Intro to Gypsy Jazz - 7 weeks starts Sunday March 2, 2025 (10-11am)



Intro to Gypsy Jazz - 7 weeks starts Sunday March 2, 2025 (10-11am)
This class is in-person at Artichoke Music (in SE Portland). Limited to 12 Students. Classroom is located upstairs(front classroom)
This class meets every Sunday for 7 weeks. The dates for this class are March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30th, April 6 and 13th. The time is 10-11am.
CLASS DESCRIPTION:
Let’s get jamming on Django Reinhardt!
This class will is for the student who wishes to learn(or improve) Gypsy Jazz in the style of Django Reinhardt. Taught by Tracy Kim, who has been teaching and playing this style for over 25 years.
Guitar will be the focus and used to for demonstrations. However, All Instruments are welcome to join in! PDFs with TABS will be emailed to students and will be used for Guitar and Ukulele. Standard notation is included for all other instruments.
This term is a special introduction to Gypsy Jazz- perfect for the beginner and a great review for the intermediate players. Each class is 60 minutes and will focus a different song each week.
For each song, students will learn the melody, chords, comping(accompaniment), and soloing ideas using his etudes as demonstrations. As a bonus, Tracy will also teach a few chord melodies for Autumn Leaves and Nuages.
This class will be prepare you for jamming at local Django and Gypsy Jazz jams immediately! Students will be jamming at the beginning and end of each class. Yes, Tracy will discuss “how to jam”, etiquette, etc. It will be fun and “jam” packed!
The songs for this term:
Minor Swing
Sweet Georgia Brown
Dark Eyes
Nuages
Bossa Dorado
Swing 42
Djangology
These songs have been hand selected by Tracy especially for the beginner/intermediate players to demonstrate the various key concepts for improvisation in the Manouche style of Django Reinhardt and contemporary players.
Please Note: You can do a $50 drop-in rate per session(upon availability).
Please contact Tracy via email: tracykimmusic@gmail.com if you would like to “drop-in”.