PAUL VERNON CHESTER

Manouche Maestro

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• Acoustic Moments - Birelli Lagrene - Author Ross Hetherington.

• All of Me Birelli Lagrene - from Routes to Django. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Allors Voila Tchavolo Schmitt by Martijn Schutten Also see PDF with licks used on Alors Voila

• All of Me Moreno. Author: Ross Hetherington

• All of Me Raphael Fays. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Besame Mucho - Fapy - From "Swing Guitars" Author: Ross Hetherington

• Billets Doux - Django - Author: Shawn Walters

• Bireli - Bireli Lagrene - From Live at Carnegie Hall - Author: Ross Hetherington

• Blue Drag Django's version - includes full solo. Authors: Timo Käsmä & Kyösti Rautio

• Blues Clair - Birelli Lagrene - Gypsy Project. Author Ross Hetherington

• Bugsy's Buggin - Shawn Tuby - Virtual CD Project. Author Ross Hetherington

• Caravan Rosenberg Trio - from "Caravan". Author: Ross Hetherington

• Cest Ci Bon - Jimmy and Andreas - Author: Ross Hetherington

• Chega De Saudade Rosenberg Trio - from Live at North Sea Jazz Festival. Author: Dennis C

• Coquette - Django - Author Dean Harrington

• Dinette - Angelo Debarre - Author: Martijn Schutten

• Djangology - Bireli Lagrene - from Gypsy Project. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Djieske - Tchavolo Schmitt - from the album Mira Familia Author: Ross Hetherington

• Don't Worry Bout Me - Bireli Lagrene from Routes to Django. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Douce Ambience Django Reinhardt - Melody and chords. Author: Steve Royall

• Douce Ambience - Latcho Drom. Solo from "La Sorciere" Author: Ross Hetherington

• Douce Ambience - Ferre Brothers - From Pour Django. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Dark Eyes Arpeggio - riff taken from Tchavolo Schmitt - the lesson in the film "Swing". Author: Andy Quelch

• Embraceable You - Jimmy Rosenberg, Bireli Lagrene, Angelo Debarre - Author: Ross Hetherington

• Envie de Toi - From Gypsy Project and Friends - Author: Ross Hetherington

• Festival 48 Bireli Lagrene. From "Duet" by Berelli Lagrene & Sylvain Luc. Intro only - unfinished. Steve Royall

• Fiso Place - Bireli Lagrene - From Routes to Django - Author Ross Hetherington

• Flintstones Sinti - From the Album of the same name 1996 Author: Ross Hetherington

• For Sephora Rosenberg Trio - Live. Powertab by Ross Hetherington from the midi from Dennis C

• For Wesley - Sinti - From the Album of the same name - Author: Ross Hetherington

• Gypsy Picking - Gypsy Arpeggios with notes on playing - Author Dennis C

• Haide Tchavolo Tchavolo Schmitt by Martijn Schutten Also see PDF with licks used on Alors Voila

• HCQ Strut Django - Author: Mark Harris

• How High the Moon - Romane and Stochelo - From Elegance Author: Ross Hetherington

• Hungaria - Bireli Lagrene - From Move Author: Ross Hetherington

• I can't give you anything but love Gary Potter - Author: Ross Hetherington

• I'll see you in my dreams - Django Reinhardt - solo/chords only - Author: Jonathan Smith

• I'll see you in my Dreams - Angelo Debarre - Author: Ross Hetherington

• I'm Confessin by Stochelo & Romane from a live concert they did in 1999 Author: Ross Hetherington

• Imrovisation No 1 Django. Author: Ross Hetherington

•  Isn't she lovely Sinti - From the Album of the same name 1996 Author: Ross Hetherington

• Isn't she lovely - Bireli Lagrene and Silvain Luc - From the Album Duet - Author: Ross Hetherington

• It had to be you Tchavolo Schmitt by Martijn Schutten Also see PDF with licks used on Alors Voila

