Oui is listed in the February 1943 small-ensemble repertoire, separately from the earlier title Oui, c'est ca. Listen for one compact phrase whose shape remains recognizable when the accompaniment changes.
If you study one thing
Learn the phrase by ear, reduce it to its arrival notes, then put the original rhythm back around those arrivals.
William P. Gottlieb / Library of Congress Aquarium, New York, N.Y. · 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
MusicNot established
Guide coverage8 / 12 sections present
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✓ Recording evidence
○ Key & form
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✓ History
✓ 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
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1943
Oui,OSW 324-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 312, Classics 905, Jazz Time 799991-2, Mosaic MD6-190(6 CD Set).","17/2/43 - Paris - Andre Lluis, Gerard Leveque (cl), Django Reinhardt (g), Eugene Vees (g), Jean Storne (b), Gaston Leonard (d)"
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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
Oui is listed in the February 1943 small-ensemble repertoire, separately from the earlier title Oui, c'est ca.
Tune details
Music:
Documented in archive: 1943
Original key: Not established
Study level: Intermediate listening study; arrangement and source awareness
Melody & head
Listen for one compact phrase whose shape remains recognizable when the accompaniment changes.
Oui and Oui, c'est ca are distinct archive entries. A transcription label alone does not prove a performed recreation or an exact take.
Listen for one compact phrase whose shape remains recognizable when the accompaniment changes. Source-attributed credits: L. Gaste in the publisher track list; the short title is preserved.
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
Rights-documented editorial portrait, not a photograph of this tune or its 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.
Creator-provided score-following transcription with historical audio and a still portrait. Not a filmed guitar recreation, and note-for-note accuracy is not certified. It does not fill the complete performed-solo gap.
Comping & voicings
Support the short phrase with restrained chord attacks, then test the same timing without any fill.
Voicing note sets
Support the short phrase with restrained chord attacks, then test the same timing without any fill.
Keep the accompaniment clear
First rehearse the specific phrase entry and release described above; add a chord pulse only when it supports that phrase.
Oui and Oui, c'est ca are distinct archive entries. A transcription label alone does not prove a performed recreation or an exact take.
Practice room
60–90 quarter-note BPM for short study fragments; slow the source as needed
Your assignment
Learn the phrase by ear, reduce it to its arrival notes, then put the original rhythm back around those arrivals.
Loop these changes
Learn the phrase by ear, reduce it to its arrival notes, then put the original rhythm back around those arrivals.
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.
Oui and Oui, c'est ca are distinct archive entries. A transcription label alone does not prove a performed recreation or an exact take.
Oui and Oui, c'est ca are distinct archive entries. A transcription label alone does not prove a performed recreation or an exact take.
Arranging the tune
Solo guitar
Begin with the melody alone, then add only independently established bass arrivals. Support the short phrase with restrained chord attacks, then test the same timing without any fill.
Trio or larger group
Support the short phrase with restrained chord attacks, then test the same timing without any fill.
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.
