Voice Leading the BLUES - Connect Your Chords!

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In this lesson, I'll show you how to use voice leading to connect your chords through the blues progression for smoother transitions and more melodic chordal phrases.
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Table of Contents
0:00 - What is voice leading?
0:28 - Two most important chord tones
2:20 - The half-step hack
3:18 - Three-fret blues
4:21 - Add the roots
5:00 - Add the second string notes
5:49 - Add the first string notes
7:25 - Blues example
8:02 - Crazy hack up the neck!
9:44 - Add the roots
10:44 - Conclusion

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@epsilonvonvehron5820 Жыл бұрын

One of those rare gem videos that leaves me feeling that I’ve had some real sage knowledge bestowed upon me. Thank you, I will use it wisely.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful!

@bigdave6390 Жыл бұрын

Listen to the beginning of Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin. He uses these exact phrasings! Awesome job mate. Cheers.

@nathanmcauley121 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes the guitar seems so complicated and other times so simple! This lesson was an 'ahhhhh!' moment. Really well explained and demonstrated - thank you.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad it was helpful!

@tapilaha 7 ай бұрын

2:21 I use these type of minimal voicings playing in a fully loaded big band, carve out my own frequency space

@tonymccormick21 6 ай бұрын

Congrats on a perfect lesson, short and sweet, but insightful and inspirational. Thanks

@JameyArent 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@DannyGatton94 10 ай бұрын

This lesson opens so many doors to my blues rhythm playing! Thank you Jamey!

@drewgrant1605 Жыл бұрын

Best blues lesson I’ve come across. Excellent job with this! I finally get it.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@Paulmccarthy6801 Жыл бұрын

Like that harmony guitar. I have an 80’s harmony sounds and plays as good if not better than my fender guitars.

@robinanderson1115 Жыл бұрын

VERY WELL EXPLAINED & DEMONSTRATED. THANK U.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@artemisnite Жыл бұрын

This is EXACTLY what I've been working on! In G but the same core clusters. Thanks so much for the instruction. Can't wait to try these extensions.

@MSDREWVIDS1 8 ай бұрын

Stumbled on to your channel….so glad I did!

@johnweldin4633 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful teaching so glad I found this tutorial.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad it was helpful!

@stratcat9432 Жыл бұрын

A fantastic easy to follow lesson! Thank you Jamey , you are a great teacher and a killer musician too! 😊

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@stratcat9432 Жыл бұрын

@@JameyArent Absolutely!

@bpbigman1 Жыл бұрын

Another brilliant lesson! You explain what your doing so well. Thank you.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@kencritchley5546 Жыл бұрын

Jamey explains things so well. A great teacher.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@lorenvguitar614 7 ай бұрын

Another great lesson

@patrickmerigan1170 Жыл бұрын

What a great teacher.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@tonoselectricos Жыл бұрын

Wow!!!....I've been searching this lesson for a long time..... Thank you! So kind!!!

@ClayVoid09 2 ай бұрын

This is an awesome guitar lesson sort of a two sided golden coin, theory is taught and the exercises are demonstrated, such as chord progressions, licks and riffs. I love it!😊

@JameyArent 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad it’s helpful.

@ggus8512 Жыл бұрын

One of the most helpful lessons on KZfaq. Thanks much.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad it was helpful!

@thomasnoren Жыл бұрын

You are the king🙏

@Bertyification 2 ай бұрын

Another brilliance lesson - thanks 🙏 Once this ‘clicks’ it’s almost forehead slappingly obvious - but it’s taken me 20 years to figure out 😂🤣 Works brilliantly at blues jams (especially if you’re the 2nd guitarist). Simple yet makes you sound like a pro 👍🏻 sometimes less really is more 😎

@MisterGrooves Жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson, thank you.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@frederickthompson8686 7 ай бұрын

terrific stuff, Jamey. Thanks!

@JameyArent 7 ай бұрын

Thanks and you're welcome!

@timcarr1980 6 ай бұрын

This is exactly what I've been looking for. I've been stuck in this area of the strings for a while trying to understand the intervalic relationships in this string set. There's a lot of talk and wasted time in other video's, I appreciate your style. Thank you!

@JameyArent 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad it was helpful!

@HelloMyNamesNino Жыл бұрын

Rightio. Can I say, after 27 years on guitar, this video has single handedly connected all the dots for me. I could never understand why, when I picked jazz chords, they never seemed to gel. No longer! I really like adding a raised then a lowered 2nd to the E7 for that juicy tension resolving to the E in the A7. Thanks Jamey, legend.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Glad this video was helpful!

@a.nikolov7077 Жыл бұрын

1:26 1:28 1:30

@Redshoes51 Жыл бұрын

Incredible! Thank you!!

@pedrogomezalfonso6926 11 ай бұрын

Very very good. Thanks from Madrid

@JameyArent 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@markg923 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson! This approach not taught enough!

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@steveo44 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson. I call A13 the robben ford chord!

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Definitely!

@sideman7117 Жыл бұрын

That’s a game changer! Thx

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Jspazz66 11 ай бұрын

Perfect lesson

@JameyArent 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@philippvonbuch8460 5 ай бұрын

This is pure Gold!

