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17d •
Diminished chord
Good evening. I am verry busy with study gipsy chords. A minor 6, D minor 6 and E9. Which D minished chord do you Guys advise me with amin6 dmin6 e9 . Can you also show me the tab? Thnx a lot
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@Rick Spence We broke bread at DiJ, probably more than one year. I thought you were Australian 🤣🤣🤣 If you're coming up from Fla. (I lived on South Beach for two years), you'll prolly land in Newark (very close) and rent a car. There are motels about seven miles outside of town. It's only about an hour and a half drive from me. We live in South Jersey in the Philadelphia suburbs. Maplewood is a bedroom community for NYC, with easy access to New York via commuter rail.
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@Rick Spence Don't take that to the bank -- they could be 70 miles away!!!🤣🤣🤣 No, honestly, I think someone told me they're seven miles out, or maybe it was five. The way to go is to find an Airbnb in town. A fellow participant from last year just sent me a photo -- that I didn't know existed -- of me soloing while Antoine Boyer (!!!) plays rhythm (you could tell from our body language) in a small group class. Ringo voice: " 'e pahsed the audition" 😂😂😂
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San Diego, CA Gypsy Jazz Players?
Hey everyone, I’m new here and wanted to introduce myself. Love that Jimmy put this together. I’m based in San Diego, CA (USA) and would love to find more players in my area. I have a small band locally, but I’m also up for low-key jams, duos, rhythm, or just getting together to play. If you’re nearby, feel free to reply or DM me. Djam on!
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Hi Jeff --- When we were visiting San Diego, we saw Jon Garner and his band on public-access TV doing Django-style music. Maybe you could look him up! 😊 He's on Facebook ... just search for his name and "San Diego."
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@Jeffrey Freeman On the Zoom session today, I mentioned Jon ... it turns out Jimmy and Tommy Davy both know him, and Tommy said he's an excellent guitar player 😁
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ANOTHER LIVE JAM SESSION THIS WEEKEND!
LIVE JAM SESSION: JANUARY 17th Get ready for a live Gypsy Jazz Jam Session with Violinist @Eva Slongo Join us on Saturday, January 17th at 5 PM (Paris time) for a "Trading 4s" live session. How to join the session? Just click on the link in the calendar, will be updated with Zoom link soon! Play Troublant Bolero in the spirit of Django Reinhardt! This Gypsy Jazz Play Along is the perfect way to practice your improvisation and master the swing style.
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@Karim Boumedhel that's weird because I looked in the calendar and didn't see it!
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Ah, now I see a link below the calendar that has it. It must have been posted when I was looking on Saturday, but I found a link somewhere to the Zoom with no pass code.
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This looks very cool! As a survival strategy for a fast-tempo rhythm changes song at a jam session, I just rock between the I and V arpeggios, ignoring the mi7 VI and II chords. I'm not saying it sounds as good as outlining all the chords like you do on the video, but it doesn't sound wrong. A prominent rhythm-only player at one of the camps told us if he's playing rhythm on a fast rhythm changes song, he plays only the I and V chords. A rather shocking admission right there!
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