PRETZEL LOGIC - Playing STEELY DAN/GUITAR CHORDS/LYRICS TUTORIALS (unique) 

WOW !!! Love and appreciate so much those motivating comments, Mr. Carl Kerkman ;^) ♪ And politely, please don't omit to tell them to "Ring the Bell" too ...lol..;^) ♪ I kinda have a strong feeling that my purposely made for guitarist tutorials are going in the right direction and reaching the right person (RU-vid algorithms are pretty intelligent, as I notice). I guess they can even calculate well that a guitarist produced these animations who happened to have developed skills for EDITing with "After Effects" and much more advanced software? ...lol... Let me tell ya, there's a lot of a lot (years ) of thought + brainstorming enable these productions through tons of trials and errors, of and managing to best of my skills (guitar playing as well...lol..) a way to make Steely Dan and/or advanced guitar chord changes friendlier and (to my humble opinion) better than agonizing traditional mathematical guitar grid tablatures. ;^) ♪ If I've raised the bar too high for the leadingJoe guitar instructor / different language talking heads style tutorial that just after a few minutes, you have an idea of the first chord... Well, I'll take it. lol... ;^) ♪ Anyway, expect a minimum of 65 + Steely Dan tutorials to be displayed/ created within the next 12 to 15 months. And from a biased point of view, if someone doesn't know SD yet, they will acquire a taste for it very quickly. Plus, someone who could despise SD (impossible ...lol..), there is everything and more that you need to learn in the diversified world of guitar chords and voicings (time signature, different scales.) A determined guitarist can learn within their masterpieces tutorials I do. Maybe guitar teachers will finally be effective, teaching their students some Steely Dan faster. Or use this for visual educational guitar teaching? And in many languages too! ;^) ♪ Thanks a bunch for sharing, sir ;^) ♪ Peace ;^) ♪

Greetings, Mr. Pit Rudolf ;^) ♪ Über Danke shoen for your much-appreciated insights and appreciation, sir. ♪ Wishing you a fantastic 2024, the best is yet to come. Auf Wiedersehen ♪ Peace + respect ;^) ♪ .

Hi there, Mr. Tod Hamilton ;^) ♪ Appreciated your appreciation, sir.♪ First of all thanks for having SEBscribed, you're part of my exclusive first 1000 SEBscribers (V.I.P. club (Lol...)) I intend (in the new improved format coming soon!), to do a complete run-over at 75% speed in the endings.♪ Doubling the pleasure, doubling the time of the video (good for YT), A recap, and why not a musical memory test without the animations.♪ But, I will reserve myself to interpreted it FREELY always and for sure.♪ Peace, stay tuned; the best is yet to come, always. Respect ;^) ♪ .

Hi there, Mr. Steve Wheeler ;^) ♪ Thanks a super bunch, That is a very appreciated and humbling appreciation, sir.♪ Does it mean that you're satisfied and will not have to look for any other version on the internet? (Lol..!) ♪ I try to be as accurate and clever (guitar chord progression-wise) as possible. ♪ Peace, stay tuned; the best is yet to come every day. Respect ;^) ♪ .

And don't forget that the best is yet to come; therefore, it will get better as well. Lol...! ;^) ♪ Thanks so much, Mr. Dan (I'll keep it short for Steely DAN purposes. Lol..!) ;^) ♪ Very touching and motivating statement/ appreciated comment ;^) ♪ Thank You too ;^) ♪ Peace, sir ;^) ♪ .

Hi there Mr. Thomas Nelson. Thank you very much for that appreciated comment ;^) ♪ Like you've pinpointed outright, getting the nuances as close as possible is an essential part of my tutorials. As far as the chord voicing suggestion I propose, there are so many options to chose from.;^) ♪ Either or, this channel has to be a good starting point for someone to go even more in-depth later on;^ ) ♪ Thanks a bunch as well to have "rang that notification bell" because more nuances will be published here in the future ;^) ♪ Peace, Stay Tuned; the best is yet to come, sir ...always ;^) ♪

Thanks a SUPER bunch, sir or mam' Offchill. ;^) ♪ It most probably "takes one to know one "...lol.. ;^) ♪ Peace ;^) ♪

Greetings, Mr. GregoryEgan128 ;^) ♪ Thanks a bunch and much-appreciated appreciation, sir. ♪ The best is yet to come, always. Stay Tuned. ♪ Peace + Respect , amigo ;^) ♪ .

Hi there, how ya doin' my Acoustic Sailing Bryan friend ;^) ♪ I think I can say that there's realistically 10 hours of work for each minute of animation. ♪ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- What a fantastic trip that is about to end soon. (must be LOGICally heartbreaking? (Lol..!)) ♪ Muriel seems to get the sailing experience, spirit, and passion even more than ever. ♪ Always enjoy making the voyage with you guys through your excellent and informative videos on your adventures. ♪ Peace always, and have a safe way back home, amigo. Respect. ;^) ♪ .

