How To Play ’La Pompe’ - Gypsy Jazz Guitar Rhythm

Learn how to play the famous Gypsy Jazz rhythm “La Pompe“. ► Join me for a complimentary 14-day journey to take your Gypsy jazz guitar skills to the next level: ► Sign up here to receive free Gypsy jazz guitar lessons, and get a free transcription of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli’s solos on “Minor Swing”: ► Join our ever-growing community of Gypsy jazz guitarists, for lots of juicy content and FREE lessons: Rhythm guitar in Gypsy Jazz uses a special form of strumming known as “La Pompe“, i.e. “the pump“. ... This pattern is usually played in unison by two or more guitarists in the rhythm section. The “Quintette du Hot Club de France“, which was the fruit of the collaboration of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli in 1934, used to compensate for the absence of the drums (a novelty f