django reinhard chords

jazzyguitar · #1 07-30-2009, 07:39 AM

well i have found webs where i cand find a lot of jazz themes chords... but i have a lot of problems to find a web with django reinhardt chord themes. especially the french songs...

I need the chords for use the program band in a box and practice over them....

what websites you suggest me for django songs... and for jazz songs...

guelda · #2 07-30-2009, 07:51 AM

Hello,

I'm not sure to understand by "chord themes" ? Do you mean the chords
going with one song (i.e. what is often called the changes for the song) ?

I know some sites with those chord changes :

grilles jazz manouche standards jazz manouche sur manoucheries.com saucissons et standards de jazz
Jouer avec "Nuages de Swing"

Please let me know if this answers your question. I mostly play this style
so I'll be glad to help you.

peace
Guelda

jazzyguitar · #3 07-30-2009, 07:53 AM

thank you veery much, i ve found some songs i couldnt find... thank you again!!!

guelda · #4 07-30-2009, 08:23 AM

Cool man ! Have fun

nado64 · #5 07-30-2009, 12:20 PM

One page of the wonderful scores Book : The Ultimate Django's book is talking about the Django'Chords. If you love Django, I recommend you to buy it.

I put the picture here :

geoff menzer · #6 08-20-2009, 10:15 AM

Regarding Django on bElectric guitar, he recorded quite a lot in the post war 1940's.
I have three 10 inch LPs on VOGUE label,where he plays on radio broadcasts in Rome around 1947.There is some BEAUTIFUL playing and ideas,especially on some slower tunes e.g. Manoir De Reves.
I believe that they are now available on Cd as part of a set of 3 cds with other material.
He is with a clarinet player,Hubert Rostaing.
PS This is all as I remenber because I left my 7000 Lp collection of guitar jazz etc in England, and now live in Tel Aviv.However I have a copy of the 1947 LPs on a CD I copied myself.
The picture on the LP shows Django sitting on the steps of a caravan ,playing his (acoustic) guitar with Babik as a young boy standing nearby.
If you Listen to Les Paul you will hear many of Django's phrases played almost note for note.And , of course the hot club Rhythm is heard on Les's tracks such as Bye Bye Blues,How High The Moon,etc.
Maurice Summerefield(Ashley Mark Publishing) has a very good book about Django.
Best wishes Geoff Menzer

princeplanet · #7 08-20-2009, 11:04 AM

Is Andre Ekyan the w/wind player on 1945's "Rosetta"? I love that solo more than Django's on that cut, and it lays nicely on the guitar too. There is very little info on Ekyan, I'd love to know more....

Groucho · #8 08-20-2009, 10:14 PM

Stephane Wrembel has an instruction book called Getting Into Gypsy Jazz Guitar, published by Mel Bay. Comes with CD, and has instruction for both rhythm and lead, with pages of arpeggios, licks, etudes and exercises. Great info on chord choice, picking technique, use of approach notes to enhance arpeggios (per "Django's approach") to remain stylistly consistent. Also a good process of how to practice developing good improv skills through creation and development of motives and sequences. I'm just scratching the surface of this...!

renema · #9 08-21-2009, 03:14 AM

Dear Dirk,
I was just working on harmonizing Django's "Le Manoir De Mes Reves" when your email arrived. Thank you very much for Django's bio; this information is really difficult to find in other jazz books. I will add my arrangement here if somebody wants to play it.
You can download the original score from:
http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/...gos_castle.png

littlefeat71 · #10 09-21-2009, 08:35 PM

Hey Folks .. Huge Django fan .. You may want to download the new and now legal !!! www.powertab.net
If you download this then you may view and download the great Tabs (with sound ) from www.tablibrary.com
On top of that I have collected many Django powertabs and other Jazz tabs.

Peace
Littlefeat71

blah148 · #11 04-29-2010, 04:38 PM

I just made a Django Reinhardt lick lesson on youtube that I was hoping you guys would be able to critique me on. there's a lot of skill on this forum so maybe I could learn something from you

here it is:
YouTube - the best and coolest gypsy jazz lick of all time - django reinhardt lesson

subscribe, rate if you'd be so kind (i'm kind of just getting started doing guitar lessons on youtube)

guelda · #12 04-30-2010, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blah148

I just made a Django Reinhardt lick lesson on youtube that I was hoping you guys would be able to critique me on. there's a lot of skill on this forum so maybe I could learn something from you

here it is:
YouTube - the best and coolest gypsy jazz lick of all time - django reinhardt lesson

subscribe, rate if you'd be so kind (i'm kind of just getting started doing guitar lessons on youtube)

Hello mister,

sorry if I'm rude but this is the worst lesson ever on Django style ! For Django's sake, please take it off ! You must have been playing this style for, let's say, 10mn, and you want to give lessons ? Please be realist, you don't know how to play this style at all.

And the title : "the best and coolest gypsy jazz lick of all time - django reinhardt lesson "

You MUST be kidding man... Have you even listened to the sound of what you play ? It's just awful ! And pretend this is a lesson on Django style ? There is not even a musical background to hear this so-called lick in context ! But you know what ? I prefer that because it isn't a lick, it's just, well... a musical mistake.

One last thing : your vibrato might suit another style (?), but Django's vibrato doesn't sound like this at all.

Sorry but I guess you were waiting for such critics with a title like that.

Have swing (I mean please try to !)
Guelda

Baltar Hornbeek · #13 05-06-2010, 12:22 PM

chord theme, from Djangology

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Uli · #14 05-07-2010, 04:11 AM

Albeit the language problem there's a nice summary about Django chords at

Djangology - Spieltechnik

AlohaJoe · #15 08-08-2011, 04:33 PM

Greg Ruby's Django play-along book w CD from his days in Pearl Django is excellent (shows chord grips/tab/notation) as are many of the other books at Djangobooks.

add4 · #16 08-09-2011, 05:18 AM

One of my friends has a django fakebook on his site. i don't know where it comes from, but here it is Grilles et partitions - edenswingtrio1s jimdo page!

warning though. lots of errors in the changes as usual with those kind of books (in particular, bei mir biust du schon which is nothing like the version in this book).

Have fun

Gerard45 · #17 08-28-2011, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jazzyguitar

well i have found webs where i cand find a lot of jazz themes chords... but i have a lot of problems to find a web with django reinhardt chord themes. especially the french songs...

I need the chords for use the program band in a box and practice over them....

what websites you suggest me for django songs... and for jazz songs...

I've got a 9 pages transcription of "Nuages" (Theme, improvisation and chords. Also with tabs). If you are interested, just send me a PM and I'll send you the 9 pages in a zip-file.

Roberoo · #18 10-03-2011, 06:03 PM

There is a Django Fakebook PDF available on the Django Books forum. Some errors to be found but overall fairly good.

Rob

renema · #19 11-02-2011, 11:29 AM

http://www.gypsyguitar.de/downloads/...jango_2008.pdf
Fantastic clean and nice

beasleybubba · #20 11-02-2011, 12:16 PM

Check out Djangopedia... there's all sorts of material there: lots of charts to Django tunes, cool links, etc. Not a whole lot of lesson material there last time I checked, but it's great for beefing up your gypsy jazz repertoire. I discovered it a couple years ago and have gotten a lot out of it since.