Douce Ambiance Intro

Musette

Does anyone know what chords did Django played for the intro of his song?? you know, those that he played while the clarinet plays the D repeatedly.
I'm not very good at transcribing chords by ear. :oops:


Thanks

David

Bones

The ones I always play are these (not sure if that's on the recording or where I got them)

D7
EbMaj7
E7
F(6)
Bb(6)
EbMaj7
Am7(sus)
D7
Find the inversions that you like the sound of over the D pedal in the melody.
I like:
D7/A
EbMaj7/G
E7/G#
F(6)/A
Bb(6)
EbMaj7/G
Am7(sus)
D7/A

I don't know how to notate this on the computer but if you're having trouble finding chord forms that you like I can write it out on a piece of paper and try to scan it in and post it.

Hope that helps :-)

PS- using Periclimenes' notation (next post) here's what I use:

5x45xx
3x13xx
4x24xx
5x35xx
6x57xx
3x13xx
5x55xx
5x45xx

I like the 3 note chords, darker and stays out of the way of everyone else.

periclimenes

Here's what I hear on the Django recording:

Strings:
654321

Chords (top to bottom)

00023x (D)
x1203x (E half diminished)
0x213x (E7)
13323x (F)
x1333x (Bb)
x1103x (Eb maj 7)
5x555x (A min 7)
55455x (D7)

Musette

Thank you guys, i'm gonna try them right now and see which ones do i like more and sound the closest to Django.
Thanks again.
David

dennis

he's recorded it twice, the first time he recorded it , he used very simple voicings that clashed with the D pedal

like

D9 = 554555

and he'd move it up chromatically

then Bb = 688788

etc...

the second time he recorded it he used open voicings

Jack

Here are two versions I sometimes play (neither is off a record, though)

x547xx
x657xx
x767xx
x877xx
6x57xx
x657xx
5557xx
x545xx (stop)

More open version:
2x023x
3x033x
x2013x
x3023x
1003xx
xx103x
x0203x
x5453x (stop)

gotgenes

Here are two voicings that, from what I can surmise by restricting the use of my own hand, Django could have presumably still played with his disability. They both keep the pedal tone of D through all the chords, which is of central importance.

First is a fuller voicing, which appears in large part in Michael Horowitz's [i]Gypsy Rhythm[/i] book (much worth purchasing if you don't have it yet).
[code]
EADGBE
654321
------
x0023x D(7)/A
x1103x EbMaj7/Bb
x2213x E7/B
x3323x FMaj6/C
x1333x BbMaj6
x1103x EbMaj7/Bb
5x553x Dsus4/A
x0453x D7/A*
[/code]

This second one mostly uses three-note voicings, which Django was quite fond of, making it another candidate.
[code]
EADGBE
654321
------
x547xx D(7)**
x657xx EbMaj7
x767xx E7
x877xx FMaj6
6x57xx BbMaj6
x657xx EbMaj7
5557xx Dsus4/A
x547xx D(7)**
[/code]

* [b]Note:[/b] Horowitz instead denotes this D7 using a standard fingering:
[code]
x5453x
[/code]
It's unclear to me that Django could have ever used this voicing of a dominant 7th chord, given that his ring finger and pinky were all but inseparable on his fretting hand. Instead, by using the open A, it's quite conceivable he still could have achieved the voicing having to fret only three out of the four strings using, from top to bottom, the middle, ring, and pointer fingers, so I present this D7/A variant.

** [b]Note:[/b] I admit, this is a very tough to do with the first three fingers of the fretting hand, but it can be done. It didn't seem Django had too great an impairment in the span between the middle and ring fingers, so presumably he could have made this voicing. The flat 7th (C) is implied.

Musette

Yeah, that sounds just like Django, thank you so much.
About that weird D7 position, maybe Django played it this way:

---------------------------e
---------3-----------------B
---------5-----------------G
---------4-----------------D
---------------------------A
--------------------------E



Thanks again.

David