Top Five Gypsy Jazz Songs - Guitar Melodies and Chords with tabs

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

What are your top five gypsy jazz tunes? There are so many awesome ones it is absolutely insane

[@StephiSensei26]

Minor Swing is one I never get enough of. Thanks Scot.

[@m.d.zakhenderson6742]

I wish that I could give this video TWO thumbs up. 👍🏻👍🏻 Thank you

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

You just did!

[@w.l.graves7228]

i've been messing around with learning gypsy jazz for 40 years, have watched many lessons over the years , your videos are some of the best available lessons , i play fingerstyle a lot , but find playing with a pick gives the most accurate sound overall , and yes, i have watched your vids on fingerstyle gypsy jazz playing. very nicely done with easy to understand video to play along with ,, thank you !

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thanks so much!

[@stevescontriano860]

And I thought I was improving because I just learned the intro to SMOKE ON THE WATER !! you’ve just inspired me TO BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Accounting sounds way harder than playing the guitar!

[@victorwong9622]

You can play SMOKE ON THE WATER??? Tabs please!!

[@wadekubat5141]

You’re the absolute man, you’ve elevated my playing so much. Thank you.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Wow thank you!

[@coltonshanley1921]

Last one is so good , always know a melody is 🔥 when you hear it and understand it before you even look at it, and then when you get it under your fingers it leads you to all sorts of cool new ideas.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

And the words are great too!

[@munkymagick]

Great gypsy jazz video. Perfect for the first steps of my journey

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Glad you liked it!

[@PureMadMetal]

Great video, Scot, just enough to whet your appetite to explore gypsy jazz.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thanks! And kudos on spelling whet correctly!

[@klippdachs]

Great content and clear explanations! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thank you 🙏

[@spohdeeohdee]

Great video! Just what I wanted as prep for heading to my first gypsy jazz session--I suspect any or all of these will get called. Very much appreciated.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Nice!!

[@StephiSensei26]

I'm so glad I saved this lesson. I am so into Django! (Slavic Blood!) Thanks Scot,

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thanks! Any Django or Gypsy jazz stuff you’d like to see here?

[@StephiSensei26]

Been working on (still am), on "Nuages". Would love to see your approach to this classic. Thanks a Million for your dedication and love of our instrument. I've already learned so much from your Flamenco lessons. It's really a good cross-over between the two.@@TheVersatileGuitarist Best.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thanks I did a Nuages arrangement here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIraenV6j7Wih9ksi=uAAl02Y001ot6C9j

[@StephiSensei26]

Thanks Scot, you're great! Let's see what I can muster this time. Hah!🙃@@TheVersatileGuitarist

[@russbeard3665]

Fantastic stuff! Kudos go out to your playing and your guitar tone... punchy, expressive and articulate!

[@CreatedbyLC]

Well made, good tabs. Great lesson, keep up the good work!!

[@MaGe-gc1rm]

Wow, I think I have a new favorite style.

[@1Keef]

Excellent lesson for newbies wishing to dabble in gypsy jazz-like myself! Thank you for posting mate. I would have included a sixth song-one of my favorite Django tunes- Minor Swing. Would love to see a lesson in the future. Cheers! 👍👍

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Minor Swing is great but there’s really no melody apart form the intro riff otherwise it would be on here! I’ll do a video on it soon

[@1Keef]

@@TheVersatileGuitarist Thanks mate ! Looking forward to it.

[@LucaMusicBeats]

Yes the last one is my favorite too🔥🔥🎧🥳🎶 realy cool video thank you for your work and sharing

[@zorbataichi65brown19]

Nice post.. Great for beginners like me. Rhythm and melody. I will worry about fast complex Django solos later

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thanks and good luck!

[@ivandukemusic]

Thank you so much. I never know where to start in a new genre of music!!

[@brifuller1565]

Awesome! Thank you Scot.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thanks for watching!

[@Orchal48]

Thanks! Pretty sure that Djangology was composed by Grappelli for Django

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Interesting I’ve only ever seen Django‘s name on the page!

[@user-qn5jp3sn6g]

nice choices and some excellent tips - thank you!!

[@ryanroberts8477]

Great really encouraging, thank you.

[@stavrosk.2868]

Consider me subscribed. As always, great tutorial and your love for the acoustic guitar is inspiring.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thanks I appreciate it!

[@hilmarholland9165]

Fantastic lesson !!!

[@pacojazztorius]

That was great! Love the sound of your guitar too.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thanks!

[@benwatson469]

Great tutorial ,,removing the mystery,,,a revelation 🎸👍👍

[@migueliglesias4112]

Thank you so much!

[@cloudydandy]

I loved the effort and thanks❤ Be at the right pitch and manner as always.

[@televisiontastesfuny]

Great stuff!

[@piedpeter1]

Thanks!

[@paulkielty3800]

Great vid cheers for this 👍

[@chrisandersen5635]

Awesome video. Thanks.

[@brubeker12]

This is great. Thanks for making this and putting in the tabs as well.

[@allguitars]

Best video yet!

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

It’s amazing what you can do with only 14,000 hours of editing

[@justaguitarplayer2059]

I’m not a real jazzer , but this is my favorite kind ….along with Wes stuff

[@michaeljam2132]

Just beautiful!