• Jattendrai 38 - Django Standard from Jazz Hot video clip. Author: Dennis C

• Jean Paul Blues - Tchavolo Scmitt - From Mira Familia. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Jet Swing - Raphael Fays - Jazz Hot the Gypsy Way Ross Hetherington

• Just One of those things - Tchavolo Schmitt - From Mira Familia. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Just Relax - Stochelo - transcribed from video from Leo Eimers website. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Kwinten - Rosenberg Trio. Author: Ross Hetherington

• La Derniere Heure - Paphael Fays. Author Christopher Brown

•  Lady be good - Tchavolo Schmitt - from the album Mira Familia Author: Ross Hetherington

• La Mer Berelli - From Gypsy Project - Author: Ross Hetherington

• La Promenade The Rosenberg Trio - From the CD "Caravan" 1994. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Les Yeux Noirs - Bireli Lagrene - Gypsy Project & Friends Author: Ross Hetherington

• Lindien Tchavolo Schmitt by Martijn Schutten Also see PDF with licks used on Alors Voila

• Mabel - Django Reinhardt (Solo)- Author Mark Harris

• Made in France - From "Duet" by Berelli Lagrene & Sylvain Luc. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Melodie au Crepescule - Rosenberg Trio. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Made in France - From "Duet" by Berelli Lagrene & Sylvain Luc. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Micro - Angelo Debarre from L'Esprit Manouche 2003 CD. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Minor Blues - Moreno. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Minor Swing - Bireli Lagrene / Vic Juris - From Bireli Lagrene Ensemble Live. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Minor Swing - Fapy - From "Swing Guitars". Author Ross Hetherington

• Minor Swing - Django 1937 - Author Peter Lewis

• Nature Boy - Rafael Fays from "Sans Domicile Fixe". Author: Ross Hetherington

• Night and Day - Django Reinhardt (Solo). Author Mark Harris

• Nuages - Bireli Lagrene - from video Jazz in Marncaic - great fun. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Nuages - Rosenberg Trio - Live at North Sea Jazz Festival - author: Ross Hetherington

• Nuages - Rosenberg Trio - From Seresta - author: Ross Hetherington

• Nuages Angelo Debarre - from Austas de Guitarre Manouche Book. Transcribed by Martijn Schutten

• Nuit de St Germain de Pres - Django - author: Jonathan Smith

• Nuit de St Germain de Pres - Angelo Debarre - author: Martijn Schutten

• Paprika - Tchavolo Schmitt. From the "Swing" Soundtrack Author: Ross Hetherington

• Place du Tertre - Bireli Lagrene from "Move" CD. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Reve D'Automne - Tchavolo Schmitt - from the album Mira Familia Author: Ross Hetherington

• Rhythm Futur - Django Reinhardt - Author: Ross Hetherington

• Rue de Pierre - Bireli from his Live at Carnegie Hall CD in 1985 Author: Ross Hetherington

• Sans Domicile Fixe - Rafael Fays from CD of same name. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Si Tu Savais - Raphael Fays - Jazz Hot the Gypsy Way Ross Hetherington

• Spain - Bireli Lagrene / Vic Juris - From Bireli Lagrene Ensemble Live. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Stephanesque The Rosenberg Trio - From the CD "Caravan" 1994. Dogs Bollies. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Sweet Georgia Brown -Rosenberg Trio - From "North Sea Jazz Festival" CD Ross Hetherington

• Sweet Georgia Brown - Diminished and Augmented arpeggios over the classic tune Author: Matthew Jones

• Sweet Georgia Brown - Django Reinhardt (Solo). Author Mark Harris

• The break through - Romane/Stochelo - Author: Martijn Schutten

• There will never be another you - Angelo Debarre - Author: Martijn Schutten

• Troublant Bolero - Serge Krief. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Troublant Bolero - Rosenberg Trio. Author: Ross Hetherington
  
