How to Play Gypsy Jazz Guitar in 3 SIMPLE Steps (with Stéphane Wrembel)

[@ox609]

The first Am was an stair way to gypsy... "I believe in simplicity" great words, thank you

[@micemr76]

That first am is in Layla stairway and many others. I find his second position much more useful as a chord unless I want to finger pick all five strings

[@ox609]

@@micemr76 Layla doesn't have arpeggio as stairway to heaven (and this tutorial) does, of course there are many songs with Am but not with the stairway distinctive arpeggio

[@micemr76]

@@ox609 check out Layla again, after the initial few chords😉 just think it's funny how people remember certain chord pos or voicings though the first song they learned. We all did it, nothing personal, just been a long time since I've thought of chords like that. Like the Hendrix chords etc

[@lukakrajina9192]

Sounds more like despacito or whatever that song is

[@ox609]

@@lukakrajina9192 wow, first Layla now despacito, I must be losing something (or may be is because I hate that despacito stuff)

[@bobparsons1099]

My brother…so good to hear/watch you describe what i call the F-A-D system, not the C-A-G-E-D system. The former has half the complexity of the latter. There are only 3 inversions of each major chord, and consequently 3 versions of the corresponding minor chord, as opposed to the C-A-G-E-D idea. Eliminating complexity at the outset eliminates an exponential cascade of complexity.

[@ChaseMaddox]

I like that concept Bob! 🤘

[@paullennon8586]

Anywhere I can get info on this fad system ?

[@nubossa5376]

⁠@@paullennon8586I got the method from a masterclass with Stephane Wrembel before one of his concerts, his book “Getting into Gypsy Jazz” and his video on DC-Music. I love the musicality, simplicity and practicality of the method. You just learn six triad chord forms (three minor and three major). And it’s so easy to add a 7th, 6th, 9th, etc. to them. You make beautiful music right from the start and don’t have to spend a lot of time memorizing multiple forms all over the neck. And it is so much fun! Note: Stephane does not refer to his method as FAD. Have fun!

[@DimoJohn]

@@nubossa5376 Ty for your comment. I got the book after I read it. I'm just starting and it's making me improve a lot.

[@klfdqjmqboiklnkq]

I ve been using that myself ever since learning major/minor triads on top four strings. It's basically GEC shapes from CAGED, leaving out A and D shapes and leaving out two bottom strings. Nothing new but very useful. Instead of 5 patterns over 6 strings you use 3 patterns over 4 strings.

[@philliphart6327]

I’m a simple man and am grateful to have your simple technique. Thanks

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad you dug the lesson, Phillip! 🤘

[@monntas1314]

As a very complex man I am also grateful to apply his simple technique.

[@andrewboore3899]

There are videos on KZbin teaching arpeggios and their use that exceed 30+ minuets with varying levels of quality and confusion. Some of them are great but Dude your 4 minuet video just taught me more useful information on arpeggios then any of the latter ever have. Brilliant!

[@purdysanchez]

I was skeptical about this video until the end. Good work sir. I will be using this trick to make it look like I know what I'm doing.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching! 🤘

[@fretfix1]

Simple musical theory is not a trick dude. Great video!!!

[@xiltexh6562]

Stephane is great guitarist

[@johtfloridaman6227]

​@@xiltexh6562 the very best I've heard imo

[@rodneysmart9774]

It's like you're cooking, adding ingredients, creating flavors. Nice work.

[@daggad02]

I have watched hundreds of guitar instructions on youtube. This one…4:19 of pure awakening ! Thanks a million !!!

[@ericcoligado8655]

Mr. Wrembel thank you so much for sharing these pearls of wisdom in such a clear and succinct manner. Your tone is also beautiful.

[@andreass2301]

What a great video, simple and easy to grasp and easy to apply. It's a shame more guitar youtubers don't make them like this.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching! 🤘

[@derkgently969]

@@ChaseMaddox Hear Here!

[@ann0d0m1n1]

Agreed. Feel that a lot of "instructional" youtubers make things needlessly complex to gatekeep and keep people in need. Maybe not even intentionally

[@micemr76]

Agreed

[@dimitryherman5656]

i have watched a trillion instructional videos on KZbin and yours was such a breath of fresh air. Such a simple approach to inspire creativity and to enjoy playing without a roadmap. Bravo!

[@ignacedelyon9988]

I use these shapes all the time to improvise or to compose my solos. Then I move around the basic shapes, adding b5 , #5, 6 , 7, 9. Très bonne méthode.

[@davidpatrick1813]

teally helpful with the things i am learning. “frame work”. thank you.

[@ThePandaGuitar]

Wow first time I see it explained like this, simple and effective. Please make more videos of you teaching 🙏

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching! 🤘

[@wall-eewatkins3082]

Thank you so much for making this video. I will be practicing these sweeps for weeks to come!

