I have Never seen a better teacher, who breaks it down casually, with a great relaxed demeanor. I wish all instructors were this personable!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Much appreciated. Lots more guitar lessons on the channel :)

Stormy Monday is the Stairway to Heaven of the blues 😊

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'd say so

Clear and concise and engaging. What a joy .

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob!

This guy is a great teacher! 👍👍

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Thomas!

Really Great lesson!! Explained so perfectly.! Thank yoy SO much!!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it thank you!

I like the way this guy teaches blues guitar techniques, he’s too methodical to be understood by even the beginners.

You have really made a super video, wonderful explanations and demonstrations. Thank you and the best of luck to you.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Lots more guitar lessons onbthe channel.

I'm an old guy. About 1960, when I was new to guitar, a professional guitarist taught me this progression. Way back then. That guitarist was Angel South, who went on to some notoriety.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

5 ай бұрын

Very cool! Thank you for sharing :)

Just BRILLIANT!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave!

Great job on breaking it down. Glad your content from a year ago made it to my plate this stormy CA Tuesday - after the really stormy Monday Thank You

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Willy Nilly!

Fantastic! LOVED the Lesson, I always loved this song.. Jethro Tull did it too in the early days. Love the Blues, Thank You, Bravo!🌹

Very well explained. You are a real teacher as you are really didactic. Thank you so much

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Patrick!

This was great! Excellent explanation!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian!!

Stumbled onto this one Blue. Truly love it! Thanks

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Great thanks Dennis!

Excellent. I have fooled with this many times, but I swear I'm gonna get it this time. I love your succinct way of explaining things without a lot of extraneous bs. And I love your chord charts and the fact that you touch on the time signature. Well done!!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

You are a gifted teacher and player, thanks for sharing your skills with us!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

Perhaps the most succinct instruction and analysis I have ever come accross, thank you, respect and Love, we all have our gifts, Namaste'

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Etienne!

Hi Great lesson! The explanation of the chords was so easy to follow. Thank you 👍

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you 🎸. Very detailed. Slow and easily understood. Really appreciate your time and patience.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks!

High quality lesson give a clear understanding of both the chords to play and the music theory

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Lots more on the channel

Blue! Thank goodness for algorithms. Been working on this song with KZread tutorial help. This is by far the best lesson. Many thanks.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

4 ай бұрын

Cool thanks! 😀

Very well done. Thank you!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Lee!

Another great lesson. Thank you!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🎸 😊

Another great lesson. I’ve been wanting a jazzy sounding 1-4-5 and there we have it. Thank you!🎉

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marc! I love that chord progression, so cool.

@jesusamaya8943

Жыл бұрын

Sounds a little like guitar slim... things that I used to do 🎸🎼🎶🎵

Many years ago, Mezz Mezzrow came up with a 32-bar blues progression which he thought would supercede the 12-bar format. It didn't, but it's a wonderful progression.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I'll check it out, though will be harder to memorize at 32 bars 😄

@ted9876

11 ай бұрын

I agree this is an incredible progression, but one I’ve really struggled with, doubtless because there are so many interpretations. I’ve heard so many versions and attempted to follow so many different lessons I am no longer sure I even correctly remember this song. I appreciate the clarity of this lesson and the explanation of the chords. Thank you so much for breaking it down. You are a wonderful guitar teacher. Wish I lived closer so I could take advantage of in person lessons.

i am a bass player and have been playing this for years. now i finally know what i have been doing. haha. thank you, sir.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Haha nice 👍 thanks for commenting

Very helpful indeed - thank you!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

I always wanted to learn this song for the past 5 years Umbro that is the best breakdown you made it so easy like I I know how to play this song and I had to subscribe cuz I'm a blues guy and I want to see what else you got going thanks man

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear, thanks Chad! Lots more to come on this channel.

Thanks a lot it's so clear

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

8 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

Another great lesson. I have to watch your lessons a few times over months till it sinks in.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Nothing wrong with that. Repetition is key to help things sink in and to try out the ideas.

Good lesson. Great tune. Here’s a crazy thought….maybe have your tabs written out before you hit record.

Amezing lesson excelent I learn so Much🎉🎉🎉🎉

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Humberto!

Great lesson! I really enjoy your channel.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Lots more coming 🎸

Nice job, I used video as a bass lesson and progression sounds really warm and round, thank you

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Cool great idea!

Very nice lesson!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tammy!

Awesome!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

Great way to teach chords, cheers 🤙🎸

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

Great job! Great channel! Sweet Epi.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John!!!

you are a very good teacher

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Lots more coming

Thank You !!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

Thank you.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Pete!

