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Paul Mehling has been a professional musician for over 30 years. He is the
founder and lead guitarist of the Hot Club of San Francisco, a group
dedicated to performing and recording Gypsy-Swing music. They have
released nine CDs and have appeared at festivals throughout the world
dedicated to Django Reinhardt and other jazz manouche musicians.
An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Paul
Mehling has toured as a
member of Dan Hicks' Acoustic Warriors, appearing on Austin City Limits
and many other venues. When not performing and recording with the Hot
Club, Paul conducts clinics and private lessons, is a staff teacher for
the Jazz Masters Workshops, is a contributing staff writer for Frets and Flatpicking Guitar magazines and has been awarded a citation for
excellence by the International Jazz Educator's Conference.
Paul Mehling - Gypsy Jazz Guitar: Django Style
Rhythm
- Vol I - DVD
They don't call it "hot guitar" for nothing!
The driving style pioneered by Django Reinhardt and other Gypsy players became
one of the dominant sounds in jazz during the thirties and forties, and its
influence is still strongly felt today. Paul Mehling knows the style as well as
anyone, and he takes it apart in detail for the learning player.A band won't swing without a strong rhythm section, and the
powerful guitar accompaniment that typifies the Gypsy style is the foundation of
this terrific lesson. Starting with basic four-to-the-bar comping and damping,
Paul takes you through a variety of accompanyment ideas: arpeggios, "splayed"
chords, "the gallop," chord tremolo, right hand speed and other advanced
techniques.You'll gain an understanding of the particular harmonic structures of
this music through chord voicings, progressions, and accompaniments to classics
such as Minor Blues, Oriental Shuffle and I'll See You In My Dreams.
Paul also provides invaluable advice on learning from recordings, use of the
metronome, and a look at his rare Maurice DuPont guitars. Includes some hot
jamming with Paul and Tony Mandraccia, rhythm
guitar.
(60 min) Booklet
included..............................................................Price
- $29.95
Paul Mehling - Gypsy Jazz Guitar: Django Style
Soloing - Vol II - DVD
This fascinating look at the art of
improvisation in the Gypsy jazz tradition shows you how to really swing! Paul
Mehling, leader of the Hot Club of San Francisco, has a comprehensive knowledge
of all aspects of this powerful and infectious style, and he provides a wealth
of information and playing tips to get you off to a solid start.Before long, you'll be playing exciting solos in the style
typified by Django Reinhardt, Birelli Lagrenne and other hot players of this
dynamic genre. You'll learn the theory and playing techniques behind the music,
including the exercises, scales, modes and arpeggiated picking ("the heart of
the Reinhardt style") that will allow you to come up with your own
improvisations. He includes advice on fingering, use of the metronome, singing
your solos and how to "focus your attention so your hands can play what your
ears hear." Paul teaches the special elements that give this music its
distinctive ring: "sweep" picking, ornaments (glissandos, trills, bends,
tremolo, vibrato, etc.), diminished and augmented runs, triplets and the other
special sounds that "put the Gypsy in Gypsy swing." Includes some hot jamming
with Paul and Tony Mandraccia, rhythm guitar.
(60 min) Booklet
included..............................................................Price
- $29.95
Paul Mehling - Set of both
DVDs (Gypsy Jazz Vol 1 & 2) on sale now $49.95!
Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio
Patterns - Stacy McKee
-
This unique book includes 300 jazz
guitar chord
formations and matching single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference format
that no one has ever done before!
Cross indexing makes
this manual
extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know
you
will find this
to be a
valuable, "must have" addition to your library. Stacy McKee was the
featured guitarist with "Les
Brown and The Band Of Renown" and for a limited
time only, we will include an exclusive copy of his book
FREE with
your first
order!
==> Click here to see the
Stacy McKee Chord Melody Solo Collection
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Paul Mehling -
Arpeggio Power! - DVD
Arpeggios (chords played as
individual notes) are an indispensable component of music and can become an
invaluable tool in your musical bag of tricks. Many melodies are built upon
arpeggios, and their intervals and patterns are the key to understanding
improvisation. In short, arpeggio knowledge can set you apart from other guitar
players. Paul Mehling has methodically created a program of drills and exercises
that “connect the dots,” offering a disciplined approach to practicing for
guaranteed results. He starts you off with basic first-position chords, then
works his way through increasingly more complex chord forms, from open position
to closed shapes moving freely up the neck. He covers major, minor, 6th,
dominant 7th,diminished and other arpeggiated chord forms. Throughout
the lesson, Paul provides numerous tips and points of advice to help you build
your playing chops and increase your familiarity with the guitar fretboard.
You’ll learn to understand how each chord is built and how improvisation grows
out of these exercises. Guitarists at all levels will gain knowledge of the
fingerboard, improve improvisational skills and build left- and right-hand power
and speed! (70
min) Printable Tab Booklet.....................................................Price
- $29.95
Paul Mehling - Pick Power! - DVD
Guitarists - accelerate your pick technique with these
right hand workouts for speed, control and volume! Paul Mehling has developed a powerful series of exercises and
practice regimens that will help all plectrum (flatpick) guitarists play with
greater strength, speed, expressiveness and authority! He shows you the basics:
how to grip the pick and maintain proper hand -arm positions for fluid
playing and how to avoid tension and fatigue. He then takes you through a
graduated series of chord and single string exercises to get your mind and hands
working together. These include strumming and damping, scales, chromatic
exercises, speed blasts, arpeggios, tremolo, sweep picking and much more! This
lesson will give you the tools you'll need to get your rhythm strong and your
lead picking lightning fast and accurate!
(90 min) Booklet
included..............................................................Price - $29.95
Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio
Patterns - Stacy McKee
-
This unique book jazz guitar chord formations and matching single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference format
that no one has ever done before! Cross indexing makes
this manual extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know
you will find this to be a valuable, "must have" addition to your library. Stacy McKee was the
featured guitarist with "Les
Brown and The Band Of Renown" and for a limited
time only, we will include an exclusive copy of his book
FREE with
your first
order!
==> Click here to see the
Stacy McKee Chord Melody Solo Collection
<==
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Paul Mehling has been a professional musician for over 30 years. He is the
founder and lead guitarist of the Hot Club of San Francisco, a group
dedicated to performing and recording Gypsy-Swing music. They have
released nine CDs and have appeared at festivals throughout the world
dedicated to Django Reinhardt and other jazz manouche musicians.