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How is gypsy jazz different from jazz?
While American Jazz has the tendency, to sound aerial and erratic, Gypsy Jazz sounds down to earth and the melodies are quite traceable, comprehensible and singable. Probably because of the use of the many arpeggio notes in the solo. Maybe that's the reason, why people of all ages love Gypsy Swing so much.
What are gypsy jazz guitars called?
Today, the Selmer guitar is almost completely associated with Django Reinhardt and the "gypsy jazz" school of his followers.
What mode is gypsy jazz?
The Hungarian gypsy minor scale can be seen as a harmonic minor scale with a #4 (or b5). Guitar players such as Jimmy and Stochello Rosenberg and Bireli Lagrene commonly use this scale in jazz gypsy music.
