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• paulmcevoy75 Portland, MaineNew

  October 20 Posts: 947

  Thanks Romain, I love this tune. Just confirming, you play the riff, the last note is beat 1 of a 4/4 bar and then you start counting the blues form, correct? So much fun.
• Romain Vuillemin ✭✭

  October 20 Posts: 260

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/126308#Comment_126308

  yes ! well there s a tiny V degree after the last note, so i think if you count there in 5 empty bars bw the last notev of the intro and the first note of the solo
• spatzo Virtuoso

  8:03AM edited 8:23AM Posts: 803

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/126308#Comment_126308

  The first 3 bars of the riff are in 3/4 but the last bar is in 5/4 then the Bb blues begins normally in 4/4

  
• paulmcevoy75 Portland, MaineNew

  8:45AM Posts: 947

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/126320#Comment_126320

  Count it out to the recording above, I'm 99% sure that last measure is a bar of 4/4.
• spatzo Virtuoso

  9:41AM edited 10:16AM Posts: 803

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/126322#Comment_126322

  The best way is to write it down to be certain it works...

  Here's the official version:

  

  On some occasions Django plays even a 7/4 bar break instead of a 5/4 bar break
• paulmcevoy75 Portland, MaineNew

  9:42AM Posts: 947

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/126326#Comment_126326

  I have that but if you count it out in the performance above, I believe the measure before the blues form starts is 4/4.
• wim ChicagoModerator Barault #503 replica

  10:08AM edited 10:37AM Posts: 1,688

  That's right, they (Romain's band) are not putting the weird long bar before going into the blues form. It's directly into 4/4. First bar sounds like two beats of the I and then two beats of V. Then the band sits out for 3 the first 4 bars before coming back in on the IV chord (i.e. the fifth measure of the blues form). In contrast, Django's recordings do have also a 5/4 bar before the blues form, as shown in the sheet posted above.

  Interestingly, the first version of this tune has a bar of 7 beats between the riff, not a bar of 5! Most people these days use the bar of 5, and are probably more familiar with one of the later recordings.
• paulmcevoy75 Portland, MaineNew

  10:19AM edited 10:19AM Posts: 947

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/126329#Comment_126329

  Pretty sure it's 1 measure of 4/4 that starts with the last note of the riff as the downbeat. (I'm calling it the wasted measure with the V I)) and then the first four measures of the blues, band coming in on measure 5 (Eb).

  Check it for me.
• wim ChicagoModerator Barault #503 replica

  10:33AM edited 10:40AM Posts: 1,688

  Yeah, you're right Paul. The spot where Romain quotes La Marseillaise is the first measure of the blues form, and there's also an extra bar before that.

  Same thing happens @2:00 after the bridge.