  Last year I went to the International Gypsy Guitar Festival and was completely blown away by Gary Potter's Troublant Bolero! I couldn't match that speed in 1000 years of practice and so I content myself with pumping out the chords.  The above two powertab Troublant Bolero files were transcribed by Ross Hetherington. The lead tracks are pretty good but the rhythm chords are completely wrong!  On the Serge Kreif version he also seems to have missed out a bar at the end, and the intro is a single note on the double bass. I have fixed both versions as far as the chords are concerned but I find Guitar Pro so much easier to use.  Guitar Pro can import Powertab and it can also turn midi files back into music score, and so it's what I use all the time (and for any other sort of music). - Tom Scharf
  Troublant Bolero Midi - Serge Krief
  Troublant Bolero Midi - Rosenberg
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  "Use these pdfs to play the backing along with the midi files. Alternatively play along to the original PowerTab files, but with the rhythm guitar turned off. The only way to do this which I found is to click the red guitar icon (Guitar Properties), select the rhythm guitar tab and set Initial Vol: to OFF. I hate to keep on about how much better Guitar Pro is but.....!"
  
  Troublant Bolero Rosenberg
  " On the Rosenberg version I played around with the grille from http://www.grilles-manouches.net/Html/troublant_bolero.html. They seem to add an extra bar in at bar 15 which means that you have to hold the B7 for longer than you expect. With minor variations this is of AABA form with ie, bar 16 being the link between A1 and A2, and so the bolero strum finishes on a nice B7. As the lead runs up into A2 there is 1|3|3, a nice F5 powerchord. On bar 15 I like to substitute the last 2 quaver-semiquaver pairs with cut-off crotchets where I move the shape up 1 to C7 and then down 2 to Bb7 - same in bar 31, 47 etc. But listen to what the lead is doing to ensure that it fits! The first time through the B section at bar 28 I feel that for the 2nd half that G#dim should slide up 3 frets to Bdim. It does this at bar 60. What do you think? At bar 35 on the last beat I like to slide the Em7 down 1 fret to Ebm7 to link into the following A7. Again make sure it works with the lead."
  
  Troublant Bolero Krief
  "No messing with intro here. Hit that play button and retrieve your pick from between your teeth quickly!  For this one I used my interpretation of the Colin Cosimini grille. (His Gypsy Jazz chord books are available on eBay from Colin himself) I like his substitutions. That F5 in bar may have come from somewhere else though. He starts with E7M9, passing through Em7M9 into Em9. For the final A section (AABA) bar 26, he goes for the brighter E7M (Emaj7) / E6add9 / Em7 progression which was used throughout in the Rosenberg version, and that makes an interesting contrast.
  Of note though is the F9 chord in bar 25 starting that section. It is a lovely chord which could do with a rit (in both parts) so that it has time to ring out cleanly on a nice slow downstroke, a kind of musical comma. There's no outro either and the lead seems to finish a bar early (although it works!)"
  
  "A note on adding gypsy rhythm section in PowerTab or Guitar Pro: The punchiness of gypsy rhythm relies on cut-off chords. This also allows space for the lead to shine through. Trying to transcribe 'La pompe' definitely requires hefty cut-off. Initially, after the two bolero semiquavers, I had scored this with quavers. The result was soft and boring, but also tended to overpower the lead, so on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th beats I've turned the second quaver into a semiquaver with semiquaver rest. The effect is much more lively and rhythmic!"

• Typsy Gypsy Martin Taylor - From the Spirit of Django album. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Undecided - Rosenberg Trio version from the CD Impressions. Author: Ross Hetherington

• Valse a Rosenthal - Rosenberg Trio from CD Seresta. Author: Ron Lips

• Via Jeiro Rosenberg Trio - from "Caravan". Author: Ross Hetherington

• Wave - Gary Potter from Album "Minor Swing". Author: Ross Hetherington

• What is this thing called Love Birelli -  Author: Ross Hetherington

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Last modified: 13/09/2011