Duved Dunayevsky: The 1930s Django sound

Petrov

Ah...I've been waiting for something like this. Love the early stuff. @adrian Here, take my money!

sadow

Finally an edition that concentrates on Django's bedrock foundation - a breezy, clever, irresistible approach to guitar soloing, much of it based on the genius of Louis Armstrong (to whom Django referred as his "brother"). The first lesson alone was worth ten bucks, covering the use of the minor IV over a dom V chord. Been playing around with that all evening. Easy to grasp and eternally useful.

Lango-Django

That's pretty awesome, Adrian. Sign me up!

tomcunn

while a little advanced for me this is still very useful. a steal at the price

Bones

Way cool

Jim Kaznosky

I purchased this yesterday. While there are plenty of licks to mine, the principles of Django's thirties sound are the real gold here. One could benefit from seriously studying this material and comparing it to solos from this period.

This is well worth purchasing for below what folks around my parts would charge for a single lesson.

alton

I am definitely purchasing this. It will help cheer me up from my decision to not go to DiJ this year.

bopster

Thanks Adrian. Great work.

BillDaCostaWilliams

Working my way through it - some real nuggets in there that one can employ right away.
I find myself saying "Oh, I recognise that sound ... so THAT's the logic behind it!"

Lango-Django

Yes, for sure, Bill.

And some of the note choices that I still ***can't*** see the logic behind are so simple but yet so perfect!

For example, I'd never in a million years have thought of of using an F# note over a Bb dim chord, or a Bb note over an Am chord, but when he does it, it sounds absolutely ravishing and totally Django-esque.

It reminds me of a quote I once read, hope I've got this right...

Verdi: "Compared to Mozart, we are all mandolin strummers."

I wouldn't say that this Duved Dunayevsky dude is another Mozart, but man, does he ever make you feel like a mandolin strummer!