Chords for 1-2-3 Jazz - #3 Swing Rhythm Demo - Jazz Guitar Lesson - Frank Vignola

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_ The first rhythm I'm going to teach you is the swing rhythm or the Freddie Green strum.
This is probably the most important rhythm you'll learn,
used by all the great jazz guitar players,
including Freddie Green, who kind of invented this strum,
Charlie Christian, Les Paul,
Django Reinhardt, all the pioneers of jazz guitar use this rhythm.
So it's a very important one.
We're going to call up a jam track, and I want you to first just listen to me playing the rhythm.
Watch my hands and just internalize this very important strum.
So let's bring up the track and I'll demonstrate. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ You'll notice that it's a
strum on every beat.
_ One, two, three, four.
[Bm] One, two, three, four. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ One, two, three, four.
One, two, [G] three, four.
Strum on every beat. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Now you may notice a, hear a short
_ _ beat in the second and fourth beats.
You'll notice to get that effect.
I'm simply just lifting
_ my [Bm] fingers off the string, _
_ _ _ releasing the tension of the strings so it stops sounding on _ [G] every other beat.
_ [Bm] _ One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four.
Short, short, long, short, long, short, long, short. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ You'll notice I'm not taking my hand off the fingerboard when I release the tension.
[E] I'm simply pressing down and lifting [D] up, releasing the tension [E] in my hand and on the strings.
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One, two, three, four. _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ So that's a very important rhythm to learn.
[G] Next we're going to call up a jam [Ab] track and have a play along on this