Here’s a little etude I wrote recently for myself to practice some new (to me) chord transitions and the gypsy picking technique. It’s over the changes of “Djangology.” I suppose you could even play it… More…
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Here’s my arrangement of the Beatles’ Honey Pie, from a YouTube video I made in 2011. So many people have requested the tab over the years that I had to Soundslice it. More…
This is a nice exercise for practicing different voicings for the repetitive Gm7-C7 in “Honeysuckle Rose.” In the B section, it’s got the classic walkup. More…
Here’s a two-voice idea I came up with for the B section of Django Reinhardt’s “Douce Ambiance.” The melody is played in the upper voice while the lower voice does a chromatic walkup thing.… More…
Just a little gypsy-jazz lick that fits nicely under the fingers. More…
Here’s my gypsy jazz arrangement of the Super Mario Bros. 2 overworld theme — as Django Reinhardt might have played it. :) More…
Here’s my own fingerstyle arrangement of this great jazz standard. More…
Happy new year! Appropriately, here’s one of the very first things I ever Soundsliced; I just realized I hadn’t yet posted it to my channel. Make sure to toggle the rhythm backing vs. lead guitar if you’d… More…
Here’s a small thing I made up. Could work well as an outro to a ballad in A major. More…
A very fine arrangement for solo guitar of the Beatles tune. More…
Here’s my own fingerstyle arrangement of the lovely jazz standard by Jimmy Van Heusen. More…
Here’s an idea I came up with for “Nuages,” during bars 21-24, when it goes to C major. It’s a nice little counterpointy walkup thing. :-) More…
Here’s an etude I made for beginning gypsy-jazz guitarists. Note you can change the recording to only hear the rhythm guitar vs. lead guitar vs. full mix (for practicing!). More…
Here’s a little exercise I just came up with, to develop the dexterity for my third and fourth fingers. Lots of times these sorts of exercises aren’t very musical, so I wanted something that actually sounds… More…
I’ve started recording my own gigs, to evaluate my own playing and try to remember some of the improvisations. Generally I’m not happy with my playing, but this particular “Nuages” solo actually turned… More…
Here’s my latest fingerstyle arrangement for YouTube, the classic jazz standard. More…
Here's my new fingerstyle arrangement of the classic Game Boy theme. More…
Order your magic fingers to fly — and defy the power of gravity — with this nice G major lick by Adrien Moignard.… More…
Here’s something Romane taught us at Django In June 2019 last week — a blues accompaniment while keeping the same note in each voicing. Really nice. Note that I didn’t notate the various rhythmic hits/feel. More…
I’ve been following Isto on YouTube for more than 10 years — he’s got a lovely voice, great taste in repertoire, quirky sense of humor and an excellent fingerstyle guitar technique. He just posted this… More…
Here’s an exercise I learned from somebody at Django In June a few years ago (I forget from whom).… More…
Here’s a small but nice lick from Gwen Cahue. It’s over “Blues en mineur” (G minor blues) from his new album “Memories of Paris.” More…
The A flat note when the chord changes to G7... So so good. More…
Great playing from the “Coast to Coast” album, recorded in April 1980. More…
The most beautifully melodic improvised guitar solo of all time? Every jazz guitarist should learn this classic by Django.… More…
Here’s a nice little meandering thing by Barney Kessel from a live performance with The Great Guitars in 1982. More…
From Samois 2010. This was played over the B section of “Dinette.” More…
This Rick Beato instructional video is really great. He shows many beautiful guitar voicings, along with the “raw materials” on how you can figure them out for yourself by harmonizing the scale.… More…
I love this simple but melodic idea from Joost Zoeteman — first over the C minor, then over the G minor. Sounds dissonant, but he’s just playing the flat third and natural sixth over both chords. More…
Rounding out my recent Boulou transcriptions, here’s a nice short idea over the changes of “What Is This Thing Called Love.” From a performance of “Subconscious Lee” on the live album “Nuages.” More…