[@davidkelly1220]

Thanks

[@royfulton]

Great video lesson! Thanks very much. Subscribed.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Welcome to my guitar obsessed mind!

[@scoobydoo89765]

Django Unchained is my favorite guitar man

[@scoobydoo89765]

(Other than Scotty)

[@randallo3614]

Looking forward to your next video. However , I love how you break it down. But, I'd like to see you put the two parts together if that how it's ever played live. I really dig the rhythm guitar almost as much as the melody lines. Really love this. Thanks

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thanks, this is an ensemble style of music so you kind of *have* to have 2 guitars, one rhythm and one lead. To put them both together you would have to make too many compromises with the rhythm and we would lose that driving gypsy swing chord sound. That said, you can make a chord melody solo guitar arrangement of anything, and I will be posting up one of those soon to the song Djangology… see my video “Nuages” where I play my own arrangement of a Django song in free time.

[@randallo3614]

​@@TheVersatileGuitarist Thanks I will. Also, call me lazy but could tab exactly the chords you are playing? I hope that's not too much to ask. Keep up all this cool music. I play electric and while I do acoustics too (no cat gut classical ) essentially want to blend this with whatever, whenever if it fits the song I'm writing or not. I'm rambling already but I like hearing what you know about the song , how old it is, who wrote it. Basically a history lesson, hahaha. When dropping names you are turning me on to music I would otherwise never hear.

[@funstuff8147]

thanks alot

[@vladimirverline8251]

the best!!!

[@isanewday]

Remarkable . . .

[@AntonioCardozo6466]

Thanks 🎉🎉🎉

[@sockenfrank]

I found it. Great.

[@dannyhood4007]

Great lesson. chromatic chords

[@andellryan824]

As a beginner guitarist(bit intermediate) I try to learn different stuff since I don't have a tutor. Can someone identify what type of chord shapes these are so I can learn them? ( i know the names but the category is what I would like to know so I can learn others)

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

A lot of these gypsy jazz chords are “shell voicings” where we just have the root, 3rd and 7th. Is that what you mean?

[@paulcrawford5153]

Kenny Ball nailed."Dark Eyes'

[@user-kx1bu6xy6u]

Wonderfull sound, what brand of this jazz guitar?

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thanks, that is a gypsy jazz guitar from Dell’Arte guitars

[@Lnninpz]

Amazing video!! Thanks.. Could you tell me what program or app do you use to edit?

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Thanks, I’m using final cut pro on a MacBook

[@dejgmh1]

💚

[@goingblindmusic]

Thank you. Have you done a gypsy jazz rhythm lesson? ie la pompe

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Hi, yes I cover that among other things in this video with a fingerstyle focus: How to Play Gypsy Jazz Guitar on Nylon String - A Fingerstyle Guitarist's Guide kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmavoImpjJxjoLs

[@georgefenning4844]

Does dark eyes follow the Farruca format and structure ?

[@johncustodio3439]

So cool! 😁🎶

[@Pocketsand1014]

What kind of guitar is that? It's beautiful.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

This is a gypsy jazz guitar from Dell’Arte guitars from Alain Cola here in San Diego. I love this one because not only does it look cool with the F holes like a cello or a violin, but it is the easiest-to-play gypsy jazz guitar I have ever played

[@achaarpickler]

Great videos but where is “Minor Swing”?

[@AlexTamMusic]

It's a must know song which doesn't even need to be mentioned 😂

[@JonMurray]

Great video buddy. I’ve wanted to learn some gypsy jazz chords for as long as I can remember so this is a huge help. New subscriber ✌🏻

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Glad you liked it! Let me know if I can help!

[@daveburgess4813]

Where did you get that guitar from? thats my dream guitar.

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

From Dell’Arte guitars here in san diego

[@daveburgess4813]

@@TheVersatileGuitarist What make/brand is it? Im in Australia. Nice playing too btw

[@johnmalcolm9980]

Perhaps we ought not leave Stephen out when talking about who invented Gypsy Swing

[@jesse8573]

The tabs are wrong I’m confused?

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Where are they wrong?

[@smaganas]

1K

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

That's an F-Hole Gypsy Jazz Guitar which would be called double bouche

[@cburgess2805]

The rhythm sounds fully American

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Exactly what I was going for, thanks!

[@webrambler88]

Minor swing? This one is missing 😂

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

That’s a great one but not much of a melody… mainly soloing

[@maineguitarists]

1920's in Paris.

[@thomaskimballmusic2569]

Are you using a pic?

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

Yes, but see my gypsy jazz for nylon string tutorial where I show how to do all this with your fingers

[@paulandrewmciver3437]

This style of music definitely does NOT fall into the Latin guitar category. It's a completely different tradition which has much more in common with the American Swing idiom from which it arose.

[@johng.8625]

Why don't you forget In my room and teach us Jerry Garcia. Me An My Uncle

[@seamusbrowne4909]

😎😎😎

[@samuil_maxim]

Do you have some info for the guitar,..it is very good looking and sounds great,...where can i get one...???

[@TheVersatileGuitarist]

That is from Dell ‘Arte guitars here in San Diego. You can find their guitars for sale online, this particular one with the F holes is so easy to play and sounds so great you should definitely get one!