Publisher : Homespun Tapes
DVD Time : 60 minutes
Includes music TAB
Difficulty level : Early Intermediate

The style by Django Reinhardt and other Gypsy players became one of the dominant sounds in jazz during the thirties and forties, and its influence is still strongly felt today. Paul Mehling knows the style and he takes it apart in detail for the learning player.

Start with basic four-to-the-bar comping and damping, Paul takes you through a variety of accompanyment ideas: arpeggios, 'splayed chords, 'the gallop, chord tremolo, right hand speed and other advanced techniques.

You'll gain an understanding of the particular harmonic structures of this music through chord voicings, progressions, and accompaniments to classics such as Minor Blues, Oriental Shuffle and I'll See You In My Dreams. Paul also provides invaluable advice on learning from recordings, use of the metronome, and a look at his rare Maurice DuPont guitars. Includes some hot jamming with Paul and Tony Mandraccia, rhythm guitar.