Valse à Rosenthal: chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Valse à Rosenthal by Giselà Reinhardt, key of E (valse), form Intro A A B A B 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
Valse à Rosenthal is a gypsy-jazz waltz by Gisela Reinhardt, widely known through the Rosenberg Trio's recording on their album Seresta and now a staple of the manouche valse repertoire.
The sound: a swift 3/4 in E minor that turns through dominant and minor colours (B7, E7, A minor), carrying the elegant, cascading momentum typical of the gypsy waltz.
Practising it: lock the light three-feel first. Drill E harmonic minor and the B7 arpeggio, aim the D♯ leading tone into Em, and add the ornamental runs only once the underlying arpeggios are clean at speed.
Valse à Rosenthal chords: the grille
Intro : | Em | F#7 | C7 | B7 | Am | Am/G | Am/F# | B7 |
A : | Em | B7 | Em | D7 | G7 | F7 | Em | E7 | Am | Am | Em | Em | F#7 | B7 | Em | Em |
B : | E7 | E7 | Am | Am | B7 | B7 | Em | Em | E7 | E7 | Am | Am | B7 | B7 | Em | Em |
Chords used
Em · F#7 · C7 · B7 · Am · D7 · G7 · F7 · E7
Play along
Open the interactive grille for Valse à Rosenthal: 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.