"How High the Moon" is a jazz standard by Morgan Lewis. Bireli packs a lot of ideas and techniques into a short time. Notice how effective it is to contrast techniques such as playing in oct...
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Django Reinhardt Style Phrases Example 11 - Slow
Repeating neighbor note lick slowly - Here's a slower version of Bireli's repeating neighbor note lick. It's similar to the neighbor note li...
Django Reinhardt Style Phrases Example 25
Rapid chromatic scale lick - Check out Bireli's jaw-dropping scale playing in this chromatic scale. The scale itself is preceded by a playful, diat...
Django Reinhardt Style Phrases Example 11
Repeating neighbor note lick - This lick uses a repeating upper and lower neighbor note motif. It's similar to the neighbor note lick which also us...
Django Reinhardt Style Phrases Example 24
Chromatically descending major arpeggio - In this lick Bireli shows what you can do with a simple four-note major arpeggio motif. After the descend...
Django Reinhardt Style Phrases Example 10 - Slow
Triplet cross-string thirds slowly - Here's a slower version of Bireli's triplet cross-string thirds idea. Bireli plays major and minor thir...
Django Reinhardt Style Phrases Example 23
Ascending E9 arpeggio lick - Basically, this lick consists of an ascending E9 arpeggio starting on the 3rd and ending on the 9th degree. The upward...
Django Reinhardt Style Phrases Example 9
Neighbor note lick - In this video Bireli plays a virtuosic lick that uses upper neighbor and chromatic lower neighbor notes. Notice how Bireli uses...
Django Reinhardt Style Phrases Example 22
E minor tremolo falling fourths - Bireli uses a tremolo (rapid alternate picking on one string) technique with the right hand and descends through ...
Django Reinhardt Style Phrases Example 10
Here's a very versatile idea using triplet cross-string thirds, in this case in the key of C. Bireli plays major and minor thirds diatonically on j...