Minor Swing Django Reinhardt 1937-1951 I've yet to see a correct submition for this tune. In the intro, Django chooses to harmonise Grapelli's F note with B - it's 'flat five'. Stranger still, he bends his E note up a semitone to F under Grapelli's A - a flat six. Django clearly loved discord. E|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-----1-0h1p0-3-5b6-----1-0h1p0-3-5b6-----1-0h1p0-3-5b6-| G|---2-----------------2-----------------2---------------| D|-2-----------------2-----------------2-----------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------| [Bass fill = 2 bars] E|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-----1-0h1p0-3-5b6-----1-0h1p0-3-5b6-----1-0h1p0-3-5b6-| G|---2-----------------2-----------------2---------------| D|-2-----------------2-----------------2-----------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------| Django then opens up his solo with the chords E7#5b9 and E7b9 before following this progression until the finale: |Am| |Am| |Dm| |Dm| |E7| |E7| |Am| |Am| |Dm| |Dm| |Am| |Am| |E7| |E7| |Am| |E7| The band do mess with the chords a little, adding 6ths and 9ths to the chords along the way. Some phrases you may wish to 'quote' when soloing are: Appears around 0:21 E|-7p5p4-5-7-5-4-7-5-----------10-8-7------------------| B|-------------------6----------------10-9h10p9--------| G|---------------------7-4--10------------------10-7---| D|---------------------------------------------------9-| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|-----7-10-9h10p9-10\7-7-| D|-6-9--------------------| A|------------------------| E|------------------------| Appears around 0:40 E|-12-------12-------12-------12-12-| B|----12-13----10-13----10-13-------| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| Appears around 0:53 E|-12-12-11-11-10-10-9-9-8-8-7-7-5-5-4-4-------------| B|---------------------------------------6-6-5-4-5---| G|-------------------------------------------------2-| D|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| Appears around 1:22 E|-3-2-1-0-------------------------------| B|---------4-3-2-1-0---------------------| G|-------------------3-2-1-0-------------| D|---------------------------4-3-2-1-0---| A|-------------------------------------4-| E|---------------------------------------| etc etc until Django plays a variation on the intro theme with Grapelli in unison. E|--------------------5-----5-5-----7-----7-8-5-| B|------5-----5-5---6-----6-------9-----9-------| G|----5-----5-----7-----7-------9-----9---------| D|-/7-----7-------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| E|--------------------5-----5-5-----7-----7-| B|------5-----5-5---6-----6-------9-----9---| G|----5-----5-----7-----7-------9-----9-----| D|-/7-----7---------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------| E|-----------3-4-5-5-| B|-5-4-5-6-7-------5-| G|-----------------5-| D|-------------------| A|-------------------| E|-------------------| When improvisong, don't use modes or scales, play by ear - I'm sure Django did. Also, don't get into the habit of playing jazz note for note. Play what you feel.