NEW "Django remasters"

Micky Dunne

I downloaded them successfully too, haven't looked properly yet but looks like they are arranged by album as @Bill Da Costa Williams said. Seems the voicings are laid out from A to G in order maj, min, dom, dim, aug etc... So no real surprises but sure they'll come in handy. Good for teaching.

crookedpinky

I stupidly bought the PDF download without buying the CDs - arggh, what an idiot. I have to say they look pretty good but my download does not look like the screenshot given in a previous post. However I'm hoping that I'll get an email with the updated version. Good to see all the chords in on place though.

pickitjohn

but my download does not look like the screenshot given in a previous post

I certainly Believed they would be a part of each chart..

TOO BAD :-?

This is what I was expecting.

BillDaCostaWilliams

Yeah - the 1946 Belleville in this file doesn't have any voicings!

Buco

I asked Samy about this a couple of days ago. He said voicings are still work in progress, he continues to add to it as he can spare time. These guys have a brutal performing schedule.
He felt there just wasn't enough space on the page to have both together, progression and voicings.

Jim Kaznosky

Use the magic chord.

Buco

ohhh the magic chord...gotta admit that I wasn't aware about the versatility of it. When Samy started a class playing minor swing with it I was thinking "oh not that again" but then he played a ton of songs that never occurred to me could be done with that simple shape and they all sounded great. The biggest surprise was "out of nowhere".

For those wondering, the magic chord is the minor 6 classic hot club shape, or used as dominant with a 5th in the root or dim or move the whole shape one string up and use as major.

I was aware of all those single shapes, I just never thought of playing a whole song with it. I guess I thought it would be very not interesting but it actually sounds great.

Jim Kaznosky

If you have the groove those guys have, those chords will sound great.

woodamand

would you mind sharing some of the other songs you use with this chord? I have never heard of this concept until today. tia

Buco

I think he also played Nuages with it but the point is you can play just about anything using this shape.