Chordplay - The Chords Of Aerosmith

[@pauldeitz8202]

I am totally with you on Aerosmith’s Music in the 1970s, absolutely the best stuff, Rocks was the background music my sophomore year, and my life

[@Dan-zq5wt]

Me too, Paul! Growing up I listened to Rocks, Toys, Get Your Wings and the Zep catalogue almost exclusively until The Police came along and I added them to my limited repertoire!

[@Icedsymphony7]

I think its my duty to say THANK YOU

[@bradhilton9113]

Perfect analogy; "Brad was the finesse and Joe was the mess." I've always thought Brad was much more accomplished. But like you said, they complemented each other, which exemplified the Aerosmith sound.

[@davidpaul6656]

Yeah Brad was definitely a schooled player. He even went to Berklee School of Music in Boston. Brad said that Joe Perry plays mostly by feel.

[@BlueWorldTV]

You know when you are a kid, you just listen to whatever music your parents listen to. Then one day you have that "Ah ha!" moment when you discover what YOU like? My moment was "Back in the Saddle"--and an instant lifelong Aerosmith fan. Fast forward a few years and I read that same issue of Guitar Player with the transcription to "Dream On" and had that same lightbulb go on with those opening chords. I feel like we would get along great over beers! Great channel and great content.

[@mookytc]

Combination off Rocks is a real gem no pun intended. They actually played live a few years ago out on tour.

[@crisprtalk6963]

It always amazes me how many great riffs can come from simple chords.

[@kerriknight]

All Great Riffs Comes From Simple Chords...........

[@scottwaszak698]

Steven Tyler’s father was a classical pianist, I believe. Perry was following the Tyler-composed piano chords on Dream On.

[@leandromv170]

Night In The Ruts is awesome too.

[@kellyjackson7889]

I can't believe I never noticed it's a play on the idiom 'right in the nuts' until now and I've been a fan for 40 years lol

[@henrys.6864]

"Sick as a dog" and "No more no more" were my favorites as well as both of those albums! The opening riff/main riff on "Adams Apple" is great but the lead is killer! I think it's Brad Whitford playing that lead. Love to see you tackle that lead on one of your videos.

[@berndtglissmann2639]

best guitar tutorial channel ever - 100% score

[@wulfenii64]

Aerosmith is the greatest rock n roll band this country has to offer.

[@emannicus]

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[@philjohnjones]

Was just listening to Seasons of Wither when I got the notification for this. Freaky!

[@richardandre866]

They played it when I saw them in Charlottetown, Canada in 2007.

[@ernestturner915]

Great great song..

[@livingabovethe12th]

I grew up on old skool Smith and they were a HUGE influence when i was in middle school in the 70s learning how to play. I was lucky to grow up in the Northeast and see them live 20+ times in the 70s. THE dirty rock band that spawned all the other American dirty rock bands to follow. You should get into how Joe and Brad played alot of different parts simultaneously. Like Angus and Malcolm, you could listen to the guitar in the left speaker and learn the song one way then listen to the guitar in the right speaker and learn the same song another way. The Toys example u gave is perfect for that, u showed Joe's part, Brad plays a completely diff part during that riff, albiet a simpler part. Those lads showed me how to play the 'same' thing in diff positions to really open up the sound.

[@hazor777]

I LOVE That pic of Joe looking out at the huge crowd (Day on the Green? Texas Jam? California Jam?) . Whichever show it was, that was the time they were absolutely HUGE and cruising to the moon at a million miles an hr. ! What a great band! I'll always say , for American Rock N Roll: it's Van Halen (original) and Aerosmith - 2 best bands of the Classic Rock era ....2 Greatest American Bands ever.......? I think so!

[@richgedney8600]

Giants Stadium summer ‘78

[@kellybeane7546]

Super sweet transcription, for back in the saddle.

[@SWIFTY5150]

70's Aerosmith riffs. There are none better.

[@stevenmcbride2776]

Always a pleasure to see you show how them rock stars amazed the world,we learn alot from you,much appreciated

[@blackfender100]

I'm 60 yrs old Aerosmith was my first concert ever .I think it was 1976 I was 15. It started the rock journey.

