In this video two Gypsy Jazz Giants collaborate on the classic Django tune "Coquette". For more jazz guitar lessons and learn how to play gypsy guitar go to www.andreasguit...
Gonzalo is slowly becoming one of my favourite guitar players around at the moment. Andreas is stunning but there is something about Gonzalo's feel and the way he swings. Brilliant.
As a person who is 46 and played guitar since he was 18 and can only dream to play this it is painful to watch. You both are gifted. Bastards. Keep it up you are both incredible players!
I see these kinds of comments far too much, damning yourself to mediocrity. I'm doing everything I can to improve. Not having children is going to help me a lot. ^_^
im 26, i have a kid 2 years old, iv played guitar for 10 years but all iv learnt of gypsy jazz was in the last year to now, studing by my self with youtube. now i know 32 songs, and can freely improvise not so simple things
That's the right spirit. A massive skill ceiling should excite people. You'll be attending gypsy jams when you're in your 60's and still be learning new things that you can incorporate into your play.
Wow talk about drastic disagreements! I preferred Gelbara's performance here personally as I felt a certain sorta canonic songfulness about it... but there's no denying that Oberg has displayed virtuosity of the highest order right hete. They are both fucken great dude, why the hate?
I love noodlings, it's relatable kinda. Feels like the sort of stuff you might do when you're just kinda messing around, having fun with it. Kinda weird and wonderful.
I am a beginner myself, but your description is on the right track. You strum every beat, but the second and fourth beats are more of a "flick" to get more of the percussive sound, so it's strum/flick/strum/flick. The left hand is: press/relax/press/relax. Maintaining pick control while keeping your wrist relaxed enough is the big challenge - aside from all the finger-gymnastics of manouche chord voicings. Check out Dennis Chang's videos. He also has a whole DVD on rhythm accompaniment.
It's not about what's going to be listened to in a hundred years, it's about hearing new licks, new takes on old tunes, and moving the music forward. Sure, Django did it better, but there is no way I'm going to hear Django play live.
I think it's a more old-style and (IMO) refined technique. It makes you pay attention and really work on your precision! I haven't rested my fingers on my guitars for years now and I haven't played a second of gypsy jazz :)
Wow, fantastic! Two great players, each with a slightly different take on the Django style. Only wish Andreas had stretched out a bit longer on his solo bits. More!!
as good as they are ..it makes me realize how rare listenability and coherence are..like ants at a picnic..theyre not a problem till you cant get away from them..
Not staccatos. When you vocalize it, it's "boom-chick-boom-chick," which is more like Strum/mute/strum/mute. 2nd and 4th beat are choked by your fingers not pressing the strings down. There are other variations, but that's the predominant pattern in this video.
+Felipe CRP It incorporates a lot of different scales, and it's more about the melodies and the chords than it is about a "tricky" scale. What a lot of jazz players do is run around the notes in the chords (1-3-5-7). So try to hit the notes of the chords typically on stronger beats and play some chromatic or stepwise stuff in between. That's a very basic idea of what they're doing. Honestly, I would suggest trying to slow the video down (the quality is shit, but they're playing is pretty clear), and trying to learn the licks they're playing. Hope that helps!
Once you learn how to HEAR,,, you will then be able to know what note(s) you should play! Knowing scales has nothing to do with melody! You must train your ears first!!!! As the great MILES DAVIS, and others, said: "learn your scales,,,,,,,, and then............................ forget it all!!!
Gonzalo: Olivier Marin Andreas: Probably AJL, since he has played those guitars before, and has a signature model with that luthier. The type of guitars are Selmer Maccaferri-types.
Brilliant playing. In my (never to be) humble opinion, (And I know I'll get flak for this, but don't care - because it's only a suggestion) it might have been a more interesting piece to start with just the simple melody, which is amazing in itself, and then moved on to the more Fantastic, which is clearly all here. Nice stuff either way.
These guys are great players, no doubt. But then I remember: Django Reinhardt is more about music. His perfect guitar playing was the fundament to play music. OK, it is adifferent approach.
1) Haha ChetArrista, I was thinking the same thing. Ridiculous. 2) max davison, There's a simple answer to that. Every trumpeter did and does, especially at the time (in fact, hordes of kids imitated everything about him including screaming until they had a scratchy voice). Actually that's a bad example because swing music itself is all an imitation of Armstrong's "style note-for-note" (whatever that paradox means), including Django, so don't even go there... And yes we will (about Django...that's the point...). 3) Andreas is like the guy from limitless, on guitar
mistakes???? hahahaha, dear friend.. there is more in life dan C major, if you already know that scale... go back to the 'how to play' vids, and enjoy with giving comments over there, ass!!! great playing btw, i'm studying for exams to go to a conservatorium, i learn a lot of this stuff!!!
i love andreas's playing, but he might overdo tuning down the low E to (whatever key played in) at the end of his awesomeness. also can't help but think it's a Bireli trick (who also overdoes it).
the guy in black hair , is better player by far , his attack on the strings is much better , the barbie guy , hits to soft ly , no passion shallow bastard lol
+Dia Lived the guy with the black hair has a different guitar more resonancethat's all nothing to do with the pickingAndreas has a vintage guitar sound more bright..Andreas showed his skill to be fastest guitar player with melody improv communication.both performer did a good job.