@julianjones8087 Ай бұрын

Seriously amazing teaching. So happy I subscribed. Thanks!

@JameyArent Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! You’re welcome.

@davidhamilton7780 Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Thanks a bunch for this lesson - I've been searching for an even simpler way to express these chords, and you have hit the nail on the head!

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@PaulKirtley 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Jamey. Nice lesson.

@JameyArent 3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome and thank you!

@walkerjones2415 11 ай бұрын

learned a lot in this lesson, thank you!

@JameyArent 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@jebbaldwin8516 Жыл бұрын

excellent....you are a good teacher

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Brokout Жыл бұрын

Fascinating, thanks!

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@commanderdawson3773 Жыл бұрын

Good lesson...Thank you

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@daveylee4677 4 ай бұрын

‘Been playing 50+ years “by ear”. Self taught. I learned basic music theory before I even knew what it was. This video does a good job explaining technically what I taught myself. But at least now I could have a musical conversation with a technical player and not have to go sit in the corner 😊

@deborakantor2333 10 ай бұрын

Thanks you're awesome!!!

@jickmagger7323 Жыл бұрын

Very cool! And very useful. Thanks!

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad it’s useful, you’re welcome!

@RobertKeeleyTV 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great lesson in voice leading. It really helps with improv.

@JameyArent 4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome and thank you! Glad it was helpful.

@joshualee8448 Жыл бұрын

So simple it’s amazing this has evaded me for the past 25 yrs I’ve been playing guitar! Thank you!

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad it is helpful!

@plgplgplg Жыл бұрын

Good stuff, well explained and you've got a whack of other good looking vids. Subscribed and liked.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@michaelgayerjr7154 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@astroman30 Жыл бұрын

You are an awesome teacher!! Thank you.

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@siemekkisiel8963 Жыл бұрын

You are the best!

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@onlymusicmate Жыл бұрын

Beautiful lesson there 👌🙏🙏

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Capt-Cran 6 ай бұрын

Super lesson!!

@JameyArent 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jcleary1945 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson, have needed one like this, cheers!

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@blackfishgaming7145 7 ай бұрын

Excellent lesson. Earned a sub. Look forward to digging into your content

@JameyArent 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ironman-vx1qs Жыл бұрын

Really informative lesson and it was very easy to follow along with what you were saying. You’re a good teacher and I’m a new subscriber. Well done sir

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@danaeverhart6487 7 ай бұрын

Hey Jamie! Merry Christmas Mate! You are one of the best instructors I’ve had the pleasure of viewing. Your great basic / advanced skills are perfectly illustrated and represented in such a way that even I can understand. Bravo 👏🏻 mate PeAce ☮️ Dana E💫

@JameyArent 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, Dana! Merry Christmas to you too.

@danaeverhart6487 7 ай бұрын

@@JameyArent take a couple seconds or so and visit my channel and leave me some feedback/pointers on the things an old guitar slinger’s could do to improve his skills. I’m an improvisational musician and all my tracks are single pass with NO editing. Sometimes it’s pretty good I’ve been told and then it’s just fun lol. Thanks mate! Happy New Year 2024!!! Peace ✌🏻☮️🙏🏻😁🤙🏻🍻cheers🍻

@RudyWarman Жыл бұрын

wow.

@masterbuilder3166 Жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson. Just found your channel and subscribed 👍💯🎸

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@johnmac8084 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson - subbed and liked 👍

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it!

@fisiosaiter 4 ай бұрын

nice tip

@zummo61 Жыл бұрын

The Grateful Dead explored this in their version of Dancin’ in the Streets in the 1970s. Some crazy stuff comes out of there.

@dorytepper3218 Жыл бұрын

Such an eye opening lesson for a beginner like me. Thanks!

@augustdaye2746 Жыл бұрын

A great lesson on a too often neglected subject - voice leading.

@trevorgwelch7412 Жыл бұрын

What are the chord progressions in Robin Trower's song Caledonia ?

@lookforbriansjazz7832 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic lesson, Jamey! BTW… I love your axe! Honestly, how do you like it?

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It’s great…a total vibe machine!

@3684541 Жыл бұрын

Hey when you pull the knob in middle position does it kill the volume like it does on my harmony comet?

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

No, it gives a quacking out of phase sound that’s great for blues. That’s what should happen. If yours cuts the volume completely you should get it looked at.

@robbrown2789 Жыл бұрын

Great video, but I'm curious, why no sign of 11th's?

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

You could totally throw in 11s too! I probably left them out of this video because they are less commonly heard in blues compared to the 9th and 13th due to their proximity to the major 3rd.

@coppermeloman9143 Жыл бұрын

... 👍 !!

@arekpocicki5681 Жыл бұрын

tryton?

@Baci302 Жыл бұрын

Huh?

@johnpandolfino8663 Жыл бұрын

Danny Gatton showed me this trick in his DVD.....your late

@JameyArent Жыл бұрын

I am a huge Danny Gatton fan!

@johntiger5 6 ай бұрын

First of all it's you're, NOT "your"... You are the one who is late. I have that Danny Gatton video on V.H.S.... Danny Gatton may have been a great guitarist, but his lesson was not as easy to follow like this lesson was for some less experienced guitarist. Which I am not. Your comment was not needed!