[@stevemccutcheon8803]

Dream on wasn't a FM hit till 1976 when Columbia re-released it as a single.

[@stevencrash]

You have the perfect demeanor to teach anything! Love your lessons!

[@SWIFTY5150]

Mama Kin is one of my favorite Aerosmith songs. Been a fan ever since I listened to Aerosmith Classics Live. It was my first concert ever when I saw them at the New Haven Coliseum in CT back in '84 when I was 15.

[@christophernaples1315]

Mr Whitford carried that Band, I had a DVD and for some reason it wasn't stereo "probably my equipment " I only heard Whitford I was blown away

[@iainmacdonald8099]

Such a cool way to play draw the line !!

[@Smurf431]

Tho I am a 60yo drummer, I dig this channel (play git, bass, and some piano). Aerosmith was a fav up until Rocks, after that I felt they lost something......Thank You for this lesson!

[@RonRuminski]

Not sure how i missed this. Rocks is my favorite album from them. My favorite song is Nobody’s Fault. It’s just a great rock song and the beat gets me moving. Love the video.

[@jhut5150]

Would love to see a further lesson diving into the lead guitar styles of Joe and Brad.

[@ernestturner915]

My favorite album was Live Bootleg..I love listening to that...

[@waynewilcox444]

Dude...your pretty darn smart with all those funky chords

[@Johannore]

I've watched a bunch of your videos and I have to say man, you've got it all: the feel, the taste, the skills, the knowledge, the brains and also you seem to be just a really nice guy. I'm just glad I found you, we'll certainly spend some time! Some of my favorite stuff here so far are Opeth, Ghost, Randy Rhoads and King's X. Keep up the great work!

[@nathancloud6344]

Nice song choices in which to cover for this bit. I think all appreciative guitar players have to have this great band in their hearts. Good stuff indeed.

[@SpyneMetal]

Definitely something magical about Aerosmith from the 70s! Great video. Thanks!

[@stringbender11672]

Cool. Combination, Three Mile Smile, Nobody's Fault, Get the Lead Out, all have great interesting chords for Aerosmith songs. Cool that you threw Back in the Saddle intro riff in there! 🤘😎👍💣💥

[@CP-kb1du]

Thumbnail ......1978 Bootleg ..........great release although the members did not know it was out ..

[@baronabbey1613]

Great choice of songs! Thanks for including Dream on. Cheers David!

[@richardandre866]

This dug deep. Awesome. Really enjoying this channel.

[@STAMPER-DESIGN]

Great lesson! When you cite Rocks as your favorite album, it confirms why I subscribed. Not a fan of the new stuff except that "Honkin on Bobo" blues album which needs to be listened to on 11. Thank you for these lessons, they are inspiring.

[@Scottocaster6668]

There's NO era/genre that is too young or too old that B🐓can't handle! Man, this is just good stuff. I lift my fingers off chords like that too. Idk, just started doing it one day because it sounded cool. 👍👍 **SubliminalComment** ChordplayofJudasPriest

[@marcissobadass]

Every time I watch one of your videos I learn something cool. Great choice of songs. I had no idea I could even play any of this stuff but I guess I can now. Thanks Soo much!

[@timjohnson7919]

Classic stuff ;-). Formative music for me.

[@petew.1418]

Back in the Saddle also has one of the two great examples of yodelling in a rock song. (The other is Hocus Pocus by Focus)

[@SuperEgo19]

Back in the Saddle can be done with an octave divider set an octave below. The main licks are played mostly on the higher strings.

[@luckyspook8407]

Very cool stuff, learned something new again. Really dig Back in the saddle lick!

[@nightmare1330]

Awesome! I love Aerosmith. One of the first bands that got me into Rock n' Roll!

[@raybolton1225]

Great lesson thanks

[@MikeEss1000]

Fantastic.

