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Babik

By on April 4, 2013 in Artist Level, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, F major, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Ionian Mode, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Music History, Music Mechanics, Music Philosophy, Rhythm Changes, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Babik was Django Reinhardt’s son.  I’m told the name means “little one” but I have no verification of that.  Our gypsy jazz group Babik considered ourselves “sons of Django,” so adopted the name, and had to put this tune in our song list.  It leans toward the BeBop vein more

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Bossa Dorado

By on April 4, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, D minor, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, List, Music Mechanics, Staff Notation, Style Studies

This well written tune, by contemporary guitarist and violinist Dorado Schmidt, has become a staple with Gypsy Jazz bands.  It is usually played with a Latin music-based Bossa Nova feel (with eighth notes will be straight and not swung). The chords to the intro/outro sound much like James Bond movie

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Django’s Castle

By on April 4, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, D major, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies

This Django tune seems to go by many names and is commonly played either as a bossa nova (Latin, straight eight’s) or ballad (slow).  I personally like it as a ballad and think it is very beautiful.  On the original Hot Club recording, Django played the melody on guitar with

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Daphne

By on April 4, 2013 in Artist Level, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, Cornerstone Styles, D major, Eb major, Gigger Level, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies

Another Django Reinhardt tune.  Babik has arranged this one as part of our symphonic show.  The story I’ve heard about this song is that Django was goofing around by imitating the way Stephane Grappelli tuned his violin with harmonics and they came up with this melody.  The first 4 bars

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Douce Ambiance

By on April 4, 2013 in Artist Level, By Key, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, G minor, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, Staff Notation, Style Studies

According to the online translator I used, the title of this song means “Soft Ambience” …but for a long time now, most of the bands I’ve played it in have jokingly called it “two smells!”  Either way, it’s a good example of the gypsy jazz sound. The intro/outro has some

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Noto Swing

By on April 4, 2013 in A minor, Artist Level, By Ear, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies

This song is a very typical example of the gypsy jazz sound.  The version we played in our gypsy jazz group “Babik” was slightly different in the first two measures of the B section, but nothing for you to worry about.  These melodies are often just handed down by ear

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Bellville

By on April 3, 2013 in Artist Level, Blues Scale, By Key, By Knowledge, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, D major, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, Staff Notation, Style Studies

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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