Django Reinhardt Style Rhythmic Example 5
Django Reinhardt Style comping - Here is one more time another Django Reinhardt style inspired example by Bireli starting with G13
Improvisation 10
Charlie Parker (Bird) Concept Improvisation Example 2
"Bird" - "Bird's" concept as Larry mentions it was thinking and playing the V minor over a dominant chord. For example, according to La...
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 Rhythmic Example 4
Django Reinhardt Style backing - This is another awesome sounding example that immediately takes you back into the 1930's! Moving up this chord sha...
Diminished Whole Tone Scale
In this video Larry demonstrates the Diminished Whole Tone Scale starting from A. This is also known as the altered scale, or as Larry says, it's a little like s...
2 5 Phrase
In this 2 5 Phrase, Larry combines slight chromaticism with a simple C major scale to negotiate the changes. An effective way to negotiate the changes is to outline the 3rd's an...
3 6 2 5 Phrases
Here Larry demonstrates 3 6 2 5 Phrases. He outlines the changes with some standard idiomatic phrases. Larry uses the chords as spacing for the phrasing of his lines to giv...
Using F Major Over a D Minor Chord
F major over D minor - In this video, Larry shows how it's possible to use an F major scale to play over D minor. He first uses an F lydian scale starting...
More 3 6 2 5 Phrases
Larry demonstrates more 3 6 2 5 phrases over the E min7b5 to A 7 to D m7 to G7.