Joseph, Joseph - Theme and improvisation

Django improvisation - connecting the ideas!💡

I kind of fell down a gypsyjazz/Django Reinhardt rabbit hole during the holidays, and decided to try a new approach to improvising (well, at least new to me!)🧐

I tried to approach each chorus with one or two central improvisational ideas from Django's vocabulary and then mix in my own impro in between🎸

One thing led to another and it ended up being a rather well structured approach to improvising where I made a list of main ideas to use for each chorous👇


1) Theme
2) Arpeggios and scales
3) Arpeggios and scales
4) Double stops and repetition
5) Open strings and chromatic lines
6) Octaves and chord solo
7) Chord Solo with thump (Wes style!)
8) Theme

The tune:
"Joseph, Joseph"

Chord changes:

|Am|Am|Am|Am|Am|Am|Dm|Dm|
|E7|E7|E7|E7|E7|E7|Am|E7|
|Am|Am|Am|Am|A7|A7|Dm|Dm|
|Dm|Dm|Am|Am|F7|E7|Am|E7|

Hope you enjoy it folks - and happy new year! 🎸😃🎉

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List of my solo guitar arrangements og Django Reinhardt solo's:

Fly me to the moon:
   • Fly me to the moon - Solo jazz guitar  

Hymn to freedom:
   • Hymn to freedom - Solo jazz guitar  

Autumn Leaves:
   • Autumn Leaves - Solo jazz guitar  

Beautiful love:
   • Beautiful love - Solo jazz guitar  

Minor Blues - Django Reinhardt solo 16.05.1947):
   • Minor Blues - Django Reinhardt solo (April...  

Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt solo (1937):
   • Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt solo (1937)  

Sunny side of the street:
   • Sunny Side Of The Street - Solo jazz guitar  

Bye Bye Blackbird:
   • Bye Bye Blackbird - Solo jazz guitar  

Pennies from heaven:
   • Pennies From Heaven - Solo jazz guitar  

Georgia on my mind:
   • Georgia On My Mind - Solo jazz guitar  

I'll see you in my dreams - Django Reinhardt solo:
   • I'll See You In My Dreams - Django Reinhar...  

Minor Blues - Django Reinhardt solo (13.11.1947):
   • Minor Blues - Django Reinhardt solo (Novem...  

Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt solo (1949):
   • Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt solo (1949)  

It had to be you:
   • It Had To Be You - Solo jazz guitar  

Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt solo (1947):
   • Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt solo (1947)  

Winter Wonderland:
   • Winter Wonderland - Solo jazz guitar🎄  

Slowboat to China:
   • Slowboat To China - Solo jazz guitar  

Look for the silver lining:
   • Look For The Silver Lining - Solo jazz guitar  

Just friends:
   • Just Friends - Solo jazz guitar  

I let a song go out of my heart:
   • I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Solo jaz...  

They can't take that away from me:
   • They Can't Take That Away From Me - Solo j...  

Don't get around much anymore:
   • Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Solo jazz ...  

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