A free interactive tool for gypsy jazz — arpeggios, chords, play-along standards

axel · July 30

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/125767#Comment_125767

Honestly, as a beginner I won't pretend I know what should be the default that's the hard part, and exactly why the tool leaves the choice open.

The chart itself never lies: it still reads "Am". The only thing I set is the default voicing shown: I put the m6 first because it's the sound I hear most and i started learning this way, but you flip to plain min / m7 / m△7 in a tap. So it's not claiming Am = m6, just "here's the usual grip, and here are the others."

Funny thing: even guitarejazzmanouche doesn't list a bare "minor"... not helping me a lot ahah. The m6 shapes were the first thing that clicked for me too, then I could reuse them on Blues Mineur and co.

So yeah — I'd genuinely love Tcha's (or your) take on what to default to. That's the feedback that helps me most 🙏

billyshakes · July 30

You aren't doing anything wrong. You're absolutely correct that the m6 is a widely heard sound. @BillDaCostaWilliams shared a video interview of Tcha a few months back. I'll post below. Towards the end, he talks about chords and gets out a guitar (I've put the cue point to there). I tried to find the specific comment, but at one point, he says when he likes just the sound of the triad and perhaps when he writes a chart with just Am, that's because he wants that sound. Might be earlier in the video than this time stamp. To be honest, if you haven't watched the whole video, it is worth your time. So my comment was just a reference back to this video and the discussion we had on it.

Was not meant as a critique to you or anything you are doing and that's why I tried to soften it with the "wink" emoji. If you took it that way, my apologies for not being clearer. 👍️✌️

https://youtu.be/CYfDkUW0siQ?si=V2FVqv3jjqgzxZBC&t=1819

axel · July 30

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/125772#Comment_125772

Thanks man, and no apology needed at all, I didn't read it as a critique 🙏 (and even if it had been, that's the feedback I want).

I guess i'm just a bit under-confident musically for now 😂

I'll watch the whole interview, sounds worth it, thanks for the cue point. First time i'll have a look at Tcha, and generally excited to educate myself more !