Mastering Gypsy Jazz Includes Guitar Improvisation DVD! A complete guide to unlock your musical potential as an improvising musician in the gypsy jazz style

Topics covered include: • Gypsy Jazz Guitar Technique and Exercises • Transcribing Improvisations • Melody (Scales & Modes) • Harmony (Chords & Arpeggios) Mastering Gypsy Jazz • The Polytonal Approach to Improvisation • Melodic Minor Scales Guitar Improvisation • Augmented Scales • Diminished Scales A complete guide to unlock your musical potential as an improvising musician in the gypsy jazz style Includes instructional DVD!

Marcelo Damon holds a degree in jazz guitar performance from Arizona State University. He has studied with such notable jazz musicians as Chuck Mahronic, Mike Crotty, Chris Champion, Russell Schmidt, Jack Wilkins, John Stowell, Larry Koonse, Fred by Marcelo Damon Hershe, Art Landy, the Brubeck Brothers, Arturo Sandoval, and Gunther Schuller.

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99 1234456605578921 $39. USD Chapter 4 - Harmony (Chords & Arpeggios)

11th Chords Major 11th 1-3-5-7-9-11 Minor 11th 1-b3-5-b7-9-11 Dominant 11th 1-3-5-b7-9-11

13th Chords Major 13th 1-3-5-7-9-11-13 Minor 13th 1-b3-5-b7-9-11-13 Dominant 13th 1-b3-5-7-9-11-13

Altered Dominant Chords Dom 7th b9 1-3-5-b7-b9 Dom 7th #9 1-3-5-b7-#9 Dom 7th #11 (TT sub) 1-3-5-7-(9)-#11 Dom 7th b13 1-3-5-b7-(9)-(11)-b13

You can continue this list of chords by introducing combinations of altered pitches to creating all sorts of interesting harmonies. When all altered pitches are present we simply say ALT for the chord quality. Of course there are more chords than those listed here, but rather than list them all I will simple explain how to create in a way that is more easily accessible as it relates to both the guitar and gypsy jazz improvisation in the following chapter. All chords should be internalized and learned on the guitar.

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For any given dominant chord, let’s take trusty old C7, you can play the following Melodic Minor scales (and arpeggios derived from these scales) , creating the following sounds because of differ- ences of notes between the scales: C Dominant scale = C-D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C

F Melodic Minor = F-G-Ab-Bb-C-D-E-F = Ab (b13)

G Melodic Minor = G-A-Bb-C-D-E-F#-G = F# (#11)

Bb Melodic Minor = Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G-A-Bb = Eb (#9)

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Db Melodic Minor = Db-Eb-E-Gb-Ab-Bb-C-Db = (b9), (#9), (#11), (b13)

With this choice every altered note possible is present. In nearly all of the Bireli Lagrene’s improvisations I have transcribed I find this concept being used. It’s really the hippest choice over a dominant chord as it is the most “out”. Django and countless others use this choice as well. In fact, so many people did that theorists realized what they were doing and gave it a name.

Augmented Scales

As the Augmented scale is a symmetrical scale made up of whole steps you can play the fol- lowing Augmented scales (and arpeggios derived from these scales) over C7: C Aug, D Aug, E Aug, F#Aug, G#Aug, and A#Aug

Diminished Scales

As the Diminished scale is a symmetrical scale as well, made up of either alternating half- whole steps, or whole-half steps you can use the following diminished scales over C7 to achieve the following sounds:

Mastering Gypsy Jazz Guitar Improvisation • Page 45 Mastering Gypsy Jazz Includes Guitar Improvisation DVD! A complete guide to unlock your musical potential as an improvising musician in the gypsy jazz style

Topics covered include: • Gypsy Jazz Guitar Technique and Exercises • Transcribing Improvisations • Melody (Scales & Modes) • Harmony (Chords & Arpeggios) Mastering Gypsy Jazz • The Polytonal Approach to Improvisation • Melodic Minor Scales Guitar Improvisation • Augmented Scales • Diminished Scales A complete guide to unlock your musical potential as an improvising musician in the gypsy jazz style Includes instructional DVD!

Marcelo Damon holds a degree in jazz guitar performance from Arizona State University. He has studied with such notable jazz musicians as Chuck Mahronic, Mike Crotty, Chris Champion, Russell Schmidt, Jack Wilkins, John Stowell, Larry Koonse, Fred by Marcelo Damon Hershe, Art Landy, the Brubeck Brothers, Arturo Sandoval, and Gunther Schuller.

Designed and Produced by: HyperHip Digital Imaging • HyperHip.com

99 1234456605578921 $39. USD