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  • Il TrovatoreIl Trovatore San Jose, CANew
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    Howdy Elliot I see that second book you suggested in in french, is there something comparable in english? Thanks so much everyone too.
  • redbluesredblues ✭✭
    Posts: 456
    Howdy Elliot I see that second book you suggested in in french, is there something comparable in english
    I feel you are missing the point here. It doesn't matter what language the book is in. If you can't figure it out from a CD and TABS you are in the wrong game.
  • Il TrovatoreIl Trovatore San Jose, CANew
    Posts: 83
    redblues wrote:
    Howdy Elliot I see that second book you suggested in in french, is there something comparable in english
    I feel you are missing the point here. It doesn't matter what language the book is in. If you can't figure it out from a CD and TABS you are in the wrong game.

    I could totally figure out from a CD and tabs just worried that I might be missing something, but if it doesn't matter then thank you.
  • Il TrovatoreIl Trovatore San Jose, CANew
    Posts: 83
    Also, as serendipity would have it, a gentleman who just moved into San Jose from Reno wandered into my guitar shop today and is looking for folks to play gypsy jazz with, so theres that.

    And maybe you were just being honest, but the "maybe i'm in the wrong game" comment, while not the worst welcome I have ever had to a message board (we are on the internet after all) I have ever had, certainly wasn't the warmest either.
  • klaatuklaatu Nova ScotiaProdigy Rodrigo Shopis D'Artagnan, 1950s Jacques Castelluccia
    Posts: 1,665
    Il Trovatore wrote:

    And maybe you were just being honest, but the "maybe i'm in the wrong game" comment, while not the worst welcome I have ever had to a message board (we are on the internet after all) I have ever had, certainly wasn't the warmest either.
    No, perhaps not. We all find our own preferred learning methods. Welcome to the forum, and best of luck on your GJ journey. Keep us posted on your progress.
    Benny

    "It's a great feeling to be dealing with material which is better than yourself, that you know you can never live up to."
    -- Orson Welles
  • Lango-DjangoLango-Django Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONModerator
    edited August 2011 Posts: 1,875
    I suspect that Redblues' (not Elliot's!!! sorry about misreading before!!!) "wrong game" comment was made tongue in cheek... sometimes my sense of humour gets me in trouble too! (Not to even mention my poor reading comprehension skills!!!)

    But I am very curious about "Givone's Manouche Guitar Method", it sounds really great but I'm just wondering why Michael Horowitz doesn't carry it, and nobody here has ever mentioned it before... is it new? And are there any other enthusiastic users out there who want to chime in?

    See, one part of me wants to order it immediately... but another part is saying, "Hey, doofus. Remember all that other instructional material you've already got sitting up there on your shelf?"
    Paul Cezanne: "I could paint for a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing."

    Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."

    Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
  • klaatuklaatu Nova ScotiaProdigy Rodrigo Shopis D'Artagnan, 1950s Jacques Castelluccia
    Posts: 1,665
    Lango-Django wrote:
    I suspect that Elliot's "wrong game" comment was made tongue in cheek... sometimes my sense of humour gets me in trouble too!
    Actually, it wasn't Elliott.
    Lango-Django wrote:
    See, one part of me wants to order it immediately... but another part is saying, "Hey, doofus. Remember all that other instructional material you've already got sitting up there on your shelf?"
    Same here. I eventually got rid of all my dust-laden books that had languished on the shelf after a few passes. Kept the Michael Horowitz ones and the Gonzalo ones, and other than those, I mostly just work with Denis Chang's DVDs and transcriptions (including the Stochelo and Wawau ones), plus a few online sources. The online schools look tempting, but i feel as though I should master (to use the word loosely) the material on hand before signing up for something else. It's very easy to go lesson-happy the same way you can go book-happy.

    Of course, the ideal thing would be to live somewhere like Montreal or parts of Europe where there are great player/teachers to be found. The rest of us have to find other ways.
    Benny

    "It's a great feeling to be dealing with material which is better than yourself, that you know you can never live up to."
    -- Orson Welles
  • Michael BauerMichael Bauer Chicago, ILProdigy Selmers, Busatos and more…oh my!
    Posts: 1,002
    Here is a link to the Givone book at the Djangobooks store: http://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/met ... ouche.html
    I've never been a guitar player, but I've played one on stage.
  • Il TrovatoreIl Trovatore San Jose, CANew
    Posts: 83
    Thanks all again for all the input, I am on my way to work listening to a mix of gypsy jazz and jorgensons Ultraspontane came on and I was thankful for being a part of this wonderful community of people who love this amazing art form. Again thanks for the input and cheers!
  • Jim KaznoskyJim Kaznosky Prodigy Bumgarner Derecho;AJL XO
    Posts: 1,238
    Nice work on getting a playing partner. I've got to get back to one apart from the band. Good luck and keep posting.
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