Brilliant.. thanks man.. 👏👏 Benjiboy from Newport South Wales the UK.😊

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

I've just left a very positive comment about Stormy Monday and now I'm going to look on your site because they're two songs that I'm Very keen on getting to grips with and they are jazzy blues ish in my opinion. One is St. James infirmary and the other is Work Song. I understand these are Def not 12 bars or blues but they are great songs and fit quite well within this style of music. I've clicked like on your video and Italy latest stage I might become a patron but at the moment I have two little time to benefit so I just look at things when I can. But thank you again very much

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

5 ай бұрын

Cool, yeah those are great songs too. Timeless really. Maybe I'll do some videos on those one day too. Thanks for watching and commenting.

I am inspired to say how this was so useful , so well presented and so interesting. Please let me expand. I played bass and in covers bands for most 5 years in the late sixes and then for various reasons didn't play for 51 years and only started playing again just before covid broke out and then I stopped and then I stopped after cool food to move to France. I first heard this song by Chris Farlow and I automatically thought it was a brilliant song. One of my many problems is that I never had a good musical and as I've got older my hearing has suffered so I really struggle even to recognise songs are 12 bars sometimes. Playing notes is generally not a problem, as I know the fretboard well. I don't know much about music theory.but i canmove from one note to another quite well, but it's knowing the chord structure on which to base the bass. I have played it a couple of times recently in blues jams in Bordeaux and they play the basic 12 bar version because it's a jam session and people wouldn't necessarily know this version and to be honest it sounds quite brilliant even as a basic 12 bar. I've struggled to find out the chords sequences to this version and I would rather like the challenge of playing the Sllman Brothers version Belief me it will be a challenge for me to remember the sequences and I don't like playing using a music stand This video and the company chord sheet will be a GREAT help but now I have to find people who know how to I want to play this more complex version 🤣🤣🤣

That's just what I've always thought since I heard the Allman Bros version 50 years ago. Why can't blues be harmonically rich like this masterpiece?

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

It can but you're right it's not common. I agree I like these more creative chord progressions

@Smokeslikelightningband

8 ай бұрын

google what a bird blues is (charlie parker). You have only gotten started

@christopherlawson2262

2 ай бұрын

It can be. Some would call it Jazz music. 🙂

awesome.....

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Pat!

Great lesson and I'm not even a jazzy bluesy player. sometimes throw some of it in the mix just for the fun of it

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Yeah these chords can work in lots of songs. Funk too 😀

I used to have that same Emperor Regent. I took the pick-up off and strung it with acoustic D'Addario 10s

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I've had it for ages! I still like it. It's huge though.

I like the written charts. George Benson in Come Back Baby, has more chords in a blues than any other I know of!

I'm playing Jazz chords!! Thank you!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

They are jazz chords! Nice work!

Yes. My Guitar teacher at MI taught me this.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Cool!

Really enjoyed this and learned so much! Wowser- one of my fave songs, too. Esp Bobby Blue Bland

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Cool, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Someday After Awhile you'll be sorry is my favorite blues arrangement by FREDDIE KING and covered by many including EC.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Cool I'll check it out

Grazie.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support!

Looked at playing this classic many times and never really followed thru - I guess I have no excuse now for passing on this song - thanks.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 78tag, you can do it!!

@78tag

Жыл бұрын

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver I am enjoying your style of communication. The early days of instruction thru the either were "play these scales and learn these chords" that came with mind numbing practice sessions. A lot of progress has been made in that area.We are really seeing some great guitar info come out of the interwebs these days and you have come to the front with a small handful. Thanks again.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

@@78tag That's great to hear thank you!

Awesome! Dan T. Sidney, BC.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan!

Great lesson! I can hear Doug Sahm on his T Bone style songs.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve!!

Hello your lessons are great and very easy to understand, but i have a question about the 9 chords. Would it be safe to say that for example the G9 is actually an inverted Dminor chord with an added 4th on top ? and if so could i play the D minor Pentatonic as well or other scales too ?? Thank you

Appreciate your complete teachings!🎸👍. You didn’t draw the Bm7 orBbm7.

Great lesson, thanks! I believe the Cm7 is a D# instead

@speedspeed121

Жыл бұрын

The D# is a cool sub for the D7 chord. Having said that, the cm7 is just wrong.

Ďakujeme.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks for the extra support!

@viliamkiss7675

Жыл бұрын

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver this lessons are excellent !!!

