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25d •
New Event! "The Language of Gypsy Jazz"
🎸 Live Zoom Call this Sunday 8PM (European TIme) Come join us with the fantastic German guitarist David Klüttig! You may know him from the creative group Die Drahtzieher — he'll be talking about his new book "The Language of Gypsy Jazz" and hopefully showing us some of his guitar tricks! 📅 Sunday 🔗 ID: 845 1069 5576 | Code: 348204 Drop a 🎸 in the comments if you're coming! You can also find the event in the Calendar @david-kluttig-1429
0 likes • 25d
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May 1 •
Arpeggios
Good morning gypsy jazz friends. I’m currently learning arpeggios, but I don’t know how to apply them in, for example, “Bossa Dorado.” Do you solo using arpeggios in a tune like “Bossa Dorado”?
1 like • May 5
Arpeggios and scales (and chromatisms/enclosures) provide you a framework to solo with the idea of outlining changes. scales give you a lot of notes, arpeggios less and chord tones even less. So you can definitely use arpeggios for any tune, and in gypsy it's a typical way to improvise. Now building a proper vocabulary is the tricky part (for me at least), you can learn note for note solos, do transcriptions, incorporate typical fragment licks but in the end, I think the more important part is heavy listening of the genre
Apr 15 •
Practice tip
Hello Skool members! Something that I do a lot (and I know the musicians I grew up admiring do this too), is transcribing. Sometimes at blazing tempos it's hard to tell what they are playing, but nowadays can slow it down in YouTube! It's easy (And Free!), check out the photos to figure out how.
0 likes • Apr 16
I use transpose too for quick youtube stuff, but nothing like the software called "transcribe ", used it for years... And you can also sync audio in guitar pro and slow down there
0 likes • Apr 16
actually If someone needs badly a transcription, feel free to reach out, I enjoy doing them
0 likes • Feb 8
sounds close enough and a bit easier to play with the A note on the B string (that is, at 10th fret) and omitting the E string
Jan 13 •
ANOTHER LIVE JAM SESSION THIS WEEKEND!
LIVE JAM SESSION: JANUARY 17th Get ready for a live Gypsy Jazz Jam Session with Violinist @Eva Slongo Join us on Saturday, January 17th at 5 PM (Paris time) for a "Trading 4s" live session. How to join the session? Just click on the link in the calendar, will be updated with Zoom link soon! Play Troublant Bolero in the spirit of Django Reinhardt! This Gypsy Jazz Play Along is the perfect way to practice your improvisation and master the swing style.
1 like • Jan 17
this is truly great, I encourage everyone to join!
0 likes • Jan 18
@Bob Kelley it's in the calendar invite! :)
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@karim-boumedhel-6780
electric and acoustic guitarist, loves Jimi Hendrix, John Mayer, Greg Howe, Ron Thal but also Romane, Django, Angelo Debarre and the list goes on
Active 15d ago
Joined Nov 15, 2025
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