[@ronr7905]

I first got into Aerosmith at 14 and it was from an unlikely record for most folks -- Rock in a Hard Place. I had heard of Aerosmith previously but it was probably just Walk This Way. Luckily my brother had a friend with a huge record collection, and he dropped off Greatest Hits, I still preferred Rock In a Hard Place. But the dongs started to grow on me, and then he dropped off Toys, Rocks, Draw The Line and Live Bootleg. :D Rocks blew my mind in it's entirety. Back in the Saddle and Last Child are just that much more majestic in the framework of that album. In my old age I kind of prefer Draw The Line. Crank "I Wanna Know Why" and "Sight For Sore Eyes" if you're not familiar. For starters.

[@voronOsphere]

Awesome, David! Thanks!!!!

[@canadianintheukbrian]

Seen Aerosmith a couple tunes good analogy of Brad and Joe, and I believe Joe has made some sort of mention of Brad, good point to make how important Brad was to the Aerosmith

[@julianschulz1620]

Awesome lesson. You really nailed those classic riffs. Loved your take on Draw the Line, because i always thought i needed a slide to play it.

[@bertgetner9397]

Yeah man! Sleezy, greasy rock. Love the Toys In The Attic Album on the wall. Have been listening to Rocks for the last two weeks. Epic album for sure. Nice!! 70's Aerosmith is excellent. Whoever was actually playing guitar.

[@PVowner]

I like the tone of your toys in the attic more than the album.

[@johnhoward2687]

Great choices of songs. I have a lot of practicing to do. Thanks.

[@jamessator5564]

FANTASTIC!!! Your getting real close to Gary Richrath !! 🎸🤟🏼😊

[@fredfloyd34]

Ya tyler sang Train kept a rolling wrong and so did the yardbirds..But they both did a great job of the song ....they rock it out...

[@mikebehrend3152]

The boogie woogie groove with the jingle jangle was what I always loved.

[@tomshaug]

great breakdown Dave, thank you very much

[@sergebasque8460]

Nice choice of music Arrowsmith.

[@kaisands2041]

DUDE WE NEED A JOE PERRY THREE FOR ALL!!!

[@twentyonetwentyguitars9344]

Great lesson, tremendous riffs! 😎

[@kevmet84]

I concur regarding the 70's being the best of what those guys ever did. 😎 And a btw, I can recall the general look of guitar magazines' covers that had songs I spent time with in them, even if but the general colors and possibly who was on the cover. I have the ole GFTPM issue from the mid eighties that had 'Dream On' and 'Sweet Home Alabama' in it as the 2 I focused upon in that issue; but it was a light grayish background with Aerosmith on the cover. Earlier today I was trying to recall the cover of the issue that had Badlands' 'Winter's Call' in it and I hope I'm accurate tomorrow when I go to look for it. That's how I often locate the issue I want to review when I check 'em out again years later. 😎 And I'm adamant about arranging magazines and books much like a public library; go figure, the cover image memory is my card catalog. On Back In The Saddle, the way you were doing illustrating it is made me realize that perhaps George Lynch was inspired by that given the It's Not Love riff?

[@musicmore8315]

David you are the coolest guitar teacher on the planet. Your like a professor. Love your channel. Thanks for these cool videos...

[@Busyfingers24]

Killer chord play Dave, thanks for taking me back to jr. high👍 Best channel out there 🤘

[@KajHeGeHaggman]

Last Child was really groovy as you played it on one guitar!

[@bigjwfan]

These are great lessons! I really appreciate and enjoy them. Thank you.

[@m.b-ee8815]

Great lesson again David. Any chance you could maybe do a feature about the Truth in Shredding and Centrifugal Funk records. Cheers.

[@aaaargl]

Damn i definately heard some Battery intro there as well as some Dio-era Sabbath in those chords

[@tonyr669]

I cannot tell you how excited I am to learn the intro to Dream On! 10Q 10Q 10q!

