Premier Bal — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Premier Bal by Sydney Bechet — key of D (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.
Premier Bal chords — the grille
A : | Gm6 | A7 | Dm | Dm | Gm6 | A7 | Dm | Dm | Cm6 | D7 | Gm | Gm | G7 | G7 | C7 | A7 | Gm6 | A7 | Dm | Dm | Cm6 | D7 | Gm | Gm | Gm | A♭° | Dm | D7 | Gm | C7 | F | F |
Chords used
Gm6 · A7 · Dm · Cm6 · D7 · Gm · G7 · C7 · A♭° · F
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play Premier Bal with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.