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Basic gypsy jazz chords & La Pompe exercise

In This lesson you will learn all the basic chord shapes used by Django and other great Gypsy

player plus special exercises for mastering your la pompe playing while moving from chord to

another.

Although we call them Gypsy jazz chords, eventually youll be playing Jazz chords that you can

use at any style you want. Some of the shapes are particularly characteristic of Django's style.

Some chord shapes may be easier for you, while others may be harder. Its important for you to

choose at least one chord shape for each position. Its important to practice the hard chords

every day in order to get used to them. Dont give up on them; it takes time, but eventually

youll be able to play them. On the other hand, dont let these chords stop your practice and

improvement. Just go on with the chords you can play right now, while you also try to practice

the hard ones.

In this lesson, I want to concentrate only on the chord shapes. After you have learned this

lesson, I strongly recommend that you take the chord theory lesson in order to understand

these chords. Its very important to completely understand what you are playing in order to be

able to use it again in different situations and in different songs.

Before you take this lesson, I strongly recommend that you take lesson number 1 - La Pompe -

to gain a thorough understanding of La Pompe rhythm.

Now, here are the chord diagrams shown in the video in lesson number 2:

Tonic major chord shapes

Figure 1: G major 6/9, root on the 6TH

string.

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Figure 2: G6 , root on the 6TH

string.

Figure 3: G6 , root on the 6TH

string.

Figure 4: G6 , root on the 6TH

string.

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Figure 5: C6, root on the 5th

string

Figure 6: C 6/9, root on the 5TH

string.

Figure 7: Gmaj7, root on the 6TH

string.

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Figure 8: Cmaj7, root on the 5th

string

Tonic minor chord shapes

Figure 9: Am6, root on the 6TH

string.

Figure 10: Gm6/9, root on the 6TH

string.

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Figure 11: Dm6, root on the 5TH

string.

Figure 12: Dm6, root on the 5TH

string.

Dominant 7th

Chords

Figure 13: G7, root on the 5th

string

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Figure 14: G7/9, root on the 5th

string

Figure 15: D7, root on the 5TH

string.

Figure 16: D7/9, root on the 5TH

string.

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Figure 17: D7/9, root on the 5TH

string- with bare

minor 7 chords

Figure 18: Em7, root on the 5TH

string.

Figure 19: Am7, root on the 6TH

string.

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m7b5- Half dim

Figure 20: Gm7b5, root on the 6th

string

Figure 21: Cm7b5, root on the 5th

string

Dim7 Chords

Figure 22: G#dim7, root on the 6th

string

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Figure 23: C#dim7, root on the 5TH

string.

The next lesson:

Now, once you know at least one chord in each position, you are ready to move on to the next

lesson, to start and have some fun! In the next lesson, lesson number 3 - Gypsy Jazz chord

progressions, rhythm kicks and variations - you will learn basic Gypsy jazz chord progressions

with cool rhythm variations and kicks!