Dmin Gypsy Jazz Arpeggio

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From delboy on 2/18/2011 12:36:48 AM

Here's a standard - but great - way to play a Dmin arpeggio in the gypsy jazz style. It's in a closed position so can be transposed easily:
______________________10___
__________________10_______
_________7_9__10___________
_______7___________________
_5_7_8_____________________
___________________________

I use the first, third, and fourth fingers (the three notes on the tenth fret all played with the fourth - far easier than it sounds). Using this fingering it's easy to play this run very fast indeed - especially using the gypsy picking style.

Why not incorporate it in your bluegrass improvisations when coming across a minor chord?!

There's a tremendous way of coming back down, too, which I'll post later.

Kind regards,
Derek

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	delboy says: 2/17/2011 4:47:09 AM And here's the way back down. Taking the last now of the above line as the first beat of the new bar: _10_5___________________ ______6_5_______________ __________7_2___________ _______________3_2___0__ _________________________ _________________________ Though it looks like some big jumps in there this line falls under the fingers beautifully. I take no credit for this - it comes from the wonderful Gonzalo Bergara - one of my favourite GJ players. He plays with taste and swing instead of blazing speed (although, of course, he's got that too!). Look him up and buy something off him! Kind regards, Derek
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