Gypsy Jazz Workshops
Michael Horowitz
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2004
Time: 10:30AM - 12:30PM PST (GMT-08:00)
Dusty Strings
Gypsy Picking Workshop - Right Hand Technique - 10:30am
3406 Fremont Ave. N
Seattle WA 98103
To sign up contact:206-634-1662 or musi...@dustystrings.com
Gypsy Guitar Picking Workshop: Right-Hand Technique, Michael
Horowitz, Sat., Nov. 13, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, $30, or $50 for both
of the instructor's workshops. Right-hand picking technique
is one of the most demanding aspects of playing Gypsy jazz. This
workshop will teach you the rest stroke picking technique used
by Django Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg, Bireli Lagrene, and
nearly every other Gypsy jazz guitarist. Learning to play with
rest strokes will give you the "Gypsy sound" by dramatically
improving your volume, speed, and tone. To help put this
technique in context, participants will learn several of the
most commonly used Gypsy phrases, arpeggios, and chromatic runs.
Students will also learn basic principals of efficient left-hand
fingerings which, when used in conjunction with the rest stroke
picking technique, allow one to play with improved speed and
articulation. These examples will be included in handouts
written in both standard notation and tablature.
Gypsy Rhythm Workshop - Advanced Rhythmic and Harmonic
Techniques
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2004
Time: 1:30PM - 3:30PM PST (GMT-08:00)
Dusty Strings
Gypsy Rhythm Workshop - Advanced Rhythmic and Harmonic
Techniques - 1:30pm
3406 Fremont Ave. N
Seattle WA 98103
To sign up contact:206-634-1662 or musi...@dustystrings.com
Gypsy Guitar Rhythm Workshop: Advanced Rhythmic and Harmonic
Techniques, Michael Horowitz, Sat., Nov. 13, 1:30 pm-3:30 pm,
$30, or $50 for both of the instructor�s workshops.
Accompaniment in Gypsy jazz is so much more then a few
three-note chord voicings played with a La Pompe rhythm. This
workshop will teach the authentic Gypsy chord voicings and
rhythms the instructor learned from the Gypsy guitar masters in
Holland. Learn advanced 5- and 6-note chord voicings, Gypsy
style chord substitutions, comping, turnarounds, accent
patterns, and other advanced rhythmic devices used by Django,
Bireli Lagrene, Stochelo Rosenberg, and Nous�che Rosenberg.
The instructor will also discuss numerous regional variations of
La Pompe, such as the pre-war style, German style, and modern
style, as well as Gypsy approaches to Latin rhythms.
Participants will learn a number of Gypsy jazz standards with
authentic chord changes, transcribed from Django�s original
recordings or learned directly from the Gypsies. These examples
will be included in handouts written in both standard notation
and tablature.