Gypsy Jazz with Austin Filingo

Genre and Style Guitar Course from Austin Filingo

Gypsy Jazz guitarist Austin Filingo covers the basics of the Gypsy Jazz and Swing Guitar styles.

22 Lessons

Complete course with step-by-step lessons and practice examples.

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Austin Filingo introduces Gypsy Jazz and Swing Guitar. In this set you'll cover the basics of these style as well as some of their musical tendencies.

1

Introduction to Gypsy Jazz

Austin Filingo introduces himself and discusses his lesson series on Gypsy Jazz. He gives a general overview of the style and explains what he'll be teaching.

2:10 Runtime

0.0 Difficulty

2

Warm-up Exercises

Austin demonstrates some helpful warm-up exercises, including hand stretches and chromatic octaves.

6:36 Runtime

1.0 Difficulty

3

History of Gypsy Jazz

Austin gives a brief overview of the history of the style. He also lists some of the gear out there that can help you get the right sound in both live and studio applications.

8:34 Runtime

0.5 Difficulty

4

Right Hand Techniques

Austin discusses picks and proper right hand placement for achieving a gypsy jazz sound. He demonstrates the sound of three different picks, and explains which one is his favorite.

7:43 Runtime

1.5 Difficulty

5

La Pompe Rhythm

Austin teaches how to play the "la pompe" (Freddie Green in swing circles) rhythm. This accompaniment patter is crucial to playing in the gypsy jazz and swing styles.

10:18 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

6

Bread and Butter Chords Part 1

Austin discusses and demonstrates a couple of bread and butter chords in the key of G. He covers multiple voicing for the G6, G6/9, D7, and D9 chords.

13:26 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

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7

Bread and Butter Chords Part 2

Austin uses the chord voicings taught in Bread and Butter Chords Part 1 to play over a track.

5:26 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

8

Bread and Butter Chords Part 3

Austin demonstrates a few more bread and butter chords for us in the context of the tune "Dinah" by Fats Waller. He covers voicings for Em, Em7, B7, A7 and Am7.

8:54 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

9

Dinah: Learning the Whole Tune

Austin takes all the chords from Bread and Butter Chords parts 1-3 and puts them together in the tune "Dinah."

8:44 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

10

Dinah: The Passing Chords

Austin teaches how to use different chord voicings and inversions of chords in the context of the Fats Waller song "Dinah".

11:05 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

11

Dinah: Intro's and Outro's

Austin teaches various ways to begin and end a performance of "Dinah". These concepts can be applied broadly to other jazz tunes.

19:09 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

12

Minor Swing: Bread and Butter Chords

Austin Filingo starts digging into the tune "Minor Swing". In this lesson, he breaks down some tried and true voicings that can be used when comping in a Freddie Green or 'Le Pompe' style.

9:07 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

13

Minor Swing: Passing Chords

Austin teaches some passing chords and chord substitution principles that can be used in "Minor Swing" and more broadly in this genre.

11:28 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

14

Minor Swing: Intro's and Outro's

Austin uses the context of "Minor Swing" to teach various intro and outro ideas to use in the gypsy jazz and swing genres.

14:54 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

15

Dinah: The Melody

Austin teaches the melody to the tune "Dinah".

13:35 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

16

Chord Pools

Austin teaches a collection of drop 2 voicings that are commonly used in jazz.

7:30 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

17

Major & Minor Triads

Austin teaches how to build major and minor triads all over the neck.

14:20 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

18

Augmented & Diminished Triads

Austin expands on the major and minor triads with augmented and diminished formations.

6:40 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

21

Dinah: Chord Melody

Austin utilizes the triads he's taught in previous lessons to build a few different chord melodies for the tune Dinah.

10:38 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

50

Soloing Concepts: Dinah

Austin teaches some soloing concepts for the tune Dinah.

17:44 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

51

Soloing Concepts: Minor Swing

Austin demonstrates and analyzes some soloing concepts for Minor Swing.

7:30 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

53

Chord Pools Part 2

Austin builds off of Chord Pools Part 1 and plugs some of the chord voicing into a practical chord solo.

9:36 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

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Reviews & Feedback 88/100 with 86 ratings
JoeMilausnic

I've been playing for a number of years, but hadn't ever seen these warm-up exercises. I'll definitely be doing them from here on out!

JonathasFerreira

Great warm up exercise. Tricky but functional

Triolian

Very helpful to learn this using triads! Perfect!