[@chappahx]

That was simply excellent! You're an excellent teacher.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Stéphane is great! Tune in tomorrow for a follow up 🤘

[@ParaBellum2024]

Voila! This is so simple (when Stéphane does it). Great lesson.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Right? He makes it look easy!

[@lancekidwell5729]

Nice lesson. Will practice this next weekend. Thx

[@stst9999]

I just spent the last hour trying this and there is no doubt that this 4:23 video is going to take me places I haven't been before! Thank you!!

[@dingoswamphead]

Thanks Stephane for showing such clear pathways towards intentional improvising.

[@TheSarosheffendi]

So much wisdom in less than 5 minutes! Stephane is a legend! Thanks Chris!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ericcoligado8655]

Your lesson is genius… you have made the complex become simple.😮 Thank you, sir.

[@Dennismichaelstudio]

Thank you so much, Mr. Wremble, for this straight forward and useful video.

[@iamjakt]

This is fantastic!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thank you! Tune in tomorrow for a follow up 🤘

[@Divlnorum]

The stuff Stéphane Wrembel is playing is so cool.

[@timdarylward]

This is the single most helpful video I have found on improvising. Thank you!

[@rolllarry]

Magnifique. Just getting started but this is working out great for me. You have a natural talent for teaching. You explained this in such a way to make me believe I can do it, very motivational. Merci beaucoup

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad it was helpful! 🤘

[@windyday6222]

thank you from all my heart, very very useful concept

[@ChaseMaddox]

I’m glad you thought so! 🤘

[@dj196301]

I fully agree with every positive comment. What tone! Thank you!

[@jounih2628]

Thank you Chase & Stephane! Stephane- your simplicity & approach and 4 minutes explanation helped me more than 1000 hours practising my born interest for gipsy jass style! Merci!!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad it helped! 🤘

[@HitmanMcGruph]

"Voila" well earned! Thank you

[@hccarder]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!! I've been waiting for this moment!!!

[@kinan2934]

Just watched this guy play today--incredible, incredible stuff/

[@ChaseMaddox]

He’s a beast!

[@21Million]

Excellent Stephane! You are a great teacher.

[@theblacktails]

Wonderfully simple. Thank you!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@dieselman7453]

Great video to get someone started thanks I will be incorporating this into my practice thanks from Ireland 🇮🇪 Brian 🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@mysto]

Génial, merci !

[@pg123ab]

This is great help. Thank you for sharing. Merci

[@GregorySDurst]

Awesome man. thank you for your insight. You made a lot of people better guitar players in less than 4 minutes 32 seconds. So beautiful.......

[@jwstout007]

What a great foundation to learn! I will be practicing this!

[@guilhermebahia8749]

Amazing, Sir! Thanks a lot! Best regards from Brazil.

[@duncanmarshall241]

Beautiful! Thank you.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching! 🤘

[@stuartwallace6154]

Awesome job well explained thanks

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad you enjoyed it Stuart!

[@Loystefeller]

There is so much useful information in this video. Thank you very much.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad you thought so!

[@robertgaudry2826]

Intelligent approach, logical, neat, frank, and I woul say very classical. Thank you to show thes stairs to moove simply with humility and simplicity. Good choice for the sound of the guitar, whatever the guitar. Thank you.

[@robertgaudry2826]

Please read : "these". in these stairs.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching!

[@davidpalan411]

Man. What a great, concise lesson. I found this helpful! Thanks!

[@giovi.0]

Beautiful explanation, melodic lines, and great tone from that guitar. Thank you

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad you liked it!

[@QBRX]

Magnifique! Merci beaucoup.

[@ChaseMaddox]

🙏🙏

[@lrowlands53]

Beautiful practising and demonstration. Thank you.

[@MarkRhodesSongs]

Neat lesson! I've always loved that music. So energetic and uplifting. Thank you, Stephane. (And you too, Chase.)

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks Mark! Haha Stéphane is doing the heavy lifting on this one 😄

[@rabbirelax]

Wonderful!

[@dhh488]

That was great, thanks for the tutorial.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching!

[@robert3096]

Good presentation of basic, effective simple ideas

[@darkhorse21xx]

Brilliant, because it is so simple. Thanks for sharing.

[@jean-paul4337]

Merci beaucoup pour cette belle leçon de musique.

[@Sammywhat]

So glad this popped up in my feed! Thank you, kindly, for the share!!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for tuning in! 🤘

[@daddiospatio]

Add a little flourish and then some more flourish, and walla! Wonderful ;)

[@davidsimpson3380]

Thank-you for sharing this key!

