Eveline belongs to the November 1947 Quintette recordings with Grappelli. Follow the violin’s melodic contour and listen for how the guitar shifts from support to reply.
If you study one thing
Sing one violin phrase, answer with a short guitar idea and then swap roles with a partner using the same timing.
William P. Gottlieb / Library of Congress Aquarium, New York · circa November 1946 · Photo credits
Chart keyNot established
FormNot established
FeelSwing study; follow the chosen recording
MeterConfirm against the chosen arrangement; no historical metre inferred from the title
MusicStéphane Grappelli
Guide coverage8 / 12 sections present
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✓ Recording evidence
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✓ Playing notes
✓ Practice plan
○ Backing track
✓ Django recording
○ Django solo study aid
✓ Photograph
✓ Sources
✓ Difficulty
Django's Recordings
Django recordings for this tune. Uploader dates and take labels remain source claims; only an evidenced exact association enables a row’s Listen control.
1 historical recording entries · source text preserved
Entry
Year
Recording / session / release evidence
Listen
01
1947
Eveline,OSW 485-1,"Fremeaux FA 315, Jazztime 789103-2, Mosaic MD6-190(6 CD Set).","14/11/47 - Paris - QHCF - Stephane Grappelly (v), Django & Joseph Reinhardt, Eugene Vees (g), Fred Ermelin (b)"
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A dash means no video has been associated with this exact historical recording. Tune-level listening resources remain available above.
History & Listening
Eveline belongs to the November 1947 Quintette recordings with Grappelli. The inherited OSW 485-1 listing and the publisher’s entry provide its historical anchor without assigning every online reissue to that take.
Tune details
Music: Stéphane Grappelli
Documented in archive: 1947
Original key: Not established
Study level: Intermediate listening study; arrangement and source awareness
Melody & head
Follow the violin’s melodic contour and listen for how the guitar shifts from support to reply.
Do not infer a full chord chart or solo recreation from a reissue upload labelled only with the tune title.
Follow the violin’s melodic contour and listen for how the guitar shifts from support to reply. Source-attributed credits: Stéphane Grappelli, credited by the publisher.
Chart & Form
A complete harmonic route is not established here. First sing the melody and mark phrase endings; verify the underlying chords from a reliable edition before adding substitutions.
No verified complete chart is supplied. The listening and practice notes do not stand in for a chord chart.
No readable chord chart has been added for this title.
Play along
No backing track has been added.
Study Django's Solo
Performed studies, transcriptions, TAB, notation and lessons for studying Django’s solo. Inclusion does not certify note-for-note accuracy.
No Django solo study aid yet. Know a useful resource — or want to record a study of this solo?
Similar tunes
Follow a shared key, a harmonic idea or a familiar form. Keys refer to this site’s chart editions; other recordings may use a different key.
Related chord movement
No sufficiently supported harmonic comparison has been added yet.
Same chart key
No match is established in the current chart metadata.
Same form
No match is established in the current chart metadata.
Behind the photograph
Editorial portrait from the documented Gottlieb public-domain collection. It does not depict this tune or its recording session.
Part of William P. Gottlieb’s documented Aquarium photographs in New York, circa November 1946. The catalogue supplies the location and approximate date; this is not evidence of a particular tune being played.
Selected performances by notable Gypsy Jazz players and ensembles. Inclusion is editorial and does not imply an objective popularity ranking.
Notable Gypsy Jazz performances are being curated.
Improvisation
Target notes & voice leading
Follow the violin’s melodic contour and listen for how the guitar shifts from support to reply.
Once a harmony is independently established, sing its destination note before adding an approach. Do not infer a progression from the tune title.
Pitch choices
Establish the actual harmony before choosing a scale. Begin with the melody and the destination note; no tune-wide scale formula is asserted.
Sing one violin phrase, answer with a short guitar idea and then swap roles with a partner using the same timing.
Comping & voicings
Keep the pulse gentle beneath the violin; use a clean reduction in volume when the melody returns.
Voicing note sets
Keep the pulse gentle beneath the violin; use a clean reduction in volume when the melody returns.
Keep the accompaniment clear
First rehearse the specific phrase entry and release described above; add a chord pulse only when it supports that phrase.
Do not infer a full chord chart or solo recreation from a reissue upload labelled only with the tune title.
Practice room
60–90 quarter-note BPM for short study fragments; slow the source as needed
Your assignment
Sing one violin phrase, answer with a short guitar idea and then swap roles with a partner using the same timing.
Loop these changes
Sing one violin phrase, answer with a short guitar idea and then swap roles with a partner using the same timing.
Return to the selected recording after each short loop. Confirm the entry, release and next phrase cue before extending the passage.
Metronome
Use a quiet quarter-note click for short loops. Keep the preceding rest and the next entry in the loop; remove the click briefly to test internal time.
Transposition
After learning the chosen fragment and its actual harmony, move that fragment to one nearby key by naming the target notes. Do not transpose an unverified progression.
At the session
Confirm the composition identity, concert key and complete arrangement before calling the tune. Agree pickup and ending together.
Start together
Use the chosen recording’s entry cue only after checking its phrase length.
Finish together
Agree a plain final arrival and a visible cutoff; do not assume a live video’s tag is universal.
Do not infer a full chord chart or solo recreation from a reissue upload labelled only with the tune title.
Do not infer a full chord chart or solo recreation from a reissue upload labelled only with the tune title.
Arranging the tune
Solo guitar
Begin with the melody alone, then add only independently established bass arrivals. Keep the pulse gentle beneath the violin; use a clean reduction in volume when the melody returns.
Trio or larger group
Keep the pulse gentle beneath the violin; use a clean reduction in volume when the melody returns.
Vocal considerations
Follow the song’s breathing where a vocal version exists. Establish the singer’s key independently; lyrics are not reproduced here.
Sources & credits
This player guide combines inherited recording evidence and editorial study notes. Musical study notes are editorial suggestions; compare them with the recording.