It's a pretzel logic euh... I mean, a pretty logic'al statement you just wrote there. Lol..! ;^) ♪ Peace, sir, sincerely appreciated. respect.. ;^) ♪ .

Thanks to you too, Mr. Bill ;^) ♪ Wished I'd won your ringing the bell subscription, but hey, at least your request (that I thought producing only around September) seems to be appreciated by lots of curious people/ fans. ;^) ♪ I guess people's requests are better than my plan to obtain around 70 tutorials of their masterpieces. And the other requests I had so far are pretty popular too, so it's all good. ;^) ♪ I just care about growing this channel and that the RU-vid algorithms/ the AI notice and take this place as a good recommendation for their broader clientele. ;^) ♪ Plus, I can't produce faster than once, whether I like it or not. It's VERY long. so will not clog anyone's notification feeds, for that matter ;^) ♪ Peace and have a great day and practices, sir...lol.. ;^) ♪

Hi there, Mr. Rock Rand ;^) ♪ Thanks a bunch for the nice comment, sir. ♪ Peace, Stay tuned; the best is yet to come, always. respect ;^) ♪ .

Hey there, Mr. Steve Thompson ;^) ♪ Super thanks for your much-appreciated appreciation and for suggesting/motivating folks to LIKE, SEBscribe, and HIT that BELL.♪ Personally, as much as I notice that even the many successful YT channels there are out there with a few hundred thousand to millions of subscribers, they constantly bash to remind their viewers to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and NOTIFICATION BELL.♪ I think (even though it seems to be a crucial part of a "successful" channel in constant evolution) that it's annoying and repetitive. ♪ If people in 2022 haven't got it and aren't (yet?) sensitive to what can make a channel more appealing for the YT algorithms, well, I prefer to leave it to folk's judgments.♪ But don't get me wrong, ALL the LIKES, new and NOTIFIED SEBscriptions, and very kind (often very constructive ) comments are hugely motivating to produce more and better content.♪ I work so damn hard putting these very elaborated visual music lessons (for ALL languages in this sense, too) that I don't understand why there aren't more likes and all the rest. It's very competitive/with lots of choices for guitar tutorials in the sea of RU-vid content, so patience will let more guitarists and Steely Dan Lovers enjoy and discover my dedication.♪ Peace, stay always tuned; the best is yet to come every day, sir. Respect ;^) ♪ .

Thanks a bunch, Mr. SafetyCap, much appreciated.♪ Peace + Respect, sir.;^) ♪

Thank you so very much, Mr. Jim Morse, for this really appreciated comment, sir ;^) ♪ And to have loyally subscribed/ rang the bell as well ;^) ♪ God bless Steely Dan, that's for sure ...lol...;^) ♪ Peace, stay tuned, and always expect the best that is yet to come ;^) ♪

Thanks mr. André Reiter.(André sounds french like lots of friends of mine in Québec) Salut mon André ;^)♪ I intend to do at least 65+ of them, and I'm now at 23 tutorials after 1 year. I believe I'll reach my goal around early 2022. Till then, I hope you'll " ring the bell." BTW I visited your channel quickly and really enjoyed your (Quatuor/ chorale - OCT 22nd, 2018) you guys are pretty lovely, talented, and devoted people, Respect ;^) ♪ Stay tuned (like you 4 guys ...lol..); the best is yet to come always ;^) ♪ Peace sir ;^) ♪

@@SEB-EDIT Thanks, but I hope your German is good lol I’m a Canadian-born German with a French name lol I’ve done a lot of barbershop-style singing the past 15 years. Also, I’m more a keyboard player. Guitar is something I wish I could play. I can strum a bunch of cowboy chords, but that’s about it

Greeting, Mr. Pedro Diaz ;^) ♪ Indulge me for this late response, sir.♪ Yeah, I like to believe that my tutorials are a solid starting point for the majority, to go more in-depth and/or like you, take your favorite bits and pieces, that helps enhance your musical experience♪ The bridge is brilliant, (and pretty tricky), it's more than just a traditional blues, and that's what I really enjoy about Stelly Dan's way of composing, tasteful music.♪ ----------------------------------------- Thank you for your much-appreciated comment, and the best is yet to come.♪ Peace, kindregards + respect ;^) ♪ .

Hi there, Mr.(miss?) Knockknock (who's there? (Lol..!)) ♪ Thanks a super bunch for your much-appreciated interaction/appreciation. ♪ Thank too, to all the space dust that has transformed into what enabled me to be alive today with this baggage of competencies in animated visual graphics combined with having started young playing this wonderfully versatile and complete instrument that is the guitar. ♪ Peace; the best is yet to come every day, stay tuned always. Respect ;^) ♪ .

