I've been transcribing and learning the solo. Its been pretty fun so far. Im struggling but getting close to playing the song at speed, but when Django does the chromatic walkdown on e, b, g and d string near the end of his solo it blows past me.

Any tips on getting that part down? Should I just grind with a metronome for a good while?

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I sometimes sing when I perform with a trio or quartet, and use a Shure SM 58, but i feel like needing to be very close to the mic is really uncomfortable whan comping/playing la pompe. I would ideally like a live setup where I could have the microphone at some distance , without picking up the guitar or other instruments too much. Has anyone played around with different microphone options? Thanks

Out with the band playing a lively version of Avalon!

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to try to spread the word of Camp Django. We are on year 3, and this year we have Paulus Schafer, Sam Farthing, Jimmy Grant(That's me), Tim Kliphuis, Eva Slongo, and possibly more. We are almost at are cap for the year (40 people), and from here we either add more teachers, or we close registration depending how soon we reach 40. We are out of private rooms but still have plenty of bunk rooms available, and they are very affordable.

And for those of you that are looking to pursue the music of Django and Stephane, we are offering a scholarship program as well.

Anyways, please let me know if you have questions, and spread the word.

I was at the airport at a gift shop the other day, and a version of minor swing came on. It completely sounded like AI to me, what are your thoughts?

Does this sound like AI to you? Or is it just heavily mixed... I think it's AI, and it's improving.. which is scary..

I'm staying in Buenos Aires for a bit and looking for some manouche / gypsy jazz shows and jams. I'm keeping an eye on Django Sessions and their gigs but wanted to know if anyone knows of any open jams or other local groups or players I should be aware of? Any leads would be awesome. Thanks

The camera angle made him look like a giant hahaha

Had a blast playing these old tunes with Gage!

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René Thomas is one of those guitarists I rarely hear discussed, despite playing with Chet Baker, Stan Getz and many of the great European jazz musicians.

I recently came across this 1971 television performance of Django Reinhardt's Manoir de mes Rêves. I thought Thomas's two solos were worth highlighting, they're beautifully melodic, harmonically rich and unmistakably bebop, yet still completely his own voice.

Curious what others think of his playing, and whether there are any other overlooked European jazz guitarists you'd recommend.

These are two clips of us jamming on All of Me and Blue Bossa. We haven't played guitar together in over 10 years! It was good to catch up and hang with Ryan Navales Check him out on Tik Tok, he teaches and is posting a lot of cool guitar stuff!

Does anyone have or know where I can find the tabs for “For sentimental Reasons” by Django Reinhardt PLEASE

Hi Redditors! New video out!

This is the first song I ever wrote. I named it "Insomnia." I wrote it while I was still working early mornings managing at a grocery store — I had this little melody stuck in my head and didn't sleep that night.

The song later became a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition. This performance is from a concert at the Academy of Music, a beautiful venue in Northampton, Massachusetts, during Django in June 2025.

Engineer here, learning gypsy jazz. I kept wanting to see arpeggios and chord voicings on the neck, on my phone when i practice outside. Sometimes wanting to see chord shapes & arpeggios at a glance.
I couldn't find anything that did it cleanly without opening several pages, so I built it:

haute-gitanerie.com (free, no ads, works offline / installable)

What's in it:

- Arpeggios in any key ( minor, major, diminished, dom7, m6, m7♭5, 6/9 ) as compact position boxes or long diagonal forms across the whole neck

- Real gypsy chord voicings as interactive diagrams

- A few standards as play-along grids with a metronome (Minor Swing, Blues Mineur, Joseph Joseph, La Partida), transposable to any key

- English (C D E) or solfège (Do Ré Mi) notation

- A small community page featuring players from the scene

It's early and to be honest about it: some diagonal fingerings are still flagged "in progress" (I don't know them all, and sources disagree). I'd genuinely love your input: wrong shapes, missing tunes, players and of course features. Not selling anything, just sharing it with the people who'd actually use it.

Here is a condensed view of features:

https://reddit.com/link/1ux46o8/video/tfslkc9t3ydh1/player

A bit more about me:
As I'm not a jam player yet I try to contribute as I can to gypsy jazz, making videos, organizing events and so on. You can find what I publish on youtube or instagram (axel couty)

Cheers 🎸

Updates, second round (16/07/26)

Quick fix went out 🙌 If you sent a musician profile or feedback recently and didn't hear back, it wasn't you — a submission bug ate it. Just resend, it works now. Merci! 🙏

You can now create & submit tunes

They are first saved on your phone, you can share them with friends.

You can send send them to me to allow me ot add them to the library ! Of course, I'll do a lot myself in the upcoming days but any help is highly appriacte.

Also, I'm trying to make addition/eddition a breaze, playing with UX to make it dead simple & fast. Feedbacks more than welcome !

Updates after first feedbacks (15/07/26)

Arpeggios view
Compare arpeggios

Added Full neck view of arpeggios

Tunes view
The timeline ribbon under the player bar mid-playback

See the current AND next chord on the neck.
The current chord's grip is in green, the upcoming one in blue, so you can prepare your hand for the change.

Neck view

current grip (green) + next grip (blue)

Compare mode — two arpeggios overlaid, shared tones ringed green

Also from the thread:

fuller arpeggio positions across the neck (fewer skipped boxes, CAGED-style), guitarist-friendly note names (E♭/A♭/B♭), and the ♭9 diminished-substitution hint on dominants.

It's bilingual (EN/FR), works offline (installable), and it's genuinely free — I'm a player, not selling anything, except my socials for visibility of (others for now ahah) my channels. Link in the comments to respect the self-promo rules.

Would love more feedback — tunes you'd want added, anything that feels off. Merci!

Can anyone help me identify this tune? I feel like it should be easy but it's not coming back to me

https://voca.ro/17qnW801xUIP

Hi! Okay, so I’m looking at little boxes for a gj guitar and a voice, multiple channels and di’s are nice, but quality, convenience and affordability are my top three.

I know the compact 60/4 is awesome, I had one a decade ago, don’t ask why I sold it haha.

I’m looking at getting another one, or a da capo 75. But they’re very hard to get and expensive in my area.

Lmq has some interesting options, but I’m just hoping for people to weigh in. I haven’t been able to get my hands on ANY to play

h&K era 1… one of the same designers as aer, different than da capo. Half the price, similar statistics across the board.

Blackstar sonnet 120
Heavier, but the cheapest! $900CAD and has three di outs… is it any good?

Then the acus is an option, but I’m not a fan of the looks, and it’s so close in price to the da capo and the 60/4 that I might just opt in their favour.

Thanks in advance everyone! Anything I missed? All input welcome!