Revision as of 22:36, 13 January 2011

Here is the summary of our gypsy jazz method

Right hand techniques

Get started

• Position of the wrist and of the right hand

For Accompaniment

• The standart pompe
• typical accompanying rhythm guitar in different styles
• Des variations possibles pour donner de l'énergie à votre pompe
• Some examples of roulés or chord tremolos

For Choruses

• Rest-stroke
• Playing "ternary", the essence of swing
• -v-v- or how to play two downstrokes in a row
• -v-v- licks examples
• The Sweeping

Specific left hand techniques

Typical chords

• Major chords
• Minor chords
• Half-diminished chords (m7/5b)
• Diminished chords

Arpeggios

• Minor Arpeggios
• Major Arpeggios
• Arpeggios m6 and m7/5b
• Arpeggios 69 and m7

voicings