Merci beaucoup, vraiment Jason ;^) ♪ I really appreciate your mention about my 5-minute daily guitar exercises (some of them). 'Cause for someone who really wants to improve his skills and/or strengthening his pinky finger, these exercises did miracles for my ability to become a better musician/ guitarist. ;^) ♪ I don't invent anything. These were the exercises I've been introduced to 30+ years ago that I had to do and improve every week. (At Mr. Roger Pelletier private musical school in MTL, A famous TV show conductor in the '50s at Radio-Canada, who was even the long time teacher of Gino Vanelli) for about three years, obviously with his traditional triangular wooden metronome. ;^) ♪ So a weekly lesson was ; a half an hour/ 6 times 5 different 5-minute drills like these to start. Then another half an hour working on the songs for the eventual presentations. I was the guitarist of the big band of this class (Benny Goodman 50's style). Then an hour of theory with the whole 20 musicians and working on details of the songs in a group. And to finish the day, it was an hour of practicing the tune in the "Big Band" formation ;^) ♪ The passionate/dedicated/patient man would have been 115 +or- years young today. ;^) ♪ CLEARLY over his head in the classroom (on a metal plate), was boldly written ; "AN EXTRAORDINARY MUSICIAN IS A MUSICIAN WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY DETERMINATION... " What can I say more? ;^) ♪ If it was good for him 90 years ago and good for me 30 years ago, I guess today in a format, that besides, I accompany you/ doing the metronome, can make it more dynamic/ friendlier to undertake/ for practicing regularly. ;^) ♪ Voicing will often be somewhat different but will always respect the main trades, melody following. Still, I always purposely try to involve/find as many low bass root notes and open strings as possible in the songs that influence the results. ;^) ♪ I intend to add (eventually) 5 more 5-minute exercises to complete my objective to create a full hour/ 12 different friendly 5-minute daily guitar exercises. ;^) ♪ The rest will be more focused on OPEN STRINGS AREA demystifying all the "CAGED." patterns within the first 4 frets. The magical G scale sustained open string technique, obviously, by default of CAGED, open string patterns are demystifying the PENTATONIC within them. Some have asked me why I exercise in Bb? Because coming from this clever (late) man Roger Pelletier, that had to do everything in handwriting, my theory is that most probably he noticed that the area on the guitar neck where Bb exercises are executed fits quite naturally space in our fingers without having to spread them too much around and more centered. I think another clever thing is that, with 2 octaves (within the staff with the treble key), you only have to add one line over and one underneath it. To keep the visual to a minimum of ambiguity, with extra lines (I humbly think). ;^) ♪ Hope more people like you will catch up and discover those efficient exercises, 'cause to be honest, there are sooooo... many of those (identical titles ?) in the RU-vid world that it's kind of not appearing anywhere at all, in comparison of these exclusive Steely Dan tutorials I do, that are more exclusive and less plentiful. ;^) ♪ Peace and big-time respect, sir ;^) ♪

Greetings, Mr. InHisImage ;^) ♪ Please indulge me for not having replied sooner to such a much-appreciated, humbling, and motivating interaction, sir.♪ Late welcome too, (lol..). I'm delighted to read your enjoyment and enthusiasm having discovered my little space within this vast RU-vid sea of guitar educative channels.♪ Though, I would genuinely attest that your comment is *PRETTzY LOGIC* (lol..) ---------------- Thank you so F*@#n' much again (lol..), and never forget that the best is yet to come, and stay tuned always. ♪ Peace + respect amigo ;^) ♪ .

Hey there, Mr. Evan Davidson ;^) ♪ Thank you so much for your very humbling interaction/ lovely and appreciated comment. ♪ A lot of work to be almost perfect (lol..!) as precise/ accurate as possible. ♪ If there were more animated tabs like these, I'm pretty sure It would make the world of guitar learning (at large) a process less tedious and friendlier. ♪ I say at large because I've voluntarily dedicated my tabs for Steely Dan (so far). There is so much I can animate when just animating one of these tutorials takes a week/45 hours and more to finalize (on average). ♪ More (50 +) Steely Dan tutorials to be produced shortly (within 1 year and a half). Then attacking many of Donald Fagen's solo career. ♪ Then some Pat Metheny and most probably the whole "The Police." catalog/ their whole 5 albums. ♪ (we'll see once there. (Lol..)♪ I hope you've SEBscribed + ring the notification bell, and never forget that the best is yet to come, constantly, sir. ♪ Peace, Stay Tuned, and respect ;^) ♪ .

@@SEB-EDIT thanx for doing what you do!!

