Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm for Guitar
by Dix Bruce $15.95

Learn 12 great swing standards recorded by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, and the Quintette of the Hot Club of France.

Play along with a great Gypsy Swing Rhythm Section and learn chords, comping, and melodies, then let the band back you up as you practice chords and soloing. You play all the leads while the band backs you up. Beginners can practice basic skills while more advanced players can hone their improvisation chops, each at their own individual learning pace.

Includes standard notation, tablature, chord diagrams, lyrics, playing tips, and more. Each song is presented on the CD at slow and regular speed. First you’ll hear the melody played at a slow speed with just guitar backup, then it's repeated at regular speed with the band. The back up band is a classic "Hot Club"- style rhythm section with two acoustic rhythm guitars and string bass. Split track mixing on the recording allows the student to hear just the melody (while reading along in the book) or just the rhythm section, or both for maximum flexibility and specific study. Leads are played on Selmer-style guitar for that Gypsy Swing sound. Finally the band plays several choruses and you play all the leads. Songs may be repeated, at slow or regular speed, as many times as you wish in order to perfect phrases, melodies and solos in a band context. Potential for improvement is unlimited. Mandolin version also available.

Check out audio samples above right. Watch a video of Dix Bruce jamming along with and soloing on "Whispering," a song from Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm Vol. II by clicking the TV icon at right. It shows how to work with the book and the Hot Club Swing band recordings. We’ll jam all night long!

Special offer: two book/CD sets $30.00, mix or match Guitar and Mandolin editions. See below.

NEW! Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm for Mandolin Vol. II
Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm for Guitar Vol. II

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Special Limited Time Book/CD/DVD offer:

Order any Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm book/CD set Vol. I or II, either guitar or mandolin at the regular price of $15.95, and we’ll include a copy of Dix Bruce’s Swing & Jazz Mandolin: Chords, Rhythm, and Songs DVD for just $14.95 (list price: $24.95). Teaches everything you need to know to get up and swinging on the mandolin! Be sure to specify which copy of Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm you want in the shopping cart’s “Enter any special instructions or comments” field! Add $2.41 for Media Mail (ten days to two weeks or more); $4.95 for Priority Mail (two to three business days). (Shipping to Canada: $4.66; to Europe: $10.40)

Use this "Twofer" offer (say that ten times fast) if you'd like to order two books, one Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm I and one Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm II. The only catch is that you'll need to specify which volume and instrument you want in the shopping cart's "Enter any special instructions or comments" field! For example: "I-guitar, II-mandolin." $30.00 Add $2.41 for Media Mail (ten days to two weeks or more); $4.95 for Priority Mail (two to three business days). (Shipping to Canada: $4.66; to Europe: $10.40)

“Slightly shopworn” copies of “Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm” are new and perfect in every way except they have a wrinkled or creased cover or pages. A box got dropped on a corner in shipping and the books inside sustained slight corner damage. So, if you don’t mind a few cosmetic imperfections, you can save some serious money.