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Stphane Wrembel wrote Bistro Fada for Woody Allens
Midnight in Paris. He composed and recorded the music in
just a few hours, based on a traditional musette chord pro-
gression in Em, in 3/4 time. This transcription is based on
the Midnight in Paris soundtrack (the same version appears
on Wrembels album Bistro Fada). An improviser at heart,
Wrembel plays the tune a bit differently each time. Note,
for instance, that his demonstration of the chords in
Example 6 (page 51) varies in a few spots from the chords
shown here. Bistro Fada follows a three-part form:
AABBACCA. The melody has a distinct Django-esque feel,
from the fleet-fingered runs up, down, and across the
neck, to the thick lateral vibrato that Wrembel often uses
on the last note of a phraseplus it has the unmistakable
punchy tone of a Selmer Maccaferristyle guitar. The tune
makes ample use of triplets, both fast (with eighth notes,
as in measure 13) and slow (with quarter notes, as in mea-
sures 7275). No matter what type of guitar you use,
Bistro Fada is a blast to playand a great single-note
workout as well. J.P.R.
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