DJANGO REINHARDT: What every guitarist should know (beginner to pro)

Thanks for having me, and I hope this inspires some folks to dip their toes into this style of guitar playing! 🙂

For the programmers out there, Adrian Holovaty is the author of Django - one of the most popular web frameworks for Python. Now I know why he named it Django!

I admire Paul for not over-rehearsing while shooting this video and presenting the process of learning this music style in the most authentic way. What a fun video to watch!

I can't believe nobody mentioned the fact that Django basically only had the use of 2 fingers as well! Insane

It's amazing how modest Paul is about his playing. He picks things up right away but still remains humble in his approach to others.

Honestly one of the best lessons Ive ever watched for an intermediate player or anybody checking out gypsy jazz! Nice!

If there is such a phenomenon as a perfect lesson between a master teacher and advanced student, this is it. Beautifully executed.

Dango Rheinhardt was a one off. His tone, feel and expression were just sublime. The fact he improvised his solo on "See You In My Dreams" is absolutely mind blowing. Adrian is a lovely guitarist and has the "Gypsy Jazz" timbre and feel perfected. To my ears the substitute Dmin 7/5 chord sounded very similar to the chord Andy Summers used in "Walking In The Moon" but that could just be my ears.

I love how musical he can make just two notes sound, what a player!

I’m old enough to have listened to and admired Django music when I was a youngster in the 1950s and into the 60s. I’m not a great guitarist, but I’ve been at it long enough that nothing in here was really new to me. That said, this is one of the most outstanding guitar videos I have ever watched, largely due to how you developed the topic and the rationale and feigned learning even though I’m sure it was all rudimentary to you. Absolutely loved explaining, and demonstrating the difference between bending the strings Django style, as opposed to bending notes for rhythm and blues. Again, intuitively, I know it, but had never seen anyone discuss and demonstrate the differences. I can’t overstate how valuable I think this would be to a beginner. I’ve never played much Gypsy jazz, but have been intrigued by the chords and will use this video as a launching pad for learning to play them better. Well done, guys.

Adrian Holovaty!! He's one of the first musician youtubers I ever watched, over 10 years ago at this point. Incredible player

Absolutely dynamite lesson from both of you. The video editing was over the top as usual, much appreciated for this free content

OMG as a gypsy and guitarist I’ve been waiting for you to talk about gypsy jazz since 2019 brother! I know you’re Dutch and you have such inspiring gypsy jazz musicians in Netherlands such as the legend himself Stochelo Rosenberg!! ❤❤❤ excited to watch this video! Keep up the amazing work.

This was such a pure and magical journey to watch you take together. I love how both of you are so humble, yet such amazing musicians. Thank you for sharing.

Please do more on this topic! When my teacher introduced me to this style it opened a new world to me. You really have to talk about Jango‘s two finger technique and the story behind it. Breaking down chords to the core notes, using different scales, Joscho Stephan and other artists like the Rosenberg family. Gypsy Jazz is a rabbit hole 🤘

paul, these kinds of lessons are so enlightening and qualitative. I really applaud you for making this freely available for everybody to watch and learn from. I know a lot of work goes into these lessons, recording the footage/sound and making a coherent story out of it. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!!!

I knew nothing about this style or it’s history. Very well presented. Love how you guys walked through it in a progressive style. Thanks!

how cool, I randomly decided to learn Minor Swing about 2 weeks ago and have been slowly building up and learning measure by measure for the past 2 weeks and have been progressing well. To see one of my favorite creators doing a Django video this morning is like a little nod from the universe that I should be listening to more jazz

I love watching two exceptional guitar players go back and forth like this. I love gypsy jazz, and this is inspirational! Thank you!

Loved this video, it's quite timely as we just lost one of Canada's best guitar pickers, and the best gypsy jazz players I've ever met. A man I was proud to call a friend, Nova Scotia's Bill Elliott. RIP Bill, and thanks Paul for the great videos. Keep up the great work. - Nova Scotia