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What a quick and clear answer. Thany you Christiaan
The reason why I asked this question is not only because I wished to play with two fingers but my goal is to play some of Django's solos with logical and efficient fingerings and to expand those fingerings for my future improvisations. There are so many different ways to play the same notes/arpeggios/licks on the fingerboard but it seems to me that only some of them will sound right in this style of music.

Hi Christiaan,
Being on holidays this week, I decided to work on Django's solo. I used Romane's book called "Django Reinhardt" and "Transcribe" to slow down Django's cd. Most of the transcribtion seems ok but I found some errors. I hope to be close to the master now. I wonder if playing Django with two fingers would help me to be closer to the master's sound and spirit. In this case, I would have to change most of my fingerings.
Could you please give me your thoughts on this topic and ask Stochelo his opinion too ?

Thanks,
Joel

Hi Amund,

Your explanations are a great help. I'm playing jazz for some years but when it comes to improvisation, I never feel enough self-confidence. I've practiced scales and can play them on the fly but as Christiaan explained, there is a very few music in scales and before I came here, I did not want to learn licks and I asked myself to many questions about improvisation.
I hope to watch your "Minor Swing" improv in a video someday.

Thanks and good practice,

Joel

Thanks for your inspiring answer. I hope that next improvisation course will help to get more of the picture.

Joel

Thanks Christiaan,

So for now the goal is to extract any lick on a dominant 7th chord and play it on another dominant 7th chord, same for major and minor chords ?

Hi,

I'm trying to apply Stochelo's recipe, assembling his licks but the result sounds "cut and paste" to me. I'm not sure that I do this with much efficiency. Could I have examples of licks (measures) extracted from "Minor Swing" and "Les Yeux Noirs" which do combine well ?
Did some of you experiment with some licks ? How do you build your solos using only these tools ?

Joel

Hi Christiaan,

I believe you forgot to correct these fingerings.
Anyway I've finished memorizing Django's improv on Les Yeux Noirs. What a fantastic storyteller he was ! It will take a long time and dedication to play it fluently at 70 %.
I wish Stochelo could teach other complete solos from The master. For sure, there are the key to melodic improvising proficiency. I've never practiced that hard and with so much pleasure. Thanks a lot for that

Sorry, the notes played are Bb, D, G, A and G

Hi,
Measures 81,82 Stochelo plays Bb, F, G and A on strings D, G and B.
Have a nice week-end,
Joel

Hi,
Now that Stochelo perfectly started to demonstrate the interest of learning licks as a basis for improvisation (btw BRAVO for your very clear introduction to these lessons), I would be grateful to him if he could show us as many Djangos licks and/or complete solos as possible so that there would become the main vehicule for learning to improvise using the most beautiful phrases ever played in so called "gipsy jazz" (in my opinion "Django's jazz" would be more appropriate). As a beginner in improv but as a long time listener of this music, I know that most of the times, when you fall under the spell of a lick,its one of Django's.
Anyways, I'd like my future listeners and partners in music to hear that I've really listened to Django.


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