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Hi ! My name is Donald Régnier. I was born in Metz, France, in 1972. I started to play the guitar around 10 and coding around 11. I studied computer sciences at the University of Nancy and jazz guitar at the Conservatory of Metz, but I consider myself mainly self-taught in both music and coding. I lived in Ecuador during 13 years, from 2008 to 2021. Welcome. This is my blog.
DropEXP: Drop Voicings Explorer for Guitar
DropEXP is my third online app. It's a little tool to help guitar players in their never ending quest for new voicings. It offers a very intuitive interface. All buttons have keyboard shortcuts, and [...]
Antoine Boyer: Counterpoint of the Day 2021-01-09
Another transcription of the amazing Antoine Boyer ! Everything is in the title... everything here is about counterpoint... and very beautiful harmonies too ! The whole piece has a rubato feel so first watch [...]
PULSAR: Online Metronome App for Metric Modulations Workout
Hi! Here is PULSAR, my second online app. It's a "simple" metronome to work on your metric modulations. You setup a tempo, choose the subdivisions you want to work on (from 1 to 9) [...]
ODD-808: Online Drum Machine App with Odd Meters and Polyrhythms Capabilities
Hi! This is the first post of its kind... no transcription or music theory here, but the beginning of a new work blending my knowledge as a musician and my knowledge as a programmer. [...]
Keith Jarrett: All The Things You Are (Tribute)
A transcription of Keith Jarrett's right hand soloing on All The Things You Are, recorded on October 15, 1989 (CD Tribute). Changes are indicative. Keith Jarrett often plays substituted harmony. Amazing fast lines (Quarter [...]
Keith Jarrett: Bye Bye Blackbird
A transcription of Keith Jarrett's right hand soloing on Bye Bye Blackbird, recorded on October 19, 1991 (CD Bye Bye Blackbird). Changes are indicative. Keith Jarrett often plays substituted harmony. Amazing lines !! The [...]
Nelson Veras: Bésame Mucho (Solo Sessions, Vol.1)
A transcription of Nelson Veras version of Bésame Mucho, from his CD Solo Sessions, Vol.1 (2009). The 9/8 meter is quite challenging and as always, Nelson makes everything sound very easy. The PDF version [...]
Keith Jarrett: Autumn Leaves (Still Live)
A transcription of Keith Jarrett's right hand soloing on Autumn Leaves, recorded on July 13, 1986 (CD Still Live). Changes are indicative. Keith Jarrett often plays substituted harmony. In chorus No7, they really change [...]
Maria Pia de Vito: Renewal
Here a transcription of one of my favorite jazz singer: Maria Pia de Vito. The song is Renewal, and was composed by guitarist Ralph Towner for his band Oregon. He's also playing the guitar [...]
Bach: Two-Part Invention No1
It's been a long time I wanted to record some Bach stuff, and it's been a long time I wanted to experiment with electronic sound treatment of the classical guitar. Combining the two ideas, [...]
Antoine Boyer: Someday My Prince Will Come
Here my second transcription of the amazing Antoine Boyer. A short solo guitar rendition of the classic Someday My Prince Will Come. Notes on this transcription: - Listen to his version to get the [...]
Melodic Line #4 : Chris Thile – Dear Someone
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Melodic Line #3 : Pat Metheny – Windows
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Melodic Line #2 : Nelson Veras – I Should Care
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Melodic Line #1 : Joe Henderson – A Felicidade
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Nahuel Pennisi: Oración del Remanso
Nahuel Pennisi is a singer, guitarist and songwriter from Argentina. He was born blind, left-handed and learned to play the guitar by himself, with the instrument lying on his knees. He plays "Nuevo Folklore", [...]
Egberto Gismonti: Ruth
Here a transcription of Egberto Gismonti's version of Ruth. The piece was written by Egberto's grandfather Antônio Gismonti, for his daughter. (Egberto's mother) This version if from his 1987 CD "Alma", one of my [...]
Jonathan Kreisberg: Lina Rising
Here it is ! Jonathan Kreisberg's solo on his composition "Lina Rising", from his recent duet album with Nelson Veras, "Kreisberg meets Veras". You can buy the album HERE. The chord changes were transcribed [...]
The bVIm6 Chord: The Genius of Tom Jobim Part.1
Tom Jobim is surely one of my favorite composers, if not my favorite composer ever. I regularly have the opportunity to play some Jobim's tune with jazz musicians or students, and there is a [...]
Symmetric Chords & Circle of Fifths
The two common symmetric chords are the augmented triad, dividing the octave in major thirds, and the diminished 7th chord, dividing the octave in minor thirds: When we transpose non-symmetric chords, we all know [...]
Nelson Veras: Lina Rising
Another great guitar solo by Nelson Veras. This time on a beautiful composition by Jonathan Kreisberg, "Lina Rising", from their recent duet album "Kreisberg meets Veras". You can buy the album HERE. Again, the [...]
Antoine Boyer: We Will Meet Again
Antoine Boyer is a young french guitar prodigy who masters equally modern jazz guitar, gypsy guitar and classical guitar. Here's my transcription of his version of the great Bill Evans tune "We will meet [...]
The Enharmonic Harmonization of the Harmonic Minor Scale
The harmonic minor scale is, as we know, a scale that contains an augmented second (3 semitones) between the 6th and 7th degrees of the scale: If we harmonize this scale the typical way, [...]
Dodecaphonic Series & Guitar Fingerings
The goal of this article is to relate a musical concept on one side (the dodecaphonic series) with a instrument constraint on the other side (fingerings "in position" on the guitar). The idea came [...]