Mastering Gypsy Jazz Includes Guitar Improvisation

1 Mastering Gypsy JazzGuitar ImprovisationA complete guide to unlock your musical potential as an improvising musician in the Gypsy jazz styleby Marcelo DamonMastering Gypsy JazzGuitar ImprovisationA complete guide to unlock your musical potential as animprovising musician in the Gypsy jazz styleTopics covered include: Gypsy jazz Guitar Technique and Exercises Transcribing Improvisations Melody (Scales & Modes) Harmony (Chords &Arpeggios) The Polytonal Approach to Improvisation Melodic Minor Scales Augmented Scales Diminished ScalesIncludes instructional DVD!Marcelo Damon holds a degree in jazz Guitar performance from Arizona State has studied with such notable jazz musicians as Chuck Mahronic, Mike Crotty,Chris Champion, Russell Schmidt, Jack Wilkins, John Stowell, Larry Koonse, FredHershe, Art Landy, the Brubeck Brothers, Arturo Sandoval, and Gunther and Produced by: HyperHip Digital Imaging !

2 1234456605578921$ ChordsMajor 11th1-3-5-7-9-11 Minor 11th1-b3-5-b7-9-11 Dominant 11th 1-3-5-b7-9-1113th ChordsMajor 13th 1-3-5-7-9-11-13 Minor 13th1-b3-5-b7-9-11-13 Dominant 13th 1-b3-5-7-9-11-13 Altered Dominant ChordsDom 7th b91-3-5-b7-b9 Dom 7th #91-3-5-b7-#9 Dom 7th #11 (TT sub)1-3-5-7-(9)-#11 Dom 7th b131-3-5-b7-(9)-(11)-b13 You can continue this list of chords by introducingcombinations of altered pitches to creating allsorts of interesting harmonies. When all alteredpitches are present we simply say ALT for thechord course there are more chords than thoselisted here, but rather than list them all I willsimple explain how to create in a way that is moreeasily accessible as it relates to both the guitarand Gypsy jazz Improvisation in the followingchapter.

3 All chords should be internalized andlearned on the 4 - Harmony (Chords & Arpeggios)Page 32 Mastering Gypsy jazz Guitar ImprovisationMastering Gypsy jazz Guitar Improvisation Page 33 Chapter 4 - Harmony (Chords & Arpeggios)For any given dominant chord, let s take trusty oldC7, you can play the following Melodic Minorscales (and arpeggios derived from these scales) ,creating the following sounds because of differ-ences of notes between the scales:CDominant scale = C-D-E-F-G-A-Bb-CF Melodic Minor = F-G-Ab-Bb-C-D-E-F = Ab (b13)GMelodic Minor = G-A-Bb-C-D-E-F#-G = F# (#11)Bb Melodic Minor = Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G-A-Bb= Eb (#9)Chapter 6 - Melodic Minor, Augmented and Diminished ScalesPage 44 Mastering Gypsy jazz Guitar ImprovisationDb Melodic Minor =Db-Eb-E-Gb-Ab-Bb-C-Db =(b9), (#9), (#11), (b13)With this choice every altered note possible ispresent.

4 In nearly all of the Bireli Lagrene simprovisations I have transcribed I find thisconcept being used. It s really the hippestchoice over a dominant chord asit is the most out . Django and countless others use thischoice as well. In fact, so many people did thattheorists realized what they were doing andgave it a ScalesAs the Augmented scale is a symmetrical scalemade up of whole steps you can play the fol-lowing Augmented scales (and arpeggiosderived from these scales) over C7:CAug, D Aug, E Aug, F#Aug, G#Aug, andA#AugDiminished ScalesAs the Diminished scale is a symmetrical scaleas well, made up of either alternating half-whole steps, or whole-half steps you can usethe following diminished scales over C7 toachieve the following sounds.

5 Mastering Gypsy jazz Guitar Improvisation Page 45 Chapter 6 - Melodic Minor, Augmented and Diminished ScalesMastering Gypsy JazzGuitar ImprovisationA complete guide to unlock your musical potential as an improvising musician in the Gypsy jazz styleby Marcelo DamonMastering Gypsy JazzGuitar ImprovisationA complete guide to unlock your musical potential as animprovising musician in the Gypsy jazz styleTopics covered include: Gypsy jazz Guitar Technique and Exercises Transcribing Improvisations Melody (Scales & Modes) Harmony (Chords &Arpeggios) The Polytonal Approach to Improvisation Melodic Minor Scales Augmented Scales Diminished ScalesIncludes instructional DVD!

6 Marcelo Damon holds a degree in jazz Guitar performance from Arizona State has studied with such notable jazz musicians as Chuck Mahronic, Mike Crotty,Chris Champion, Russell Schmidt, Jack Wilkins, John Stowell, Larry Koonse, FredHershe, Art Landy, the Brubeck Brothers, Arturo Sandoval, and Gunther and Produced by: HyperHip Digital Imaging !1234456605578921$