Place Parodi — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Place Parodi by Moréno Winterstein — key of G (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
Place Parodi is a composition by the gypsy-jazz guitarist Moreno Winterstein, a favourite among modern manouche players who have taken it into the jam repertoire.
The sound - it opens in G minor on the i-iv-V (Gm, Cm, D7), then slides down a lush chain of flat-key dominants and majors (F7-B♭, E♭7-A♭, D♭, G♭) for a rich, drifting second half.
Practising it - start with G harmonic minor and a strong D7♭9 resolving to Gm, then follow the descending cycle B♭-E♭-A♭, arpeggiating each dominant into the next chord. Take the flat-key section slowly until the moves feel automatic.
Place Parodi chords — the grille
A : | Gm | Gm | Cm | Cm | D7 | D7 | Gm | D7 | Gm | Gm | Cm | Cm | D7 | D7 | Gm | Gm | F7 | B♭ | E♭7 | A♭ | D♭ | G♭ | E♭7 | D7 | Gm | Gm | Cm | Cm | D7 | D7 | Gm | Gm |
Chords used
Gm · Cm · D7 · F7 · B♭ · E♭7 · A♭ · D♭ · G♭
Play along
Open the interactive grille for Place Parodi: 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.