Hi Folks, We have a very special lesson for you this week as Paul shows you an incredible collection of chords, inversions and other great things to add to your rhythm playing and all within "The Song I Ended." He discusses picking techniques and just too many things to mention here.
Have fun! Duke
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:standards
Duke Robillard
Nat King Cole
The Song Is Ended
Irving Berlin
Paul Kolesnikow
Ella Fitzgerald
Loop 0:00 Duke Intro
Loop 1:22 Moveable Chord Forms
Loop 6:10 Bridge Breakdown
Loop 8:25 Bridge (B), Last A Section (A) then A A B A
%11/T.X/X.11/2.11/2.X/X.X/X[Ebm7] / %X/X.11/2.10/1.11/3.X/X.X/X[Ab7] %11/2.X/X.10/1.11/3.X/X.X/X[/Eb] | %9/2.X/X.8/1.10/4.9/3.X/X[Db6] / %8/T.X/X.8/2.9/3.X/X.X/X[C7] / |
B Section
%8/2.X/X.6/1.10/4.X/X.X/X[Fm/C] / / / | / / / / |
%9/2.X/X.8/1.10/3.X/X.X/X[Db6] / / / | %8/1.X/X.8/2.9/3.X/X.X/X[C7] / / / |
%8/1.X/X.8/2.9/3.X/X.X/X[C7] / / / | / / / / |
%X/X.8/3.6/1.8/4.X/X.X/X[Fm7] / %X/X.7/3.5/1.7/4.X/X.X/X[Em7] / | %X/X.6/3.4/1.6/4.X/X.X/X[Ebm7] / %X/X.6/3.4/1.5/2.X/X.X/X[Ab7/Eb] / |
Last A Section
%9/2.X/X.8/1.10/3.X/X.X/X[Db6] / / / | / / %9/1.X/X.9/2.10/3.X/X.X/X[Db7] / |
%9/2.X/X.8/1.11/4.X/X.X/X[Gb/Db] / / / | %9/2.X/X.7/1.11/4.X/X.X/X[Gbm/Db] / / / |
%9/2.X/X.8/1.10/3.X/X.X/X[Db6] / / / | %11/T.X/X.11/2.12/3.X/X.X/X[Eb7] / / / |
%11/T.X/X.11/2.11/2.X/X.X/X[Ebm7] / %X/X.11/2.10/1.11/3.X/X.X/X[Ab7] / | %9/2.X/X.8/1.10/3.X/X.X/X[Db6] / %X/X.11/2.10/1.11/3.X/X.X/X[Ab7] / |
Loop 10:10 Chord Variations
Loop 17:39 Right Hand Technique
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I will have to check on that Jeff.
Hi, Paul and Duke, great lesson! I notice that Paul calls the second chord in the bridge Gmi7b5 while the tab calls it Db6; is that because we're considering the bridge to be in the key of F minor all the way to the final Ab7 that returns us to the key of Db?
good leson Paul.
Hi Charles, I hope that helps! Duke.
Thank you, Paul Kolesnikow (in the video) and Duke (in the remark below), for the comments on the strumming pattern. I find the four-to-the-bar swing rhythm incredibly difficult to get right--devilishly so, since it seems like it ought to be easy. Your observations help us see that getting the right sound may have to do with the strumming pattern.
Thanks, too, to Peter Wolf for posting the highly relevant Bo Diddley video. It's fascinating to see how swing fed into styles of music that aren't necessarily thought of as swing-like.
charles- practice using a metronome on all beats and 2&4. try using a flecking motion. keep in mind good guitarmanship. play along with basie records/cds. pk
To all the guitar players out there,
This technique is the opposite of the strumming style 99% of us began with. It is not easy to break the strum pattersn we all learned with. But, this is the right way.
When i started to play with older more experienced real musicians, I was really thrown by the simplicity of it, or what appeared to be simple. It is really tricky. I found using my freting hand to do the dampening helped. Keep practicing!!!!!
what a great song and it works as a straight pnetatonic riff for all you blues guys out there.
Hi Peter, Its funny, I've been playing this kind of rhythm guitar so long I dont really think about it anymore but I think I lift my left hand up slightly between every beat while strumming. Because I can't play now I can't try it to see what I do intuitively. I'll see if I can get Pauls take on this. Duke
Hi Paul or Duke,
When I strum, my strings ring too long. I don't get the nice punchy pulse that Paul gets.
Does one choke the strings? Should I be damping with the edge of my hand. Or is it a quality of a nice hollowbody guitar?
Also, do you strum an evenly, or is it more like "boom chuck, boom chuck..."?
Thanks
P
peter- there is a slight release in your left hand. don't let the chords ring. don't dampin w/your strumming hand! it's more of an even strum.
Hey Peter, That's very interesting how Bo does that S movement also. There is a sort of 'swing' in his rhythm. I love seeing teenagers going crazy over Bo, Very coo! Duke
Thanks Paul, that was a very interesting point about the figure 8 strum. I also noticed, and wondered about it. Here's Bo Diddley doing it in a very different style.
Also, I love how you make smooth chord motion by doing inversions and substitutions.
Excellent !!! Thank you Paul .