[@sixstringer3783]

My first time seeing Aerosmith was the Draw the line tour Cheesecake ! The picture on the intro to the lesson was from Live Bootleg I always though Joe looked so cool with all those guitars strapped on and the red Rich Bitch I used to look at that picture and think man that guy is kool great lesson on a bunch of songs oh yea Uncle Salty 🤘🤘👍

[@geruto17760]

Bang that power chord, yeah! Aerosmith rocks! You picked the best :-) THANKS

[@ronlawrence4706]

A little Frank Marino/Mahogany Rush and Darren Housholder. Oh and thanks for your awesome content!

[@steveinmidtown]

never got past the intro of "Last Child" b/c I hated it but damn, the rest is AMAZING. Thanks for showing what a great track it is.

[@roderickhager8154]

Your the best on net coming from a smelly old mystic hippy, thank you for teaching me the music I grew up with.

[@joefoster9303]

Really good I wish there was a follow up on this. I wanted to go further into the songs

[@scottwaszak698]

Love your version of the riff!

[@richardandre866]

They played Seasons of Wither when I saw them. A nice surprise.

[@uncleremus5046]

🍺’ski awesome lesson. Early Aerosmith had a great raw edge with Rocks being my favorite. Sadly I lost interest with the later more commercial releases. Rock on 🍺’ski!

[@George-pt7uv]

Again Dave, great stuff. Love the Dream On segment. Also, comparing the Stones to Aerosmith. Keef is their Joe to Mick Taylor and Brad. Love the shirt!

[@mr.anderson70]

Very nice lesson!

[@jarlath6815]

Playing in different positions is totally fair game, Brad and Joe were usually playing 2 different parts anyway

[@RF944]

I wore the grooves right out of the vinyl, on the Rocks album. Not a bad track to be found.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

I think Rocks is the greatest USA hard rock album (ok and maybe VH1) and holds its own with any classic!

[@davidpaul6656]

Thanks Dave! Aerosmith was THE band that taught me how to play. I'm glad you stuck to their 70s because IIMO that material is what matters anyway. Sadly their later albums just weren't up to the same level. Draw the Line had some good songs, but the production on it was horrible IMO.

[@jonsalvador5051]

Thanks again, recently subscribed to your channel and the content is epic, cheers. Really learning some interesting chords and spicing my riffs thanks to your Chordplay series.

[@leltraco1983]

Aerosmith was the reason of why i start playing guitar, sadly the few teacher that i got never teach me any of their songs :(

[@leandromv170]

Mama kin!

[@MrPaolo101]

Such a great series of vids. Thanks!.

[@jimeb2jim256]

Brad live is the slick solo playing. Short lived and too much substance abuse but I would’ve loved to see Brad with Jimmy Crespo live

[@elton28.20]

Great lesson! The sound of your guitar is coming from the V-Ampire?

[@tonisiret5557]

My inner 17yr old thinks you're a God playing these riffs, Dave. Better late to learn these, than never!

[@tomdutra977]

Mama kin , one of the first songs I learned .

[@ernestturner915]

Opens with Mama Kin..Yowza!!

[@davecowles8267]

Ya . I do no quarter by zepp. All on guitar!

[@cshades8026]

Do you think you could do one on maybe lesser-known bands like the Matthew Good Band or Splender? These bands are not nearly as widely known as most of these other bands but still have very cool and melodic songs

[@richardandre866]

I think Dream On started on keyboard played by Steven Tyler.

[@JB111-b4d]

I really enjoy your videos, your very talented, cheers!

[@fernandes5986]

Great video as usual but what happened to the PC user dog on the intro?

[@JoseLuisPerazaOfficial]

Hey bro, what software are you using to make these great videos???

[@clucknorriz6683]

I just stumbled upon this, you could be right up there with Joe and Brad, I was 13 in "76 my first concert was Aerosmith saw them over 20 times, and saw them at Cal Jam 2 yes Steven couldn't remember the lyrics to the songs, I saw them in '83 here in Vegas with Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay, again Steven was actually worse at this show with Pat Travers opening up was better than Aerosmith.

[@waynegram8907]

Quiet Riot chords and licks by Carlos lesson would be nice and Brad Gillis from Night Ranger

[@RockSolidLawyer]

Lynn Lynn the city of sin! You don't come out the way you came in! Gicka gicka gow!