What are your top five gypsy jazz tunes? There are so many awesome ones it is absolutely insane

Minor Swing is one I never get enough of. Thanks Scot.

Great content and clear explanations! Thanks so much for sharing.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

25 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏

i've been messing around with learning gypsy jazz for 40 years, have watched many lessons over the years , your videos are some of the best available lessons , i play fingerstyle a lot , but find playing with a pick gives the most accurate sound overall , and yes, i have watched your vids on fingerstyle gypsy jazz playing. very nicely done with easy to understand video to play along with ,, thank you !

@TheVersatileGuitarist

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

I wish that I could give this video TWO thumbs up. 👍🏻👍🏻 Thank you

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

You just did!

Last one is so good , always know a melody is 🔥 when you hear it and understand it before you even look at it, and then when you get it under your fingers it leads you to all sorts of cool new ideas.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

And the words are great too!

You’re the absolute man, you’ve elevated my playing so much. Thank you.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

Wow thank you!

Fantastic stuff! Kudos go out to your playing and your guitar tone... punchy, expressive and articulate!

Great really encouraging, thank you.

Well made, good tabs. Great lesson, keep up the good work!!

Fantastic lesson !!!

Just beautiful!

Great video, Scot, just enough to whet your appetite to explore gypsy jazz.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Ай бұрын

Thanks! And kudos on spelling whet correctly!

Yes the last one is my favorite too🔥🔥🎧🥳🎶 realy cool video thank you for your work and sharing

Great vid cheers for this 👍

Great stuff!

Thank you so much!

nice choices and some excellent tips - thank you!!

Great tutorial ,,removing the mystery,,,a revelation 🎸👍👍

Awesome video. Thanks.

Great gypsy jazz video. Perfect for the first steps of my journey

@TheVersatileGuitarist

10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

And I thought I was improving because I just learned the intro to SMOKE ON THE WATER !! you’ve just inspired me TO BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

Accounting sounds way harder than playing the guitar!

@victorwong9622

Ай бұрын

You can play SMOKE ON THE WATER??? Tabs please!!

That was great! Love the sound of your guitar too.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Awesome! Thank you Scot.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

the best!!!

Thank you so much. I never know where to start in a new genre of music!!

Thanks!

I'm so glad I saved this lesson. I am so into Django! (Slavic Blood!) Thanks Scot,

@TheVersatileGuitarist

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Any Django or Gypsy jazz stuff you’d like to see here?

@StephiSensei26

5 ай бұрын

Been working on (still am), on "Nuages". Would love to see your approach to this classic. Thanks a Million for your dedication and love of our instrument. I've already learned so much from your Flamenco lessons. It's really a good cross-over between the two.@@TheVersatileGuitarist Best.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

5 ай бұрын

Thanks I did a Nuages arrangement here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mI2rq6R9irPVgdo.htmlsi=uAAl02Y001ot6C9j

@StephiSensei26

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Scot, you're great! Let's see what I can muster this time. Hah!🙃@@TheVersatileGuitarist

Great video! Just what I wanted as prep for heading to my first gypsy jazz session--I suspect any or all of these will get called. Very much appreciated.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

9 ай бұрын

Nice!!

Wow, I think I have a new favorite style.

thanks alot

Thanks 🎉🎉🎉

Thanks

Thanks! Pretty sure that Djangology was composed by Grappelli for Django

@TheVersatileGuitarist

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting I’ve only ever seen Django‘s name on the page!

Best video yet!

@TheVersatileGuitarist

3 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing what you can do with only 14,000 hours of editing

I loved the effort and thanks❤ Be at the right pitch and manner as always.

I found it. Great.

I’m not a real jazzer , but this is my favorite kind ….along with Wes stuff

This is great. Thanks for making this and putting in the tabs as well.

Great video lesson! Thanks very much. Subscribed.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to my guitar obsessed mind!

Excellent lesson for newbies wishing to dabble in gypsy jazz-like myself! Thank you for posting mate. I would have included a sixth song-one of my favorite Django tunes- Minor Swing. Would love to see a lesson in the future. Cheers! 👍👍

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

Minor Swing is great but there’s really no melody apart form the intro riff otherwise it would be on here! I’ll do a video on it soon

@1Keef

Жыл бұрын

@@TheVersatileGuitarist Thanks mate ! Looking forward to it.

Remarkable . . .

Nice post.. Great for beginners like me. Rhythm and melody. I will worry about fast complex Django solos later

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and good luck!