+Dia Lived Barbie guy???, Mr Oberg is not one of the best jazz guitarists in the world he has also managed to increas the number of women coming to his concerts. The fact is he is among those very few in jazz who can today fill a stadium.
actually it has a lot to do with his picking. He's literally resting his palm on the guitar bridge thats a big NO if you want to get a good resonant/ whole sound on the guitar in gypsy jazz. Look at Gonzalo's right hand how its lifted over the bridge as he plays, notice how he has much cleaner tone? Andreas may be great at jazz guitar, but jazz guitar right hand picking is completely different to Gypsy jazz technique. You can see it as he tries to do runs on the guitar without using any rest strokes and how it sounds really staggered and choppy, opposed to Gonzalo how the melody actually rings and connects. I hate seeing guitarists who think they can play gypsy jazz if they're good at electric guitar. Two stylistically different approaches
Just because hes a great jazz guitarist doesn't mean hes a great gypsy jazz guitarist. He's totally using electric guitar technique which does not convert to gypsy jazz at all. If you know gypsy jazz then its all about two things - rest strokes and hovering right hand technique. If you did any research you'd notice that most well known gypsy jazz guitarists DO NOT rest their palms on the guitar. That is an electric guitar approach, not a gypsy jazz approach. Search any of the well known manouche players, none of them rest their palm on the guitar which Andreas is clearly doing...(it chokes tone and restrings fluency on connecting arpeggios and volume) refer to Adrien Moignard, Gonzalo, Sebastien, Stochelo, Angelo Debarre, Jimmy Rosenberg.
I used to grow tired of it myself. However, he constantly improves and tries new things so I wouldn't rule him out just yet. Check out "Nightmare #2", "Invierno - Agosto", and "La Muerte de in Lobo Malo", which are just three of my personal favorites when it comes to Gonzalo.
SyncopatedProgress ok i'll have to agree , those 3 tracks had a unique sound to them that's not gypsy swing at all and i enjoyed listening to them , but probably won't be listening to them more than once.
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Gonzalo is slowly becoming one of my favourite guitar players around at the moment. Andreas is stunning but there is something about Gonzalo's feel and the way he swings. Brilliant.
yes
As a person who is 46 and played guitar since he was 18 and can only dream to play this it is painful to watch.
You both are gifted. Bastards.
Keep it up you are both incredible players!
you can, just try
I see these kinds of comments far too much, damning yourself to mediocrity. I'm doing everything I can to improve. Not having children is going to help me a lot. ^_^
im 26, i have a kid 2 years old, iv played guitar for 10 years but all iv learnt of gypsy jazz was in the last year to now, studing by my self with youtube. now i know 32 songs, and can freely improvise not so simple things
That's the right spirit. A massive skill ceiling should excite people. You'll be attending gypsy jams when you're in your 60's and still be learning new things that you can incorporate into your play.
HELL YEAH GEORDIE!
this is cooperation, not competition
that second solo by oberg was genius
It was one of the worst and and inappropriate noodlings i've heard someone excuse for a solo but ok
Wow talk about drastic disagreements! I preferred Gelbara's performance here personally as I felt a certain sorta canonic songfulness about it... but there's no denying that Oberg has displayed virtuosity of the highest order right hete. They are both fucken great dude, why the hate?
I love noodlings, it's relatable kinda. Feels like the sort of stuff you might do when you're just kinda messing around, having fun with it. Kinda weird and wonderful.
Gonzalo swings like no one does!!
D Greg i love bireli too ;)
but gonzalo's right hand has the original style.. andreas' right hand more to rock guitarist
Great groove. Good chemistry - they're not trying to one-up each other.
"Coquette" is a 1928 fox trot jazz standard. It was composed by Johnny Green and Carmen Lombardo, with lyrics by Gus Kahn.
Beautiful phrasing and swinging. Watching these videos makes me want to play even more!!!
Both are magic
Happy B-Day Andreas Öberg ... keep on jazzin Brother!!!!!! Jazz & Roll Corrado!!!!
Insane improvisation wow
Why do i keep comming back to this clip?
...coz' its freakin' AWESOME!!
mr oberg's awesome as always
wow that was amazing.
What a great jam
FANTASTIC ! 5 ***** STARS
Gonzálo es un músico fantástico.
