Cherokee: Tune of the Month, July '06

Jack

Hi all,

I posted the message below over at the HotClub UK forum, but it applies here too...I promise I won't be on permanent leave, but the next month or two might be really busy for me. I'm confident of help, though, since it already began last month! All I ask is that if anyone wants to go for it they choose a tune from the list below. At any rate, here's the original message:

I wonder if anyone is up for making the Tune of the Month a collaborative effort here...at least for the next few months? The summer stretch is busy for me with gigs and though I hope to not fall behind I can't promise anything. So if anyone's interested in helping out, let me know! These are some of the tunes I've had in mind for upcoming TotM posts:

Flèche D'Or
Montagne Ste. Genevieve
Stompin' at Decca
Micro
Si Tu Savais
Viper's Dream
Cherokee
Bouncin' Around
What is This Thing...
Bossa Dorado
Troublant Bolero

If anyone wants to take a crack at it, feel free! I'll be sure to check in, at least.

Best,
Jack.

The Los

I'm no wiz at this stuff so I cannot offer any real "insight". But I would tip my hat to anyone that would take a crack at "Cherokee".

CalebFSU

I would also vote for Cherokee. I often see Gypsy guitarist play the head in chord meoldy I would love to see anyone'schord head arraingments. Since I am pretty terrible at arrainging those types of things.

pallopenna

Andreas did an impromtu version - actually two versions - at the Django in June masterclass last week. One was bebop, the other gypsy. He demonstrated how to articulate, and imply, the changes while maintaining an improvised line. All I can say is: wow.

Jack

Hey guys,

Let's say [i]Cherokee [/i]it is! Now who's going to take it on? Our lead player copped some of the chord melody stuff from the [url=https://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/item--Angelo-DeBarre-and-Serge-Camps-Gypsy-Guitars--debarre_gypsy_guitars.html]Gypsy Guitars[/url] disc; I'll check in and see what he can show me...I think it started something like this, but I'm just guessing, and the fingerings are probably wrong...

---------6---3----------------------------------------------------------
---6-8--4---3---6---3--6--3--1-----------------------------------------------
-7-------5--3----5--2--5--2--1------------------------------------------------
------------------6--3--6--3--1-------------------------------------------
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It's up to youse guys...

Best,
Jack.

Jack

A few Cherokee vids to help the cause:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dsFmzkd5ug8& ... ed&search=
http://www.ensemblezaiti.com/data/cherokee.wmv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH9X-CQb ... ee%20gypsy

Enjoy,
Jack.
(Thanks, MichMich!)

Tom Landman

Christian Escoude's basic chord melody arrangement of Cherokee can be found in the current issue of Guitarist Acoustic.
http://www.djangostation.com/article.ph ... rticle=509

CalebFSU

Is there any way to post that or see it on-line thanks.

MontereyJacques

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Jack

Some more bits and pieces (I should be back on top of the Tune of the Month thing for August; sorry about the half-hearted July...):

A basic lead sheet:


A basic grille:


I usually play something like this:
A Section:
Bb6/9 | % | Fm7 Fm7/C| Bb13/B Bb13| Ebmaj7 | Eb6/9 |
Ab7 | % |Gm7 | % |C9 | % |
1st ending: Cm7 | G13 |Cm7 |F7 |
2nd ending; Cm7 |F7 |Bb |Bb |
(Bars 3 & 4 I'll often end up changing during solos, maybe just sticking with straight Bb7, or Fm to Bb7, or often using a bar of Fm9 and a bar of E9 leading chromatically down to the Eb of bar 5.)

B Section:
Pretty straightforward, as in the chord chart above, though I sometimes split the two bars of major chords into one bar each of a maj7 and a sixth. One really great thing we ripped off from Angelo is shifting into 3/4 on the bridge of the head. It's on this album if you want to get the feel:



Intro/Outro:
The intro I play couldn't be simpler-I'm just laying into a Bb chord. (If you want to hear it, we've still got a pretty lame recording of it up on our myspace site) The out changes but it's always simple and definitive...

Sorry again-I'll have more time next month...
Jack.

nwilkins

Angelo probably ripped the 3/4 bridge thing from Hans'che Weiss and Titi Winterstein