Chords for Gypsy Jazz Duets - Gypsy Style Discussion - Frank Vignola & Andreas Oberg

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ To get the volume and get the projection of a note, it's good to just let _ _ the pick fall like this and _ [Bb] land [Am] on the next string. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] That's kind of a gypsy sound right there, [A] especially with some vibrato to it.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ Some of these bands, some of these [A] ornaments.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Very arpeggio based too, isn't it?
Based on [D] arpeggios, ornaments, chord [Eb] notes and some chromatic passing notes [Dm] in between the chords.
But it's not based on scales like _ [N] _ _
_ American _ [Gb] jazz.
And the picking itself, when you go up, _
_ _ _ [Am] _ you _ do a downstroke [Ab] on every string change.
That's the hardcore gypsy rule that they do [A] most of the time.
Like [Am] this phrase I showed earlier, _ A minor 9.
_ [A] Down, [C] up, down, down, [E] down, up, [Ab] down, down, [Am] down.
_ And it's kind of a sweeping _ movement.
_ _ _ _ And when you're going down, _ [Abm] gypsies do kind of the same.
[Eb] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _
I'm [A] just doing triads.
I'm going up, [Eb] down, down, down, [E] down, up, down, down, [F] down, down, up, [Gb] down, up, down.
It's [G]
chromatic.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ As you can [N] hear, the accents are different than if I would play _ [Gb] _ _
[Bb] alternate picking.
It would [E] sweep.
_ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] But now you hear.
_ [F] _ [Gb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ And [Ab] this works better on acoustic guitar than on [E] electric.
Because on electric guitar, you might even kill the actual tone if you hit too hard, if you [F] do too much of rest stroke.
That's why [A] some gypsies have problems with [Gb] playing electric guitar.
Because they're kind of used to playing [G] rough. _
[Am] And they have to _ _ be kind of loud to be able [Ab] to be heard on acoustic guitar.
And then on electric guitar, they make too big [Gb] movements.
_ And the problem for non-gypsies when you're playing acoustic is to make _ big enough movements.
Because we're used to doing [N] alternate picking and smaller movements with the hand.
And _ they're not even resting their hand.
It's important to be loose [Ab] to be able to do all these tremolo.
But _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ if you're doing like this, _ [N] it's easy to get _ locked here.
And it's hard to get _ volume from the guitar.
Well, in American jazz or electric guitar jazz, a lot of your sound comes through the amp also.
So I've noticed electric players who have gotten into gypsy jazz.
I think their biggest struggle _ is playing an acoustic guitar as opposed to an electric guitar.
Like you're saying, because the touch is so much different.
Yeah, it's so much different.
And the position of the hand, notice [Am] the difference here.
_ _ And I play here. _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ So if [Em] you hear it, this is much [Bb] warmer sound.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ But _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ if I play [E] up here, _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [G]
that's more of the gypsy sound.
And I'm [N] doing the picking to the rest stroke and the down stroke on the string changes.
Going both up and down.
And down is the difficult thing to move in this direction. _ _
_ But I mean, don't forget the alternate picking.
Do the alternate, do the sweep, [Ab] do the gypsy picking.
And [C] apply the picking that is most [Gb] suitable in the gypsy sound.
It's the same in every situation.
_ It doesn't hurt to be able to know many different styles.
As long as you _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] remember _ [Am] them and use [Em] them when it's appropriate