Minor Swing — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Minor Swing by Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli — key of A (manouche feel), form Intro Chorus. 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.
Minor Swing chords — the grille
Intro : | Am6 | Dm6 | Am6 | Dm6 | Am6 | Dm6 | E7 | E7 |
Chorus : | Am6 | Am6 | Dm6 | Dm6 | E7 | E7 | Am6 | Am6 | Dm6 | Dm6 | Am6 | Am6 | E7 | E7 | Am6 | Am6 |
Chords used
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play Minor Swing with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.