Django Reinhardt - Echoes of Spain

[iambiased716]

Tim Robinson the writer?!

[thrip]

@iambiased716 Sadly not...

[AmundLauritzen]

THIS is how you honor the master Django Reinhardt! Good job!

[223Hadoken]

It sounds a little to good ??

[jordan0thompson]

CHEATER you used more than two fingers. aint grizz baby

[anilpatandin]

Good ... you've inspired me!

Thanks.

[chaplinconspiracy]

did django play with a pick?

[thrip]

@chaplinconspiracy about 98% of the time, yes.

[4tt1]

I did a cover of this myself too, but only the intro yet unfortunatelly. Btw this is lovely keep it up and thats an amazing sound of a guitar.

[rafapak]

beautiful guitar! Such quality sound probably costs 2000 pounds or sth

[rafapak]

sorry, I read comments below and learnt that this guitar was made by a luthier. sounds great.

[rafapak]

What model of gitane do you play on this clip?

[dylanlawless1]

Your record player is awesome

[jkuebler89]

god damn. maybe i should shut my mouth and hang up my guitar. this is great. i dont know if i could ever work this one out by ear. it would take many excruciating months. bravo.

[ludwigtrap]

Hats off to you sir, you play with great emotion and stellar tone.

[diabinhoUSA]

Nice job. Screw the critics.

[rodangib]

Bloody inspiring mate!

[RobertGChristman]

I agree with many of the comments about playing the theme within the chord progressions. But the your rendition is still great!

[issofunky]

well....now that you've color'd yourself in as tone deaf and melody impotant....I guess I really don't need to come up with any insults of my own.

no, I was referring to Fernando Sor....perhaps you know the history?

[issofunky]

that isn't a Django song...that song is way older then Django's era.....there was a symphony based on the opening melody.

[thrip]

@issofunky You mean an open E major chord? Surely not!

[melkorzeblack]

At about 2:00 , abit too squarish for me

but i love it anyway

[Satchmoeddie]

Play the solos with two fingers, It can be done! You will retink the whole fretboard, and your picking is wrong. Some down strokes that seem obvious are up strokes and the oposite is true. By trying to emulate Djengo and play with his style regardless of how many fingers you have it makes any person a better instrumentalist.

[thrip]

@Satchmoeddie Er.. thanks for your post. In fact it is not possible to play this piece with just two fingers, you need to use at least your thumb on the bottom string and the third finger on the top two strings.

[SoulCheese77]

@Satchmoeddie Actually... Django used his other 2 fingers, but for chords. It's during solo's that he's limited to using his main 2 fingers, which thrip seemed to do rather well. Great vid.

[djbot]

@Satchmoeddie That's stupid. by playing with less fingers than what hes used to (since he has all 5 fingers which weren't messed up in an accident), he is inhibiting his playing. and he would not rethink his fretboard, he would rethink his finger movements. I know it can be done, but that's stupid. plus dont emulate his style, pick pieces and be influenced by them and create your own style. direction of picking is not important either. it's whatever the hell he wants to pick. u = bad guitarist

[MCCXK120]

Amazing playing- great music-thanks

[lolostank]

very nice played . i m fan of you kiss from jura france !!!

[drydust999]

Great playin

[Rockabillykid01]

Great job! You really should be proud of yourself! This was an excellent cover, it sounds just as the recording does!

[thrip]

@Rockabillykid01 thanks!

[philipatoz]

Ah, Django - what majesty, what beauty! And you echoed his genius with a fine performance. Thanks!

[thrip]

@philipatoz thanks for your nice comment!

[philipatoz]

Tim - you're very welcome - bookmarked your posting for repeated listenings. Got a question - and as a student of Django you may be able to shed some light on this: I've always wondered whether Django's playing wasn't a LOT more physically difficult - compared to contemporary guitarists - I question whether the guitars of his day offered the lower action, better quality necks/frets, and thus (what I would imagine to be) MUCH better playability, offered by many of TODAY's higher-end arch-tops.

[thrip]

Well you can hear that Django was a very powerful player, developed as a result of playing a relatively quiet acoustic instrument in the days before amplification. However there are many myths about his playing, one of them being that he played with very heavy strings. Not so, strings were actually quite light: .10 - .46, and the guitar had if not quite as low action as a modern electric guitar, certainly quite playable.

[thrip]

The necks of Selmers are bit thicker than normal these days on account of there not being a truss rod, but again not to different from today. So really not a great deal of difference in the playability.

[awesomewelles90]

@thrip .10s are you sure?

[thrip]

@awesomewelles90 Do a search for "savarez argentine strings" they are the strings Django used, and are still the most popular choice for Selmer type guitars.

