A swinging question-and-answer study with three historical archive entries and contrasting ensemble settings.
If you study one thing
Sing the melody once without playing.
William P. Gottlieb / Library of Congress Aquarium, New York, N.Y. · circa November 1946 · Photo credits
Chart keyG major (Sven Jungbeck play-along)
FormConfirm the selected recording’s full chorus and introduction
FeelSwing
Meter4/4
MusicDjango Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
Guide coverage11 / 12 sections present
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✓ 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.
3 historical recording entries · source text preserved
Entry
Year
Recording / session / release evidence
Listen
01
1936
Are You In The Mood, 4/5/36, OLA 1061-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 305, Affinity AFS 1003, Classics 739, JSP 344, Mosaic MD6-190(6 CD Set).","Paris - QHCF - Stephane Grappelly (v), Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre Ferret (g), Lucien Simoens (b), Freddy Taylor (vo)"
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02
1945
Are You In The Mood, 6/11/45, OSW 411-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 312, Classics 945", - Paris - Django Reinhardt and his American Swing Band
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03
1945
Are You In The Mood, 16/12/45, "Fremeaux FA 312, Jass JCD 628, Vogue 228E 6005", - Paris - Django Reinhardt and the A.T.C. Band - Concert - Salle Pleyel
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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
The archive retains entries dated 4 May 1936, 6 November 1945 and 16 December 1945. The first names Freddy Taylor as vocalist; the later entries identify larger ensembles. The existing listening upload gives different date readings, so this guide does not use its description to overwrite the archive or assign an exact take. Brad Brose’s modern performance credits Reinhardt and Grappelli as composers.
Tune details
Music: Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
Documented in archive: 1936
Original key: Not established
Study level: Intermediate; vocal-length phrasing and arrangement awareness
Melody & head
Compare vocal-length phrases in the earlier setting with the later ensemble approach; identify the start of the solo before transcribing it.
The archive and upload description disagree on some dates. No exact take association is asserted.
Compare vocal-length phrases in the earlier setting with the later ensemble approach; identify the start of the solo before transcribing it.
Session evidence
Are You In The Mood, 4/5/36, OLA 1061-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 305, Affinity AFS 1003, Classics 739, JSP 344, Mosaic MD6-190(6 CD Set).","Paris - QHCF - Stephane Grappelly (v), Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre Ferret (g), Lucien Simoens (b), Freddy Taylor (vo)"
No owned readable grid is present. Use Sven Jungbeck’s explicitly labelled G-major play-along as one study setting, while checking its complete form against the melody. First identify tonic arrivals and contrasting phrases by ear; then mark the third and seventh of the actual chords. Do not infer a stock thirty-two-bar sequence solely from the style. Check the video key before playing with the chart.
Chart & Form
No owned readable grid is present. Use Sven Jungbeck’s explicitly labelled G-major play-along as one study setting, while checking its complete form against the melody. First identify tonic arrivals and contrasting phrases by ear; then mark the third and seventh of the actual chords. Do not infer a stock thirty-two-bar sequence solely from the style.
Inherited chart is preserved verbatim as historical study material, not silently corrected or newly authenticated. Check the specific caveats below and match the arrangement and key to the selected video. External teaching material remains on its creator’s site.
No readable chord chart has been added for this title.
Are You In The Mood - Django Reinhardt Solo | Gypsy Jazz Guitar Free Tab
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source-described; accuracy not independently verified
Creator presents a study of Django’s recorded solo. Use it alongside the original recording; exact transcription accuracy has not been independently reviewed.
No match is established in the current chart metadata.
Behind the photograph
Editorial reuse of a verified Gottlieb photograph already in the Djangopedia gallery. This image is not claimed to 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.
B and D define the G-major tonic; sing them before adding decoration.
At each confirmed dominant, resolve its third toward the destination rather than continuing a generic G scale.
Pitch choices
Begin with the named chord tones. Add passing notes only after the melody and cadence are secure.
Sing the melody once without playing. Mark each phrase ending, then play only those landing notes over the backing track. Add a short answer to alternate phrases, keeping the silent phrases exactly in time.
Comping & voicings
The selected backing has no introduction or outro and five choruses. Agree a count-in and final cue before joining it.
Voicing note sets
Begin with a G-major shell, then add only chord shapes established by the chosen teaching arrangement.
Keep the accompaniment clear
First establish an even pulse; add rhythmic variation only when the melody leaves space.
The archive and upload description disagree on some dates. No exact take association is asserted.
Practice room
Begin with the creator-labelled 80 bpm play-along; confirm its counted pulse
Your assignment
Sing the melody once without playing. Mark each phrase ending, then play only those landing notes over the backing track. Add a short answer to alternate phrases, keeping the silent phrases exactly in time.
Loop these changes
Sing the melody once without playing.
Metronome
Count quarter notes first. Then place the click on beats 2 and 4 at half the click rate, keeping the phrase length unchanged.
Transposition
Move one short cadence to a nearby key by naming its chord tones, then return to the chosen study key.
At the session
G major (Sven Jungbeck play-along); Confirm the selected recording’s full chorus and introduction. Agree the arrangement, pickup and ending before counting in.
Start together
Count a clear tempo and use the final cadence of the agreed arrangement.
Finish together
Cue the final tonic together; agree any tag before starting.
The archive and upload description disagree on some dates. No exact take association is asserted.
The archive and upload description disagree on some dates. No exact take association is asserted.
Arranging the tune
Solo guitar
Keep the melody uppermost and begin with a single bass note under each harmony. Begin with a G-major shell, then add only chord shapes established by the chosen teaching arrangement.
Trio or larger group
The selected backing has no introduction or outro and five choruses. Agree a count-in and final cue before joining it.
Vocal considerations
No vocal arrangement is prescribed; use the instrumental melody as the phrasing reference.
This player guide combines inherited recording evidence and editorial study notes. Musical study notes are editorial suggestions; compare them with the recording.
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Gypsy Jazz Sessions - "Are you in the mood?"Brad BVideo available when checked; creator-described attribution.Performer attribution follows the video title and channel description. Proposed listening selection; no popularity ranking implied.Select video
