Swing 42

[erick]

Is Swing '42 by Reinhart and Grappelli just a 1-6-2-5 chord pattern with a 3 to minor 4 repetition in the bridge? Also, I think that the Grisman/Grappelli version is in the key of G while the original was in C. I wonder why they changed keys?

[hotclub]

Usually it's played in C: 1-6/2-5/1-6/2-5/3-6/2-5/1-6/2-5 For the bridge it's 1-1/2-5/or 1-6/2-5 in the key of E with a Em7-A7/Dm7-G7 for the last two bars to get you back to the key of C. Great tune, good luck!

[duuuude]

Think "circle of fifths" and it'll help ya through alot of the gypsy swing tunes, they're used extensively.

[Pete Martin]

Around here, FOLKS often play a Bbm6 (or G half diminished) instead of the the 3 (Em7) in part A.

[Bruce Clausen]

Pete-- I wonder if you mean E half-dim. (or G minor 6). This would sound nice with a Bb bass falling to A in the next chord. I usually play Bb7 at this point, a slight variation on the same idea. BC

[Ted Eschliman]

Have fun jamming to a version courtesy of the Nuages de Swing website:
Swing 42 MP3.

[Bruce Clausen]

Thanks, Ted. #This version has the Bb in the chord at bar 5 (assuming we're in C). #At the end of the bridge, it has E major for a bar, then G7 for a bar, rather than the turnaround hotclub posted. #Either works, but I think the MP3 has Django's changes. #BC

[DSDarr]

Have fun jamming to a version courtesy of the Nuages de Swing website:
Swing 42 MP3.

Whoa! -- what a great website. Thanks Ted!

david

[SternART]

Great web site for trying to improvise over Django/Swing
chords! I just blew my fingers out on a few others.

[250sc]

The Grisman/Rice version that I learned was in C not G. I think it was from the first Tone Poems project.

Fun song. My wife says it sounds like the theme song to a morning show.

[swampstomper]

Thanks for that website! I immediately ordered their CD. Seems like a great resource for jamming along and learning those gypsy standards. I'll review it when it comes.