Gypsy & Jazz - Guitar Academy by Yaakov Hoter

“Hi Yaakov, Your the man! - Great courses, great website (the best out there). There are excellent gypsy jazz guitarists on the web, but you stand out! Your courses are presented in a caring manner - nothing is left to chance. I checked out the other gypsy jazz guitarists websites, though they are excellent guitarists, their websites are not so great. They are too random and confusing, not knowing where to start. Keep up the great work my friend! I just want to work on Ultimate Gypsy Run for a while before purchasing another course. Bruce”

“Marvellous course! How to make the amazing and baffling explicable... just great! The delivery is just right in terms of the talk (just enough theory to make it make sense) and speed of delivery of playing. Slowed down to learn and the accelerating speed. Linked up with descending chord scales, inversions and ‘connective’ diminished chords turned it full circle, giving a complete picture. Wouldn’t have worked alone on paper. The personality and manner behind it is key. Micah”

“Once again Yaakov has given the online community a course that will add much depth and richness to anyone wishing to learn how to swing with authentic gypsy flavor. I have studied from a plethora of online teachers in this genre and I always come back to Yaakov because I consider him to be the standard of what an online instructor in Gypsy Jazz should be. His method is easy to comprehend. He always welcomes questions, feedback and encourages uploads so he can carefully examine your technique and offer you guidance to help you become the best player you can be. Yaakov is a phenomenal player and a natural instructor (a rare combination indeed.) Cheers to Yaakov and all of his students.”

“I have been playing and listening to Django's music for the past 30 years. I know most of the songs and can solo over the changes but I always sounded like a bebop player playing gypsy swing. In other words, I could play the tunes, but never with that authentic gypsy sound. I learned so much from this course. You are an excellent teacher and having the ability to play this lesson at half speed gives the added benefit of helping me understand the timing of the phrases as well as you played your run over several tunes as examples. So much of "that sound" comes from the phrasing, not just the notes. I would love for you to do an entire lesson on timing and phrasing one day. Thanks much for the fantastic lesson at a great price!!!”

“Yaakov really dives deeply into the workings and theory of this run. Very well taught and explained simply with great examples of its use.”

“Another great course from Yaakov explaining how to get and use that exciting authentic Django fast run sound combination over a dominant 7 chord. Can't imagine ever being able to work this out from scratch myself. Love the sound it adds to a solo. Now need to practice hard to get the speed he demonstrates.”

“fantastic ways to resolve those harmonies , indeed !! real treasure ”

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“This is one of the most useful courses I've seen. Really well explained, with heaps of information given in easy to understand bites. It's not just a long complex run, (which would be difficult and perhaps even a bit boring). It's actually an explanation of how to use diminished and harmonic minor scales in conjunction with really common chord sequences (dom7 to minor), plus how and where to incorporate diminished chords in rhythm, and their relationship with both major and minor triad positions. Then when you hear Yaakov playing the examples over songs, you begin to realise just how useful it really is. It will take a while for all the info to sink in, but like all of Yaakov's courses, what this course gives you is a wealth of information that you can incorporate into all of your playing. I intend to go through it several times, because I think as you work through the videos, each one has great tips to concentrate on.”

“Today I was able to complete the course first time and I got the concept how diminished runs to play over any dom7 chord sequence extends the ability to improvise and I will now still play it 999 times half speed because I do not need to impress the born Gypsys like Bireli, and the guys from the Reinhardt, Weiss, Schwarz and Hoffmann families around here. Thank you Yakoov and best regards from Hans B from Bremen/Germany”

“This is the best course I have ever taken. I now feel like i am beginning to understand a little about this fantastic genre. Thanks Yaakov”

“Very enlightening ! These short phrases really open up the connections on the fretboard.”