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Chordplay - The Chords of Steely Dan 

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Here's the next episode of Chordplay with The Chords of Steely Dan.
Steely Dan's a legendary band that hit their stride creating/releasing their own brand of jazz-influenced pop/rock music in the early 1970s. Eventually, the group racked up a steady stream of radio/chart hits and many of those songs are still well-received and widely played on classic rock radio to this day.
This lesson features a number of interesting and useful chord-based ideas coming from the late-great Steely Dan founder/guitarist Walter Becker, which includes Steely Dan's signature "Mu" chords along with a number of famous progressions, riffs, and songs from a number of their classic hits and albums. The examples include material from songs such as 'Josie,' 'Green Earrings,' and 'Peg' - to name a few.
Give this lesson a view, leave some comments and feedback, and please subscribe to Late Night Lessons - THANK YOU!

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@JerryT21
@JerryT21 3 года назад
You're a great teacher and communicator not to mention a great guitarist
@madlove1581
@madlove1581 4 года назад
An incredibly intelligent musician - skilled at discussion, too
@InGratitudeIam
@InGratitudeIam 4 года назад
Steely Dan, the intersection of heart, intelligence, brilliance and soul. Great lesson. Thanks!
@michaelyork4554
@michaelyork4554 4 года назад
In 1973 I was 11 years old, I heard Reelin In The Years on AM radio, the guitar tone, arrangement, musicianship, and production quality dropped my jaw and in 1975 I was 13 my older brother had gotten a Les Paul and an Orange Amp, I have been playing guitar ever since. Yes, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan have always been my top four.
@jackbotsford8688
@jackbotsford8688 11 месяцев назад
Very commendable top 4 bands choices 👏
@Foxtrot1967
@Foxtrot1967 4 года назад
The Dan! One of the best rock bands of all time
@uncleremus5046
@uncleremus5046 4 года назад
Seriously now my favorite all time band. Steely Dan was so badass they truly separated the men from the boys. From legendary musicians Carlton, Grayson, Gadd, Perdie, Baxter etc a powerhouse. Finally the most creative & stylistic changes in rock. Just friggin perfect. RIP Walter Becker! As always 🍺’ski you rule!🤘
@petekinne2702
@petekinne2702 3 года назад
...Porcaro...
@peterevans8598
@peterevans8598 4 месяца назад
Actually it's Graydon...Not Grayson (Jay Graydon to be precise). Hey did the solo on Peg.
@chrisbarlow2131
@chrisbarlow2131 3 года назад
The Dan were in a league of one.
@GrizrazRex
@GrizrazRex 3 года назад
Only Level 42 came close, but from a different direction.
@timothybladon9958
@timothybladon9958 8 месяцев назад
Thanks so much for posting this. I have been a SD fan for a long time but always found their music very difficult to play. This really unlocks a lot about their techniques and sound.
@ericmelton7557
@ericmelton7557 4 года назад
Love your Aja album picture over you computer. Awesome guitar playing too.
@P3t3rPizzarelli
@P3t3rPizzarelli 4 года назад
Had no idea how crazy Steely Dan's guitar playing was until recently when I heard Frank Gambale mention them in an interview. Green Earrings is sick
@crimfan
@crimfan 3 года назад
Walter Becker came up with some really interesting parts all throughout but they hired some of the best: Skunk Baxter and Denny Dias were the original guitarists, along with Elliott Randall. Later on when they became mostly a studio band they hired guitarists like Larry Carlton, Jay Graydon, and Dean Parks, just to name a few.
@richardsearlemusic
@richardsearlemusic 3 года назад
Check out the backing-track-only version of Green Earrings... I never appreciated what a kicking arrangement it was before I heard that.
@neilgitman
@neilgitman 4 года назад
Nicely done. Just the right amount of "distortion". Excellent lesson.
@em-dashman4404
@em-dashman4404 4 года назад
So many different ways of playing the same thing! I learned that Peg opening a totally different way! Awesome insight into all those sumptuous chords. Thanks!
@strat0871
@strat0871 4 года назад
Always very nice sounding chords in Steely Dan's music, I'm a 4 decades fan, definitely.
@4n6design
@4n6design 4 года назад
Amazing! To hear those chords slowed down you appreciate those chords and sounds even more. Wow!
