Learn how to instantly reharmonize any jazz tune with the following techniques: Adding Tensions, Tritone Substitution, ii-V subs, Gypsy Style Turn-Arounds, and Deceptive Cadences. 9 notated and MP3 audio examples are included. 7 pages of text (from my Gypsy Jazz column in Just Jazz Guitar August, 2005).
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Posted by Michael Horowitz on June 29, 2000 at 4:58 pm in News.Comment on this post.
Liven Up Your Playing with Django’s Hot Rhythms. Learn the following rhythmic techniques: Shuffle, Long, Hit, Roll, Triplet, Double Time, Tremolo, and Syncopation. Advanced rhythmic arrangement of the classic I’ll See You in My Dreams included. 10 notated and MP3 audio examples are included. 8 pages of text (from my Gypsy Jazz column in Just Jazz Guitar November, 2005).
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Posted by Michael Horowitz on August 30, 1999 at 5:07 pm in News.Comment on this post.
This
lesson will explore the techniques that
Django Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg, Biréli Lagrène, and
other Gypsy
guitarists use to create brilliant unaccompanied guitar compositions.
You will
learn authentic Gypsy chord voicings, Gypsy style reharmonization
techniques,
arppegiations, and numerous other techniques which will allow you to
create
your own unaccompanied Gypsy style versions of any song. You will also
learn an
unaccompanied version of the Reinhardt classic Manoir des mes
Rêves
(which doesn’t appear in my book
Unaccompanied
Django). 4 notated and MP3 audio examples are included.
10 pages of text (from my Gypsy Jazz column in Just Jazz Guitar
February, 2006).
For more info or to download go to: Lessons Online
Posted by Michael Horowitz on January 28, 1998 at 10:43 am in News.Comment on this post.
Make the soloist soar with Django’s exciting chord hits, tremolos, and other rhythmic and harmonic devices. Transcriptions of Django’s comping rhythms, chord scales, and riffs are discussed. Also includes an entire chorus of Django style comping for the song
All of Me. 9 notated and MP3 audio examples are included. 7 pages of text (from my Gypsy Jazz column in Just Jazz Guitar May, 2006).
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Posted by Michael Horowitz on March 3, 1995 at 9:01 pm in News.Comment on this post.
Add sophistication and the Gypsy “sound” to your V-I and ii-V-I chord progressions. Transcriptions of Django’s unique ii-V-I voicings are discussed. Modern Gypsy approaches to ii-V-I progressions are also explained. 4 long notated and MP3 audio examples are included. 4 pages of text (from my Gypsy Jazz column in Just Jazz Guitar August, 2006).
For more info or to download go to: Lessons Online
Posted by Michael Horowitz on May 23, 1994 at 10:06 pm in News.Comment on this post.