Andy Leftwich and Cody Kilby
Song To Learn - “Minor Swing” Django Reinhardt
 

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