![]() ![]() Above all, you’ll become a better musician, regardless of your chosen instrument. Jazz guitarist, musician and educator Paul Mehling says “A metronome is your best friend" and he proves it on this hands–on, fun to use DVD lesson.īy spending a mere 10 – 15 minutes a day with this mechanical time-keeper, you will improve your practice sessions, gain a better understanding of rhythm, build speed, and develop a stronger sense of time. Guitarists at all levels will gain knowledge of the fingerboard, improve improvisational skills and build left- and right-hand power and speed. You’ll learn to understand how each chord is built and how improvisation grows out of these exercises. Throughout the lesson, Paul provides numerous tips and points of advice to help you build your playing chops and increase your familiarity with the guitar fretboard. He covers major, minor, 6th, dominant 7th, diminished and other arpeggiated chord forms. He starts you off with basic first-position chords, then works his way through increasingly more complex chord forms, from open position to closed shapes moving freely up the neck. Paul Mehling has methodically created a program of drills and exercises that “connect the dots,” offering a disciplined approach to practicing for guaranteed results. In short, arpeggio knowledge can set you apart from other guitar players. Many melodies are built upon arpeggios, and their intervals and patterns are the key to understanding improvisation. ![]() Paul teaches the special elements that give this music its distinctive ring: “sweep” picking, ornaments (glissandos, trills, bends, tremolo, vibrato, etc.), diminished and augmented runs, triplets and the other special sounds that “put the Gypsy in Gypsy swing.” Includes some hot jamming with Paul and Tony Mandraccia, rhythm guitar.Īrpeggios (chords played as individual notes) are an indispensable component of music and can become an invaluable tool in your musical bag of tricks. He includes advice on fingering, use of the metronome, singing your solos and how to “focus your attention so your hands can play what your ears hear.” You’ll learn the theory and playing techniques behind the music, including the exercises, scales, modes and arpeggiated picking (“the heart of the Reinhardt style”) that will allow you to come up with your own improvisations. Latest session February 28, 2022.This fascinating look at the art of improvisation in the Gypsy jazz tradition shows you how to really swing! Paul Mehling, leader of the Hot Club of San Francisco, has a comprehensive knowledge of all aspects of this powerful and infectious style, and he provides a wealth of information and playing tips to get you off to a solid start.īefore long, you’ll be playing exciting solos in the style typified by Django Reinhardt, Birelli Lagrenne and other hot players of this dynamic genre. To some of the latest added new good old tunes Have a look at the tune, memorize it, put it inĪdded tunes: Lastic, Eb/Ab, Johan pa Snippen / Bonnjazz, Bb, Wonderful one, Bb, A lull at dawn, Bb (corr 210721), Day by day / Blott en dag, Bb, The trout, Bb, Potato head blues, F, Maria from Bahia, F, Green leaves of summer, Dm, La Guadeloupeene, Cm/C, Under a blanket of blue, F, Jeepers creepers, Bb (simple chords), Best things in life are free, F (key), I'm through, goodbye, F (3rd edition), You made me love you when I saw you cry, F and C, Ballin' the jack, Bb, Siboney, Bb, Who's it, Bb, There will never be another you, Eb, Sing, sing, sing, Dm, Abide with me, Eb, Stranger on the shore, Bb, Absolutely, F, All of me, Bb, Lullaby of the leaves, Cm, Is you is or is you ain't my baby, Bb, Smile, F, Rose room, Bb (update and key), Clair de lune, Dm, Chorandeo baixinho, Dm, Nearer, my God, to Thee, F, Jitterbug waltz, F, Night and day, Eb, Black and blue, Gm (update/intro), Nature boy, Dm. Melody is for instruments tuned in Bb (trumpet, clarinet, soprano- and Is for C-instruments (banjo, guitar, piano, bass), the lower with the Mostly an interpretation of the song and don't claim to be quite right, BelowĪre some which of some reason have occurred. Has not been any sheet music available for many decades, if ever. ![]() You have to transcribe them from old recordings, because there To preserve these tunes is more of a cultural achievement. Hadn't been for a few persons and bands who love early jazz and tryĪlive. Should play them, and today they should have been almost useless if it The tunes are forgotten a long time ago, nobody ask for them, nobody You fake some good old tunesĪnd improvise on the melodies and the chords they are built on. ![]()
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