Updates on the site

Because I add new exercises or texts little by little, it can be difficult to find what's been updated. This page is made to track the updates. This way, you'll know rightaway if anythings has changed since your last visit.

05/05/2008

New interview : Serge Krief.

12/04/2008

New interview : Denis Chang.

10/04/2008

New interview : Andreas Öberg.

07/04/2008

New interview : Pfeuh.

29/03/2008

New interview : Spatzo.

24/03/2008

Added a new section for the interviews with Gatsby's interview to start with.

01/03/2008

Added new play-alongs.
- Fiso place
- Mister Sandman
- Ornithology

29/02/2008

Added new play-alongs.
- La foule
- Scrapple from the apple

25/02/2008

Added new play-alongs.
- C'est si Bon
- It's all right with me

24/02/2008

Added new play-alongs.
- All the Things You Are
- Isn't She Lovely
- Lullaby of Birdland
- Take five
- Till there was you

3 new licks.

23/02/2008

New section added : play-along tracks.

08/02/2007

Update of the pompe section (reworked straight dry pompe).

07/02/2007

1 new lick.

04/02/2007

2 new licks.

03/02/2007

Modifications of the pompe section. Added straight dry pompe, and an exercise to practise string muting with the left hand.

31/01/2007

My Rythme Futur transcription.

29/01/2007

The rest-stroke section is now more exhaustive.
A kind of vertical vibrato has been added in the Embellishment section.

28/01/2007

Simple exercise added on the B string.
8 new licks.

26/01/2007

Voicings over cadences.

6-7-8-9-10/10/2006

Voicings over cadences updated and sounds added for voicings over scales and transcription of Stella by Starlight (chorus in voicings) played by Biréli Lagrène in Live in Marciac. Cluster chords have been added. Also added intro for "C'est si bon" with an alternate voicing.

01/10/2006

New section on the chromatic approach of arpeggios

24/09/2006

New section on improvisation over V7 chords (2nd part)

20/09/2006

New section on improvisation New section on improvisation over V7 chords (1st part)

05/08/2006

Modifications of the pompe section. Tzigane pompe, fast pompe, and other examples have been added.

04/08/2006

6 new licks added

31/07/2006

In the Voicings section, added the chords theme for Cherokee with midi file

27/04/2006

One typical v-v-v exercise added
New section on progress measure and goals

26/04/2006

4 new licks added

19/04/2006

New section about scales added

15/04/2006

Films for the pompe updated

13/04/2006

11 new licks added

29/03/2006

New lick on a dominant 7th chord

28/03/2006

Equipment page edited by Neil Hebert for a better English version. Picks and strings
New typical voicing added.

23/03/2006

The English version has been added for the following pages:

Voicings
Picks and strings
Adjusting the neck and the bridge

French and English sites are now in sync!

22/03/2006

The English version has been added for the following pages:

Work out the tonicity of the right forearm muscles
Chord inversions
The "grip" and the thumb
Typical licks
Minor pentatonics à la Manouche
Embellishments and typical effects

16/03/2006

The English version has been added for the following pages:

Playing with harmonics

15/03/2006

The English version has been added for the following pages:

Pieces of advice
Starting Manouche guitar
Position of the hand and wrist and overall body position
Roulés or chord tremolos
Rest-stroke
Playing ternary, the essence of swing
Alternate picking
-v-v- or how to play two downstrokes in a row
-v-v-v- or how to play three downstrokes in a row
Sweeping

13/03/2006

The English version is now in the works!