Princesse des étoiles — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Princesse des étoiles by Raphaël Faÿs — key of A (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
Princesse des étoiles is a composition by Raphaël Faÿs (born 1959), one of the major French guitarists of his generation, equally at home in gypsy jazz, flamenco and classical.
The sound - an A minor piece built on the i-iv-V cadence (Am, Dm6, E7), with a B7 setting up the E7 and a G7-C move that opens briefly into the bright relative major.
Practising it - anchor the A harmonic minor scale, then voice the E7 with its ♭9 pulling home to Am. Switch to C major thinking over the G7-C, and take the melody with a singing, unhurried touch.
Princesse des étoiles chords — the grille
A : | Am | Dm6 | E7 | Am E7 | Am | Dm6 | E7 | Am | G7 | C | G7 | C | E7 | Am | B7 | E7 | Am | Dm6 | E7 | Am E7 | Am | Dm6 | E7 | Am |
Chords used
Play along
Open the interactive grille for Princesse des étoiles: 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.