Welcome in this video !
We'll learn to improvise on the "gypsy turnaround"
this term doesnt' really exist but it's a very common turnaround in 30's jazz
here it is :
as this turnaround is very common it's useful to know what to play on these chords
and that's what we'll see
let's look at the chords slowly
first, a G major inverted on his M3
a simple G major (or G6) can be played
then Bb diminished
with possibly the F# or E on top
Am7, and D7 with a M9 on top
and G6
here it's in G Major, but if it's in a key where the I chord is played with the root on the A string
in C major for example :
I showed you these chords pretty quickly, but all of this is transcribed and freely available
if you play gypsy jazz you already played this many times
and in this video we''ll see what to play over these chords
a simple thing we can do it to play with the major scale : G major here
all of these chords are more or less in the G major scale
(tip : Bb° isn't)
so we can improvise on G major over this turnaround
without thinking about the chords, mainly because they usually last only 2 beats
Yes, but ! I suppose that you already know how to do this, so let's see more advanced stuff
something in this turnaround is extremely interesting :
it's this Bb° that isn't in the G major scale
it's this Bb° chord that make this turnaround sound so unique (and so 30's)
so it will sound great to use this sound in your improvisations
Django Reinhardt understood it and he used this chord arpeggio a lot !
but nowadays it isn't played so much (and it's a shame)
this Bb° is in fact the I chord, diminished
because Bb° = G°
what we'll do first is to play chords arpeggios
I'll stay around the 10th fret
here is GMaj7 arpeggio
then, the famous Bb° (or G°). Same root but different notes
we can also arpeggiate this chord diagonally
then Am7
And D7. To make it sound better than a simple D7 chord
we can play D7 with a #5 : D7#5 or D7+
I'll make a first impro only with these arpeggios
important tip : learning arpeggios is easier if you see the chord position will arpeggiating the notes
here are the chords positions
let's go !
ok ! You see that's it's yet pretty fast : it requires some time to learn the arpeggios
so take the time to learn them without the backing track
as the chords only last 1 bar, I don't have the time to play the entire arpeggios
and I only play 2 or 3 notes
and this exercice isn't very easy but it's great :
I have to visualize to notes of the next chords nearby the note I am playing
speaking of it : that's our next exercice
we'll learn some melodies created by the moving notes from a chord to the otther
let's thake this one : D (on G)
it goes to C# (on Bb°)
then to C (on Am7)
and it stays on C (on D7#5)
so D, C#, C, C
and the final C can go on B (on the G chord)
we have another melody here :
B (on G), Bb (on Bb°), A (on Am7), Bb (on D7#5)
and B again (on G)
and a last one : G, G, G and F#
and we can see these melodies when we play the chords !
one melody on the G G G F#, and the 2 others going down half steps
these "guide melodies" must be known, it helps a lot
because we can "follow them" while improvising
now I'll improvise using these guide melodies
and as you may already know, everything I play is transcribed (GP5 and PDF)
to download it you just have to click on the links below (no subscription required)
this impro doesn't sound amazing but it sounds "in the chords" which is yet pretty good
and this Bb° sound I really nice !
as I already say I can work this alone, "rubato" without any backing track
like that :
and this way I have the time to look for licks
I can also care about the sound : this is a complete excercise
don't always play with a backing track !
this G diminshed chord (the diminished chord of the root) I talk about it in other videos
such as "improvise in a Key in gypsy jazz"
before improvising more freely, I'll give you some other tips
a great thing we can do that Django did a lot is playing the G diminished chord
and adding a Maj7 to this chord
here is G°Maj7
Django Reinhardt played this kind of lick :
this is a G° arpeggio with a 7M at the begining and at the end
what sounds great is to combine the diminshed chord with the Maj7
and a last tip : we talked about moving notes from a chord to another
but some notes (from scales) don't move at all !
there are 4 notes that fits all the chords :
all of these notes will work with the chords
and it can really sound great to stay on the same notes as the chords are moving
the notes are E F# G and A
now a more personnal impro, more advanced
and it's transcribed of course
I hope you liked this video, that it will help you to know what to play on this "gypsy jazz" turnaround
and to be able to bring this Bb° sound to your licks
PDF and GP5 files are freely available
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