I recorded my own interpretation of a gypsy jazz standard called Minor Swing. “Minor Swing“ is a popular Gypsy jazz tune composed by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. It was first recorded by The Quintet of the Hot Club of France in 1937. The AUGMENTED tuned harmonica, which I use in that video is a symmetrical kind of tune, based on the augmented chord. The instrument offers much more possibilities than traditional, diatonic, 10-hole Richter tuning. Marcin Dyjak is a harmonica virtuoso and worldwide pioneer of the AUGMENTED tuned harmonica. International spokesperson & endorser of Kongsheng. His musicality, knowledge of music and mastery of advanced techniques have given him great flexibility and freedom to play the harmonica in a variety of styles and genres (jazz, blues, rock, folk, classical music, contemporary music), ‘in ways that break the existing stereotypes about this inconspicuous instrument.’ Having won reputable awards at many prestigious festivals in the j
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