[malimuda]

Nice!

[luiswega]

to fast...butt verry good luv this song

[matoto1234]

Love that song!

[LaraSixtyEight]

Pretty darned perfect!

[Ominous09]

wonderful

[epiphone112689]

fuck that was good very well done how did you pull it off a book or by ear. no matter how u did it still fucken bad ass django would be proud!

[thrip]

Thanks - a mixtue of both!

[zigimen]

einiger masen geht dein video

[thrip]

Not exactly sure what you mean, but thanks!...I think?

[mgerakos]

Nice job, Tim! Do you also play Django's "Parfum" ?

[thrip]

Thanks! I should do "Parfum" some time. Check out my other videos for more solo Django pieces.

[fvallejo2]

nice! but can you do it with just two fingers and knuckle?

[StopTheMoti0n]

django guitars are so cool, i like the D sound hole model a lot more though

[misunderstoodmarshan]

im gonna try to learn this on my crappy 30 year old acoustic guitar lol

[varkyden]

Whoa ...sweet! Where's this music from?

[Mucklum]

nice piece, tim ! well played. It´s not often that someone posts one of Django´s rare solo pieces. Keep it up !

[demeneye]

good stuff man, gotta get me one of those guitars, pretty hard to tell the difference between u and django, nice work again mate

[MartinRaetzJr]

Like the great Django Reinhardt in person. Only by hearing I could think this is the original version. Incredibly. Thank you because it's my most favourite piece of Djangos solo pieces.

Martin

[Anaconda199]

Very impressing. Good work man. Can you do moore of Django Reinhardt?

[thrip]

Check out my other videos for more Django!

[theburt83]

Bravo! Just how many years does it take to play like that?

[thrip]

Well I've been playing a long time, but it's more a matter of how much practice time you put in!

[Wellard83]

Bravo....great job mate

[Palante357]

C'est superbe......vraiment rien à redire......de la crème au beurre saupoudrée de cacao manouche à l'intensité aux doigts atrophiés accidentés dans une caravane de génie....

You're a great player man!!! i like listen you.........i hope play like you one day........l'espoir fait vivre..nevermind.....

[Guitarmike31787]

You're awesome man!

[WIIFORWII]

cmon use 2 fingers like django just cuz you have 4 fingers dun mean you gotta use em if you gonna cover his song you gotta use 2 fingers when copying his notes if ywanna be as good as him

[Mrcowasdf]

are you retarded?

[thatsleon]

Hey i's not guitar hero this is the real work

[guerno1]

Lol? why should we wanne do that

[Captnuendo]

Very Impressive! Bravo! Olay!

[themilanxperience]

does ANYONE know where to find accurate tabs for this song?

[metrognome69]

well

sheet music, noob

[prompen3]

look in the description;)

[solidusreaper]

incredible. bravo sir.

[hirkyjerky]

amazing

[arialdis2]

bravo

[dmmc1043]

thripariffic

[davidkahan]

Great playing! would you be so kind to record it again, but focusing the camera on your left hand for the guitarists around to learn from you ?

[keary18]

that's very nice and very well done! what maker is your guitar? great sound!

[thrip]

Thank you. The guitar is made by English luthier RJ Aylward

[vapoorize]

beautiful

[bunkomen]

That was really well played ! Thanks for the add

Thomas

[j3rrygarcia]

very impressive

[Hackenslasher]

Awesome...

[m1yamaha]

how heavy are the strings your using?

[thrip]

Strings are quite light - .10 or .11 at the top.

[tiopeaz]

hello !! this song is great! do you have thetabs ! if you do , please send it to me or tell me where i can find it^^ :)!!

[bazmanj]

fantastic Tim, an inspiration to all.

[heebieejeebie987]

This guy is my uncle, hi tim, its angus

[Yvadne]

Bad Ass! Thanks for helping me learn it!

[manoucheries]

Thanks!!!...they've told me same thing on Djangobooks forum...Can't wait to see more videos from you

Respect :D!!!

[manoucheries]

hey!!!Great work...what guitar is that?

I'll buy a Saga DG300 this summer...

Could you help us with the tab?

Keep up the good work

[thrip]

Thanks! You can get the tab in "Unaccompanied Django" by Michael Horovitz available at Djangobooks.

The guitar is made by English luthier RJ Aylward .

[jackgeddes]

awesome!! do you have the guitar tab for this song??

If so could you let me know if been wanting to learn it for a long time!

[davebeeboss]

Nice one, you play this so naturally that it sounds like you are improvising it yourself.

[lordkazama86]

nicely done