Django Licks & Shapes

Gene Rawe

Is anyone aware of a book/method that reviews actual licks played by Django and identifies them with chord shapes? Thx

PapsPier

I am not aware of such a book but if you take any solos, you will understand quite quickly the shapes they relate too (even if Django may not have played by these shapes with his limited techniques (bc of using 2fingers vs 4)).
If you are interested in the war and post-war recordings of Django, you can check that page, I started to transcribe (and gathered other people transcriptions) and put into tabs all Django's recordings with the clarinet quintet.
http://djangonewquintettclarinet.wordpress.com/

Buco

If you wanna sound like Django then Duved Dunayevsky has a course on Soundslice:
https://www.soundslice.com/store/teachers/duved-dunayevsky/

Jim Kaznosky

The Duved course is the most accurate course i've seen on Django other than spending the time to learn a ton of solos. there are tons of licks in it that are usable. The gold is how it is organized.

Petrov

I would also agree on this course. Plus the price is right.

Buco

At this year's Django in June, Emanuel Kassimo was pointing out in his class how common it was for Django to solo around triadic shapes. They're all over inside his iconic solos: Minor Swing, I'll see you in my dreams...

Gene Rawe

I was blown away by Duved's sound & tone @ DiJ this year; I picked up the Soundslice course after attending his workshop, wish there was more. Just finished working through my first complete Django solo with I'll See You in My Dreams; trying to work the licks back to shapes-fun stuff!

Petrov

once you do a few solos, you will soon notice the typical shapes Django uses.

husy

Check out Ben Givan's book:

http://www.djangobooks.com/Item/benjamin-givan-music-of-django-reinhardt

Might be a bit more academic than you were asking for, but it's an excellent study of Django's playing in general. Ben Givan transcribed all Django solos for his PhD thesis (all available on the web in standard notation), then broke his licks down into common building blocks (~40 such patterns I think). He also explains how they fit on underlying chords IIRC.

steffo

husy wrote: »

Check out Ben Givan's book:

https://www.amazon.com/Music-Django-Reinhardt-Jazz-Perspectives/dp/0472034081

+1 for Benjamin Givan

husy

oops, I just realized Michael also has the book in his inventory:

http://www.djangobooks.com/Item/benjamin-givan-music-of-django-reinhardt

buy it from him rather than the big bad online store I previously linked to.