One of my favorite gypsy jazz tunes! This one always sounds spirited to me. Bellville, I’m told, is/was the “red light” district in Paris. E-Z improv: The A section is a mixture of D major and D minor/blues scales stuff. Start with trying just D major scale, then slide in
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Sheik of Araby
By fiddlejamman on April 3, 2013 in Artist Level, Bb major, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, Dorian Mode, Gypsy Jazz Violin, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Often done in the gypsy jazz style, this tune was considered X rated back in 1921! Today it would barely be a PG-13! “I’m the sheik of Araby… your love belongs to me… into your tent I will creep… (with no clothes on!)” Join us as a member of the
Swing Gitan
By fiddlejamman on April 3, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, G minor, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Gypsy Jazz. I love the twisting chromaticism of this melody.Improv: Use primarily G harmonic minor scale (G-A-Bb-C-D-Eb–F#-G), but you’ll have to acknowledge important chord tones that are NOT part of that scale at key times too. Examples are the A7 which will have a C# & E, and the Ab
Coquette
By fiddlejamman on April 2, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, D major, Dorian Mode, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Django Reinhardt gypsy jazz standard. E-Z Improv: Almost all D major scale! The only exception is the bridge, which goes to G major for the first 4 bars then A major for bars 5-6, before winding its way back to D major again. Notes on the demo recording: I interpret
Micro
By fiddlejamman on April 2, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Knowledge, G major, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Master Class, Music Mechanics, Rhythm Changes, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Gypsy Jazz Song by Django Reinhardt. Classic Rhythm Changes tune. The audio demo version you will hear below is as it is often played live, with the scalar line in measures 7-8 being used for an intro and outro. Here it is played once, then repeated one half step up,
Undecided
By fiddlejamman on April 2, 2013 in Artist Level, Blues Scale, By Ear, C major, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Nuages – famed Django ballad
By fiddlejamman on April 2, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Dorian Mode, G major, Gypsy Jazz Violin, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
One of Django Reinhardt’s most famous ballads. I’m told Nuages means “clouds.” This melody certainly is beautiful! The “fake book“chord changes here are very simplified from what our gypsy group Babik played in the video below. The second chart below is more true to Babik’s (and other gypsy