Love their playing.. I have got to get a gypsy guitar and start messing with this stuff
Véronique et Davina ! J'adore !
Well,thanks a lot!! I stayed up for 24 hours straight with this song running thru my head.Actually,it was kind of cool!!
I respect you.
I am a beginner myself, but your description is on the right track. You strum every beat, but the second and fourth beats are more of a "flick" to get more of the percussive sound, so it's strum/flick/strum/flick. The left hand is: press/relax/press/relax. Maintaining pick control while keeping your wrist relaxed enough is the big challenge - aside from all the finger-gymnastics of manouche chord voicings.
Check out Dennis Chang's videos. He also has a whole DVD on rhythm accompaniment.
Great!
awesome! post more from this session please!!
Andreas you are me hero, if I was able to play only 10 % as good as you do I would be really happy.
this is awesome
First time I have seen this video. I am gob-smacked. Thank you for posting.
j'adore !
Buenisimo!!! Felicitaciones
Who said surfers couldn't play the guitar ?
No one
tremendo!!
It's not about what's going to be listened to in a hundred years, it's about hearing new licks, new takes on old tunes, and moving the music forward. Sure, Django did it better, but there is no way I'm going to hear Django play live.
Both great, but i think Gonzalo plays slightly more tasty and has developed a great tone. Which is absolutely neccessary for this style.
Django recorded a version of Coquette but its 1929 song by Johnny Green and Carmen Lombardo
I think it's a more old-style and (IMO) refined technique. It makes you pay attention and really work on your precision! I haven't rested my fingers on my guitars for years now and I haven't played a second of gypsy jazz :)
Wow, fantastic! Two great players, each with a slightly different take on the Django style. Only wish Andreas had stretched out a bit longer on his solo bits. More!!
Nice change from straight ahead jazz. Kool Harmony.
YEAH!
Otimo!
@6120freakinboy Hey, That's AJL-Guitars Model 503 XO. I have one of those. Wonderful guitar!!
This is Gonzalo's world...
After a bit of searching and video watching, I'm fairly certain that Gonzalo is playing an Olivier Marin.
allez andreas sors nous tout tes plans !! Gonzalo est bien plus dans la retenue est c'est vraiment excellent !!
the pretty boys of gypsy jazz
Mother of God....
Sweet
Whatever your reason for doing that, thank you!
wow
Andreas is playing what looks like a real old Selmer
2:19-2:27 now that's a tasteful run... speed is not all !
Holy shit, look at those fingers.
Neither. It's probably just very short staccatos. I think the technique is calles "la pompe" it there's plenty of videos here to teach you.
que làstima que no haya un contrabajo!
I suppose it is possible, but brand new Selmers can be antiqued to look like old ones.
ottimo!!!! remember double t:)
Hi there, great playing & sounding.. does someone knows if this O. Marin guitar of Gonzalo is cedar or spruce top ? thks
Miguel and Tulio over here😏😎
3:01 -- Andeas: "Ohh-h, I sure #%€# that up - gaAaaaa!! "
I think django would like the new starsky n hutch
1.12 whole tone ....nice scale !
bergara plays very well...I don't what you are listening!
Gonzalo
as good as they are ..it makes me realize how rare listenability and coherence are..like ants at a picnic..theyre not a problem till you cant get away from them..
Not staccatos. When you vocalize it, it's "boom-chick-boom-chick," which is more like Strum/mute/strum/mute. 2nd and 4th beat are choked by your fingers not pressing the strings down.
There are other variations, but that's the predominant pattern in this video.
MY LIFE HAS PURPOSE NOW
You're probably right. My bad. Keep swinging!
Look at andreas calculate his lines haha. Still better than me of course. Gonzalo's tone. Damn.
what happened to andreas?
show
does anyone know what sacale they are playing? i need to learn that
+Felipe CRP I hope that was just a bad joke....
+Perpetual Motion
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+Felipe CRP It incorporates a lot of different scales, and it's more about the melodies and the chords than it is about a "tricky" scale. What a lot of jazz players do is run around the notes in the chords (1-3-5-7). So try to hit the notes of the chords typically on stronger beats and play some chromatic or stepwise stuff in between. That's a very basic idea of what they're doing. Honestly, I would suggest trying to slow the video down (the quality is shit, but they're playing is pretty clear), and trying to learn the licks they're playing. Hope that helps!
theMstanglover thank you!!
Once you learn how to HEAR,,, you will then be able to know what note(s) you should play! Knowing scales has nothing to do with melody! You must train your ears first!!!! As the great MILES DAVIS, and others, said: "learn your scales,,,,,,,, and then............................ forget it all!!!
excuse me guys, does anybody know the brand of the guitars they are using?
Gonzalo: Olivier Marin
Andreas: Probably AJL, since he has played those guitars before, and has a signature model with that luthier.
