"Joy":

a Stephane Grappelli Transcription

from the album "Violinspiration"
Transcribed by:
Jack tom Chang
analyzed w' Gripology Written by:
Ike Isaacs

            
Intro:

   
  
         
  
pizzicato (violin lays out)

                     
Head

  
Violin/arco Fmin9 B♭13 Gmin9

       
8 Amin7


3 3

  
Phrygian Grip Phrygian

          
                  
E♭min9 A♭13 D♭Maj7 Ddim Cmaj7 Dmin7 Emin7 F♯min7 B13

     
15

 
Phrygian Diminished Grip to Phrygian Grip


              
      
  
EMaj7 Bmin7♭5 B♭7♭5 Amin7 Fmin9 B♭13 Gmin7

      
23 3


(implied)

  
                
E♭min9 A♭13 D♭Maj7 Ddim7 Cmaj7 Dmin7 Emin7 F♯dim FMaj7

   
31

            
 
            
Fmin7 Amin7


38 C6

 
Break

3 
        
Chromatic Grip

 
Diminished Grip Blues Grip

       
Dorian Grip to Ionian

                  
Fmin9 B♭13 Gmin9 E♭min9

   
43
3

Phrygian Chromatic Grip min Pent

    
Bb7 arpegge Minor 9th Arppege w' b9

        Ddim7    
Min Pent

 
passing tone

             
Cmaj7 Dmin7 Emin7


48
A♭13
D♭Maj7


Dom 7 arpegge Min Pent Dorian

    
Maj Pent

          EMaj7 
M7arpegg 3rd

   
     
inversion+9

        
53 F♯min7 B13 Bmin7♭5 B♭7♭5 Amin7

Ionian 3
Chrom to Blues to Lydian Min Pent
M9th arpegge to Chromatic
           
     
                    
Fmin9 B♭13 Gmin7


58

Trane Grip
Dorian w' m 9th arpegge

   
Trane Grip

                           
Oct disp

 
63 E♭min9 A♭13 D♭Maj7 Ddim Cmaj7 Dmin7 Emin7 F♯dim

Diminished 6th arp 1423 Chromatic Grip w' Rhythmic pulse to build tension M.P. Maj Pentatonic

       Fmin7
or Min P #4/#5 f to c

             
FMaj7

         
69 C6 Guitar
about 30m

Min Blues Grip2Chrom 3 Min Bop

 

 
FMaj7/13

           
g to d MinBop


a2c c2a

    
arpegge d2e

 
c 2 g


           
C6 Amin7 Bmin7♭5 B♭7♭5 Fmin9

 
74

  
 E♭min9
  
3

     
Dim Grip Dim Grip

    
Trane Grip

   
Now This is how to Play a Scale!

        
B♭13 Gmin9

  
79

                
Ionian Grip And This is how to play Arpeggios! Subing the Dom7 over min7

          
A♭13 D♭Maj7 Ddim CMaj7 Dmin7 Emin7 F♯min7

    
83

    Dim 2 Dom7

                       
Ab7 arpegge F6 to FM7th
Debussy?

 
Arpegge a2b

 
arpege

            
89 B13 Emaj7 Bmin7♭5 B♭7♭5 Amin9

Chromatic 2 Chromatic 3
w' min & Maj 3rds in the middle I Got Rhythm

 Fmin9
       
Grip

       
Chromatic|mBop|MajBop Grips

            
94 B♭13 3 Gmin9

Chromatic 2 Chromatic w' Chromatic to minMaj7/13/11

            
min 3rd in the middle or

        

Chrom:g#2f|mBop:eb2Bb

 
Ddim7 Cmaj7 Dmin7

       
E♭min9 A♭13 D♭Maj7 Emin7 3 F3dim7

 
98 1


2 2 1 0

3
I think this Maj 3rd Pretty Dramatic use of Fifths
could be considered
a Flat 11.
2
     
                    
Amin9

              
FMaj7 Fmin7 C6 Bmin7♭5 B♭7♭5


2

 
104

Chromatic Grip in Open Position

       Maj Pent min7thArp Dim Grip Min Pent
w' Parallel Fifths b5 Grip

                       
  
Gmin9


Fmin9 B♭13 E♭min9
109 1 2 4 3 3 0 3 2 3 2 1
3 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 4 3 2

3 3 3 3
Phrygian Grip Phrygian Grip Phrygian Grip Phrygian Grip

                             
  
B13 Emaj7

  
Ddim7


A♭13 D♭Maj7 CMaj7 Dmin7 Emin7 2
F♯min7 4
2 2 2
115
3 3 3
1 4 3 4 2 3 2
1 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 0

Phrygian Ab Oct
w' Oct Disp Displacement More examples of Octave Displacement

Amin9 
Phrygian Grip starting on E.

      B♭7♭5          
                    
Bmin7♭5

   
Fmin9 B♭13


123 4 3 2

Minor Blue to Major Bop

Minor Penta
Phrygian Dorian+Dorian
Ionian to Dim

Open Position shared note 4312 3 Note Chromatic

  D♭Maj7        
to Major Bop shared Eb to Bb7 Arpegge

          
E

    
shared E.

         
Gmin9 E♭min9 A♭13
128

 Gm9 arpegge to BbM7 arpegge Another Dom 7 arp Ionian

played over a minor 7th Ab to Db

                 
          
       
CMaj7 Dmin7 Emin7 F♯min7 FMaj7 Fmin7 Emin7


133 Ddim7
0

Monk's Grip to Dim shared G# Minor Pentatonic Chromatic

(Dorian#4) 1432 1

              G13
     
E♭min7 Dmin7

  
139 CMaj7

  