A bright standard with a chromatic dominant descent at its opening. The bridge’s minor colour gives the repeated A sections a useful point of contrast.
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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
1935
Rosetta, 25/11/35, OLA 730-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 304, Classics 739"," - Garnet Clark (p), Bill Coleman (tpt&vo), George Johnson (cl&as), Django Reinhardt (g), June Cole (b)"
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02
1940
Rosetta, 22/2/40, OSW 114-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 310, Classics 831, EMI 780671-2"," - Paris - Andre Ekyan(as),Django & Joseph Reinhardt(g),Emmanuel Soudieux(b)"
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03
1949
Rosetta, Jan-Feb 1949, WL 212b,"Fremeaux FA 318, EMI 746 5012(Mistitled Eddie's Blues)"," - Rome - Django Reinhardt (g), Stephane Grappelly (v),Gianni Safred (p), Carlo Pecori (b), Aurelio de Carolis (d)."
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History & Listening
Rosetta is credited here to Earl Hines. The source date is 1933; publication, composition and later lyric adaptations may have separate dates. The inherited archive lists 3 recording entries, with dated entries spanning 1935–1949. These are archive rows, not a claim that every entry is a distinct released take. The linked recording rows preserve the original discographical wording. Compare their dates, matrices and personnel when choosing a performance to study.
Tune details
Music: Earl Hines
Words: Henri Woode
Published / composed / adapted — see history: 1933
Original key: Not established
Study level: Intermediate; advanced where the inherited roadmap needs reconstruction
Melody & head
Make the melody’s rhythm the foreground event while the harmony descends beneath it.
Listening task: Make the melody’s rhythm the foreground event while the harmony descends beneath it. Mark the key, pickup, phrase lengths and ending before comparing another version.
Session evidence
Rosetta, 25/11/35, OLA 730-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 304, Classics 739"," - Garnet Clark (p), Bill Coleman (tpt&vo), George Johnson (cl&as), Django Reinhardt (g), June Cole (b)"
Compare the first and last listed entries for tempo, instrumentation and arrangement. Do not infer identical takes from a shared title. Sing the opening’s chromatic third line.
Session evidence
Rosetta, Jan-Feb 1949, WL 212b,"Fremeaux FA 318, EMI 746 5012(Mistitled Eddie's Blues)"," - Rome - Django Reinhardt (g), Stephane Grappelly (v),Gianni Safred (p), Carlo Pecori (b), Aurelio de Carolis (d)."
Count the form and check this arrangement’s key before joining in. The current preferred track is shown in Play along.
Chart & Form
F is followed by E7–E♭7–D7, then G7–C7 returns home. The bridge turns toward Am before moving through Fm6 and C.
Chord symbols and source cell divisions are preserved from Djangopedia. Slashes mark rhythm; 0 is inherited diminished notation whose exact voicing should be checked against the melody. This is a chord reference, not a melody transcription.
Hot Club de France · 190 BPM · 4:12 · Owner requested 2026-10-05; watch-page identity, title and positive-duration availability checked.
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Study Django's Solo
Performed studies, transcriptions, TAB, notation and lessons for studying Django’s solo. Resources are described by their creator; inclusion does not certify note-for-note accuracy.
bastien Zaouche · 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.
Checked 2026-10-02
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.
Django with guitar and a fictional trumpeter face different directions while a shared descending strip changes colour between them. The opening chromatic third line becomes their common phrase, bright head contrasting with a minor middle.
An original editorial interpretation of the tune. This is an illustration, not an archival photograph or a documented reconstruction of a recording session.
Original Djangopedia illustration · AI-assisted, 2026
Start with the chord tones of each written harmony. Trace G♯–G–F♯ as thirds of E7–E♭7–D7.
Use passing notes only after the destination chord and phrase length are secure; this guide does not assign one scale indiscriminately to the whole tune.
Play the opening with only the descending thirds. Add the roots on the next chorus, then improvise a short answer at the F cadence.
Comping & voicings
Keep the chromatic descent smooth and quiet. Use the same register for its guide tones so the ear hears a line rather than a series of unrelated grips.
Voicing note sets
E7: E–G♯–D; E♭7: E♭–G–D♭; D7: D–F♯–C.
Keep the accompaniment clear
Keep a quiet, even swing pulse, adjusting its density to the melody and ensemble.
Practise one chorus with only two chord attacks per bar, then restore four without changing tempo.
Accelerating through the three chromatic dominant chords.
Crowding the melody with dense extensions or doubling another accompanist’s register.
