Gypsyjazz Guitar - a tribute to Gypsyjazz (hardcopy, english)

Gypsyjazz Guitar - Volume 1: A Tribute to Gypsyjazz - Introduction to the style of Jazz-Manouche

Short description

Gypsyjazz or Jazz-Manouche is the first style of Jazz that was developed in Europe in the wild days of the early 1920-30ies. The influences of that music origin from french Musette-Waltzes, the hungarian Çsardas, or spanish Flamenco, as of the original music of the Sinti, which all together has been mixed and played by the french Manouche-musicians.

Django Reinhardt, is the most famous protagonist of Gypsyjazz or Jazz-Manouche (french. manouche = gypsy), who undoubtedly has left his deep footsteps in this Jazz-style with his very unique, creative and virtuoso way of Guitar-playing bringing it to worldwide recognition and has been influencing uncountable guitarists even until today.

On 150 pages the book contains many interesting explanations and pictures to explain the utilized guitars, strings, picks and more, as well as many personal remarks, tipps and Tricks of the author. Particularly a great focus is used on the very authentic mediation of the style as to grow the respect for the ancient tradition of the Sinti and Manouches.

A total of 5 songs from Django Reinhardt and the "Quintet du Hotclub de France" as well as 2 original compositions of the author are included in the book all written out with staffnotations / tabulatures of many examples, tricks, licks and more on rhythm- and solo playing. To roundup all content there are also many examples of licks typically utilized by famous Gypsyplayers like e.g. Django Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg, Lollo Meier, Romane and many more.

Additionally the book has an audio-CD which contains 83 sound examples of all exercises, songs as well as suitable Playalong-tracks of the contained songs for practicing.

The book is available in german and, since 2013, also in english language.

Contents:

   •   Rhythm-Guitar:

   •   Comping

   •   La Pompe-Rhythmus

   •   Dead Notes

   •   Gypsychords

   •   Voicings

   •   Blues-Cadence

   •   Chord Substitution

   •   SoloGuitar:

   •   Reststroke-Picking

   •   Arpeggio-Picking

   •   Sweptstroke-Picking

   •   Scales

   •   Arpeggios

   •   Solo Licks (of famous Gypsyjazz-Guitarrists)

   •   Staff-Notations (7 compl. Songs)

Produktinformation

Distributor: Alfred Music Publishing GmH; First release: (15. Oktober 2011)

Language: German + English

ISBN-10: 3933136865

ISBN-13: 978-3933136862

148 pages, with Play-alongs, staff-notation & Tabs + Audio-CD

Price: 27.80€ + shipping