Gypsy & Jazz - Guitar Academy by Yaakov Hoter

“Thank you Yaakov for sharing this diamond. I've been waiting for something like that to come out , and you did it ! Also in very focused and understandable way. Keep up the good work !!!!”

“This course opened doors that I thought were closed to me...although I had to re-learn my picking technique, it all made sense, and speed and tone are coming up now, which is incredibly satisfying. I would recommend to do this course and, if you want to get freedom over the fret board, do also the Arpeggio course. Yaakov offers a easy to understand and enjoyable learning journey and he is also extremely available for help if you ask for it. Great course and incredible value for money, thank you Yaakov”

“Yaakov is an excellent teacher who really knows his craft. His teaching took be back to the basics with "sweep picking" and it's transforming everything else I play on guitar. The course is well put together and easy to follow. I really appreciate the video lessons paired up with the PDF files. Buy one of Yakov's courses, its money well spent! ”

“I purchased the Magic of Triads a few weeks ago and it has been absolutely amazing for my playing in a very short space of time. I've found it incredibly useful to understand how to 'really' learn songs and start improvising in a way that sounds interesting and melodic. I've found it far more useful than many other gypsy jazz lessons incl. the Rosenberg Academy, DC Music, JTC, Soundslide and plenty others - those were packed with licks, but no understanding for me. Your course is different. I HIGHLY recommend this to anyone serious about improving their technique, improvisation and overall tone. Kyle, gypsy picker from Melbourne Australia”

“This is not a lot of money to pay for the knowledge you gain from this course. The lessons are clear, informative and inspiring. I would recommend this course to anyone wanting to sound good with just themselves and a guitar as it opens up the fret board immensely. ”

“I now hear the triads all over Django's playing and realize how simply beautiful they are. They're great landmarks for getting around the fretboard and I just can't help visualizing them while playing arpeggios, solos and melodies - all the time. This package thoroughly demystifies solo playing and it's so much fun learning in the context of songs and having the tracks to play along with! ”

“Yaakov gives you building blocks, suggestions for practice, live examples, etudes, substitutions, and walks you through the process of learning new songs. He doesn't just teach you licks, but gives you the tools for approaching new materials on your own. Everything is broken down into simple (sometimes deceptively so) chunks onto which you can build and expand. It's definitely worthwhile to take the material slowly and make sure you get it fully under your fingers--which can happen long after you get it mentally--before moving onto the next section. I can't recommend it enough.”

“By his delightful and motivating style of giving lessons, Yaakov accomplishs to mediate even the most complicated knowledge of mastering guipsy jazz guitar "as good as a play" and lets look all chapters like no-brainers. This course is my favorite one and I took Yaakovs advice to practice the arpeggios daily. My experience: the more often you play, the more interesting they get. My handy hint: always connumerate and / or say aloud the musical score. In this way you´ll get a good foundation for the chords secondarily. Arpeggios are the best daily warm-up directly after tuning yout instrument. Believe me: You´ll never wand to do without it again. Andrew Easterday”

“Hi Yaakov,thank you so much for adding of how to use arpeggios in improvisation over the songs Minor Swing and J’attendrai .For the time being I`m working on Minor Swing ,and i have to admit that by doing the exercises you provide ,is like having a passepartout to open all the gray areas of the fretboard .I see allready improvement in my soloing ,and that gives me the motivation to practice more and more .I think You are the best gypsy guitar teacher and I mean it ,with all the respect to all the others who trying to help us learn , but you have a way to hit the heart of the matter with a simple but totally effective way. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ,for sharing all this knowledge with me and everyone else eager to learn this beautiful art named gypsy jazz guitar.All the best to You .Chris.”

“All you need to know about la pompe, highly recommend lesson!!!”

“I have quit trying to learn this style at least three times during my decades of playing guitar. I really believe that Yaakov's instruction breaks it down in a way that guarantees success if you follow the practical steps and put the time in. I never thought I would take lessons on line but I look forward to working with these videos and they inspire my focus!”

“Although you can just like I did get started and get going with Yaakov's free La Pompe video and a few of the other bits around the net the amount of details you will get from this course are worth the few quid a hundred fold. It is hard to find someone that is a great teacher and a great player, Yakoov can do both to top level and he does make it easy to learn the techniques for this style. Don't waste your time if you are serious about learning this style, just sign up and learn it the right way as it is harder to undo bad habits later on. You will be glad you did! Thank you Yaakov for the tips, feedback and the funny moments that you keep in your videos! On to the arpeggios now... so much work to do so little time.. :D ”