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What is Gypsy picking?
Typical Gypsy picks are quite thick, 1/10" - 1/5". Good Gypsy picks have an angular cutting at the tip. In contrast to the common picking technique, the pick rests on the next string, after striking down. That technique is called "Reststroke picking". After an up stroke, the pick remains in the air.
What scales are used in gypsy jazz?
A scale used in 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. Middle Eastern oud music also makes use of this scale.
What key is gypsy jazz in?
Last time, I introduced an essential scale for gypsy jazz, harmonic minor, which is intervallically spelled 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 7. In the key of A minor, the notes are A, B, C, D, E, F, G#.
