Music of Django Reinhardt

Hard to follow for beginner and intermediate players, but there’s no better written guide. Even the stories about the author and Django help to elucidate this master’s style, namely that it is more about how you feel (and the hard work to perfect your feelings) than it is about wrote memorization and replication. If you love Django, Jazz, and Gypsy music, this is a great addition to any musician’s library.

I am rarely tempted to write good reviews here, as most people seem to think that everything deserves 4 or 5 stars. I don't seem to live in that kind of world. I find a staggering amound of medioctrity and junk, wasted time. I am just trying to be a good citizen here.This is an excellent book. There is only one thing that doesn't make much sense to me, namely the fact that almost half of it is redundant. The solos and the analysis section are essentially the same thing, except that in the solos section the analytical comments are not included above the notation. This just makes the book about twice as thick and I have no confidence in the BINDING. So many American soft-cover books simply crack and break at the spine, then pages fall out. The thicker the book, the harder it is to open out on a music stand and the faster the glue will crack on the spine.The book could have a much better binding if it were not so over-inflated -- probably to bulk it out and make it look like good value. Buying by weight, which we all do, I think, consciously or not.As for the content: fine quality music font, top-notch advice, intelligent writing. If you have the sound files, you can't go wrong. Many thanks to the author for this fabulous work.

My husband, a jazz and classical musician, really wanted this and absolutely LOVED it. I'd definitely buy from the vendor again. Not sure what as I'm not educated in this area, but my husband was very pleased with the product. Enjoy.

I have some knowledge of teaching materials - this is as professional as I have ever seen. Thanks, Stan.

fine

My son (age 23) tells me that this the author really conducted an indepth analysis. He says that he'll grow as a player by working through the book.

Great Jazz pieces by Django finally in one music book. Highly recommended!

Guitarist Stan Ayeroff is no greenhorn when it comes to the music of Django Reinhardt. Many aspiring guitarists have a dog-earred copy of Ayeroff's classic book Django Reinhardt that provided a fine introduction to his Hot Club music. Now, Ayeroff is back with a master thesis on Django Reinhardt's music, a 272-page analysis of his musical style, eccentric two-finger technique, and virtuoso tricks. If you can't get enough of Django, here's more to fan the flames. Along with the analysis of Django's music, this book is packed with transcriptions of forty-four solos. No song heads or melodies are included; the heads are easy enough to find in other collections. The choice of songs here is weighted toward Django's earliest recordings with the Quintette du Hot Club de France, including "Japanese Sandman," "Swannee River," "Limehouse Blues," "Rose Room," "My Melancholy Baby," and the other usual suspects. This choice of songs provides a good basis in Django's playing and a foundation for jamming on other classic swing numbers, but does leave one wishing there was more of Django's own compositions with his musical extrapolations of his own themes. The book is all written in standard notation, which is fine and dandy considering the level of musical expertise here. But it's a shame that the music is not also offered in tablature: With the renaissance of interest in Django's music, there are many greenhorns lusting for just such a book, and the addition of tab may have expanded the market for this book many times over. Interestingly, the solo transcriptions are notated for playing with just two fingers à la Django. Of course you don't have to follow this and can use all your digits, but it does aid immensely in understanding Django's approach to the fretboard. If you're serious about your Django, you'll want this book?whether you read or have to struggle through each exercise.

J'ai les ouvrages de Stan AYEROFF depuis longtemps dans ma bibliothèque. Il ne me manquait plus que le "Django", et je me suis précipité naïvement sur la version Kindle. Mal m'en a pris ! MEL BAY, l'éditeur, s'est contenté de photographier les pages de l'ouvrage original, sans le retravailler pour l'édition électronique, et le résultat est SCANDALEUX ! C'est illisible, et il est pratiquement impossible de régler l'affichage pour voir un peu moins mal le texte et la musique. C'est à peine moins nul sur mon PC. J'estime que ce genre de produit vendu aux internautes frise l'arnaque pure ey simple. Quoi qu'il en soit, MEL BAY, on ne m'y reprendra plus !

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