@kevmet84
@kevmet84 4 года назад
Aside from simply enjoying their music, it seems that almost any time I've ever studied something from Steely Dan's music on guitar, it takes me out of my box/comfort zone in various and good ways. 😎
@tomhurstdrums
@tomhurstdrums 4 года назад
Thank you for the excellent lesson. You have a wonderfully approachable presentation style. Very conversational and familiar yet highly informed. (Heck of a player as well.) As a fellow educator I just wanted to send my sincere respect. Will definitely be visiting more of your offerings. 😊🎶👍
@stevebrighttheblackguitar653
@stevebrighttheblackguitar653 4 года назад
Wow, I love steely and have been fascinated by there sound. Steely Dan is like pizza! You can never have to much! Thank you for a demo of music I will never be able to play! Great presentation, YOU Are A MAJOR DUDE!
@mykmmc
@mykmmc 4 года назад
had the pleasure of getting a lesson from Larry Carlton, and your are playing the right phrasing of the chords.......you are the first one I have seen on youtube
@philt4346
@philt4346 3 года назад
Those fingerings fall out when you follow the piano chart in the published songbook, 'Steely Dan Complete'.
@kennethbransford820
@kennethbransford820 4 года назад
This is so fun. Thank you David Brewster.
@peternewman1179
@peternewman1179 4 года назад
Probably the biggest influence I ever had in my musical education, not just technical , but style and music appreciation in the realms of blues and jazz. Steely Dan's catalogue is essential for all aspiring musicians!
@han36solo
@han36solo 4 года назад
Love Steely Dan! Thanks Brew, I finally learned Josie after meaning to for years!
@matcoffidis1135
@matcoffidis1135 Год назад
When I first started playing, it took time to develop that muscle memory to switch between chords. Then learning jazz chords was a WHOLE new ball game...lol.
@image30p
@image30p 4 года назад
Amazing! I'm knocked out by how well you can hear all those crazy chords. I love Steely Dan and it was good to see those examples up close and slowed down!
@andrestipanovic7407
@andrestipanovic7407 4 года назад
thanks for sharing this! it makes me appreciate Steely Dan even more
@Scottocaster6668
@Scottocaster6668 4 года назад
My god Man, is there anything you can't play? This lesson is for us big boys. 😉 That has to be the coolest arrangement of chords. I'm obviously familiar with steely Dan, but watching Josie being played, much more respect I have for these guys. You don't hear this stuff now a days. Good stuff D B🐓👍👍
@st.fiacre6685
@st.fiacre6685 4 года назад
Im having an acid flash back from the 70s.Your guitar is arching and the wall is expanding from the center.Far out mann...
@stephenspano7885
@stephenspano7885 3 года назад
,,,,and a few twitches
@J24777
@J24777 4 года назад
Awesome David!!!! Definitely Nice to see this!!!!
@wooddragon55
@wooddragon55 4 года назад
I just wanted to say thanks...a life time of listening to something Steely I thought was impossible to grasp, you made incredibly approachable.... Thank you so very much! LJM
@kenstrong1470
@kenstrong1470 4 года назад
Wow!! I learnt more about their chord structures from watching this than I have from constantly listening to them since 1972. Great video, well done and thank you.
@ignaciodanni6823
@ignaciodanni6823 3 года назад
excellent stuff my friend. thanks for this.
@lonnystarr
@lonnystarr 4 года назад
dude, you're great. a placid reprieve in a world of distress... thanks!
@michaelwilliams4768
@michaelwilliams4768 4 года назад
The Dan - one of my all time best bands-Fagen and Becker -fabulously talented and intelligent!
@quinetastic
@quinetastic 3 года назад
Yes! I agree...
@micah7064
@micah7064 3 года назад
You are one of the coolest guitar teachers I've ever watched and I've watched hundreds. Great job man!! Keep up the very cool way of teaching.
@ericwise1849
@ericwise1849 4 года назад
MIND BLOWN
@Mr1vision1
@Mr1vision1 4 года назад
Thank you for taking the time to make this Video. I would love to hear the future Steely Dan Videos with a little less distortion. Best of life to you. Thanks again!
@1jimmy534
@1jimmy534 4 года назад
Just a joy watching and listening to how they constructed those classics. Wonderful. Thank you
@adonaimorales3560
@adonaimorales3560 4 года назад
Found a new channel to binge. These channels that dissect music are great. Watching someone stumble over tabs is exhausting.
@voronOsphere
@voronOsphere 4 года назад
YEEEAAAAHHHH!!!! Thanks, David!!!!! Whewwww!
@TruthSeeker13
@TruthSeeker13 4 года назад
Well that just reinforces my notion and personal taste that Steely Dan is the classiest band in rock. Just candy to my ears. Thank you for breaking it down for us... ROCK ON BROTHER !!!🤘😎
@greysnout
@greysnout 2 года назад
Thankyou. Interesting and beautifully presented. Will get that pinky switching fast as lightning. More please.
