Adrian Holovaty
@adrian · Guitar · Amsterdam
Gypsy-jazz guitarist and Soundslice developer. I post musical ideas and lick transcriptions here.
I’ve heard Benoit do this kind of thing often and decided to finally transcribe it! More…
Excellent ideas and phrasing from Billy Bean on the 1958 album “The Trio.” More…
Something about the note choice and/or timing in this break... It made me laugh. From a live version of “China Boy.” More…
I love this solo guitar piece by Costa Lukacs and even covered it for YouTube several years ago. Here’s my transcription of his performance. More…
Adrien and Benoit! This transcription was done by Denis Chang; I merely added the rhythmic values and Soundsliced it. More…
What a beautiful intro played by Julian. From Ben Powell’s 2012 album “New Street.” More…
The A flat note when the chord changes to G7... So so good. More…
Super out-there intro from Yannick with his band Minor Sing. More…
Sounds so complicated, but it falls nicely under the fingers. Olli plays a Bb lick over the F7. From “Anniversary Song” on the Hot Club D'Europe album “Kouvola Junction.” More…
It’s about time somebody did an acoustic contribution to Mark Lettieri’s Gruvskool Challenge... :-) This was actually quite tricky for me to learn, as I never play this kind of style/feel. More…
Classic Django-y ideas over G minor blues. More…
Here’s my take on the Adrien Moignard double stop ideas I posted previously to my channel. More…
Some nice weird substitutions over a vanilla chord progression from Adrien. More…
George Barnes, man. How did he come up with this stuff? And in 1946?!… More…
From the “Pickin’ Cotten” album, recorded live in Nashville in 1977 with Richard Cotten on bass. More…
In my quest to transcribe everything by Mr. Moignard, I found this deep cut and duly transcribed it. ;-) Who’s gonna do the first Soundslice cover?! More…
I stumbled across this one while noodling around on the fretboard. Pick a chord, move two of its notes down a fret, strum it again, move the notes down again, etc. More…
Great playing from the “Coast to Coast” album, recorded in April 1980. More…
I developed this exercise to help with legato and finger dexterity. It kind of doubles as an “outside” lick, though I have yet to use it in the wild... More…
Angelo’s take on Django’s intro to “Nuages.” More…
Here’s my gypsy jazz arrangement of the Super Mario Bros. 2 overworld theme — as Django Reinhardt might have played it. :) More…
A little ii-V-I idea I made up to celebrate the launch of Soundslice channels. :) More…
One of my all-time favorite Django moments. So beautiful, dissonant and exotic. I shamelessly play this each time I play “Troublant Bolero” on a gig. :) More…
My first Soundslice cover. I love this lick by Pat Donohue and have been trying to get it into my playing. Works nicely as an intro or outro. More…