T Bone's 'T Bone Blues' album is my fave.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

9 ай бұрын

Nice! I'll check out that album. Thanks for watching :)

very nice - I plan to do this in a blues jam tomorrow. The Cmin7 is a weird one though - min 4 instead of diatonic maj4

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Yeah a lot of debate about that chord. It seems odd I agree but it also seems to work to my ears. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@ecojot

Жыл бұрын

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver I tried Cmin7/flat 5 for the last 2 beats of that bar - you get G-F#-F and its a gentler path to the G9. thanks again!

I nominate "Drown in My Own Tears".

I love this lesson as I say below but can you explain in music terms why there is no D chord (the 5 of the 1/4/5) in the song? Does the Cm7 substitute for that?

Cool beans 😎

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

Hey Blue, what are your thoughts on the Nashville number system for simplifying chord memorization and transposition? Do you recommend learning it, or is it preferable to focus on memorizing chord sequences when learning the rhythm parts of a song?

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

6 ай бұрын

All my students learn the basics of numbering chords. At the very least I IV and V. Then VIm. I definitely think in terms of numbers as it's easier to memorize songs and change keys when needed.

@onefleetingglimpse

6 ай бұрын

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Thank you Blue for your feedback, I truly appreciate it! Your videos are incredibly helpful, and your ability to simplify complex concepts is a gift. I’d love to see a video on this topic!

What model is your Epiphone, it is a beautiful instrument !!!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Thanks it's an Emperor.

This is marvelous! What are some of your eight-bar blues favorites?

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

9 ай бұрын

Hmmmm Trouble in Mind I think is 8 bars. Keys to the Highway I think is too.

@biophilist

8 ай бұрын

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Yes to both. First heard "Trouble in Mind" performed by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee. "How Long Blues" also a wonderful example.

you da man im a lefty but i got it...

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Cool thanks Andrew

I love cream’s version

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Cool, I'll have a listen

That is, aside from the D aug which is not in the usual 1/4/5 position

T bone played a different voicing on the 1 and sharp 1 you can also hear him hit the high E string as well as he move through the 1 and sharp 1. Changes are more Allman version which was based on Bobby Blue Blands version, not trying to be mean as this is all good info just point out the difference.

Not guitar, (Hammond B3) But if you really like this song Stormy Monday? You should treat yourself and Listen to, "Lee Michaels' " Cover. Live just 2 playing Lee & Frosty the drummer. Lee plays the B3, Pedals the bass parts; and sings, A lot of music for 2 people .. and it's recorded live

🌹❤🌹

I believe T Bone didn’t p,ay it like that. This the ABB version. Which is my favorite but Stormy Monday can be played as you like. Make it your own.

Hi Blue!!! Nice T- Bone Lesson!!! Was wondering what Model of Epiphone that is?? Thank You! : )

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Epiphone Emperor Regent, from early 2000s, I think :)

@Sherman1862

Жыл бұрын

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Thanks Blue.. Nice Guitar, looks kinds like modeled after an old Gibson .. EL 300 or "something" off the top of my head.. lol.. Anyway, tomorrow i get your Soloing Book from Amazon.. I bought my first Ukulele today from a store in Texas, Journey Music.. All Mahogany Tenor, has a PUP so can plug into amplifier.. I almost bought one last time on Maui.. Bu they were over priced and i could not communicate well enough with the Japanese sales guy, so I walked.. lol... This one was 50% off so only $99.. There's this guy, Sean Daniels on KZread that has started a Uke Channel.. So will learn how to play it.. He has Guitar Channe too.. You and he I think are some of the best, most consistent Guitar Teachers on The Tube.. Excellent Content too.. Anyway, thanks for the info!!! Please take care for now Blue!!! : )

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

@@Sherman1862 Cool, thanks Sherman! Let me know if you have any questions about the book when you receive it :)

This chord progression is almost as good as SUNDOWN by Wes Montgomery🎸

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Yeah love Wes Montgomery!!!

@j.p.7708

Жыл бұрын

BTW, you have an excellent channel, I recommended you to my band mates and friends. You should do a breakdown of the Sundown chords progression, it’s tons of fun. Cheers 🍻

@bluemorris

Жыл бұрын

@@j.p.7708 cool thanks J.P.!!!

