Laurence Suni — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Laurence Suni by Moréno Winterstein — key of F (manouche), form A. Below is the full chord grid; on Haute Gitanerie you can play along with a scrolling chord ribbon, transpose to any key, set the tempo, and switch on a rhythm backing (la pompe) to practise your solos over the changes.
About
Laurence Suni is a composition by the Alsatian guitarist Moréno Winterstein, who recorded it on his 1994 album Yochka. A student of Tchan Tchou Vidal, Moréno is a distinctive modern manouche voice, and this tune has settled into the contemporary repertoire.
The sound — F major, opening on a Gm–C7 ii–V, with a Bdim7 passing chord and an A7 that pulls to Dm. Elegant and singing.
Practising it — target the F major scale and the Gm, C7 and Dm arpeggios, and voice-lead A7 into Dm. Watch the m6 colour on Gm6 — a manouche fingerprint. Take it at a warm medium tempo.
Laurence Suni chords — the grille
A : | Gm | C7 | F | B° | Gm6 | A7 | Dm | D7 | Gm | C7 | F | B° | Gm6 | A7 | Dm | Dm |
Chords used
Gm · C7 · F · B° · Gm6 · A7 · Dm · D7
Play along
Open the interactive grille for Laurence Suni: loop any section, transpose to any key, set the tempo, and play over a rhythm accompaniment — with a real recorded pompe on featured tunes. In the browser, free.