@GMHG777
@GMHG777 4 года назад
I’d argue man for man Steely had the best guitarists in the world playing on their records ! The list of killer players in really unmatched ! Skunk, Dias, Bullock, Coryell, McCracken, Knopfler and of course Becker himself hits crazy how many top flight guitarists put their mark on their tunes !!
@toby1kenobe
@toby1kenobe 4 года назад
you missed Carlton!!
@srwaite7
@srwaite7 4 года назад
Toby Hodkinson let’s not forget the great Jay Graydon and Rick Derringer 🕶
@johnmaer
@johnmaer 4 года назад
You also left off Lee Ritenour. Not sure about Coryell...what did he play on? You also left off Dean Parks and of course their current lead player, John Herington. Knopfler was credited for Time Out of Mind on Gaucho, but it sure doesn't sound like him....and rumor I heard was that your icon Becker basically altered and stripped Knopfler's solo contribution down to about zero. Becker was an interesting guitar player but he played in the same tempo, format, musical scale box time after time. He was very unimaginative, but Dan-Fans continue to treat him like some kind of god. He wasn't.
@GMHG777
@GMHG777 4 года назад
I was just naming a few that came to mind wasn’t meant to be an all inclusive list. May have been wrong on Coryell though you are right. As for Becker where did I say he was a God ? Not sure what your point on that was ... that said was a pretty fine writer and engineer and along with Fagen crated “the sound” s kinda hard to leave him out.
@stephanleo
@stephanleo 4 года назад
@@toby1kenobe And Khan
@patrickmckay6621
@patrickmckay6621 4 года назад
What a Great lesson,thank you,David.
@robertdowler8105
@robertdowler8105 4 года назад
Thanks for the Crash Course,I'm a drummer,but it sure was a good day at My Old. School.
@marksc1929
@marksc1929 4 года назад
..nice breakdown.. really good stuff 👍
@saleasylum
@saleasylum 4 года назад
Very good video. I know a lot and learned a lot. Thanks!
@finaljesus
@finaljesus 3 года назад
i’vw been a steely dan fan for many years i love the Walter backer plays he’s still awesome to me i want to learn their music i’m such a big fan
@chriswenger5797
@chriswenger5797 4 года назад
Your diverse musical knowledge is inspiring! Didn’t see this one coming, and you knocked it out of the park. Thank you for your amazing content. I’ve been obsessed with Steely Dan’s chord work for years. I really appreciate your knowledge of those advanced voicings.
@mikasaarela6217
@mikasaarela6217 4 года назад
Good stuff. Thanks for posting.
@Gonzo2707
@Gonzo2707 4 года назад
Youreally did it...😄 Awesome stuff, thanks a bunch!
@jonswift4742
@jonswift4742 4 года назад
Dooood! So insightful! Thank you!
@Rjhs001
@Rjhs001 4 года назад
I've been a Dan Fan for over 40 years now and although I doubt I'll ever master the complexity of their music (I'm a simple, 3 chord on an acoustic kind of guy), I have so enjoyed hearing you discuss how these fabulous songs were constructed...thank you so much.
@edruiz1202
@edruiz1202 3 года назад
Thank you sir. Now a I can play along a few steely Dan songs.
@tilitila88
@tilitila88 Год назад
Brilliant! Excelent delivery. Thank you!
@edwardmolinary4890
@edwardmolinary4890 3 года назад
Love your variety of video/artist subjects , keep up the great work !!!
@guitarsword1
@guitarsword1 4 года назад
Outstanding lesson. Tnx so much for these voicings.
@StreetsOfVancouverChannel
@StreetsOfVancouverChannel 4 года назад
Please, more Steely! 👊🏻✌🏻🙌🏻▶️🎶🔈
@bodeghost
@bodeghost 4 года назад
Really stoked that this showed up in my "suggestions"... Sir, your channel is magnificent & I immediately subscribed. It's been used but man, you're the, "Bob Ross" of technical explanations. Thoroughly enjoy your methodology & subtle way of coveying your experiences. I've learned quite a bit this fine morning here in 'unusually' rainy, but welcomed, Dana Point, CA! Wonderful channel indeed! I'm hooked! 😉 💜 🍀 🎶 💜 Love & Light to you all out in there in RU-vid Land & bEyOnD!
