PDF Scale chart:
►https://guitareo.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/email-images/2021-01/how-to-play-the-blues-like-steely-dan-01.pdf
0:00 – Intro
Ayla Tesler-Mabe goes into depth on the specific harmonic and chord choices in four different Steely Dan songs.
1:47 – “Peg”
This song is the closest Steely Dan came to writing a song with a traditional 1-4-5 blues progression — but with a bit of a twist with their interesting chord choices.
2:37 – 1-4-5 chord progression
Since the song is in the key of C, this means it starts with the 1-chord (C), then goes to the 4-chord (F), and finally to the 5-chord (G).
3:25 – Cmaj7
The first chord in the song, Ayla describes how to play this classic major 7 chord.
4:18 – Gadd9/B
Next, we go to this chord. And even though the major 3rd of the root is what’s being played, the root note is G, making this chord a Gadd9/B chord.
5:41 – Fmaj7
Next, we move to the 4-chord. It’s the same chord movement, but this time starting at the 8th fret, and it comes back down to the 1-chord.
6:19 – “Black Friday”
This song is the opening song from Steely Dan’s album, “Katy Lied.” It begins with a bluesy riff that continues throughout the verses and transitions into the chorus, where it gets a little crazy.
7:39 – Beginning riff
The common note is E, and the voice leading helps tie all these chords together and makes everything connect smoothly.
8:45 – A
A classic A major bar chord, but the only caveat is avoiding the high E string.
10:03 – G6
Take the previous shape and move it down a whole step to G and add your pinky to the 5th fret of the B string. This is the voice leading commonality between the chords.
10:22 – F #7
This chord involves putting the dominant 7 at the top of the chord to give it a crunchier tone.
11:31 – E Flat m7
This is a very classic minor 7 chord shape you may have encountered before.
12:00 – A/D
A major triad with the D in the bass. What’s also interesting about this chord, is that it’s also a D major 9 chord. So it can be referred to as either.
13:28 – B9sus4
This chord is an A triad over B — it acts as the 5-chord bringing us back to the 1-chord.
14:51 – “Black Cow”
Another opening track but off of Steely Dan’s album “Asia” (it might be one of Ayla’s favorites…even though it’s hard for her to choose — they’re all great!)
15:52 – The Blues Motif
You might instantly think of old school blues when hearing this motif. It’s just a diad (two notes) and moving that shape from the 8th fret to the 10th fret.
17:34 – A7(#5)
The sharp 5 in this chord helps build a lot of tension to resolve to the next chord.
18:42 – C/D
This chord has the C major triad in it over the D chord. You can also think of it as a D9sus4 chord (Ayla taught on this earlier in the lesson).
19:46 – E7(#9)
This is a great altered chord often used in jazz-influenced music. It’s also a staple in Jimi Hendrix’s playing.
22:17 – E9sus4
The chord used to resolve back to the A major chord.
23:07 – “Bodhisattva”
This song comes off of one of her favorite steely Dan albums, and one of the first Steely Dan songs she ever heard…courtesy of Rock Band 2.
23:51 – Beginning riff
The song starts with a traditional rock blues riff that may sound familiar.
25:00 – G7
This next riff is just the G going to the 10th fret of A string. This is a classic voicing of a dominat7 chord.
26:21 – E Flat m7
The same chord voicing we looked at earlier in the video
26:30 – A7(#5)
Again, the exact same chord that we learned in”Black Cow.”
26:42 – Dm7
They play a very typical voicing of this type of chord, letting it resolve the previous chords.
27:13 – F6
This is also the same chord voicing used earlier in the song, but the root being F this time. This chord progression is used a lot and can be considered a type of modal interchange.
Follow Ayla Tesler-Mabe:
►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AylaTeslerMabe/
►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aylateslermabe/?hl=en
►YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqY9L3NQInsCY7pJHTVOHlA
Follow us:
►Guitareo: https://www.guitareo.com/
►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guitareoofficial
►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guitareoofficial/
#Guitareo #BluesGuitarLesson #SteelyDan
The post Play Blues Guitar Like Steely Dan first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]>Let’s talk about some blues basics today! In this video you will learn the essential blues guitar chords. I’m sure a lot of you have asked “what are the blues guitar chords?” this video is a simple answer to that question.
To understand this you need to know how the chords relate to each other and how they relate to one main key center. Once you understand the basics of the I, IV and V chords you will have some priceless information that you can use to immediately connect chords in a song and memorize songs faster. You will also have the basic foundation for the most commonly used blues chords and this will come in handy when playing pretty much all popular music.
Have fun!
#bluesguitarchords #jonmaclennan #bluesguitarlesson
The post What Are The Blues Guitar Chords? first appeared on Open G Tuning.]]>