The type of guitars are Selmer Maccaferri-types.
What is that classic melody Andreas is referencing at 2:38 - anyone?
i was going to say its stompin at the savoy but now im not so sure... ill do more diggin
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Gaucho over viking!!
Brilliant playing. In my (never to be) humble opinion, (And I know I'll get flak for this, but don't care - because it's only a suggestion) it might have been a more interesting piece to start with just the simple melody, which is amazing in itself, and then moved on to the more Fantastic, which is clearly all here. Nice stuff either way.
sabor latino :p
the man on left side doesnt comunicate nothing with his frase and solo, the second one on right was very good, I like his swing!
those guys look like beach boys drinking smoking and what else all day.
in fact they are sweating and practicing...
2:37
Spongebob Squarepants Music!!!! :)
These guys are great players, no doubt. But then I remember: Django Reinhardt is more about music. His perfect guitar playing was the fundament to play music. OK, it is adifferent approach.
1) Haha ChetArrista, I was thinking the same thing. Ridiculous.
2) max davison,
There's a simple answer to that. Every trumpeter did and does, especially at the time (in fact, hordes of kids imitated everything about him including screaming until they had a scratchy voice). Actually that's a bad example because swing music itself is all an imitation of Armstrong's "style note-for-note" (whatever that paradox means), including Django, so don't even go there...
And yes we will (about Django...that's the point...).
3) Andreas is like the guy from limitless, on guitar
this guy is to shallow looking to play guitar so good , it drives me mad everytime i see him play
+Dia Lived IKR, heheh
I quit.
mistakes???? hahahaha, dear friend.. there is more in life dan C major, if you already know that scale... go back to the 'how to play' vids, and enjoy with giving comments over there, ass!!!
great playing btw, i'm studying for exams to go to a conservatorium, i learn a lot of this stuff!!!
i love andreas's playing, but he might overdo tuning down the low E to (whatever key played in) at the end of his awesomeness. also can't help but think it's a Bireli trick (who also overdoes it).
Too slow!! Kidding.
the guy in black hair , is better player by far , his attack on the strings is much better , the barbie guy , hits to soft ly , no passion shallow bastard lol
+Dia Lived the guy with the black hair has a different guitar more resonancethat's all nothing to do with the pickingAndreas has a vintage guitar sound more bright..Andreas showed his skill to be fastest guitar player with melody improv communication.both performer did a good job.
+Dia Lived Barbie guy???, Mr Oberg is not one of the best jazz guitarists in the world he has also managed to increas the number of women coming to his concerts. The fact is he is among those very few in jazz who can today fill a stadium.
actually it has a lot to do with his picking. He's literally resting his palm on the guitar bridge thats a big NO if you want to get a good resonant/ whole sound on the guitar in gypsy jazz. Look at Gonzalo's right hand how its lifted over the bridge as he plays, notice how he has much cleaner tone? Andreas may be great at jazz guitar, but jazz guitar right hand picking is completely different to Gypsy jazz technique. You can see it as he tries to do runs on the guitar without using any rest strokes and how it sounds really staggered and choppy, opposed to Gonzalo how the melody actually rings and connects. I hate seeing guitarists who think they can play gypsy jazz if they're good at electric guitar. Two stylistically different approaches
Just because hes a great jazz guitarist doesn't mean hes a great gypsy jazz guitarist. He's totally using electric guitar technique which does not convert to gypsy jazz at all. If you know gypsy jazz then its all about two things - rest strokes and hovering right hand technique. If you did any research you'd notice that most well known gypsy jazz guitarists DO NOT rest their palms on the guitar. That is an electric guitar approach, not a gypsy jazz approach. Search any of the well known manouche players, none of them rest their palm on the guitar which Andreas is clearly doing...(it chokes tone and restrings fluency on connecting arpeggios and volume) refer to Adrien Moignard, Gonzalo, Sebastien, Stochelo, Angelo Debarre, Jimmy Rosenberg.
Both great players! The right guitar could use some service though.
I never enjoy Gonzalo's playing...
I understand you. Gonzalo is a great player but doesn´t "click" for me either.
I'd get that checked out. His tone and playing is brilliant. Great guy in person as well
masterofmuppets86 Yeah, his playing is clear, concise and all of his solo phrases are extremely tasteful. I kinda think Gonzalo blew Oberg away.
I used to grow tired of it myself. However, he constantly improves and tries new things so I wouldn't rule him out just yet. Check out "Nightmare #2", "Invierno - Agosto", and "La Muerte de in Lobo Malo", which are just three of my personal favorites when it comes to Gonzalo.
SyncopatedProgress ok i'll have to agree , those 3 tracks had a unique sound to them that's not gypsy swing at all and i enjoyed listening to them , but probably won't be listening to them more than once.
loads of mistakes!! rubbish!!
Great!