Daphne was composed by Django Reinhardt and it’s a flower, or a fairy from Greek Mythology.
It’s a beautiful song but has a good swingy feeling but quite easy to play.
Transcription in this page is based on Django played in Paris, 22.04.1938
Daphne guitar solo transcription
You can play main melody with just one string but if you play octaves, that sounds much better If you dont have a violinist.
Chord progression is basically 1-6-2-5 which is a typical gypsy jazz progression.
The song goes A-A-B-A, and key changes at B section but same movement.
A
| D69 Bm7 | Rm7 A7 | D Bm7 | Em7 A7 |
| D D/C | G/B Bb7 | D69 | D69 |
B
| Eb69 Cm7 | Fm7 Bb7 | Eb69 Cm7 | Fm7 Bb7 |
| Eb69 Cm7 | Fm7 Bb7 | Eb69 | A7 |
Chords
I suppose most of chords are familier to you but 69 chords are bit tricky.
These are the examples of how you make 69 chords. To be honest, there are lot of ways to make chords but they are kind of basic style. If you don’t have big hands, it’s quite hatd to use thumb on 6th string but basicaly you will get used to it.There is a lesson to practice gypsy chords here .
More lessons
There are tons of more lessons on my website, you can find them in the links below.