Waching daily Apr 30 2017

Hi, Clément here

so, in this video I will talk to you about rhythm in gypsy jazz

and I'll show you a small effect you'll be able to do on the "pompe"

to give some punch and energize your accompaniments

I wrote an article on the "pompe" on which I gave tips

to improve your "pompe"

you can click on the 'i' for info in the top right corner of the video

if you haven't seen this article

and in this article I told you there is one thing to not do to have a nice "pompe"

it's to do effects on the rhythm

because if we're accompanying a soloist

the goal of the accompaniement is to put the soloist in a good light

to make him feel at ease and highlight his improvisation

if the accompanist does many effects, rhythmic changes, tremolos

in the end it'll spoil the thing and the soloist won't be at ease

and it's something you must avoid to have a good "pompe"

In this video I'll try to present an effect that you can do in your "pompe"

a relatively sober effect

which will allow you to enrich your "pompe" without making it bad

so of course as I was saying in the article

those effects are really to be used with restraint

It's like cooking in fact if you're using chilli pepper

if you put just a little it gives a nice taste, it's nice

but put the all bag and it because inedible

so when you're using effects, think about kitchen spices

you have to give it just a little touch to enhance the thing a bit

don't put too much or it becomes bad

So, let me show you this rhythmic effect

so I will do it on Am, E7

So I play a Am6 and a regular E7

this position

so, here is how it can sound

So, here it's a bit exaggerated because I do it multiple times

it's the kind of effect you can do once a chord chart

and even not all chord chart or it can become a bit annoying

so in fact I do a rhythmic variation to revitalize the rhythm

so, the thing I do is

up and down

so here I go back up the strings

and very quickly a downstroke

I will do it once with a metronome so you can realize how to placed rhythm wise

I'll put it on 75bpm

here you go

so in fact you can think of it like

you have to find an onomatopoeia to remember the thing

a bit like a drumer that would go like

it's the bit the effect we try to have on the guitar

I will give you a bit of an example on the "Minor swing" chord chart

so here I did it twice in the chord chart and it's already a bit too much

what you need to absolutely avoid is to think "Awesome I learned a new effect I'll put it everywhere"

you'll do the very opposite of what you're supposed to do

as I said with spices, if you put it everywhere in the chord chart like the pepper it'll be inedible

and your "pompe" will be very bad if on "Minor swing" you do this

if you do that for example the soloist will stare at you

wondering what you're doing

so that's an effect that works if well placed rhythmically

but be careful to use it with parsimony

once maximum at the end eventually to begin the next chord chart

that way it give the soloist a hint to know where he is in the chord chart

but really don't use it too much because it can be a bit annoying

So it was a small exercise on how to enrich your "pompe"

I will make a small summary PDF on all of that

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at the end of the page on the website you'll be able to download the PDF

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