[@simonlee9281]

it sounds classical amazingly

[@ChaseMaddox]

Yes he’s amazing 🙌

[@brunoblivious]

What a great lesson and demonstration.

[@zaherfaraj4936]

Great lesson , simple to the point and effective . thank you 🙏🏻

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching!

[@barrycoulter6951]

Very cool! Using it now for sure, Thx for helping…!

[@jamescree6732]

Very nice Well explained I enjoyed it

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad to hear that! Tune in tomorrow for a follow up 🤘

[@elijahhutchinson3031]

Wow!! Bravo. Thank you so much for the best tutorial I've come across. 😊

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad you found it helpful! 👍

[@miguelafonso8746]

Really good lesson! 🙏🏻

[@thakyou5005]

I'm gypsy from Romania and very musical.

[@johnberg1326]

Beautiful!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad you thought so!

[@nen.user.3764]

That guitar is amazing

[@musicmandrew]

Finally a great explanation and guitar lesson on KZbin. Thanks for posting, this is very helpful to those people who don’t know chord shapes on their neck. I’m not sure if you have a video explaining that this can be done in all 12 keys and should be done in all 12 keys on the fret board. Again, excellent video just wanted to throw my two cents in keep it jazzy!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks Drew! 🙏

[@bareandmare]

Beautiful demonstration . . . . thank you!

[@michaeltrueblood2545]

Very nice lesson. Thank you.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad you dug it, Michael! 🤘

[@stuartlittlehales302]

Really useful. Love how you have simplified this approach. Bravo.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad you thought so! 🤘

[@barnos4393]

I actually got a breakthrough in my understanding of music because of this video! Thanks

[@ChaseMaddox]

Awesome! 🤘

[@kevinmaddox]

Love this approach, thanks for this 🤘

[@ChaseMaddox]

You’re welcome, son

[@johncallahan2256]

Life changing. Thank you.

[@ChaseMaddox]

🙏🙏🙏

[@bobryan8793]

A big fan of Stephen...thank u sir..

[@blessedwithchallenges9917]

That's fun - sounds great!

[@patrickpowell5430]

That was very useful, and it also gave me an unexpected insight into some Baroque music.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RobertIsaacRosenzweig]

Can’t say thank you enough!

[@philbluesjamtracks7184]

Simple, efficace et clairement exprimé. Un grand merci !

[@jamesmarshall4364]

Fantastic. Thank you

[@ChaseMaddox]

You’re welcome!

[@juliencomeault3709]

I think I've learned more in this video than all other videos I've ever seen combined. This has literally taken me to a whole new level of understanding. Thank you so much.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Glad to hear it! 🤘

[@bigl6322]

Very cool approach….I’m inspired….thanks for posting!!

[@Stonemountaingolfajs]

Well done sir that was beautiful

[@pocalipse.things]

Enlightening ! Merci beaucoup

[@SuperNickAnthony]

Hey Stephane! How have you been man?! This video just popped up in my feed. This is Nick Anthony from Martha White's Widow. We opened a few shows for you guys in DC and Maryland in the early 2000's. I still see Hessman occasionally. Hope all is well!

[@aussiebaz5363]

Beautiful, thank you.

[@CharleyHolland]

That. Was. Awesome.

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for watching! 🙏

[@heidi-jane]

Great video, smart teaching! Thank you!

[@musicdude1coma147]

wow, so easy to understand!

[@gazicj]

super helpful--merci beaucoup!

[@knaptonmawson]

amazing, simple for you , the rest of us still saying amazing, but i will do it one day .

[@coltonshanley1921]

Best gypsy jazz tutorial I’ve seen. Just sayin. ❤

[@Mr.S369]

Also, this IS a great lesson in the fundamentals. With consistent application you can definitely negotiate 'Minor Swing', for example. It aids in fretboard 'visualization' and memorization. Chromaticism is best approached with some caution, but allow me to suggest the 'Gypsy minor' scale in A minor. A-BC-DD#EF-G#A. Try it, you'll like it!

[@ChaseMaddox]

Thanks for this comment! 👌

[@Mr.S369]

@@ChaseMaddox Thank YOU!

[@pjokivuo]

Fantastic! Many thanks!

[@davidpaterson3443]

Great lesson and a truly beautiful sound from your guitar...👏👏👏

[@TheNotSoOriginal]

Thanks!

[@chrishollandsworth6700]

This was quite helpful. You are good at demonstrating the technique

[@Kylerjguitar]

Awesome player overall and helpful lesson!

[@tomharmon7516]

I just realized that in practicing, I have been holding the E chord starting on the 4th fret using different fingers than you use. Should I switch to the fingering you use or does it matter? Maybe it matters when it comes to playing the chord as an arpeggio.....?

[@papuyonic]

Thanks a lot this is a great lesson ❤