Consider me subscribed. As always, great tutorial and your love for the acoustic guitar is inspiring.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

8 ай бұрын

Thanks I appreciate it!

Looking forward to your next video. However , I love how you break it down. But, I'd like to see you put the two parts together if that how it's ever played live. I really dig the rhythm guitar almost as much as the melody lines. Really love this. Thanks

@TheVersatileGuitarist

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, this is an ensemble style of music so you kind of *have* to have 2 guitars, one rhythm and one lead. To put them both together you would have to make too many compromises with the rhythm and we would lose that driving gypsy swing chord sound. That said, you can make a chord melody solo guitar arrangement of anything, and I will be posting up one of those soon to the song Djangology… see my video “Nuages” where I play my own arrangement of a Django song in free time.

@randallo3614

3 жыл бұрын

​@@TheVersatileGuitarist Thanks I will. Also, call me lazy but could tab exactly the chords you are playing? I hope that's not too much to ask. Keep up all this cool music. I play electric and while I do acoustics too (no cat gut classical ) essentially want to blend this with whatever, whenever if it fits the song I'm writing or not. I'm rambling already but I like hearing what you know about the song , how old it is, who wrote it. Basically a history lesson, hahaha. When dropping names you are turning me on to music I would otherwise never hear.

Django Unchained is my favorite guitar man

@scoobydoo89765

3 жыл бұрын

(Other than Scotty)

Great lesson. chromatic chords

So cool! 😁🎶

💚

Kenny Ball nailed."Dark Eyes'

Amazing video!! Thanks.. Could you tell me what program or app do you use to edit?

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I’m using final cut pro on a MacBook

Thank you. Have you done a gypsy jazz rhythm lesson? ie la pompe

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

Hi, yes I cover that among other things in this video with a fingerstyle focus: How to Play Gypsy Jazz Guitar on Nylon String - A Fingerstyle Guitarist's Guide kzread.info/dash/bejne/YmmA0bish5qWmrw.html

Does dark eyes follow the Farruca format and structure ?

As a beginner guitarist(bit intermediate) I try to learn different stuff since I don't have a tutor. Can someone identify what type of chord shapes these are so I can learn them? ( i know the names but the category is what I would like to know so I can learn others)

@TheVersatileGuitarist

6 ай бұрын

A lot of these gypsy jazz chords are “shell voicings” where we just have the root, 3rd and 7th. Is that what you mean?

Wonderfull sound, what brand of this jazz guitar?

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, that is a gypsy jazz guitar from Dell’Arte guitars

Great videos but where is “Minor Swing”?

@AlexTamMusic

7 ай бұрын

It's a must know song which doesn't even need to be mentioned 😂

What kind of guitar is that? It's beautiful.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

2 жыл бұрын

This is a gypsy jazz guitar from Dell’Arte guitars from Alain Cola here in San Diego. I love this one because not only does it look cool with the F holes like a cello or a violin, but it is the easiest-to-play gypsy jazz guitar I have ever played

Where did you get that guitar from? thats my dream guitar.

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

From Dell’Arte guitars here in san diego

@daveburgess4813

Жыл бұрын

@@TheVersatileGuitarist What make/brand is it? Im in Australia. Nice playing too btw

Perhaps we ought not leave Stephen out when talking about who invented Gypsy Swing

Great video buddy. I’ve wanted to learn some gypsy jazz chords for as long as I can remember so this is a huge help. New subscriber ✌🏻

@TheVersatileGuitarist

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Let me know if I can help!

That's an F-Hole Gypsy Jazz Guitar which would be called double bouche

The tabs are wrong I’m confused?

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

Where are they wrong?

1K

The rhythm sounds fully American

@TheVersatileGuitarist

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was going for, thanks!

This style of music definitely does NOT fall into the Latin guitar category. It's a completely different tradition which has much more in common with the American Swing idiom from which it arose.

1920's in Paris.

Minor swing? This one is missing 😂

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great one but not much of a melody… mainly soloing

Why don't you forget In my room and teach us Jerry Garcia. Me An My Uncle

Are you using a pic?

@TheVersatileGuitarist

25 күн бұрын

Yes, but see my gypsy jazz for nylon string tutorial where I show how to do all this with your fingers

😎😎😎

Do you have some info for the guitar,..it is very good looking and sounds great,...where can i get one...???

@TheVersatileGuitarist

Жыл бұрын

That is from Dell ‘Arte guitars here in San Diego. You can find their guitars for sale online, this particular one with the F holes is so easy to play and sounds so great you should definitely get one!