EASIEST Blues Hack EVER (Learn in 5 Minutes - Never Forget) 

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Yeah, Steve Trovato ... great player for sure. I think I've got some of his stuff playing with John Jorgenson, another fantastic player. Good to know he's a good guy as well!

Steve T. did a GREAT dvd on playing like Chuck Berry. Highly recommended...

I must check out Steve Trovato... I mean, anyone who tops Albert Lee has to be seriously good.

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Exactly so. I see the tritone as a chromatic from the iim chord rather than going to the V7 before the I. It's "just" a chromatic line. (But oh so neat sounding!)

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Gatton was amazing. I don't know that he was the one who first saw it, but he certainly used it to great effect!

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No doubt an all-time great!

Love Danny! Had the chance to catch a show and meet him. A true tele magician. One guy to check out if you never hear of him: Scotty Anderson

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Thanks so much! I work very hard to keep the lessons short and tight, and to not try to put too much into any one lesson. Don't be shy about letting me know what else you'd like to see!

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Glad you enjoyed it. Danny was truly amazing!

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@@MarkZabel yeah I seen that! Excellent! See you on the livestream June 5th!

Yes, one of his many tricks and amazing guitar acrobatic feats!

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What he's really talking about is what is called a 'shell voicing' for chords. You can look it up, I'm sure, but, essentially, it stems from the Root & 5th contributing the least to a chord's 'color', timbre, whatever term you want to use. So a jazz guy will build things around 1 - (b)3 - 7 AND drop the Root for 'busy' constructions. *Example:* the Root is very often omitted from a ninth (a true ninth, not add9).

@@JESL_TheOnlyOne - True. Especially on guitar -just try to get a voicing for all the notes in a 13th chord! Hey, here's a trick I discovered for blues chords. I voice them 1-V-b7, which leaves the third ambiguous, giving the singer or soloist room to play with that M-m dichotomy. Keep playing, brother.

@@onlyrick Look up Drop 2, Drop 3, Drop 4 voicings - most useful for guitar grips.

@@onlyrick Omitting the Fifth very often makes a 'power chord' (q. v.).

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I like it! I wish they didn't always look so wild though! :) This one is pretty traditional looking, so I went for it.

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Yes, exactly - typical jazz blues turnaround sort of thing. And works with the tritone sub versions too. I didn't want to complicate this video with that, so I kept it short and just mentioned it near the end. Thanks for pointing it out!

@@MarkZabel Thank you! I like your teaching style.

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Mine too!

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Glad you enjoyed the video! I do a lot of work with triads and "partial chords" on my channel, along with lots of other things. I didn't go to music school, so my "models" are often a bit different from others. Thanks for checking out my video and for the kind comment!

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I agree! Mark is a really great teacher (and player)!

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Thanks man! Yep, Rock and Roll by Zep uses this - exactly!

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Great for it definitely

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Yeah, it is based on triads, and fragments, you would have all of that from your bass playing

This use to make my brain hurt too- now it's easy. Simply count to 7- that is all the degrees of the major scale. 8 is back to the root or tonic note only one octave higher. The way the notes are in order is called steps that follow a formula. For the major scale it is simply this. *W W H W W W H.* It never changes. W or Whole step like C to D is 2 steps, H or half like B to C is 1. So in C Major, it is ---*C(1)*--- D (2) E(3) ---*F(4)*--- ---*G(5)*--- A(6) AND FINALLY B (7.) That's it. Eight would start over at C. These are the *DEGREES of the scale.* Most progressions are I, IV, V so in C that is simply C, F, G. They are all major. There are also 3 minor. It's really very simple once it clicks. I, IV, V are always major in the major scale. Recall, the musical alphabet is e.g., C, *C#/Db, D, D#/Eb, E, F, F#/Gb, A, A#/Bb, B*, (12 notes aka Chromatic) and back to C- that is it. This is what you apply the formula to. That is exactly where the numbers are coming from. Most chords are triads (3 notes) so the 1-3-5 of that major scale. So in C it is simple C, E, G. To make a MINOR C chord, simple FLAT (or go down a Half step on the 3rd) and that's it. So C, D#/Eb, G are the notes there. Print this out so you have a reference. You will find this formula and the musical alphabet (chromatic- 12 notes) very useful. This works in any key. Learn one, you have them all! Also, 66 is not old- I skied everyday with 70+ year old's at Vail, Co/ who skied great. Many better than me and I was an instructor. They skied 100 days a season. I hope this helps. Even it it is confusing at first glance, re-read it 10 times over as many days. One day, it will click I promise. That will be a very happy day for you my friend. 😀

That's right. An Ab7 is basically a D7 with the bass note changed. If one leaves out the bass note ... well, you already told me the answer! Thanks for watching!

@@MarkZabel Thanks for responding. I just love talking about music and sharing little tidbits with each other. I've learned a lot that way. I hope I didn't come across as pushy or anything. I never mean to. I'd love to be able to Jam with you sometime. Your the kind of guy that I would enjoy just jamming with. Thanks again.

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Thanks Paul!!

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No doubt. What Danny G was doing was really cool. Honestly, I think that's such a key insight into how the greats play - they keep it simple, but know it like the back of their hands. Thanks for watching!

Yes, keep it simple and you can do wonders. A digital computer is all simple 1s and 0s at its heart. You can build and do a few things with a computer.

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Thanks for the sub!

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Cool idea, thanks! It actually works on every adjacent string pair - E/A, A/D, D/G, G/B, B/E. Best on the "bread and butter" or guitar IMHO - the D, G, and B strings.

@@MarkZabel Yep. For a 3-note thing, the D,G & B in the Hendrix E7#9, A13 & B13 and easy enough to add the 6 string root.

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Thanks Jimi P!! And LOL on the auto-correct on the phone. I've had some crazy bad misspellings myself. Rock on!

First thing i thought was page and rock n roll . Haha

@@beaud4474 hahaha dude, lets me bs my way thru jazz stuff i have no idea what the chords are for...lol. its super-duper handy, for sure. but yeah, i bet that was a lot of our first exposure to it, pagey in rock n roll ;) AWESOME. rock on, brother

@@666pinkster Don't you mean the loneliest monk? 🙂

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Glad you enjoyed it. Danny was the best!

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Until you reach the B-string!

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Great! Amazing how easy it makes jazz blues.

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