A solo-guitar miniature for hearing melody inside chords and controlling how long each voice rings.
If you study one thing
Select two connected chord shapes.
Original AI-generated illustration for Djangopedia; not a historical photograph. Illustration credits
Chart keyNot established
FormNot established
FeelFree phrasing / solo guitar
MeterFree / version-specific
MusicDjango Reinhardt
Guide coverage9 / 12 sections present
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✓ 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
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1937
Parfum,OLA 1740-1,"Fremeaux FA 305, Affinity AFS 1003, Classics 748, Suisa JZCD 376, Mosaic MD6-190(6 CD Set).",27/4/37 - Paris - Django Reinhardt (g solo)
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History & Listening
Parlophone’s recording metadata identifies Reinhardt’s 1937 solo-guitar performance. Modern interpretations and a Gill & Jazz transcription provide complementary ways into its independent voices.
Tune details
Music: Django Reinhardt
Documented in archive: 1937
Original key: Not established
Study level: Advanced; arranged solo-guitar study
Melody & head
A solo-guitar miniature for hearing melody inside chords and controlling how long each voice rings.
The transcription is creator-supplied; difficult voicings may admit more than one fingering.
Study the inherited Django recording evidence
A solo-guitar miniature for hearing melody inside chords and controlling how long each voice rings.
Session evidence
Parfum,OLA 1740-1,"Fremeaux FA 305, Affinity AFS 1003, Classics 748, Suisa JZCD 376, Mosaic MD6-190(6 CD Set).",27/4/37 - Paris - Django Reinhardt (g solo)
Chart & Form
Follow the upper melody through the chord shapes instead of memorizing grips as isolated objects. Listen for notes that continue sounding while the bass moves.
A complete chord chart has not yet been verified. The exercises are editorial listening and practice suggestions, not a replacement score.
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.
Follow the upper melody through the chord shapes instead of memorizing grips as isolated objects. Listen for notes that continue sounding while the bass moves.
Sing the destination note before connecting it to the preceding chord.
Pitch choices
Begin with the named chord tones. Add passing notes only after the melody and cadence are secure.
Select two connected chord shapes. Keep their common melody note ringing while changing only the bass, then restore the remaining voices.
Comping & voicings
A solo performance needs balance between bass and treble rather than a continuous rhythm-guitar strum. Keep low notes shorter if they mask the melody.
Voicing note sets
A solo performance needs balance between bass and treble rather than a continuous rhythm-guitar strum. Keep low notes shorter if they mask the melody.
Keep the accompaniment clear
First establish an even pulse; add rhythmic variation only when the melody leaves space.
The transcription is creator-supplied; difficult voicings may admit more than one fingering.
Practice room
Slow phrase work; no fixed backing tempo prescribed
Your assignment
Select two connected chord shapes. Keep their common melody note ringing while changing only the bass, then restore the remaining voices.
Loop these changes
Select two connected chord shapes. Keep their common melody note ringing while changing only the bass, then restore the remaining voices.
Metronome
Use a slow click to test one phrase internally, then remove it to shape the breath between phrases. Do not impose a fixed swing chorus on the full piece.
Transposition
Move one short cadence to a nearby key by naming its chord tones, then return to the chosen study key.
At the session
Solo-guitar arrangement: agree pacing and voice allocation before attempting a duo version.
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 transcription is creator-supplied; difficult voicings may admit more than one fingering.
The transcription is creator-supplied; difficult voicings may admit more than one fingering.
Arranging the tune
Solo guitar
Keep the melody uppermost and begin with a single bass note under each harmony. A solo performance needs balance between bass and treble rather than a continuous rhythm-guitar strum. Keep low notes shorter if they mask the melody.
Trio or larger group
A solo performance needs balance between bass and treble rather than a continuous rhythm-guitar strum. Keep low notes shorter if they mask the melody.
Vocal considerations
No vocal arrangement is prescribed; use the instrumental melody as the phrasing reference.
Sources & credits
This player guide combines inherited recording evidence and editorial study notes. Musical study notes are editorial suggestions; compare them with the recording.
Source-attributed credits and historical context; not an exact take mapping.
Inherited Djangopedia chart and recording evidence
Existing chart and discographic rows; retained as inherited evidence.
Illustration credit & provenance
Original AI-generated illustration for Djangopedia; not a historical photograph.
Original AI-assisted editorial artwork inspired by the tune’s mood. It does not depict a documented historical event.
Generated with the native image-generation tool on 2026-10-18; original editorial artwork, not a historical photograph.
Prompt: Original horizontal 1536x1024 3:2 editorial serigraph for jazz tune parfum. An anonymous guitarist beside an open window and vase of flowers, abstract scent-like curved ribbons floating through negative space. Use Stage 6C bold simplified angular silhouettes, asymmetrical negative space, flat limited inks dusty rose, sage, deep teal, ivory, handmade rough ink edges and tactile paper grain. Whimsical restrained mid-century jazz screen-print design. No gradients, no photorealism, no text/letters, no border. Original imagined scene, not a historical depiction. Heads and instruments fully inside frame.
Research & rights notes
Exact YouTube-to-matrix/take associations are not established. Historical rows remain inherited archive evidence.
No complete chart is present in the inherited archive. This is a listening-led study guide; confirm a reliable arrangement before a jam.
No chart key is asserted; choose and verify the key of the selected arrangement.
No qualifying available backing track is proposed; a gap is preferable to a different tune.
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