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Original Post By:
Guest_Scott Jacobs
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Date: 1/1/2003 |
| I've immersed myself in gypsy swing guitar and have been adapting what I've learned to the ukulele. Awhile back I posted a thread asking for help in finding chords and lyrics to the Django Reinhardt recorded tunes of "Nagasaki" and "I'se A-Muggin'" as I was not internet savy enough to find them myself. Greg Kline came to the rescue with lyrics and chords from a Mills Brothers version of "Nagasaki". I used portions of Greg's uke version to work up a version on guitar and then later back to ukulele.
Greg had asked me to post chords to "I'se A-Muggin'" if I ever found them and here they are! You can use these to play along with the recording from 1936.
I've listed chords for GCEA tuning. The tune consists of two parts. Play each chord twice in a muted swing rhythm. The A section (or anatole) is a four chord progression of D(2225), Bm7(2222), Em(4432), and A7(2434) which repeats over the following lines: "I'se A-Muggin' boo, We's A-Muggin' boo. I'se A-Muggin boo. Bah, boo, bah, boop bah dee oh." There is a pause and then you repeat this whole anatole section.
The B section (or Christophe) consists of a four chord progression of D(2225), D7(2223), G6(0202), and Gm6(0201) which is repeated over the following lines: "Nobody knows just how it started. Somebody blew it through a horn. Somebody played it on a fiddle. Somebody sang it and a song was born." "Now its the craze, the new sensation, its the song the bands all swing. Its the craze that rocks the nations. Nobody try to stop me because I'm gonna sing." Again a pause and then go back to A section, "I'se A-Muggin'..."
This song is full of stops and pauses as it alternates through the various anatole and christophes so listen carefully. And its not always distinctly clear to my ears during the soloing by Django and Stephane Grappelli that there is always agreement in the order or number of anatoles and christophes. By convention when jamming on this tune with others I tend to play it as a repetion of two anatoles followed by two christophes.
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Posted By:
Guest_Greg Kline
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Date: 1/1/2003 |
Thanks, Scott!
It's incredible how well the 'uke
blends strumming along with Django
and Stephane. One of these days
I'll try learn some of Django's
solos - on the uke of course. I've
got a feeling it will work out great...
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Posted By:
Guest_mudcat
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Date: 1/1/2003 |
| Thanks so much for this chord
progression. I have
the "Djangology" album on vinyl
that includes this tune;but I had
forgotten about it. I'll be
learning it now,thanks to your
message!
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Posted By:
Guest_Geoff
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Date: 1/2/2003 |
| I've worked up Django's
"Nuages" on soprano uke...love
it!
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Posted By:
Guest_Scott Jacobs
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Date: 1/2/2003 |
| "Nauges"! Wow, I'm impressed! That tune has a lot of chords. I'd be interested in seeing that. I was thinking of working up a uke version as well using the guitar version from The Robin Nolan Trio book as a guide. That's alot of work! For "Nagasaki" I used the "Rhythm changes" chords but found that the arrangement was actually improved by simplifing a few chords say from a major 6 to just a major chord. In other instances its necessary to keep the more complicated jazz chords. I'm finding that it takes an open ear and the willingness to experiment.
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Posted By:
Guest_nanuke of nj
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Date: 1/2/2003 |
| wow Geoff! I'm impressed too! I
can hardly get by "Chinatown, My
Chinatown."
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Posted By:
Guest_Geoff
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Date: 1/3/2003 |
| Shucks.....like Scott said...It just
takes listening and
experimenting. Like any solo it's
still eveloving as I make new
discoveries. Things like this
became "do-able" when I started
to use "Chord Wiz for Ukulele"
(http://www.guitar-learning.com/
ukulele.htm) You can sit at the
computer and slide chords all
over the fretboard to discover the
best sound and reach for what
you are doing. (I'm not affiliated
with Chord Wiz...I just really like
it)
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