@ballestertrio
@ballestertrio 3 года назад
Hey, your video is really nice! And with a smile it's so cool. I discovered Steely Dan music in 1975 while baby sitting the already tall son of an american basket player in my hometown in France. I had to order the records as they were only imports from USA. I never quit listening to this fantastic band. And today, some chords are coming in my tunes.
@AntwhaleNearfar
@AntwhaleNearfar 3 года назад
I love this guy’s personality and style of teaching. He’s like the Mr. Rogers of guitar instruction.
@AntwhaleNearfar
@AntwhaleNearfar 3 года назад
I think that second chord in the “Peg” verse might function as a Gmajadd9 with the third (B on the A string) functioning as the root, as the bass goes from C to G...same applies for the F to C and G to D.
@carlsmith7557
@carlsmith7557 3 года назад
HELLO I'M CARL AND LOVE STEELY AND YOUR TAKE.. YOUR DEMEANOR HELPED RECEPTION OF MATERIAL EASY, COMFORTABLE THX
@windmillcancersurvivor2568
@windmillcancersurvivor2568 4 года назад
I have great gear, play poorly but this episode is like the best thing I've seen in a long time. Like a play with multiple acts, all easily digestible. Thanks so much!
@michaeleaster1815
@michaeleaster1815 4 года назад
Thanks for churning out such great stuff, man! This one is a dandy
@5tw8se74
@5tw8se74 4 года назад
Great stuff. One of the bands I am fortunate enough to be in plays several Steely Dan songs. Josie, Pretzel logic, Green Earrings, Peg, Kid Charlemagne I'm still catching up on some of it. Not only great cord work, but the solos are fantastic. Without a doubt my all time favorite band.
@mcbswolf
@mcbswolf 4 года назад
What a great lesson, David. And I really like your style and the way you communicate. So glad I came across your channel. Very helpful and informative. Thanks for what you do!
@WmLJohnson
@WmLJohnson 4 года назад
Fun lesson. Dangerous. Reminds me of the days when I figured much out by ear with a cassette tape. So much info is easily accessible today. I’m just discovering your cache of info now. Thank you for sharing the love.
@MikeS29
@MikeS29 4 года назад
Steely Dan turned me on to the 13 chords. Great lesson, thanks!
@chubbydickschopshop
@chubbydickschopshop 4 года назад
Haven’t dropped in for awhile but holy cow. What a lesson to check in with. Thanks for making my head explode on this one and as usual I could listen to you noodle all night.
@NealKlein
@NealKlein 3 года назад
Your lesson has flow without promising too much. It's a door opener. Inviting. Very, very well done. Thank you.
@gonzogourmet
@gonzogourmet 4 года назад
As a lifelong Dan fan and guitarist since my teens, I have to say I loved this. Gave me new insight into their chords and revived my interest in their tunes, after all these years. I'm back into it, guitar-wise too. Thanks again. Subscribed.
@keithgreenwade2398
@keithgreenwade2398 4 года назад
Great radio voice!
@DavePilotCH47
@DavePilotCH47 4 года назад
You knocked this out of the park my friend!!
@tonydiggs5494
@tonydiggs5494 3 года назад
Steely Dan was amazing! The tonality was spot on! The innovation was outstanding!
@TruthMirrororriM
@TruthMirrororriM Год назад
Excellent teacher - the kind everyone should have! Great work, great posts.
@Guitarmadme
@Guitarmadme 4 года назад
Another Amazing lesson again. Many thanks. 🎸 🇬🇧☺️
@davidburch4165
@davidburch4165 4 года назад
Many thanks for your calm, clear narrative on the chords used by the several guitarists who worked with SD. You are quite correct -- that music will live on among people with an ear for complex and sophisticated music.
@richunclejoey2249
@richunclejoey2249 2 года назад
As a lifelong guitar player, engineer and arranger, I love your channel. Maybe I'm biased as I really enjoy your taste in voicings and music in general. Stoked I disco-ed this content..keep rocking 💪🤘🥓
@dannymccormack2871
@dannymccormack2871 3 года назад
Wow this is really helpful for me to begin to understand the Steely Dan Jazzy chord structures. Really good, thank you.
@glasgowguitarist3636
@glasgowguitarist3636 4 года назад
Quite possibly your best video yet. Great work sir!
@arturoromero1871
@arturoromero1871 4 года назад
Great lesson. The sitar solo in Do it again is one of my favorite
@steventaillefer
@steventaillefer Год назад
Great overview of Steely Dan. They've been my favourite band since the 1st time I heard them back in the early 70s. The arrangements, the lyrics, the monster session guys they brought in... everything.