@@stepitupandgo67 Respect ;^) ♪

Greetings, Mr. Gerris Moss ;^)♪ Sincere thanks for your much-appreciated, and humbling appreciation, sir.♪ Though born in the '70s, I truly got the pill (more or less) 10 years ago. Before that my knowledge of Steely Dan music was basically reserved for; *Rikki Don't Lose That Number + Do It Again + Reeling In The Years*♪ ------------------------------------------------------------- When I was (lately?) introduced to the world of the internet in 2010 with FB and Email..., I don't know exactly when and how, but I stumbled upon a RU-vid thumbnail (i guess?) for the album *Two Against Nature*, and I said to myself * Hmmm. Steely Dan, Ok don't know much of them, but heard great things about their musical credibility, and why not, let's check that out* ♪ So this was my epiphany moment where it all started, I was flabbergasted and dazzled by the sound quality of the recordings and the masterful musical composition craftmanship.♪ ------------------------------------------------------------- Funny story of my journey in here; fact, when I started (Sept 20th, 2019) publishing my two first tutorials *Glamour Profession* + * Gaucho* I didn't even know from which album it was from (Lol..) ♪ It's more at the end of *Gaucho's* tutorial process that I asked myself, heck! from which album is that? (I said Oh... same thing/name (Lol..!)) It's from there I started showing the album covers in the intros.♪ As ridiculous as some would think (just never thought about it at first), I always proceeded one by one, meaning (believe it or not) within so many choices, I (instinctively?) decided to undergo doing *Haitian Divorce*, as my third lesson, only to discover again, at the end of my process, that it was from *Gaucho's* album.♪ Then for my fourth tutorial *Babylon Sisters* (don't ask me why?), I said this one I know it's from the album AJA, (and as you can see in the intro) and didn't even bother to verify from which album it was because I was convinced I knew♪ Then got corrected (somewhere in the comment section?) by a SEBscirber of this grotesque mistake, to then discover that this one too, was from *Gaucho's* album.♪ So then I said (should have definitely thought about sooner (lol..!)), OK let's go check out and see what are ALL the songs of the *Gaucho's* album. To discover *Hey Nineteen*, (and said to me, hmmm...I think I heard this one before) + * Third World Man* + *Time Out Of Mind* and *My Rival (love that song)* (But to my ultimate surprise, I said WHAT... *Glamour Profession*, too (Lol..!)) ♪ I said OMG all these songs from this album are soooo... good and didn't take long I had the inspiration to undergo completing all *of Gaucho's* album songs.♪ And from this (late) discovery, I went to check and listen out to all their album's content in detail,/technically all 92 songs of their 9 albums, to then have my official second pill. There was at first listening to at least 80 songs I completely fell in love with and wanted to learn and produce them ALL.♪ -------------------------------------------------- So (indeed tough to choose) to answer your question, I have tendencies to appreciate their later stuff/last five albums (maybe not *Everything Must Go*, even though the songs I like in it are so amazing), and I would include *The Nightfly* in it, has technically (IMO) the same ingredients, team, SD feeling, and expertise.♪ So let's go for the album; #0 - The Nightfly (Lol..!), what a start, but hey, it's honest) #1 - Gaucho #2 - Aja #3 - Two Against Nature #4 - The Royal Scam #5 - Katy Lied #6 - Countdown To Ecstasy #7 - Pretzel Logic #8 - Can't Buy A Thrill #9 - Everything Must Go And now for the songs (Oufff...isn't fair for the order, anything in these ten, are #1's !); #0 - I Got The News #1 - Time Out Of Mind #2 - Aja #3 - My Rival #4 - Everything Must Go #5 - Doctor Wu #6 - Green Flower Street #7 - Pretzel Logic #8 - Maxine #9 - Third World Man --------------------------------------------------- Peace, stay always tuned; the best is yet to come. amigo. Respect ;^) ♪ .

Hi there, Mr. Miguel Portillo ;^) ♪ Thank's a super bunch for your much-appreciated appreciation, sir.♪ ----------------------- Unfortunately, once the video/tutorial is uploaded, I can not make any more changes or corrections.♪ --------------------------------------------- As a starting point, I see my content as a portal for folks so they can eventually play it more accurately in their expression and preferred voicings.♪ But thanks to having interacted, some followers may read your comment as pertinent musical information, they can imply to their learning process.♪ Peace, stay tuned always; the best is yet to come every day. Respect;^) ♪ .

Thanks a bunch mr. Ari Kotkavuori ;^) ♪ Truly feel your appreciation,, respect ;^) ♪ Ring the notification Bell, many more years and content like this to come, sir ;^) ♪ Peace, Stay Tuned, and The Best is Yet to Come, always ;^) ♪

@@SEB-EDIT I will :)

Hi there, Mr. Steve Faulk ;^) ♪ One of these days guaranteed, I intend to animate 80 songs of them, and so far I'm at 36 tutorials.♪ So coming within the next year or two? ♪ Peace, sir, stay tuned, the best is yet to come. Respect ;^)♪ .