"French Guitar" Grille?

lezard

Has anyone got a Grille for Romane's "French Guitar"

Fantastic tune.

WowBobWow

Love this tune, been listening to it recently and was hoping to find a chart here too...

I don't have a chart but I am pretty sure the chord progression is similar to Swing for ninine, yet it is in
g minor,

Song form is AABA
A part:
Gm for 2 bars. Then Ab for two bars, then D7 (or Ebdim or Ab7b5) for 2 bars, then back to Gm for 2

B part -- not sure yet, but I think it's Cm for 2 bars, then Gm, then a perhaps Eb7 to D7 to get back to Gm

Hope this helps and cheers

wim

cool tune !! i have it on le coffret jazz manouche 5 cd compilation .. but don't have the album from romane, what is the name of the album it's on so i can hear the rest of it?

lezard

@wim
it's on the album of the same name and it's one hell of an album

@WowBobWow
Thanks!.I'll give that a crack .

WowBobWow

Hello again --

I tried figuring out the B part further, I think the first four bars are (2 bars) Eb9 or Bbdim, then 2 bars of Ab6/9, not Cm to Gm (sorry). Hope it helps and cheers

mcneely11

Here:

| G-6 | | A7/G | |
| Abmaj7/G | | G-6 | Ab D7 |
| G-6 | | A7/G | |
| Abmaj7/G | | G-6 | |
| Bb-6 | | F-6 | |
| A-7b5 | | D7 | |
| G-6 | | A7/G | |
| Abmaj7/G | | G-6 | Ab D7 |


Edit: it didnt keep the formatting but just observe the | | as repeated bars

Edit 2: I just wrote it out in a pdf, attached

Musette

Thank you!!!!

mcneely11

No problem. If I get around to writing out the melody Ill post that as well.

jonpowl

Has anybody come up with a tab for this wonderful song by Romane? Thought I would give the thread a BUMP as I heard the song on Pandora and fell in love with it, already a big fan of Romane. I'm playing the A7/G like this:
E x
B 2
G 2
D 2
A x
E 3
and the AbM7/G like this:
E x
B 1
G 1
D 1
A x
E 3
Seemed easier than this:

bohemewarbler

My hand is incapable of making the prior A7/G shown. I appreciate your alternative to it and the AbM7/G. But what makes this tune particularly challenging for me is replicating the fine soft-touch rhythm playing in this recording. How does he do it? I can't seem to make it happen with a pick in hand. Romane's "French Guitar" is one of my favorite GJ albums. Very tasteful, complex compositions.

jonpowl

I think you need 7 fingers or two hands to make the A7/G as shown. The rhythm part of French Guitar is what drew me to the song as well. I think it requires lots of practice, soft touch and a great guitar. It reminds me of Gonzalo Bergara's style, as well as Jeff Radaich, whom has obviously been influenced by Gonzalo. I'm hoping somebody has a tab for at least the head, intro or outro, although it will be good for me to work it out on my own.