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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Learning by the feeling it gives you.
Daphne
By fiddlejamman 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
Swing De Paris
By fiddlejamman on April 3, 2013 in A major, Artist Level, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, C major, Cornerstone Styles, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Ionian Mode, Jamming 102, jamming 103, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Mixolydian Mode, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Fun Gypsy Jazz tune by Django Reinhardt. Pronounced “swing-day-perry”! ;~) Similar to Minor Swing, the melody is only an “intro” and “outro” and basically just an excuse to get to the jamming! Non-members: Want to learn more about this? Click here for more info on our free Fiddle Jam
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
Cello & Viola – fingering conversion charts
By fiddlejamman on April 1, 2013 in A major, A minor, B minor, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, D major, D minor, E minor, G major, G minor, Ionian Mode, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Lesson List, Major Scale, Music Mechanics, Non-violin/fiddle, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Viola & Cello
Violists and cellists can use these adaptation fingering charts from the original Fiddle Jam Book to apply the same keys to the jam-along audio tracks. Also Mandola. tuning: C – G – D – A
The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
By fiddlejamman on March 27, 2013 in Aeolian Mode, Artist Level, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, Cornerstone Styles, Country, Country Rock, D minor, Fiddler’s Tab, Gigger Level, Harmonic Minor Scale, Jamming 101, Jamming 102, Lesson List, Minor Scale, Note Name – Finger Number, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Rock, Staff Notation, Style Studies
Top 10 hit from 1979. Fuses Country Rock and Rap in a story lyric about Satan challenging a fiddler in the state of Georgia (USA). *It used to be that as soon as one would pull out a fiddle in a bar, somebody would inevitably heckle you for “Orange Blossom
LeLuppe Bonzino – Gypsy Tune
By fiddlejamman on March 26, 2013 in Artist Level, Blues Scale, By Ear, By Feeling, By Knowledge, By Sight, D major, Diminished Scale, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Ionian Mode, jamming 103, Jamming 104, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Scale, Master Class, Music Mechanics, One-Room-School-House ORSH, Staff Notation, Style Studies, V7b9 scale
Description: A Geoff Perry original that first appeared on Babik’s “American Gypsy” CD. The melody features tremolo and some 3rd position notes in the bridge. Learning to improvise to this one is more advanced (see below) Jamming: Changing scales with each passing chord is possible but can be a rather