So I've been on and off listening to Gypsy Jazz for a while now - I learned the intro to Minor Swing and had a good time. It's one of my favourite jazz sub-genres and having just plumped for a steel string acoustic I think it's about time I spend some loving time with it.
It appears the target audience for many of the materials are aimed at wealthy experts - clinics, courses, and online content all behind relatively costly paywalls.
I'm happy to pay for some content (although the subscription-payment system of TruFire/etc. does rub me the wrong way) but I'd like to stay away from the PC for a while if possible - practise out in the sunshine with a book or two if at all possible!
I can read bass and treble clef already, have a decent foundation in classical, modern and jazz music theory, etc. (the latter really limited by my ability to implement it!)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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There will be a Hot Club de Somewhere near you - play with them. Whereabouts are you ?
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Free Playalong tracks - Stephane Wrembel's site is excellent --> here and here
These tracks are also great as they give you many examples of "La Pompe" rhythm style - the guitar is playing the off-beat that would be a drummer's hi-hat.
DjangoBooks has a wealth of stuff ---> here
http://www.hotclub.co.uk seems to have been ressurrected - used to have a good shop too, sadly defunct.
There's a gazillion jazz chord shapes, try and avoid them, and stop playing barre chords too or your wrist will sieze up. The three note triad type chords are the easiest to use, and there's multiple uses of the same shapes (different inversions). Freedy Greene basic comping style form the Count Basie orchestra is very similar
http://www.freddiegreen.org/technique/cervenka_numbering.html
Enjoy !
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What are you calling the intro?
If you mean the repeating motif up to the 9th chords(well you probably know what I mean) then I would suggest you carry on and learn the rest of Minor Swing - it is great fun.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Learning to transcribe is an essential skill- it takes time but it is invaluable.
If you can do it then you don't need anyone else to teach you a new style of music.
Otherwise it is like buying an expensive sports car and then paying someone to drive you around Silverstone in it.
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I'll also second Robin Nolan's stuff, his books offer a great way in to the style. I'll also recommend these two books,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gypsy-Guitar-Secret-Swing/dp/0707006244
Vol 1 starts with some instructional material, then moves on to some "easy" versions of gypsy jazz standards, followed by Angelo Debarre's take on each one to see how a more experienced player would tackle it. Don't get put off by the "easy" description, even simplified these pieces can be quite challenging.
Vol 2 continues the series by offering up some Django pieces in the same way.
Very good books.
I know you said tha you wanted to stay away from the PC, but if you go the route of the subscription model for gypsy jazz then I thoroughly recommend the Rosenberg Academy. Instructional material from possibly the greatest current gypsy jazzer, Stochelo Rosenberg (check him out if you haven't already)
http://rosenbergacademy.com/
Also worth a mention are Denis Chang's materials, he has a few DVDs out and again, a website with lots available as downloads etc. I believe Levi Clay scoots around here occasionally and has done some work related to this so he might chime in with some better info on Denis' stuff
https://www.dc-musicschool.com/store/
Good luck!!!