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    Let's Django
    Let's Django
    Let's Django
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    Let's Django

    By Rick Payne

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    In Let's Django, Rick Payne will share with you many of the Django techniques he has learned on his journey as a guitarist. The exercises and study pieces
    will give your playing a whole load of gypsy flavour and whatever the style of your playing you will gain extra panache and appeal. In this course for intermediate players Rick guides you through extensive rhythm and solo exercises all supported by video links for extra demonstration and get you playing like Django. Includes seven original tunes especially written in the Django style.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRick Payne
    Release dateFeb 25, 2016
    ISBN9781311516350
    Let's Django
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    Rick Payne

    Rick Payne is an established acoustic blues guitarist with many national and international tours to his credit. He has become especially well known for his authentic acoustic blues finger picking, in the many traditional styles of the blues including delta blues, piedmont, ragtime and slide and has recorded several albums of this kind.Often compared with Ry Cooder, slide guitar maestro Rick Payne’s performances have taken him to prime time TV, to festivals and theatres throughout the UK and on tour to Europe, USA, Scandinavia and Greek Islands. He has provided music to a number of major TV productions, for programmes on Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. He has also featured on The Paul Jones and Mike Harding's show on BBC Radio 2.Rick has recorded a number of CDs, including the noted ‘Blue River Blues’ for Bennett House Records California.New CD - Radio City Blues now available CD or downloadReviewers have described his sound as: heart wrenching and passionate, delicate and scorching, seriously brilliant, totally absorbing and spellbindingly evocative with raw and fiery vocals to match.As a teacher he has written and facilitated many courses and guitar workshop style sessions, teaching the art of Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Rev Garry Davis, Django, Ry Cooder and many more.

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      Let's Django - Rick Payne

      Table of Contents

      COPYRIGHT

      INTRODUCTION

      NOTES ON DJANGO REINHARDT

      RHYTHM DJANGO STYLE

      SOLO PLAYING DJANGO STYLE

      DJANGO TRICKS

      ORNAMENTATION

      STUDY TUNES

      DJANGO CHROMATICO

      BLUES FOR DJANGO 1

      BLUES FOR DJANGO 2

      GYPSY BLUES

      RICK'S MINOR SWING

      LET'S DJANGO

      CLOUDS

      SCALES AND ARPEGGIO REVIEW

      RICK PAYNE

      MORE FROM RICK PAYNE

      COPYRIGHT

      Let's Django

      By Rick Payne

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2016 Rick Payne

      All study tunes are composed by Rick Payne

      except Spanish Fandango (trad)

      Porgy's Blues (public domain)

      The Black Mill (trad)

      www.rickpayne.co.uk

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      INTRODUCTION

      I'm sure all guitarists at some time, have been amazed when listening to Django Reinhardt. We all wonder at his inventiveness, speed and navigation of the fretboard. How did he manage to weave such incredible musical webs, and at the same time do all this with only two working fingers of his fretting hand? It's a bit like bluesman, Robert Johnson down at the crossroads - all we can assume is they were both touched by the devil called genius.

      For years I've dipped into his style, working out patterns and mixing them into my own playing of Blues, Ragtime and Jazz. I imersed myself in chords, scales, arpeggios and Django style doodles on the road to solving a little of the mystery. I know there are many volumes of transcriptions available which will help you but It can take years of study to become fluent in this style, and like many players, I felt I didn't have the time or patience. I wanted to take the essence and some of the skills in his playing and make it my own.

      So, in 'Let's

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