I just made a Django Reinhardt lick lesson on youtube that I was hoping you guys would be able to critique me on. there's a lot of skill on this forum so maybe I could learn something from you
here it is:
YouTube - the best and coolest gypsy jazz lick of all time - django reinhardt lesson
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKfhWl36_5g
I don't want to be overly critical but it just doesn't sound like a Gypsy phrase - particularly the bends. If you substituted a vibrato for the bends you'd be getting close.
Also, to be pedantic, Django had four fingers.
Alan
Totally agree. The bends sound like bends you'd hear in an '80s rock band (I think due to the vibrato while the string is being bent). For the half-step bends, I'd recommend not doing any vibrato -- just slowly bend the note, building tension, until you reach the note you're trying to reach.
Adrian
And what is probably the single most important point about Django's style is omitted entirely. His soloing was based on arpeggios, as opposed to scalar or pentatonic patterns. It has been very succinctly described as "ornamented arpeggios." This probably resulted from two factors:
1) It would have been easier for him to play arpeggios in the way he did with his two fully functioning fingers than to play scale-based patterns. The other two crippled fingers were useful only for chording and octaves.
2) He no doubt was emulating the highly arpeggiated patterns of the accordionists whom he accompanied in his days as a musette banjo player.
Sorry, your intentions are good, but the video is really not helpful in learning Django's style.
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