Google. Gypsy Jazz Academy. Gypsy jazz guitar lessons. These free lessons are aimed mainly at the intermediate level guitarist who is becoming interested in playing Gypsy Jazz, although I would like to think there would be something for everyone here!
The lessons are presented on youtube video, with the accompanying notation and tab (where relevant) available as a viewable pdf and also the backing track I am playing along to in the player on the page. The backing tracks and pdf files are also available as downloads. Either right-click or “save as” on the link boxes at the bottom of the page. Files are .pdf and .mp3 format. Click on the lesson title in the sidebar to go to the relevant page. Django Reinhardt Arpeggios, Tricks & Licks. This lesson is an introduction on how to play gypsy jazz guitar.
This style is most associated with the gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, who found fame in the 1930‘s playing his own unique style of swing music alongside the violinist Stephane Grappelli. Other gypsy jazz guitarists include Bireli Lagrene, Diz Disley and Ian Cruikshank - I strongly recommend Cruikshank’s book 'The Guitar Style of Django Reinhardt and the Gypsies' for any one interested in this style. Because this is Jazz music, there is not one definitive scale or one distinctive mode that characterizes the Gypsy Jazz sound, however a good knowledge of arpeggios is a useful way to start and a great way to enter into the spirit of this style.
Gypsy Jazz - Killer 'Must Know' Licks for Dom7th - Robin Nolan.