We have been playing around with one of his trademark songs "Minor Swing".
The main melody of the song uses the primary chords in Aminor. The solo section also uses those primary chords, but in a slightly different progression.
Am / / / |Am / / / |Dm / / / |Dm / / / |
E7 / / / |E7 / / / | Am / / / |Am / / / |
Dm / / / |Dm / / / |Am / / / |Am / / / |
E7 / / / |E7 / / / |Am / / / |Am / / / |
A gypsy guitarist named Stefane Wrembel has created some nice backing tracks to a slew (that is the correct term when talking about Gypsy Jazz) of Gypsy Jazz standards.
While listening to the backing track, I would encourage you to try soloing using the A minor scale. This scale expands upon the pentatonic scale, giving you more note choices.
Here is the final chorus of the song Minor Swing. The theme is similar to the opening melody but follows the chord changes of the solo. It also has a great little chromatic lick to end the song.
Enjoy!
This is a great breakdown of this song, thank you for posting it! I'm adapting it to my ukulele and it's coming along nicely with this article.
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