@flash001USA
@flash001USA 4 года назад
I'm a bass player and I love to play along with Steely Dan songs because of the funky grooves along with the movement in the songs but I've never sat down and tried my hand at the guitar arrangements.... Until this video. Thanks!
@dougfa3515
@dougfa3515 4 года назад
Steely Dan! Great stuff!
@yarrumnodrog
@yarrumnodrog 4 года назад
What a beautiful breakdown. Thank you so much. I really learnt a lot
@tguers
@tguers 4 года назад
Simply wow! What a great lesson that helps to decipher Steely Dan’s chords progression. My hat’s off to you, you are amazing. Bravo. You have a new fan :)
@cliffmentzer7406
@cliffmentzer7406 4 года назад
Wow that was packed with a whole lot of chord ideas-had to just watch and listen first...will rewatch now with guitar and do my best!! I always felt Steely Dan’s recordings still really hold up as well. Like they sound really good still. Great lesson and thanks for making your lesson so diverse to include a band like Steely Dan!!
@JBGuitarInstruction
@JBGuitarInstruction 4 года назад
Thanks for the insight. My band plays a lot of Steely Dan. I'll finally get them right.
@robertsweeney2
@robertsweeney2 4 года назад
Thanks so much for your videos, it's really eye-opening for my learning!
@whadyno6665
@whadyno6665 3 года назад
Great presentation , and feel ; let's not forget Denny Dias, who is so versatile and played So many tremendous solos '72-77 +
@JeffFaulknerCD
@JeffFaulknerCD 4 года назад
Thank you! Gonna have w this tonight...
@crimfan
@crimfan 3 года назад
Taking harmony from fusion and modal jazz was definitely a thing then. Joni Mitchell was in her jazz phase and, even before both she and The Dan, Laura Nyro explored a lot of these sounds. Love it!
@spindriftdrinker
@spindriftdrinker 2 года назад
Interestingly, both Joni Mitchell and Steely Dan acknowledge Laura Nyro as an influence - although in Joni Mitchell's case the influence is much more obvious. Laura Nyro clearly changed Joni's style from straight-ahead folk to a more free-flowing improvisational style. Steely Dan's music sounds nothing like Laura Nyro - they were more more just fans.
@crimfan
@crimfan 2 года назад
@@spindriftdrinker I think Laura Nyro's use of all those slash chords and suspended tonalities was influential for the development of their ears, but clearly Steely Dan went even further into jazz territory.
@buddycushman2851
@buddycushman2851 2 года назад
Fabulously wonderful video. Thank you.
@cognoscenticycles4351
@cognoscenticycles4351 4 года назад
Great lesson.
@ronniewibbley
@ronniewibbley 3 года назад
Excellent - many thanks for doing this.
@timsmith190
@timsmith190 4 года назад
Very well done , thanks
@dallastoto3189
@dallastoto3189 2 года назад
Very deep material Mate . Thanks for posting Cheers.
@bradhilton9113
@bradhilton9113 4 года назад
I bought Aja in high school, I've been a fan ever since! Thanks for the lesson!
@sasaadamovic5963
@sasaadamovic5963 3 года назад
The Best SD album!
@alexanderyaroslavich2703
@alexanderyaroslavich2703 4 года назад
The awesome thing about Fagan and Becker is that they knew Jazz-style harmony really well; close-voiced chords, leading-tones, and how to arrange things. I'm a bassist mostly that has dabbled on guitar for years, but the key thing is that they were really into keyboard and horn-chart style harmonies which can be really hard to play on guitar. I've tried it and it can be real finger-torture, especially with the speed and fluidity. It's hard to capture that flavor, but you do a damn fine job, kudos!
@Kapueira
@Kapueira 4 года назад
What a great lesson! You’re a good teacher. Thank you so much, David! I always loved Steely Dan, but was always hesitant to tap into it for being so sophisticated and you just demystified it to me. Some chords I was already familiar, but other were new and fresh. I definitely gonna check out your other videos. Thanks again!
@ThisMichaelBrown
@ThisMichaelBrown 4 года назад
Thanks for the Peg intro walk down....I was using a difficult voicing...I like when things turn out to be simple! And lots of good things are....Great vid! So much beautiful melody in Steely...
@josephhaley7576
@josephhaley7576 3 года назад
Tackling what I'd consider the essence of SD's mystique is an admirable feat. Sending appreciation for revealing a portion of their elusive magic that became much less complicated to grasp in the relationships of chords you've presented.
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