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.
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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.
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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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