Django's Castle - learn a solo arrangement of Django Reinhardt's beautiful ballad from Yaakov Hoter

Enjoy playing ballads on your own in a truly beautiful, expressive and moving manner, while expanding your musical knowledge and skills.
Django Reinhardt's charming composition, Django's Castle (Manoir de mes Rêves) serves as a jumping off point for your adventure in ballads. You'll be amazed at how one song can open a whole new world of ideas for you to explore at your own pace, in your own time and on your own.
We’ll start from the basics so everyone can follow and move on to more advanced topics - melody, harmony, chord melody, tips for improvisation and practical, yet exciting, advanced musical ideas that you’ll learn to implement right away (such as substitutes, inversions, superimposed chords, augmented chords, the 13b9 sound, intro, ending and bass lines).
Ballads are a perfect opportunity to practice new skills not as a dry exercise, but with a lot of pleasure.
I just added a blog entry to teach you Django's Castle, along with some great insights you can use with any ballad. You have a video, written explanations and chords.
You can have endless fun with this. Do it in the spirit of playfulness and ease and you'll love it!
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[@lorenzrosenthal6092]

Thank you for showing a real and simple rhythm chords without the fills. Im putting silk strings on my dreadknought until i can get a gypsy guitar.

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Interesting. Have you been following my Creative Improvisation Challenge on KZbin? You might still be able to sign up for the live workshop tomorrow. Look at the text under the videos for that. You'll enjoy the series in any case.

[@KimchiSpringRoll]

Finding Manoir de mes rêves's chord progression is just making my day.

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Enjoy it! I'm glad to hear it. This is way more than just the chord progression and you'll learn skills to last a lifetime.

[@mirkomisic5884]

This is beautifull..Lesson,Melody..Everething

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Thanks. I have a lot of fun with it. Django's Castle is just one of four ballads you can learn in the Pleasure of Ballads Course - courses.gypsyandjazz.com/courses/ballads

[@pianotunernick]

You are a terrific teacher

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Glad to be of help!

[@Wanielyo]

Oh my, Ive loved this tune for so many years but never thought to learn it, what a great choice. Thanks for sharing this.

[@GypsyAndJazz]

That's great. Always learn the songs you love!

[@ringbangsoldier]

Wonderful lesson! A month’s worth of ideas! Thank you!

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Thank you! Glad you can get a lot out of it! Have you seen my new Jazz and Gypsy Jazz Mastery Course? You can get it now for free! Click here: www.gypsyandjazz.com/gj-guitar-mastery-sign-up?

[@dingoswamphead]

Thanks for showing us how to play around with the whole tone scale, Yaakov. I have been wondering about this for a while. Now you are helping me to turn my mistakes into useful ideas.

[@AntiquatedApe]

Beautiful chord voices

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Yes, it's a great sound and a great way to enjoy playing without accompaniment.

[@BillWardWesternLights]

This just might be the most beautiful song I have ever heard! Thank you Yaakov for all the great detail and time spent on this. I really want to learn this and am going to give it my best shot!

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Sounds good! Enjoy

[@richardross1119]

Always a joy to reacquaint myself with your lessons.....I've been absent for a while but you and this tune have reignited by passion for this amazing style of playing. Thank you so much!

[@Bowwylad]

gold bar of a lesson. thank you :)

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Glad you like it!

[@jamierichardcom]

Great lesson...love this song...Django was an incredible writer as well as player...thank you...love these chord voiceings

[@superalbertos550]

Yaakov you are a great teacher, super lesson, thank you

[@yaakovhoter496]

Thanks so much!

[@tomculhane6648]

Great lesson. Thanks!

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Glad you liked it, Tom!

[@Ludwig_Cox]

Such a great lesson!!!! I really like that you give ideas and show them how you apply them instead of just showing off licks without any context like many guitar teachers do on youtube. Thanks a lot this is really usefull!!!!!!

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Glad you liked it!!

[@80pedacito]

Im learning this tune thèse days.. Perfect timing ! 😀 Merci !

[@SuperlocoGypsy]

Great lesson I love this song. Thanks

[@GypsyAndJazz]

My pleasure!

[@zygotegarden]

Thank you for this tutorial. I love this song and now I feel I have many ideas to try to understand how to create interesting melodies inside it.

[@GypsyAndJazz]

You can do it!

