Western Swing Chords on the Blues

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[@sideman7117]

Thanks for stretching my mind with new possibilities. Without such influence, we’re limited to what we can conjure up in our minds, and as much as I hate to admit it, I’m not really that imaginative sometimes.

[@RickDanner]

david I just watched a documentary on a 109 year old ww2 vet and I loved the guitar in it and I found out it was you ! great !

[@FretboardConfidential]

Mr. Overton! Thanks Rick. That film was made by my friend Matt Cooper, and it was a lot of fun to work on.

[@scolpitts]

Whoa! That is some outside the box blues! Thanks!

[@word67]

mmmm this is just right. Good stuff. Thanks

[@hammondmonster]

I've been watching these short video lessons for months now, and look forward to opening my email on Wednesdays just to see what's next! This one on western swing chords is truly enlightening..... thanks so much for taking the time to put these together, David.

[@FretboardConfidential]

Thank you, Randy! And please see my note above - seems you can't make an (ahem) enlightened omelette without dropping a few eggs on the floor...

[@PaulKucharski]

The stuff you present is enormously useful.

[@pauliebots8914]

David your terrific. Teacher, Player and that style orchestrates the guitar. And once you get that style down you really have a feel and view for the instrument. Hence, for the kids starting out learn this stuff along with your Stones tune first it teaches control knowing your way around the guitar and damping on the left and right sides. Wow thank you!!!!

[@sammycriscitello8311]

This was extremely helpful for me, thank you David!

[@holllybrazil]

Nice just when you think youve finished you pop out another lesson within the lesson thank you very interesting

[@billville111]

Nice feel, nice chops, nice lid!

[@marshlandk9]

been playing for a long time...youre one of my favorite players/teachers without a doubt. I am currently taking in your lessons at truefire now and just came across these videos ... thanks fantastic lessons and playing.

[@joepalooka2145]

Great lesson, thanks. The steady driving single note bass really sounds great.

[@FretboardConfidential]

Thanks, Joe! Glad you're enjoying the lesson.

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

David. I just had a look at your website. Fantastic stuff. Thanks so much. This is wonderful

[@skellez83]

Great stuff right there. Finally, few, clear, straight to the point information

[@zachhenrys5818]

This is so great. I’ve been having trouble arranging a solo version of Cowboy’s “Please Be With Me” that incorporates some of Duane’s slide accompaniment. This video just laid the groundwork I was looking for. Thanks so much, David!

[@grandmasguitarvintageguita4632]

good stuff. I just got a lap steel and love that swinging' sound.

[@geoben427]

Great lesson! Thanks David.

[@ericangel1950]

You teach so clearly. Thank you for sharing.

[@jameshamana]

Wow. So glad I found this channel. Amazing!

[@DannyBrooks1]

What a great teacher! This lesson is fantastic.

[@xxfaction6xx]

This channel is the BEST!

[@dangatton7138]

beautiful easy stuff to really give your playing sound a step up. Thx for posting.

[@rasbydorton1]

fascinating stuff David!! thank you

[@GJHamann]

Would be useful to expand on this lesson. There is so much here that tabs would be useful. Great lesson!

[@marshlandk9]

I have found that tabs , for me., tend to create a crutch and cause me to not use my ear as much as I should which in turn seems to limit my playing. Maybe you too can benefit from tweaking the ear and finding what you hear.

[@dieterheinrich8377]

SO. MUCH. INFORMATION. Thank you!

[@FretboardConfidential]

PLEASE NOTE: at 3:02, even stopping and thinking about it wasn't enough for me to get it right: it's not the 5th, root and 7th - it's the 9th, 5th and 7th.

[@brendanslaven9003]

Amazing lesson Thank you David

[@raydrainville1436]

Love it David. Thanks!

[@pottingshedgene]

Great to see a master at work.

[@joesheehan5475]

awesome man, great lesson, excellent teacher

[@jackb7404]

Outstanding.

[@phillancello350]

Great Stuff!

[@davidjensen4793]

This is so cool! So glad i found you on True Fire and now Fretboard Confindential. I'm totally hooked! Thanks David, your feel is sooooo good! Playing time is the most important thing.. \m/

[@FretboardConfidential]

Thanks David!

[@darkstabs]

Yes, outstanding.

[@ceonach]

Love it. Thanks David. Gonna have a lot of fun with this stuff.

[@charliefraundorfer8715]

Pure gold!

[@MikeS29]

Fantastic, thank you!

[@johnnyfaragher152]

Great stuff, David. It seems relatively easy to add the fourth string to these triads, offering the possibility of an alternating base. As you demonstrated in the "gypsy jazz chords" lesson.

[@FretboardConfidential]

Definitely! It does take a little fancy footwork to find the fourth string note that works best for each voicing, which is why I didn't get into that here, but you're right that these can be adapted for the alternating thumb. Especially if you do a little of that "faking it" on the fourth string from time to time :-)

[@shane98250]

Great video thanks a lot!

[@FretboardConfidential]

Thanks Shane! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@billville111]

Nice mic placement and audio and good lesson brother

[@FretboardConfidential]

Thank you!

[@XHuntinatorX]

Sweet... you can weave some nice melody lines between those voicing.

[@Domingojazz]

Larry Carlton makes wide use of these voicings.

[@batman48195]

Good lesson David! Thank you! What year is your 00-18? Great patina on it.

[@robertailman5092]

Western swing in the sense of steel guitar licks - these are voicings of extended chords that have come to us from the swing band era and it's influence on the instruments of country/texas bands. They are lazy, sweet drippings of b-b-q...,get 'em on yer fingers, chillun

[@FretboardConfidential]

For sure, everything I've heard indicates the musicians in the Texas Playboys and other bands were snagging all they could from the records of Benny Goodman and anyone else they could get their hands on. Not to mention the lyrics of Blind Lemon Jefferson :-).

[@bjohnson515]

Love it! Can you recommend some artists to listen to? It is tough to find good music anymore....

[@FretboardConfidential]

Specifically for Western Swing? Try Bob Wills - look for recordings called "The Tiffany Transcriptions" and check out what the steel guitarists are doing in particular. You could also check out Spade Cooley. Those are two of the originators of the style. Then, from the 1970s on, there's Asleep At The Wheel, and more recently, The Hot Club of Cowtown, which is probably the most guitar-orientated take of all of these. It's just a trio, and Whit Smith is a force of nature.

[@atomicflash1753]

Stop talking, show it