In a Sentimental Mood is a famous jazz standard composed and recorded by Duke Ellington in 1935. In this lesson, you will learn the melody of In a Sentimental Mood and a solo over its chord changes (with some Emily Remler vocabulary mixed in).
The original recording and many other recorded versions are in F major, with a bridge going to Db major. Duke Ellington’s version with John Coltrane is in Db major.
Recommended Listening:
- Django Reinhardt РDjango Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec St̩phane Grappelli (1937)
- Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (1953)
- Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957) w Barney Kessel on guitar
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1963)
- Emily Remler – Firefly (1981)
- Michel Petrucciani – Power of Three (1987) w Jim Hall on guitar
- Larry Coryell – Inner Urge (2001)
Video & Sheet Music/Guitar Tabs
Backing Track
Listen & Play-Along
In a Sentimental Mood Guitar Pro File
Ive said it before, elsewhere on here: We are fortunate to have you here. What a fine piece. Thank you!
Thomas Washington
Hello. I downloaded the Guitar Pro file but it won’t work :(((
I love this song and the work you put into this makes it so beautiful. Could you check the file and see if you’re able to fix the error?
This site is great. Thank you very much.
Dean
Never mind. I was trying to open it in Soundslice. I ended up just buying a Guitar Pro license and it works on there.
Thank you again.
love your arrangements!! Thank you so much for helping me along my jazz guitar path.
What software package is used to show the video of Dirk playing, and the music sheet in sync?
This is a masterful composition by Duke and masterfully played by Dirk. The solo is tasteful, well notated and the play-along music sheet and video are a great learning tool. Thank You!
Grande Dirk , al solito le tue interpretazioni sono sorprendenti per gusto , sentimento e bravura . Grazie di tutto ciò che ci regali
Grazie per l’ottima lezione, non sarà facile ma cercherò di impararla
Dirk merhaba,Ä°nsan ın ruh unu okÅŸayan bir melodi,muhteÅŸem bir tını…Çok teÅŸekkür ler paylaşım ın için…Türkiye’den Sevgiler,selamlar…Vedat
Merveilleuse ballade avec toutes l’expression qu’il faut , j’ai appris pas mal de morceau de musique avec vous , mais quand je vous écoute j’ai encore pas mal de chemin à faire 🙂 surtout dans le rythme . une petite question , un tel morceau combien de temps faut il pour le maîtriser pour un intermédiaire ?
merci et bravo !
I love all the hard work you do so we can start working hard on all these great tunes!
Much Love
Fantastic Dirk. This will be worth the effort. Really well-done!!
Very beautiful arrangement. Softly played. Bluesy solo. Reminds me of Wes and Burrell. Congrats! And thanks for the lesson.
Muchas gracias maestro
Thank you so much for all you give me lesson. and keep doing
Very pretty. Can I ask about your amp, amp settings, tone knob settings? I have been trying to get my guitar to sound like that for a while now and am getting frustrated.
Thanks, Andre
Thanks Andre! Amp settings depend on what kind of amp and guitar you are playing. I’m using a Gibson ES-175, Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb, and a Strymon Flint reverb here. On the amp, treble, Mids, and bass are all set to 2,5. The tone control on my guitar is set to 6. Cheers!
Thank you
Vlad from Romania
Thank you!
Thank you very much for presenting a high quality comprehensive study of such a beautiful arrangement. Feeling very inspired! David
Hi, ur legend in ur knowledge
very good thank you very much
I love this tune, thanks for doing it very tastefully
Nice melodic and rhythmic handling here.
I just listened and now I’m in my “happy place”. Thank you Dirk for all you do for your community, I love listening to you play and it always inspires me to try.
A Superb arrangement and lesson – Thankyou Dirk, very much appreciated!
Hartelijk dank voor de mooie interpretatie
Dirk. would you mind doing Like Someone In Love.
Many Thanks
Thank you very much
Great tune and so fine playin’ !! what a gift !!
Dirk, I guess I signed up for info and never did anything with it.
There are so many distractions out there.
However
I followed up pon this and saw your presentation and playing, really nice.
I followed you and will try to check in more.
I just wanted to say thanks, this less is one ill take home and try.
Well done.
Mark
thank you so much for this lesson