Pure gold lesson! Studying Whit's style has been a tremendous aid to my development as a swing/western swing comper. He's one of the best, most authentic players today in this traditional approach.

This is PERFECT!!! Sir, you just upped my guitar playing in ONE LESSON! Thank You!! Now, who in their right-mind thought to give this a "thumbs-down?" That smells like the very strong odor of jealousy!!!

It feels good to listen and to see your hands and fingers move for such long takes. Soft and smooth from the heart, precious for those who learn by feel, thank you! :)

I'm glad to find this video! I was searching for more videos on Whit Smith's style and found this.

Whit, you're one of my favorite players in this style! Thanks for the lesson.

My friend you are so inspiring and equally, you are the best. Thank you so much for these postings.

Saw Cowtown in a small patio in Paonia, Colorado once. they were playing a much bigger show that night for the county. Most amazing trio I swear. This guy, as the other two, are at the top of the game. Superb playing, technique and taste. Every song ... so lush.

Such beautiful playing!

Roly Poly! I like to add some of the Django 6ths in there too

Thank you Smith!

I love this stuff! Cool chords. Now subbed.

This is awesome!

Excellent!!

Great Lesson!!!

Whit Smith, Matt Munisteri, and Jordan Officer. Its pretty simple really just spend the next hundred, ehhhh maybe two hundred, years only studying those guys and you'll have a pretty good foundation :D

My meditation 🧘 zone I suffer from extreme pain I learned to infuse my meditation and guitar playing, I can play various chords and rhythm 🎶 for several hours always listening for new beat’s 👂🏼👂🏼😌

This dude is soooo good

Great lesson......going to take some time to get this one down 👍💪💰🇺🇸🦫😎👌👏

Thanks so much

You are amazing

Delightful

You play more inversions than I know chords.

@josephdraper9267

2 ай бұрын

Five years later this is still funny

I wish Truefire would pick him up for a course. Great guitar player!

Great

See the full lesson, with TAB and notation here: acousticguitar.com/guitar-lesson-western-swing-rhythm-essentials/

Not sure if you have another site with notation & theory? But if No. I recommend adding visual aids to your lessons, which will assist in so many ways, time sigs, and chord progression breakdowns & why. This would help players newto Western swing, but coming from other genres...👍😃🎸🎼🎶🎵

@arifmemovic3383

Ай бұрын

Did you just invent advanced lessons for beginners?

took me a minute, but I got it.

I'd buy it if I could find it ...

👍

Can someone please tell what guitar brand / model With Smith is playing on?

@mikarrrrrrgh1969

3 жыл бұрын

A Gibson l5 .its really old and refinished!

@arjenverhoeff8912

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikarrrrrrgh1969 Mika, Thanks. Oh well, a real classic guitar played by a real master.

@mikarrrrrrgh1969

3 жыл бұрын

@@arjenverhoeff8912 Yes!, i can only dream of guitar like this and his skills

Which Gibson model is that? L4? L7?

@stangosnell1201

4 жыл бұрын

According to the text at the linked website, it's an L5.

What guitar is that?

@AcousticGuitarMag

11 ай бұрын

Whit is playing his 1929 Gibson L-5

At 4:03 when an Fm7 looks like an Am ... confused me.

@TheJazzcritic

4 жыл бұрын

it's an Fmaj 7 - if you l play an Fmaj 7 at the 5th fret and drop your pinkie to the E on the 7th fret 5th string (which means you now have two Es in the inversion) then its the sane as an Am. Also A minor is relative minor of F.

@fiddlefolk

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJazzcritic Actually Am is relative to C Major. Am, Cmaj6, Fmaj7 chords have the same triad. C,E,A. What determines which chord is which is determined by the bass note. Example: F bass note with A,E,C triad = Fmaj7 chord. The cool thing knowing this is you can play your Aminor licks over Fmaj7 or Cmaj6 licks and they sound awesome. All those licks are actually interchangeable over all 3 chords.

@craigparker1146

Жыл бұрын

@@fiddlefolk The 3- always felt a little more interchangeable with the 1 than the 6- did, to me.

@fiddlefolk

Жыл бұрын

@@craigparker1146 the 3 minor in the key of C is E minor. That triad with a C in the bass gives you a Cmaj 7 chord. So that basically means that all of your Cmaj7 licks work over E minor and vice versa

@craigparker1146

Жыл бұрын

@@fiddlefolk right. F to A- was 4 to 6-. I was thinking that was pretty close to 1 to 3-

I thought I was a good rhythm guitarist until I watched this

Got Oysters ya damn Fleetian?!

Holy smokes

Ñn

Are you really teaching people to fret with their thumbs to play rhythm guitar? Sorry, that seems self-taught and unnecessary… You can go back to Freddie Greene to see a much easier way to do that. 😉