Transcribing Django - Free lesson :-)

dennis

Yo! If any of you ever wondered how to transcribe Django and get something useful out of it for improvisation, I talk a little a bit about my process here. You can also download the PDF! it's Django's solo on Swing 39 from the Rome sessions

http://denischang.com/index.php/2018/10/27/the-art-of-transcribing-part-5/

Feruza2134

exactly what i needed dennis thanks a lot!

vanmalmsteen

Nice!

swiessler

Thank you Denis! What a generous lesson!

Bones

Wow, thanks Dennis!

Buco

I think in the bars 43/44 you were on the right track the first time, only I think I heard also notes on the 5th and 6th strings:
5
5
3
5
3
3
It sounds so fat, I love it.
As you can see I was bored this morning

dennis

You could be right! I could’ve done it with more accuracy if there was a guitar around and if i hadn’t been lazy about it. I have the integrale on a hard drive somewhere and i could have just imported it into transcribe and isolated that chord and done some EQ.

There’s definitely at least 4 notes and as i said in the video, even with 3-4 notes it still seemed like it was missing something beefy

Buco

It's very, very impressive that you did it by ear without instrument. When you mentioned it first time I was like "what!?!".

geese_com

@dennis

Later on in the video, you talk about Django primarily using 5 shapes. Do you have any other info on that topic? It would be interesting to explore.

Thanks!