{"id":329,"date":"2019-07-22T03:17:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T18:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/en\/?p=329"},"modified":"2020-06-21T19:59:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T10:59:58","slug":"summertime-gypsy-jazz-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/summertime-gypsy-jazz-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime &#8211; Gypsy jazz version &#8211; video lesson and tabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today , we are going to learn &#8216;Summertime&#8217; by George Gershwin.<\/p>\n<p>I guess this is one of the most covered songs in the music history. <span style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Janis Joplin&#8217;s version is famous and which is very cool version. If you haven&#8217;t listened to it then have a listen to it !<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This song is often played at the jam session so practice this a lot. It&#8217;s not a complicated song and easy to practice improvisation.<\/p>\n<p>Today , we learn standard chord progression version and Jazzy version which is also gypsy jazz version.<\/p>\n<h2>Chord and Solo tabs<\/h2>\n<p>First chorus is original melody , 2nd chorus is mainly with typical gypsy jazz licks of arpeggios and scales and some nice cliche.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"summertime gypsy jazz solo transcription with tabs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w97ZkvQK3_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here is the chord progression and chords used.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hatena-fotolife aligncenter\" title=\"f:id:neyukix:20190516043720j:plain\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com\/images\/fotolife\/n\/neyukix\/20190516\/20190516043720.jpg\" alt=\"summertime\u3000\u30b3\u30fc\u30c9\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-330\" src=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/summertime-chord-shapes-min.png\" alt=\"summertime chord shapes\" width=\"795\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I suppose , gypsy jazz players don&#8217;t play this song with &#8216;la pompe&#8217; . Mostly\u00a0 mellow jazzy stroke.<\/p>\n<h3>Technique<\/h3>\n<p>Here , It&#8217;s arpeggios you should know. We often use arpeggios. I would say arpeggios are the most important technique for gypsy jazz.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/summertime-expla-1-min-1.png\" alt=\" gypsy jazz licks\" width=\"1222\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is so called &#8216;Cliche&#8217;. Basically you just move 1 fret each time. In this case, I play Dm &#8211; Dm\u25b37 &#8211; Dm7 &#8211; Dm6 and root note D goes to D &#8211; C# &#8211; C &#8211; B.<\/p>\n<p>Also this cliche lick , you should use down picking. That&#8217;s how gypsy jazz guitarists do. And diminish arpeggio part as well. Notes on the 1st string\u00a0 is up picking then 3 down pickings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-331\" src=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/summertime-epla-cliche-min-1.png\" alt=\"summertime gypsy jazz licks\" width=\"933\" height=\"151\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This part can be the most important one today. on E7, the lick goes from G# to A. This G# makes it very unstable because the key of this song is Am. and this &#8216;G#&#8217; lands on &#8216;A&#8217; because next chord is Am.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-335\" src=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/summertime-expla-last-min-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1212\" height=\"318\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ep-box es-Bicon icon-tag bgc-VPorange\">Related Lessons<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/category\/scales-and-arpeggios\/\">scales and arpeggios lesson<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Jazz chord progression<\/h2>\n<p>I changed some chords but originally this come from the chord progression we learnt just now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"summertime jazz chord solo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SFGEX4GeOSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s the chords I use.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1141\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/summertime-jazz-chord1-min.png\" alt=\"summertime \u30b8\u30e3\u30ba\u30b3\u30fc\u30c9\u3000tab\" width=\"1222\" height=\"663\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1140\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gipsyjazznyumon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/summertime-jazz-chord-min.png\" alt=\"summertime \u30b8\u30e3\u30ba\u30b3\u30fc\u30c9\u3000tab\" width=\"1227\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you practice improvisation , you can use this page <a href=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/gypsy-songs-play-along\/\">&#8221;Play-Along&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ep-box es-BiconBg icon-pushpin bgc-VPlime\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/blues-minor-lesson\/\">Django&#8217;s Solo &#8211; Blues Minor lesson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manouche-jazz-lessons.com\/en\/django-reinhardt-solo-limehouse-blues\/\">Django&#8217;s solo &#8211; Limehouse Blues lesson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today , we are going to learn &#8216;Summertime&#8217; by George Gershwin. 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