r/guitarlessons 2d ago

Other Minor 6 chord

The most essential chord in gypsy jazz, honestly.🙂🙏

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u/Rimmager 2d ago

is this standard tuning??

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u/KarMik81 2d ago

Yes it is!

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u/musicmusket 2d ago

Fantastic…I’m going to try a bit of this!

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u/KarMik81 2d ago

Thank you!🙏🙂

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u/Theregoesmypride 1d ago

Dude please elaborate on the strumming technique here

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

It's crazy that it's actually really simple but still difficult to explain. I'm sure there's lot of great lesson videos in Youtube for this. Modern players doesn't use upstroke that much but I like it because it gives fuller sound and more drive at least to me.

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u/J_Worldpeace 1d ago

I came here to talk about it. It called Le Pompe. And it’s fugging hard. All in the downstroke. YouTube it or OP can cover it as he’s much better than me at it.

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u/buckelfipps 2d ago

Django Reinhardt vibes. Me likey

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/Rahnamatta 1d ago

It's funny how context matter. This is my Dorian chord. But in your context, it sounds more gypsy jazz

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

That's true.🙏

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u/GALM-1UAF 1d ago

I’ve got back into guitar again and seeing this makes we want to practice proper! Wish I could jump between frets so flawlessly and make it sound that good…got a lot of work to do. Awesome playing OP

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

Thank you very much! Start at a tempo you can handle and gradually increase it. Progress takes patience so allow it to unfold in its own time.

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u/patsy_505 1d ago

Can someone tell me the frets/strings he is playing please

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

Strings are: 6th middle finger, 5th muted with middle finger, 4th index, 3rd and 2nd strings ring finger, 1st string muted with ring finger.

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u/squirtalope 1d ago

Django chord to me!

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

Yeah.🙏

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u/cbschrader 1d ago

Right or wrong, I hear the theme from Super Mario Sunshine being played over these chords.

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u/BackgroundPublic2529 2d ago

Geez dude... keep sharing trade secrets and EVERYONE will be doing this...

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u/PM_Me_Yer_Guitar 1d ago

Are you muting the A atring?

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u/ShortBusRide 1d ago

Nice to hear it with all the notes played. Nothing like jamming with a jazz player who hits two notes and calls it a chord.

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

This is typical in gypsy jazz.

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u/Zero_lash 1d ago

Anyone have a link to this guy?

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

If you mean Youtube, it's here —> https://youtube.com/@landscape_guitar

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u/Zero_lash 1d ago

Thanks m8. Yes that's what I wanted lol. I hope that you find a good parking spot when you're in rush.

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

🙏🙂

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u/tzuriel 21h ago

This is one of the greatest good wishes I've seen bestowed on Reddit!

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u/Jonny7421 1d ago

I love gypsy jazz so much. What guitar are you playing?

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

This is just Cort GAPF. Not a gypsy style guitar.

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u/anderhole 1d ago

Commenting to try later. Thanks!

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

You're welcome!

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u/SavingsAttitude3732 1d ago

What’s Gypsy jazz

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

Google Django Reinhardt.👍

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u/SavingsAttitude3732 19h ago

I will thanks

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u/KarMik81 15h ago

You're welcome!

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u/LucasEraFan 1d ago

Beautiful!

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

Thank you!🙏

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u/elijahruss 1d ago

My guy, not only did this inspire me to pick up my guitar tonight and play this, but I just got a bunch of new ideas for 6 stuff I would not have thought about. I continued playing for another hour and got super creative. Thanks and may the music gods bless you ✌🏽

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

I loved to hear that. Have a great playing! God bless you!

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u/ChuggaChuggaRiffs 1d ago

Dude I’m about to have a ridiculous amount of fun with this. Thank you!

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

That is really good thing. You're welcome!

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u/Recent-Bit840 1d ago

GORGEOUS BUDDY

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/ducksaredank 1d ago

can you tell me what strings you are fretting where and which you are muting?

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u/KarMik81 1d ago

I'm fretting 6th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd strings. 5th and 1st strings are muted

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u/sloppy_sheiko 22h ago

This is awesome! It’s amazing how that one chord shape opens up an entire style/genre of music.

Thank you so much for sharing

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u/KarMik81 15h ago

You're welcome!

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u/yokmaestro 2d ago

When you swap to those 9 chords shouldn’t the root be hopping up to the fifth string? Sounds amazing, going to try to copy you now-

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u/KarMik81 2d ago

Thank you! You don't need change to fifth string. You can also try to press both 6th and 5th strings simultanously with your middle finger in those 9 chords, especially when played slower rhythms but in these fast runs it's not necessary.