This is The Allman Brothers Band arrangement, not T-Bone’s. The original recording (1947) by T-Bone Walker is a straight and simply constructed 12 bar blues, in G. He played and recorded several different arrangements. He did use the G9 (often G7)-Am7-Bm7-Bbm7 turnaround on occasion but would end with a D9(or7) to a D#9(7) and back to D9(7). Here’s his turnaround when using that climb: G9 Am7 / Bm7 Bbm7 / D9 - - - / D#9 D9 / G9 C9 / G9 Daug //. T-Bone did not use a Cm7. Most of the the time he played it as a regular 12 bar. I love the ABB version; it’s the arrangement most of us relate to. I’ve played many different arrangements of this great song, and I’m only saying this is not T-Bone’s, but the ABB’s arrangement. It’s a fabulous chord progression.

@davidf9278

2 ай бұрын

The Allman Brothers version is based upon the version Bobby Bland successfully released in 1961. The chord arrangement was by his (jazz) guitarist, Wayne Bennet. It may be that the chord progression leading back from the Am to the G and turnaround contains Ebmaj7, which gives a chromatic bass descent. I am imagining Wayne doing a 2-5-1 progression with a tritone inversion of the D7 to Eb7 and then altering it to the maj7, and the resultant chord is the same as Cm/Eb, hence the confusion. Anyway, try it and see what you think.

@larrypower8659

2 ай бұрын

@@davidf9278 Duane does introduce it as “a Bobby Blue Bland song,” which hints at their arrangement. I like T-Bone’s original, with the V-#V-V turnaround, but that’s just me. We know what opinions are like, and everybody has one!

@davidf9278

2 ай бұрын

@@larrypower8659 I totally agree with you and I hope my observations were never imagined as a criticisms. I like both versions, and it is not common for a re-working of a great song to be able to stand up

@larrypower8659

2 ай бұрын

@@davidf9278 No worries, mon ami!

Good stuff but your G9 looks like a G7sus2 to me.

Good video but gee your guitar sound is so tinny and metallic. If it were me I’d definitely be rolling off the tone knob.

Like Bob Ross was teaching guitar ❤

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

A happy little song.

kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4mtsaePdabWnrg.html I did a quickie on it. It is a fun one to play. Performed it with the house band at Janos’ Blues Bar in Cairns AU. Have to admit the solo is much easier on the Tele

@axeist92126

Жыл бұрын

1993

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Cook, I like those turnaround options you showed. Thanks for posting

@axeist92126

Жыл бұрын

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver most welcome. Take the two turnarounds together you have “Sitting on Top of the World”.

How about this? G9 C9 G9 G#7b5 G913 C#9 C9 C#dim G9 Am 7 Bm7 Bb7b5 Am7 C9 G9 Bb9 Ebmaj7 G#7b5

Am I going crazy or does T-Bone only ever play this as a 12 bar and everyone else just takes the Allman Brothers version as the standard!?!? I feel like I'm the idiot but I can't hear these changes in any T-Bone version of the song.

ok, I must be old, those charts look like they are missing the NUT,, first line is actually the first fret and not the nut. My old chord books had a nut.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

9 ай бұрын

The Roman numeral tells you what fret it's on. The diagrams don't show the nut so that I can draw whatever fret I need using the Roman numerals.

Nice... but not the T-Bone G9 voicing.

@blardosplats

Жыл бұрын

Oh? Are there other versions or something?

Thanks 👍 ur hitting the strings too hard , but I love u

That D note is a little flat!

Cool chords but..no licks?

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Not in this video, but lots of licks in my other videos kzread.info/dash/bejne/hGuXycV8Y8Szd84.html

i disagree with chords tbone play g9th chord without the root

So what ? Intro...?

A huge chunk of this video makes it look like you have antlers. No offense meant from an ex-amateur photog to a very good guitar teacher.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I have to be careful of that in the background 🤣👍

@blardosplats

Жыл бұрын

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Maybe get a guitar in Blaze orange? Loved the video by the way, thanks for making and sharing it. 🙂

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

Жыл бұрын

@@blardosplats Cool, thanks for watching. I'll keep an eye out for that guitar :)

Nice try. This progression is a reasonable attempt at "Stormy Monday" by the Allman Brothers. It might be what Tbone played, but not the Allmans. Their prog is Gdom7 Cdom7 Gdom7-G#dom7 Gdom7 Cdom7 (Cdom7--C#dom7-Cdom7) Gdom7-Am7 Bm7-Bbdom7 Ddom7 Ebdom7-Ddom7 Gdom7-G#Dom7 (Gdom7--Ebdom-Ddom7) The Daug5th is acceptable, but the band won't hear it unless they're a big fan of 50s doo-wop. That Am7 & Cm7 aren't in the bag man, because it wouldn't be anything except Am7 D7.