Practice room
Start around 100–140 bpm; increase only after the form stays secure
Your assignment
Play the opening with only the descending thirds. Add the roots on the next chorus, then improvise a short answer at the F cadence.
Loop these changes
Trace G♯–G–F♯ as thirds of E7–E♭7–D7.
Resolve B♭ on C7 into A on F.
Metronome
Begin with four quarter-note clicks. Halve the click rate and hear beats 2 and 4 while maintaining the same phrase lengths.
Transposition
Transpose the first complete phrase up a whole step, including its cadence. Name chord functions before finding new fingerings.
Return to F major and play the melodic phrase from memory.
At the session
Rosetta — F major; 32 bars, AABA in the inherited chart. Agree the pickup, tempo and ending before counting in.
Start together
Suggested rehearsal entry: give two clear bars of count-in and start the agreed pickup or first melody note. This is not claimed as a historical Django introduction.
Finish together
Agree a final melody statement and hold its tonic arrival; remove any turnaround intended to restart the chorus. Check the chosen arrangement for tags or a separate coda.
32 bars, AABA in the inherited chart. Keep the head and solo chorus lengths explicit at the count-in.
Accelerating through the three chromatic dominant chords.
Arranging the tune
Solo guitar
Start with melody and bass only. Add the following colour without interrupting the melody: Trace G♯–G–F♯ as thirds of E7–E♭7–D7.
Trio or larger group
Keep the chromatic descent smooth and quiet. Use the same register for its guide tones so the ear hears a line rather than a series of unrelated grips. Agree the full roadmap and signal the last head before it starts.
Vocal considerations
Choose a comfortable vocal key and transpose the whole arrangement, including its introduction and ending.
Further study
Reduce the opening to a dominant chain, then restore E♭7 as a chromatic connecting colour. Compare the bass and guide-tone motion in both versions.
Chord symbols and source cell divisions are preserved from Djangopedia. Slashes mark rhythm; 0 is inherited diminished notation whose exact voicing should be checked against the melody. This is a chord reference, not a melody transcription.
Compare the linked archive entries before attributing one arrangement to all Django performances. Keep composition history separate from the dates of Django’s recordings.
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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Illustration credit & provenance
Original Djangopedia illustration · AI-assisted, 2026
An original editorial interpretation of the tune. This is an illustration, not an archival photograph or a documented reconstruction of a recording session.
Generated with the native image-generation tool on 2026-10-08; original editorial artwork, not a historical photograph.
Prompt: Use case: illustration-story. One original editorial feature illustration for Djangopedia's guide “Rosetta”. Landscape 1536 × 1024, opaque background.
Scene: Django with guitar and a fictional trumpeter face different directions while a shared descending strip changes colour between them. The opening chromatic third line becomes their common phrase, bright head contrasting with a minor middle.
Musical basis from the guide: A bright standard with a chromatic dominant descent at its opening. The bridge’s minor colour gives the repeated A sections a useful point of contrast. The supplied chart is F major; form: 32 bars, AABA in the inherited chart; feel: Swing. These describe musical inspiration, not visible writing. Historical context: Rosetta is credited here to Earl Hines. The source date is 1933; publication, composition and later lyric adaptations may have separate dates. Do not illustrate disputed historical claims or suggest this imagined scene is an archival session.
Medium: torn-paper collage. Dominant palette: lime green navy and white. Composition: staggered intersecting phrase strips. Human presence: two small figures. Strong intentional design, clearly drawn/painted, distinctive material marks; keep essential subject safely within the central 70 percent width and middle 80 percent height for card crops. Maintain enough visual substance at thumbnail size.
Broad inspiration observed in old photo, ONLY scale/rhythm and never a reference image: paired close men; high contrast; frontal social arrangement. Independently invent every pose, perspective, clothing, setting and lighting.
Avoid: No matching source portrait, violin partner, sepia or rose duplication. No photorealism, archival simulation, generated text, letters, numbers, labels, fake musical notation, logo, signature, watermark, fake dates, yellowed-paper patina, recognizable artwork or copied photograph. No imitation of any named artist. Render the art edge to edge without borders, mockup or typography. Batch B diversity compensation: make light and midtone areas substantial; avoid near-black dominant backdrops, violet monochrome, empty chair/stool/bench compositions, repeated sunset terraces and generic cloud panoramas. Preserve the stated tune-specific scene. Human figures remain standing or peripheral except an explicitly named ensemble; no centered seated Django portrait. For graphic images use clearly plain colour shapes, no ruled parallel staffs, circles with stems, note-like marks or typography.
Research & rights notes
Specialist review of original editorial playing advice
Original key and precise composition date where not independently established
Inherited notation, session details and arrangement variants
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