In this course you will learn a fun method for improvisation that you can implement on any song. You’ll see that the music of Bach, Django, and Jazz are all based on the same musical language and that we can just PLAY with one melodic motive on any chord progression and song. You will be amazed how easy is to learn one octave scales – Major, Dorian, Mixolydian and Mixolydianb9b13. and how easy is to create classical– style phrases or change them to create new melodies and improve your creativity.
As always with my lessons, you will UNDERSTAND everything that you play so you can use it AGAIN and AGAIN in any other musical situation. So beside of the delicious fishes you’ll get here, I’ll also teach you how to fish.
After learning this lesson you will be able to:
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Play one Octave Scales all over the fingerboard |
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Play major, Dorian, Mixolydian and Mixolydianb9b13 scales from each of their four degrees. |
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Create classical– style phrases over any song you like |
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Increase the creativity of your improvisation |
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Know what scale you can use over each chord |
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Master an improvisation method that you can use on any song |
You will get examples and etudes over 7 songs:
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Autumn Leaves |
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All of Me/Take the A-Train |
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Lulu Swing |
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Minor Swing |
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Sweet Georgia Brown |
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After You’ve Gone |
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Coquette |
Praise for this course:
Classical lick 's a gas
An excellent course to break from the arps to a more scalar thinking The concept is clearly defined and the scales will come in very little time. You'll learn to outline a simple chromatic descending line of chord tones can be embellished wit...
Excellent Five starts
Essential program for anyone serious about Gypsy Jazz!! Yaakov is passionate about teaching and knows his stuff. Equally important, he knows how to use technology and internet. Flawless.
OPEN MORE DOORS TO IMPRVISATION
i think this course goes hand in hand with yaakov's arpeggios and rest stroke course, it really helps with fretboard knowledge and gives you loads of superb execises that are lot more musical and enjoyable to practice. i think this makes it less ...
Classical lick 's a gas
An excellent course to break from the arps to a more scalar thinking The concept is clearly defined and the scales will come in very little time. You'll learn to outline a simple chromatic descending line of chord tones can be embellished wit...
Excellent Five starts
Essential program for anyone serious about Gypsy Jazz!! Yaakov is passionate about teaching and knows his stuff. Equally important, he knows how to use technology and internet. Flawless.
OPEN MORE DOORS TO IMPRVISATION
i think this course goes hand in hand with yaakov's arpeggios and rest stroke course, it really helps with fretboard knowledge and gives you loads of superb execises that are lot more musical and enjoyable to practice. i think this makes it less ...
Learning with Yaakovs Gypsy School
I don't always have that real django swing feel yet but considering 2 years ago I was playing bar chords and a few open chords and now I can build jazz chord shapes and know how to use intervals to create great chord shapes with interesting voice...
Classical games for improvisation
Excellent value for money; opens up new improvisation ideas.
An excellent example of a sturdy study
The more one gets under one's hand the shapes and riddles of the course the more one gets out of it in terms of fretboard acquaintance and improvisation technique! Excellent job, keep it up Yakov!!!
variation over Autumn Leaves
So far answers to questions are just an email away. Answers come back quickly suggestions are respected and acted upon. I feel this course will fill a gap in my guitar knowledge that has been a long time coming. So far this course is aces. Wh...
Classical games for improvisation
Great idea and a lot of fun but also hard work though I guess they both come together in a pack.Thanks Yakoov
Great name
Don't know why, but your teaching just works for me!! I'll be getting the whole course. So far, this site is much better to use and the video is crystal clear!! Good job Yaakov!!!
High Yaakov
A very great course - for a good price !! I need to be patient by learning this new possibilities on the fretboard...but day by day it becomes better in a very logical way. Thanks a lot for your incredible work and motivation for practic...
Classical games
Very good course, not sure. How I would use it, but will try to throw some of it in....
Superb
You've done it again . So much to learn from this videos , very inspiring staff. I find the content easy to implement on my improvisation . Appreciate your work very much. Thank you
Yaakov Hoter
Professional Musician and Teacher
info@gypsyandjazz.com
About the instructor
At the age of 13, when Yaakov started to play the guitar, his older brother, Azriel, gave him a Django Reinhardt cassette.
Django’s music ignited a spark in Yaakov and he began to dream of going to Europe to learn from the Gypsies.
Yaakov graduated from the Rimon Music High School and attained his bachelor’s degree in music from the Jerusalem Music Academy.
He has performed in many bands, written songs and music for theater. It was only in 2006, following a chance meeting with Jon Larsen and Walter Clerici in Denmark, that he decided to dedicate himself completely to Gypsy swing.
He traveled to Belgium to study with the accomplished Gypsy guitarist Fapy Lafertin and had the great good fortune to also meet and jam with Gypsy guitar greats Birelli Lagrene, Moreno, Stochelo and Noumi Rosenberg in France – learning a great deal in the process.
His band, Swing De Gitanes (www.swingdegitanes.com) has been in the forefront of the Gypsy Swing genre in Israel and has gleaned ample praise.
The trio has three albums under its belt, as well as hundreds of performances, participation in major international music festivals, collaborations with leading local artists, including Miki Gavrielov and Dori Ben Zeev, and collaboration with leading international Gypsy Swing and Jazz luminaries, including: Martin Taylor (G.B), Stephane Wrembel (U.S.A), Robin Nolan (G.B), Lulo Reinhardt, Daniel Weltlinger (Germany), Hot Club de Norvege (Norway), Evan Christopher (U.S.A), Dario Napoli (Italy), Maurizio di fulvio (Italy) and more.
Today Yaakov is developing a new generation of Gypsy swing guitarists. He has translated his experience into a straightforward comprehensive method and became an international leading Gypsy and Jazz instructor. Yaakov has initiated the production of Gypsy Swing guitars in Israel, in cooperation with Polak Guitars. He is working on original compositions and lyrics and more...
What's included?
Course Curriculum
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3.1 C major scale in four positions
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3.2 C major scale in four positions - PDF
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3.3 GUITAR COACH - Major scale in four positions
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3.3.1 GUITAR COACH - Major in 12 keys
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3.4 C Mixolydian scale in four positions
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3.5 Mixolydian scale in four positions
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3.6 GUITAR COACH - Mixolydian scale in four positions
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3.7 Community Discussion
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5.1 Dorian scale in four positions
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5.2 Classical Games in Cm6 (Dorian)
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5.3 GUITAR COACH - Dorian scale in four positions
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5.4 Mixolydian b9b13 scale in four positions
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5.5 Classical Games in C7 mixob9b13
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5.6 GUITAR COACH - Mixob9b13 scale in four positions
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5.7 Community Discussion
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5.8 Emixob9b13
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5.9 D mixob9b13
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5.10 A dorian
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5.11 G Dorian
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5.12 E7 to Am
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5.13 D7 to Gm
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7.1 What's next? Improve your technique and criativity
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7.2 Improvisation and variations over Minor Swing changes
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7.3 Improvisation and variations over Minor Swing
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7.4 Improvisation and Variations over After You've Gone changes
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7.5 Improvisation and Variations over After You've Gone changes
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7.6 Improvisation and variations over Autumn Leaves changes
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7.7 Improvisation and variations over Autumn Leaves changes
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7.7.1 Suggested fingering for Autumn Leaves
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7.8 Community Discussion