# Minor Swing guitar solo

> The guitar solo on Minor Swing by Django Reinhardt (1937). Ranked #231 of all time across 80 lists. Played on a Selmer-Maccaferri.

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Django Reinhardt, 1937. Solo by *Django Reinhardt*.

Minor Swing is gypsy jazz in its purest form, a simple minor-key tune that Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli use as a launch pad. Django's solo mixes rapid arpeggios, chromatic runs and sudden tremolo-picked flourishes, all played with the fretting hand he had adapted after a fire badly damaged two of his fingers. Behind him, the rhythm guitars keep up the pulsing la pompe strum that defines the style. The Selmer-Maccaferri guitar gives his lines a bright, cutting, almost brassy quality. Generations of acoustic players have learned this tune as their entry into the genre. Listen for how Django builds momentum by moving from single-note runs to fiercely strummed chords as his chorus peaks.

Minor Swing by Django Reinhardt is ranked #231 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Django Reinhardt and the song was released in 1937. It appears on 2 lists, placing as high as #15 (Guitar Tricks).

## In our lists

- [One and Only](https://greatestsolos.com/list/one-and-only/) — #36
- [The Greatest Solo of Every Year](https://greatestsolos.com/list/solo-of-every-year/) — #2
- [The 25 Greatest Jazz Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/jazz/) — #3
- [The Best Guitar Solos of 1937](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1937/) — #1
- [The Greatest Acoustic Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/acoustic-guitar-solos/) — #3
- [19 Iconic Guitar Solos Every Guitarist Should Learn (A Learning Path)](https://greatestsolos.com/list/iconic-solos-to-learn/) — #17

## Sources

- [Guitar Tricks: 200 Best Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/200-Best-Guitar-Solos-of-All-Time) — #15
- [Jazzfuel: 10 Iconic Jazz Guitar Solos Everyone Should Know](https://jazzfuel.com/iconic-jazz-guitar-solos/)
- [Guitarhabits: 50 of The Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitarhabits.com/50-of-the-greatest-guitar-solos-of-all-time/)

### Who played the guitar solo on Minor Swing?

Django Reinhardt played the solo on Django Reinhardt's Minor Swing (1937).

### What guitar was used on the Minor Swing solo?

A selmer-maccaferri, according to widely reported accounts.

### Where does Minor Swing rank among the greatest guitar solos?

#231 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 2 of them.

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