[@josephovermyer9276]

My friend thank you so much for this beautiful lesson. I have learned so much

[@GypsyAndJazz]

So glad to hear it Joseph! Have fun with it!

[@OwntoneFilm]

Great lesson thanks for the inspiration Yaakov!

[@shallowbox]

Love it. Thanks for your passion to share this stuff.

[@GypsyAndJazz]

You're welcome. May it feed your own passion!

[@chrisguitare6659]

really the django's way of thinking ! great Lesson !

[@stevebetts3208]

Brilliant lesson, you open our eyes to all sorts of possibilities.

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Wonderful!

[@BillWardWesternLights]

This is gorgeous! 😊🎶

[@rdehn5799]

I sure appreciate this, you've been a great help and resource for me, thank you my friend and brother, great job!

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Thanks for the comment! Are you getting my emails as well?

[@richarddehn4552]

​@@GypsyAndJazz I did not know about emails, I'll look at your website, thanks for the response! Also, curious about the strings on that guitar? flatwound? What brand/guage? great sound.

[@randyfreeman8232]

Excellent instruction and very beautiful song. Thank you!

[@GypsyAndJazz]

My pleasure. Thanks you!

[@StevesBeyondRepair]

Fantastic lesson!!

[@andysanchez1]

You have such a rich tone

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Thanks, Andy!

[@FredericZolnet]

Fullmod amazing Ideas! Could you maybe show an example of making a solo ballad out of something simple like Minor Swing?

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Minor Swing isn't a ballad and it doesn't even have an actual melody. You can harmonize your melodies by adding chord tones and make create solo arrangements of your own.

[@erablerouge1]

magnifiaient need quite a bit of practice ! Thank you !

[@GypsyAndJazz]

My pleasure. Practice should be joyful, enjoy!

[@guitarnica]

You look like enrico macias when he was young,..😊

[@GypsyAndJazz]

I had no idea!!! But did you learn the solo arrangement for Django's Castle?

[@guitarnica]

Your video was very helpfull, there are so many ways to approach this song and your tips are great! Im working on a tapping version of this song,,

[@micahcarlsen2523]

22:42 school boy questions: key of D? Dominant are A & E? I wonder where the idea of ‘Django’s Castle came from. I understand Manoir de mes Reves, but I don’t think ‘castle’ when I hear the tune…🧐🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@GypsyAndJazz]

I don't actually know who translated the name that way. It is also known as Django"s Dream, since he dreamt this music as a piece for a full orchestra! Yes, Key of D. The dominant in any key is the fifth so, in the key of D - A.

[@leaper1981]

Hi, thanks for the lesson, just wondering if you can show or maybe you already have a lesson on that bit you called 'classical' I hear it a lot but I'm not sure how u do it.

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Thanks. Take a look at "Classical Games for Improvisation."

[@leaper1981]

@@GypsyAndJazz thanks, I'll check it out now, your lessons are always great and simple to understand 👍🏻

[@ghouser100]

yakov - Would you do a tutorial on how to play to backings tracks? My playing falls apart when I try to play against a backing track.

[@GypsyAndJazz]

I suppose that you are asking "how to improvise?" If so, I suggest that you sign in up to my email list and get some great free lessons to get you started, Garland. wjhi73nf.pages.infusionsoft.net/

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[@GypsyAndJazz]

Thanks. I hope this helped you!

[@sergeytkachenko4392]

What tension of string You use? 10 or 11?

[@PabloCardonaMusic]

Looks like 11

[@GypsyAndJazz]

it's 11

[@michaelcorcoran3942]

Yaakov where do we find your music if you made some for the world to hear?

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Here for example: open.spotify.com/artist/1Y9EcFkSewIBfJMqGspnbd?si=DWfdIh1HSsiKdFECwD0WLw Cheers!

[@michaelcorcoran3942]

Thank you very much. I love it. Yaakov. Just wondering if it's a better way to learn the big chords for this first. Like in the change if we can avoid this chords on the higher strings near the ends. Then show people the ones we can use instead. Amazing video though I learn so much here

[@tyrintennant9215]

What guitar is that?

[@GypsyAndJazz]

Favino 1967

[@yarinankori6720]

אהלן יעקב, אני מניח שאתה ישראלי ורציתי לדעת אם אתה תוכל ללמד אותי קצת ג׳יפסי.

[@GypsyAndJazz]

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