How to Play Gypsy Jazz Guitar on Nylon String - A Fingerstyle Guitarist's Guide

In this guitar tutorial we're going to look at all the essential rhythm and lead ideas in the gypsy jazz style as applied to the techniques and sensibility of Spanish guitar players. If you play classical, flamenco, fingerstyle, latin or Spanish guitar, this lesson will give you a kickstarter to get you into this great style of music.

In this free workshop I'm going to show you:
-The 3 secret (but easy) concepts that most guitarists *don’t* know about.
-The 3 right hand techniques you need to know to learn and enjoy the nylon string guitar.
-How to excel on nylon string in only minutes a day, instead of the endless hours most people think it takes.
-A targeted exercise I have developed to quickly work on over 90% of the right hand techniques *we ever use* in only a few short minutes!

…And you’ll get my 15-page “Nylon String Quick Start Guide” outlining all the right hand essentials.

[davidmiller]

Hi Scott for me this is one of your best obriardos squire

[julianandonov]

I just wanted to know how gypsy jazz sounds on a nylon string and stumbled on one of the most educational videos on YouTube. Subbed

[StephiSensei]

Scot, your lessons are just Cool! Thanks!

[LysIng]

Instant fan! I'm primarily a vocalist, and a self-taught guitarist. I'm 3 minutes into this, and feel like this was custom made for me. Your techniques have little light bulbs flashing! I am sure this will polish my work. I am so excited and thankful to have found you. Can't wait to incorporate into my music, and binge watch all your vids. Feel like I found a treasure trove! Thank you!

[donaldzegel]

Great! You are a wealth of information and the presentation is very clear. Also - you are a Master of the instrument!

[karelperriens]

great lesson. I play Flamenco guitar, ... just beginning to learn gipsy Jazz. thanks for your video. I love it

[RockStarOscarStern]

Scot Taber Guitarist
Django Reinhardt Popularized the Steel String Acoustic Guitar in Jazz but he also taught himself how to play the Guitar w/ only 3 Fingers after his last 2 were paralyzed in an Accident, he was an inspiration. His recordings actually inspired alot of other Guitarists to get back on the Guitar after an Accident prevented them from playing.

[richardthedrummer]

Wow bro, just found your channel - very impressed. Great that your delivery isn't too slow. Subscribed.

[baranyiproduction]

You are simply amazing! A real master of the guitar! Thank you for your lesson and presentation!!

[johnloutzenhiser]

Exactly what I was looking for. Amazingly good guitar instruction here... thank you so much!

[awaywithpaul]

This is Exactly the video I’m looking for! I’ve been playing gypsy jazz but want to play on a nylon strung guitar.. thanks so much!! I love the Spanish feel of Angelo DeBarres work and this will enable me to do so. Hearing it on a classical guitar has convinced me this is the right path

[tolstoipie]

Well done, perfectly explained and demonstrated, and great from start to finish. Thank you for sharing this.

[StephiSensei]

Brilliant! Sure, it's just the "Tip" of the iceberg. But, it's such a, ...wait for it, ..."Cool" Iceberg! Thanks Scot! I always suspected there was a way to mix Bach, Flamenco and Gypsy Jazz! Fun lesson.

[helmutlosert]

Very good work of you!
Very versadet technic, from all forms of music.it shows, that the Nylonstring Guitar the best One for Musik is.Her Sound is lovely and she has excellent Dynamic.good thing for bepop or fusion.I love John McLaughlin, when he plays on his Wechter Nylon String Guitar.Hindu Pentatonik, in combined with all the other many scales and arps, like hexatonik, shows us for the roots of Gypsy music.
Have a good time! Greetings!
Paco Perima Fusion Guitar.thank you.

[RockStarOscarStern]

I have an Altamira M01D-N which is a Nylon Strung version of their D Hole Gypsy Jazz Guitar. It's a copy of the Original Selmer Maccaferri which was a Nylon String Guitar. I just strung it up with Thomastik Infeld CF128 Classic N Flatwound Classical Guitar Strings with a Wound G for better intonation and a Slick Jazz Feel. I attached String Beads to the ends of the strings (basically like having Ball End Classical Guitar Strings) so that it's easier to restring without having to tie the strings onto the bridge. And actually it also let's the strings come out of the bridge at a steeper angle over the saddle.

[RockStarOscarStern]

That Rhythm Pattern is called "La Pompe"

[hijim]

Why is this man's thumb shaped like that this is amazing

[adriyanmusic]

Classical guitar neck is very similar to Gypsy Jazz
Easy to play too and gives you a very comfortable space to play with the Gypsy Jazz right hand position as Jango 😎
It's just my opinion

[JosSae]

Great. Do you have material on old Mississippi delta blues style?